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23: Look What You Made Me Do

Author: Pen's Ours
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-18 02:50:52

Luca's POV

She walked in like she hadn’t disappeared for hours. Like I hadn’t been pacing the floor, calling my men repeatedly and shouting over the phone, imagining her body dumped in some gutter with a message carved into her skin.

Maria.

She looked tired, eyes swollen like she’d been crying—but still standing. Still breathing.

I stood up the second she stepped inside. “Where the hell have you been?”

Her lips parted, but nothing came out at first. She hesitated.

Then, “I went to see Alejandro.”

Everything inside me stopped.

“What?” My voice dropped low.

“I went to him,” she repeated, “to ask what he wanted from you.”

I laughed. Dry. Cold.

“You went to him?” I stepped closer. “And how exactly did you walk out of there with your throat still attached to your neck?”

“He let me go.”

“He let you go?” I spat.

“He let you go?” I repeated.

“Please don't tell me you think I’m that stupid, Maria?”

I didn’t wait for her to answer. I grabbed her. She gasped.

“Luca, stop…”

But I didn’t stop. My
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