After explaining everything that happened to Matteo, including the part where he caught the man that shot him, Spade had decided that he would go talk to the man and find out who sent him. Of course Matteo had finished eating by now, Spade didn't leave out the part where Stefano had insisted on spending the night by Matteo's bed and watching over him.

It didn't really mean anything to Matteo, he didn't want the man around him that much, since the night of the auction, he had somehow started feeling weird whenever they were at a close proximity to each other and he didn't like it one bit.

What happened that night wasn't really clear to him, but he remembered bits and pieces of it and it wasn't really something he liked. If not for the deal they had, he definitely would have cut all ties with Stefano completely.

What happened that night was something he never wanted to repeat itself, hence why he was keeping his distance from Stefano.

There was a knock on the door and Stefano walked in, he wasn't looking bright eyed like usual but the moment his eyes came in contact with Matteo, he smiled, the blonde quickly looked away from him, what he would give to have Stefano stay away from him.

That didn't stop the man from advancing towards him and giving him a light tap on his shoulder "It's good to see you up Matteo, I was beginning to think I'd have to find someone else to replace you" he muttered the last part out, obviously as a joke but Matteo was suddenly wishing that were true.

Spade was now less hostile towards Stefano, after seeing how the man had gotten and took care of Matteo the previous night, he didn't really think it was necessary to be hard on him again.

Matteo's just shrugged Stefano's hand on his shoulder off. Stefano should feel bad about all this but he couldn't really blame the blonde. "Hi Spade" Stefano said, shifting his attention on Spade who just grunted out a reply before he got up about leaving, Matteo's voice stopped him.

"Are you going now"? He asked and Spade just nodded, Stefano looked at both of them quizzically

"Going where"? He asked

"None of your business Stefano" Matteo snapped, making Stefano to chuckle out lightly

"You know, for someone who saved your life you seemed to be very grateful" he spoke, sarcasm dripping off his tone, Matteo just rolled his eyes, resisting the urge to report back to the man.

"I'm going to question the man I took from the building yesterday" Spade muttered already getting tired of their argument

Stefano just mouthed an 'o' before he took a step towards the door, stopping halfway turning to look back "What are you waiting for let's go" Stefano muttered and Spade just cocked his brows as if Stefano was talking what he didn't understand

He didn't want to argue with Stefano but Matteo had other plans, getting up too "you're not going anywhere Stefano, get the fuck out of here" Matteo spat out glaring at Stefano as he limped towards Spade

Stefano was the first to stop him "whoa whoa, princess hold on, where do you think you're going"? He asked placing his hand on Matteo's chest, the blonde swatted his hand away

"Where you're not welcomed, get the fuck out of my way" he gritted out, this time it was Spade turn to talk

"He's right Matteo, I don't think you're in good shape to be going anywhere" Spade muttered out and Matteo groaned out, not this again. "I'll update you whatever I find out" Spade persuaded and Matteo narrowed his eyes at both of them, before he sighed out

"Fine" he gritted out before he limped back to the bed and plopped down on it, defeated.

Now it was left to Stefano and Spade to go interrogate the man, he walked out first and Stefano followed him, they walked through the compound and into the huge mansion meant for Spade's men, it was still early and most of his men were still in the house.

He entered inside and Stefano followed behind him, the place was twice as big as his house, it had approximately 10 bedrooms, a huge gym and a gun range inside the building, the back of it had a huge ass swimming pool and there was a conference room inside.

The place was made just for his men, the only reason he came here often was for the gym, and now he had that man in the basement.

He met with a few of his men in the huge living room, they bowed their heads in respect as he just waved them away and walked through the living room and headed to the East wing of the house, going down the stairs after passing a quiet corridor, he stopped in front of the metallic black door, there was a guard in front of the door who had a gun, he just lowered his head in respect "Boss" he grunted out and Spade just gave him a Curt nod before he opened the doors and went down the flight of stairs until he came face to face with the iron bars, Stefano let out a small whistle as he looked at in fascination

"You have a dungeon in your mansion"? He mused, Spade just ignored him and pulled open the door, making a loud ragged sound before he stepped into the cold room, Stefano followed and in the middle of the semi dark room, the man he had brought in yesterday was tied to a chair, he was not gagged but he still looked as bloody as he did from yesterday.

Spade stopped in front of him, shoving his hands into his pants pocket, with Stefano just beside him, they both looked very dangerous and their faces deadly. "Do you know who I am" Spade was the first to ask, the way the man's eyes darted from him to Stefano, he could see the fear lurking behind them and he smirked knowing it would be easy to get answers from him.

The man nodded his head, and Spade tsked as he took slow menacing steps towards him "you have to use your words" he muttered and the man swallowed before he managed to speak

"Ye.. yes" he whispered and Spade nodded

"Then that means you know what I'm capable of"? He asked and the man's fearful gaze looked from Stefano to Spade, he might as well have shit his pants already "Now I'm gonna ask you a question and you will do well to answer truthfully and honestly, if you lie I will make your death painfully slow, but if you tell me the truth, I'll make sure he kills you swift and quickly" he said gesturing his head to Stefano, who had stood with a dangerous glint to his eyes. "Do you understand me"?

The man swallowed and nodded vigorously and Spade just cocked his brows before the man managed to open his mouth again "yes" he fearfully let out, Spade just nodded.

"Who sent you"? Spade asked and he could see the increased panic in the man's eyes as he started shaking his head "What's that"? He asked, cupping his one ear with his hand as if he didn't hear him.

"I can't..." Before the man could finish, a small dagger was thrown at him and it landed on his shoulder making him shout out in pain as his voice bounced off the walls and reached both men's ears.

Spade quickly turned around and saw Stefano grinning at the man with a sadistic look in his eyes. "You're gonna answer his question and if you don't, the next one goes into your eyes" he muttered dangerously low, and he saw the man swallow hard as his smirk became even more evil.

Spade just turned around and faced the obviously scared man, he'd heard about Stefano, but he never really thought the man was crazy as they say but now he was actually seeing it. "Who sent you"? He asked again and the man this time shook his head, his eyes going glossy, before Spade could get a chance to even say anything, Stefano had walked towards the man and ripped open his shirt, cutting it in the middle with his small dagger, still leaving the one stuck to the man's shoulder.

He used the other dagger to draw a long line from his chest down to his stomach, all that could be heard was the man's screams throughout the whole basement, Spade just stood and watched, it was almost as if Matteo was the one working.

Blood coated Stefano's hands as he used the knife to play and cut the man's skin, as if he was dissecting an animal, he had a very sadistic grin on his face.

"Su..." The man was panting hard as he managed to talk, but nothing was coming out except for short gasps.

Stefano stopped and looked at him "what"? He asked stepping back, as if he wasn't the one that was just cutting the man into pieces a few minutes ago.

The man let out a deep breath as he tried to breath again "Sullivan" he managed to croak out, and Stefano just turned and looked at Spade.

Spade clenched his jaw as he already knew who this man was talking about, he lunged forward and ripped the remaining shreds of his clothes away and quickly looked at his unwounded arm, there he saw the symbol he was looking for

This man was a trained assassin, from Sullivan, the same Sullivan that sent the hit on Liam and Martineli, what the fuck has he got to do with all this?

"Where can we find him"? Stefano asked again and the man just started shaking his head and Stefano just clicked his tongue and shook his head too "That's not really an answer, he plunged the dagger into the man's thigh and he heard the man scream out in agony, the more Stefano twisted the knife the more the man writh in pain as he shook on the chair.

He pulled the knife out with so much force, grinning at the man again. Before he could ask anything else Spade was quick to use the butt of a metal rod in the room to hit the man in his head, his head whipped to the side and he passed out.

Stefano sighed out and turned to look at Spade "I was getting to the good parts, why'd you do that"? He whined and Spade just rolled his eyes at him.

"I know where Sullivan is" he grunted out, he already knew where Sullivan is right from the day Matteo had told him he was involved in Liam's shooting, and now he was gonna go there and he would do it alone.

He walked out of the dungeon and out the underground with Stefano hot on his trail "Let me guess, you plan on going there alone"? Stefano asked and Spade's silence just answered him and he groaned out in frustration. "Don't you ever learn, you think it's a coincidence he lets you know where he is, it's a fucking trap" Stefano rasped out and Spade just clenched his jaw and walked out of the building.

"I don't care" he grunted out, hearing Stefano sigh beside him

"And they call you the most dangerous man, more like the most foolish man" he mused, making Spade to growl out, before they stepped into his in house, thank God Nate was not in the living room.

They both walked into guest bedroom and Matteo was still sitting down on the bed, there wasn't much he could do with his injury. "What's up"? He asked, his eyes resting on Spade before he noticed the blood on Stefano's hands, he clenched his jaw

"Sullivan sent him" Spade grunted out, running his hands down his face, and Matteo cussed out

"What are you going to do now"? Matteo's asked and Stefano was quick to answer this time

"Your dick head of a brother is planning on going there alone again, to confront someone like Sullivan" Stefano said, his eyes landing on Spade.

What really caught Spade's attention was the fact that Stefano called him Matteo's brother, how the hell did he know about that? Stefano noticed the look he was getting and he rolled his eyes. "Please don't tell me you think I hadn't figured out yet that you're brothers"? He asked "give me some credit boys, I'm not stupid"

Matteo just rolled his eyes before looking at Spade "Are you gonna confront him about it"? He asked and Spade just chewed on his inner cheek, Stefano was right, it is indeed dangerous, but he needed to do something, else they'd think he was weak. "At least tell me you're not going alone"? Matteo asked and Stefano pfft out.

"Of course he's not going alone, I'm going with him" both men whipped their heads towards him.

"No"

"No"

They grunted out simultaneously "You're not going with him" Matteo snapped and Stefano just rolled his eyes

"And who's gonna stop me? You"? He asked "he can't go alone and it's very fucking obvious you can't go with him, he's just going to owe me a favour, that's just it" he muttered before he turned around and walked out of the bedroom, leaving just Matteo and Spade.

"Are you seriously taking him with you"? Matteo asked and Spade just sighed out and shrugged

"Incase you haven't noticed, Stefano's really stubborn" he muttered "I can't exactly order him to not come with me"

Matteo clenched his jaw tight before he sighed out "I can't believe I'm saying this but fine, be careful though" he muttered and Spade nodded "When do you plan on going"? He asked

"Today, right now, I don't want it to wait, the longer we wait, the more time we give him to send more of his men"

Matteo sighed out and nodded, Spade was about to walk away when he stopped and turned around to face Matteo "Nate must not hear about this, he wouldn't let me go if he does"

Matteo cocked his brows, a smile already threatening to tug at his lips, spare already knew he would tease him now. "Never thought I'd see the day Spade would take orders from someone else" he said teasingly and Spade just groaned out "he really has you whipped for him"

Spade rolled his eyes and turned around walking out of the room "Spade's whipped" Matteo chimed and Spade just gave him the finger, but he had a smile on his face

Everything was going okay for once, at least he had Matteo back on his side again.

Matteo's back to his cheerful self again 😜😜

But what do you think he's talking about that happened the night of the auction? 🤔🤔