Semua Bab BOUND TO THE MAFIA LORD: Bab 71 - Bab 80

AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.I walked outside, my footsteps resounding on the marble floor as I searched for Viper.He was close to the gates when I saw him. His back was turned against me as he held a conversation with one of the guards.I clenched my fists, seething with the anger that coursed through my veins. Slowly and steadily, I approached him.“Where is Olivia?” I asked him, interrupting whatever conversation he was having.He swerved around to look at me, his eyes narrowed in confusion.“Why are you asking me that?”The guard excused himself, turning around to walk away after I gave him a signal.I buried both hands inside my pockets, forcing myself to remain calm.“I am not joking with you, Ansel.”“Well, your question clearly sounds like a joke to me.”I tightened my jaw, exhaling deeply before stroking my chin with two fingers. We stood, staring at each other, only a few feet away with a gap between us.“What did you do to Olivia?” I drew the words out slowly, hoping they’d sink

AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI“How did you get that bruise?”I asked Viper, my eyes staring at the scar he had on his right arm. It was long, running about three inches, like he’d been pierced by something sharp.His eyes fell to the spot, and I watched how nonchalantly he shrugged his shoulders like it was nothing serious.“Can’t even remember.” He took a puff from his cigarette, turning around and walking towards the door. “Might have been something Laura scratched me with.”I turned my face away. Laura was his six-year-old daughter, so it was quite understandable that she might have done that during their playtime.The room, the whole mansion, everything felt suffocating, and it wasn’t making me breathe normally anymore.Space. Fresh air. A moment alone in Olivia’s room. That was what I needed. Her familiar scent was the only thing that could calm my nerves at that moment.“Tell the men not to touch Isabella,” I muttered to him, readjusting my cuff links as I reached for the doorknob. “I’ll

OLIVIA“N-Nelly?”I couldn’t believe my eyes. She stared down at me, her lips twisted in disgust. The fire in her eyes was enough to burn a forest. I could feel the heat radiating from her body, warning me in advance that I might have crossed a line.Slowly, she held the edges of her hoodie and lifted it, pulling it over her head. Beneath that black, thick hoodie was a strapless burgundy gown that hugged her figure. And showed her little bump.A reminder that she was also carrying Axel’s baby. His only true heir that he’d accepted.Something that went into my chest like a knife twisted deep.She threw down the hoodie, crushing the fabric by stepping on it, and maintaining intense eye contact on me.Her face was purple with rage, eyes glaring threateningly at me. The scent of her expensive perfume hovered in the air, and my nose caught a whiff of it.She took a step closer, bending slightly as she brought her head down to mine.I had so many questions in mind, but I couldn’t deciphe

AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“What?” Her eyes widened. “You can’t call off the wedding?”Yes, I could. And I already did.I stepped closer, approaching her with slow, deliberate steps. Nelly locked her eyes onto me, watching every move. My feet walked towards the broken shards, threw my cigarette down, and then crushed everything with my left foot.“You heard me right.”“Ace,” her voice trembled, lips quivering as she took one step forward. “You’d better snap out of whatever is controlling you right now.”I chuckled, my jaw tightening right back. My left hand reached for her waist when she wasn’t expecting it, and I trailed my fingers over her face.My head leaned closer, my hot breath fanning her skin deliberately. She shivered in my grasp, eyes falling to my hand that held her.She was confused, I knew. And I could tell from the way her body kept jerking.“You’re the one controlling me right now,” I whispered, voice low. “You’re making me lose my mind.”“H-How?” She stuttered. “You just s

OLIVIA“You’d better eat before you starve.”Like anyone really cared. The guard muttered to me, pushing a tray of food towards me with a long stick they’d constantly used to hit me.I didn’t even take a look at it. One glance and I knew I’d puke into the disgusting food.I was tired. Weak. Worst of all, my stomach hurt more than anything. Nobody cared enough to bring a doctor. They didn’t even care if I stayed alive.My body had bruises that hurt everywhere. Honestly, it was a miracle that I was still alive, because mentally? I was dead.Tears refused to form in my eyes. It was safe to say that I’d shed everything. Whenever they whipped me with their sticks and ropes, I didn’t even cry.Still, it hurt. Everything.But what hurt the most was the fact that Axel wasn’t coming to find me. I’d waited for days, hoping that whenever that door opened, he’d be the one to walk in.Except that whenever that door opened, it was either a whip or another round of insults.Life was slowly slipping