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บททั้งหมดของ Love and Lust (Hamartia Trilogy Book 2): บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

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Capitolo XXI

I stared at Lucas, my breath shaky and deep. I stared at him like he just slapped me across the face with his strong, calloused palm as my skin crawled and the world around me suddenly froze. Why would Lucas tell me this? Of all the things he could have said, why did he tell me that he was half Russian? Like me. But even worse, Aurelia’s bastard son. The enemies' blood runs in us. He's one of the most respected men in the Mafia; young men looked up to him and the old ones pat him on the back wishing they were as righteous and notorious as he was. But he had been faking it. Gerlando, the father he grew up knowing, hid it. So did his mother. Did Harriet know, too? And in that moment, hatred rose in me from the surface like a boiling kettle. I hated it that he was just like me, yet he and his family were spared from humiliation and did not become outcasts. Lucas De Marchi should have had the same
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Capitolo XXII

The house was buzzing again when I arrived downstairs the following morning in an olive green blazer dress and black ankle strap heels. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, grumpy and pissed. Why? I had a few reasons in mind. One of which was Lucas spilling unwanted information about his family's secret. And the other reason was because I hadn't had much sleep overthinking about it. That and I woke with a splitting headache from the whiskey. I always had low tolerance with men, but with alcohol? Never.So when I woke up at 9, I threw a pillow across the room, knocking a few picture frames off the table across my bed simply because I could. It broke and hit the floor, glass going everywhere. I also took my time in the shower, rubbing off the scent of whiskey from last night and the shadow of Lucas' touch from my hair.I took two aspirins when I left the showe
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Capitolo XXIII

The rest of the morning, Chase escorted me as I entertained the decorators as they organized the chairs in the garden and the gardeners cleaned the fountain. I yelled at one of the florists when I found him behind a tree, smoking instead of fixing the first few batches of lilies that arrived. Theresa decided to grace us with her presence just a few hours before lunch. She arrived with the golden utensils I wanted and with an apology I shrugged off. But she left immediately to meet another client. I told her I needed her full attention if she doesn't want her career to end, and she promised me she'll spend the entire morning with me tomorrow. It made me more annoyed but I guess it was better than not having her here at all. Chase left to check on things at the rehab facility, and I was alone at the house once again. Lucas was late. Which only made me want to curse the day more than I already have in my head. Refusing to eat alone, I retreated to my roo
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Capitolo XXIV

Lucas grunted on the floor, pressing his palm against the bullet wound on his thigh I just gave him. Sweat started to bead on his temples and above his lips as he hiss through the pain."Stronza." Fucking bitch, he sneered, saliva coming out of his mouth. Although his tone said he was in serious pain, his eyes, however, glinted with amusement. "Lo hai fatto di proposito." You did it on purpose."Suck it up, Lucas," I said standing and putting away the pistol and the gear. I picked up a clean towel on my way back to Lucas and pressed it onto the wound, catching him off guard."FUCK!" he yelled, throwing his head back in pain. The veins on his neck bulged as he struggled. "What the hell?"
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Capitolo XXV

I threw my entire attire (sans shoes) in the fireplace in my room, that's hot enough to burn the entire house, before I went into the bathroom to clean Lucas' blood off my body. I didn't leave the shower until I was red as a tomato from scrubbing all the gunk off with a loofa.I didn't know how it happened but I had managed to bring him to his room successfully without suspicious and concerned looks from the help. Daphne, however, stepped in front of us when we were about to take the stairs and asked if I wanted help. Lucas, with all his strength left, shooed her with a dismissing hand. That girl better understands the hierarchy order in this house. That and Lucas was not interested in her whatsoever. Lucas and I, for some weird, unfathomable reason, belonged to each other.When Lucas was settled on his bed in one of the guest rooms, he groaned in relief as his body hit the soft mattress. I debated if I should remove his clothes and change him into something cleaner, but my pride didn
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Capitolo XXVI

Lucas had his eyes closed when Sigmund and I entered the room. He was on his back, his forearm resting on his forehead, his chest bare, perfectly chiseled like an old statue. I wanted to jump on top of him if it weren't for Sigmund being with us. I didn't even care that he was injured. He still wore the slacks he wore earlier, with a huge rip on the thigh, the fabric probably hard and dried with blood. I knocked twice on the open door to let him know there was company. He groaned and sighed deeply like he was annoyed. "I'm not hungry, Da—" he stopped mid-sentence after he removed his arms and saw that it was us. I try not to twitch with Lucas' unfinished sentence. I'm tired, but I wasn't stupid. That wretched bitch, trying to take what's not hers. I reminded myself to put her in place when I have the opportunity. "Sigmund." Lucas frowned, trying to sit up, but the doctor stopped him. I shut the door behind me, locking it in case Daphne decides to parade inside like she owns the place
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Capitolo XXVII

Lucas stretches from his position to reach for the lamp with a struggling grunt. I know Lucas is a busy man. He's been handling his family business alongside his father since he was a teenager, but he's never looked this tired before; haggard with hollow spots under his bloodshot eyes. Perhaps he's never been shot by his fiancée before, I reasoned to myself. It sounded weird even in my head to call myself his fiancée. Suddenly the ring on my finger felt heavy. That wretched thing has been making itself comfortable around my finger that sometimes I forget that it's there. I crossed my arms across my chest to hide me fidgeting and turning the ring, like it was calming me down. "You're still alive," I joked, rounding the bed and retreating from the door as I sat on the vacant space beside Lucas.
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Capitolo XXVIII

I woke up and my eyes immediately focused on the bottle of aspirin and the glass of water on my bedside table. Thank God! Groaning, I reach for them, fighting off the growing headache from the night before. I reminded myself to take it easy with the help today.Three realizations hit me as I pop two tablets in my mouth, finishing the water in three big gulps. One, I realized how petty I reacted to the situation with Lucas. The one where I put a bullet on his thigh, and the one where I let him sleep without a blanket. He deserved it, but I know that I wouldn't hear the end of it once we actually get married. Which is why I decided to shrug it off, and finally be the big girl that I am. Two, I remembered that today was my fitting day with that gown that has been sitting in my closet for months. I'd finally get to try the laced veil that was hand sewn and shipped from Russia, courtesy of Cassandra, Lucas' friend and his family's personal seamstress. I noticed how people like Sigmund, and
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Capitolo XXIX

Lucas~*~ I couldn't help but gape at Mari. It took every drop of self control for me not to order her to get on the table and ask her politely to strip off her robe. I wondered what she was wearing underneath the silk fabric. Or if she's wearing any. I mentally ordered my dick to knock it off before I embarrass myself with a fucking hard on while we eat. It was oddly satisfying seeing Mari like this; hair damp, barefooted, on the head of the fucking table like she's the goddamn queen. If my father waltz in the dining area and sees Mari on the head of the table and not me, he'd flip. But I let it because my girl is powerful, she deserved to be on that spot, deserved to be treated like queen despite her pettiness last night. She was sexy as hell, with her smirk and her pale legs c
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Capitolo XXX

You really need to fake it until you make it. I've never understood that shit before I favored that pink dress from my usual black jumpsuits. The dress was a gift from Chase. He gave it to me for Christmas. He knows I don't like flowy dresses. It was a nuisance to move around and try to cover your privates in case you needed to run. It was the bow around the waist that ruined it for me. Yet I was still a good friend and kept the dress. I knew it would be put to good use. I just reminded myself to burn it before the day ends.I needed to blend in. It was my plan of distracting Lucas' mother. From what? From my dying—probably dead—father. I needed to make her think that I was busying myself with this wedding and not with other things. She needs to see my domesticated side. A side that I clearly do not have but had the chance to develop in under an hour. It's amazing what pressure can do to a pers
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