Lahat ng Kabanata ng It Kills Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance: Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

“You’re still angry with me.”“Did you expect me to forget everything in a couple weeks?” I turned to look at him head on.“No,” he said calmly. “But I hoped you would realize how sorry I am. You would realize that I’ve changed—for good. I’ve made amends with your husband, not just for you, but because I’ve grown to respect him. If I could choose any man in the world for you, I would choose him.”My arms crossed over my chest because a draft had filled the room after Axel stepped out. It took a minute for it to reach me, but when it did, the bumps formed.“You’re my entire life,” he said, his eyes filling with emotion, his voice matching it. “And now that I don’t have you…it hurts every day. I should have let Axel take the business and opened that restaurant with you. I should have taken you on a trip to Paris so we could visit all the bakeries you like. Instead of breaking necks and doing backdoor deals, I should have spent my time with you. I should have shielded you from this life

I caught him, getting blood all over me, but I stopped his body from making a loud thud against the hardwood floor.“One of them is approaching the bedroom. The other is in the guest bedroom.”I moved into the hallway and snuck up on him from behind. My arm circled his neck, and I stabbed the knife through the plates of his armor before he could release a scream. I caught his body and steadied it before it fell, but I didn’t have time to hide his corpse because the other one was coming out of the guest room.There were ten feet between us, so a stealth attack wouldn’t work.He raised his gun and pointed it at me.Bullets sprayed the wall as I dodged away. The sound of firing bullets echoed in the hallway, and I knew Scarlett could hear that loud and clear. I got behind a pillar just in time, and the stone took the brunt of the damage, while I slipped into a guest bedroom. Underneath the bed, a rifle was strapped in place. I grabbed it just before the guy walked in with his muzzle poin

I slammed my head into his face, stunning him for just a second.Scarlett must have had her gun again, because a gun fired nearby, but it missed its target.Then Draven was thrown off me, a heavy body coming to knock him flat onto his back.Draven reacted quickly and punched his assailant. He moved fast, fighting like he had experience in the ring. He threw a punch and then a kick, knocking the gun from the other man’s hand before kicking him in the face.I realized it was Scarlett’s father.The two men went at it, neither having a weapon, both fighting with their fists and nothing else.“Scarlett, don’t shoot.” I watched her train her gun on the fight, unsure when to pull the trigger to hit Draven and not her father. “There’s a knife in my pocket. Cut me free.”She tossed the gun on the floor then dug her hand into my pocket, pulling out the big blade inside of the sheath. She pulled it free then cut my zip ties.In that short amount of time, both men had landed substantial blows on

I smiled back. “Thanks, Dad.”I walked into my old apartment, finding Axel on the couch in nothing but his sweatpants. While our home was being renovated and cleansed of bullet holes, we’d decided it was easiest to stay here. Aldo remained to oversee the project while we focused on the restaurant.Axel turned off the TV and came toward me, a mountain with his height and muscles. “How was work?”“The restaurant is doing well.”“I know it is.” He smirked before he kissed me. “But I still like hearing you say it.”“Way to give it a rest.”“I’ll never give it a rest.” He looked down at the bag of takeout food I had in my hand. “You got something for me?” Now he wore a full grin, just as excited for food as he was for sex.I set it on the counter. “I thought you might be hungry.”“Baby, you know me so well.” His hand moved around my waist, and of course, his hand crept down to my ass and gave it a hard squeeze. He kissed my temple before he pulled away and took the container out of the bag

THEOI entered the double doors and stepped into the lobby, my boots squeaking because they were full of water. Both of the guards stared at my appearance but didn’t say a word. I stepped into the grand room, an old room with old paintings of people dead and gone on the walls.Derek spoke on the phone, his pistol visible as it stuck out from the back of his jeans. The room was filled with more of my men, all armed to the teeth. “Alright, alright. Got it.” He hung up then turned to look at me. “Where the fuck have you been?” Then his eyes narrowed as he studied me up and down before he gave me a quizzical look.“Something came up.”He looked like he wanted to say more, but the expression on my face dissuaded him from making the greatest mistake of his life. “Anyone got a change of clothes?” He looked around at the other guys.“It’s fine.”“We can’t meet Bolton with you looking like that⁠—”“I said it’s fine.”Derek’s eyes shifted back and forth between mine, but he didn’t press his arg