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Chapter 32Vanessa Holloway.I don't expect that he would actually have her name by this time. The way he got it makes me more annoyed because if indeed she told him directly, it means that they are talking and things between them might be more serious than I think.I just want to quarrel with him, but he doesn't want to give me a name. "Well, it's fine," I tell myself when I speak with him calmly, deciding that one way or another, I would get that piece of information all on my own. I feel very mad at him though, but I don't show it. He's dead set, deciding to leave him to himself. If he thinks that what he's doing is going to end up well, he should continue. Meanwhile, I'm not stopping at anything. I made sure to let him know that exactly before I left.Before long, I'm in a bus heading for my office. I'm going to check through a lot of files now, and I'm going to put in all my effort and make a lot of phone calls. Above all, I need to really find out her name because it's a critica
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Chapter 33Kira RogersMy last encounter with Luca is not in the shuttle. Surprising. I don't know how things escalated to such a level, but I find myself smiling as I drive by. I drive back with my bike, feeling a light feeling within me. He has taken my number; somehow that makes me completely happy. I feel as though our talks are going to be interesting, and I can't wait for him to send me a message.It doesn't take up to five minutes before he says something: "Hello, Dearest." I wonder at the name he is calling me, but I don't complain. If anything, my heart is beating fast already, just from his words alone. I respond to him before putting my phone away—safety first. I would drive back before I talk with him.I quickly get back to the crypt and make my way to my apartment. Usually, I have other things to do, but I already know that he feels like talking, so I want to talk as long as possible. "I'm still stranded," he says. "I'm waiting for my driver to come and pick me up." "How
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Chapter 34 Kira RogersHere we are, just the next open days—a series of missions and training sprinkled with the joy I get from talking with Luca. He is easily now one of the greatest people in my life, definitely closer to me than Xavier. But then again, Xavier is not really a friend in the truest sense; we've never connected in any way that I have with Luca, and definitely never had sex with each other, keeping our relationship as platonic as possible.I'm glad that Dante hasn't ordered me to go after Luca's life anymore, but it's a little unsettling. It's not like him to let someone off the hook, especially since I know that there's no reason for him to attack anymore. I'm actually very surprised to see that there is some tension in the crypt now. There aren't only criminal organizations around, and there are a lot of thugs around, but suddenly things seem to be getting intense both between the various gangs and also in the Shadowfang organization."What's going on?" I question Na
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Chapter 35Luca Romano. Yet another day at my office, but this time around I'm feeling drained and tired of everything in general. Somehow my life seems to have turned upside down all of a sudden, and there doesn't seem to be anything looking up at all. My sister is diligently working hard to take my place, and I've been trying to compete with her—something that was not supposed to even be a competition in the first place.What's more, I'm failing badly in my task because, well, the last attack didn't go so well. It's all my fault, I think to myself, as I recall how the men died then, for no just reason at all. As I think more about it, simply reminiscing about how it all fell through makes me feel overwhelming guilt. That day, just three days ago, I lost about 20 of the men assigned to me, and there was hardly any result at all. We were supposed to raid their hideout, but as it happened, we didn't have the right location.I remember telling them that it's not time yet, wanting us al
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Chapter 36 Luca Romano She doesn't look like she's joking this time around as she points the gun straight to my head—clear indication that she's here to finish everything. I will consider myself blessed. At the field and the flowers around us, remembering how the lights at the end of the tunnel had looked a moment before we got here, I find myself smiling even more. She frowns at me, but the joy can't leave me at the moment."Well, at least you are very thoughtful," I tell her, nodding in appreciation."Thoughtful?" she says, glaring at me. "What do you mean?""It's a wonderful place to die now, don't you think?" I question.She looks around and seems to consider it. "Well, not the worst place," she says. "Better than my bedroom.""Definitely better," I say, recalling how I had almost died that day right in my bed where I'm supposed to be safest."What's up with you?" she questions, frowning apprehensively. Her gun lowers ever so slightly, but that's not what I want at the moment."
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Chapter 37 - Kira RogersI don't expect to find a depressed Luca Romano this time around. I heartfully kidnap him and Serge Vang, succeeding in my mission because, well, it is somehow getting easier and easier. Either he is getting more careless, or I'm getting more used to maneuvering his security personnel, who don't seem to be skilled in the art of protecting him at all. They don't even do their jobs right, I think to myself, shaking my head as I bring him over to a valley.I think it's nice to talk with him one last time in such a scenario before taking him out, but unfortunately, he somehow has suicidal tendencies at the moment. I feel completely shocked by the words that he says, and somehow my will to kill goes away. He seems to not want to kill himself but rather have me do it. I wouldn't have had any problems with that previously, but I'm not about to be used as his tool to get what he wants. At the same time, I just somehow feel a little apprehensive.So I decide not to kill
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Chapter 38 - Luca RomanoNot wanting her to kill me herself is one thing, but it's another entirely to stop me from wanting to die. Somehow I feel lighter and happy, at least just at the thought of seeing her again. After the conversation with her, I don't feel that heavy feeling in my soul anymore. I feel refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to continue living, pushing forward.Sure, my sister might be already poised to take everything that I own by birthright, but it doesn't mean she has to get it so easily. The odds are still in my favor even though everything is probably already set. I'm not going to waste my opportunity. I'm going to do my best and get my ultimate goal. Of course, I know that there are a lot of chances of me failing, like the last failure, and the consequences might be dire, especially to the men that work with me, but I'm willing to take that risk. I'm willing to continue fighting and acting according to plan in order to bring my future to reality and take hold of
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Chapter 39 - Luca RomanoI realized my mistake the moment after I make it. I feel a sense of dread creeping upon me. I might as well have simply confessed that the name she professed was true. I know that there is a tendency that she doesn't exactly know, that she is not sure yet and simply tries to sound sure so as to deceive me. How could I let such a simple tactic work on me, I think to myself in dismay, knowing that I've given her away nicely now.I should have known that this girl is an investigative journalist and that as such she has a lot of techniques. She already had a very good idea, I tell myself internally so as not to blame myself too much—a very, very good idea of who she is, so I can't exactly be the cause now, can I? I think to myself as I contemplate what else would have happened. When I think about it now, I wouldn't have said anything if not for the fact that she had been so accurate in her depiction of her, and for her to have the name like that, well then, most l
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Chapter 81: Luca RomanoI look straight at my sister in disbelief. Challenging for my position, the one that's mine by right - that's simply going too far. I am not quite sure what has suddenly gotten into her for her to even try this, but I am very angry with her now."How can you even-" I start, standing up to my feet and stomping on the ground in anger, but my dad is looking at me, his eyes firm now."Sit down," he said. My eyes widened in shock as I look at him, wondering if this is really it. I take a moment to contemplate my choices before I sit down finally, somehow having the feeling that this is going to be more than a mistake for me.I'm not quite sure if I should continue going along with what I have chosen, but when I think about it, I can't suddenly start changing my idea and what I have stood for just because of the consequences that await me. What would that make me? I wouldn't even feel like a man any longer if I suddenly started conforming because of the threat of los
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Chapter 80: Luca RomanoIt is one thing to be defiant and say everything I want to say to every other person who questions what I choose to do. It is one thing to be myself, act free, and not care about what others think of my decisions. But it is another thing entirely to speak the same words to my father. And that is my situation now as I stare straight ahead at the man who holds my future in his hands somewhat and looks like he has a lot to say to me right now."I heard something about you refusing the marriage," someone says. I snap out of my thoughts and look at him boldly, deciding that it is best to face him man to man and tell him what I want. He keeps frowning hard at me. This is pretty much a family meeting now because everyone is here. Maybe he arranged it this way for this particular reason.If he thinks that because of all the people present and all the officials of the Romano mafia empire here, I won’t continue presenting my argument, then he is mistaken. He is the one w
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Chapter 79Vanessa HollowayI couldn't help but feel like this was fated for the two of us to suddenly be sharing a meal with each other in a restaurant. Both of us, two parts of the same coin and facing the same situation of a forced marriage. I couldn't help but think that maybe we should just go along with it. After all, his eyes were very shocked when he noticed that it was me, but that was the same for me. I didn't know myself that he was the one that I was supposed to face. I had no idea whatsoever. And there was actually no way I could ever have known that it was.I was being prostituted. I knew that just as much as he was right now. With a sum of a higher class, they said, I was forced to drop my appearance as a journalist, to open up my ears and start calling myself my real name for just a while. But I told myself that the moment this was over, I would ensure that he would regret it if he decided to throw in his own blood with me and tried to be a thing with me.At his part,
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Chapter 78: Luca Romano My sister comes to meet me and seems to want to have a long conversation, from the looks of how long she is spending and how she doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon. "Is there anything you'd like to tell me?" I get questioned, frowning at her. She smiles at me slowly before she continues, her voice taking on a lighter tone."There's something else. You need to listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you," she informs. I look at her in surprise. What on earth does she have to tell me that is actually so important?"Speak," I start, but she is already talking, and she doesn't need me to prompt her."What has happened is going to give us more resources and also give us backup against the various. I have more power over the family farm and can tilt the scales in our favor," she tells me. I can hardly believe my ears."What?" I ask. She doesn't seem to be joking at all."I know how it is to you. I know what you feel about it," she tells me. "She wants her m
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Chapter 77Luca Romano I don't know what to say about her, how she reacts. It's surprising, simply put, and also incredibly interesting. "What is it you know about her?" I ask her. She raises an eyebrow."Don't worry yourself," she says. "I can't think," I respond coldly, wondering what has suddenly gotten into her and also wondering why she would decide to treat me like this, or her husband. "Are we now leaving each other in the dark about important things?" I ask her slowly, my voice having a dangerous edge to it as I question her actions and how she treats me right now.She seems to be a little uncomfortable. Finally, she responds, "I've done my research and I found out about him. I also know that he's not someone we can play around with. He's a very powerful figure in the criminal underworld. And also, there has never been anybody he came across that managed to survive." She told me, sounding rather fearful, "How did you survive?"She asked me all of a sudden. I blink, refusing t
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Chapter 76 - Luca RomanoI stare at the man in front of me. I know that negotiation isn't going to get me anywhere. I don't even need anyone to tell me - I'm really well aware of the fact that he's here to take me alive, and that nothing I would say ever would change that. I'm feeling rather crazy inside as I look at him and try to plan.My phone is in my pocket. My hands are not really where he can see them. They are in my pocket, so I can pull off a trick or two on him, if I'm lucky enough. I wonder silently whether it's a good plan at all because personally, it seems like it's only going to be futile in the end. I really don't see how he's not going to be aware of my little trick if I actually decided to try it out, and I knew that it's already a daunting task in the first place for me, even more so when I decide that I'm going to try to talk to him and use my phone at the same time while maintaining that I am giving him my full attention.I am taking a deep breath as I try to calm
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Chapter 75: Dante IcarusI don't really think my plan is feasible. It's not supposed to work at all because of how stupid it sounds, but somehow I have confidence that it's going to work either way. It simply borders on betting. Betting is only a bet that the relationship between Luka and Ikira is far further off than I would like it to be. However, I know that betting against myself is probably the best option I might have. I might have acute knowledge of it, but my analysis proves that for her to actually be protecting me, they might even be already having sex.Either way, I would find another way to get to him if he doesn't just come on his own. So even as I wait some distance away from where I called him to with her phone number, I didn't want her, but I think that it's too easy if he's actually going to come. I'm already making plans for what I would have something to work with when it actually doesn't work. But suddenly I see the car driving up quickly towards the space in the d
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Chapter 74Dante IcarusLooking at the records in front of me, the files that are supposed to be easy to analyze, I find myself boiling in rage as the words blur in my vision. Twenty-two attempts at killing one man and he's not dead yet. I breathe, banging my fist on the desk, my eyes flashing in anger. This is absolutely impossible. This piece of information is something I can't fathom. Usually, one is all it takes, especially when I send my sharpest blade who goes by the name of Zora. But this time around, it takes a hell more than one, and even then there doesn't seem to be any results.I stopped sending her a while ago. It was pretty much clear to me that I wasn't going to get anything as a result from her, so it was best I send others that would be more obliged to comply with my will. Yes, I did everything - I followed all the rules, sending those I trust like her favorite colleague and companion, and also sending a couple of minors with some assistance from the tough guys, but t
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Chapter 73 – Luca RomanoThe experience with her was bliss, and not just in words. I enjoyed it with every fiber of my being, and I was sure she did too. We started meeting with each other after that day, frequently in a way I wouldn’t have expected. Not in my house every time, of course, because then my dad or someone else might get wind of it, and I’d be in serious trouble if they started suspecting anything. But hotels were a good place for us to meet, to enjoy the pleasure of being in each other’s arms. I couldn’t help but feel like this was absolutely wonderful between us. I never wanted it to end. It was a deeper aspect of our relationship now that we were exploring further, now that we were finally having sex again after literally years of refraining. The only time we had done it before was that one-night stand that got us started with each other. Now, it seemed like something had finally ignited within us, and I never wanted it to end. I wanted the fire between us to continue
