Luca turned a page that did not need turning. Inside, every part of him was coiled tight around the same question: Had Marco found Nonnina?
"Now you are just bragging," Renato drawled.
Luca might have answered with another insult. But then the sign he had been waiting for finally came. His phone vibrated in his pocket.
Just once. That was enough. A small smile touched Luca's mouth again. He had what he needed.
"I walked in here calmly," he said, "and you didn't think for one second what I could be up to." His gaze held Renato's with cold amusement. "Did you really think you could have one up on me? Luciano? Me?"
"What can you do, Luca?" Renato asked. "I have you where I want you. You have no way out of this unless you give me Commissioned."
"Oh," Luca said softly. "But I do."
What happened next unfolded so fast the room barely had time to understand it. In one violent burst of motion, Luca flipped the desk.
