All Chapters of UNDRESSED BY THE MAFIA LORD: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

"Please tell Dimitri I appreciate his concern," she said carefully. "But as you can see, I'm perfectly safe here. My security team is excellent.""Of course. Just doing my due diligence." Vincent moved toward the door, paused. "You're good for him, you know. The boss. I've known him since he was a kid. Never seen him like this. Happy. Settled. You've given him something to fight for beyond just power.""I hope that's a good thing.""It is. Makes him more dangerous, actually. A man with nothing to lose is unpredictable. A man with something to protect? That's a man who'll burn the world down to keep what's his." Vincent's eyes were knowing. "Be careful, Ms. Thorne. The world Dimitri lives in....the real world, not the sanitized version he shows you, it's brutal. And the people in it will use you against him if they get the chance.""I understand the risks.""I hope so. For both your sakes." He tipped his head. "Have a good day, Ms. Thorne."Then he was gone.Eve sat back down at her de

She stayed still, and wrapped her hand around him, her forehead pressed to his, their breathing syncing."I shot someone today," Dimitri whispered, not planning to say it but unable to stop the words. "He stole from me. And I shot him in the leg and told him I'd kill his children if he betrayed me again."Eve didn't flinch. Didn't pull away.Just held him tighter."Did he deserve it?""Yes.""Then you did what you had to do.""You're not horrified?""I'm sad that you have to carry that. But horrified? No." She pulled back to look at him. "I know who you are, Dimitri. I know what you do. And I chose you anyway. All of you. Even the parts that scare you."Something in his chest cracked open.He kissed her desperately, and started moving, he needed to feel her, needed to lose himself in this.They made love slowly, her riding him while he watched her face, both of them chasing connection more than orgasm.When they came together, it felt so perfect and so synchronized, it felt like heali

POV: MARCOMarco had been in firefights before.Iraq. Afghanistan. Places where combat was expected.But this....watching Dimitri move through the Calabrians like death incarnate....this was different.This wasn't combat.This was execution.Dimitri dropped three men before they could even raise their weapons. Headshots. Clean. Efficient.Marco and the other soldiers opened fire, taking cover behind cars, returning suppressing fire.But Dimitri didn't take cover.Dimitri advanced.Walked straight into the Calabrian positions, gun in one hand, knife appearing in the other, and started killing.Shot a man in the throat. Stabbed another in the kidney. Grabbed a third and used him as a human shield while shooting two more behind him.It was brutal. Savage. Beautiful in the way apex predators are beautiful when they hunt.This was why they called him the Devil.The firefight lasted maybe three minutes.When it ended, all fifteen Calabrians were dead.Dimitri stood in the center of the carn

"You're talking about wiping out the Romano family.""If necessary. Yes." Dimitri leaned back. "I can't afford to look weak, Mike. Not now. Not when I'm positioning to challenge my father. Every family in Italy is watching. If they see the Romanos ambush me and live, they'll all try. But if they see the Romanos ambush me and die to the last man.....""They'll think twice.""Exactly."Mike was quiet for a moment, processing."What do you need from me?""Information first. Find out everything about the Romano family. Who's in charge now that Sal's dead. Where they operate. What their operations are. Weaknesses we can exploit.""And then?""Then we decide. Maybe we hit them directly, send soldiers to Naples, kill the leadership, scatter the organization. Or maybe we do it quietly.....poison their operations, turn their allies, strangle them economically until they collapse." Dimitri's eyes were calculating. "I want options, Mike. I want to choose how they die.""On it. I'll have intel by

"I was going to tell you. When I was healed enough that you wouldn't panic....""I'm panicking now! Because I walked in on you bleeding instead of hearing it from you!" Eve crossed her arms, hugging herself. "We're supposed to be partners, Dimitri. Partners don't lie. Partners don't hide. Partners trust each other enough to handle the truth.""I do trust you.....""No, you don't." The words were quiet. Final. "You trust me to love you. To support you. To stand by you. But you don't trust me to be strong enough to handle your reality. You still think I'm fragile. That I need to be protected.""You're not fragile," Dimitri said immediately. "That's not why....""Then why?" Eve looked at him, her eyes red and swollen. "Why do you keep shutting me out of the parts that matter?"Dimitri opened his mouth. Closed it.Because she was right.He had been shutting her out.Protecting her from the darkness because he was terrified of losing her to it."Because I'm scared," he said finally, his vo