14 The Capo

After David was promoted, it was Nico's turn. After all, the one in charge of Hell's Kitchen was Nico himself. So when David fought off the Buccantis in the war, his boss would naturally also receive some credit.

Furthermore, he had been a part of the family for almost a decade. Hence, it was about time he was promoted to a capo. Right after don Enzo had 'made' David, he left the room after making some small talk with the youth.

The underboss followed him, but before he left, he cast a hostile glance at David. The youth naturally missed it as he was still viewing his system panel.

Seeing the boss and underboss leave, Nico was in dismay. Soon, it turned into jealousy. He was jealous that David, his underling, had been rewarded before him. And that it was the don who personally promoted him.

However, when it was his turn, both the boss and underboss had left, leaving only the consigliere, who was known to be an incompetent fool. The only reason that he even had his position was that he happened to save the don's son when he was a child.

Nico suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when Marcel called out, "Nico, come forth."

Displaying a smile on his face, Nico walked toward Marcel, who then proceeded to promote him to capo. Although Nico had a smile on his face, on the inside, he was seething with rage. It wouldn't have been so bad if the underboss was performing the ceremony.

After all, Angelo was don Enzo's son. But to have been promoted by the consigliere really irked him.

"Congratulations, Nico. You're now officially a capo of the Rosetti family." Marcel smiled and patted his shoulder. With that, he turned around and left. After all, there were still a couple of people they needed to promote to capos, and he had to oversee their ceremonies as well.

"Thank you, boss," Nico replied as he watched him leave. He then looked at David, who was still sitting in one corner of the room in a daze. He gnashed his teeth in anger and stomped out of the room without informing David.

David, who had just finished calculating how long it would take for all of his stats to reach two points, looked around the empty room and tilted his head. "Where the hell did everyone go?"

He got up from his chair and dialed Nico's number. A few moments later, he looked at his phone screen in confusion and mumbled, "He cut my call? Strange…." He shrugged his shoulders and walked out of the room. "Fuck it, I'll just go to the Mulligan and meet everyone else."

...

A yellow cab stopped right in front of the Mulligan in Hell's Kitchen. David got out of the car and paid the driver. He then walked toward the bar, but right as he entered, he was stunned by what he saw.

Roberto was standing at the front with the help of a crutch and looking at him with a playful grin. About a dozen people were standing behind him. Some were the survivors of the turf war, while the rest were fresh recruits.

The reason David was taken aback was because they seemed to be waiting for him. Roberto waved his hand and instructed the people behind him, "Go get him, boys."

A few of them walked toward David and grabbed his arms and shoulders, preventing him from leaving. He looked at them in confusion. "Hey, hey, what the fuck's going on?"

However, the next moment his eyes widened. He saw Roberto approach him with a big bottle of champagne in his hand and a wide grin on his face.

Roberto put the bottle inside his mouth and made him drink forcefully. Half of the champagne went down David's throat while the other half drenched his clothes. Meanwhile, Roberto looked at him and laughed, "David, tonight we're getting hammered."

The surrounding associates cheered in unison, "Congrats on the promotion, boss!"

'Boss, huh?' David thought as he chugged champagne. It was only now that it dawned on him that he was finally a made man. At the don's house earlier, his attention had been on the system panel, hence he was absentminded. He wasn't the brightest when it came to math, so it had taken him a while to calculate.

But now, when the associates called him Boss, it finally sank in. He grabbed the bottle from Roberto's hand and drank it all by himself. He thought, 'Fuck it, I'm getting smashed tonight.'

Everyone present was shocked by David's action for a split second, but the next moment they cheered even louder.

About half an hour later, everyone in the bar was fairly drunk. Naturally, David was the drunkest. However, he still appeared sober and could drink even more. Perhaps he had his late father to thank for his high tolerance.

Seeing that David was drunk, Roberto called an associate and whispered, "Go, get them." The associate nodded and went out of the back exit.

A few minutes later, he came back inside. However, he wasn't alone. Behind him were a dozen beautiful women in revealing clothes. The moment the men in the bar saw them, they wolf-whistled.

Roberto put his arm around David's shoulders and grinned. "I'm guessing you're still a virgin, eh?"

David's face flushed red in embarrassment. "Sh-Shut up."

"Hehe," Roberto chuckled in amusement. "Then let me help you. Tonight, you're finally gonna become a man."

The next moment, he signaled one of the women to come to them. She seemed to be in her early twenties and had a head full of blonde hair and striking blue eyes. But her most prominent features were the size of her breasts and her long legs.

When David saw the deep cleavage that the woman was flaunting, he involuntarily gulped. He looked at all the women at the bar, then at the one that was approaching them and confirmed his first impression: 'Yep, she's definitely the hottest of them all.'

When the woman was standing right in front of them, Roberto smiled at her. "Amber, dearest, won't you spend the night with my best buddy here?"

Amber giggled coquettishly as she went and sat right beside David. She grabbed his hand and tightly hugged it, then whispered into his ear, "I want you to fuck my brains out tonight."

Feeling Amber's large breasts rubbing against him and her hot breath brushing past his ear and onto his neck, David's face reddened and his pants became tighter. He looked at Amber and grinned. "Then what're we waiting for?"

He then got up from his seat, followed by Amber. The pair walked out of the bar hand in hand. Before they left, he turned and winked at Roberto. The latter gave him a thumbs up and a knowing smile.

The pair then got inside a cab and went to David's apartment, which was a few blocks away. Throughout the entire ride, the two continued passionately making out. A few minutes later, they got out of the car and went inside David's apartment.

Once inside, David locked the door and looked at Amber, who was beginning to undress. Seeing her voluptuous curves, long legs, and bountiful breasts, he was overcome by lust.

He walked to her, grabbed her waist, and made out with her. He then looked at her and said, "Spread your legs and wait for me on the bed. I'll be back in a moment."

Amber bit David's earlobe and seductively whispered, "Yes, daddy." She laid down on the bed and watched as he went to the bathroom and closed the door.

David looked at his reflection in the mirror and slapped his cheeks a few times. He was overcome by joy as he thought, 'Finally! I'm getting laid!' He washed his face with cold water to chase the drunkenness away. After spraying his mouth with some breath freshener, he walked out of his bathroom with a wide grin.

However, the next moment, the grin on his face collapsed; Amber was nowhere to be seen, and even her clothes were gone. After looking around his apartment and confirming that she had actually left, he clenched his fists and screamed at the top of his lungs, "FUUUCCCKKKK!!!"

He dropped to his knees and raised his hands in the air, his expression full of despair. "Even she ghosted me…. Am I really cursed?"

David hugged his pillow and lay on his bed. Tonight, he would just lay there alone and try his best to not cry himself to sleep.

[Countdown: 441 days...]