All Chapters of THE DON'S CAPTIVE MISTRESS : Chapter 211 - Chapter 220

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You Need To Stop

HAZEL That did it.Asher pulled back just enough to look at me. His expression had changed again. Not angry.Not cold. But guarded. Careful. Like whatever had just passed between us wasn’t something he was willing to acknowledge out loud.“It wasn’t supposed to,” he said finally.His voice was lower now. Rougher and Honest in a way he didn’t usually allow.I searched his face. “Then what was this?” I asked.For a second... He didn’t answer. His gaze dropped, then came back to mine And something flickered there. Something real, Something unguarded, before it disappeared again.“Don’t overthink it,” he said.The words were familiar to my ears.I let out a small breath, almost a laugh, but without humour.“You always say that,” I whispered.“Because you always do,” he replied.But this time, it didn’t feel like an argument, It felt like avoidance. Silence settled between us again, but the silence this time, wasn’t the same as before. This one wasn’t sharp, wasn’t tense. It was… uncert

At The Door

HAZEL I sat silent on the bed, staring at the door long after he left. The room still carried traces of him. His scent. His warmth. The tension he always seemed to leave behind whenever he walked away from me.And somehow that made everything worse. Because no matter how cold or ruthless he was, no matter how much distance he forced between us at the end, I had seen him tonight.Not the Don. Not the ruthless man everyone feared. I had seen a new part of Axel that I had never seen before. Out of control.Angry. Exhausted. Betrayed. And maybe.... just for a moment.....afraid.I hated that I noticed that. I hated even more that I cared. With a frustrated groan, I pulled the sheets tighter around myself before finally forcing my body to move. I stood slowly, my legs still weak, my mind even worse.The mirror across the room caught my reflection as I passed it. My makeup was ruined, my hair was a mess And my eyes, My eyes looked completely different from the girl who had gotten dressed ea

Sleep Here

HAZEL I swallow, licking my lips, playing with my hands, looking for a way to say it, finding a better idea.“I don't have all day,” he continues when he sees that I'm not saying anything. “With everything that's happened tonight, I have a lot of work to do. Cassio is still in my territory who knows where, doing who knows what. And I have a lot of shit to deal with, and the last thing I wanna do is deal with your shit right now.”The words hit harder than they should have. Maybe because only a little while ago he had been inside me, holding me like I was something precious. And now he was back to this..... Cold, Sharp and Distant. Like he regretted every second of it.I looked down at my hands, suddenly feeling stupid for even coming here in the first place.“I know,” I said quietly. “I know you didn't ask me to come here.”“Then why are you here?” he snapped immediately.My throat tightened because I was scared. Because after tonight, after the blood and the bodies and the gunshots,

Nothing Romantic

HAZEL My confusion deepened when we reached the stairs and he started heading downstairs.“Where are we going?” I asked again, this time more suspiciously because I knew there weren't any bedrooms down here. Not inside the main house anyway. Maybe the staff quarters. Maybe the guards' side. But definitely not here.Still, he said nothing. And the longer he stayed silent, the more nervous I became. I dragged my feet slightly behind him, my mind already spiralling into worst-case scenarios.Maybe he was angry I had even asked to sleep beside him. Maybe this was punishment. Maybe he was about to humiliate me for it.By the time we reached the bottom of the stairs, I stopped walking completely. Axel continued toward the left hallway before finally noticing my footsteps had disappeared. He stopped and looked back at me.“You're not coming?”“Not until you tell me where you're taking me,” I said firmly.That earned me a tired smile.“I thought you trusted me to keep you away from bad guys,

Family

HAZEL Then Axel continued typing again.“You overthink too much,” he replied.That wasn’t an answer..... Which meant it was a yes. Something warm and strange twisted in my chest.Like he knew I would come looking for him.Like he was ready for me.Like he thought about me.And maybe that was the moment that Axel saw the hopeful look in my eyes....or maybe he just saw me smiling and decided he didn’t want me to, because then he added flatly,“When Cassio isn’t home, I always know I’m not getting any sleep. That was for me.”Just like that, the feeling crashed as Cold water poured all over me. I quickly shoved whatever emotions I was starting to feel back down where they belonged.How dare he? He was so infuriating.One second he pulls me close enough to make me think maybe there’s something real between us, and the next he reminds me exactly who he is.I sat down slowly on the couch, pulling the blanket onto my lap while glaring daggers at him. Maybe I should m be thankful he did that

Absolutely Nothing

HAZEL And I also knew I didn’t really have anything useful to say about family.... His family. I didn’t understand their world enough for that. I didn’t know their history, their rules, their loyalty, or whatever twisted line existed between love and violence in this family. Who knew what mafia laws about blood, family, and betrayal even looked like?I was just walking blindly through it all. Hoping and waiting for the day Axel finally sets me free.The silence stretched again after that and only the soft clicking of his keyboard filled the office. I pulled the blanket tighter around myself and shifted deeper into the couch, finally allowing my body to relax a little. The fear from earlier still sat inside me, heavy and ugly, but somehow the office felt safer now.Maybe because Axel was here. Maybe because no matter how terrifying he was, he still felt solid and Controlled. Like nothing could happen to me while he was in the room.My eyes drifted toward him again. I wondered if he e

Sleeping Beauty

HAZEL I sighed heavily and took a deep breath before finally opening the bedroom door and stepping out into the hallway.The mansion was already alive downstairs. I could hear voices and movement and the faint smell of coffee and breakfast drifting upward. For a second, I genuinely considered turning around and locking myself back in my room.But then I noticed someone was standing beside my bedroom door, and yelped, my hand flying straight to my chest.“Nico, what the hell are you doing here? What the hell?” I asked, breathing hard. "You scared me."“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you,” he said, holding back a smile.“Oh my God,” I groaned. “What the hell are you doing here?”“Can’t you guess?” he said, motioning toward himself standing near my bedroom door.And immediately, I got it.“You’re my bodyguard again?”“Yes.”“But I thought you hated it..... You hated me.”He let out a quiet laugh and rubbed a hand over his face.“Let me just tell you that I did. I have been babysitt

Fun

HAZEL “Mamma mia,” Cassio muttered innocently. “What? I’m being friendly.”“You don’t know how to be friendly,” Cara muttered under her breath.Lisa snorted softly in agreement. I moved toward one of the empty seats far away from all of them, trying not to draw attention to myself. And just because Axel had wanted me sitting next to him so much before.... after all he had literally altered the chair the last time I sat away from him.Maybe, call me conditioned....But I hesitated briefly before sitting down carefully, half expecting the chair to snap or tilt or something ridiculous. But none of that happened.My gaze just naturally drifted toward Axel, after I had taken a seat. And of course, he was already watching me.Lisa casually placed her arm on top of his and placed a distracted kiss against his hand before he finally looked away from me again.Something ugly twisted in my stomach.“Did you sleep well?” Cara asked suddenly, completely out of nowhere.The question caught me off

Curiosity

HAZEL Nico leaned against the doorway and grinned.“So,” he asked lazily, “are you ladies ready to have fun?”“I think I’m gonna go upstairs to my room first,” I said quickly as I stood up. "I need to get something."And before anybody could stop me, I quickly walked out of the dining room. But after two or three steps, I still heard footsteps behind me.I turned around to find Nico following me.“Are you going to be following me everywhere now?” I asked.“You seem to forget I bam your shadow,” he replied dryly. “Yes, I'll be following you everywhere, that is my job. I was told to be wherever you are.”“No, you were told to take Lisa shopping,” I responded.“With you,” he added. “Lisa can take care of herself. You can’t,” he replied instantly. “And that’s why I’m coming along.”“If she can take care of herself,” I muttered while continuing toward the stairs, “why can’t she go do this shopping or whatever on her own?”“Because she needs someone to take her around since she’s kind of

Not Exactly

HAZEL Cassio shook his head.“You’ve got a lot to learn, little girl.”“Let’s go, Remo,” Remo practically growled.He seemed eager to get out of the house or eager to keep this conversation on a stop.Cassio rolled his eyes dramatically before turning around and walking toward the door.“We don’t need you,” he snapped over his shoulder.Remo didn’t answer, He just continued following him out.A few seconds later, the front door shut behind them and the house was in Silence. I turned to look at Nico with a question in my gaze.He only shrugged casually.“I told you everything was fine. See, nothing to worry about.”I narrowed my eyes.“Were those two the ones fighting in Axel’s office?” I asked.He merely shrugged again.“So are you going to change so we can go shopping?” he asked.I rolled my eyes at him.“Fine. I just need a few minutes to get myself together before I spend the whole day with Lisa.”“You’re forgetting that I’ll also be there,” Nico said as we started walking up the

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