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Chapter 17: The Mole
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OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 21: Choose
Vinicio POVThe hospital room closed in tighter with every beep of the monitors. I stood beside Laurabeth's bed like a sentinel refusing to move. Her hand felt small and fragile in mine as another contraction built. She cried out gripping me harder. Sweat dampened her brown hair and her face twisted in pain. I hated every second of this helplessness. My power, my money, my reputation meant nothing against the battle raging inside her body."Breathe pumpkin," I commanded softly. My voice stayed low and rough. "I am right here. Feel me. Let my strength flow into you. You are not doing this alone."The doctor returned with two specialists I had demanded flown in immediately. They checked readings, adjusted drips and spoke in hushed urgent tones. I pulled the lead doctor aside again, my grip on his arm like iron. "Tell me the truth. What are her chances?"He hesitated. "Mr. Rossini we are doing everything possible but the placenta is detaching further. If another major wave hits we may ha
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 20: Too Early
Vinicio POVThe hospital room felt like a cage closing in around us. I stood by Laurabeth's bed, my hand gripping hers so tightly I feared I might break her fingers. The machines beeped in a steady mocking rhythm. Her face was pale with sweat beading on her forehead. Another contraction hit her and she cried out arching against the pain. I felt helpless for the first time in my life. All my money and all my power meant nothing against this."Stay with me pumpkin," I growled leaning close. My voice stayed rough and commanding. "You are strong. Our son is strong. Breathe through it. I am right here and I am not going anywhere."The doctor had injected more medication to stop the labor but the contractions kept coming. Laurabeth squeezed my hand, her nails digging into my skin. "It hurts Vinicio. It is too soon. He is not ready.""I know," I whispered, pressing my forehead to hers. "But you fight. You fight for him. For us. I will bring the best specialists in the world. Private jets are
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 19: Missing Results
Laurabeth POVThe hours after the breach dragged on in a haze of paranoia and icy dread. We moved through the safehouse like ghosts. Vinicio's security team swept every room and corridor but the atmosphere had turned rotten. Every shadow in the hallway felt like Teresa watching us. Every creak of the floorboards sounded like footsteps of another traitor. My mind looped endlessly around the missing paternity envelope. Who had taken it? Teresa herself hiding in the walls or one of the servants I once trusted to bring me breakfast?I paced the length of our reinforced bedroom. My hands trembled as they pressed against my stomach. Our baby kicked restlessly, clearly sensing the stress rolling off me in waves. Vinicio was in the study barking orders into the phone. His voice carried low and guttural as he demanded they tear the mansion apart until the thief was found. I wanted to believe him. I wanted to trust that he would recover the results and prove what I already knew in my soul. The
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 18: She Never Left
Vinicio POVThe security footage played on loop in the dim study. Teresa's face stared back at me from the grainy image. My own sister moved like a shadow through the garden the night of the breach. She had never left. The confirmation hit like a fresh knife to the gut. I stood frozen, my fists clenched so tight my knuckles turned white. Laurabeth pressed close to my side. Her warmth was the only thing keeping my rage from exploding completely."She is playing both sides," I said. My voice came out low and venomous. "Working with Marchetti to destroy the company and our bloodline from within. She never intended to run. She wanted to watch us fall from inside our own home."Laurabeth touched my arm. Her fingers trembled slightly but her voice stayed firm. "She grew up here, Vinicio. You trusted her with everything. And she used it all against you. Against us."I slammed my fist against the wall. The sound echoed sharply in the small room. "I gave her power. Keys to the kingdom. And she
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 17: The Mole
Vinicio POVThe safehouse reeked of gunpowder and blood. I stood in the main room with my pistol still warm in my hand. Bodies of attackers lay where they had fallen. My remaining guards moved quickly securing the perimeter. Laurabeth stayed close behind me. Her hand gripped my arm tightly. The steel panic room had saved us but the real enemy was still inside these walls. The mole who had opened the gates."Bring every member of the staff here now," I ordered Alex. My voice cut like a blade through the tense air. "No one leaves. No one makes a call. We interrogate them one by one until the traitor breaks."Alex nodded. His face stayed grim. "Yes sir. We start with the inner circle."One after another they were brought in. The cook. The groundskeepers. Maids who had served us for years. Each sat in the same chair under the harsh light. I loomed over them. My injured side throbbed but rage kept me standing tall. Trust had shattered completely. Every familiar face now looked like a poten
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 Chapter 16: Breach
Vinicio POVThe steel door of the panic room sealed with a heavy thud cutting us off from the chaos outside. My chest heaved as I reloaded my pistol. Blood from the fight still dripped down my arm but I barely felt it. Laurabeth pressed against me in the cramped space. Her breathing came fast and terrified. I wrapped one arm around her waist keeping her shielded with my body. My other hand stayed tight on the gun ready for anything."Did you hear him?" she whispered. Her voice trembled as she paced the small room. "He said someone on the staff helped them. Someone inside our house betrayed us, Vinicio.""I heard every word, Laurabeth," I replied. My voice stayed low and dangerous. I leaned against the cold steel door listening to the muffled sounds of fighting beyond it. "In this world loyalty has a price. Someone we fed and trusted opened the gates for those killers.""How could they do this?" she asked. Fury mixed with fear in her tone. "They have been with us for months. They know
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 CHAPTER 4: THE PRICE OF SILENCE
VINICIO POV“Are you alright?” I finally broke the tension immediately we got to the car. I knew how to handle boardrooms and blood-feuds, and a part of me wanted to simply crush whatever was eating her up so I could have my wife back to her normal self.“Yes-”“No. You’re not coming out of this ca
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 CHAPTER 3: CONTROL
VINICIO POVI knew striking a deal with this delicate young girl was a bad idea but she was fiery, as expected, as her father warned me two years back, in a party at her house, I guess she doesn’t recognize me. However, I was out of time and options; I needed to be able to access my inheritance and
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 CHAPTER 2: WEDDING NIGHT
LAURABETHThe moment he shut the door with his foot, he dropped me like frilled lace onto the bed; carefully, as though I were fragile. My thoughts were interrupted by the beige coloration of the room. It made the dim light from the window reflect effortlessly against a large portrait of Vinicio ha
OWNED AT 18, CLAIMED BY 28 CHAPTER 1: WEDDING
ELARA“Do you take Vinicio Teo Rossini as your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health?”I stared wordlessly at the priest, lost in thought. How did I get here?I felt my heart burst in pain when I found our belongings piled outside the doorpost; my mother clinging t
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