Lahat ng Kabanata ng Falling for the Enemy : Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

Cassie answered on the second ring.“Sienna? What’s wrong?”I swallowed hard, trying to steady my voice. “Are you alone?”There was a slight pause, then the sound of a door closing. “Yeah. What’s going on?”Luca stood across the room, his arms crossed, watching me closely.I exhaled slowly. “I think someone’s been watching me.”Cassie didn’t respond right away, but I could hear her breathing through the speaker. When she finally spoke, her voice was tight. “What do you mean?”“I mean exactly that.” I sank onto the couch, gripping the phone tighter. “Ethan checked the security footage, and… there’s someone. He’s been following me for weeks. Maybe longer.”Cassie cursed under her breath. “Okay. Okay. Give me a second.”There was rustling on the other end, the sound of her typing furiously on her laptop. My stomach churned. Cassie wasn’t just my best friend—she was smart, sharper than most people gave her credit for. If she could help me make sense of this, I needed her to.“Sienna, this

Luca’s apartment was colder than I expected.Not in temperature—no, the space itself felt distant, detached. Like it had been built to be lived in but never really inhabited. Everything was pristine, the furniture sleek and expensive, but there was nothing personal. No pictures, no mess, no warmth.It made sense. Luca had never been the type to settle anywhere for too long.But now, I had no choice but to stay here.I sighed, sinking onto the edge of his leather couch, my thoughts spinning.The Scorpios.I had never heard of them before tonight, but from the way Luca, Ethan, and Cassie reacted, I knew they weren’t the kind of people you wanted to cross.And somehow, they were tied to me.Which meant this was bigger than just Matteo.It should have been impossible—my father’s debts had always revolved around Matteo Russo’s empire. So why the hell was another crew suddenly involved?And worse… who had sent them?Luca stood by the window, his phone in his hand, his jaw tight as he listen

Luca’s words sent a shockwave through my system.“We tell him you know exactly where your mother is.”For a second, I thought I’d misheard him. But the cold, calculating expression on his face told me I hadn’t.Cassie was the first to react. “That is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard.”Ethan let out a sharp breath, rubbing a hand down his face. “Agreed.”Luca ignored them both, his focus entirely on me. “Matteo doesn’t move without purpose. If he’s looking for your mother, it means she has something valuable—something he needs. And if we make him believe you already have her, he’ll come straight to us.”I could barely process what he was saying. My heart was still racing from the bomb Ethan had just dropped. My mother had met with Matteo. She had been involved in this, in ways I never even imagined.And now she was missing.The logical part of my brain told me Luca’s plan made sense. That if we wanted answers, we had to take control of the situation before Matteo did.But the other par

Matteo knew.I had seen it in his eyes—that sharp, knowing glint right before he walked away. He wasn’t just suspicious. He was certain that we were lying.And that meant we were running out of time.The moment his car disappeared down the road, I felt my breath leave me. My legs trembled, but I refused to let them give out.Not yet.I turned to Luca. “What now?”His jaw was tight, his gaze fixed on the empty space where Matteo had stood. He hadn’t moved since the moment Matteo walked away, his entire body tense like he was expecting an ambush.Cassie was the first to break the silence.“Well, that was a disaster,” she muttered, crossing her arms.Ethan ran a hand through his hair. “Could’ve been worse.”Cassie shot him a glare. “Could it, though? Because unless I misread the situation, Matteo Russo just walked out of here knowing we fed him a pile of absolute bullshit.”Luca finally turned, his gaze sharp. “We don’t know that.”Cassie threw up her hands. “Oh, come on, Luca. Did you s

The night air was thick with the scent of rain, the sky heavy with the promise of a storm. But it wasn’t the weather that made it hard to breathe.It was the deal we had just made.I kept my hands folded in my lap as the car sped through the darkened streets, my mind a whirlwind of everything that had just happened. Adrian Moretti had given us a way out, but it came at a price.And Luca was furious.I could feel it in the way his body was wound tight beside me, in the sharpness of his breathing, in the way he hadn’t looked at me once since we got in the car.Cassie shifted uncomfortably in the back seat. “So, uh… does anyone want to talk about the fact that we just agreed to take down a literal crime lord?”No one answered.Ethan let out a humorless chuckle. “I think we’re still processing.”Luca finally spoke, his voice low and edged with steel. “This wasn’t your decision to make.”I turned to him, my jaw tightening. “It wasn’t just mine. We were all there.”“You were the one who agr