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Julian's POV "Your freedom is limited. Live like it" I didn't need to see her face before knowing that she was the one. Grisella sat there in the garden with a book. My eyes roamed around her body. Anger coursed through my vein when I saw the kind of outfit she had on."Of course, nobody else would say that if not you" Grisella replied, her eyes still focused on the book.."What are you wearing?" Ignoring her statement, I decided to tackle the current issue on ground. "Cloth" She answered truthfully. However I didn't consider her answer to be truthful."Cloth, my ass. This isn't no damn cloth. Is this how you show off much skin to everyone? Where are your morals?" I eyed her up and down scornfully.She sighed before shutting her book. I could literally feel the aggression from the way she closed the book but I was more mad. "Do you go around scolding every other girl in here? I mean, if this is a prostitution quarter, we have to dress to win over customers right?" She raised her e
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"I'd leave you to them if you get yourself into trouble" I wasn't surprised he was saying this. I couldn't miss the scornful look he threw my way at my choice of dress."I wouldn't give you such privilege" I scoffed, throwing my face away. "I do not like this dress at all" Julian voiced out."For someone who is a Mafia lord, you sure as hell pay too much attention to my choice of dressing. Don't you run a strip club with ladies who wear worse clothes than what I have on?" I raised my eyebrow at him."You're..." "We're here!" I cheered, smiling at the entrance"I'm starting to think you survived all these years with stealing" Julian groaned, opening the door."Damn right" I chuckled, bouncing out too without waiting for anyone to help me with the door"Are you sure you don't need mask? You can choose to wear one" Julian said, worry etched in his voice."My make-up is a mask on its own. Josie is good at it" I said, ignoring his outstretched hand"Shall we?" Julian said, his face now
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"You know you're so stubborn" I frowned at Julian as I pushed his hand off my shoulder. "Is that what you say to someone who saved your ass?" Russo dropped him on the chair."And who was even talking to you? Besides, I was not shot so far" I argued with Russo who was glaring at me."Your distraction would've gotten you killed." Russo said through gritted teeth. He partially sounded hurt after he said those words but a part of me refused to believe it."I would've survived. I've survived death before so this is less." I said, searching around the living room for anything. "Do you know the kind of bullet -" Russo really didn't want to let this argument die down."If I see it, I'd know" I shot back at him."Enough! Must you two always bicker?" Julian finally spoke up, anger laced in his voice. I almost forgot that the man was in pain."Go get me first aid box" I told Russo. "Keep applying pressure on that spot" I pointed at Julian who in turn glared at me."You don't use that commandi
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Well, I did it"You are here, late" Julian said, clasping his hands together, his eyes trained on me."I...""Yeah, what's your excuse" He rolled his eyes "Excuse?" I scoffed lightly. "Well, I don't feel like giving you any answer to that""You know you're getting too stubborn and if there's anything I don't like in women, it's stubbornness." He frowned at me."You know, I've been thinking" I took a seat, ignoring the death glare he threw my way."I didn't ask you to sit, yet" He spoke up"Were you ever going to ask me to? Nah, I doubt. Anyway, you have to reason with me" I told him."2 minutes. So, summarize" He nodded at me to go on.What am I, a robot?"Since I had already stolen a jewelry for you. Do I get to go now?" I asked. "I mean, I STOLE for you.""For a good cause. You didn't steal for me, you just repossessed a long stolen jewelery that worth billions of dollars" He shrugged."You're still in possession" I raised my eyebrow at him"Yeah, so?" "So, I still stole for you a
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"I'll make sure I have better information for you." I stood watching the car drive off. I sighed loudly. I needed to act smart and quick."What are you doing out here?" A voice said, making me jump up in fear. I clutched on my chest tightly.I swallowed, thinking of every possible thing to say that'd sound reasonable. When my eyes met Russo's curious eyes, i sighed in relief.At least, it wasn't Julian"What? Are you stalking me now?" I folded my arms under my breast."I heard you talking." He raised his eyebrow at me.Oh shit. How much did he hear?"I mean, is it your first time hearing me talk?" I laughed, shaking my headYou are killing this act baby girl! I cheered myself."You think you're smart." He took threatening steps at me but I didn't flinch because I knew he wouldn't do anything to me without Julian's order."Am I not?' I smiled, still standing my ground."Well, I guess you'll have to give your explanation to Julian himself." Russo took me by my hand, pulling me with him
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"What's this?" I asked the young man who was standing in front of my door."I'm Kris. Your personal bodyguard." He introduced himself, almost making me laugh."Personal what?" I held my stomach, now laughing. "That was a nice joke" I pointed at him, my laugh dying down when I saw he wasn't laughing "I'm not joking" He replied, his face straight. He was serious. I still didn't believe it so I did something. I moved from where I stood to another spot and Indeed, he was following me. Oh goodness!"So you're really my personal bodyguard" I turned towards him, my hands folded under my breast. "I see""It's my duty to keep you -""Where's your boss?" I raised my eyebrow at him, inquisitively. "I...""Wait for me." I rushed into my room to throw a decent dress on and dashed out immediately. "Let's go" "Where to?""I don't care about you buddy, but I can't have you following me about." I shook my head, increasing my pace."Damn girl! You now sleeping with one of the guards?" A girl I do n
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Julian's POV"She didn't do it" Russo said, pouring himself a glass of Champagne."She didn't deny it too" I stated. I mean, I was there."I don't know much about Grisella but I know facade when I see one." Russo scoffed. "I think you might be wrong on this. Grisella has been nothing but timid. She was always determined to do that which was in her mind." I smiled, reminiscing on some past memories."In otherwords?" Russo asked."You're probably seeing the real Grisella. It's no facade." I sighed. She really grew worse. "She was your step sister so of course, you know better. I just can't wait to see the sweet part in her. If there's any" Russo chuckled "I have something I'd like her to handle. She seem to be the perfect fit for the job" I said, unbuttoning my shirt."What's that? When are you going to let this girl go?" Russo gave me some lookI didn't like the second question at all."She hasn't paid enough. I can't let her go" I answered through gritted teeth"Are you sure that's
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"From now on, Grisella is only answerable to me." I announced, looking at each and everyone with a deadly glare.They knew better not to utter a single word."What about me?" Hannah said, standing up from where she sat with my mother.Of course, only she didn't get scared because of her father's position. "My duty is to protect my family. You all are my family." I answered, not paying much attention to Hannah."I'm not fine with this unilateral decision" Grisella finally spoke up."She dares to talk when the Don is talking" Mother tsked, eyeing Grisella up and down.I really don't know what transpired between these two but I knew for a fact that they weren't on each other's good book."I mean, isn't he -""Grisella!" I snapped my head towards her as I glowered at her. She rolled her eyes, clamping her mouth shut. She didn't like that I shushed her up but what she didn't know was that Ruthless Raniero was now active and he didn't give two fucks about her.She wanted it this way. She
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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
