All Chapters of Sex with the Mafia King: Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

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A falling out

Immediately after the meeting was over, I went to find Lily. I had a feeling she was fuming because she was once again ostracized, like she wasn’t part of the family. I knew she wanted to belong, and we made her feel like she wasn’t part of us.But the truth of the matter was that she was my, Luca, and Nero’s family, but not Nico and Enzo's. They didn’t trust people they didn’t know personally.“Lily?” I called out to her when I knocked on her bedroom door.A few seconds later, Dominic opened the door and pressed his lips into a thin line. He looked angry and confused, and I could tell he didn’t want to talk to me or anyone else. One look at me, and he stormed off.I went in after him and found Lily on the balcony. She was smoking a joint. She loved those every now and then. It reminded me of the first time Nico and I ever met and had a conversation in my apartment.We’d smoked a joint Lily left at my place at the time.“Lily?” I called out to her. I was scared to speak to her because

Tally's secret

I left Lily’s room feeling guilty and hurt at the same time. I knew it was about her feelings, but her words cut through me like a sharp knife. I felt bad about the things she’d said to me, but I knew we were still friends.I numbly walked to my room, wondering what she was on about when it came to Dante. I knew Nero had punished him, but I never asked about why he was punished. I was mad at him at the time for how careless he had been in protecting me.I made a mental note to talk to Nero about it.As I was coming down the stairs, I heard someone talking on the phone in Nero’s second living room. Something compelled me to peek inside. I knew it was nosy to do that, but I couldn’t help myself.To my surprise, there was no one in the living room. I was about to leave when I saw Tally on the balcony in the living room. She was holding a phone against her ear, and she looked stressed. She was listening to the person on the other end of the call.You could tell she didn’t like whatever s

What did you do?

When everyone left, and I was alone with Nero in our room, I decided to ask him about Dante. I didn’t want all these thoughts to cloud us while we were together. Of late, we hadn’t gotten enough alone time.Between his quest for vengeance for me and me starting my fashion line, there was little to no time together. But we made it work.“What’s on your mind?” He asked as soon as he got a good look at me.He casually began stripping. I could have sworn he was getting stronger by the day. He smirked when he saw the way I was looking at him.He approached me and put his hands around my waist. He pulled me closer and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. My body immediately relaxed under his touch. I closed my eyes to relish the feeling.“Nothing is on my mind,” I said as I put my head against his chest.“I can tell when something is bothering you. Is this about Lily?”“She told me something that’s been on my mind,” I whispered as I gently pulled away. “You mentioned you dealt with Dan

Apologies

Nero and I hadn’t spoken since he revealed what he did to Dante. I had remained silent and allowed him to walk out and disappear for the rest of the night. I hadn’t seen him the next morning, and it was the afternoon.I was busy making calls to my publicist and the event planner for the day my fashion line would drop, so I was busy. That didn’t mean I didn’t think about Nero every second of it.I wasn’t mad at him for what he had done because all he had known all his life was violence, but at the same time, I felt sorry for Dante. I wondered how he was doing. I’d tried calling him, but his line was out of service.Of course, he had changed his number. Nero did that every few weeks as well.The other people on my mind were Tally and Lily. Tally was obviously hiding something, judging by how defensive she was, and she claimed Lily was hiding something too. I wanted to dismiss these claims as false, but I couldn’t deny how weird she was acting as well.She was always reasonable and under

Unprecedented success

Within an hour of launching the website and my clothing brand, 80% of my clothes sold out. Emily and I squealed in joy and hugged each other. It was our combined effort that made us make masterpieces.People were praising the clothes. They were a combination of business and casual. Emily brought her amazing casual clothing expertise, and I brought my formal clothing expertise.We merged ideas and came up with a line of unique office wear that was fun and fashionable. It made people feel confident, and the clothes could also be worn to a semi-casual occasion.It had been more of a success than we imagined. Maybe it was all the publicity from the trial with Viktor. All I knew was that all that publicity wouldn’t have helped if Emily and I hadn’t made amazing clothes.The moment felt surreal. I had always dreamt of seeing people wear my clothes on the runway. I wasn’t there yet, but I wouldn’t stop until I achieved my dreams.Emily and I popped champagne together and celebrated our wins

Special night

When Nero said he was preparing a special night for both of us, I didn’t expect the show that I got. Nero took me to the freaking Met Gala. He wanted to show me that everything was possible and my work would end up there someday.He technically didn’t take me to the Met Gala. He took me inside the fashion wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was full of iconic, visually rich, and storytelling pieces of fashion.He curated a private viewing pulled from the archives just for me, and he could do this because he was a major donor for the institute. There were many pieces there for me to see, like the Charles James Ball gown from 1953, the Dior Bar Suit from 1947, the Alexander McQueen Avant-Garde piece, the Valentino Red Evening Gown, the Chanel Haute Couture suit, and many others. I was in awe as he led me through for me to see all the pieces I had only ever seen in pictures. The moment was more than special for me. Nero had just made my dreams come true. I never thought I would

No time

The deadline was near, and Emma Beck was dead. The news hit the news a few hours after we discovered her existence. It was obvious someone knew we were looking for her and decided to shut her up for good.We didn’t know what to do, and we only had two hours left. Luca was trying for the hundredth time to hack into the first video message Nero received, but it was proving to be an impossible task.We didn’t have the luxury of sitting around doing nothing because we didn’t know Nero’s fate. All of us, minus Dominic and Lily, convened in the living room of Nero’s house. Everyone was racking their brain for a plan.Nero was drinking his whiskey as he held me close to his chest.“Maybe we should give them what they want—” I started to say.“No. I will not be a pawn in someone’s games. Today it’s the demand, and tomorrow, they take so much more. I’d rather crash and burn than allow people to control the DeLuca family.” Nero said.Tally was standing in a corner, sipping her wine as she glanc

Blew over

At first, we thought the Sovereign justice was giving us an allowance of hours, but then days passed, and Nero’s whole world didn’t implode. The suspense of knowing why people who specialized in taking down unholy, powerful men—all of them—didn’t seize the opportunity to do it to Nero was greater than ever.Nero thought they were waiting to get his hopes up and then crush them when he thought he was safe. However, according to everything Luca has said about them, they didn’t seem like the kind to go back on their word.It was on the third day that they sent a text to Nero telling him that he was in the clear at the moment, and that they still had evidence against him, and they were going to come and collect their debt one day.They also said they would make him pay for not following their orders and surrendering when they had asked him to.Nero was, of course, mad at this because he didn’t like something like that hanging over his head for the foreseeable future. But he was happy the

She's suspicious

Ever since Nero expressed his concerns regarding Lily’s behavior, I had been avoiding her. I didn’t have it in me to lie to her face or pretend my husband wasn’t looking into her. I felt guilty that she was helping plan my wedding.Now that my fashion line was taking off, Nero was thriving, Viktor was getting cornered, and everything was in place, I wanted to marry the man of my dreams. While Lily and I didn’t meet in person, we still talked on the phone.She helped me pick out flowers, a venue, and hire a DJ. I knew I was taking advantage of her when I already suspected her, but suddenly telling her not to help me would only make everything look suspicious.“Do you think she’s suspicious?” I asked Luca for the fifth time since Nero told me his concerns. He and I started making sure we spoke at least once every two days. Sometimes we spoke every day over the phone."No, and your fiancé is paranoid. Lily acts weird from time to time, but she was your age when our parents died. Her only

Where are we going?

I told myself that I was overreacting. There is no way a girl I had known for years would do anything to me. But she was asking me to go with her wherever she wanted to prove I wasn’t mad at her.I should have said no, but the urge not to burn any bridges was high. I kept telling myself that Lily was my best friend and whatever Nero and Tally thought of her didn’t matter to me. I could go out with her as usual, and everything would be okay.“Okay. I’ll go out with you, but you have to stay with me until late to make sure I’m done with the work I was supposed to do. I can’t fall behind, especially with all I’m planning.”She squealed in joy and started dragging me out. I yelled out for someone to get Emily some water and followed her out. She had driven her own car there. While we were leaving, I told Nero I was leaving and demanded that I bring bodyguards.He warned me not to go anywhere with Lily, but I didn’t listen. Until he proved my best friend was suspicious, she was innocent in

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