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Chapter 55 Elena Romano"I wonder what I'll do if I'm put in his current position, if I'm faced with the dangers that he has to go through on a regular basis now."As I look at him, already zoned out while talking with my dad, I start to feel pity for him. He has gone through so much, and the only crime he has committed for everyone to want to kill him so badly—and for everyone, even my dad, wanting him to be a pawn in their own game—is simply being the heir and the next leader of the Romano Empire.Sometimes when I think about what he has to go through and what he has endured so far, I start to wonder whether I actually want this for myself. Why am I fighting to get his position from him when it can be nothing more than a pain later on? I don't quite know, but somehow I can't bring myself to stop. I'm addicted to it. I'm drunk with the prospect of having all the power that comes with the Romano Empire. The mafia is a world that I have been dreaming of for all my life now, and I'm not
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Chapter 56Elena RomanoI can hardly believe my eyes as I read through the message. Somehow, I'm starting to wonder if this thing is accurate at all, if I'm not just being played for a fool by the people that I proclaim to trust. It's not possible.First of all, I rush straight into the sitting room of the main house, wondering if the man that had been there a moment ago is gone. Surely enough, he is. Could he already be off to his company? Why would he not just choose to rest at home? I don't believe it yet. I go over and check his room quickly, rummaging through the things and stomping across the entire house, trying to find him. Maybe I should have simply sent some servants, but I can't really think about smart ways to do things right now.All I have is worry, worry for my brother, surprisingly. I don't really care now, do I? Why do I know wanting to die when dying is only going to make things easy for me? I tell myself that well, it's just because if he dies, I'll be the next targ
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Chapter 57: Luca RomanoI walk into my car, deciding to ignore my sister and her tons of little trite warnings and everything else. Sure, I'd almost been killed just now, but it doesn't mean that I'm going to neglect my duties as the CEO of my company. I need to make the company work, I need to bring it up, so I have no other goal in my mind right now than to go there simply and then talk some sense into the lot of them.Getting the company to move forward even if by just 0.01%—it's all I can really do now, after all. I just want to manage it as efficiently as possible because I seem to somehow think that is my only option in all these issues and all these unsettled occurrences. I would deal with my dad later. I will figure out whatever he plans to do, how he plans to use me in order to get the Shadow Fang down, but as for now, I would simply relax a little.Maybe I should just rest a bit, I think to myself. It's a very tempting thought, but I just don't want to right now. I don't kno
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Chapter 58Luca RomanoUpon seeing Kira here, I suddenly feel a sense of safety and confidence. The kidnapping has been unexpected, and she obviously doesn't have anything to do with it, but now here she is with me. I know that she won't let them hurt me. I don't know how much control she has over them, but the moment she shows up, they seem to be a little terrified, and they stand at respectful distances.She tells them to leave, and they obey, much to my surprise but also delight. They enter the car she came in, and they drive away speedily without any form of hesitation, though some of them frown obviously in disapproval. They have a mission to accomplish, and she has just stopped them. I think about it - what if they didn't go so easily? What if it came down to a fight? I don't know how it would have ended up. She might be able to defend herself and even take them down, but what about me? If they decided to use me as a hostage, if they wanted to harm me and simply complete their m
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Chapter 59Kira RogersI am completely shocked to hear that some of the minor assassins have been sent after him once again. Seriously, doesn't Dante rest? I expect that he would only find out about the failed mission about a day or two after I foiled it. After all, Xavier is someone that I don't expect him to distrust. I think that Xavier pretty much is the mission, and because of that, I expect him to be relaxed, but he's actually keeping up to date. That's one way of me knowing that he's very serious about what he wants, and he's not going to let Lucas escape.Lucas's life is in danger more than anything now, more than ever, but I don't know how to save him. I don't know where to start. With the information that five of them have gone after him to take him captive, I know that I need to act quickly. If not, sooner or later he'd be here, and then doing anything would be black and betrayal that's going to end in bloodshed and probably my death. There's an extent I can help him too, a
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Chapter 60Luca RomanoWith a sudden change in thought, I lead her to a restaurant. Having a good feeling about this, I drive there and smile to myself. A little tactic on my part, but I am afraid to think that she doesn't notice it. The smile she gives me, one of acceptance and "sure, why not," makes me jump in excitement within. We are going to have our first proper date. I really hope it wouldn't be the last, but I know what the chances are, so I make sure to make up my mind to enjoy this as much as possible.I also make the most of the time I have to spend with her while I still have the chance. We enter into the restaurant and I look around at the various people, mostly couples. We'll be one of them, I think to myself, smiling as I look at her. I don't know what she would tell me if I ask - no, I shouldn't yet. It's not time. I saw the look in her eyes, how she closed them the last time before I brought her out of the car. She's a bit complicated even now, and I need to make sure
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Chapter 61Luca RomanoI'm glad when the silent wait finally ends. It seems like we finally unlocked something and now we can start talking. All the others have come, and the deliberation is intense. I do my best to keep active, to contribute with wisdom so that I would at least become a prominent person here and so that my dad would approve.I do my best not to zone out and think about something else—a particular lady, the one that consumes my every thought nowadays. I simply try to act normal, but it's almost impossible with how I find myself thinking at intervals. This girl has got me affected one way or another, I think to myself bitterly. I'm obsessed now and there's no going back, I think again, shaking my head as I wonder at how unable I am to really be focused for so long without a message from her when I'm not exactly talking to her.However, I don't perform too badly because no one calls me out. I somehow expect a message from my sister on my phone—something simple but also
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Chapter 62Luca Romano.I contemplated giving her a phone call but decided that was a bit too risky— even charging my phone is risky if some of these men manage to see me. So, first of all, I head to the restroom.“What's going on?” I ask. I somehow feel as if my message is a bit too formal, but I can't help myself. I'm feeling a little depressed at the moment, and I think an explanation from her is a long shot. There's no response from her, even after such a long time. I think she's not really on her phone, just online. Even though she's not there, I ask for an explanation as to why she doesn't answer or if she said something wrong. I'm not quite sure—it might be nothing. “It's really safe,” she finally says: “First of all, now, Tomswe.” I frown, thinking about it. So it's just speculation on her part. If her request is based on mere speculation, I don't really know what to say about it. I feel a little annoyed. This could literally ruin my life, and it could even make my own family
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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
