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The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 44~ Ownership or?
Rafael’s POVNathan’s stare lingered on me longer than usual with his brows furrowing just slightly, his jaw tight as if he was waiting for me to change my mind and to realize the absurdity of what I was asking. And maybe if I were anyone else, I would have. Maybe I’d have questioned myself and wondered if I had finally lost it or if the years of blood and violence had finally corroded whatever shred of sanity remained inside me. Because this? This was not how things were done. It had never been how things were done. Anyone who came into this warehouse tied up never walked out of it again. That was the unspoken rule and the law carved into the foundaation of this place also one that had been followed without exception for years. But Marco was different. Not because he deserved mercy -NO that bastard deserved every agony imaginable but because death was too easy. Death was a release and a way out and he hadn’t earned that privilege yet. Not by a fucking long shot and one thing I know
Last Updated : 2025-03-28The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 45~ Small relief
Rafael’s POVThe box on the bed had been touched. The contents were still inside and untouched but that didn’t fucking matter. She wasn’t here. My irritation flared all sharp and immediate fast. Where the fuck was she? Had she really thought she could just ignore what I told her? I turned, fully prepared to storm into her room and to remind her exactly what disobedience would cost her when my gaze landed on something else. Or more like someone else. She was Slumped against the pole at the end of the room, curled in on herself and her body draped in one of the the black lace I had left for her. My steps slowed and my irritation momentarily lowered into something quieter and heavier. She was asleep and Snoring softly. And that mroe than anything made me pause. Because Adriana never snored. Not unless she was exhausted, not unless she had been pushed past her limits. And if I told her she did she would deny it until her dying breath. The past cracked through the walls I had built
Last Updated : 2025-03-28The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 46~ Messy road
Adriana’s POV I jolted awake my heart hammering against my ribs as I sucked in a sharp breath. My body felt stiff and my muscles aching from sleeping in such an awkward position. Blinking against the dim lighting, I sat up my gaze immediately darting toward the bed, expecting to see him there waiting and watching. But the sheets were untouched and empty. Rafael wasn’t here. I exhaled slowly while rubbing my hands over my face trying to push away the exhaustion clinging to my bones. How long had I been out? The last thing I remembered was sitting on the floor, my body too drained to fight the sleep that had crept up on me. And now, he wasn’t here. Or maybe… he had never even returned. The thought made my stomach twist. Of course, he wanted me to wonder. To question and to second guess everything until I drove myself insane. This was just another one of his games, another way to remind me that my mind, my body, my choices., none of it belonged to me anymore. But I wasn’t going to
Last Updated : 2025-03-28The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 47~ A tyrant
Rafael’s POV The moment I entered her room, I didn’t bother softening my approach. The door slammed against the wall, the sound reverberating through the dimly lit space like a gunshot. The sharp gasp that escaped her lips and the way her body jerked awake sent a cruel sense of satisfaction curling through me. After the restless night I had with her dreams haunting me in all sorts and form, I vowed to make her own morning hell. I saw her leaving my room through the crib footage in my study and saw her going to her daughters room then she left again looking bleary eyed. I watch her blink rapidly, disoriented with her unfocused gaze darting around before settling on me. In an instant, the sleepiness faded replaced by tension. Her back pressed into the headboard as if putting any amount of distance between us would change a damn thing. "Get up." My voice was calm but the command in it was unmistakable and I saw the way her eyes flared with defiance. “Fuck you.” Adriana grumb
Last Updated : 2025-03-28The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 48~ Easier said
Adriana’s POVFor a moment I thought I was going to suffocate. The air felt too thick, pressing down on me like an invisible weight and my head spun from the force of my own emotions. Without thinking, I let my forehead drop onto the cool wood of the dining table closing my eyes as I tried to steady my breathing. It was ridiculous really. This anger and this unbearable knot of frustration sitting heavy in my chest refusing to loosen no matter how much I tried to push it down. I shouldn’t be this mad at Rafael for wanting revenge. After everything I did to him and after the way I betrayed him maybe I deserved this. Maybe this was the price I had to pay for my sins. And yet, no matter how much I tried to reason with myself, I couldn’t make sense of the sheer seething hatred I felt for him. The man I once loved. The only man I have ever loved with my whole fucking heart. And now? I couldn’t stand the sight of him without wanting to bash his face in with something heavy. How could some
Last Updated : 2025-03-29The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 49~ Valeria Cortez
Adriana’s POV I felt betrayed. It was a strange and unexpected kind of betrayal and not the kind that made me lash out in anger but the kind that settled deep in my chest like a weight pressing against my ribs and making it just a little harder to breathe. It shouldn’t be this deep but anything that is slightly betrayal hits me. Anthony walked beside me with his hands tucked into the pockets of his dark slacks wnils moving with that effortlesd confidence he always carried. He had the kind of presence that didn’t demand attention but commanded it anyway it was the kind that made people look twice without realizing why. But I wasn’t looking at him because of that. I was looking at him because of the words sitting on the tip of my tongue, burning to be spoken. "I can't believe you." I finally muttered while crossing my arms tightly over my chest to stop them from trembling albeit slightly. "I assume you're talking about me being your personal guard." Anthony let out a slow breath h
Last Updated : 2025-03-31The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 50~ Heartless mafia
Rafael’s POVI knew she was watchin and I didn’t have to look to confirm it. I could feel her eyes on me and that familiar weight pressing against my skin along with the silent tension stretching across the space between us like an invisible wire pulled too tight. Adriana was never good at masking her emotions even though she’s tried over these six years, not when they were this raw and this tangled with things she refused to name. She could pretend all she wanted and could lie to herself and push it down but I had known her too long to be fooled. She was jealous. The thought sent something sharp through me. It was something dark and dangerously close to satisfaction. She had no right to be. Not after everything. And yet, it didn’t stop the sick pleasurr curling in my gut at the knowledge that the sight of Valeria being anywhere near me had done something to her. It didn’t matter that I despised the woman. It didn’t matter that Valeria’s presence was a fucking inconvenience and a
Last Updated : 2025-03-31The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 51: A covered lie
Adriana’s POVI leaned over the bed pressing a gentle kiss to Isabella’s forehead while inhaling the soft scent of her shampoo. She was already asleep with her tiny fingers curled against the silk sheets her breathing slow and even. My chest ached at the sight of her so small and fragile yet somehow carrying the weight of everything we had been through without ever realizing it. I was about to pull away when I felt a tiny shift beneath me. Then the faint flutter of her lashes before she slowly opened her eyes. This girl will scare me straight to heart attack one day I’m sure. She was sleeping!!! “Mommy…” Her voice was barely a whisper and it was thick with sleep but there was something knowing in her gaze as she lifted a delicate hand and pressed it to my cheek. Her skin was warm impossibly soft and the gentle touch sent a sharp pang through me. I swallowed, forcing a smile but she saw through me. “Please stop worrying Mommy and stop crying please.” she murmured her little finger
Last Updated : 2025-03-31
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The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 79: Unhinged
Rafael’s POVI watched her from the balcony, the late morning sun casting a soft sheen across her skin. She sat in the garden alone, cross legged on the blanket Anna must have brought out for her work eyes closed as though meditating. Her lips were parted slightly,her hair messy from sleep falling in strands around her face like some untamed halo. She looked so delicate that it pissed me off.She was soft again. Softer than I wanted her to be and softer than I could afford to let her be. The tenderness wrapped around her made me clench my jaw. She’d healed far too much and too fast. Not physically but I still caught the slight stiffness in the way she moved sometimes, the flinch she tried to hide when she twisted too sharply but emotionally. The pain I had dealt out had faded from her eyes. She was beginning to breathe freely again. That would not do. She was mine and i want her still broken and stilm needing fixing.I called in the doctor before I could talk myself out of it. I want
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 78: Hot dinner
Rafael’s POVI knew she was coming before the door evem opened. It was in the way the air shifted. The way something electric rolled across the room making the hairs on my arms rise like a storm was about to hit. And then Adriana appeared.And she was wearing the shortest dress imaginable like it was her personal declaration of war. It was emerald green (a color I told her was made fucking for her) it was bold and sharp and fucking gorgeous. The former Rafael would have been on his knees kissing the floor she was walking on. The way I had worshipped the ground she used to walk on!The fabric clung to every sinful curve of her body dipping over one shoulder and leaving the other bare while intentionally exposing the side without her healing wound like she knew exactly what she was doing. The neckline swept low almost dangerously so while revealing a teasing swell of her breasts that had my gaze caught for far too long. The dress ended mid-thigh and her legs long and glowing under the
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 77: Sinful smoke
Adriana’s POVI didn’t need a formal request to join Rafael for breakfast anymore. I’ve wallowed in my memories long enough to push them away and decided to take control of my life now. After a week of waking up to Anna’s too sweet smile and Rafael’s clipped orders echoing through the halls like daily gospel, it had become routine and automatic even. Like breathing or blinking or nursing a wound you no longer had the energy to dress. My shoulder duh. This morning, I ignored the fancy dresses Anna had so lovingly arranged on the edge of my bed and the pastel colors and soft silk making my stomach twist. I pulled on a pair of jeans and a plain shirt instead. It was not too tight or too glamorous. Just simple and clean because I was tired of pretending to be something I wasn’t. Tired of sitting at the dining table like some pretty little puppet in designer clothing while Rafael played king and I… I played quiet. Or the prey in this case really. I descended the staircase slowly while
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 76: Capable Lily
Adriana’s POVFew months ago….The mall smelled like cinnamon rolls and expensive perfume. I was standing behind the counter of a kids’ clothing store folding a stack of tiny pastel sweaters anz trying to ignore the ache in my lower back and the tightness in my chest that hadn’t really gone away since everything fell apart.It had been eight months since the divorce. Eight long, humiliating ans exhausting months. Marco kept everything including the house, car and ven avings. All I walked away with was my daughter and a few suitcases of clothes and even those felt too heavy to carry some days. No alimony. No help. Nothing.I was working two jobs. This was one of them. Part time retail, minimum wage and dealing with rude customers who snapped their fingers when I didn’t fold fast enough or asked if I could iron out the onesies because “they looked wrinkled.” I was surviving and barely. But I was proud of that.I didn’t see her at first. It wasn’t until I straightened up, reaching for th
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 75: Betrayed
Adriana’s POVOne year ago…The rain had just started when I stepped out of the cab and it was soft and slow like the sky wasn’t sure if it wanted to cry with me or just watch me suffer. My steps were heavy as i walked toward the familiar building, the one I used to visit almost every week when things were still… normal. Back when Marco was still mine. Back when Lily was just the sweet younger girl next door with all big green eyes and soft giggles, showing up with banana bread and claiming Isabella was the cutest thing she'd ever seen. Claiming to be her auntie though we are not blood related. We used to sit in my living room and drink cheap wine while she played with my daughter like she was her own. People always said we looked like sisters. Same eyes. Same shape. Back then, her hair was brunette but she started dyeing it blonde. I thought it was flattering. I thought she admired me. I used to dye my red hair blonde because Marco likes them like rthat. God I was such a fool. I k
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 74: A fool
Adriana’s POVThe sun hadn’t risen yet and thw ghostly grey still hung over the house like a veil, dulling everything it touched. My body was awake but my mind refused to settle. I couldn’t sleep not deeply and not peacefully as i want to. Not with this strange itch under my skin and this pressure in my chest like something was trying to claw its way out.I moved quietly through the room even though I was alone. There was somerhing about moving around when the world hasn’t completely risen. I didn’t know where i was going or what I was searching for only that something was calling me. Tugging at me and It led me to the closet.The corner I didn’t want to touched from my old apartment. The old, ignored part of the wardrobe where forgotten scarves, broken jewelry, baby clothes and timeworn boxes lived untouched. I hadn’t dared toich them in years but they were brought here by Rafael’s men. I found it beneath a velvet scarf I used to wear in winter. A transparent plastic storage bin wit
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 73: Caring side
Rafael’s POVThe air in the study was thick with tension and its the kind that clung to your skin and made breathing just a bit harder than usual. My elbows rested on the dark mahogany desk, fingers steepled under my chin as I listened to Anthony’s low casual voice cut through the silence like a blade.“She’s adjusting pretty fast considering everything.” He said, leaning against the wall witj arms crossed like he had no care in the world. “I even caught her humming while helping Isabella with her puzzle.”I didn’t say anything at first. I could feel Nathan’s presence before he spoke which was a colder kind of silence and the type that didn’t invite conversation. He stood by the window, staring out with the same blank look he’d worn since the day Adriana took that bullet for him. A look I once saw as indifferent. Now I realized it was calculation… and maybe guilt. Anthony didn’t seem to notice or didn’t care. He pushed on, adding with a teasing lilt. “Kinda weird, huh? Never thought
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 72: Longing ache
Adriana’s POVThe morning breeze drifted into my room lifting the edge of the curtain and brushing against my face as if trying to wake me up gently. But I hadn’t been asleep. I’d been tossing in bed for what felt like forever, unable to get comfortable with my thoughts racing and heart pounding even though the house was quiet. It had been like that all night thinking about last evening, the way Rafael had pulled me into his lap like I was some toy he owned and the way his lips had touched my skin so slowly and deliberately like he knew what it would do to me. And the worst part? My body had responded to him like it always did. Like it was betraying me. I didn’t know what to feel anymore. I was tired of myself and tired of feeling. Because he has teased me fucking enough now. Somewhere between trying to close my eyes and giving up, I ended up walking to the balcony dragging the curtain back and stepping out barefoot witj my arms hugging my body because the air still held that early
The Vengeful Mafia Kings’ Property 71: Bonding time
Rafael’s POVI hadn’t been able to sleep the whole night.My head was a mess. And my chest? Worse. The whole night, I’d turned over and over in my bed with memories crawling beneath my skin like they were waiting to suffocate me. Adriana sitting on my lap with that stunned look in her eyes, the small wince she made when her wound shifted, the way her lips parted when I touched her skin. It was all still so vivid almost too vivid. Every part of her was like a brand seared into me. I couldn’t get rid of her even if I tried. So I didn’t try. I gave up on sleep, got dressed and decided to run early in the morning.The early morning air was crisp and still damp with dew. Everything was quieter than usual like the whole estate was still asleep except the birds and me. I stepped out stretching my arms and rolling my shoulders as I walked down the stairs. I was halfway to the east trail when I saw two familiar figures ahead of me near the hedge garden. It was Anna and Isabella. With the lat
