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The Intruder

Author: JacqueAuthor
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-07 18:19:38

When we got home, Luca carried Leon to his room, took off his shoes, and tucked him into bed. Watching him drift off, I couldn’t help but feel love and sadness. It was hard to put into words, but I knew that, somehow, I was giving him the world, even though I wasn’t sure of my own place.

Just as Luca turned to leave, I stopped him. The words came out before I could second-guess myself. “What about the tutors you mentioned? Leon hasn’t been to school yet, and I haven’t heard anything.”

Luca paused his hand on the door.

“Don’t worry. Everything’s under control. People are being verified, and by next week, you’ll have the timetable for everything. Just trust that they’re getting everything sorted out for Leon.”

I nodded, even though I wasn’t entirely convinced. At least they were doing what they promised. For now, I should be grateful for that.

It was getting late, and I figured Maria must be in her room next door to Leon by now. I didn’t want to disturb her, especially not when she nee
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    I am tongue-tied.Surprised? Definitely. But more than that....I don’t even know what to say.Luca is the one who finally speaks, his hands raised in a calming gesture. “It’s not what it looks like. I was just leaving.”Asher’s voice slices through the air, laced with venom. “Yeah, I can see that. You were done with her, and now you’re leaving.”My eyes narrow. “What do you mean?” I ask, but his glare lands on me next, sharp and brutal.“Shut the hell up, you whore.”The words punch through me. I blink, stunned.“You think I don’t know what you’ve been doing?” he growls. “You think I don’t know what the two of you have been sneaking around doing behind my back?”“Hey, calm down, man,” Luca cuts in, voice firm but cautious. “I’m not doing anything with her.”“Oh my god,” I whisper, disbelief twisting in my gut. “I can’t believe you.”Asher’s hand jerks back toward me in warning.“I told you to shut the fuck up,” he spits.He turns back to Luca.“So this is what you’ve been doing all t

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    That caught me off guard. “Afraid for him?” he said “Afraid for him?” I asked quietly.He nodded, that faraway look in his eyes again. “I’m afraid he’ll do something he can’t take back. Something he’ll regret for the rest of his life. Not just regret… something that will end him.”He looked right at me, dead in the eye, like he was begging me to understand. Like he was handing me something dangerous and delicate, and trusting me not to drop it.And I understood one thing clearly, my life was not just out of my hands. It was in danger.My eyes drifted toward the room we’d turned into Leon’s study space. And suddenly, I wasn’t just afraid for myself anymore.I had everything on the line.“Do you think he would do something to Leon?”I asked, my voice trembling. “He can’t do something to Leon. Please, Luca… he can’t. He’s not guilty of anything. If Asher wants to hurt someone, it should be me. I should be the one paying for it. So if he wants to do anything, if someone has to take th

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    I go back into Dad’s office. Head straight for the safe. I kneel down, press the familiar numbers, and it clicks open.Same passcode. Same stacks.Still there. Not enough for four people. Maybe not even enough for three if we’re being smart.But for one? It’s more than enough.Now comes the hardest part.The body.I need a body in that room. Something to burn, something to leave behind.I need someone dead Or… already dead.My hands are shaking as I leave the house.I do everything I’m not supposed to know how to do. I get the burner phone. I get the wig, the cheap makeup, the cover identity. I make the calls. I ask the questions that you’re not allowed to ask unless you’ve seen too much of the world.And somehow I don’t even know how...I do it. I get what I need.An already cremated female body. Bagged. Heavy. Silent.By the time I return to the house, no one’s there.I carry the gym bag upstairs. Put it under my bed and start putting everything in motion.The escape. The fire. The

  • CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA DON   Running

    Dad continues, determined.“That way, even if they find out our death was staged, by then we’ll be so far gone, it won’t matter. It buys us time.”He’s already shuffling papers, his hands trembling slightly.“We’ll need money,” he mutters, half to himself. “Cash is already withdrawn. Quiet withdrawals. Small amounts. Just enough to go unnoticed. We have money in the safe—it’s enough. More than enough to disappear.”He’s thinking out loud now, unstoppable. A man with a plan. A desperate man, but a determined one.“Once we disappear, we change our names. Our looks. Start over. Jobs that don’t make people curious. Maybe in a place where the Italian Mafia has no reach, where they don’t talk to anyone.”I listen to every word, not interrupting. My heart beats faster.“And your mother and I can get jobs...,” he says.“And me,” I whisper.He glances up, eyes soft. “Yes. You too.”“We can make it work. We can give your child, my grandchild a good life. A real life. I promise you, I can take c

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    I saw stars, the pleasure taking me with it. He had been giving me a thousand orgasms ever since we started sleeping together, but this was different. And I couldn't explain how different it was, it was just different, and it was the best thing to ever happen.... and to think that it happened this way should make me sick, I should be sick, I should feel sick, but I wasn't. As he came and released inside me, groaning, he finally released his hand from my throat, and while I was still on my high, he started biting me, full-on biting me, that I hissed through the whole thing, and he bit my neck, my collarbones, on the underside of my chin, he just kissed, bit me there and everywhere, and I knew I would be sore tomorrow, all over, I would surely have bite marks.But as he looked back up at me, I pulled him towards me and kissed him. I must be crazy.Asher pulled out of me, and I winced, sucking in a sharp breath. I rolled over to my side, away from him, but the shame stayed with me. I c

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