เข้าสู่ระบบANTONIO“You have to control your temper today.”My father’s voice was calm as the car rolled through the gates of the estate where the meeting between the families was being held.I stared out the tinted window silently. The massive villa ahead of us looked almost peaceful from the outside. Which was very ironic, because inside that building sat some of the most dangerous people in Italy.People who could decide whether a man lived or died over a glass of whiskey and a simple vote.“I mean it, Antonio,” my father continued carefully. “They’re going to try to provoke you.”I scoffed quietly.“No shit.”Hector sighed beside me.“This is exactly what Vittorio wants. He wants you emotional and reckless with everything. You can't allow him to see that reaction in there, do you understand?”I clenched my jaw.That bastard already had me exactly where he wanted me.Aurora was still in that house. And every second she remained there felt like acid burning through my chest.“We still haven’t
“I wished this meeting was happening under better circumstances.”Tristan Blackwell’s voice was calm as he sat across from Vittorio Mancini inside one of the private lounges of a hotel which was owned by the Mancini’s. Tristan had arranged for this meeting to give Vittorio his proposal in person and there was no way they were going to do it on the Mancini estate again. Especially after what had just happened there.Vittorio leaned back comfortably in his chair before letting out a small laugh now, as he looked at Tristan.“No other circumstances would have brought us together,” he replied smoothly. “Besides, your people said you had a proposal for me.”His eyes sharpened slightly.“And I have to admit… I was surprised.”Tristan remained composed.“When your men reached out and told me you were in Italy asking to do business with me…” Vittorio continued, “…my curiosity got the better of me.”A soft scoff came from Andressa, who sat beside her father looking visibly irritated already.
ANTONIO “I fucking had her!” The second I stepped into the house, I slammed my gun onto the table hard enough for the sound to echo through the entire room. Every inch of my body burned with rage right now, and I couldn’t even properly word how I was feeling. All of the emotions sat so heavily inside my chest that I genuinely felt like I could barely breathe. My father was already waiting for us in the study when we arrived, and one look at his face told me he already knew everything had gone wrong. He slowly stood from his chair and walked over to us. Sebastian shook his head in indication. “She was right there,” I snapped furiously, turning toward Sebastian. “We should have gone after her.” Sebastian looked exhausted. There was blood on his shirt that definitely wasn’t his. “I would have gotten to her.” “You would have gotten yourself killed,” Sebastian replied immediately. That only pissed me off more. “There is no fucking way we were making it through that many armed gu
AURORA“You incompetent fools!”I flinched slightly as Andressa’s voice echoed through the massive hall the second they dragged me back inside the mansion. One of the guards shoved me forward roughly, and I nearly stumbled onto the marble floor before catching myself at the last second.My entire body still felt shaky from the whole event that just took place. I had felt bullets whizz past my head and I had to check myself to be sure that I wasn’t hit anywhere. The fact that I could still see Antonio’s face in my head. I could still feel the panic in his eyes and the desperation from the moment he saw me. He had actually come for me.The thought kept replaying in my head over and over again, refusing to leave no matter how hard I tried to focus on literally anything else.“You told me the estate was secure!” Andressa snapped furiously at one of the men standing nearby. “So how exactly did they get in?”Nobody answered her. Probably because everyone in this house looked terrified of
ANTONIO“You look tense.”I barely looked at Andressa as she spoke beside me. Every single one of my senses remained locked on Aurora upstairs.Even in this state my weird mind couldn’t stop thinking of how attractive she looked. It was obvious she was terrified, but she was trying her best to hide it. For one brief second, our eyes met across the room, and I watched all her emotions hit her all at once, as I shot her a smile; as if telling her that it was all going to be okay. I was here now. I needed to get to her.Now.Andressa seemed satisfied with whatever reaction she had managed to get out of me because she smiled before someone approached her from across the ballroom.“Excuse me for a moment,” she said smoothly. “Don’t go anywhere.”I watched her walk off before immediately reaching for my phone. I had to warn Sebastian and the others that she wasn’t actually in any of the rooms like they thought. She was right here in the middle of the goddamn party. Which meant the ent
ANTONIO“You don’t have to keep apologizing.”Sebastian looked up from where he stood across the study, exhaustion written all over his face as rain hammered against the windows behind him.“I failed you.” He said, “And that is something I can never be proud of.”“You didn’t.”“The hell I didn't," he said. “I knew how much the girl meant to you and I fucking blew it.”I leaned back slowly in the chair, rubbing a hand across my jaw while staring down at the table in front of me. Everything had started blurring together at this point.I had barely slept since this whole ordeal started and it was beginning to tell on me. Every time I tried to, Aurora’s face kept replaying in my head over and over again no matter how much I tried to focus on anything else.And honestly?It was driving me fucking insane.Sebastian had arrived in Italy only a couple of hours ago after coordinating with our people overseas, and the first thing he had done upon walking into this house was apologize.Again, I
“You better have summoned me for a good reason,” Violetta said, the impatience obvious in her tone, as she stepped into Julian’s house.Julian stood near one of the windows overlooking the city with his sleeves rolled up and a half-finished drink resting in his hand.“What better reason than our mu
TRISTAN“We have talked about you walking into my office like this.” I said, as soon as the door opened up.I didn’t bother looking up when I said it, as I already knew it was her. The scent gave her away before the sound of the door clicking shut did, and it certainly didn’t help that she had argu
SERAPHINAI hadn’t realized how much those two days we spent with each other would change things until it was already over. The thought had been circling my mind all morning, refusing to settle. It had been like that for some time now and had only gotten worse after our confrontation in the hallway
SERAPHINA“So, what’s next?” I asked,The whole room had suddenly become extremely heavy right after the whole thing. I had just signed a contract that in a way rewired my entire life and I still wasn’t sure exactly what to make of it all.Tristan picked up the papers from the table and placed it n







