Chapter: Chapter 204 Threats Claude had just received the recording which Paddy had sent him as soon as he had the chance, and the young Delano scion had stood, his face red with wrath, listening to the recording in growing anger.Dom and Rudy had also come to him, seeing the indignant ire on their otherwise easy-going elder brother’s face. Both brothers were livid.Then, without thinking of the consequences, Claude marched up to his father, waving the phone and cried, his handsome face ruddy with pent up passion,“Pa…Sir, you need to listen to this!”The Mafia don, his shirt unbuttoned, his deep chest exposed, was on the phone, listening to Piers. The desperation which his son was controlling was evident to the older Don, and he was furious. Someone had obviously ratted out the information regarding Hila. Her cover was blown, and she was on the run.From the looks of it, she was badly wounded too.The Mafia Don rubbed his chest, scratching his hirsute chest absently, idly touching the marks left by his Woman, w
Last Updated: 2025-06-28
Chapter: Chapter 203 The Masters LeaveRain slicked the ancient stones of Kotor’s old town, turning the narrow alleys into rivers of shadow and echo. She moved like a ghost between them—limping, breath shallow, one hand pressed hard against her side where the bullet had torn through flesh. Blood oozed between her fingers, hot and frighteningly steady.Right from the start, Hila Zaidi had had a gut feeling this mission could end badly. She’d felt it in her gut before she boarded the flight from Jamaica, where she’d almost been set up, before she ever set foot on Montenegrin soil. But when you’ve spent years lying, fighting, and surviving in the silence between nations, you learn to ignore the feeling. You press forward. You do the job.And if it involved the only family that had welcomed her with open arms, always accommodating her whims and moods, the Delanos, who loved her unconditionally, different as they were, she knew there had been no thought of going back.Serena Kingston, the red-haired young woman with the broad s
Last Updated: 2025-06-28
Chapter: Chapter 201 The Delanos...Louis Delano stood just beyond the glass wall of the ICU, arms crossed tightly over his chest, as if holding himself together was the only thing keeping him upright.Inside, she lay unmoving. Serena Kingston.The only woman he loved, in all certainty.Beneath the tubes, the wires, the pale sheets and sterile light, she didn’t look like his Serena. Not the woman who once danced barefoot in their kitchen at midnight, laughing with a glass of wine in her hand. Not the woman who kissed him fiercely when she was angry, and held him longer when she was scared. This version of her—still, bruised, breath rattling through a machine—felt impossibly far away.He had never known such a silence could exist. The kind that stretched between two people when one was slipping from the world and the other was powerless to stop it.The doctors had spoken earlier, their voices gentle but cautious: “She made it through… for now. The next 24 hours are critical.”Twenty-four hours. He had replayed those word
Last Updated: 2025-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 200 Hila: WoundedThe narrow streets of Kotor were slick with rain, the cobblestones glistening beneath the dim glow of old lanterns. Hila Zaidi staggered through the alleys, one arm pressed tightly to her side, blood soaking through her fingers. It was warm, sticky—her own lifeblood slipping away with every shaky breath.The encounter had gone off badly. There had been too many men. Too many guns.Her signature black jacket, once elegant, hung in tatters. It had been a gift from Piers, a Tom Ford black leather jacket.It was the kind of jacket that didn’t whisper wealth—it spoke it in fluent, unapologetic style. And as she opened the bag, she felt her face grow warm.A Tom Ford masterpiece, sculpted from buttery soft, jet-black lambskin leather that clung to the body like a second skin. Every inch of it was tailored to precision—sharp shoulders, cinched waist, and subtly padded structure that enhanced the wearer’s silhouette without effort. The cut was sleek and commanding, designed to move like liqui
Last Updated: 2025-06-25
Chapter: Chapter 199 Decisions MadeThe next morning, as the brothers prepared to switch roles, O’Grady staggered in. He looked drained, but he smiled lopsidedly as Bianca rushed out to him.“Ah, Pet,” he said with a grin,” Serena’s out of the theatre,” and as Bianca cupped her mouth with her hands, he went on, collapsing on the chair nearby,“But she’s not out of danger, not yet, Pet. She’s in a coma. They said,” and here he held her hands firmly as he went on in a strong voice,” The doctor said they fear some of her reflexes might have been affected.”Bianca sank down on the chair beside him, her tears flowing freely.She raised her tearful eyes and said in a low voice, full of anger,“That monster, whoever he was, O’Grady, he needs to be found!”Her fists were clenched as he stood up, her body vibrating with fury. Whirling around ot look at her Masters, she cried in an impassioned tone,“Surely, surely, the Delanos can …?”She left it unspoken but the brothers exchanged knowing looks. No guessing what their Pet had b
Last Updated: 2025-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 198 Hila's Cover Is BlownAt the home where Bianca was settled with her Masters, St Just had just turned up. O’Grady was preparing to leave, to be with Louis during his vigil. Serena was still not in the clear, sighed St Just as Bianca went to him and kissed his blonde, scruffy jaw tenderly. He drew her into his arms and then put her away with a sigh,“I’ve just come from the hospital, Pet,” he said apologetically,“I need to shower.”His eyes went to the room where the two men slept with Bianca, and she knew he wanted nothing more than to hold their son, kiss the sleeping infant and then sleep, spooning her body.“Come,” said Bianca softly,“You can bathe.” He grunted, a gleam appearing in his otherwise tired eyes.O’Grady appeared, buttoning up his shirt and growling,“Bathe with me when I return, Pet.” She dimpled and went into his arms, kissing him longingly.How lucky I am, she thought as she did the rest of her Master buttons and stood watching as he strode off with a rakish grin at her. It was his turn
Last Updated: 2025-06-21
Chapter: FinalePiers's loud shout made the hall fall silent. For a minute, every head in the room swivelled to stomp in the doorway.Even Lucien Delano and Proserpina, absorbed as they were in their burning need to lose themselves in their desperate need for each other, stopped. Proserpina blinked as she turned to look, safe as she was, nestled in her lover’s strong embrace. And the Mafia Don scowled in annoyance, muttering,“What is with that fool boy?’Piers whipped his head to face his parents across the room, an arm around Hila, holding her to his chest as he cried, "Mumma! Pappa!’And when he was hurrying to them, his eyes were wild with excitement as he cried in joy, dragging his lover beside him,‘I…you… I mean… Mumma, I’m going to be a dad!”Proserpina was out of her husband’s protective arms as her son whooped and threw his arms around her, laughing with him. Lucien watched drily as Claude and Ria immediately crossed to him, pulling him into a huddle. Tara joined them, and after a pause, so
Last Updated: 2024-10-27
Chapter: “I wanted to meet the father of my child…”LucienHe began to make his way slowly through the milling throng of his guests to where his Woman was standing, in a daringly backless gown, her beautiful body making his staff harden with desire. Ria and Tara had chosen the slinky gown for her. When Proserpina had protested in embarrassment, her hands on her pink cheeks, the girls had declared,‘Mumma! Even after eight kids, you still look WOW!’It had been one of those rare weekends when Tara had come home. Ria had little Jamie on her lap, jiggling the fat little girl who was cooing at her Pappa, for the Mafia Don was hands down, her favourite person. Jamie was the apple of the Don’s eye, as Ria often teased her father.Lucien, who had been in the bedroom working on his phones and tablet, had been watching them in amusement.After the heart attack, mild though it had been, he had taken to spending time at home, working from his office or sometimes, his spacious bedroom.‘Please…but it’s BACKLESS!” Proserpina had gone on, her eyes m
Last Updated: 2024-10-26
Chapter: True LoveA love like the kind her parents shared was almost like a fairytale…She sighed and touched her small belly. Big Philippe placed his large warm hand over hers and whispered concernedly in her ear,“Princess?”She looked up into his dark eyes and felt the rush of affection, of love that kept them bound to each other. Philippe, the Capo would bring the Moon and place it at her feet if she asked for it, she thought and unmindful of the crowds milling around her, the sound of glasses clinking, the chatter of people as, Ria reached up and pulled his head down. Murmuring against his lips,‘Philippe Diaz, I love you,” as she kissed him.***Piers Delano was staring at his phone. His mind was on other matters, although he had turned up for the party after his twin’s wedding ceremony. It had been a brief ceremony; Philippe had been born a Catholic, so there had been a small wedding service at Church. Old man Diaz had passed away a few years ago, and Philippe’s brothers, both of whom had been a
Last Updated: 2024-10-24
Chapter: A few Years laterA few years later.The years have been kind to him, thinks the Don fondly as he surveys the guests at his daughter’s wedding party.Lucien Delano has aged but in his predictably indomitable manner, he looks and of course, his wife is testimony to the fact, that he still behaves in the same manner as he used to.His still-muscular physique belies his years and he continues to practice in his gym and has a friendly bout of boxing in the Ring, off and on. His son Claude is now an established name in the world of boxing, simultaneously running the underground fight clubs he has set up, and partnered with Paddy. The two of them work in tandem, Paddy with his enviable skills on the computers, has managed to make the Fight Clubs very lucrative indeed! thinks the Don.The Mafia Don is still actively handling the matters of his mob, which has branched out to become a powerful organisation, but one that is totally against human trafficking. He has made his millions through his arms dealings, a
Last Updated: 2024-10-23
Chapter: JamieLucienHe looked at his Woman fondly. She was on the bed, her head lowered to the baby at her nipple, the little child whose brown curls were bobbing as she sucked hard at her mother’s swollen teat.Proserpina wore a look of divine bliss, and Lucien moved over to her, taking her chin in his hard grip and kissing her.It was all he could do, for she had been spending almost a month at the hospital now. A month during which the Mafia Don had practically lived in the hospital too, his only concern being his Woman.And of course, the littlest child of his, who had charmed him already, though she was too small, too tiny to utter a word. Yet she could be ear-splittingly loud, too!He found himself staring in wonder as the baby yawned, exposing her small toothless gums, pink in colour, as he watched her face adoringly. And when Proserpina laughed at him, at the way he fawned over his youngest daughter, the Mafia Don growled at her, his eyes hungrily wandering over her.“Woman, I want to bree
Last Updated: 2024-10-23
Chapter: “She hasn’t seen her littlest babe yet!’RiaShe was running down a corridor that stretched out endlessly. The sound of the man’s footsteps thundering after her made her pant in fear. He was after her. She stumbled and fell, picked herself up, and kept running, her hands reaching out in the dark for some door, some way out of this place. And then, suddenly, out of the blue, she grabbed a shirt sleeve.The face of the man looked up in front of her.She screamed as Dusak’s face appeared out of the gloom, grinning maniacally.He had blood pouring down his forehead and a large hole in his cheek where he had been shot. But he opened his mouth and spoke in a guttural voice she knew she had heard before.“LOVELY Ria, my Ria, I am going to be with you forever now...'He reached out a long skeletal hand with talons, and that was when Ria screamed.Dusak Rudenko began shaking her throat ungently, and she felt a gurgle of panic erupt within her. A deep fear, unnamed and unknown.And then Philippe’s voice came into her consciousness, be
Last Updated: 2024-10-22
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