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AZZURRA When Andrea said we were going shopping, I had groaned. But when she clarified that it was for Mia, I was pacified. Shopping for a little girl was different. It wasn’t going to be the usual ridiculous spree where Andrea dragged me from one expensive store to another, making me try on things I would never wear. At least, that’s what I thought. Hours later, I regretted everything. Andrea shopped for Mia like she would shop for herself. Designer dresses, custom-made shoes, and accessories that I didn’t even think a child needed. She even got the girl a tiny diamond bracelet. “Isn’t this too much?” I whispered as Andrea casually handed over a black card to the cashier, ignoring the ridiculous amount on the screen. She gave me a look like I had just spoken blasphemy. “Too much? She’s been wearing the same ugly clothes for God knows how long. Let her be a little princess for once.” I sighed. There was no winning against Andrea when she was like this. After we had enou
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AZZURRA The car was silent for a while as we sped down the road. The air smelled like gunpowder, and my hands were still shaking from the adrenaline.Andrea sat beside me, holding Mia close, while the guards in the front seat kept their eyes on the road.I exhaled slowly, leaning my head back. "Well... that was fun."Andrea snorted. "You call that fun?"I turned my head to look at her. "I've had worse days."She smirked, but there was something else in her expression. Something thoughtful.Mia, who had been shaking like a leaf, finally spoke up in a small voice. "They wanted to take me."Andrea tightened her arms around the girl. "They’ll never get that chance again, I promise."Mia nodded against her shoulder, but I could see the fear in her eyes.I reached out, brushing her messy hair out of her face. "You're safe now, okay?"Mia finally looked at us, her dark eyes unreadable. “They don’t just let people go. If they found me, it means they’ve been looking.”A heavy silence filled t
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AZZURRA Andrea and I stood in front of Adriano’s desk like a pair of misbehaving children caught sneaking out past curfew. His face was thunderous, his fingers drumming an impatient rhythm against the dark wood.“Do I even need to ask?” Adriano’s voice was tight with barely restrained anger. “Or are you two going to explain why the hell you couldn’t leave this house and come back without causing trouble?”Andrea folded her arms, her chin lifted defiantly. “It wasn’t exactly our fault—”“It never is,” Adriano cut in sharply, his icy eyes pinning her in place. “And yet, every damn time, you somehow find yourselves in the middle of chaos.”I stayed silent, letting Andrea take the brunt of his wrath. She had the bigger mouth, anyway.His gaze flickered to me, unimpressed. “And you. You ditched your guards.”Andrea scoffed. “We didn’t ditch them. We just—”“Escaped,” Adriano finished for her. “Like reckless idiots.”Andrea’s jaw clenched, but she didn’t deny it.Adriano sighed, rubbing hi
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ADRIANO The scent of blood hung thick in the cold night air, mixing with the salt from the nearby ocean. My boots crunched against the gravel as I approached the body, already knowing what I’d find but unwilling to believe it until I saw it for myself. Dante lay still, his body sprawled awkwardly on the ground, his throat slit clean from ear to ear. His eyes were open, frozen in an expression of surprise, his mouth slightly ajar as if he had been caught mid-breath. I exhaled slowly, kneeling beside him. I had lost men before. I had seen death in every imaginable form. But this? This was a message. A message written in blood. Matteo stood beside me, his stance tense. "Bastardi left their mark," he muttered, pointing to the crude symbol carved into Dante’s forearm. I already knew what it was before I even looked. Picasso.Rage coiled in my gut, tightening like a noose. The Picassos. The same gang that had tried to hurt my sister—twice. The same gang that had put a bul
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ADRIANO The docks were quiet. Too quiet. A storm was coming. I stepped out of the SUV, my men moving like shadows behind me, weapons already drawn. The warehouse stood ahead, its rusted metal siding peeling under the damp night air. Dim lights flickered inside, barely illuminating the figures shifting in the darkness. Picasso’s men. I counted at least ten stationed outside, their stances loose, lazy. They thought they were safe. They weren’t. I turned to Matteo. "On my mark." He nodded, signaling to the rest of the men. The safeties on our guns clicked off in unison. The plan was simple—hit them fast, hit them hard. No survivors. I raised my hand. Then I dropped it. Chaos erupted. Gunfire shattered the silence, ripping through the night like a violent symphony. The first shots took out two men before they even knew what was happening. The rest scrambled, shouting orders, diving behind crates for cover. I moved forward, firing clean, precise shots, each one
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Azzurra The baby’s wail pulled my attention like a fishhook. It was constant, sharp, and so goddessdamned insistent. I glanced up from the register, eyeing the little girl as she squirmed in her mother’s arms. She was red-faced, her tiny fists flailing in frustration while the mother, barely sparing her a glance, bounced her absentmindedly. I wondered how it felt to have someone depend on you like that, and I didn’t envy it.The clock on the wall behind them caught my eye—9:58 p.m. Relief coursed through me. Almost there. Just two more minutes and I’d be free from this badly lit hellhole for the night.I handed the woman her bags with a tight smile, her child’s cries still ringing in my ears. As she shuffled away, I slipped off my name badge and tossed it onto the counter. My shift was over. Finally.I made my way to the back room, the hum of the blinking lights overhead grating against my nerves. The locker door creaked as I opened it, grabbing my scuffed leather bag. Slinging it
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Azzura. Adriano led me out of the club, and my heart pounded in my chest like a drum. The bass from the music faded behind us as we stepped into the cool night air. I felt a mix of excitement and nerves.As he maneuvered through the crowd, it was as if the throng of bodies parted like the sea for him. I couldn’t help but wonder if they all recognized him, if they knew the power he held.As we approached the front, I spotted a man in dark sunglasses and a sharp suit standing next to the bouncer I knew from previous nights. The moment this man turned and saw Adriano, he put a phone to his ear and barked out orders that I couldn’t hear over the noise of the street. Then, just like that, he walked away, leaving me feeling even more curious about the man I’d chosen as my hit for the night.When we got outside, I wasn’t surprised to see the man in the suit holding open the door of a sleek Range Rover. It looked expensive, just like everything else about Adriano.His hand slid to the small
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Adriano. The little rat thought she was clever.No, she must have assumed she was a damn genius to have actually had the pair on her to pull of such a stunt. In my house. With my presence just mere inches away from her at the time. I remained in bed, alone now.I rested on my back, staring at the ceiling as I let my breathing even out. Everything seemed calm, but my mind was racing, thinking back to this morning. If I could even call it morning. Thinking back to her. The best goddessdamned lay I’d gotten in a long, long time.Because when I’d opened my eyes earlier today, seeing a half naked little vixen tiptoeing through my room, it was barely dawn at the time.But it wasn’t surprising to see that the best fuck I’d had in a damn long time had a different agenda as she pranced around my room. Rummaging through my things like a little thief. And she was a thief, in fact.I’d watched her through half lidded eyes as she immersed herself in filling her pockets.She went through my
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ADRIANO The docks were quiet. Too quiet. A storm was coming. I stepped out of the SUV, my men moving like shadows behind me, weapons already drawn. The warehouse stood ahead, its rusted metal siding peeling under the damp night air. Dim lights flickered inside, barely illuminating the figures shifting in the darkness. Picasso’s men. I counted at least ten stationed outside, their stances loose, lazy. They thought they were safe. They weren’t. I turned to Matteo. "On my mark." He nodded, signaling to the rest of the men. The safeties on our guns clicked off in unison. The plan was simple—hit them fast, hit them hard. No survivors. I raised my hand. Then I dropped it. Chaos erupted. Gunfire shattered the silence, ripping through the night like a violent symphony. The first shots took out two men before they even knew what was happening. The rest scrambled, shouting orders, diving behind crates for cover. I moved forward, firing clean, precise shots, each one
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ADRIANO The scent of blood hung thick in the cold night air, mixing with the salt from the nearby ocean. My boots crunched against the gravel as I approached the body, already knowing what I’d find but unwilling to believe it until I saw it for myself. Dante lay still, his body sprawled awkwardly on the ground, his throat slit clean from ear to ear. His eyes were open, frozen in an expression of surprise, his mouth slightly ajar as if he had been caught mid-breath. I exhaled slowly, kneeling beside him. I had lost men before. I had seen death in every imaginable form. But this? This was a message. A message written in blood. Matteo stood beside me, his stance tense. "Bastardi left their mark," he muttered, pointing to the crude symbol carved into Dante’s forearm. I already knew what it was before I even looked. Picasso.Rage coiled in my gut, tightening like a noose. The Picassos. The same gang that had tried to hurt my sister—twice. The same gang that had put a bul
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AZZURRA Andrea and I stood in front of Adriano’s desk like a pair of misbehaving children caught sneaking out past curfew. His face was thunderous, his fingers drumming an impatient rhythm against the dark wood.“Do I even need to ask?” Adriano’s voice was tight with barely restrained anger. “Or are you two going to explain why the hell you couldn’t leave this house and come back without causing trouble?”Andrea folded her arms, her chin lifted defiantly. “It wasn’t exactly our fault—”“It never is,” Adriano cut in sharply, his icy eyes pinning her in place. “And yet, every damn time, you somehow find yourselves in the middle of chaos.”I stayed silent, letting Andrea take the brunt of his wrath. She had the bigger mouth, anyway.His gaze flickered to me, unimpressed. “And you. You ditched your guards.”Andrea scoffed. “We didn’t ditch them. We just—”“Escaped,” Adriano finished for her. “Like reckless idiots.”Andrea’s jaw clenched, but she didn’t deny it.Adriano sighed, rubbing hi
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AZZURRA The car was silent for a while as we sped down the road. The air smelled like gunpowder, and my hands were still shaking from the adrenaline.Andrea sat beside me, holding Mia close, while the guards in the front seat kept their eyes on the road.I exhaled slowly, leaning my head back. "Well... that was fun."Andrea snorted. "You call that fun?"I turned my head to look at her. "I've had worse days."She smirked, but there was something else in her expression. Something thoughtful.Mia, who had been shaking like a leaf, finally spoke up in a small voice. "They wanted to take me."Andrea tightened her arms around the girl. "They’ll never get that chance again, I promise."Mia nodded against her shoulder, but I could see the fear in her eyes.I reached out, brushing her messy hair out of her face. "You're safe now, okay?"Mia finally looked at us, her dark eyes unreadable. “They don’t just let people go. If they found me, it means they’ve been looking.”A heavy silence filled t
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AZZURRA When Andrea said we were going shopping, I had groaned. But when she clarified that it was for Mia, I was pacified. Shopping for a little girl was different. It wasn’t going to be the usual ridiculous spree where Andrea dragged me from one expensive store to another, making me try on things I would never wear. At least, that’s what I thought. Hours later, I regretted everything. Andrea shopped for Mia like she would shop for herself. Designer dresses, custom-made shoes, and accessories that I didn’t even think a child needed. She even got the girl a tiny diamond bracelet. “Isn’t this too much?” I whispered as Andrea casually handed over a black card to the cashier, ignoring the ridiculous amount on the screen. She gave me a look like I had just spoken blasphemy. “Too much? She’s been wearing the same ugly clothes for God knows how long. Let her be a little princess for once.” I sighed. There was no winning against Andrea when she was like this. After we had enou
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AZZURRA I had just had sex with my boss.Not just any kind of sex. The kind that left my legs shaking, my breath uneven, and my mind an absolute mess.I snuck down the hall like a fucking thief, my heart pounding with every step. If anyone saw me now, I’d be done for. I wasn’t even sure why I was sneaking. ĶI was a maid, I could technically go anywhere I wanted. But I felt exposed, like the evidence of what had just happened was written all over me.I slipped into my room and shut the door behind me, letting out a breath. I needed a moment to process everything.I had just fucked Adriano Giordano. On his desk. In his office.Holy shit.I flopped onto my bed, staring at the ceiling. What the fuck had I just done?I didn’t regret it. Not one damn bit. But still… this was dangerous. It wasn’t just that he was my boss, though that was bad enough, it was the fact that he was Adriano fucking Giordano. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.And yet, I had touched him.I let out a shaky laugh, running
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AZZURRA I should stop this. I should push him away, remind him that his mother was still in the house, that this was reckless and impulsive, that this was the worst idea I’d ever had. But when Adriano kissed me again, I forgot how to think. His hands gripped my waist firmly, his body pressing against mine, and I could feel the heat radiating off him. My breath came out in shallow pants as I tried to steady myself, but it was impossible with him this close. “This is a terrible idea,” I whispered against his lips, but my fingers betrayed me, curling into his shirt instead of pushing him away. “Then stop me,” he murmured, his voice dark and full of challenge. I didn’t. A sharp gasp escaped my lips as he lifted me effortlessly and set me on the edge of his desk. Papers scattered to the floor, but neither of us cared. His hands slid up my thighs, parting them just enough to make my breath hitch. Adriano let out a low, dark chuckle, his grip on me tightening. “I knew you wer
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ADRIANO Azzurra blinked at me, then looked left and right as if she expected someone else to be standing beside her. “Are you… talking to me?” she asked, pointing at herself like she genuinely couldn’t believe it. I leaned back in my chair, watching her carefully, enjoying her confusion. “Yes, you.” She let out a breathy laugh, folding her arms across her chest. “Oh, so you can see me? I thought I had somehow become invisible during the course of these two weeks.” I exhaled sharply, pushing my chair back as I stood. Her eyes followed my every movement, but she didn’t step away. Not yet. I walked around the desk, taking my time, watching as her muscles tensed the closer I got. “Why weren’t you this cheeky with my mother around?” I asked, tilting my head. Her glare sharpened. “I could ask you the same thing.” I smirked. She wasn’t wrong. I took another step toward her, then another. “You should have put Andrea under check.” She rolled her eyes, scoffing. “No one pu
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AZZURRA The girl was adjusting well. It had been slow at first. She barely spoke, she flinched at sudden movements, and she ate like someone who was afraid her food would be taken away, but gradually, she started to change. She no longer hesitated before taking a second helping of food. She didn’t jump every time Andrea slammed a door open, which happened often. And, the biggest change of all, she smiled. Not often, not fully, but there were moments when her lips curved slightly, and her eyes softened. Andrea pretended she didn’t care. She acted like she hadn’t noticed the girl was warming up to them, but I knew better. I saw how she always made sure the girl had enough food, how she tossed a blanket over her when she fell asleep on the couch, and how she deliberately told stupid jokes just to coax a reaction out of her. It was nice. Almost peaceful. Then Adriano and Luna Vienna came back, and that peace shattered. The moment Andrea got the news, her entire demeanor changed
