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Author: sonnyiswriting
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-01 04:57:19

Caterina.

Never considered myself as someone who could make friends easily.

Growing up as an only child turned me into someone who was always guarded, with walls built so high fast even I sometimes forgot what it was like to let someone in.

Maria... Maria was different.

In certain ways, she was even like Alicia.

There was an ease to her presence, something so unapologetically warm that it chipped away at the carefully placed barriers around my heart.

She was funny, sharp, and had this undeniable charm that her brother certainly lacked.

It made it difficult not to like her.

So, against all odds, I found myself enjoying her company.

Even if that company came with a surly faced Raphael who didn't act as a shadow.

We sat on the plush couch in Luca’s expansive living room, the air thick with the scent of expensive cologne and faint traces of Maria's floral perfume.

It had been a strange morning if I was being honest with myself... waking up in Luca's arms, nearly losing myself to whatev
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  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   053

    Caterina.The moment the meeting ended, I was out of there.Faster than an animal in heat.The heels of my shoes echoed way too loudly in the marbled corridor as I walked as fast as I could without breaking into a full sprint. My hands trembled slightly, now curled into fists by my sides. I couldn't even bear to look back.Not when I was pretty sure Luca was right behind me, or at the very least, a few paces behind. Certainly I could not look at those men in the room.I needed to be away.From their stares, and the horrible words they utter whenever they thought I was not looking or not listening. From the heat that had risen in my cheeks when that man had called me a pet... A fucking pet.How dare he?And then Luca’s voice had thundered through the room in my defense.He had done a good thing. That was for sure. But I was still reeling from the fact that I hadn't been allowed to speak for myself.How are they so...Ughhh.I didn't even have the right words to use for them. It was t

  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   052

    CaterinaI could feel it in my bones... that kind of chill that wasn't just about how low the temperature was, but rather about the power that came from every... no, that was too much... most of the men in this place.Old, ruthless power.It stepped into the marble floors, clung to the velvet chairs, and hung in the still air like some sort of whispered threat.We were ushered to a seat at the long, polished table in the room that looked like it had once belonged to a kind. There were portraits of long dead men lining the walls for reasons I couldn't even think of.Who would want a dead man to preside over their meetings? Were they set in some sort of old ways that required them to call upon the dead men for wisdom or shit like that?To say the whole thing was disturbing was kind of an understatement. I hasn't said a word since we entered. Neither had most of the other men at the table. Only Luca’s voice cut through the silence now, and then... quite measured and confident... as he e

  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   051

    Caterina.I almost jumped out of my skin when someone knocked on the door, startling Maria and I. The knock came like a gunshot.I had flinched so badly that the coffee in my hand sloshed against the rim. Mafia stiffened beside me on the couch, her brows drawing together as we both stared toward the door.Another knock came. Much more firmer this time, and less patient.Who the heck could that be?I set the mug down, my heart pounding so hard for reasons I couldn't name yet. Maria stood up before me, crossing the room in quick, soundless steps. She cracked the door open, peeking through it with the wariness of someone who wanted to get this over with as fast as possible.Then she opened it fully.It was him.Luca.Dressed in a dark suit. Hair still slightly damp from the shower, and with no expression on his face except that usual mask of command and control. His eyes flicked from Maria to me, resting there just long enough to make my throat tighten. “You should get ready,” he said.

  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   050

    CaterinaThe first thing I noticed was the way the light slipped into the room.Golden, soft, and far too gentle for how loud my thoughts were. Fuck.Where was I?I blinked against the light, squinting a bit as I tried to make sense of where I was... and then I remembered. Oh.Between the hours of three and four am, I had found myself in Luca's room. And right now. I was in his bed.My breath caught in my throat as I turned my head slowly, trying to get a bit of my bearing, and there he was.Still asleep.Still here.He lay on his side, half tangled in the sheets, with one arm curled over his middle. His dark hair was damp against his forehead, and his jaw looked softer in the stillness of sleep, since he wasn't scowling and frowning and all of that. It was like the ghosts of the night had stepped away from him for now, and left just the body beneath all the war.Fuck, fuck, fuck.I truly hadn't planned to fall asleep beside him. I hadn't even planned to stay as long as I did. But t

  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   049

    CaterinaSleep would not come.For the last two hours, and yes, I counted and checked the time to be accurate, I stared at the ceiling of the bedroom that had been previously allocated to me... the one Maria had all but forced me into after our little chat... and I waited for the moment exhaustion would knock me out.It never did.My limbs ached, my head buzzed, and my eyes were burning, yet I couldn't slip away from the spiralling thoughts that churned inside me.Every single time I closed my eyes, all I could see was Kevin's blood as his head hit the wheel. All I heard was the crunch of the gravel beneath my knees as I hit the ground. All I felt was the chill of Luca's grip around my wrist when he said he wouldn't let anything happen to me.Perhaps it was time for me to see some sort of therapist. Someone who would understand what was happening to me, and help me out.Friends were good and all, but a professional would do me some good.And Luca... didn't he understand that something

  • Stolen by the Mafia Boss   048

    CaterinaThe door clicked shut behind him.He was gone.And there I was for quite some time. Standing there, with my back pressed against the cool wood, and my arms folded tightly across my chest as if they cold hold together the fracturing I felt inside of me.I had doubts anything could hold it. I was that damaged.When the silence pressed in even stronger, I had no choice but to allow my knees give out.I was too tired for anything else.There I was, Caterina De Luca, sliding to the floor as slowly as I could, one inch at a time, my breath catching in my throat and staying there. The shaking started the moment my body hit the cold marble.Violent and relentless.My arms were wrapped around my knees as I curled in on myself, the dim light from the chandelier above casting some sort of pale glow on me.It made the tiny tear drops that fell on my thighs shimmer.This time, I didn't cry as loud as I thought.There were no sobs or screams for Luca to come back here, or even to tale me o

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