He closed the gap between us and his hand travelled to my waist, pulling me closer to himself. His cologne filled my nostrils and he cupped my face in his hand gently. The look in his eyes whenever he looked at me always seemed like he was watching something so ethereal and now wasn't any different. I was supposed to hate him, to not be able to stand him. But why was I letting him do this? And why did I like it too? Love it even? He smirked at me, leaning down with our lips almost touching, his minty breath fanning my face. "I'm fucking addicted and obsessed with you if you haven't noticed." He paused as he studied me while I took a deep breath. "Are you sure you can't stand me?" He asked. "Or are we going to keep on lying to ourselves, babydoll?" ~ Vittoria Belluci, popularly known as 'Lilith' is short tempered, bossy, fiesty, poor social skills and a beautiful resting bitch face. Roman Argentero, Brooklyn's popular mafia don known for his playboy status, cockiness, flirtatious behavior but also ruthless and finally his Greek god appearance. A one night stand in the past, an arranged marriage, a stupid bet, a hatred she has for him and his family, and an addiction he has to her. Will she find out how her sister died? Or who keeps wanting to kill off her family? And doing all that with a fragile promise to herself to not fall in love. What happens when a Belluci falls in love with an Argentero who is already addicted to her?
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*Two days ago*One, ruining my pretty expensive Yara or Vos Nadia's shoes.Two, when a crook failed to keep a deal.These were the two things that always built up my irritation rapidly. It also didn't fail to make my mood go from zero to hundred in a split second.None between the two was a lesser irritation than the other so fortunately or unfortunately, the second was the problem at the moment."Start the car right now and don't waste my fucking time, god dammit!" I hissed, doubling my steps as I left the casino."Ma'am, he is in down South Brooklyn right now, the Argentero Territory at the moment." Nicola, my wingwoman reported, doubling her steps to catch up with mine."Did I ask?" I spat out, turning to glare at her."No Ma'am.""And do I look like I care?""Certainly not, Ma'am." Nicola replied."Now start this damn car!" I hissed again making Nicola run to the driver's seat. "You!" I beckoned to a tall heavily built dude who had been standing outside the casino all along. "You're coming with us.""Yes Ma'am." He replied, running over to get into the passenger's seat.I took a huge breath, biting down on my lower lip and thinking of all I would do to the airhead who had run away without paying me. I got into the car as well and soon they were off.We arrived at the Argentero territory, a place which was an almost death zone for a Belluci. It was a place I was supposed to avoid but somehow, this was going to make it the second time this month I was coming here and probably the fourth time since I took over half of my father's business.After about forty minutes, the car pulled up in front of the supposed night club that the debtor was in and I got out, barely allowing the car to come to a halt.Just then the crook ran out the door, his eyes widening as he saw me."Don't do anything fucking stupid and get your ass here, Joe." I warned him on top of my voice, not in the mood to chase him further.He stalled for sometime and then shook his head, turned around and started going towards an alley.Bad decision.I walked fast after him, aimed my gun at one of his leg and shot at it.He yelped loudly, falling to the floor and making me roll my eyes at him. Nicola and the hefty dude went to where he lay and dragged him to where I stood."Told you not to do anything stupid Joe, why don't you ever listen?" I asked frowning at him and taking up one of his legs.His eyes opened widely and they looked like they were about to pop out any second. He knew what was coming next."Pl...pease Lili- Madd...aam Belluci. Please I'm sorryy."I took out a knife and immediately, ran it on his lower leg, sliting his achilies heel and making blood splat out of it. He screamed as I did the same to the other leg and I scoffed in satisfaction."That's for making me come all the way here to find you." I informed him calmly before turning to the dude and Nicola. "Bring him inside."I flung the door to the nightclub open and walked in, ignoring the 'closed sign' hanging there. They were few men inside whom I didn't care enough to know who they were and all of them turned their attention to us. The whole room fell still and silent as they stared."Is... Is that Lilith?" I heard someone stutter in a low tone from a side.Lilith, the name I despised.Soon, murmurs followed and then their eyes started to widen.It wasn't unusual since I was quite popular in this world as well.Their eyes went behind me to see Joe being dragged in and their expression changed a bit, seeming like they figured out was was going on already.I ignored them and drew out a seat for Joe while I sat on the table beside him. He was breathing out loud now and I knew for sure that he was in a lot of pain.I took up his face, making sure to dig my bright red nails into his cheeks and stared into his eyes. "So what're we saying Joe, am I getting my money or what?""I...I please... pl... please just give me some time. Please." He managed to beg.I tilted my head to a side and drew out another blade from my leather jacket. A curved blade which was my favorite. I put it to the edge of his lips and dug it inside then drew it to his ear, cutting through and letting blood flow out. Joe jerked backwards, his hands fidgeting and his face losing its whole colour while I watched him, feeling rather indifferent.His little sobs and hiccups were what filled the silent nightclub and I was sure whenever the story of what happened here started to circulate, it was going to be as exaggerated as the other ones."You're making me hurt you, Joe boy," I told him patting his shoulder gently. "Give me only answers I want to hear from now on."Just then I looked to the floor where one of my feet was and saw the red liquid from his heels soaking up the sole of my honey-coloured shoes.They were Von Nadia. And they were my favourite ones.Double irritation at the moment."Uh!" I growled at him, frowning. " I was going to have mercy on you but now, you got my shoes all bloody!""S...sseriously?" He quivered, his trembling hands on his bloody cheek as he looked up at me, a little ray of hope in his eyes.He was pathetic.I sighed slowly. "No, of course not." I rolled my eyes. "If anything, I'm getting bored and pissed.""Lilith. It isn't so bad of a name. I mean, I see where it comes from now." A deep voice commented just as I put the knife to Joe's throat in order to finish him in a clean swipe.I sighed, removing the blade from his throat and turning around to see who had dared to disturb me.A familiar set of light hazel eyes stared back at me. I tightened my grip around my knife swallowing to free the large knot in my throat."What a surprise to have you here." He added, amusement swimming in his eyes.He was the first son of the Argentero household, the man known to be the don of South Brooklyn, known for his ruthlessness and power. The man who had every damn woman throwing themselves at his feet with his stupid perfect Greek god looks and flirty tongue.It was no other than Roman Argentero, the man I had a regrettable history with and the same one I hated with a passion."A Belluci dares to come into the Argentero territory? You're as fearless as I've heard." Roman commented, shoving his arms into his pocket and tilting his head to the side, showing off his stupid beautifully sculpted chin.I looked behind him to see a set of identical twins on each of his sides, the only thing differentiating them both being the 'A' tattoo on one's neck and the longer hair he had."It's Vittoria Bellucci not fucking Lilith." I hissed at him making him chuckle a bit, I heard annoyance dripping from my tone from hearing the nickname I hated the most roll off his tongue so easily."Must be a lucky day for me," Roman replied ignoring the correction and stepping closer to me."What the fuck are you doing here, you're interrupting me," I said to him, my eyes never leaving his.He chuckled. Again. "That question should be reserved for only those trespassing." He stepped closer, into my personal space and leaned down a bit, our faces only few inches apart. "Some nerve you've got, coming into my nightclub and leaving a blood trail? Everything you do in this territory comes with consequences, babydoll." His warm minty breath fanned my face as he spoke.Nicola stepped forward beside me in defence but I put an arm up, stopping her from making any further move."Vittoria. Don't fucking let me correct you again." I warned glaring into his eyes and tightening my grip on my knife.His lips turned up in a smile and he nodded as if he was impressed. He leaned down even closer and in a low tone which I was sure just me could hear, he said, "Fiesty too. Even more attractive. I dont remember you being this way years ago." Strands from his thick black hair brushed my upper cheeks and I tightened my jaw.This man was pushing me."Look baby doll-"Immediately, I grabbed his hand and in a second, placed it on the table and stabbed my knife into it, pinning it to the table.Blood oozed out from where the knife was just as the twins rushed to him. Nicola and the hefty dude drew out their guns. Roman signalled to the twins with a headshake and they stopped in their tracks. His eyes looked back at me, a hint of surprise in it.The surprise vanished immediately and was followed by a low croaky laughter.Why the hell was he laughing? This psycho."Told you not to let me warn you again." I spat out."Why're you getting so angry. Didn't like the name Lilith, so I improvised. What's all the fuss?" He shrugged, pulling out the knife and dropping it casually on the table.The door opened and an angry Tiziano walked in with his men. I scoffed, folding my arms as he reached where we were and studied the situation.How the hell did he even know I came here?"I apologize for this, we will settle this at our meeting soon." He said immediately to Roman before turning to me. "You have a minute to get into the car." He threatened and just like that, walked off.I heard Roman whistle in a low tone and I snapped my head at him in annoyance. "Looks like someone's in trouble today huh." He teased, even more amused.I grabbed my knife off the table and walked close to him, placing my fingers on his injury and digging my nails into it. His smirk didn't vanish while I feigned a sweet smile at him. "Keep talking about a long forgotten mistake and the next time, it will be your throat."I turned to walk away, just as he grabbed my hand, stopping me and lowered his head to my ear."You just played with fire, baby girl." He breathed. "For someone that's going to be living in my house soon, you've got some fucking nerve."~VITTORIA~My phone buzzed relentlessly and I hissed, turning to look at it, checking the caller's ID. Uncle Quinto's name sat on the screen, for the fourth time in the day. I turned the phone down, ignoring him yet again. I knew what he was calling for, to apologise and to ask if I was okay, but I didn't think I wanted to hear those words at the moment, at least not from him. It wasn't that I was mad at him, but I don't know, I just didn't feel like it. I was home alone for the day. Roman had gone to the nightclub as he said he had lots of work to cover up for since he had not gone in the past two days. And the reason why he had not gone was because he had wanted to stay with me and keep me safe, ensuring I was not thinking about Robert or Tiziano or anybody and that I was mentally relaxed before he left me on my own. In the past two days, he had made sure I got whatever I wanted, he spoiled me with lots of gifts, new outfits, bags, jewelries, perfumes and flowers. He made me food
~VITTORIA ~Tiziano slammed a clenched fist on his thigh. "You know the rule of killing a Soldato in the Costa Nostra. Don't you?"Roman who seemed unbothered, shrugged dismissively. "A head for a head, isn't it?" He let go of my hand and pointed to Diego, "That's my consigliere. You can take his head even though he outranks that common Soldato. But I assure you, before anyone even gets to take two steps further, they would be beside Robert at the furnace gates.""Argentero!" Tiziano roared and I could see his eyes bulging from their socket, on the verge of popping out and his hands trembling from anger. His face was glowing red now and his lips pressed against themselves that they were almost turning white.Uncle Quinto stood up, "Mr Argentero, you're threatening a Don right now." He cautioned. "I'm thoroughly aware," Roman replied arrogantly. "My wife almost got abused and all your don cares about is the rule of the Costa Nostra?" He inquired his gaze sweeping from Uncle Quinto bac
~VITTORIA~We didn't end up going to Tizianos the previous day as Roman and I couldn't get enough of each other. After giving me the best backshot, he had cleaned me up nicely, and we just hung out in his office.After that, he showed me around the nightclub and then registered my fingerprint on his office door and wherever I needed access just so I could walk in without needing anyone's help. And also because it was my right to have access to his nightclub since I was his wife. Which were totally his words by the way.We were at Tiziano's now anyways and we were seated at the dinning table with Robert who for some reason, was here instead of at his house.We had just finished lunch, the table had been cleared, and I was now filling Tiziano in on the casino sales for the past week. My head ached with a low throbbing pain as I did so and my vision seemed to blur out a bit from time to time. I figured out I was getting a migraine and I was barely holding on, trying to get the briefing o
~VITTORIA ~ His office was large, spacious, organized and extremely neat. There was his fairly large wooden table at a far distance facing the door where he was sitting now. There was a shelf in a corner with a few books, a little golden vase flower on it as well, and some paperwork neatly arranged. There were two paintings beside each other on the wall, one was an abstract brush of charcoal and brown that looked like a man's portrait while the other was a minimalist one that I couldn't put together what it actually meant. There were also green flowered pots structured at specific places in the room, which added to its refreshed look. And lastly, there was a huge chandelier in the middle of the ceiling and behind his table the same 'A' symbol was largely imprinted on the wall. The woman was beside him leaning slightly over his shoulder and they were looking at some screen, probably a tab? that was on the his table. They both looked up at me and Roman's eyes widened in surp
~VITTORIA ~Living with Roman was much more fun and exciting than whatever I had imagined. The warm and heavy weight of him during our cuddles, the scent of his skin and the feel of his body during our passionate sex, the light ray falling on his face as I woke up to him, being almost hooked at the hip with him. He was home every night because he said he always wanted to sleep in bed with me. While the beautiful smell of brewing coffee and toast or pancake some mornings, as we had breakfast was something I was starting to get used to. Ever since I moved into the bedroom, we woke up together and he always emphazied how he wanted to start his day with me.I didn't tell him about what I found among Isabelle's stuff though because I didn't want him to feel guilty all from the beginning again. But maybe I was going to tell him later on. But just not at the moment.I crushed the orange tip of my cigarette into the ashtray on my table and closed the paper files in front of me, then pressed
~ROMAN~I walked into the house.The blender was going off, there was terrible singing coming from the dining room, and the smell of lemon filled the atmosphere.Janice and those fu*king lemons.The blender stopped and she appeared just as I was about to head to father's office."Oh Rico!!" She shrilled running over to where I was, her clothes were mostly soaked, making the oversized polo she wore to be translucent.I stepped back as she stretched her hands forward to hug me, dodging the encounter. "You're way too comfortable here for a mistress, Janice."I heard Cleto hold back a snicker and Janice's mouth twisted in a frown. She had no idea how much I hated her and how much I hated seeing her here too. Replacing a sick woman's place in her husband's house was one thing but trying to act like you owned the house, going half naked inside it and then proceeding to try to get close to the same woman's children was a whole wh*re behavior.She had been here for almost four years, no ring,
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