Mag-log inShe opened the door, and when she stepped inside, someone else closed it behind her. She jolted. Her head spun in shock to see him standing there. Her nerves felt jittery. He couldn’t possibly kill her now, could he? “W-what do you want?” Anna stuttered. The usual smirk wasn’t on his lips as he glared at her. “One thing I hate is when things don’t go as I planned. Silly little loopholes,” he said, pushing away from the doorframe. Her heart rippled when he took a step toward her. He was tall and large—she felt like a little girl compared to him. “I will scream,” Anna breathed, cold sweat rolling down her back. He held her chin. His hold was gentle as he caressed her jawline. Anna shivered. Then his lips tilted into a smirk—not enigmatic like the ones she had usually seen. This one was… sinister. One that told her he didn’t have good plans for her. “Careful there. We wouldn’t want you ending up with a broken spinal cord now, do we?” His large palm flew to her throat, his thumb gently caressing it. Tears brimmed in her eyes. “What do you want?” Her voice came out as a low whisper. “Your body,” he deadpanned. “As manure for my apple tree.” After being thrown to the wolves by her own father, Annalisa must make the ultimate choice—follow her heart or destroy the man she’s come to love.
view moreChapter 272Massimo stood in front of the railing of the tall skyscraper. He took a sip from his glass of rum, savoring the bitter taste on his lips.“Boss,” an average-height man, Paul, hurried towards him, bowing deeply first before reporting. “The Redbull mafia group are still putting up a fight, along with the other four mafia groups contesting for the position. Pardon me if I’m speaking out of place, but wouldn’t it be wise to contact the Vicenzo mafia group? They would be solid backup.”“Seems like you no longer have use for your tongue.”His sharp retort had him clamping his mouth shut instantly. “Sorry, boss,” he quickly excused himself from his presence.He didn’t want anyone finding out about his plans or his presence in Sicily, and he had no plans of dragging Leone into this.This was why that girl seeing him was problematic for him, and it was truly a mystery why he didn’t kill her. It certainly wasn’t because of what Leone would say; they had had their fair share of kills
Chapter 271Chiara’s heart nearly flew out the window as she felt the cold metal in her mouth, but that was nothing compared to the cold gaze he was giving her right now. With the moment of silence that fell between them, all she could hear was the sound of her frantic heartbeats.His fingers remained on the trigger, and Chiara didn’t dare move. Definitely, this man was clearly insane, and it was quite unfortunate that she had run into him this night—or, more accurately to say, he had run into her.“Careful there, little girl.” His hand suddenly flew to her throat. She shivered as he ran his hand down her throat.Her head swayed even more, and she couldn’t comprehend what happened next as she suddenly blacked out.……Her eyes slowly fluttered open, the sweet scent of lavender infiltrating her nostrils. Where was she? It took some more minutes for everything to finally sink in, and now she was in her room in her hostel.How was that even possible?! Had this been a dream?She swallowed
Chapter 270Chiara’s eyes widened instantly upon his words. Her lips parted and closed multiple times, but no words came out. Her face was quick to turn pale even when she tried hard to maintain her composure. She knew if she gave out too much, then he would quickly add things up—but that was if he hadn’t found out already.She squeezed the fabric of her shirt. What did he mean by they had a lot to talk about? The dizziness returned tenfold, and she wished she could just faint and then wake up to everything simply being a dream, but she knew that could only happen in her imagination.Her heart rammed against her chest as he continued to stare at her. What did he mean by they had much to discuss? She was clearly not ready to discuss anything with this man, especially when she couldn’t use her damn legs.She should sue. That’s right—sue him and that damned doctor. But then she didn’t feel safe doing that. No, at this point she just wanted to return back to her hostel.She stared back at
Chapter 269How…??No!Her heart raced, and the urgency to flee hit her even harder, yet she knew she had to try hard to fight for calm. It would be even worse if she made him become suspicious and boosted his memory to remember her.His lazy eyes swept through her, wet strands of midnight black hair stuck to his forehead, his gaze blank, face unreadable. She couldn’t make out anything from it, and she was starting to feel like she would lose her mind any moment from now.She just wanted to get under the covers and hide, but that would be incredibly stupid. She should say something, anything.“I…” she found herself lost for words, her eyes darting between him and the slightly opened door, already imagining running past him and fleeing from here, but how far would she go?“Did you bring me here?” she said before realizing how stupid it was.“Were you expecting someone else?” he pushed his frame away from the wall which he had been leaning on, walking towards the bed.She held her breat
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