Lahat ng Kabanata ng LAID BARE: A Dark Mafia Romance/Organized Crime Thriller: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

“Any man with a heart would,” he breathed. “It’s not fair what’s happening to you. I like you. I don’t care if you don’t like me back. I’m happy to be friends with you. I don’t want to pressure you into anything. You don’t owe me a thing. Anything that happens between us will happen on your terms, not because you feel obligated to…” He trailed off, sighing. I could feel my cheeks flush bright pink as I burned underneath his gorgeous dark brown eyes. My skin was on fire, and butterflies were fluttering against my damn chest.God, he was so fucking sweet. He didn’t want to overstep the mark, he didn’t want to make me feel uncomfortable. All he did was care about my feelings. Where did I find this angel?I needed to be careful, just in case he was only helping me for his own gain too, especially after I believed Lazarus was genuine in the beginning. But I severely doubted Damon had an ulterior motive. He was prepared to risk everything for me. He was prepared to go against Lazarus.He w

“Oh hell no!” Damon roared. “You don’t get to say that to her. What kind of fucking filthy parents are you? Leaving your children without food, hitting them, abusing them?”Dad drew out a deep breath.“Raven, I’m sorry…” Mum began, tears pricking in her eyes as she remembered how she used to hit me and lock me away. “It was so long ago. I was on drugs, and I wasn’t thinking straight back then. But I’m clean now. I went to rehab. If I could take it all back, I would.”“It’s too late for your motherfucking apologies!” Damon bellowed. “Do you have any idea of the fucking damage you’ve done to her? She and her sister were left alone in the big world to fend for themselves! She got fucking gang raped by members of a cartel and forced to swallow drugs! All because of you two!” Damon broke off, seething, and I could feel tears fall down my cheeks as I relived every painful memory. “Not fucking taking care of your children! She had her sister taken away from her for years! She was forced to

“I was wondering if I could level up in the Mafia and do a more demanding role,” I asked. “I’m kinda tired of just taking care of the security system with Axel.”Lazarus narrowed his eyes. There was a short silence between us, and my heart was pounding against my chest, worrying that I’d blown it.“All right,” Lazarus said finally. “Starting next week, I’ll put you in charge of taking care of the shipments. The locations, the number of shipments we’re collecting, and all of that stuff. You can also work with Abdi with our plans to expand territory.”I nodded in response, glad that things were finally starting to come together.“Thanks, Boss, I won’t let you down.” I grinned.He nodded and turned away from me, getting in his car and driving off.I was exactly in the right position I needed to be in the Mafia now. I could get all of the information I needed to lure him into a trap.“You’re going to pay for what you did to Raven, Lazarus Landucci,“What the fuck are you doing here, Caspe

THE NEXT DAYI’d taken Sophia across the country, leaving her in a locked room inside an abandoned bunker, where nobody would be able to find her. Kidnapping Raven’s sister was the first part of my fucking plan.I made my way inside of the room, checking to see if she’d woken up yet. She was lying in her bed, and she began to stir.She rubbed her eyes groggily before she screamed as she took in her surroundings, and leapt to her feet.“Where—where am I?” she cried out.I rolled my eyes, amused at how terrified she fucking was. Poor little bitch.“Nice of you to wake yourself, bitch,” I sneered.She turned around to face me. “Who are you?” she wept. “What is this place?”I removed the mask off my face so my full countenance became apparent.She jolted, shocked as she came to the realization that it was me who brought her here.“You!” she accused. “Why are you holding me hostage, you psychopath?”“I’d watch your mouth if I were you, or you’ll end up like your sister,” I snarled. “With b

Both of us had drifted off to sleep for a few hours. I woke up, yawning groggily, resting my head on Damon’s chest as he began stirring and waking up too. He groaned, pressing his lips to my forehead as my hands moved down to his boxers to stroke his length up and down.“So, when are we kicking off our plan on siding with the rival gang?” I murmured.“Hopefully tonight,” he groaned. “But keep teasing me like that and we’re not getting anything fucking done.”“That’s a tempting offer.” I giggled, withdrawing my hands from his body. We both got up out of bed, and put our clothes on, ready to go about our day. Damon took his phone from the bedside table, and sighed heavily as he read what was on his screen.“Fuck, Lazarus left me a voice note!” he sighed.He turned around to face me, taking my hands into his.“Babe, I’m gonna have to go down to the spot,” he sighed. “I’ve got some jobs to do for Lazarus. I levelled up in the Mafia, but it’s all part of my plan to take him down.”I nodded