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Chapter 32
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2026-09-05 15:27:19
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His Secret Obsession Chapter 36
Arie’s POVNico reached me before the first pieces of glass struck the ground.His arm closed around my waist, dragging me against him as he threw both of us behind the broken fountain. We landed hard against the stone floor, his body covering mine while fragments rained over his back.A second gunshot tore through the greenhouse.The bullet struck the fountain precisely where I had been standing moments earlier.“Stay down.”Nico’s voice was no longer quiet or teasing. It carried the ruthless authority of the man who controlled the Contini empire.He reached beneath his jacket and pulled out his gun. His other arm remained locked around me, holding me against his chest as he searched the shattered windows.My thoughts refused to catch up with what was happening. Only seconds earlier, we had been arguing about my handkerchief. Now the air smelled of dust and gunpowder, and Nico’s heartbeat thundered beneath my cheek.“Leon!” he shouted.Gunfire answered from somewhere beyond the garde
His Secret Obsession Chapter 35
Arie’s POV“Arie?” Bianca called softly. “Why was Nico leaving through the garden?”I looked down at the blood staining my hands. The room still carried traces of him—the open medical cabinet, the displaced chair, and the drops of red darkening Papa’s carpet.“Give me a moment.”I gathered the used bandages and hid them beneath the papers inside the wastebasket. There was no way to conceal my dress completely, so I pulled my shawl around my waist before unlocking the door.Bianca entered immediately. Her worried gaze travelled over me before settling on the blood covering my fingers.“What happened?”“It isn’t mine.”She caught my wrists, turning my hands over as she searched for an injury. “Then whose is it?”I hesitated.Bianca was more than my cousin. Since Papa’s death, she had become the closest thing I had to a sister. She had sat outside my bedroom on the nights I refused to speak and defended me whenever Uncle Angelo thought grief should have an expiration date.“Nico’s.”Her
His Secret Obsession Chapter 34
Arie’s POVTwo Years EarlierThe first time I saw Nicholas Contini bleeding, I was wearing a white dress.By the end of that night, his blood would stain my hands, ruin the lace around my sleeve, and mark the beginning of a secret neither of us would know how to escape.But when I unlocked my father’s study, I believed the room would be empty.It had remained closed since his death two years earlier. Uncle Angelo possessed the official key, but Papa had once given me another and made me promise not to tell anyone. I carried it everywhere, even after there was no longer anyone waiting for me inside.Tonight, the Romano estate was filled with people honouring the memory of a man most of them had only valued for his influence.The Continis occupied one side of the dining table, the Romanos the other. Our families had been allies for longer than I had been alive, connected through business, loyalty, and enough buried blood to ensure neither could ever walk away easily.Uncle Angelo had sp
His Secret Obsession Chapter 33
Nico’s POVThe colour disappeared from Arie’s face.Bianca remained beside her, one hand wrapped protectively around Arie’s wrist. The recording application continued glowing on the phone between them.Neither woman spoke.I walked towards the table and picked up the device. The timer showed that Bianca had recorded almost nine minutes.“What are you doing here?” Arie whispered.I stopped the recording.“Taking you home.”“That villa is not my home.”“You’re returning there anyway.”Bianca stepped between us. “She isn’t going anywhere with you.”I looked at my wife.The scarf around her throat concealed the marks my fingers had left, but her defiance remained untouched.“You’ve made enough decisions for one evening.”“I helped my cousin escape from the man who abducted her.”“You used her desperation to turn her against me.”“She didn’t need my help for that.”My grip tightened around the phone.Arie stared at me as though I had appeared from the darkness itself.“How did you find us?
His Secret Obsession Chapter 32
Arie’s POV“Before I can send you home, Arie, I need you to help me destroy my husband.”The words emptied the air from the room.I stared at Bianca, waiting for her to smile or explain that I had misunderstood. She did neither. She stood across from me with one hand resting beside the phone, the recording application glowing between us.“What did you just say?”“I need to make certain Nico can never do this again.”“That isn’t what you said.”Bianca released a slow breath. “When I said destroy him, I didn’t mean physically.”“Then what did you mean?”“I mean destroying the power he holds over us.”I moved away from the table.Only an hour ago, I had believed I was finally safe. Now another person was asking me to become part of a plan I didn’t understand.“I’m not interested in your war with Nico.”“This isn’t a war.”“It sounds like one.”“It is protection.”“For whom?”“For both of us.”Bianca reached for my hand, but I pulled it away.The hurt that crossed her face made guilt rise
His Secret Obsession Chapter 31
Arie’s POVThe driver pressed harder on the accelerator as we approached the bend.“Who is following us?” I asked.He didn’t answer.The black car moved closer until barely a few metres separated us. Its windows were dark, preventing me from seeing who was inside.“Is it one of Nico’s men?”“Put on your seat belt.”“I already did.”“Then hold on.”He turned sharply onto a narrower road.My shoulder struck the door as the car swerved around the corner. The black vehicle followed without slowing.Trees rushed past both sides of us. The road was barely wide enough for one car, but the driver continued accelerating as though he had travelled this route many times before.“What’s your name?” I asked.“Luca.”“How do you know Bianca?”“She helped my family once.”“With what?”His eyes met mine briefly through the mirror. “This isn’t the time.”The black car appeared again behind us.Fear tightened around my chest.Escaping Villa Belladonna had felt impossible. Now I wondered whether leaving
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