All Chapters of The Mafia Man wants my Heart : Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

The conference room was colder than usual.Mia shifted in her seat, notebook open, pen poised, though her thoughts were anything but focused. Her heart still hadn’t settled since the message Marco sent that morning. It echoed in her mind like a low hum beneath the corporate drone surrounding her.You look beautiful today.She hadn’t replied. Wouldn’t. Not yet. But she couldn’t stop thinking about it either.The door opened with a hiss, and just like that, the air in the room seemed to stiffen.Mr. Gravitas entered—immaculate suit, steel-gray tie, not a hair out of place. His presence was like a slap of cold water: jolting, direct, impossible to ignore. He carried an aura of power wrapped in silence, the kind that didn’t need to raise its voice to command a room.“Let’s begin,” he said simply.The team straightened instantly, posture perfect, eyes alert. Mia tucked her emotions behind a corporate mask and prepared to focus—but something about Mr. Gravitas today was different. His tone

The water was hot. Too hot, probably. But Mia didn’t care.She slid deeper into the tub, her knees drawn up, chin resting on them. Steam curled around her, fogging the mirror and softening the sharpness of the world she couldn’t unsee.The scent of lavender bath soak hung heavy in the air, but it couldn’t mask the memory of that hallway. The blood. The sound of flesh meeting bone. The look on Marco’s face—detached, calm, and chillingly in control.She hugged herself tighter.Her phone buzzed on the sink.She didn’t move.It buzzed again.She didn’t need to look to know who it was.Marco.The first time it had pinged, she’d made the mistake of checking. His words still lingered in her mind.Did you stop by a club tonight?I smelled your perfume.Her breath caught.He smelled her.That was how close she’d been.That was how dangerous it had been.Mia sank lower into the water until it touched her jaw. She let the silence wrap around her, ignoring the world outside the bathroom door.She