Chapter: 40My chest rose and fell rapidly as I clutched onto what felt like a material - Maybe the bedsheet, like my life depended on it."No" I shook my head, curling my toes. My grip on the sheet got stronger as I struggled "Please stop the car, Pá. Why isn't it stopping?" I cried out, tears streaming down my eyes"Put on your seatbelt, Baby" A feminine voice said. She was looking at me but her face was blurry to me. "Are we going to die?" I had begun to cry out loud as my trembling hands managed to buckle my seat belt."Honey, the belts are cut" The male voice whispered but I could hear it. I could hear the fear in his voice. He couldn't hide it."Are we going to die?" I asked again, looking at the road. "Why won't the car stop, Pá?" "Be calm, My Little Angel. We'll not die" Lies. They all sounded like lies to my ears but a little part of me trusted his words."Darling, the truck" The lady, my mother, pointed at in front, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.My cries increased at this poi
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Chapter: 39Julian's POV"I have a hunch it's our rivals" I announced, looking at the face of each and everyone of 'The Inner Family'. They consisted of my uncle's and cousins from my father's side. "Do we attack then?" Alberto asked, rubbing his stubble gently "The question is who the fuck rats us out to these people" I glared at him and then extended it to the rest of them. Some seemed tensed."You should try checking your security. I'm not sure it's anyone of you. You can just admit that you're incompetent. Pfft" Gary scoffed, puffing out the smoke from his tobacco.Gary has always been pissed that I took over instead of him. "You're the one to talk, Gary. Considering how you've been fighting me ever since I became Don, what do you say about me thinking you're involved in this?" I relaxed back, smirking cockily at him.He pushed back his chair aggressively, the scraping sound filled the air. "How dare you point accusatory fingers at me!" He slammed his hand on the table."Are you asserting
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Chapter: 38"You did what????" Josie folded her legs under her body, paying keen attention to me."Please don't make me repeat myself" I groaned, covering my face with my palm.I needed to talk to someone about what transpired between Julian and I. I overstepped my boundaries. I broke my rules and I don't feel good about that."You were rushing everything at once, I could barely get the main gist." Josie scratched the back of her neck"Julian and I - Come on, Josie. I'm sure you heard what I said" I deadpanned.She tried to hold back her laugh as she stared at me, pretending to be serious. "I -" She finally burst into fits of laughter. "Okay, I heard. I heard how you fucked your enemy"My eyes widened in shock. I could feel my cheek heat up from embarrassment. "We didn't fuck." I corrected, giving her a warning glare. "But you almost did. I mean, rubbing genitals is basically dry humping! That is sex" Josie smirked at me, rubbing more salt."Josephine, shut up" I pinched the bridge of my nose, s
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Chapter: 37Julian's POV."What happened?" I sat up right, my hand flew instinctively to my waist band where my gun rested.Waiting for Russo to catch his breath, I slowly brought my arms down. What would make Russo pant is expected to make me damn mad and so I waited for it."The warehouse was raided" He said, staring into my eyes. I clenched and unclenched my jaw, grinding my teeth. "How many are down?"Shutting my laptop, I pushed back my chair aggressively. The fact that I didn't know who was behind this irked me so much. I felt so incompetent and I think that's what my crew would be saying too."7" "Let's go" Leading the way, I bolted out of the room. Dragging out my phone from my pocket, I began to type furiously on the phone.I needed a new approach to this mysterious force that has been on my case. "Yo! Look where you're going man?" Grisella said, making me halt. She was the only one who would talk to me like that. Slowly, I dragged my eyes from her legs and damn, I don't know if she'
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Chapter: 36"Good thing you're here!" I stopped on track, taking in my environment. My eyes moved from Julian to his parents and then a random man. He didn't look ordinary."Come over, Woman" Vincenzo, Julian's father, called to me as he gestured with his finger.Turning back, I looked at the guards who were behind me. "Is he talking to me?" I asked them. They all stared blankly at me.Oh. "Grisella, stop being dramatic and make your way here" Julian rolled his eyes at me. Groaning lowly, I dragged my feet on the ground lazily. Vincenzo, on the other hand was glaring daggers at me."I don't even know why we want to go ahead with this" Delilah hissed from where she sat, frowning her face."Come closer, Grisella" Julian commanded."I think I'm fine here" I stated, staring at him. When I noticed that he was being very serious, I rolled my eyes. "Okay, fine""She lacks respect" The man who sat close to Vincenzo, finally spoke.I raised my eyebrow at him, ready to attack him but Julian pulled me on
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Chapter: 35"You have less than 2 weeks to see him. He'd be out of town for a while after 2 weeks" Josie said, bringing her voice down. Her eyes roamed around the environment for safety."I'll see him" I simply said, nodding "He also needs concrete information" Josie added. "When do I hit the next on the list?""I'll let you know when i think is the right time to do so." I sighed. Lord Raniero wouldn't know what hit him by the time I'm done with him and his family."Don't forget -""Jesus, Josie. I said I'll see him okay?" I snapped, a bit irritated at the way she was constantly pressing me about the issue."And who are you going to see?" His voice now sounded too familiar that I didn't need to turn to know who it belonged to.Besides, he was the only one who could confidently poke nose into my matter, without any iota of fear in the world."Didn't your mother teach you how to not poke your nose in people's business. Or better still, how eavesdropping is bad?" I folded my hand when I came face t
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