All Chapters of IN THE ARMS OF MY FORBIDDEN MAFIA ENEMY: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The De Luca estate was buzzing with noise that night. Guards patrolled the courtyard, radios buzzing with clipped orders. Cars pulled in and out of the long driveway, headlights sweeping across the marble steps. 

Lorenzo lit a cigarette with shaking hands. He leaned against a twisted metal container, trying not to look at the dead lined up by the pier. His jacket was torn, his arm bandaged hastily with a strip of cloth. 

By the time he reached it, the bells had long since rusted silent, ivy swallowing half the stone walls. A single candle flickered in one of the broken windows. Mateo w

Morning came too fast. Sunlight peered through the estate’s windows, but the warmth did nothing to ease the tension that had settled in the halls. Alessandro walked through the corridors, his polished shoes clicking against the marble, eyes scanning and calculating.“Where is he?” he muttered under his breath, his voice low, controlled, but the sharp edge beneath it betrayed his irritation.A guard shifted nervously beside him. “I… I don’t know, sir. He was in his room last night....”“Last night doesn’t count,” Alessandro snapped, spinning toward him. His dark eyes bored into the man. “I want to know where Lorenzo is right now. Did anyone see him leave?”The guard swallowed hard. “I… I don’t...he wasn’t on the cameras… maybe he was out… I don’t....”Alessandro’s hand slammed against the wall, the sound echoing through the hallway. “Don’t stutter at me. He’s gone and that makes this my problem.”He pivoted sharply and strode toward the study, where the war room monitors were already b

“Pack your bag, Mateo.” Ricardo Cruz’s voice filled the study, smooth but heavy with command. He leaned back in the leather chair, a cigar burning la