All Chapters of IN THE ARMS OF MY FORBIDDEN MAFIA ENEMY: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The night swallowed them whole.The convoy sped through narrow streets, headlights cutting sharp beams across the cracked pavement. The city was alive in the distance, neon, noise, laughter, but here, in the industrial outskirts, silence pressed heavily, broken only by the low growl of engines.Mateo sat rigid in the front seat, hands locked around the rifle laid across his knees. His ribs still burned with every breath, but his face showed nothing. Beside him, Lorenzo sat with his wrists chained, his dark eyes fixed on Mateo’s profile like knives.“You’re really going to do it, aren’t you?” Lorenzo’s voice was low, edged with disbelief.Mateo didn’t look at him. “Keep quiet.”“No.” Lorenzo leaned closer, his lip curling. “You want me to shut up because you know I’m right. You’ll walk into that villa, point your gun at my family, and pull the trigger. And for what? To keep licking Ricardo’s boots?”Mateo’s jaw tightened. His grip on the rifle creaked, but he said nothing.From the dri

“Where is she?” Mateo’s voice was low, sharp enough to cut through the thick silence of the abandoned warehouse. The two men standing in front of him

The chains rattled every time Mateo tried to move. His wrists were tied above his head, his body strung up in the basement like some traitor dragged from the streets. Blood dripped slowly from his lip onto the stone floor, the sound steady, mocking. 

Lorenzo slipped into the De Luca estate just before dawn. His shirt still smelled of smoke from the docks, his body sore from the fight. But none of that haunted him as much as Mateo’s voice echoing in his head. 

The sound of fists hitting leather echoed through the empty gym. Mateo’s knuckles throbbed, but he welcomed the pain. It was easier to focus on bruises than on thoughts that twisted his chest every time he closed his eyes.