Luciana's POV

The cruel rejection from Mr. Toreto, without even a chance to talk to him, made my chest hammer with frustration and irritation. A bitter, inward laugh bubbled up at the irony of it all.

Donovan had been the one to persuade me in meeting with him, and yet, he was the reason Mr. Toreto had turned me down.

I gulped down the whole glass, the cold liquid a desperate attempt to cool down the blazing anger inside me. But even as I tried to quench it, Romano was fanning it, fueling it. ...