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The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 14 • Not A Callgirl
◇ MYKAELA ◇1:49PM•••"Greetings from SBNYC! LORENZIO RUSSO TOMASSINI has sent USD35,000.00 to your account ending in '97033'. For any concerns, please contact the sender. Should you require further information about your account, call or email our Customer Care Desk."•••Thirty-five thousand in cash! Straight into my account? What on Earth?My legs numbed after my phone buzzed the second time. Another fund transfer notification with Enzo's full name just invaded my email inbox.After reading the rest of the text in the email, I glanced around the spacious library, almost cussing at the familiar pang in my lower abdomen as I tried to sit still beside my stalker—the money sender's bodyguard.One of his youngest security staff. Lele from Rome. A year my junior. The guy chewed gum as he stared at me with some amusement. Unlike the last time we saw each other, his blond hair looked shorter and gleamed under the ceiling lights. Neatly combed back and tapered on both sides. The colorf
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 15 • The Ultimate Betrayal
• Months earlier •◆ LORENZIO ◆ "Now what?" I leaned forward and stared at the Falco heirs, feigning a poker face to mask the days-old panic, guilt, and profound regrets that kept me tossing and turning in bed until dawn. Ricchar, like Maximiliano, didn't look eager to sift through the evidence. The look in their scrutinizing eyes bordered on judgmental, even. Doubtful. Most likely they doubted my account of what happened. Their partly confused, sometimes nonchalant reactions to the photos could be due to distrust. Of me. Of my family. But I already saw this coming. "You tell me." Ricchar tilted his stubbled chin. The chandelier above his desk highlighted the curls in his hair and his curious stare. "I... Tell you what?""Let's cut the shit. Yeah? When you decided to come here, did you expect a certain reaction?"Bollocks. Why did it matter? Of course I expected them to react a certain way. Not just squint or stare at me as if they were merely watching me weave an elaborate web of
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 16 • Friends With Benefits
◇ MYKAELA ◇ Two and a half days. Almost three days of complete silence. Another day of ignoring his messages, calls, and not hearing his voice would only make me feel like the most selfish, immature drama queen. Holding grudges wasn't my thing. Especially if my friendship and relationship with the person outweighed the cons of being their friend. I mean, I knew better than to assume that it was more than a "friends with benefits" kind of thing for Enzo. Maybe he believed my relationship with Miles equated to a FWB setup, just long-distance. Not accurate, but, also not that far from the truth. I stared at my phone, waiting, making up scary and unlikely scenarios in my head while grimacing at the familiar aches in my pelvic area. They felt like throbbing, gut-wrenching darts of pain. As usual.Lorenzio (new)"Please call Lele and Marco now. Tell them to stop following me."Sent "Just got home. They're still outside. Did you talk to them? Can I call you?"Sent Pretty sure he'd alrea
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 17 • Carelessly In Love
◆ MAXIMILIANO ◆ Blood. Too much blood. It smelled like her; it could only be hers. No one else would have bled that much under the covers. I unlocked my phone screen. No texts. No calls from her. Nothing. Shit. If she actually left without telling me anything, and she left right after those Carabinieri guys showed up, then that chick was definitely up to something. "Adreana?" My voice echoed across the hallway as I dashed past the door to the guest room. The bathroom closest to the kitchen was also empty, like the room we slept in. Right now she could be anywhere outside those gates. Or hiding somewhere in this house. But why would she hide? What other secrets did she have to hide? Or someone could have told her that the police were outside. "Adreana?" I ran out of the hall as calmly as I could, my heart closer to collapsing by the second. This stupid hide-and-seek just felt like the longest five minutes of my life. The dining room looked empty. Like the rest of the rooms on th
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 18 • Viral Kind Of Love
◇ MYKAELA ◇ • "Why? Detectives? You ok?" Sent • I stared at my phone screen until the words turned blurry. Darn it. How long did police interrogations usually take in Florence? Was he still in Italy? Was he safe?Standing outside the fitting room in the ladies' wear section, I bit on my lip, waiting for a new message to pop up while my mom tried on some blouses and dresses. I sighed. As my patience thinned, I kept swiping the unimportant notifications away from the screen. The text was sent to Enzo's new number two and a half hours ago. Still no replies. No chats. No emails. Not a single update.Fine. He must be stuck in the precinct. Answering questions. Talking to the detectives in a private room somewhere. Or Enzo could be busy with something else. Was he still upset that it took me almost three days to reach out to him? Probably. Then I stupidly picked a fight with him over the phone. But why did the detectives want to inspect his phone? For what? Was he under arrest? Beca
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 19 • Safety First
◆ MAXIMILIANO ◆ It wasn't a lie. That night at the hotel had been eventful, to put it mildly. Despite some awkwardness at first, we forgot everything about precautions. I asked her if she was taking the pill, and when she said yes, I didn't hold back. She didn't complain or anything. Before I left her alone in that hotel room, I tried to impress her again. Our second time was on the loveseat. Still without any protection.Yet she didn't complain. Not once. Adreana even kissed me goodbye and thanked me. Maybe it was just the way she is. Maybe she thanked me for not treating her like a hired escort. Either way, it felt real.Our late-night chats. The flirty messages all week. The unexpected "goodnight" texts she sent before I went to bed. None of it felt forced or acted out. "Sorry. I..." she murmured with a quick sigh, her lush hair poorly covering her nude body. Every inch of her looked flawless it should be a crime. "I didn't intentionally forget to take it." "Right." Of course
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 20 • The Interrogation
◆ LORENZIO ◆"You talk to your brother often? Are you and Leandro close?""No. He phones me once, twice a month. Well, used to." I reclined and stared at the bald detective sitting a few feet away from me.With his legs crossed, he chewed gum and wore a simple coat and black pants. He looked to be pushing 50. He knew I grew up and lived in Florence practically my entire life, but for the past two hours, he only asked me English questions. Perhaps someone from Interpol wanted the recording in English. "Why not? You don't get along?" Detective El Moussa asked with a straight face."Not really."He nodded. "Why?""We don't have the same goals and outlook on plenty of things." And frequently talking to someone who only understood the language of self-interest would drive me absolutely mental."But who was your father's favorite? You or Leandro?" A lopsided grin stretched his pale lips."My sister. The youngest.""Lessandra?"I nodded."But she's living in Australia now with her family."
The Mafia Heir & The Secret Heiress [Mafia Games XIII] 21 • No Congratulations
• Valle Astra, Italy • ◆ MAXIMILIANO ◆ "What kind of questions did they ask?""Nothing important." I scratched my forehead as my mother and I walked past the quiet and dim living room. Before reaching the bottom end of the stairs, Mamma turned around to give me a perplexed gaze. "Did they ask about her staying over?""Yeah. Just some stupid questions about her address and last job." "That's it?" she muttered with furrowed brows."It's fine. I handled it.""They didn't ask about anything else?""No. They're just being paranoid." Although the chances of Adreana being a spy for the DEA or some other government agency remained kinda high, I shouldn't give my mother another reason to worry about me. About us.Eleana Falco had enough problems to deal with on a daily basis, in and out of work. I was one of those problems. "Sorry, Mamma." My mother frowned. It drew fine lines on her small, naturally tan face and pale lips. "What? Why're you apologizing?" "You didn't have to get up," I
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