All Chapters of Loving Mr Mafia: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

ONE WEEK EARLIER   “Do you know how many hours an average gambler spends on the casino floor or placing bets online in a year, Mr Smith?” Alexander kept his gaze on the already glinting blade in his hand as he polished it, not at all bothered by the chubby man sweating bullets onto the ceramic tiles.    “N- No.” The man responded breathlessly, he sounded a lot like he’d run a marathon before he got here, but that was hardly true. The wild beating of his heart was a result of the adrenalin chasing down the fear in his veins.    Alexander halted his actions and looked at the man with a cool smile, “Too many.”    Mr Smith’s eyes widened in fear and gulped hard when he glanced at the blad

Five men glared across the room at the Spanish gangster playing leisurely on his cellphone as they waited for Serenity to take a shower. Lorenzo cleared his throat loudly, “What are you to Serenity?” he glared.  “Wouldn’t you like to know?” Peter snickered just as Serenity entered the living room of the Lombardi estate. “Hey, you’re still here.” She smiled softly when her eyes caught his dark ones and Peter’s smile mirrored hers. “Of course, you didn’t think I’d leave you here alone, did you?” He cocked an eyebrow at the men watching them like a group of hawks. “They&rs

Serenity’s body dropped to the ground and it took a second for her to realise the scream was coming from her own lips.   Xander’s footsteps pounded up the stairs, shaking the ground as he raced towards her, but before he could reach her another round of bullets rained through the open door. Uncaring about his broken arm, Xander sprung into action, dropping his body over hers, shielding her from fire as he crawled them away from the entryway.  When they were around a corner and far away enough, Xander sat her up against the wall and searched her body for signs of blood.  “Serenity, are you okay?” He questioned in a panicked tone.  In the distance Serenity could hear me

Serenity pulled the single duffle bag from the back seat of the car and walked around the house, but instead of entering it from the back like Enzo’s instructions suggested, she kept walking, into the woods. Serenity was a few miles south of the safe house when a loud explosion sounded behind her. From the little space between the trees, she saw the large cloud of smoke that appeared in the direction the house was located. For a moment she was frozen and when she finally came to her senses she took off in a sprint. When the tree line came into view Serenity dropped to her knees and dug through the bag, looking for a change of clothes and anything she could find to disguise herself. There was a burner phone in the pocket of a pink hoodie that she tossed, at this point she didn’t trust anyone or anything. After three attempts on her life, Serenity wasn’t willing to take any chances, but she needed a place to stay and the last thing she wanted was to put any of her friends in danger.

 “What exactly did you agree to in there?” Serenity asked when they pulled into the basement of the Jaxon building.  “That doesn’t matter, all we have to focus on now is staying alive.” He dismissed her, but Serenity wasn’t the type to back down.  “Of course it matters, it sounded bad, whatever it is you can’t do it.” She hurried after him as he made his way to the service elevator.  “Assuming we live to see the end of this war-” He pushed open the door manually, “I can handle it, okay? You don’t have to worry about me.” Xander pulled her in and pressed a combination of buttons that got the lift moving.