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Chapter 67

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The door creaked open just as the sun broke over the horizon.

Elias stepped inside, shoulders heavy, the collar of his shirt still wrinkled, his hair smelling faintly of smoke and perfume. He froze the moment he saw her Raven already waiting at the table, cigarette in hand, eyes sharp enough to cut through steel.

Matteo was there too, though quieter, leaning back in his chair with his usual measured calm. He’d been up for hours, drinking his coffee black, but it was Raven who carried the storm in her chest.

“You’re late,” she said.

Her voice was too calm. Too level. It was worse than shouting.

Elias swallowed. “I just”

“Don’t,” she snapped, slamming the ashtray down so hard the glass cracked. “Don’t stand there and feed me excuses. You didn’t just lose track of time. You stayed out. All night.”

Elias straightened, jaw tightening. He was taller now, older, but in this moment he still felt like the boy who had once cowered under her shadow. Except this time, he didn’t back down.

“I’m no
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  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 69

    The casino felt different when he walked through the doors without Raven or Matteo shadowing him. For once, there wasn’t a pair of watchful eyes on his back, no silent reminder that every step was being measured, judged.Elias moved through the haze of smoke and the clang of slot machines like a man who belonged. Not because he truly did but because she was there. Liora.She sat at the far end of the roulette table tonight, laughing too loudly at a joke the dealer hadn’t told, her hand resting on a stack of chips like it was nothing. She caught his gaze across the room and her smile curved, sharp as a hook.“You’re late,” she said when he reached her side.“I didn’t know I was expected,” Elias replied, trying to keep his voice even.“You’re always expected.”That was the thing about Liora. She made him feel chosen, even in a crowd. As if the chaos of the casino, the desperation etched into every face, dissolved the second she looked at him.Raven had called her a distraction. Maybe sh

  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 68

    The casino lights were merciless, as their golden glare spilled across faces drawn tight with hunger and greed. To most, it was a temple of chance. To Elias, tonight, it was simply where she was.Liora.She sat at the poker table as if the chair had been carved for her. A glass of gin in one hand, a cigarette curling smoke in the other. Her smile was razor-edged, her laugh cutting through the murmur of cards and coins. She didn’t belong here, not really, but that was her power she made everywhere she stood look like a stage built for her.And Elias, damn him, was already too close to the fire.He leaned on the rail behind her, watching as she bluffed three men into folding with nothing but a high card and that grin that dared them to doubt her. When the chips slid her way, she looked up, locking eyes with him.“Still watching from the sidelines?” she teased.Elias smirked. “Still making fools out of grown men?”“Every night,” she said, standing and sweeping the chips into a clutch. “C

  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 67

    The door creaked open just as the sun broke over the horizon.Elias stepped inside, shoulders heavy, the collar of his shirt still wrinkled, his hair smelling faintly of smoke and perfume. He froze the moment he saw her Raven already waiting at the table, cigarette in hand, eyes sharp enough to cut through steel.Matteo was there too, though quieter, leaning back in his chair with his usual measured calm. He’d been up for hours, drinking his coffee black, but it was Raven who carried the storm in her chest.“You’re late,” she said.Her voice was too calm. Too level. It was worse than shouting.Elias swallowed. “I just”“Don’t,” she snapped, slamming the ashtray down so hard the glass cracked. “Don’t stand there and feed me excuses. You didn’t just lose track of time. You stayed out. All night.”Elias straightened, jaw tightening. He was taller now, older, but in this moment he still felt like the boy who had once cowered under her shadow. Except this time, he didn’t back down.“I’m no

  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 66

    Liora’s apartment smelled of cigarettes and whiskey, but underneath that was something softer like wildflowers pressed into old books. Elias noticed it the moment he stepped inside, even though the air was thick with haze and the floor was cluttered with discarded jackets, glass bottles, and poker chips scattered like lost coins.“You don’t bring many people here,” he said, half-question, half-observation.Liora smirked, tossing her keys onto the counter with a metallic clatter. “I don’t bring anyone here. Not unless they’re interesting.”Elias leaned against the doorframe, watching her move. She was quick and languid at the same time, shedding her jacket with a shrug, pulling her hair loose so it fell in dark waves around her shoulders. She moved like she’d survived every room she walked into, and that confidence was more intoxicating than the smoke curling from her cigarette.“And what makes me interesting?” he asked.“You’re the only one who looks like he doesn’t belong in that cas

  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 65

    The air inside the casino was thick with smoke and desperation. Coins clinked, cards slapped down on green felt, and voices rose with a mixture of bravado and ruin.It wasn’t our casino yet but Raven had insisted we learn the terrain.“If you want to blend in, you don’t play the tourist,” she had said. “You play the house, and you play it well.”So we had become regulars. Not too flashy, not too quiet. Just visible enough to pass for part of the ecosystem. Matteo had his back to the wall at the bar, watching everything, his glass of whiskey untouched. Raven hovered at the blackjack table, her sharp eyes making dealers sweat even when she wasn’t betting. And Elias, young Elias moved through the crowd like he belonged there, like the smoke and noise had been waiting for him.That was when she appeared.She was already at the poker table when Elias noticed her. Dark hair coiled up messily, eyes that laughed even when her mouth didn’t, a cigarette balanced on the corner of her lip like sh

  • Falling For The Mafia Boss   Chapter 63

    The safehouse was no longer safe.The moment Raven saw the red dot bloom on the far wall, her blood went cold. It lingered there for half a heartbeat, then vanished, as if mocking her. A warning, not a shot. She knew what that meant. Whoever was out there wasn’t sloppy. They wanted her to know she’d been marked.Her first instinct was to drag Elias to the ground. Her second was to put a bullet through the window and let the shadows answer back. But instincts could get you killed. So she forced herself still, breathing through her teeth, eyes scanning the dark edges of the room.Matteo had already moved. One flicker of his hand and Elias ducked behind the couch, heart hammering loud enough Raven swore she could hear it. Matteo stayed low, edging toward the wall with the precision of a man who had lived too many nights like this. His eyes cut to hers: decision time.“Don’t,” she mouthed. His jaw clenched but he froze.The silence pressed in, thick and electric. Somewhere outside, a bran

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