03/09/2026
"I’ll Give You $10M If You Translate This", Laughed The Mafia Boss… But The Shy Waitress Silenced...
The Ghost Of Table 10
$10 million, that was the price tag on my silence. It started as a joke, a cruel, arrogant boast shouted by the most dangerous man in New York.
Dante Valerio, the Capo who ruled the city with a blooded iron fist, thought I was just a waitress. He thought I was invisible.
He threw a crumbling, ancient letter onto the table and laughed, daring anyone to decipher the code that had baffled the world's best cryptographers. He didn't know who I really was.
He didn't know that by reading those three lines, I wasn't just winning a bet. I was signing my own death warrant.
The air in Loro always smelled of truffle oil, expensive cologne, and fear. Mostly fear.
Selene adjusted the collar of her stiff white uniform, keeping her head down as she navigated the maze of velvet booths. She was a ghost in this restaurant.
That was the point. Being Selene the waitress was safe.
Being Dr. Selene Rostova, the youngest linguistics professor to ever be disgraced and exiled from Cambridge University, was dangerous. Here, amidst the clinking of crystal and the murmur of high society gossip, she was invisible until tonight.
A Dangerous Bet
Tonight, table 10 was occupied by Dante Valerio. Even without looking up, Selene knew he was there.
The atmosphere in the restaurant had shifted the moment he walked in. The music seemed quieter.
The other diners stiffened, and the manager, Mr. Henderson, was sweating through his suit. Dante Valerio wasn't just a mob boss; he was the head of the Valerio syndicate.
He was a man whose net worth was rumored to rival small countries and whose temper was legendary.
"Incompetent, all of...