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Cara sat up on her knees as her fingers traced the long scar in the middle of Adonis's back, the first one she had seen, and her heart squeezed in her chest once again.The rose tattoo was the biggest on his back and spanned across his entire spinal line.His back wasn't rough, but it wasn't completely smooth either. The scars looked to have been thoroughly treated.Maybe that's why it didn't occur to her. She thought. They were not so obvious. Her finger drifted to another one that wasn't as large as the scar beneath the tattoo but was also visible, and she asked."How did you get this one?" "During one of the beatings, he pushed me so hard I crashed into a glass table and it broke," Adonis replied, and a tear rolled down Cara's face again.He didn't even think about the one she was touching first. He just said it like he had it memorized."How did you even know the one I was asking about? Don't tell me you recognize each scar and when you got it." Adonis remained quiet. Cara bro
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Cara wore a puzzled expression. "If your parents left together, how come only your father was found dead? And where is she now?" It didn't make sense to her. The circumstances around the death seemed sketchy.Adonis peeked down at her, stroking her wild brunette hair, which resulted from their recent vigorous activities. He found it hard to comprehend the situation.How did they get here? From having silly daily bickering to their love-hate relationship... feelings can be very scary.Feelings? Does he feel for her? She got him to do what no one has ever done. Open up. His grandfather tried. His therapist tried. They all tried to bring back the free-spirited, playful little boy he once was, but nothing worked. The closest to him being normal that they could achieve was when he met Luca—the talkative boy. It took a while to let him in, but Luca made him a better person.Before then, he was basically scared of everything. At the littlest sounds, he'd lock himself up in a closet. H
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Adonis POV"That's the last of it! Come on guys! Move the truck. We're going home." I heard Luca say to the men as they loaded the final bags into the truck.Looking around me, my eye caught the unconscious figure of three men heaped on one another in front of a warehouse. I took a drag from my joint and puffed.Smoking wasn't something I regularly did but rather when I had a lot on my mind, and I had a lot on my mind.Scratch that, I've had a lot on my mind for a while now. A certain five-foot-five beauty had decided to make it her home. That should be normal. I thought about a lot of things regularly. But the fact that it was rent-free made me unsettled.I don't do anything or give anything for free.I took a drag again.So I decided to go after the shipment myself tonight. Maybe it'd surmise as a distraction.It was a known fact! No one who dares to cross me would be free, but they do it anyway. I shook my head at their stupidity.An entire shipment worth fifty million? Moreover, w
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"Why didn't Nonno (grandfather) say a word?" Adonis barked. "I've spent most of my life resenting my father. I hated him, Cara. I feel like I've been cheated. I said some really messed up things about him. And he left that lunatic alive after everything he said? After he admitted to killing my father?" He rushed out in a breath."Maybe it's because he didn't want you to be more hurt." Cara cautiously reasoned. "You were already taking it hard; he didn't want to make it worse on you. If he had killed the man, then your mother would've been alone. I'm sure he did it for you!"Adonis gave her a blank stare. "What a load of crap!""Sorry?" Cara was taken aback."He should've killed him. Mother or not, she deserves to be alone. She ruined his son's life. And his grandson's." He paused. "No. He ruined his life. Being in love doesn't give you the right to behave like a fool.""Ohhh..." Cara drew out sarcastically.This was taking a dramatic turn."He should've been responsible for his actio
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"You've been so busy... when are we going on our first date?" Cara whined to Adonis with a childish pout on her face.His hands ceased their rapid typing, and he peered at her from below his nose, adjusted his glasses, and then turned back to his work."Soon.""You keep saying soon. Give me a specific date." She pressed further."I can't. I have a lot of work." He gestured to his laptop on the table."You always have a lot of work. Can't we just pick any day?" "How about next month?" "You said that last month.""Then next week?""You said that last week." She cried out. "You know what? Do what you want. I just want to spend time with you, but if you don't want that, that's fine." Cara huffed before taking a seat on one of the empty chairs.Adonis stopped his incessant typing. He rose and went to her."Fine. We can have our date tonight." Cara squealed, throwing her arms around him happily. It's been a few weeks since they started dating for real. A few weeks since Adonis was intro
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