"If it's noisy and disturbing, you can get out of here asshole! That's the exit." Biserka pointed towards the door and started cooking the food.

"Tch," snorted Benvolio again.

The atmosphere was quiet again. At this time could hear only the scraping of the spatula and the frying pan rubbing and clashing. The scent of the room filled with the smell of the food Biserka was cooking. Smelling the delicious aroma of food and teasing Benvolio and Pavlo's stomachs made their stomachs growl with hunger.

A small smile appeared on Biserka's lips as she saw the two men staring at her cooking like kittens waiting to be fed by their master. She hadn't felt this feeling in a long time since she joined the CIA and was away from her twin sister, Mataya, and her best friend, Ahmed.

15 minutes later

She also served three servings of her cooking and placed them on the living room table.

Without further ado, Pavlo and Benvolio immediately grabbed Biserka's food and started eating it.

"Hey, eat slowly, guys. You'll choke to death later," Biserka said as she served drinks to Benvolio and Pavlo.

Benvolio ignored Biserka's words as usual and continued to eat the food that Biserka had served.

While Pavlo answered Biserka's words and said, "This is delicious, Biserka. I didn't expect you to be able to cook this delicious food. Why don't you switch professions to become a chef? It seems you are more skilled at being a chef than being a CIA agent."

"Hey Pav, you're insulting me?!" Biserka was not happy with Pavlo's words and pursed her lips lazily.

"Pav, how is the appointment with the CNY Company going?" asked Benvolio, interrupting Pavlo and Biserka's conversation.

"Ah, wait a minute, Ben. Let me check it first," Pavlo replied and quickly checked his email.

"The results approved by both your company and the CNY Company," Pavlo continued, showing Benvolio the contents of the email.

"Hey, maybe your appointments are accepted, but the chances of a meeting place at the main headquarters of my sister's company are very slight," Biserka replied, telling the two of them.

"Even if it's a meeting for an important project?" asked Benvolio curiously.

"Yeah, even if it's a collaboration or an important project, my sister won't easily let a stranger into her main base."

"Why?" asked Benvolio again as he stopped his eating for a moment.

"Tsk, the main headquarters, is the place where there is a center for all information related to her work. So at the very least, you should get the special invitation she gave you directly." Biserka replied while devouring her food again.

"Then what's in it for me to help you get your partner back? It's just a hassle!" said Benvolio curtly and stopped his eating activities.

"Hey, you have to help me! If it weren't for your mob gang who stopped me that time, my partner would probably be fine now, and things wouldn't be as chaotic as they are now!" Biserka got up from her place and approached Benvolio.

Pavlo, who is not involved in their conversation, immediately joined in to stop the dispute between Benvolio and Biserka.

"Sorry, Biserka, what Benvolio said seems to be true. What's in it for us to help you that far."

"Yes, I didn't forget what I said in the Mint that night to look for your partner, and I did. Even though I couldn't find him, at least you already know her existence. Isn't that enough to make up for what I said to you?" Pavlo tried to give Biserka an explanation and prevent the dispute between Benvolio and Biserka from continuing.

"After all, my deal with that person is only to keep you until the appointed time, not including looking for your partner!" said Benvolio curtly and was soon busy with his laptop again.

"What deal? And who made it?" She tried to ask the statement that was in her mind.

"What do you mean by the deal? Who made a deal with you to keep me? And what was the deal?" Biserka asked, trying to rephrase her confusion.

"Yes, Ben, I'm also curious about the person who made a deal with you," said Pavlo, who was also curious about the agreement.

Because since Benvolio gave him orders to arrange all the needs for this mission in Shanghai when Pavlo was still in Indonesia, Benvolio had not had time to tell him.

"He doesn't have a name. He is usually called by a code name, and his code is M. He calls you his partner and regarding the deal, of course, a deal that gives me an advantage." Benvolio replied with a concise and unspecified answer.

He had no intention of explaining the deal in front of Biserka because it involved his mission to capture the 'monster's lair'.

Biserka, who heard Benvolio's words earlier, remembered someone she also used to call M.

"M? Is he Mr. M? And what about his profession?" Biserka asked again, confirming the mysterious person who made a deal with Benvolio to look after him.

"I don't know for sure about his profession. What I do know is that he is one of the members of the 'monster lair', which is considered a traitor by his organization, so he has to hide for the time being," replied Benvolio.

Then suddenly, he wondered whether Biserka also had a connection with the 'monster's lair' because the mysterious man who called him, who had the M code, called Biserka his partner.

"Do you know 'monster lair'? Or are you one of them?" asked Benvolio to confirm Biserka's true identity. Then he immediately pointed his gun at Biserka.

Pavlo was surprised to see Benvolio pointing his gun at Biserka and trying to stop him.

"Oh, come on, Ben. She's not necessarily a member of that organization. We can still talk about this on good terms anyway. Please put your mind at ease, Ben. Your illness could get worse later."

Pavlo tried to take the gun in Benvolio's grip, but Benvolio dodged first, pulled out the other gun, and aimed it at Pavlo.

***

Rome, Italy. At the residence of the Constanzo extended family.

"Papà, perché ti fidi di più di quella persona? solouno sconosciuto! Perché ti fidi di lui più di tua figlia? (Papa, why do you trust that person more? He's just a stranger! Why do you trust him more than your daughter)?" Callista asked her Papa, annoyed and jealous because her Papa trusted other people more than he trusts him.

"Papà non si fidava di lui più caro. Papà gli ha solo dato più apprezzamento per i suoi sforzi. (Papa doesn't trust him more than you, dear. Papa just gives him more appreciation for his efforts)," answered Xavier, not confirming her daughter's words.

"Se puoi dimostrare di essere anche qualificato e degno, papà farà sicuramente lo stesso con te proprio come papà ha fatto con lui. (If you can prove that you are also qualified and worthy, Papa will definitely do the same to you as Papa did to him)," he continued while stroking the head of Callista, his daughter.

Callista removed her Papa's hand from her head and said, "Non mi fido di te papà! Da quando lo hai adottato e lo hai reso il maggior azionista della nostra azienda di famiglia, non mi fido mai più di te! (I can't believe you anymore, Papa! Since You adopted him and made him the biggest shareholder in our family business, I'll never trust you again)!"

Callista immediately left her Papa alone because she did not want to talk to him at this time and continued the debate. She had been quite upset since her Papa adopted a boy of Asian descent and made him the owner of her family company.

"Un giorno capirai cara. Papà vuole solo che tu impari dall'esperienza di Benvolio, il tuo fratello adottivo. Vedrai come funziona il mondo, tesoro. (One day, you will understand, dear. Papa wants you to learn from Benvolio's experience, and your brother will lifts you. You'll see how the world works, baby)." Xavier sighed and muttered to himself.

He wanted her daughter to understand why he chose Benvolio as the family company owner and why he adopted Benvolio as Callista older brother.

Xavier Constanzo is the head of the family, the Constanzo family. He is the original owner of the BCIF company, a company engaged in global finance, before finally giving all of his shares to his adopted son, Benvolio.

He only has one daughter from his ex-wife, who had an affair with his close friend. And now he has a new wife who is also Benvolio's aunt. He considers Benvolio as his son and loves Benvolio as much as he loves his daughter.

The Constanzo family still owns many companies other than BCIF and also many subsidiary companies that they manage.

However, the leading company of the Constanzo family is BCIF because it has the most considerable net income of any other company and has a massive impact on the world's economy. Because of this, Callista, her daughter, doesn't like her Papa giving the family business to Benvolio, who is her adoptive brother and nephew of her new mother.

-to be continued-