Chapter: CHAPTER 105ISABELLE’S POVMy chest tightened as I slammed the door in his face. My eyes burned, but I refused to cry.My fingers stayed wrapped around the door handle, frozen. I tried to pull them away, but something inside me screamed to open the door again… to let him in.I let go so suddenly it felt like the handle had burned my skin.When I turned, Matthew was staring at me, shaking his head slowly, his hands planted on his waist.“I’m so sorry that happened,” I said quietly, even though a part of me felt I didn’t need to apologize at all. Matthew had been violent toward me lately, and deep down… a small, bitter part of me hoped he had gotten a taste of his own medicine.He scoffed. “You’re sorry? Shit.”I shook my head and started walking toward my room. I was too exhausted—too stressed—to exchange another round of curse words with him.Before I could take two steps, his hand shot out and gripped my arm painfully.“Don’t you dare walk away from me, Isabelle,” he sneered, his jaw tightening.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 104ADRIAN’S POV“Give me both of them,” I told the storekeeper, my voice tight with a mix of urgency and anxiety. He nodded and added them to the cart. I glanced down, the cart already loaded, but it felt empty—way too little for my baby.I looked at the shelf again, picking up a tiny pacifier. The colors were soft, perfect, but I froze, my chest tightening. Which one the fuck should I pick?“The blue color is for a boy, and the pink is for a girl,” the storekeeper announced again. I swear, he’s said it three times already, and I got it, damn it.“I’ll take both,” I said again, my fingers trembling as I dropped the colors into the cart.I wandered to the shoe section and froze. My mind betrayed me, flashing memories of shopping for baby things for Helena—her bump, her laugh, and the cold, ugly truth that the child was never mine. My throat burned. My hands shook as I reached for a brown little shoe with soft fur inside.“Do you have another color of these shoes?” I asked the storekeeper.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 103ISABELLE’S POVMatthew’s jaw tightened, and he shook his head, pacing the sitting room like a caged animal. His fists clenched and unclenched at his sides, and every step he took made the floor feel smaller, the walls closer.Guilt flashed across my eyes, and I nodded slowly, my chest tightening as if my ribs were being squeezed. He shook his head, pacing the sitting room like a predator circling its prey. The floorboards groaned under his heavy steps, each one echoing like a warning.“You need to divorce him!” he growled, and my body jerked backward, my hands trembling as though I’d been physically struck.“I can’t!” I shot back, my eyes widening, heart hammering against my chest. My pulse pounded in my ears, drowning out every other sound.He laughed, a low, harsh sound that made my stomach twist, hands deep in his pockets. “You can’t divorce him, and you don’t want him… what sort of a fucking confused woman are you?!”“Don’t you dare insult me!” I pointed at him, chest heaving, swe
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Chapter: CHAPTER 102ISABELLE’S POVMy eyes snapped open, and I let out a sleepy, tired breath. I rubbed my eyes with my hands and then patted my face, noticing the dry streaks of tears that proved I had cried myself to sleep.I couldn’t stop thinking about him.Even in my dreams, I still saw him kneeling there, waiting for me to come to him. It broke my heart to see him like that, but I had to bear it. If I let him back in, he might disappear again and choose other people over my baby and me.I yawned hungrily as my stomach growled loudly.Slowly, I swung my legs off the bed, tapping my feet on the floor a few times before carefully standing up.“Phew.” I wiped the tiny beads of sweat from my forehead.Standing up was becoming harder day by day, and I was almost seven months pregnant. Sometimes I wondered if I would even be able to stand up by myself when I reached nine months.I tightened my robe around my body and walked toward the kitchen, but I couldn’t see Matthew anywhere.I turned and walked back
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Chapter: CHAPTER 101ADRIAN’S POV.I felt like a needle was twisting deep inside my chest. My heart hammered loudly against my ribs, each beat painful and heavy.I didn’t even know how many hours I had been kneeling there, staring at her window, hoping—praying—that she would open it for me.I know I fucked up.What I did can never be erased in this lifetime. But shit… I’m sorry. I have never felt this remorseful about anything before.I had never felt my heart twist in such cruel pain, and the worst part was that I couldn’t stop it. My body stayed frozen in place, like it was waiting for the only medicine that could heal it.Her.The cameras clicking around me didn’t make me flinch. I didn’t move at all.“Adrian. Man, get up.”Steve’s voice sounded like a whisper in my ears. Around me, the murmuring crowd grew louder, mixed with the endless clicking of cameras.He had to hit my shoulder three damn times before I snapped out of the trance.I slowly lifted my head and looked at him. His eyes were filled wit
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Chapter: CHAPTER 100ISABELLE’S POVHe didn’t flinch. His eyes burned with quiet fire. “Then I’ll wait. I don’t care how long it takes. I’ll wait as long as I have to. Because no one else… no one else matters but you, Isabelle.”His eyes darkened, and the warmth in his voice hardened into something sharper. “Isabelle… I need you to promise me something.”I blinked, heart thudding. “What is it?”“Never speak to him again,” Matthew said, his jaw tight, every muscle in his body taut with control and warning. “Adrian… he’s chaos. He’s dangerous. And I won’t let him hurt you—or this baby—again.”I froze. My throat went dry. I wanted to argue, to tell him that he had no right to control who I spoke to, that Adrian was still part of my life, whether he liked it or not. But the way Matthew’s eyes bore into mine—I felt the weight of it all press down on me.“I… I can’t just… erase him, Matthew,” I whispered. My fingers clenched tighter over my bump. “He’s… part of my life. Part of this baby’s life, too.”Matthew s
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HER INSECURITY, MY TEMPTATION--MAFIA
"Your insecurity is my temptation," I groaned, lowering my head and kissing every one of her exquisite curves.
Araceli Serrano — innocent, sheltered, and trapped under the mercy of a cruel stepmother and a venomous stepsister — had no control over her own life. So when she was suddenly handed over in marriage to Matvei Orlov… a man she had never seen, never spoken to, never even dared to imagine — fear became her only companion. He was darkness where she was light. Power where she was powerless. Danger where she had only ever known silence. Thrown into his ruthless world, her insecurities and fragile naivety clashed violently with the cold man she now belonged to. But somewhere between his dominance and her fear… something began to shift. Because the more his dark world tried to swallow her whole, the more it awakened a confidence in her no one had ever seen before.
Matvei Orlov — a powerful mafia king, feared, obeyed, and never questioned — was a man carved from ice. Cold. Cruel. Proud to the bone. So when he chose to marry a mere commoner, Araceli Serrano, it wasn’t out of love… It was revenge. A calculated move meant to spite his father and prove that no one — not even blood — could dictate his choices. To him, she was nothing more than a pawn. Soft. Powerless. Easy to control. But Matvei had ruled empires, not innocence. What he never saw coming was this —trying to tame someone so untouched by his dark world… might be the very thing that would drag the mighty Matvei Orlov to his knees.
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Chapter: Chapter 87Araceli.I opened my eyes slowly, though they felt heavy, like something was pressing them down, refusing to let me wake properly. My vision was blurry at first, shapes blending into each other, but I could hear voices clearly, low and distant, and the smell of antiseptic filled my nose, making my stomach churn horribly.I blinked my eyes twice, forcing them to adjust, and the room slowly became clear. My gaze locked with his immediately, and all the horrible memories of how he treated me came rushing back at once, hitting me so hard it felt like I couldn’t breathe.A muffled scream escaped my lips as I shifted uncomfortably on the hospital bed, my body weak against the silk sheets beneath me. He blinked his greenish eyes, and for a second, he looked surprised, like he didn’t expect me to wake up.“Shit. You are awake,” he cursed under his breath, shaking his head slightly, like he didn’t believe it or like he was trying to pull himself out of whatever thoughts he had been lost in.I
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Chapter: Chapter 86“Araceli!” I yelled her name, my legs moving fast toward her, the rage that burned through me moments ago disappearing, replaced by something unfamiliar… something fucking worse.The cigarette slipped from my fingers as I caught her, lifting her quickly into my arms. Her body burned against mine, her temperature way too high.“Shit,” I cursed under my breath, adjusting her weight against me as I walked out of the warehouse.My men noticed immediately, their heads bowing again, every single one of them keeping their fucking eyes down and away from my wife.“Fuck… what the hell happened?!” Geal appeared out of nowhere.I ignored him, taking long strides toward my car.“Is she okay?!” he asked again.I said nothing, opening the back door and gently laying her inside. Her head lolled slightly, her skin still burning under my touch. My jaw clenched as I moved quickly to the driver’s seat.“Where is Sonia?!” he finally asked the question he’d been holding in all day, his voice tight. The ba
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Chapter: Chapter 85Araceli.My legs moved fast, almost tripping over themselves as I ran. The hallway felt endless, stretching longer the more I tried to escape it. I halted abruptly when I saw close to fifty armed men at the far end, walking straight toward me.My breath caught in my throat.Panic surged through me as I pushed the nearest door open and slipped inside. The room was empty—just like the others—but just as filthy, with dried blood plastered across the walls, the metallic smell faint but enough to make my stomach twist.My gaze dropped to my hands.Blood.My fingers trembled as I stared at it, my chest tightening painfully. I killed somebody.Tears burned in my eyes, spilling slowly down my cheeks.A loud noise echoed from the hallway, voices overlapping, boots hitting the floor—I could hear them. They were looking for me.My fingers shook as I tapped on the phone screen, smearing blood across it. My heart pounded wildly, my brain still hazy, the migraine getting worse with every second.My
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Chapter: Chapter 84Araceli.“I don’t care.” I huffed, sniffing my nose, my breath uneven as I wiped at my damp cheeks. “Did he care when he locked me up in this small room without thinking twice?!”“You can’t do what Matvei does, Araceli,” Sonia said flatly, shaking her head slowly, her voice heavy with warning.“Let her go. If any of us tries, we would be killed,” Kira muttered. “But nobody would want to kill Don Matvei Orlov’s wife.”I turned away, ignoring Sonia as she kept telling me to forget whatever Kira was saying—but I paused mid-step. Slowly, I turned back to her, my chest rising and falling. “I’ll be careful… I promise I will get you guys out of here.”“You are too fragile for things like this,” Sonia murmured, her brows pulling together. “But be careful, Araceli.”I nodded, pressing my fingers against my temples as the migraine throbbed harder, a dull pounding spreading behind my eyes.I peeped through a small hole in the wooden door. The hallway outside was quiet—too quiet. No footsteps, no
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Chapter: Chapter 83Araceli.My eyes opened slowly. I groaned as my head ached—it felt like it was pounding violently. I tried to move my body, but I couldn’t. The ground beneath me was too harsh.“What happened?!” I whispered to myself. Everything was still blurry. I couldn’t see properly. The last thing I remembered was drinking shots with Antonio. I gasped as I realized he had kidnapped me.“What happened?!… She fucking just asked what happened?!” I heard a harsh, feminine voice. My head snapped toward the direction, blinking several times before I could see clearly.“Kira.” I gasped. She was tied to a pole, upside down. I heard a slight whimper and turned again—Sonia was tied to another pole, standing straight. Apparently, I was the only one not tied.“Why are we here?! Did he kidnap you guys, too?!” I managed to ask, looking around the small room. There was only one small window, and the walls had dried blood plastered over them. The place smelled like blood.“You must be kidding me,” Kira scoffed,
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Chapter: Chapter 82Matvei.I have stood between gunfire before, I have created fucking circumstances that would give any normal human being death, and I have killed my own brother with my bare hands. But none of these… none of this fucking things has made my chest slam this hard against my ribs, none of this has made me take fucking actions without thinking.Just Araceli has finally been able to drive me fucking crazy.SCAR drove to the cinema, while I kept trying her number; it was ringing, but no pickup. She can’t be fucking ignoring me; either she must be in danger.My veins popped out against my skin, rage boiling deep within me. I noticed my stack of cocaine in the drawer on top of the bed, figuring it out that Araceli… little naive Araceli had the fucking nerves to drug her personal guard and lie to the guards just to get out.I had doubts she would be able to pull it off; she is so fucking bad when it comes to lying, so I contacted one of my men to track down her phone and get me the person she s
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