In the lavishly decorated room, William swirled a glass of red wine and narrowed his eyes at Dina, who stood before him.
"Beautiful Miss Dina, are you saying A Luo knows about me and said she wants to come negotiate with me?"
Dina bit her lip.
The girl's delicate white teeth left faint marks on her soft red lip, like cracks in a rose petal, inviting all manner of fantasies.
"William, what exactly are you trying to do?"
"I've already done what you told me to. Can't you keep your promise and let me take my mother's place so she can go free? She only hired the Zoldyck Family to assassinate Vito because of me. For the sake of that brief affair we had, could you please spare my mother's life?"
William's gaze fell on Dina's alluring curves.
He admitted that the girl before him was a rare beauty. Otherwise, he would never have taken the opportunity to bring her home.
But if she thought their little relationship alone would make him show mercy to a traitor in the family, she was sorely mistaken.
"Dina! Could you be reasonable? We're the most famous Mafia family. As a Corleone, the family creed we live by is never to betray! And certainly never to harm a member of our own family. Especially not by hiring outsiders to assassinate one's own husband, like your mother did!"
"If I helped you cover this up, what if word got out? How would I lead the family after that... my beauty, you're very lovely, but not lovely enough for me to take that kind of risk for you!"
"Besides, I told you to bring A Luo back to see me. Where is she now? Just because you say she'll come, does that mean the little girl