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0052: The Mask Comes Off

Auteur: Luisa
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-21 23:26:55

ADRIANA’S POV

I stood near the window and watched the change settle over Alessandro the moment Rocco spoke Cassian’s name. His jaw tightened. The warmth that had lingered after Garcia and Liora left instantly drained away, replaced by the cold focus I had seen on him in darker rooms and blood hunting situations. He said nothing at first. He only stared at the closed door as if the answer was already waiting on the other side.

My mind began sorting through every person who had known the surgery
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  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0052: The Mask Comes Off

    ADRIANA’S POVI stood near the window and watched the change settle over Alessandro the moment Rocco spoke Cassian’s name. His jaw tightened. The warmth that had lingered after Garcia and Liora left instantly drained away, replaced by the cold focus I had seen on him in darker rooms and blood hunting situations. He said nothing at first. He only stared at the closed door as if the answer was already waiting on the other side. My mind began sorting through every person who had known the surgery schedule. I knew about his surgery, yet I had contacted no one outside these walls. Why would I? Rocco knew about it, and betrayal from him was unthinkable. The hospital staff knew, but they had no reason to connect me to the De Santis family and even less courage to risk the Orsini name. Alessandro’s security team lived by loyalty; snitching on their own boss would end them faster than any rival. Garcia and Liora had learned of the surgery only after the surgery, they had known because they co

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0051: The Ones Who Knew

    ALESSANDRO’S POVI woke up with a jolt and found the room too quiet. The afternoon light had shifted across the floor, and the chair beside my bed sat empty. Adriana was gone, Rocco was gone, Garcia was gone. Only Liora was in the room, standing near the window as she scrolled through her phone. I instantly felt fear hit me harder than the residual pain in my chest. I pushed myself upright, ignoring the pull of the stitches. “Where is Adriana?” I asked, my voice dripping with panic. Liora looked up, her brows raised. “What?” “Where is Rosa?” I repeated, my voice rougher than I intended. She set the phone aside and gave me a patient look. “Relax, Aless. You were right here when she left with Mama to see Luca. They have not come back yet.” That was correct. I remembered they left together to the pediatric unit, I was awake before whatever that nurse gave me knocked me out cold. But still the absence stretched longer than it should have, and unease began to settle under my ribs. Th

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0050: The Weight Of Old Lies

    ADRIANA’S POV“You.” That single word hung in the air like a blade. Garcia stared at me with pure contempt as fear locked my feet to the floor. I knew exactly why she looked at me that way. The memory rose without mercy and pulled me five years into the past.I had stood in her sitting room only days before the wedding to Roman De Santis. The Rossi and Orsini families had never approved of Alessandro and me. When our relationship became public they tried to force a separation, but we refused and continued dating in secret. Garcia had fought hardest against it, she was always approaching me because she could not move her stepson to break up with me. By the time I went to her that final time five years ago she had begun to soften, accepting that Alessandro found peace with me.But I destroyed that fragile acceptance with deliberate cruelty. I told her I had never loved him. I claimed I had used him for protection and status while my heart belonged to Roman. I said the wedding would fi

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0049: The Cost Of Strength

    ALESSANDRO’S POVThe image of the scorched club and the painted message still burned behind my eyes as Rocco lowered the tablet. Anger coiled tight in my chest, sharp and familiar. The De Santis family had crossed a line that demanded blood in return. I had never been the kind of man who absorbed an insult and stayed quiet. Years ago weakness had cost me my father, but that version of me no longer existed.Adriana remained beside the bed, her hand still resting near mine. Her presence made the conversation I needed impossible. Rocco would never speak freely while she listened. I kept my expression neutral and waited. She studied my face for a long moment and seemed to understand. “I should check on Luca,” she said quietly. “Stay in bed, Alessandro. Do not do anything drastic.”“I will not leave this bed, Sunshine,” I answered with a smile.The promise tasted false even as I spoke it. She leaned in, brushed a soft kiss against my cheek, and left the room. The door closed behind her wi

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0048: The Ring And The Shadow

    ADRIANA’S POVThe words still echoed in my ears as I sat on the edge of the hospital bed. “Marry me Adriana Rosa Rossi.” Alessandro had spoken those words with quiet certainty, and the room seemed to hold its breath around us. Happiness flooded through me so strongly that my chest ached with it. After everything we had endured, after the long years that tore us apart, he wanted me back in the fullest way. I wanted him just as fiercely. The life we once shared for two years before the lies and manipulation of the people that hated our union ripped it away still lived inside me, and now it felt within reach again. “Yes,” I said, the single word leaving my lips with complete conviction. “Of course I will marry you Alessandro Vincenzo Orsini.”A slow smile spread across his face, softening the hard lines that surgery and exhaustion had left behind. He reached beneath the pillow with careful moves and drew out a small velvet box. My breath caught when he opened it. Sitting in that box

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   0047: The Weight Of A Promise

    ALESSANDRO’S POVI jolted awake the second the door clicked open. Years of training still controlled my body even after the surgery that had left me sore and drained. My hand shot straight to my waistband in search of the familiar weight of a gun that was not there. That space was empty. I had no gun on me. A nurse stood frozen in the doorway with a tray trembling in her hands. Her eyes widened as color drained from her face. She stared at the way I sat up with my shoulders squared and my gaze locked on her as though I was already calculating how to put her down.“Signore Orsini,” she whispered, her voice cracking under the weight of fear. “Sono solo io. Sono venuto solo per i controlli mattutini. Per favore, non uccidermi.”“It’s only me. I only came for the morning checkups. Please don’t kill me.”Her legs shook so hard that the tray rattled against her palms. Tears gathered at the corners of her eyes because she knew exactly who was sleeping on this bed. She knew the man who ran t

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   004: No Place Left

    ADRIANA’S POVI shoved through the club’s back door and ran straight into the pouring rain without looking back. My heart hammered wildly as Alessandro’s cruel words replayed in my mind with every splash of my heels through puddles. The way he had stared at me with such hatred, the degrading offer

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   003: Ashes of Betrayal

    ALESSANDRO’S POVI stood motionless in the middle of the bloodstained VIP room, the echo of the gunshot still ringing faintly in my ears. The smell of gunpowder mixed with spilled whiskey and cheap perfume clung to everything. My eyes locked on Adriana where she pressed herself against the far wall

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   002: The Devil in the Dark

    ADRIANA’S POV I gripped the tray until my fingers ached and stepped through the heavy velvet curtain into the VIP section. Thick cigar smoke curled through the air like ghosts, and the dim amber lights barely pushed back the shadows. Low conversations hammered around the long table where several m

  • AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME   001: Fractured Promises

    ADRIANA’S POVThe hospital room smelled of antiseptic and exhaustion. My heart hammered painfully as Doctor Cassian flipped through Luca’s chart with a grave expression that made my stomach twist. Rain pattered against the window, blurring the city lights outside into streaks of neon. “Miss Rossi,

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