LOGINFor stumbling upon a purge, I was taken by the city’s most dangerous don, Lucca of the Rossi family. He said it was the only way I’d survive. So he kept me in his mansion, taught me how to shoot, and drilled me in the rules of the underground world. He would stroke my hair and call me his innocent lily. Everyone knew I was his woman. Until one day, he handed me over to the enemy to secure an alliance with the Balsamo family. That was when I realized I was never his lover, just the sharpest blade in his hand. I buried all my feelings, faked my death, and disappeared. Years later, we met again at a casino. He looked at me in a backless gown, the rose tattoo on my back on full display. “Eliana, I once loved that purity of yours. Look at you now—tempting, yet cheap.” I smiled lightly, brushing his hand away. “Can’t help it, Don Rossi. The owner of this place just likes me this way.”
View More“Do you think that if I die, you’ll remember me forever?”His finger trembled on the trigger.I knew he wasn’t bluffing.However, I only stared coldly at him.“Lucca, don’t make your death sound so grand.“If you die, I’ll only feel relief.“No more tyrant, no more control freak using me like a tool.“I’ll marry Matteo, have children, and forget your name completely.”That sentence was the final, crushing blow that snuffed out the last spark in his eyes.“Forget me…” he murmured.“So that’s the best revenge for you.”Just then, the bar doors burst open.Matteo and his men stormed in.Without hesitation, Matteo raised his gun at Lucca.Lucca looked at him and let out a bitter, almost tragic laugh.“Treat her well, or even in death, I won’t spare you.”Then, shifting the gun from his temple, he aimed at Matteo instead.“Bang!”The shot thundered through the room.Lucca’s body slammed against the bar, glass and bottles shattering everywhere.Blood soaked his white shir
That night, Lucca lost his mind.Rumor had it he went to the hospital himself, trying to pull Victoria’s oxygen tube, though doctors stopped him in time. Still, Victoria ended up in a psychiatric facility.The Balsamo family collapsed completely, and Lucca absorbed the remaining without hesitation.However, this didn’t make him stronger.His reckless expansion terrified every family, sparking panic and backlash across the city.I didn’t stop.Using my knowledge of the Rossi family’s operations and Matteo’s capital, I launched a full-scale assault on the stock market and the underground trade.Two weeks later, Lucca summoned me to the jazz bar we used to frequent.Matteo wanted to accompany me, but I refused.“This is between him and me. I have to finish it myself.”The bar was empty.Lucca sat at the counter, a glass of whiskey in hand.In just two weeks, he had wasted away. His face was hollow, stubble unkempt, and his once-commanding presence was reduced to a disheveled g
The Moretti family’s strikes hit the Balsamo family’s key strongholds simultaneously.It wasn’t a simple firefight but surgical precision.I sat in the command vehicle, watching the red blips flash across the surveillance screens.“Zone A cleared.”“Zone B ledgers recovered.”“Zone C target, Victoria, acquired.”Leo’s voice came through my earpiece.“Bring her here.”Half an hour later, Victoria was dumped into the muddy water at my feet.She was drenched, her once-perfect makeup smeared into a chaotic mask, looking every bit the defeated, beaten creature she was.“Eliana! How dare you! Lucca will never forgive you!” she screamed.I crouched down, using the barrel of my gun to lift her chin.“You really think Lucca’s coming to save you?”“He’s my husband! We’re partners in interest!”“Is that so?”I pulled out my phone and started a video call with Lucca.The screen lit up, revealing his dark, brooding face in his office. It looked like he had just received the news.“
His strength was overwhelming, and the pressure around my ribs was sharp enough to make it hard to breathe.For a brief second, I faltered.There was a time when that embrace had been my only shelter in this world.I didn’t struggle. Instead, I calmly lifted my heel and drove it down hard onto his polished shoe.It was a close-combat move he had taught me himself.The moment he loosened his grip from the pain, I twisted his wrist and threw him over my shoulder, slamming him to the ground.Lucca reacted instantly, bracing himself with one hand to steady his fall.But I had already created distance, the dark barrel of my gun aimed squarely at his forehead.“Lucca, don’t force me to kill you here.”He straightened slowly and brushed the dust from his sleeve.Instead of anger, there was a trace of admiration in his eyes.“You’ve improved. That move is cleaner than before.“A pity that the one who taught you was me.”He ignored the weapon entirely and advanced toward me.“Go a






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