Genevieve's POV
**FLASHBACK**
"What's the meaning of this nonsense I'm looking at?" Lorenzo questioned.
We were having dinner when Riccardo entered the dining room, accompanied by six guards that stood behind him.
"They're my men. They're here to protect me from the likes of you," Riccardo answered with an impassive expression on his face while taking a seat.
"Here we go again," Allegra complained.
Mom gave him a look full of loathing while helping Noah cut his food into smaller pieces.
"What's the meaning of that, Riccardo?" Adelina began, putting her fork down on her plate.
"Yes, he's right, because we don't know when Lorenzo might wake up in the middle of the night with an itch to kill and shoot us in our sleep. We needed to take precautions," Marcella defended.
Lorenzo burst into unsettling laughter, which didn't quite reach his piercing green eyes.