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Chapter 22

Penulis: Celice Wylder
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-03-22 23:42:23

Madeleine

With Marco’s help, I somehow manage to make my way up the three flights of stairs, but I’m exhausted and out of breath when we reach the landing. I sit on the top step and cling to the railing, taking in large gulps of air.

Just over a week ago, I ran from the casino to my flat without breaking a sweat. Now I can’t even climb a flight of stairs.

It’s sad.

And humiliating.

Marco fafs over me like a mother hen, desperately trying to get me up and into bed without outright overstepping his boundaries by picking me up.

“I’m fine, Marco,” I wave him away. “I’m just tired. I’ll get up in a second.”

“If you fall down these stairs, the boss will never forgive me,” he says, his voice filled with urgency. “You are my responsibility.”

“Tsk,” I click my tongue, but stop myself before I can say anything else.

Marco is just doing his job. And he can’t speak badly of Rafael, he’ll be punished for it. The poor man just stands there, wringing his hands and looking terrified, waiting for me
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  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 75

    RafaelMy nerves are bundled tighters than a roll of twine as I watch the container ship coming in. The other two are right behind him.Madeleine showing up here complicated tonight's work. She infiltrated my mind, made it so I can't separate her out, can't protect her. Even now, as I watch the ship pulling in, I can't stop thinking about her. Can't stop worrying. And later, when we're alone, I'll have to remind her to stay out of my business. Quite how I'm going to drive the message home I don't know yet.Rossi gets off with the last ship. He looks around the docks at the open container, then reaches inside his jacket to get his firearm. His eyes flicker to my men. He shakes his head and drops his hand. "It's not worth it."I nod. "Smart decision.""Let them all go!" Anthony barks an order to his crew. "You took tons of lil girls for Sforza," Frankie says.Anthony nods. "We worked through three middle men. I got my taste, but Sforza made the most money. Without him here... all that

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 74

    MadeleineI lie on the bed, staring up at the ceiling for a long time. I can’t relax, and I can’t sleep. Even after Ethel poked her head in and offered me a sleeping pill, I still couldn’t fall asleep.My mind keeps turning to Rafael. He could come back bleeding to death again. Hell, he could die tonight. The thing he's doing sounds so impossible and dangerous, that I can't quite wrap my head around it.After a few hours of tossing and turning, I get up and go to the closet. Missus Wilson only brought dresses over, but I am sure I packed some jeans when we left the mansion.I eventually find them, stuffed way down deep in the back of the closet. I exchange my nightgown for the jeans and one of Rafael’s black t-shirts, then I go through his nightstand, looking for the cash he always drops in the drawer. It’s the sneakiest thing I’ve ever done, and I feel like a cheat and a thief, but I don’t let that deter me.I have to see for myself. I have to assure myself that he's a man of his wor

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 73

    MadeleineMy stomach is still roiling and my legs are weak, but I think I'm hiding it well. Rafael hasn't said an entire word about it all the way home. He's quiet, even as we make our way to the elevator that will take us straight up to the penthouse.I can’t believe I didn’t throw up on Bronwyn’s shoes. I’ve never stood up for myself like that, and it was terrifying, but at the same time it felt so good to finally get rid of all the anger I’ve been carrying around for that woman. To give her a little taste of the bitter pain she caused me.She is popular at Betsy’s old school, and all the other parents suck up to her. Like the pretty, but mean girl in high school everyone wants to be friends with. They just follow her around like sheep with the hopes that she’ll notice them one day.I’m home in time to tuck Betsy in, and for the first day in weeks I can read her a bedtime story. She falls asleep long before I’m done, but I keep going until I reach the end of the book. It’s soothing,

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 72

    RafaelThe woman is attractive, but looks like a typical soccer mom. Her dark hair is neatly done, make-up damn near perfect, and she’s dressed in a pair of expensive jeans and a t-shirt that screams, ‘We just came back from choir practice.’It’s her eyes that really catch my attention though. Cold. Cruel. Her lips are set in a thin, judgmental line, but there’s a smug smile on her face that I want to wipe off with my fist.“What’s your name?” I ask the mother.“What’s it to you?”“Fine,” I reply and take Maddie’s hand in mine, forcing her to face the unknown woman. “I’ll tell you my name then.” I lean in a little closer and whisper, “My name is Rafael Andoletti. Have you heard of me?”“Yes,” she mutters.“So you know what I’m capable of.”I stand back, and watch with a deep sense of satisfaction as the blood drains from the woman’s face.The people start to sneak out of the pharmacy, afraid of what will happen next. No one heard me when I whispered in the woman’s ear. No one heard th

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 71

    RafaelI pick Madeleine up, and she immediately wraps her arms and legs around me, knowing that I have her.Watching her throw all her trust at me was intense and unexpected, but so welcome that I felt it in my bones. It's hard to believe that she's the same woman. The one I wanted to lock in a cage like a little bird.What the hell was I thinking?I step out of the shower with her still in my arms, and carry her to the bedroom, wondering how far I can push her before she stops me.Indulging in the darker parts of myself isn’t something I often do with women. The trust has to go both ways, and it rarely does. It’s why I hate one night stands.Once in the bedroom, I lower Madeleine to the floor and spin her around, pulling her flush against me. I nuzzle her neck, lapping droplets from her skin, while I wrap her breast in one hand, rolling her hard nipple between my thumb and forefinger.I drop my free hand between her legs, parting her almost roughly before I seek out the wet warmth wa

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 70

    MadeleineI spend some time with Betsy while nervously watching the clock, but after a few minutes it’s clear that I’m boring her. She switches on the television and starts to flip through the channels until she finds a program she wants to watch.I cast a guilty glance in Ethel’s direction. “She really enjoys television,” I say in a way of an apology. “We didn’t have one.”“She spent the whole day doing other things. A little television won’t kill her.”I nod and get up from the couch. Betsy doesn’t even notice. I’m tempted to tell Ethel that I’m going upstairs, but I don’t. Rafael never explains himself to people, and he seems to be more peaceful as a result.As I climb the stairs up to the second floor, I expect Betsy to call me back at any moment, but she’s already engrossed in her program, and Ethel’s busy with dinner.I’m starting to miss the house by the lake. It’s so much easier to just disappear in all that space. The penthouse is huge, but we’re constantly gravitating inside

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter

    MadeleineI look up from my book when Rafael enters the penthouse, and right away I notice that he’s not wearing the same clothes he did this morning.Instead of his usual, designer suit, he’s wearing a plain dark blue polo shirt, and khaki slacks. Every alarm bell in my head starts screaming at me. But it's fake. I recognise the bells for what they are. They're not a warning, they're a call back to my past.He smells like the casino - specifically the hookers’ locker room. “Why do you smell like Cherry Sinner and broken dreams?” I ask.He looks up, amusement flickering in his eyes. “Cherry Sinner?”“It’s what one of the hookers at the casino called herself. Were you at the casino?”He shakes his head, and walks past the couch where I made myself comfortable with a pillow and blanket. “I had… other work today.”I eye him suspiciously as he goes around to the kitchen. He told me he doesn’t do one night stands, and I believe him, but that doesn’t mean he won’t have affairs. Although h

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 68

    RafaelTito hits the door just right, breaking it around the look. It flies open and hits the wall with a loud bang, like a shotgun going off.The room is empty, but there’s a guard. Tito shoots him in the heart before he can even reach. The silenced gun popping softly in the smoky backroom.“They’ll be upstairs,” I whisper. “The main floor. By the bar.”It’s where they always meet. In the twenty years Tommaso ran his family, he never changed his routines. Never. Not even when we were at war.We sneak upstairs, guns at the ready. My heart pounds in my chest and my mouth is dry. It’s not exactly fear that causes it, something closer to nervous anticipation.I take the lead, my small crew behind me, stopping when we reach the dim corridor. I swing my head from left to right, making sure there are no girls who came in early, but all is quiet.In front of us is a long, heavy drape, and behind it are Tommaso and his captains. All three of them.Smirking, I walk up to the curtain, Frankie b

  • Innocence Interrupted - A Mafia Story   Chapter 67

    RafaelMadeleine steps out of the bathroom, her hair wrapped in a soft towel, my robe swallowing her. This part was never in my fantasies. God, I barely even thought of her as a sexual creature. She is so much more than the superficial version I created in my head.I want to unpack all her layers and look at them, one at a time, until I know her better than I know myself. It will be worth it. She is worth it.She sits on the edge of the bed, and pulls the towel off. Her damp hair soaks into the cotton, leaving a dark mark on the back of the gown. “There’s a hairdryer in the dresser,” I say.She shakes her head and swings her legs onto the bed. “I don’t use them.”I still can’t believe she said yes to my proposal. For a split second there, I thought she would refuse me. When she finally agreed I could see all of it. My future with her.I grab her by the upper arm and pull her onto the bed. She lets out a little squeal of surprise and then starts to laugh as I roll over onto my back a

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