Chapter: Chapter 48:MATTEO: “Anything that has avocados in it has my heart for real” I laugh as I stir the pasta. “You my dear are disgusting, those things are tasteless, gosh!” Ava laughs rinsing her hands in the sink and kisses my shoulder. “Oh please..” I turn off the gas and face her, “come here” I drag her by waist to my chest and she giggles, “you're so beautiful Ava..”She wraps her hands around my neck, smiling from ear to ear, “you're not so bad yourself sir..” she laughs.I wasn't lying she was beautiful, elegant, had the attitude of a man but just the perfect feminine energy I love, I stare at her, her wide eyes, the way her eyes were dark green but still was the brightest ever..I really am in love. I lift her placing her on the kitchen island and she laughs loudly, making me laugh too. Tucking her hair behind her ear, I feel her soft skin on my palm and she smiles softly still staring at me. I lean in, slowly and kiss her. Soft, slow, my hands were in her hair and hers in mine, a moan es
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Chapter: Chapter 47:LORRIANE: I lock the door behind me as I walk into my office, releasing several deep breaths, I cross my arms watching as she looks around my office. “Nice view”she looks outside the window, the bustling city of DC laid beneath us, people going to work, the cities overlooking each other…it was a view to behold, but I was used to it. There was nothing special about DC anymore. She turns to me, “Lorriane Withmore,” she smirks, “or should I say Lorriane Grayson? It's…it's quite confusing”I sigh, “Lorriane Withmore would be fine” my gaze piercing hers, if she were terrified she was damn good at hiding it. She laughs softly, “I met your mother once or.. twice. She was always mean to everyone around her, I wonder how your father was able to cope with her nasty…” “That's enough Sienna, I won't allow you speak ill of my parents”She smiles, “so now you see how I feel every single day, don't you?” she drops her bag, as if counting her steps she walks slowly to me. Her jaw tight, “you now
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Chapter: Chapter 46:MATTEO: In all my years of being alive and in the vicinity of my father, I have never seen him so shocked. He has always been a man that can never be taken by surprise or to be in a state of confusion, but as I watch the stare between my father and Sienna I could see his knuckles turn white from the way he was clutching his coffee mug too tight, the way his mouth parted a little and I could for sure see how unsteady his breathing was. “I'm guessing one of you is going to tell me how you both know each other..?” I ask crossing my arms still looking to the both of them for answers, but they just stood still. Staring at each other, the air was stiff from the tension of the staredown, everyone could tell. “Old friend..” my dad finally says, still looking at her, “I didn't know you were in town, when’d you get in?” He forces a smile, trying to relax the tense muscles in his face. “A little over a month,” Sienna smirks, still holding her purse really tightly, she looks at me and back to
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Chapter: Chapter 45:SPECIAL POV:SIENNA: I stare at him as he coos in his cot, “Matteo” I whisper as his small hands wrap my finger, a tear falls from my eye. He is the most beautiful baby boy I have ever seen, his eyes were bright green and his hair…just like mine, really unique. I sniffle and stare at him, not blinking, not moving, with the fear that if I did, I'll never see him again. “Hey…you're awake” Giselle says from behind a bunch of balloons, “brought these for him” she laughs and sets them down, sitting on the chair by my side. “Thank you” I whisper, still not looking at her, “he's so beautiful” “Oh yes he is, doctors are amazed with this birth considering he came out a week early. Are you seeing his hair? It's just like yours” she holds my hand and slowly I turn to her, “he is yours Sienna”I sniffle and lay down, allowing my head rest on the soft pillow, I release a deep breath and stare at the ceiling, “but how do I move on from here Gil? I have nothing. My parents cut me off, my job is
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Chapter: Chapter 44:MATTEO: As much as I didn’t want to be here, I had to. Mum had begged me into head photography and video for the gala as a way of making me show up. The gala was a week away, the equipment needed sorting, the set still a mess. I fumbled a screw and swore under my breath. “Cousin..” I hear Dexter's voice echo through the hall from the door as he strides towards me.I didn't bother to look up, , “what do you want Dex?” I fumbled another screw and I sigh in anger.He chuckles, “you are so rude Matteo, Jesus” he squeezes my shoulder softly and hands me a gift, “happy belated birthday man”I peek inside the back and see a pack of condoms, “and you are disgusting”I mutter. I drop the bag on the floor and continue setting up the camera, “as you can see I'm busy so I don't have time for you or your bullshit”.He takes off his glasses and grabs a chair, laughing softly, “what's the issue now hm? Why so…stiff?” “God Dex, I am seriously not in the mood. Don't you have anything to do?” “Oh
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Chapter: Chapter 43:LORRIANE: I wasn't one to deal with stress, secrets or anything that looms over my head like doom, but here I was staring at different files I was able to pull on the name ‘Sienna'. I haven't slept well, every night I keep imagining what would happen when Matteo finds out? How would he react? Should I tell him? Do I tell Ava? What about Dexter? How would everyone react when they realize the famous cousins who hate each other are…brothers? Page to page, line by line I read everything, trying to get something valuable, any information that can be useful in finding her. The plan was if I found her first, I'd be able to talk to her, maybe come to some kind of agreement…I was good at negotiating, only this time I feared I might be late. The idea of talking to Aunt Gil crossed my mind too, out of all of them she was the most reasonable. My mother would brush me off and Dexter's father doesn't necessarily like me and I don't feel comfortable looking at him. Exhaustion creeps into my b
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BLOOD AND DEVOTION
She was born into power
He was hired to protect her
But falling in love could get them both killed.
After Isabella Morretti, heiress and ruthless Mafia leader takes over from her father, she's drawn into the dangerous world of drugs, threats and lies. When her life is being threatened on different occasions with encrypted letters, she lets her guard down and decides to get a bodyguard, jovial, yet extremely serious, quiet with lingering secrets of his own and little by little her carefully controlled world begins to unravel.
Justin Warren, was meant to watch her, not crave her, not want her and definitely not fall for her. But with enemies within her household, old flings, debts surfacing and lies unraveling they both must decide where their loyalty stands, either with their blood soaked families or, the devotion growing between them behind the shadows.
In a world of lies, threats, power and betrayal, love may be the most dangerous weapon afterall.
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Chapter: Chapter 37: Golden daughter.JUSTIN: “What the fuck just happened..?” Isabella's shaky voice draws me out of thought. “answer me Warren!”I release a breath, my heart still aching from his previous threat concerning my sister and niece, “like I said anonymous tip Isabella” i turn away, resting my shaky hands on my hips, “we need to get out of here, it's not safe for you” “No no what I need is a valid explanation Warren,” she stands in front of me, her eyes fumming with anger, “why are you always one step ahead hm? Are you working with him? Montez?”I scoff, “working with Mon…you have to be fucking kidding me Isabella, of course I'm not. I got a tip he'll be here,” I sigh, “all I'm trying to do is make life easier for you, I didn't know you'd be here too” She looks around and keeps her gun, “fuck!” she brings out her phone, dialing tones ringing in my head giving me a migraine. She kept pacing back and forth with her phone to her ear, “why's no one answering?” she mutters to herself.I look around the warehou
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Chapter: Chapter 36: A nobody.ISABELLA: I stare at the files again and again and again, my stare burning a whole into the file, every word etched in my very memory finally understanding the shares, the planning and how truly…it was never my father's to begin with. My heart breaks everytime I remember that this cartel was built with hope but was stolen with lies. How could my father do this? Does my mother know? Was it a mistake? An oversight? Questions upon questions fill my head and I just continue staring into mid air, trying to find some type of answers. My ringtone brings me out of thought and for the fifth time today, it was Cara. I wasn't still ready to talk to her, hell I never think I'll be ready to talk to her. If anyone had told me one day Cara would do something as crazy as this, I would have never believed it..but here we are, here we fucking are.I flip through the pages of the file, seeing inventories, letters between Ricardo and his wife I think..him telling her about the progress and her tellin
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Chapter: Chapter 35: Ricardo Montez.JUSTIN: Documents, writings, designs, contracts…evidences that Isabella's father was nothing but a thief, a criminal and a fucking pervert. All night I couldn't sleep, asides the fact that images of Isabella were still fresh in my head, theses documents kept burning a whole in my mind…I needed to know what they meant. The shock was instant the moment the first document finished decrypting, Isabella's father was involved in far more shady things than we all thought and Montez's father helped. My phone rang, the name Cara bold on my screen, I sigh and finally peel my eyes away from my laptop, “our late night calls have become an habit,”She chuckles softly and sniffles, “you're practically the only one who I can call for answers…I'm sorry” “It's okay, it's okay. I need the distraction,” I sigh, “how are you?” “Terrible with crippling guilt eating me away,” her voice shakes, I'm sure she was already in tears, “how are you? I…I heard Montez pulled some shit that got you injured”The
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Chapter: Chapter 34: Death or blood.MIGUEL: 3 years ago….It's been a year plus but the pain was still fresh in my memory. I stared at his grave, tears trickling down my face but I didn't sob. I didn't move, I couldn't move, my fists were too tight so was my chest, my clothes felt too hot for me to breathe in but I stood still, not blinking, not moving. Suddenly I felt a small arm wrap around my elbow, I released a breath I didn't know I was holding, “you came” I breathe out. “You called,” her small voice warmed my heart a little, “how are you doing?”I clean my eyes and put both hands in my pocket, hiding my white fists, “not good, I keep…I keep seeing him in my dreams”Her grip becomes tighter around my arm, almost reassuring, “I'm sorry. I miss him too, a lot. He was my best friend out of both my brothers, it's not fair his life was stripped away from him too early”Gunshots filled my head, him on the floor bleeding out and his brother crying for help, I clear my throat pushing the memory away, “it's not”She
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Chapter: Chapter 33: Scars.JUSTIN: I stepped out of the shower, put on my shirt and I watched as she slept, the sheets wrapped around her small body, her small snores, the way her hair fell to her back and covered her face a little. I smiled, squatting by the bed and slowly removed her hair from her face, she looked so peaceful. Bile rose in my throat remembering how she dismissed me the last time we kissed, softly I get up and she turns revealing her back. I see a mark, like a scar that was from her neck down to her mid back. It looked deep and I'm sure it was painful, my chest constricted in pain. What happened? I thought to myself, I peered down and tried to touch it when she opened her eyes, I stepped back clearing my throat, “sleeping beauty is finally awake” I smirk, trying to push back what I saw.She sits up, rubbish her eyes and yawning, “my head hurts” she groans. I hand her an advil and water, “thanks” she swallow it and looks around, “how wasted was I?” “Pretty wasted” I chuckle, “I'm gonna..hea
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Chapter: Chapter 32: Thought Canadian men were not your taste?ISABELLA: I didn't want to believe it, I couldn't, she would have never done something like that. I stood still as she walked slowly to me, clutching her robe together, her neck a little red but her breathing was fast. “Isa…I can explain” she stops in front of me, her eyes already teary.I fold my arms, trying to stop myself from doing something stupid like hitting her because my anger was slowly blinding me, “tell me…tell me it's not true Cara, tell me you didn't let Montez go”She steps back, fear on her face, “I…I didn't, the idea…” “What the fuck Cara!?” I shout, “how….how did you even see him? How long have you been going behind my back?” A tear falls from her eye, “I…I just wanted to help” “He…” I scoff, pinching the bridge of my nose I release a shaky breath, “you have caused so much trouble for me, did you know your smart idea has put Warren in pain? Hm?” “What?” “I'm sure he didn't tell you while he was fucking you did he? How stupid can you be for God's sake!” She d
Last Updated: 2025-09-10
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