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CHAPTER THIRTY
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2025-02-12 21:59:57
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Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
MEL POVThe gasp of shock from Mama Agness scares me more than Dante’s words.“Me?” I look up from Nick’s shivering body to Dante’s smiling face. “It’s meant for me?”“So, it says.” Dante answers. “Let me just say this, welcome to the Mafia life.” He winks at me.“Don’t be ridiculous.” Rio snatches the paper from him, a frown creasing his forehead as he reads through its contents. “Well, I’ll be damned.” He murmurs.“Rio…” I whisper, but he doesn’t look at me.“Is someone going to read what it says out?” Reign asks.Rio hands him the open letter and slumps on a nearby sofa.“‘It wasn’t meant to be like this.’” Reign reads aloud. “‘You should have stayed away.’” He looks up from the paper. “This does not necessary mean it’s for her. It could be for anyone.”“You really should consider getting those glasses, Dad.” Dante baits him, taking a seat next to Rio.“Is this the time for jokes, Dante?” Mama Agness scolds him.“He clearly can’t see without it.” He returns.“Read the bottom left,
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RIO POVI watch as Mel runs to the elevator as if being chased by something or someone, and I can’t help but feel like she knows a lot more than she is letting off.“My precious.” Dante mimics the endearment on the letter. “Sounds so cliche and just… wrong.”I turn my attention to him. “Why?”“I would have assumed this was the work was one of your many jilted and heartbroken ladies, but that my precious is throwing me off that idea.”“Heartbroken ladies?” I repeat.“Cmon. We all saw the way that pretty doctor behaved when she noticed Mel was your wife. Bitch wanted to pluck her eyes out.”“Ignore him.” Father says, with his expression bleak. “What are we going to do about this, Rio?”“Nothing.” The word echoes in the room as they both stay still, staring at me.“No-nothing! You are going to do nothing!” Father yells. “Your wife was just threatened and you are going to do nothing?”“I’m going with Dante on this, Father.” I respond calmly. “I’m sure this was just a silly prank meant to
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MEL POV“I didn’t realize how much I would miss Nonna’s nagging in the morning.” Dante whines. “I have gotten so used to her voice that this feels different, doesn’t it, Mel?”“Huh?” I murmur, startled by the fact that he called my name, instead of something annoying.“It’s weird not having Nonna for breakfast, right?”“Yes, it is.” I say shyly and shift in my seat.He was right, but Nonna being away isn’t the only weird thing about this morning.Mr. Reign has been sending me little sorrow filled glances since I joined them for breakfast, and Dante has been acting… nice.As for Rio, he is missing in action as usual. I haven’t seen him since I woke up. At least one thing was normal.“The hospital called earlier.” Reign announces, not looking up from his plate. “Nick is doing fine. He is even wanting to come home today. But Agness insists he stays a day more.”“He must be pissed.” I grin, imagining how frustrated Nick must be feeling now. “Maybe I could drop by and see them. I even pic
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MEL POV“Nia.” Nick calls out happily. “You came to see me.”“Nicky boy.” Nia walks to the bed, but turns the opposite side, facing me.I haven’t seen her since the first time we met in the garden, that I even began to think she had been a fidget of my imagination.“Heard you got your first gunshot wound.” She said and Nick nodded like a child, lifting his shirt to show her his wound. “Told you were a little pussy. That little thing landed you in the hospital? Couldn’t you just walk it off?”“It was Nonna’s idea.” Nick’s face drops into a sulk. “I am actually fine.”“Well, you wouldn’t be injured, if not for little Mrs. Rafe over here?” She glares at me.I feel irritated at her tone, but she was right. Nick is in here because of me.“She didn’t do anything.” Nick speaks up in my defense when I remain silent.“Yes, expect show up where she isn’t wanted.” Nia accuses me. “And now you are nursing a bullet wound meant for her. Or am I wrong about the death threat hanging on your head, M
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MEL POV“Mel!” Mama Agness walks into the room. Nick and I stand up to greet her. “And you, young man, back in your bed.” She turns to me and immediately envelops me in a warm hug. “Oh, my darling. You look so tired. I was thinking of you all night.”“Nonna.” I hug her tight, holding onto the comfort she gives me, as I feel the tension leaving my body. “I missed you, Nonna.” I breathe in her scent.“Have you eaten? Those monsters didn’t feed you right?” She pulls back, turns me around to check my body.“I’m fine Nonna.” I laugh. “How are you? How did you sleep?”“Good enough for a hospital. Drop that phone, young man.” She scolds Nick. “You spend too much time on your screen and it has affected your eye. That’s why you couldn’t see the bullet coming your way.”“Nonna! That’s not fair.” Nick pouts. “Besides, you know I don’t like looking at the TV. If I was back in the estate, at least I will busy in the garden or working in the stables.”“Oh, don’t you even think about it.” She pulls
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RIO POVI pull into the company’s parking lot, and I am greeted by my father’s secretary who immediately appeared at my door.“Good morning Mr. Rio. I am sorry to disturb you, this early.” She says. “I called your father but he said he wasn’t coming in today.”“That’s all right, Andrea. I was already on my way here.” We walk through the entrance together. “So, the French police are here already?”“Yes, sir.” She answers. “Mr. Temple is here too. He refused to speak to any of the board members, so I cajoled him into agreeing to meet with you instead of your father. I should warn you that he is now insisting on the arrest of Mr. Jim.”“Is he?” I ask, smiling. I had earlier informed Signor Temple to come to the company very early this morning and cause a huge scene over his goods. Sensing the tension in Andrea, he might have taken the order a little too serious.“Where is Mr. Temples now?” We get in the elevator.“In your office.” She winces as if she expected me to complain.“That’s fi
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RIO POVSecurity footage?There isn’t supposed to be a security footage. I had made certain of that.After concluding my meeting with Signor Temples, I had met up with some associates who would handle the planting of the drugs, and altering of the cameras to avoid any evidence or anyway of linking this back to me or anyone at all.“We all know that the security cameras in the loading docks were going to be altered,” Signor Andre says. “But our culprit forgot a little detail. The light house just across the dock. I was able to get this footage from them.”Shit. The damn light house. How could I have missed that?“Nice work, Mr. Andre.” I say, trying to conceal my annoyance. “I work hard for my money.” He answers. “It’s only natural I protect where it goes.” He presses play on the remote and the screen goes dark. In the next second, a man walks into the frame and heads to the already locked container, carrying a small bag with him. He unlocks the container, breaks the seal on the boxe
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-09Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY- EIGHT
RIO POV.“The order came from the Anteri Cartel.” Antonio finally says.“What?” Andre shots to his feet instantly.“Anteri, you say? The same Anteri drug lords from France?” Blanc asks.“Yes, sir. It’s the same ones.” Antonio nods in response.The Anteri Cartel is a mafia group from France known mainly for being notorious hard drug pushers. Recently their Don was acquainted for a drug deal gone wrong and I have never had personal deals with them.So, why did Antonio pin this on them? What game is he playing here?“That is a lie.” Andre angrily points at Antonio. “You! You are a freaking liar. Liar!”“I’m not lying, sir.” Antonio insists and brings out a white envelope from his pocket. He hands it over to Detective Blanc. “This was left in my mail at home, after I agreed to do the job. It had the upfront payment of ten thousand Euros and a letter warning me to do a good job.”“This is the French group’s seal.” Leroy says, while examining the letter. “I have seen it enough times to kno
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Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FOURTY-FOUR
MEL POVI should have known. I should have known.I keep repeating this to myself as I tap vigorously on the elevator button. Rio is probably injured but he could still walk. “C’mon, please open.” I cry, looking back to see if he was coming after me. It finally opens. I get in and press the button for the last floor. I have to leave the estate now, even if it is in my bath robe.“Christ!” I bang my head against the wall of the elevator. I am so stupid to have believe his reason for wanting to marry me. Help him win his company. As if the mafia can do that on their own. No wonder he didn’t tell me anything about what was going on in the company and his plans.Because all he wanted was to finish all he started that night in the woods. What they did to those girls.“To think that I was wondering if he was in love with me. Not knowing he was nothing but a freaking stalker and kidnapper and murderer.” I run my hands through my wet hair. “It’s because I was blinded by the money. And the j
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FOUTY-THREE
MEL POV“Let’s go, Mel. Let us go.” The voice in the dark screams at me, dragging me farther into the woods“I’m scared.” I cry out, trying to free my little hand from the grip on it. I can’t see who or what is holding me, but they aren’t letting go. “Please. I don’t want to go on. I am tired. We should go back. Please.”“We can’t. I have you now. Never going back.” The voice screams again. “Never!” It tugs harder my hand and I slip, hitting my head on a blood-stained rock.“You have to keep going, Mel.” It finally releases my hand but the voice seems far away. “It’s hurts.” I cry out, laying on the muddy floor, blood dripping my fractured head with bruises covering my tiny hands. “Let’s go back.” I stretch my hand to the dark. “Take me back.” “I have to leave.” The voice gets further away. “They can’t catch me. I have to go.”“No. Take me back.” The blood on my head starts to flow into my eyes, making me blind. “Please.”“l will be back for you.” A voice is now just a whisper that
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FOURTY-TWO
MEL POVI part my lips and take the tip of his cock into my mouth, sucking and licking while cupping his balls.“Yes.” He moans softlyI part my lips wider as I free his balls, wrap my hand around the base of the cock and take him, inch by inch inside my mouth.“More, Darling. More.” Rio runs his hands through my hair and grips my head, pushing slowly between my lips. “Yes, Mel. Take all of me.”My jaw stretches as I open wider to accept more of him, as he thrust gently, almost reaching to my throat.“You feel so good, darling.” He moans as I work on him, bobbing my head up down, slowly and then faster. “Yes, yes baby. Fuck me.”I moan I feel his cock get harder in my mouth. He is gonna come.Inside in my mouth.My stomach tightens in excitement as I move faster, encouraging to cum when he thrust harder, hitting my throat. I wanna gag at the sudden intrusion, but I long to feel his cum in me. I cup his balls again, hoping to help him.“Mel.” He groans and pulls out of my mouth, leavin
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FOURTY- ONE
MEL POVHis touch.His lips.God, his tongue.Those are the only thoughts swimming in my head as I lose myself in his kiss. I have missed this, this insane want I feel, this want that makes me forget everything, even the threat hanging on my head.“Rio.” I moan as he cups my ass and lifts me up. I wrap my legs around his waist as he presses me against the wall.“Darling Mel.” He pulls his lips from mine and stares into my eyes, while opening the buttons on my shirt. One by one.I feel completely captivated by the look in his eyes. I really think I can live the rest of my life, just staring into his blue eyes.He bends his head and bites on my left nipple through the lace of my bra.“Ah!” My body jerks in response as he suckles on it immediately and uses his free hand to toy with the other. I grab his head and pull him up for another kiss.“Mel. I need your taste in my mouth.” He groans and puts me on my feet. He goes down on his knees, drags my trouser down to my ankles and pulls the
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER FOURTY
RIO POV Signor Andre is the last person I expected to see tonight, but I should have guessed it when Nonna was going on about a family dinner. Father, Mel and Nick were also sitting at the table.“Dante, Rio. Glad you are home already.” Father welcomes us. “We have been waiting for you. Please Join us.”“Don’t mind if I do.” Dante struts to take his seat. “What are we having? Hey Nick, feeling better?”“Yes, Master Dante. Thank you.” Nick answers.I take my seat beside Mel who was sitting directly opposite Andre. I don’t know if that was planned or fate, but I intend to ignore him the whole night.“Hello darling. Miss me?”“Yes.” She looks up at me with a shy expression on her face“Good.”“Isn’t this wonderful?” Nonna sits next to Nick. “Everyone is here, sitting together like a family.”“Speaking of family, this is our official first meeting, Miss Mel.” Andre beams at Mel. “I would like to welcome you to our family. How have you been enjoying your time as a Rafe?”The sound of his
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
RIO POV“Sir.”I look up from my computer to see my secretary standing ay my door. “Yes?”“I’m leaving for the day.”“What?” I glance at the wall clock beside me. It is already 6;25 pm. I had not realized the time had gone way past the closing hour of 4pm. “Do you usually stay this long?”“No, sir. I had to finish up some stuff ahead of Monday. It’s the weekend tomorrow.”“Oh, right. Well then, goodnight.”“Good night, sir. See you on Monday.”It’s been a while since I have stayed this long at the company and its best, I get used to it as it will become my reality once I am named CEO. I finish up on my system, pull my table drawer open to store some files when I notice the file I had taken from my mother’s old office a few days ago.I have completely forgotten about it.I scan through the details of the first page. There are serial numbers about a shipment contract between Shamz holding and our company. The contents of the shipment are marked as undisclosed but tagged as delicate. The
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY- EIGHT
RIO POV.“The order came from the Anteri Cartel.” Antonio finally says.“What?” Andre shots to his feet instantly.“Anteri, you say? The same Anteri drug lords from France?” Blanc asks.“Yes, sir. It’s the same ones.” Antonio nods in response.The Anteri Cartel is a mafia group from France known mainly for being notorious hard drug pushers. Recently their Don was acquainted for a drug deal gone wrong and I have never had personal deals with them.So, why did Antonio pin this on them? What game is he playing here?“That is a lie.” Andre angrily points at Antonio. “You! You are a freaking liar. Liar!”“I’m not lying, sir.” Antonio insists and brings out a white envelope from his pocket. He hands it over to Detective Blanc. “This was left in my mail at home, after I agreed to do the job. It had the upfront payment of ten thousand Euros and a letter warning me to do a good job.”“This is the French group’s seal.” Leroy says, while examining the letter. “I have seen it enough times to kno
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
RIO POVSecurity footage?There isn’t supposed to be a security footage. I had made certain of that.After concluding my meeting with Signor Temples, I had met up with some associates who would handle the planting of the drugs, and altering of the cameras to avoid any evidence or anyway of linking this back to me or anyone at all.“We all know that the security cameras in the loading docks were going to be altered,” Signor Andre says. “But our culprit forgot a little detail. The light house just across the dock. I was able to get this footage from them.”Shit. The damn light house. How could I have missed that?“Nice work, Mr. Andre.” I say, trying to conceal my annoyance. “I work hard for my money.” He answers. “It’s only natural I protect where it goes.” He presses play on the remote and the screen goes dark. In the next second, a man walks into the frame and heads to the already locked container, carrying a small bag with him. He unlocks the container, breaks the seal on the boxe
Hidden Obsessions CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
RIO POVI pull into the company’s parking lot, and I am greeted by my father’s secretary who immediately appeared at my door.“Good morning Mr. Rio. I am sorry to disturb you, this early.” She says. “I called your father but he said he wasn’t coming in today.”“That’s all right, Andrea. I was already on my way here.” We walk through the entrance together. “So, the French police are here already?”“Yes, sir.” She answers. “Mr. Temple is here too. He refused to speak to any of the board members, so I cajoled him into agreeing to meet with you instead of your father. I should warn you that he is now insisting on the arrest of Mr. Jim.”“Is he?” I ask, smiling. I had earlier informed Signor Temple to come to the company very early this morning and cause a huge scene over his goods. Sensing the tension in Andrea, he might have taken the order a little too serious.“Where is Mr. Temples now?” We get in the elevator.“In your office.” She winces as if she expected me to complain.“That’s fi
