Lahat ng Kabanata ng Falling For The Enemy Mafia King : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Aurora“Maybe we should discuss this in private,” Theo says to Luca.I don’t think Theo likes me. It was obvious on his face as soon as I walked into the office. But Luca wants me to be in on all the things, because why not? I’m going to be a part of his family. His wife. The mother of his child.Mafia bosses like my father keep everything to themselves and think only about themselves. That’s not what Luca and I want. We want to be a real family. No secrets. No worrying that one of us is hiding something from the other.I’ll feel calmer if I know what’s going on with my father too. It just makes sense. Before, I had zero control over my life or over anything, but now, I’m free. I’m free to make my own choices and have opinions.Luca and I want to be partners, not two people stuck playing roles we don’t want or like. I don’t think I’d be able not to worry about him if I didn’t know where he was or what he was doing. Just because I’m a mafia princess doesn’t mean I’m incapable of unders

It’s a shame Luca didn’t teach me how to shoot, but there was no time for that. But maybe I’ll be able to do something.Who knows what my father expects? I can surprise him, or at least I hope I can. Maybe I can pretend I can lead him straight to Luca. It depends on what he knows, but I should be able to convince him to spare my life, at least for long enough until I can do something.Now all I have to do is sneak out of this building and find a car.* * *I stridethrough the woods and thick bushes. Every sound, no matter how innocuous, makes me jump, and this damn place is full of sounds. Birds, the cracking branches under my feet, the rustling of leaves...It’s all going to drive me crazy, but I keep going. After I snuck out of the building—the guards seem to be more focused on not letting people in rather than not letting anyone out—I took a taxi.It’s a surprise nothing happened to me on the way here, but now I hope I can sneak into the place where Julia is being held and get out

“Let me finish. I want two things. Marcello’s territory when the time comes, and one hour of conversation with you. In exchange, I’ll give you some very valuable information.”I furrow my brow. What the fuck is she talking about? As if Marcello is going to hand her over his territory. Why does she want an hour to talk to me? What the fuck?“What kind of important information?” I have a billion questions, but only one matters right now.“Marcello and Aurora’s location. I’ll have it in exactly three hours.” She opens her coat, and I tense, but she pulls out a sheet of paper. “It’s all here.”I take it and lift my eyebrows at her. “You brought a contract for me to sign? Here?”“Don’t look so surprised. I’m here to make a deal.”“Why should I trust you? You’ll just send me into Marcello’s trap and take my territory. Is that what he promised you?”“Marcello obviously doesn’t know that I’m here, and he trusts me because I did everything to gain that trust. If I wanted you dead, I would’ve k

Luca“I wanted to bring him to you,” Alessandro says from the other end of the line, “but he was about to escape, so I shot him. Got him in the leg first. Then his chest. Twice.”“Did you make sure he’s dead?” I say.“Oh yeah. Definitely dead. You don’t have to worry about him resurrecting and showing up.”“Good.” I thought that once Marcello was dead, I’d feel different somehow.But I don’t feel anything. Maybe just a tiny little bit calmer because I know he won’t get a chance to hurt Aurora ever again.“We should celebrate,” Alessandro says. “Throw a party or something. This is a big win.”“Sure.”“How’s Aurora?”“She’s fine. Much better now that she’s at home.”“Listen, I wanted to ask you something about Marya. I’m sure she’s made it known to people that she signed a deal with you, and I know you don’t want to look like someone who goes back on his word because that would have terrible consequences. Butyousigned the deal with her, and I didn’t. If you want me to take care of her f

EpilogueLUCA“Put that cabinet over there,”I say, pointing at the end of the room.The men carry it past me, and I look around the room. It’s a bit strange that I’m overseeing the furnishing and decoration of Aurora’s and my new home when I’m usually taking care of something far more sinister.But Aurora is very close to giving birth, and I want everything to be perfect for her and the baby.“No, a little to the left,” I say.I thought doing regular human stuff would be boring, but it’s actually fun. Usually, when I bought an apartment or a house, I just hired someone to take care of everything. But Aurora had so many ideas, and brainstorming with her gave me some nice ideas too.This house already feels more like a home than any other place I’ve ever lived. Hopefully, it’ll be our permanent residence.My phone rings. “Yeah?”“You have to come quickly. Aurora’s in labor!” Alessandro says.My pulse speeds up. “I’m coming!”I rush to the hospital as fast as possible.As I race through