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The Butcher - A Mafia romance
Last Updated : 2025-11-25
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I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me—because he didn’t have the balls to do it himself. I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn’t been enough for him, if I’d been stupid for marrying him in the first place. I’m at work one night when he walks inside—the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it’s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again. I just want him as an anti-depressant—but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he’s hooked. I don’t get much of a say in the matter, and that’s not surprising when I learn why—because he’s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules—or pay. And now I’m his.
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I stilled, facing our bedroom, feeling his hot stare in the back of my head.“Just pretend it never happened?” His voice was like venom from a sharp pair of fangs.I slowly turned back around, seeing those blue eyes turn volcanic.“Because I fucking meant it,” he snapped. “And I’ll say it again—I love you.” He breathed hard again, his jawline sharp as he clenched his jaw. If there was no sound to the scene, it would look like he hated me rather than loved me. “This is where you say it back.”The adrenaline returned, like a storm battling a coast, a siege of a castle. My fingertips were cold to the touch but beaded with sweat. I swallowed air because my mouth was dry. I held his powerful stare but didn’t have the words.“I loved you then, but I was too much of a pussy to say it.”His words were like a wrecking ball against my heart. “So you loved me but left me anyway? You loved me but replaced me with someone else? That makes no sense, Axel.” I’d just survived a horrible ordeal, and I
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“What the fuck is wrong with you?” Axel kicked my father and made him groan. “You don’t give a shit about her and never have.”“Please stop,” I said. “Axel, stop.”Then Axel spat on him, spat right on his face.He came back to me, cradling my face in his hands. “Are you alright?”“I’m fine.”“I can take you to the hospital.”I shook my head. “I’m just shaken up, is all.”One of the guys handed Axel a tissue, and he proceeded to wipe the blood off my face.I knew I was safe, but I was still overwhelmed by everything that had just gone down and the horrible fear of what could have happened if Axel hadn’t come.“Baby, I’m here.” He bunched up the bloody tissue and tossed it on the floor. “You’re safe now.”“I know.” I continued to breathe hard, like the danger was still in the room. “It all happened so fast…”He brought me in close and squeezed me tight, pressing a kiss to my temple. “Baby, I love you.” He squeezed me hard and inhaled a deep breath, like he needed the hug more than I did
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I could still feel the tension between us. My father was distant with his silence. He had a bit of that same haze Axel had had over the weekend, like he’d had too much to drink but his mind continued to fight it.It was cold in the back room, so I cinched the tie of my coat to keep it tight around my body.Minutes passed, and then voices were audible, uproarious laughter and booming tones, like they were about to head to a party rather than an important meeting. Their footsteps grew louder, and then the guys entered, wearing long-sleeved shirts and hoodies, some of them with tattoos on their faces.My father rose to his feet and shook hands with them. “Nice to see you, gentlemen.” When the guys all turned to look at me, my father made the introduction. “This is my daughter, Scarlett. She helps with the business. She’s going to sit in, if that’s okay.”One of the guys sat across from me, grinning wide. “Oh, that’s more than fine.” A couple of his teeth were missing, and there was a gol
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My father took a drink of his wine. “I’m always happy to see you, but what brings you by?”I hadn’t told him I was coming. My thoughts had become too heavy for me to carry any longer. I’d lied to Axel and told him I’d already made dinner plans with my father, and he didn’t question it. “I just haven’t seen you in a while.”He gave a slight nod, but his intelligent eyes showed he didn’t believe me. “Nothing too interesting has happened in my life since we last spoke. I went to the opera the other night, and then I tried that new restaurant they finally opened.”“Who did you go to the opera with?”“A friend,” he said quickly and didn’t elaborate. “How are you?”“I met Axel’s parents the other night. They’re assholes. Well, his father is. His mother didn’t say a word.”My father drank his wine.“I just don’t understand how a father can turn his back on his own son.”He remained quiet, bringing his hands together between his knees. “Families can be complicated.”“But they shouldn’t be com
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“I—I forgot I have a doctor’s appointment.” I grabbed my book and stuffed it into my bag, feeling his hard stare on my face. “I’ll see you later.” I left my chair and slid between our table and our neighbor’s before I passed behind him.He didn’t order me to sit down. Didn’t force me to face the co
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I sat in the tub for an hour, drinking champagne and eating the chocolate-covered strawberries that his chef made or Gerard had run out and purchased. I wasn’t sure which happened, but they were damn good.The more time I spent at Bastien’s place, the less I liked my apartment. There wasn’t a big t
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The judge closed his folder and brought his hands together. “Then we’ll schedule another meeting three weeks from now. Perhaps at that time, you can decide how you want these assets to be divided. This meeting is adjourned.”“What?” I’d come here expecting to finalize a divorce, to be free of Adrie
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