All Chapters of His Sinful Empire : Chapter 131 - Chapter 135

LOCATION: Parioli, Rome. Dimitri’s private penthouse. GIULIA's POV I woke up to a warmth between my legs, the slow movement of Dimitri’s tongue against me. My eyes were still closed, and my body was responding before my mind fully woke with pleasure building slowly. His hands were on my thighs, spreading me wider, holding me open as his mouth worked me. A moan escaped my throat as his tongue circled my clit, then flattened against it and applied pressure that alone made my hips lift off the bed. I was still half asleep, caught in that hazy space between dreams and reality. And then in that haze, my mind conjured the wrong face. Dark hair, sharp jaw, and blue eyes, I could recognize. Luca. “Luca,” I moaned, the name slipping out before I could stop it. Everything stopped. The warmth between my legs disappeared. The blanket was thrown back. Dimitri’s head came up, and his face was a mixture of shock and fury. “What did you just say?” My eyes flew open, reality cras

FIVE YEARS AGO...One month in Rome, and I had hardly left my apartment.I came here to start over, to be someone other than a Santini, and to breathe without my family... Especially my father, watching every move. But mostly, I just sat in my apartment, staring at blank canvases and wondering what the hell I was doing with my life.Then I met Anne.She lived in the apartment next door and heard me crying one night through the thin walls. She knocked on my door with a bottle of wine and zero shame about inserting herself into my life.“You need to get out,” she said, pouring us both generous glasses. “You’ve been hiding in here for weeks.”“I’m not hiding—”“You are absolutely hiding. And tonight, that ends. We’re going out.”“I don't think—”“No arguments. Put on

GIULIA’s POVI was still sitting on the kitchen floor, my phone started buzzing nonstop beside me, and notifications were popping up one after another. Each headline worse than the last.“Political Star Dating Mafia Princess?”“Santini Crime Family: Who Is Giulia?”“Dimitri Kostas’ Career in Jeopardy Over Mob Ties”I couldn't stop reading them. I couldn't stop scrolling. Each message felt like a knife twisting deeper into my heart.Suddenly, I heard the elevator arrive at the penthouse level, the familiar sound pulling my attention. My head snapped up to see the doors open.Dimitri rushed out, his jacket off, his tie loosened, and his hair tousled as if he had been running his hands through it. His eyes found me immediately as I sat on the floor in his robe, my face likely a mess from crying.“Giulia—” He crossed the space in three long strides, dropped to his knees beside me, his hands on my face. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”“I’m fine—”“I had to come back. I tried to give us both