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"Ahhhhhhh!!!" I screamed into the pillow. I couldn't believe what I did yesterday."Anyone can be sexually attracted to anyone. Don't feel ashamed" Josie comforted me.She didn't get it!His smirk after hearing my confession still haunted me. He must've been feeling like some kind of boss.To top it all. His reply was like a Taser to my soul."I don't feel same. Get over it" I repeated to Josie. Those were the words he said to me.Bro! Neither do I!!!!!"You had to save yourself. Don't overthink it" Josie said, before snickering."Really? Oh wow! I thought you were my friend" I threw the pillow at her for snickering. "Now he'd thinking that I always fantasize about him. Argh!!""Why didn't you say something else?" Josie bit her lips. She was trying to stop herself from laughing and I knew it."I just said the first thing that was in my head. I didn't think it through" I groaned frustratedly."Maybe because you're sexually attracted to him?" Josie wiggled her eyebrow at me."That woul
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Julian's POV"I got information about Grisella, Boss" Hugo, my private investigator told me, handing out files to me.My eyes travelled down to where she stood with my cousin, Jenna. They looked like they were having a heated argument. It's girl things. I rather not involve myself at all. "Come with me" I led the way to the garden. I don't know if I was ready to hear anything about Grisella because they'd only confirm or change how I thought about her.When we go to the garden, I sent all the guards out. This was a private discussion."She was involved in an accident when she was little, around age 12 and that was how she lost her parents." Hugo said, passing a photo to me. In it were pictures of little Grisella. She looked so much like someone I knew but I just couldn't place my hand on where I had seen her younger version before now."Go on" I nodded at Hugo"She seemed to have some sort of medical record from the hospital but some pages are worn out and messed up so I couldn't g
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"What was that in there?" I was being pulled by Julian as he led me out of the buildingTrust me, I was struggling to get out of his grip but he wasn't budging. He didn't know what he just did. He just keeps ruining my plans and adding more hurdles for me. "Get in" He commanded, holding the passengers door for me. "Why would I do that?" I eyed him, irritated at whatever was going on"Grisella..." He growled. "Don't let me rough handle you" Groaning, I jumped into the vehicle. I mean, I also needed to get out of here and clear my head after seeing Jenna, Raniero's cousin and my one time close friend.She sure as hell made me feel so guilty on our first meet and first conversation. I didn't even know what to say to her but she sure as hell had a lot to say to me if not that she was called to for an emergency meeting or whatever.I know I'd be dead when next we meet. Also, I know it won't last for long. However, I didn't like this because she'd only make my mission impossible. "What
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"Hmmm!""You know you can just yell. Your grunts are beginning to get on my nerves" I snapped at Julian who glared at me in return."You still didn't run, Grisella." Julian said, still grunting at my every slight touch. "You know you can be so annoying. Imagine I had really left you there, you'd be dead by now!" I placed the bandage on his stomach where he got shot. "Unfortunately, I don't die" He said proudly. I wanted to squeeze his mouth. "Fucking right. Maybe I would've just left you there" I hissed, picking up all the bloody cotton wool and tossing it into a nearby bin."But you didn't. You came back even when I told you to leave" He threw his head backwards, looking at the ceiling."I should get going before your -""Julian!" Delilah bolted in, pushing me aside. "What did she do to you?""Mother" He said coldly. Why the sudden attitude?"Ever since this girl came back, you've been getting shot. You never get shot. I mean, you do but it's usually just grazing." Delilah complai
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"You better be calling us all here because you have a good news" Vincenzo, Julian's father said, taking his seat.I bet he hasn't seen me yet.Immediately he sat, his wife followed suit and then Hannah and her family. Everybody's eyes except Julian's eyes widened once they saw me. Well, I made sure I was sitting pretty."Too beautiful to handle. Close up, Hannah before you house a fly" I pointed at her mouth.Ah, Grisella. Watch this mouth of yours."You can't blame them hunnie. I guess they're just mesmerized by your beauty" Julian complimented. I bit my lips, stopping myself from laughing out loud.What was that line? I made a mental note to tell him to improve on his pick-up line. That was not beautiful to hear at all."What's this nonsense?" Rachel, of course, was the first to talk. Mr Devani was busy looking at me with a look of admiration. He wasn't doing a good job hiding it Sorry, I don't do old men."Yeah, Julian. Why do you have this... this orphan in a family dinner?" De
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"How could you do this to me!" Hannah yelled, tugging at Julian's shirt.The guards moved forward waiting for some sort of order from Julian but he never gave any as he stood there, letting her tug on his brown neatly ironed shirt. "I am your betrothed. You cannot do this to me." Hannah began to cry. "Mother!""I'll talk to him, Hannah. Like you said, he's playing a prank on us" Vincenzo finally spoke up, holding Hannah up properly. I excused myself because the drama was already too much for me. I mean, I just wanted to see them cry and now that I saw them cry, it wasn't even that interesting. Rachel, however, didn't cry but I could see the agony and pain she had on her face. She was indeed a tough woman. I bet she was doing what I usually did.Don't give your enemies the satisfaction that they broke you. I guess that's what she was doing in there."Hey, trouble!" Russo called out to me before I even got to me."You sound so happy to see me, Dumbo" I smirked at him. "You're wearin
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"And where do you think you're going?" Julian wasn't looking at me but somehow, he still managed to ask the question in time.I held the door knob, relaxing my feet on the ground. I was walking on the tip of my toe thinking he wouldn't notice."Everyone is gone now so I was thinking I could go back to my room at the other part" I said, my hand turning the door knob."I knew you would do this" Julian scoffed, his gaze still fixated on his phone. My problem currently was why the door wasn't opening. I freaking turned the door knob in an attempt to unlock the door but it didn't unlock. "I think the door is broken" I announced, panic setting into my heart. Why would it break now?"Oh shit!" Julian lazily stood up, scratching his neck."Julian." I gave him a suspicious glare, dropping my heels on the floor carelessly. He looked suspicious. "Where's the key?""What are you accusing me of, Grisella? You think I'd want to keep you in here by false imprisonment?" He raised his eyebrow at me
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Being a Mafia Fianceé or whatever sucked. You can't even mingle with other staffs because they were all scared that their BOSS could probably blow off their head.I mean, he doesn't even look that scary to me. Or is it just me?I was restricted from visiting the other mansion but Josie was allowed to visit me here whenever she wanted. "Julian." I called out for the umpteenth time."Give me a minute, Vixen" He raised his index finger at me.I've been doing that for close to 30 minutes now. I needed to call his bluff."When do you travel?" I asked because that was my only chance to do a proper search on evidence to the fact that they killed my family for an unjust cause and also evidence to bring them down to the mud. "Pursuing me?" He scoffed, still tapping away on his phone. "Or wait." He raised his head up, giving me his attention. "Do you want to go with me?""No!" I said immediately, taking him aback. "I mean, I'm tired of sharing the same damn space with you and this is the onl
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My 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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Julian'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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"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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Julian'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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"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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"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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Grisella's POV"I need everyone on duty to be gathered here!" Julian yelled, looking around the room. Slowly they began to troop in, in their numbers.I wanted to tell him how unnecessary it was to do this but then my mouth wouldn't open to say anything. I groaned, clenching my fist as I adjusted my leg carefully. The pain I was feeling was just too much. I bit my lips to stop me from grunting."Are you okay, Vixen?" Julian turned towards me, his attention no longer on the guards. "Do you need help with anything?" He crouched down to my level.I just stared blankly at him, silently blaming him for the cause of my predicament. A revenge plan should go smoothly but mine has been 'give and take'. I'd do something to him only to receive it back.It was becoming very annoying."Don't." I whispered quietly as I eyed his hand which were few inches away from my leg. He sighed heavily, dragging back his hands slowly as he looked at me one last time. "Who was in charge of Grisella's room?" H
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Julian's POVIt was two days.Two days since I last saw Grisella's face. I didn't know how she was doing and I've not bothered to ask too.She needed to learn her lesson. She was just too stubborn for my liking. Sometimes I don't know if she forgets she's a lady. "Still not picking her calls?" Russo said, nodding at my phone which I had turned upside down, not wanting to see my cousins name display on my screenIt was partially her fault and I wanted her guilt to slowly eat her up. She was an emotional person even though she acted tough."They'd both learn" I simply said, tossing the financial report aside. "These reports don't tally with our spending. Is someone stealing from us?" Russo scratched the back of his neck, picking up the paper. "If you didn't say it now, I wouldn't have known." "It keeps reducing every month with no trace of it. Or is it disguised under something else?" I beckoned on him to bring the paper to me again. I snatched it harshly, straightening the paper, pa
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I'm sure you'd be wondering if something really did go wrong, right?Yawning, I stretched myself on the soft mattress. "Mhmmm"I hadn't even sat up but I could feel the splitting headache that arose from my too much alcohol intake."Welcome back" A male voice said. He sounded so familiar."Thank you" I answered, chuckling to myself at my response. "Can you pass me some Advil?" I had refused to open my eyes because adjusting to the light will equally add to my headache.I stretched my hands open, waiting for the drugs but felt nothing. "Urghh!" I groaned, opening my eyes. As expected, I winced, squinting my eyes as I adjusted to the brightness. "Where am I?" I sat up immediately, taking in this new environment. The room looked nothing like the rooms I've slept in, these past few days - Julian's room and the one assigned to me at the other mansion."Just where disobedient and notorious girls should be" The familiar voice said again. I narrowed my eyes, following the voice.My mouth fe
