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Mine To Claim Ch.82
Cassian's pov“I have information,” Leo says, barging inside the study with some files in his hand.I sit up. “What is it about?” I ask my heart racing.He opens the file and takes out something that looks like letters. “I finally found out who your mother was having an affair with.”My heart stops and I grab the letters. “Who is it? And how did you find this?”“It's Matteo,” he says, making my blood run cold. What?“Who?”He clears his throat. “It's Matteo and it's clearly written in the letters.”I rub my cheeks. This is bad. “So one of us is his son,” I mumble bile rising in my throat. It had to be him.He nods a nervous smile on his lips. “Yes.”I look at the letters and it's my mother's handwriting. “What? How did you even find this?”“Celeste,” he answers, letting out a sigh. “She told me about the letters she found one day while cleaning the house andyour mother asked her to keep them since your father was starting to suspect them.”I sit down. I did not expect this. Matteo us
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Maya's povIt's been a week since I saw Cassian, he has not attempted to contact me and it's driving me insane. Who pulls me onto his lap kisses me and then disappears?I clutch my phone tightly contemplating whether to call him, but I can't. I can't be the first to make contact, I won't stoop that low after he allowed me to wait for him this long.My phone dings and I jump thinking it's Cassian but it's just another text from Holden saying he misses me. Apparently, he has also been haywire and due to my leg injury we haven't repeated the mistake we did last time —not that I might regret it right now.I also type another corny I miss you too stopping myself from asking about Cassian. He made him a no-go zone.I stretch on the couch looking at the stupid comedy show doing a lousy down in cheering me up. I grab the remote from the table, tap the power off button and throw it back on the table.A knock has me groaning. “Who is it?” I ask my voice echoing inside the house. I am not in the
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Cassian's pov“I found out where she lives,” Leo says, his voice sounding a bit off.“Then why do you sound like that?” I ask. This should be good news.He lets out a sound. “They're are two police officers coming out of her house.”I stiffen. “Police officers!” I repeat just to be sure I heard correctly.“Yes.”The conversation with Don Hurio and Adelaide comes back. She will betray you. Feds.“Should I continue keeping watch?” He asks. I clear my throat.“No, come back we have more important issues to deal with.”The call disconnects. I look at the plate of food before and my appetite disappears.Can Maya betray me?Leo arrives shortly and I welcome him into my study. “Do you think it was a good idea to let Maya go?” I ask, cause everything right now is pointing to I shouldn't have.He purses his lips. “Like let her leave the mafia or let her live?”I pull at my hair. “Both.”He lowers his eyes. “I don't know sir.”I grit my teeth. “Do you think it was a good judgment call?”He shak
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Maya's pov I grunt, rolling to the other side of the bed ducking my head under the pillow. The banging on my door intensifies with each minute, each thud sharper and more insistent. With a frustrated sigh, I shove the stack of books off my bed, shuffling for my phone under the covers. Coming out empty-handed I step off the bed; the polished floor biting at my bare feet. The pounding on my door grew louder and by now I wanted to kill whoever was on the other side. If it's another drunk who has confused his house number again, I will lose it. I grabbed the baseball bat that I had loaned from Mr Crawmey down stairs since it was either that or a gun that had a body count on it, and that was not an option. I reach the living room tripping over a can of coke and before I can regain my balance the door flies open. Silhouettes of men stand at the door, their clothes covered in dirt and blood. Two of them hold an injured man, dripping blood on the rug my mother hand-sewn for me. One flicks
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Maya's pov Tears that I had been holding in stream down my face. “Please,” I beg, as he turns me around. “Are you deaf?” he asks. “I said don't move.” “I know… I know I just.” “I hate being disrespected,” he says, his voice low but controlled. “I'm sorry I'm just scared,” I cry. “Does it look like I care?” He asks, so close I can smell the mint on his breath. “No.” I shake my head and his hand, tight and firm presses on my jaw. His skin is hard, like someone that does manual labor, the callouses scraping against my skin. “Then why did you think to open this pretty mouth of yours to tell me that you're scared?” He pushes me to the door hard and I wince in pain. “Do you want to die?” he asks, running the butt of his gun on my stomach. The cold surface has me shivering. I try to shake my head, but he presses harder, till the metallic taste of blood fills my mouth. “I'm going to forgive you since you saved my brother, but if you ever disrespect me like that again I will take
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Cassian's pov I turn from the couch and look at her. Her hair now is in a French-Braided ponytail. She wears a pair of blue jeans that accentuate her curves in a way that would make any man water for her. “I didn't tell anyone,” she says, fear laced in her tone. I grunt motioning for her to come in. “I didn't say you did.” “Then why are you here?” she questions, holding the strap of her bag so tight her knuckles turn white. I move from where I was seated, going to close the door. “Take a seat and I will tell you,” I say, pointing to the couch. She drags herself to the couch, her chapped lips open as if she wants to say something but decides otherwise. She looks at the gun and blue file on the table taking a seat. “What do you want?” She asks, her gray eyes wary. “To talk,” I reply, sitting beside her but leaving as much distance as possible. “I already told you I will not tell anybody,” she pleads, her jaw set. “I swear.” I open the file, crossing my legs over the other. “M
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Maya's Pov I let out a guttural scream, the sound easing some of the tension in my chest. What just happened? My life was fine two days ago. I had a plan, finish my residency, become the future of Ophthalmology, pay off my medical debt and help my parents. Not treat goons or operate on murderers. The shrill cry of my phone takes me out of my thoughts. My mother's name flashes on the screen and I grunt. “Hello sweetie,” my mum says, her voice as cheerful as ever. I clear my throat, looking at the boxes of unopened items and stacks of medicine books lining the coffee table. “Uh, hi mum.” “How are you? How is the big city?” “It's fine, how are you, how is Dad?” I ask, wiping away my tears. “We're fine, but you're dad, he went to see Dr. Charles and he says his blood pressure is shooting up and his vision is getting blurry,” she says, worry laced in her tone. “Uh, is he taking his medicine properly?” I ask, knowing how stubborn he can be. “Yes, I remind him every day. Maya, I
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His figure leaves the room and I clutch my head. What did I just do?I can't be that stupid, I can't move into his house, I can't operate on him, I'm toast. I take a seat at the couch rubbing my thighs up and down. The nagging feeling that I missed something still lingers even as the hours go by, sleep seemed to elude me that night and the house was loud. Every thought was about Cassian, his smell still lingered and even his eyes were messing with my head.Morning came quickly and since it was Sunday, I didn't have to report to work. I put the little belongings I had into the boxes waiting for the person who was supposed to come take my things.A knock echoes through the door and I jump, I touch my chest as I peep through the small hole. It's a man wearing a movers uniform.“Hello, my name is Anton, I'm here to help you move,” he says, stretching his hand. He was fairly built with a baseball cap covering his red hair. I shake it lightly welcoming him in. —The car st
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Cassian's pov“I found out where she lives,” Leo says, his voice sounding a bit off.“Then why do you sound like that?” I ask. This should be good news.He lets out a sound. “They're are two police officers coming out of her house.”I stiffen. “Police officers!” I repeat just to be sure I heard correctly.“Yes.”The conversation with Don Hurio and Adelaide comes back. She will betray you. Feds.“Should I continue keeping watch?” He asks. I clear my throat.“No, come back we have more important issues to deal with.”The call disconnects. I look at the plate of food before and my appetite disappears.Can Maya betray me?Leo arrives shortly and I welcome him into my study. “Do you think it was a good idea to let Maya go?” I ask, cause everything right now is pointing to I shouldn't have.He purses his lips. “Like let her leave the mafia or let her live?”I pull at my hair. “Both.”He lowers his eyes. “I don't know sir.”I grit my teeth. “Do you think it was a good judgment call?”He shak
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Maya's povIt's been a week since I saw Cassian, he has not attempted to contact me and it's driving me insane. Who pulls me onto his lap kisses me and then disappears?I clutch my phone tightly contemplating whether to call him, but I can't. I can't be the first to make contact, I won't stoop that low after he allowed me to wait for him this long.My phone dings and I jump thinking it's Cassian but it's just another text from Holden saying he misses me. Apparently, he has also been haywire and due to my leg injury we haven't repeated the mistake we did last time —not that I might regret it right now.I also type another corny I miss you too stopping myself from asking about Cassian. He made him a no-go zone.I stretch on the couch looking at the stupid comedy show doing a lousy down in cheering me up. I grab the remote from the table, tap the power off button and throw it back on the table.A knock has me groaning. “Who is it?” I ask my voice echoing inside the house. I am not in the
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Cassian's pov“I have information,” Leo says, barging inside the study with some files in his hand.I sit up. “What is it about?” I ask my heart racing.He opens the file and takes out something that looks like letters. “I finally found out who your mother was having an affair with.”My heart stops and I grab the letters. “Who is it? And how did you find this?”“It's Matteo,” he says, making my blood run cold. What?“Who?”He clears his throat. “It's Matteo and it's clearly written in the letters.”I rub my cheeks. This is bad. “So one of us is his son,” I mumble bile rising in my throat. It had to be him.He nods a nervous smile on his lips. “Yes.”I look at the letters and it's my mother's handwriting. “What? How did you even find this?”“Celeste,” he answers, letting out a sigh. “She told me about the letters she found one day while cleaning the house andyour mother asked her to keep them since your father was starting to suspect them.”I sit down. I did not expect this. Matteo us
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Cassian's povI don't think I can take it anymore, thinking about that man wrapping his arms around Maya has anger boiling beneath my skin. She can't be with anybody else, not as long as I have anything to do with it. Her photo sits on my screen like a silent reminder of what I've lost. Here, she's smiling so freely, her hair a mop on her head. She's everything to me and I don't think it was a good idea to let her go.I move to stand but Holden gets in an unfamiliar glow on his skin. “You look better,” I mutter my mood spilling onto my words.He doesn't catch it, instead, he grins his cheeks tinting a shade darker. “Yeah.”“Did you need something?” I ask when he remains quiet for too long.Realization settles on his face and whatever trance he was in fades away. He is seeing someone.“Just wanted to see if you wanted my help with anything,” he says, his eyes sweeping over my room.My brows furrow. “Like what?”He shrugs, slipping his hands in his pants pockets. “Anything really, I
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Maya's pov“Amy hey,” I mumble, cupping her face.“Hmm. You can't tell anybody about that man,” I mumble making her brows perk together.“Why?” She asks confused.My throat tightens. I may hate Cassian but I don't want him getting in trouble with the law. “Because if you tell them about that man, the bad men will come and get him.”She pouts her eyes becoming glossier again. “Will they get us too?”I shake my head. “The police are here to keep us safe.”“But—”I cut her off. “Pinky promise?”She intertwines her pinky with mine and just in time a police car stops outside the shop. “Pinky promise.”Dr.Ben gets out rushing towards us. “Maya,” he says, looking me up and down.“What happened?” He asks and I look at my leg. “Uh, I was shot getting away,” I whisper.He lowers his eyes at me. “God, I'm so sorry.”A parademic gets in. He looks at Amy and she clings to my shirt. “I'm here,” I mumble when I see she is reluctant to leave.Ben gives me a curious glance. “Yeah, we hid until we sa
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Cassian's povMy phone trembles in my hand as I dial Maya's line again, it goes directly to voicemail and I feel my whole body shake. This is stupid. My hands clutch the steering wheel tighter as I meander through the streets my mind going to the worst case scenariosWhat if they got to her?By the thought of that I increase the speed. Nothing can happen to her. I thought the best solution was keeping her away from me so she could be safe but here she is, far away and still in danger. I reach the Bay area grabbing my guns. A fire truck sits there and an injured patient and a firefighter lies there dead. I sigh in relief when I find she's not in there.Did she come in this?I walk ahead looking for any sign of her, the air too still for comfort. I call her line again and this time it rings but she doesn't answer.“Maya, where are you?” I whisper looking at the buildings. The smell of gunpowder clings to the air, the last rays of the sun peering on the ground.The necklace. Did she take
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Maya's povI roll on the bed a heavy arm draped against my waist. I look at my bare skin and the man sleeping next to me.Holden.Last night's events flood back and I bite down on my lip.What have I done?I look at the clock — 6;19, it's almost time for work. I slowly slip out of the bed each squeak of the mattress sending a tremor down my body. My bare feet find ground and I take the robe by the chair tying it around my body as if it will hide the shame clawing its way up my spine.What was I thinking?I shouldn't have let this happen.All of this was behind me. I step into the shower the warm water cascading over me, trailing a familiar path down my body. How could I have been so careless?Ten minutes later, my hair was tied back, my scrubs on my body. My fingers tremble as I tap Holden awake scared of what I might find. His eyes flutter open, his whole demeanor screaming sleepy.“Ugh, it's morning,” he says, his voice soft and husky.I twitch at where I stand, the need to get a
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Maya's povSusan glares at me as I crane my neck to look through the transparent glass just in time to see a car drive off. Was it Cassian or am I hallucinating?God, I miss him so much I'm seeing him at work. Like he would ever come here.“Dr. Sanchez,” a fellow calls placing a baby in my arms. “Clean her up and take her to the NICU.”I look at the baby safely wrapped around a baby shoal and I envy it. God, what I would give to have no problems or worries.Especially of someone you can never have, be with. I find the nurse working there giving her the baby. “You can go inform the mother.”I nod trekking to her room. She lies inside the room clutching her empty stomach. “Your baby is safe in the NICU and she will be delivered to you shortly.”Her lips tug up. “Are you feeling fine?” I ask and she nods.“Where's my boy?”“Its a she,” I correct.“No, the one with the man that brought us here. He is two years old.”I look around. “Let me go find him.”I halt. “What's his name?”“Joe.”I
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Cassian's povI clutch my phone tightly, my heart feeling like it will rip out of its ribcage. Maya.She just called me after all I've put her through. My thumb lingers over the call button, my hand literally trembling.Doesn't she hate me?What does this even mean?I bite my lip, pressing it but my heart shatters when it says it's disconnected.What if it was a mistake?Maybe she didn't mean to.I drop it on my desk rubbing my face with my hands. I let out a shaky breath. This is torture. How did I ever think I could stay away from her?I pick my jacket and car keys. I'm going to find her. I get into my car, turning it on and driving out of the estate. I look at the time and it's a little bit after midnight.Where am I even going?I stop the car by the side of the road banging my fist on the steering wheel. What kind of person am I becoming?“Maya,” I whisper, the name feeling like a burden I can't carry. I sit up late trying to imagine my life before her and I can't even fathom thre
