Semua Bab The Seven Sins: Bab 191 - Bab 196

Quinn got restless counting the hours, then the days. Five days had passed since that charged encounter with Jose. Five days since he had that dark, knowing amusement look and walked away, leaving her a trembling mess of confusion and unfulfilled tension. The silence of the house had become maddening. The room offered no comfort, only a constant reminder of her isolation. She ate alone in the room, meals appearing and disappearing as if by magic, served by staff she never saw. The man was nowhere to be found at all. The entire place felt empty, save for the heavy, lingering presence of their power. Her only comfort was the garden she visits and the strolling she did once in a while. In the beginning, Quinn had felt a sort of relief. She had thought, in her moments of clear thinking, that she didn't want the tension, the fear, or the disturbing pull she felt toward a man who treated her like a prize. She had spent the first two days trying to plan an escape after realizing how stup

The scent of expensive cologne and the lingering heat of his touch clung to Quinn’s skin like a second silk robe. She sat tucked into a armchair in the corner of her room, a heavy book resting in her lap, but she hadn't turned a page in over twenty minutes. Her eyes were fixed on the same sentence, yet the words were nothing but blurred ink.Her mind was trapped in the aftertaste of the encounter. Every time she closed her eyes, she felt the ghost of those large, calloused hands on her jaw. The way he had taken her mouth in that heated kiss, it wasn't just a physical act; it felt like he was reaching into her soul and claiming territory she didn't know was for sale. Against her command, her fingers reached up to trace her bottom lip, which felt slightly swollen and sensitized.She tried to focus on the book, a historical account of the Australian land she had pulled from the library, but her "strong will" was currently being held hostage by her own memories. She was reminiscing about

While Quinn was standing on the balcony, feeling the sting of being ignored like a ghost in her own life, she had no idea that the world outside Australia was screaming in chaos. To her, the silent treatment from Jose felt like a personal insult, a sour note in a symphony of tension. But to the rest of the globe, the names Jose and Justin became to get known as they left Australia to represented the only force capable of stopping a total collapse of order, only because their father and the other six are already in danger. The world was already in turmoil. A new generation of young talents in the mafia world was rising, and they were proving to be too much to handle. From the streets of New York to Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium. Younger but ruthless factions were starting wars that didn't follow the rules at all. These new players were hungry, violent, and lacked discipline. As their power became stronger and stronger, the delicate balance of the underworld began to snap. In the h