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45. The Old Flame

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ADRIAN

I must have stood there for over an hour, just staring at the woman who’d once meant the world to me. And all I could think about was how I felt the last time I ever saw her.

I hadn't seen her in over five years now, and yet the moment I saw her face, it was like I'd been thrown into the past, like everything around me blurred out of focus and all I could see and all I could feel was her.

She was standing beside Governor Ruthford, wearing a soft smile and that same perfume I used to bury my face in when we’d just finished making love, with her head pressed against my chest while she told me how much she loved me. I remembered every single one of those nights, and I remembered how much she meant to me back then. I always told myself that I loved her, and that I would spend the rest of my life with her. But I never knew we could stand in front of each other like strangers. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t move or speak. I just stood there and tried to swallow down t
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    ADRIANI must have stood there for over an hour, just staring at the woman who’d once meant the world to me. And all I could think about was how I felt the last time I ever saw her. I hadn't seen her in over five years now, and yet the moment I saw her face, it was like I'd been thrown into the past, like everything around me blurred out of focus and all I could see and all I could feel was her. She was standing beside Governor Ruthford, wearing a soft smile and that same perfume I used to bury my face in when we’d just finished making love, with her head pressed against my chest while she told me how much she loved me. I remembered every single one of those nights, and I remembered how much she meant to me back then. I always told myself that I loved her, and that I would spend the rest of my life with her. But I never knew we could stand in front of each other like strangers. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t move or speak. I just stood there and tried to swallow down t

  • Becoming The Mafia Queen   44. The Girlfriend

    SOFIA“What do you think of this one?” Ariana asked, stepping in front of me and pulling me out of reverie. I looked up at the white dress she was wearing, with a high slit and gold embroidery, but I couldn’t even see it properly as I was too distracted. The dress was beautiful, but all I could see was that stupid picture burned into the back of my mind, and that note. “It’s nice,” I muttered, forcing a smile to my face. I noticed how she twisted her nose, then she turned around and headed back to the changing room. I continued to stare at the the wall, thinking about who could have put it there. Normally, my first instinct would be Rafe. It certainly seemed like something he would do to scare me. But Rafe was all the way across the country with Adrian, which meant it had to be someone else. But who could it be?“What do you think about this one?” Ariana asked as she stepped out in a dress that was far too tight, with a neckline that was far too deep. “I don’t know,” I shrugged.

  • Becoming The Mafia Queen   43. The Dinner Party

    ADRIANFrom the moment we drove onto the property, I knew I was going to have a headache by the end of the day Nothing about Don Vito's dinner party was casual, and it seemed like every guest had been handpicked for maximum effect. As we pulled up to the compound, with Rafe sitting tensely beside me and a motorcade of black sedans lined up behind us, I silently prayed I would be done with this shit before midnight. Inside, the place looked like someone had taken a royal palace and slapped it together with Hollywood. Every corner of the house was decorated in a modern but elegant style, and I doubted whether there was anyone here who had less than 20 million dollars in the bank. Don Vito greeted me at the door himself, and he looked nothing like the man I'd seen earlier. He had loosened up since, and I suspected he must have had a few glasses of wine already from how tipsy he looked. "Adrian," he said with a slight hiccup, clapping a hand on my shoulder like we were old friends. "Yo

  • Becoming The Mafia Queen   42. The Ex-Fiancée

    SOFIAI stared at Ariana in disbelief for several seconds, my mind still struggling to process what she’d just said. The name was still floating around in my head, and I couldn’t quite explain how it made me feel. Queasy seemed like the right word, but I wasn’t entirely sure. "So you’re saying Adrian was engaged?" I asked, trying to sound casual, and not like the walls were closing in on me. "Yeah. But it was a long time ago,” Ariana said, her eyes shifting nervously as she looked hesitant. "Why didn't you mention her before?" I asked, hating how desperate I sounded. Ariana sighed, pushing her long hair back from her face as she sank further into the couch and said, "Because it's not a story I like telling. And because Adrian doesn't talk about it at all."I folded my arms and waited for her to continue, and when she saw that I wasn't letting this go, she gave in with a quiet sigh."Her name was Alessia Marino,” she said. “She came from a very powerful family which is tied to som

  • Becoming The Mafia Queen   41. The Clash

    ADRIAN"We should be landing in about fifteen minutes,” Rafe said, causing me to look up from my tablet. “The motorcade is ready, and your meeting with the governor is set for three o'clock, and afterward we're heading straight to the hotel.”“We’ll need to stop and get a bite to eat,” I said. “I’m starving.”“We’ll get you a burger or something,” he said. “Don’t forget, we need to keep a low profile the entire time we’re here. Even though we've got people keeping watch and the routes have already been checked, I still don’t like it when we’re on foreign grounds."I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose, barely listening to the last part. My gaze was fixed on the clouds outside the window, and the golden sunlight over the Los Angeles skyline below us. I'd been down here more times than I could count, but it never stopped feeling like foreign territory. If New York was chess, then LA was poker. It was all too flashy, and so unpredictable. I was constantly reminded of the fact that t

  • Becoming The Mafia Queen   40. The Girl’s Night

    SOFIAAriana pulled up in her little red Mini Cooper about two hours later, her sunglasses too big for her face and her smile visible through the window. I was already standing on the curb, waiting for her to show up with my bags already In tow. "You ready?" she said, reaching across the seat to unlock the door for me."Absolutely," I replied, smiling at her . My bag was heavier than usual, probably because it was the first time I'd be staying at the DeLuca estate for more than a few hours. Or maybe it was because because it felt like I was running from something, and I didn’t want to come back. As I slid into the passenger seat, I asked the question that had been sitting on my mind ever since we spoke on the phone. "So why did you have to be the one to drop Adrian off at the airport? Doesn't he have a whole fleet of drivers for that?"“Of course he does,” she said, rolling her eyes . “ But I always drop him off when he's traveling.""Every single time?" I asked. "Yep. It's our thi

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