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Chapter 10

Author: Harper
The blast blew open a whole row of metal doors in the south warehouse.

The shock wave sent me flying, and my back slammed into the shelves. At first, all I could hear was a high-pitched ringing. Several seconds passed before I could hear the gunfire again.

Fire was already racing inside along the trail of leaked fuel.

The blast had sent the radio flying God knew where, and the ring I'd just taken off was gone too.

Someone burst in through the side door.

I saw the muzzle of a gun, and with hardly
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    Matteo was discharged three weeks later.He didn't send anyone to pick me up.He just texted me to ask if I'd be willing to meet him at the church.The same church where we had twice failed to get married.I said yes.That afternoon, there were no guests in the church.Light from the stained glass fell across every pew.Matteo sat alone in the front row.His wound still hadn't fully healed, and he moved slowly when he stood up.I walked over.He set a ring box and a set of keys on the pew.The ring was the one found at the docks.It had been through the fire, and there was still a tiny black mark on the edge."I had it fixed," he said."I didn't replace it with a new one."I picked it up and looked at it for a while.When he was 19, he had held out this ring and asked me to marry him.After that, we waited far too many years."Elena.""Yeah.""I always thought I owed you a wedding."He looked around the empty church."It took me until now to see it. The wedding wasn't what I needed to

  • The Mafia Heiress Woke From a Coma To Find Her Place Taken   Chapter 22

    The ambulance sped the whole way.I knelt beside Matteo, pressing gauze to the wound.The blood kept seeping through.Luca sat on the other side. His arm was scraped up too.The surgery lasted more than three hours.I waited until the doctor came out and said the bullet hadn't hit anything vital.My mother's legs nearly gave out.My father held her up.Matteo woke up the next afternoon.Luca and I went in together.I was the first person he saw."Are you hurt?""No."He was visibly relieved.Then he noticed Luca.The old Matteo would probably have ordered him out right away.This time, he was only quiet for a moment."Thank you."Luca nodded."It was the right thing to do."I was a little surprised.Matteo looked back at me."You were here the whole time?""I waited until your surgery was over."For a second, his face lit up."So does that mean—""No."I knew what he was going to ask."I just came to make sure you were okay.""Because I took a bullet for you?""Because you took a bulle

  • The Mafia Heiress Woke From a Coma To Find Her Place Taken   Chapter 21

    Within moments, gunfire was everywhere on the estate.My father's men held the main house.Luca's people locked down the side corridor and the back courtyard.I fell back toward the wine cellar with my mother and Walter.No one tried to take my gun away.And no one told me to hide in the back anymore, either.Luca pressed a spare magazine into my hand."They've got people at the back door. Go through the wine cellar.""Where's my mom?""Right up ahead."My mother looked back at me.I grabbed her hand."Come on."For the first time, she didn't ask a single question. She just followed me down.The west courtyard fell fast.We were halfway down the underground passage when two gunmen burst in through the cellar's side door.Luca fired first.I pulled my mother back behind some wooden crates and raised my gun to pin down the second man."Get her out of here!"The guards got my mother and Walter out first.Luca and I were the last to pull out.Outside the garage, there was smoke everywhere.

  • The Mafia Heiress Woke From a Coma To Find Her Place Taken   Chapter 20

    Two days later, my father called me."Come home one last time."I didn't say anything.He added quickly, "I'm not asking you to move back."The lawyer will be there."I want to give back everything I owe you."I frowned."Like what?""The property in your name, your accounts, the jewelry your mother set aside for you, and the investments our family has managed for you all these years."My father paused."All of it will be separated from the family's finances and put under your control."No conditions."Luca and I returned to the estate together.My mother was waiting at the front entrance. She simply handed me a long box. Inside was the diamond necklace from my 18th birthday."Sofia left it behind," my mother said quietly. "It was always yours."I picked it up and looked at it for a few seconds. "Thank you."Her eyes welled up at once.In the dining room, my place at my father's right was empty.When I walked in, everyone turned to look at me.Walter Hayes, my parents' lawyer, began go

  • The Mafia Heiress Woke From a Coma To Find Her Place Taken   Chapter 19

    The door opened just as Matteo reached it.I raised the gun.I held it steady and aimed it straight at his chest.Everyone in the hallway froze."Tell them to back off.""Elena.""Back off."He stared at me for a few seconds, then raised a hand.Everyone stepped back."Where's Luca?""Next door.""Open it.""Put the gun down first.""Matteo."I looked at him."Are you telling yourself again that it's all fine, as long as I don't get hurt in the end?"Little by little, the color drained from his face.Matteo's eyes slowly filled with tears."I'm just scared of losing you again.""So you still don't get it.""I already lost you once, for three years." His voice was hoarse. "I can't—"I cut him off. "Let Luca out."It was a long time before Matteo finally turned his head."Open the door."When they brought Luca out, he had a small scrape on his lip.He saw the gun in my hand, and the first thing he said was, "You okay?""I'm fine."I looked at Matteo."Give him back his things."One by on

  • The Mafia Heiress Woke From a Coma To Find Her Place Taken   Chapter 18

    It was Matteo himself.And the news he'd brought was true.Sofia had been in touch with two of her old hired guns, and they already had photos of this block.Luca's people were moving the cars and equipment.I opened the door and let Matteo in."We're moving tonight," I told him."Where to?""Luca's handling it."His gaze shifted to Luca.Then it settled on Luca's mouth, which was still a little red.Matteo's face darkened in an instant."What's going on between you two?"I didn't dodge the question."We're together."He looked like he hadn't understood."What?""Luca and I are together."The living room went deathly quiet."Since when?""Just now."Matteo stared at me."Because he saved your life?"That stopped me for a second.A moment later, I laughed instead."You just told me that saving someone's life doesn't mean you owe them anything."His expression froze."Then why him?""Because I like him.""Elena."His voice was tight. "You've only been back a few days.""I was away from N

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