All Chapters of Captive To The Mafia Lord: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

LEILANI'S POVThe bullet had been through and through which was the best possible outcome for a bullet and I had been told this by the man currently taping my side with the specific efficiency of someone who had done this before and did not need to discuss it."Done," he informed me, while taking off his gloves."Thank you," I said, and he packed his bag and left and I sat in my apartment and looked at the ceiling and took inventory.One bullet wound, manageable.One evening that had not gone as planned, also manageable.One hot bank owner who had shot me in a hotel room and ran, which was both an insult and a complication and I was going to address both in order.I picked up my phone.I had three missed calls from people I was not going to call back tonight and one number I had not used in a while that I was going to use now. I found it and called it and listened to it ring and looked at my ceiling and breathed carefully because breathing carefully was what you did when someone had r

JOVAN'S POV"No."Lorenzo looked at me like I had said something in a language he did not understand."No?" he repeated."That's what I said. No. N-O. Negative. Not happening. Would you like me to translate it into Italian for you or—""Jovan.""I'm not opening offshore accounts for that woman," I said. "I'm not helping a criminal move illegal money. I don't care what leverage she has. I don't care what she's threatening. The answer is no."I was sitting on the edge of the bed in the room that had been mine for weeks.Lorenzo moved across the room faster than I expected. His hand closed around my collar and he pulled me up and suddenly we were very close."She'll kill Donatella," he yelled. “She's going to kill my sister if you don't do as she says.”I looked at him, his hand fisted in my shirt and at his face that was always controlled and was not controlled now."Let go of me," I said quietly."She will kill my sister if I don't give her what she wants. Do you understand that? She w

JOVAN'S POVI finished reading the file and made notes and thought about Leilani's call and offshore accounts and the deal I had just made.I had four days to set up illegal accounts for a woman who had shot me. Four days to figure out how Lorenzo and I were going to freeze those accounts without her knowing. Four days to protect Donatella from learning the truth.I looked at the clock, it was almost time to clock out and I was yet to go through the files Maria had sent to me.The landline on my table rang and I answered it."Will you be in tomorrow?""Yes," I said. "Every day this week."“Okay, Sir.” The call ended.I was reviewing the Singapore merger files when my office door opened without knocking. Lorenzo walked in like he owned the place.Which, technically, he had been running for weeks, so maybe he thought he did."We need to go," he said.I looked up. "Hello to you too.""Hello. We need to go.""I'm working.""I can see that. Now stop working. We have somewhere to be."I put

LORENZO'S POVJovan sat there looking at the table. "I don't remember," he said again."I know," I said."I should remember if I have family. I should know that. Why don't I know that?""We'll figure it out," I patted him on the shoulder. "We'll find out who Vael is. We'll find out if they're connected to you. We'll handle it."He looked at me. "Why are you helping me?"Because I love you.Because I have loved you since I met you seven years ago at a charity gala where you did not remember my name five minutes after I told it to you.Because you are the only person I have ever wanted and I have spent seven years trying to stop wanting you and failing."Because you're helping Donatella," I straightened my tie. "Because you opened those accounts to protect my sister. Because that matters to me."It was not a lie, It was just not the whole truth."Let's eat," I said. "Celebrate the lead, process what Alfonso said and figure out next steps.""Eat," Jovan repeated."Yes, food and nutrition

LORENZO'S POVThe apartment was too loud. Music and voices and laughter all competing for space and I stood near the wall and watched Jovan move through the crowd like he had been doing this his entire life.Maybe he had.I did not know what Jovan's life had looked like before I took it away from him or know if he went to parties every weekend or if this was unusual. I did not know if he was always this comfortable in rooms full of people or if this was performance."Lorenzo, right?" I turned. It was a woman with blonde hair and attractive in a specific way that required effort and money. She was holding a drink and looking at me like she was trying to place me."Yes," I said."I'm Delilah." She held out her hand. "Jovan's friend."I shook her hand and thought about the way Jovan had said friend with the specific casualness that meant not-friend."Thank you for having us,""Us," she repeated. "So you two are...?""I'm his security." I immediately replied before she got any funny ideas