Chapter - 116 - Cutting all ties

"Where is Capo? He told everyone to assemble at 10 pm, and it's already 9:50 pm!" exclaimed Derrick nervously. "He never told anyone to assemble before 10! So why are you questioning his orders?" asked Albert in a serious tone. Derrick chuckled awkwardly and walked towards the table. The men were all discussing the mission they had completed the past few days. The clock struck ten, and the door to the conference was pushed open.

"How can a person be so punctual?" mumbled Derrick under his breath. "You all will depart at midnight. There are no changes in the mission. Today will be your last mission and be extra careful! Remember all the rules and be on alert until the end!" said Rick in a deep voice. "Yes, capo!" shouted the men and left the room. Ben looked at Rick carefully and thought, 'What did he mean by the last mission? Is he planning something against the Visconties? Capo is so cunning!"

Rick took out his ringing phone and walked towards the ceiling-to-floor glass. "Good evening, Charmer! Did you receive my love?" Rick squinted his eyes and turned to look at Ben. Ben nodded with a bright smile. "Yes, received!" said Rick with a tint of annoyance. "Ah!!! The Night King is a tough one, I see! You are always welcome to enter my garden if you get bored during your stay here," said Ms. Gemma in a flirtatious tone with double meaning.

Rick felt disgusted at her words and said through his gritted teeth, "I am not interested in an open garden, Ms. Gem. I will send your regards to the underboss!" Rick hung up the call before Ms. Gemma could utter another word. "Is that a woman on the phone?" whispered Derrick. Ben nodded and continued to type on the laptop. Derrick was surprised and thought, 'A lady big shot?!!!'

In a huge mansion, "Tough bas****! Will see if he can never be interested in this open garden once he sets his eyes on it!" chuckled Ms. Gemma and threw the phone to the side.

Rick hated women who gave in easily and felt irritated. "The men are on the move, Capo!" informed Ben, and Rick sat on the chair to watch the screen. The mission took three hours to complete. The men went back to their hideouts as usual. Derrick heaved a huge sigh and leaned on his chair to relax his tensed muscles. Rick stood up and said, "We will leave in two days. Make the necessary arrangements." Rick turned to Derrick and said, "As for your share, it will be deposited into your account in two days." Rick left, and Derrick looked at Albert and asked, "Why do I feel like Capo is cutting all ties with me?"

Albert shrugged and said, "Don't ask anything stupid of Capo! He might cut the ties!" Ben nodded in agreement and left the room happily with Albert.

Rick summoned Albert and Ben to his room the next morning. "Transfer 50,000 ACD to all the 40 men and 10,00,000 ACD to Derrick tomorrow. Make all the necessary arrangements to go back home." Albert and Ben nodded in silence. They had a lot of questions in their mind but didn't have any courage to ask their Capo. Rick noticed their confused looks and asked, "Do you have something to say?" They wanted to ask him but dared not to and shook their heads in unison.

"Okay. Then you can leave." "Why did he tell me to transfer money separately to the men?" asked Ben in a low voice. "Only God knows what is going on in his mind!" replied Albert with a sigh. They quickly went to make all the arrangements as per the order. Rick stared at his phone for a long time. He finally decided to send a text to Gianna. He typed fast and hit the send button soon so that he wouldn't have a second thought. He sighed loudly and mumbled, "Sending her a text is harder than diffusing bombs!"

Meanwhile, in the hospital, "Go through the project references properly and be prepared. I don't want any excuses or complaints throughout the project. Everyone should buckle up and be ready to work harder than usual. We will start the project next week," said Gianna. Her phone on the table vibrated, and everyone looked at her. She opened the message and a smirk appeared immediately on her face as she read the content.

Annoying jerk: I have something to tell you. Can we meet over for lunch?

'Such a pain in the a**! What does he think of himself? Lunch with him? Only in his dreams!' thought Gianna and continued to discuss the matters related to the project. "Dr. G, a patient with a minor head injury, has been reported at the ER," informed Victor. "Stanley, Liam, and Alice, go check on the patient. The discussion is over." The team thanked her and left to do their respective work.

Gianna entered her office and sat down on the chair facing the door. Suddenly the scene that occurred the previous night flashed in her mind when Rick suddenly stopped in his tracks and said to her, 'You better text back to my messages!' Gianna's back stiffened. "Will he come to the hospital again if I don't text him back? Shoot!! Such an annoying jerk!!!" cursed Gianna and took her phone out of her pocket in a hurry. "Another message!" exclaimed Gianna and opened the text to read.

Annoying jerk: Are you ignoring my text?

Gianna's mind froze for a second and took a look at the time of the message received. It was 15 minutes ago!!! Gianna quickly typed a reply and sighed with relief after hitting the send button.

Ring ring… Gianna was startled by the sudden vibration from the phone and breathed in relief after seeing the name of the caller.