All Chapters of The Don's Damsel: Brothers Of Blood Book One: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

I stand ahead of her, feeling woozy, taking in her words and listening to her. I watch as she cries. Maybe I didn't think shit through. She didn't tell me anything, not because she didn't want to. She told me nothing because, for the last year of her life, there was nothing to tell. She hadn't seen her parents, she lived in a fucking hotel, and her job wasn't real. She was registered as working at one of Jacob's buildings but didn't even have that.Had I thought maybe I would have realised last night? She had no control over her life for a year. Of course, she was going to run when she got that control back. Fear alone would do that.I cup her cheeks so she has to look at me. "For some crazy fucking reason, I love you woman. Not like, not infatuated with, I fucking love you. I would never have told you the story of my mother otherwise. Nothing could turn that into resentment or hate, not fucking easily." I rest my forehead against hers. "You need to speak to me, Alice, not beat me wit

I wake alone, and an empty feeling spreads through me. I peer around the room and notice Alice is already up and gone. Sighing, I get ready. Jogging down the stairs, I almost slam into our father."Training." I stare at him. "Lorenzo, you have been slacking recently. You're training all day." I glance through and see Alice with Luciano."Can I have an hour?""Let's make a deal. You can have two, but she stays here." Shit, I glance through to her. "She is safe, Lorenzo, your brothers are here, the soldiers are here, Capo, everything, so stop worrying." He looks at me, waiting."Okay, two hours, then I come without her." I turn to walk away, and his hand stops me."Eat, Lorenzo; if you keep fucking about, I will cancel this fight. You seem to be uninterested in it these days. If so, just say."Staring, shocked, I shake my head. "No, I am. Don't start trying to replace me, or I will beat whoever it is." He laughs at my words. "I'll get breakfast." Rushing through to the kitchen, I grab s

Jacob ran, that's two now that we're trying to find. It was clear when we went to his place, he rushed. He left a lot of shit behind. Now, though, we're blind as the messages Felicity saw were not on a phone registered.It means he had a burner phone, and we can't track that shit if we don't have a number or something for it.I'm currently lying on the floor, on my stomach, facing Luciano. He babbles and drools all over."Looks like you when you're drunk." Dario laughs and sits down."Thanks for saying I'm cute, bro," I smirk at him."I didn't mean that part. I meant the drooling on yourself." He laughs, and I glance at the phone in his hand."Heard anything?" I know he and Evaline have a weird-as-hell relationship."She's busy." He sighs and turns his attention away from the phone. "I'm in a place I am just going to kidnap her and keep her with me until she agrees." He grins, and I laugh."She agrees? So now you want to more, she is running?""Fuck knows, Lorenzo, it's like fucking t

I look at Luciano and back to Lorenzo. "What are the chances that can happen to you, Lorenzo?" I'm scared as hell."It won't.""Lorenzo, you can't say it won't if there is a chance."His hands grasp my cheeks. "It's unlikely, okay? I mean this, if I get a warning and it looks likely to happen, I will hang up my gloves, I swear it to you."Nodding, I cuddle against him."I won't leave you, Alice, I promise. I go for CT scans and everything."Sitting, I look at him. Does he think I'm a fool? I'm not a fool. "Lorenzo, I know what CTE is and that it can't be found like that." I know I read up on it when I took up boxing. I know that CTE is something that can't be diagnosed with tests; it's a combination of things, but then it isn't a definite result."You're right. The only test for it can only be done during a biopsy, so how about this?" He looks at me. "If I have signs of it, I will stop.""You blacking out is a sign."He chuckles. "I've not done that since I stopped drinking so much. T

After visiting my parents, things were tense. I don't blame Lorenzo. He was standing up for himself and for me. I just know it means that the relationship I have with my mother is now stretched even more thinly.It's been two days since we went to my parents. Lorenzo has spent nearly every second of it with me and Luciano. He seems so different, but still amazing."Ahm." I glance up, confused. "Lucia is watching him for us.""What?" Why? I stare at him, confused, and he grins."We're going out. So, hand him here. I will go take him to Lucia and then come back and tell you what you're wearing." He smirks at me."You're telling me what I'm wearing?" I tilt my head, amused."Yes." I watch him take Luciano and leave. I feel like I'm missing something. A few minutes later, he walked back in and smiled at me. His hands are behind his back as he steps closer to the bed.He moves, holding out a bag."Erm, what's that?""Your outfit, go shower, little kitten." Kissing my cheek, he turned and w