The Underboss Voted No So I Chose A New Life Chapter 18
He stood there, stunned.
“Mireille, I know now where those seven no votes came from.”
“Mm.”
“I kept using you as an excuse. I made the inner circle think you were interfering with them, and I made them believe you would never really sit at the center of the Bellini family.”
“Mm.”
“I’ve explained everything in front of the adviser and the capos. I even gave up the underboss ring. Everyone knows I was the one at fault.”
“Hadrian, I don’t care what they think of me anymore.”
He started to reach for me, then stopped halfway and drew his hand back.
“Then what do you care about?”
“Tomorrow’s first review meeting for the feature.”
“And besides work?”
“Feeding the stray cat downstairs when I get home.”
“And besides that?”
I thought for a moment.
“Nothing.”
The second that word left my mouth, whatever composure he’d been holding onto collapsed.
Hadrian lowered his head. His shoulders shook once, lightly.
After a long time, he said, “If I cast a vote in your favor now, is it too late?”
“The vote is over.”
I walked past him.
He didn’t follow.
In the recycling bin, the old ticket flipped over in the wind.
The side that said *Last one* landed facedown.