Chapter 7 I glare at the image of the moron on my screen . He's also known as Nicole Salvatore's boss and the station manager of Network News . He doesn't own the company by any means , but by some stroke of luck , obviously- because I know this man is a moron- he rose through the ranks and the board of directors made him Station Manager . As he makes his way from the parking lot , showing on my screen , I fight the urge to go after him right away . My hardly - existent patience is messing with me right now because my hands desire blood . How dare the bastard raise a hand to my baby ? He's fucking playing with his life and heaven knows I don't have a long stretch of patience . My gaze goes to the spread of screen interfaces in front of me , from one security camera feed to the other . The main wing has a much larger spread headed by our resident hacker who hacks into the city's camera feeds so we keep an eye on the law enforcement especially when we transport our goods . While I have a similar interface in my own wing , I've recently added a few new camera feeds to my original spread . I'm facing it now as my gaze monitors camera feeds of Nicole Salvatore's house and her workplace . I have her house bugged and I only just hacked through the firewall in her workplace's security cameras earlier today . A glance at the screen lets me know that currently , Nicole is not at her house or workplace . She'd left the office earlier this morning after her meeting with her boss . She went home , but a few minutes ago , she left the house with her friend in tow . From the camera feed outside her house , it looked like they were walking to their destination , so I'm guessing a coffee place or Lisa Ramirez's house . Through my background study on Nicole , I was able to get as much information on her and everyone close to her . Including everyone she's said anything to in the last two weeks . It isn't a lot of information . Nicole Salvatore does not have a lot of friends . It makes me smile to know my little siren is almost a loner . An introvert , through and through , she does not do a lot of socializing . But I don't mind . I want her all to myself anyway . So far , she hasn't talked with her brother yet . I'm waiting for her to do so . Once she does , she's mine . 1/3 Chapter 7 That is the only time I will act . Damn , I want her badly , but there is a very important task ahead . But dumbasses like Bruni Santos will be kidding themselves if they think I'll let them between five feet of Nicole Salvatore . I rub my eyes as the vision of that encounter between Nicole and her boss in his office haunts my sight . I cannot forgive Bruni Santos even though he didn't try it again . If he had touched Nicole again , I would have killed him . I hadn't been kidding . But my blood still boils and when it boils like this , there are only a few known ways to remedy the situation . I will pay Bruni Santos a visit . My phone rings beside me and I snatch it up . " Roman . " My father sounds impatient . " I hope you remember we have an appointment with Valentino Lorca this afternoon . " " I'll meet you there , " I respond . " I got caught up . " My father is silent . " I am at the venue . We'll be waiting . Your brothers are here already . I won't want my own Underboss late for such a meeting . I won't want you to make a bad impression on our hosts . " The fuck I care about that . But my father has always been one with strong leanings to tradition and keeping up appearances . " I'll be there as soon as I can . " I hang up and make my way from my surveillance room to my bedroom , soon after which I get changed . Some thirty minutes later , I'm making my way out of my Jaguar , heading for the docked vessels at Carina Dock . There are several boats along a line , the open sea spreading beyond that to the horizon . The sun is high in the sky and I have shades on . I make the walk to the twelfth boat in the line - up . By the steps that go up on the boat , there is a man in a suit . He stands aside as I approach and climb up .