บททั้งหมดของ The mafia boss is the man of my dreams : บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

When I stepped out of the shower, fully dressed of course, Knight was seated on the bed, and only when his eyes landed on me did he stand up. I plastered a smile on my face as he walked up to me, and I stretched the empty bag out to him. “Thanks for the clothes,” I said innocently, as if I didn’t just pull a mini strip show five minutes ago. He took the bag from my hands and tossed it onto the bed, stepping closer to me. “What?” I asked with a chuckle as I took a step backwards. “You really shouldn’t tease me like that, Aria,” he said finally, and my smile changed to a full-blown grin. “I did no such thing, Chairman of Edge Group. You said you didn’t mind me changing in front of you, so I did just that,” I said with a slight shrug, and he shook his head. “What you did was more than just changing, Aria,” he said, pulling me closer by my waist. “You were teasing me, getting naked like that,” he muttered, and I chuckled again. “Well, I guess I did tease you then,” I said, prying

The whole workday went by with the rumors about Knight snowballing into something completely different. Every step I took away from my desk, I was met with a new rumor. Hell, I even heard a man say he killed people like it was nothing. Like… are we even talking about the same person here? The rumors were so absurd that by the end of the day, I just tuned out their conversations entirely. If Knight was a mafia boss, then I guess I was a fictional character in a book too—since we were clearly being delusional. I knew everything they were saying was made up, but I don’t even know what pushed me to bring it up to Knight the moment we got into the car. Maybe it was the looks people gave us earlier, or maybe it was just my overly curious ass wanting to hear just how ridiculous it sounded from him. But when I saw his eyes widen slightly at my words, a tiny ray of doubt slipped into my mind… one that immediately dissolved when a wide smile spread across his face right after. “I guess you

Knight’s POVI was on my way to my car, preparing to go to work, when I got that call from Aria. I raised a hand, stopping Rowan from opening the door, and instead leaned on the car as I steadied the phone in my palm before picking up.I kind of figured that she would be calling because of the text I left last night, so a tiny smile spread on my face as I placed the phone to my ear.“Little Aria,” I called out softly immediately I picked, but the line was quiet, save for the heavy breathing that managed to come through.“Aria,” I called again after hearing nothing. I pulled the phone away from my ear slightly to make sure that it was still connected—and it was. So what was going on?I stood upright now, starting to get worried.“Aria, what is going on?” I asked again, and I heard a loud sigh followed by a voice.“Are you going to tell him, or should I do it myself?” the voice that I recognized as Jean called.“Tell me what?” I asked sharply, and he sighed again.“I’ll tell him myself,

Knight’s POVI hadn’t found anything out yet—at least not anything reasonable yet. Rowan had reported that Craig had not been anywhere near Aria since the night at the club, but we couldn’t say the same about his workers. I also couldn’t rule out the possibility that it could be someone entirely different too.Angelo came by while Aria was still asleep, and I handed her phone to him. If anyone could get a deep forensic search done on her phone, then it would be him. I was still very much unsettled about the supposed bug that might have been planted on her.Whoever was doing this better be praying that I don’t find them…I was managing to keep my anger hidden right now because I didn’t want to alarm Aria even more, but I wasn’t sure how long I could keep this up for. But at least with her phone away now, getting another message was impossible.We had sat in silence for close to ten minutes, her just wrapped in my arms and her breathing steady, before she finally pulled away, a small sm

As quickly as that suspicious thought had crept into my mind, I shoved it away. What was I doing, doubting Knight like this? He was probably just relieved that his work, whatever it actually involved hadn't terrified me. I needed to get a grip. We finally made it to his room, and only then did he let go of my hand. I strolled over to the bed and plopped onto the mattress while he headed for the closet. The sun was starting to dip, the golden light bleeding into the room. Today had been more eventful than my entire past month combined, but I was glad it was over. Now, I just had to go back to life as it was. Work, Conan, and... well, that was about it. My life wasn't exactly a thriller, but Knight made it interesting enough. "You’ve been quiet since we got up here, Aria. Is anything wrong?" I looked up. Knight was walking toward me, his chest on full display, a shirt dangling over his shoulder. When in the world had he even taken the other one off? And more importantly, how did