All Chapters of Engaged to the Devil, Loved by His Shadow : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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Chapter 70-Matteo's POV

Money does not scream when it is attacked.It slows.It hesitates.It gets questioned.And when money slows, powerful men begin to feel air leave their lungs.I was standing in Vittorio’s private office when the first confirmation came through.Vittorio did not like meeting in public buildings anymore. Too many cameras. Too many whispers. His office sat above a law firm that did not officially exist. The walls were dark wood. The curtains were always half drawn. He liked rooms that looked controlled.He stood near the window with one hand inside his pocket, staring down at the street below.“They have flagged three accounts already,” he said quietly without turning around, his voice calm but weighted.I remained seated at the small round table in the center of the room, a folder open in front of me.“Domestic?” I asked, keeping my tone steady.“Two domestic,” he replied, turning slowly now, adjusting his cuff with careful fingers. “One offshore.”That one mattered more.Elena sat acr

Chapter 71-Luca's POV

The house was too big at night.During the day it felt powerful. The marble floors shined. The glass windows showed the city like it belonged to me. Men walked in and out with folders in their hands. Phones rang. Doors opened and closed. It felt alive.At night it felt like something else.I stood at the top of the staircase with one hand resting on the railing, staring down into the dark living room below. Only one lamp was on near the far wall, and the light did not reach the corners. The corners stayed black.I told the guards to patrol outside.Inside was supposed to be safe.I adjusted the cuff of my shirt slowly and listened.Nothing.Just the low hum of the air conditioning.Still, I did not move.I tilted my head slightly, narrowing my eyes as if the darkness would explain itself if I stared long enough.“Ridiculous,” I muttered under my breath, shaking my head once as if to clear it.My voice sounded smaller than I expected.I started walking down the stairs slowly, my shoes

Chapter 72-Luca's POV

The noise started before sunrise.At first I thought it was construction. The city never sleeps. There is always drilling, always engines, always movement.But this sound had rhythm.Voices.Many voices.I stood near the bedroom window with the curtain slightly pulled aside, still in yesterday’s clothes, my jaw tight as I listened carefully.They were chanting something.Not shouting randomly.Chanting.My name was inside it.I pushed the curtain back fully and looked down toward the front gate.There were more of them than yesterday.Banners.Phones raised in the air.Security lights still on from the night before, casting pale white over angry faces.I grabbed my phone from the nightstand and called Marco immediately, pressing the device hard against my ear as my eyes stayed fixed on the crowd.“Why was I not informed that this was growing?” I demanded the moment he answered, my voice low but sharp as my free hand curled into a fist.“I sent an update at two a.m.,” Marco replied qui

Chapter 73-Henchman's POV

The fire outside the gate had barely turned to ash when the tension inside the compound began to spread like smoke through closed rooms.By afternoon the protesters were gone, but their voices still felt stuck in the air. You could see it in the way the guards stood. Nobody joked. Nobody leaned lazily against the walls anymore. Everyone kept checking their phones, even when there was no notification.I was posted near the east corridor when Daniel walked up beside me, adjusting the strap of his vest with restless fingers.“You saw it, right?” he asked quietly, though his eyes were not on me. They were fixed on the security camera feed above us.“I saw everything,” I replied, keeping my voice low as I folded my arms tighter across my chest.Daniel swallowed, then leaned closer.“They burned his face like he was already convicted,” he muttered, and his jaw tightened as if the image still disturbed him.I did not respond immediately because footsteps echoed from the hallway. We both str

Chapter 74-Matteo's POV

The protest outside Luca’s mansion had barely finished circulating on every news channel when my phone rang.I was already awake. I had not slept much. Not because I was anxious, but because timing matters in moments like this. When a public image burns, people begin to choose sides quietly.The call came from a number I did not store under a name.I answered without greeting.“Yes,” I said, standing near the window of my apartment, watching the early traffic move below.“It’s done,” the voice on the other end said, low and steady.My grip on the phone tightened slightly.“Confirmed?” I asked, turning away from the window and walking toward the table where several documents were spread out.“Yes,” the voice replied. “He has agreed to speak. Officially.”I let out a slow breath“Under protection?” I asked, pulling out a chair and sitting down.A small pause followed.“Full protection,” the voice answered. “Arranged through your… connection.”That meant Serafina’s father.He did not m

Chapter 75-Luca's POV

The moment the prosecutor changed his tone on television, I knew something had shifted behind walls I could not see.It was not what he said.It was how he said it.Calm.Certain.Like a man who had already read the ending of the story.I turned the television off so hard the remote cracked against the wall and fell to the floor in pieces. The silence that followed felt louder than the broadcast.“They are inside,” I muttered, pacing across my office while dragging my hand through my hair. “They are already inside.”Marco stood near the doorway, unsure if he should speak. His hands were clasped behind his back, but I could see his fingers moving restlessly.“Inside where?” he asked carefully, his voice low and cautious as he watched me move.“My system,” I snapped, turning toward him so quickly that he straightened immediately. “My accounts. My communications. They are not guessing. They know.”Marco swallowed.“Our cybersecurity team ran checks this morning,” he said, trying to keep

Chapter 76-Serafina’s POV

The television was already on when I walked into the living room.I did not turn it on. I had left it running since morning because every channel was covering the same story in different tones. Some spoke softly. Some spoke like they were announcing a storm. None of them were neutral anymore.Matteo was seated at the dining table with documents spread in front of him, but his attention was not on the papers. His eyes were fixed on the screen.“They’re replaying it again,” he said quietly without looking at me, his fingers pressing lightly against the edge of the table.I moved closer.On the screen, Luca stood outside his office building, surrounded by microphones and cameras. He looked polished, but something about him had shifted.His suit was perfect.His posture was straight.But his eyes.His eyes did not hold the same certainty they used to.I folded my arms slowly and stared at the screen.“He looks tired,” I said under my breath, though I did not realize I had spoken aloud.M

Chapter 77-Luca POV

Morning came slowly inside the mansion, but I had already been awake for hours.I stood near the long glass window in my study with a half-finished drink in my hand. The ice inside the glass had already melted into thin water, but I kept swirling it absentmindedly while staring at the empty driveway outside.Usually by this time of day the place would already be moving. Guards at the gate. Cars arriving. Assistants calling about meetings. Investors begging for a few minutes of my time.Today the driveway looked like a picture someone forgot to finish.Too quiet.I lifted the glass and swallowed the last of the drink. The warm liquid burned a little as it went down my throat, but I barely reacted.Behind me the door creaked open slowly.Antonio stepped in, holding a thin brown envelope in his hand. He didn’t walk the way he normally did. Usually Antonio carried himself like a man who worked for someone powerful.Today he walked like someone bringing bad news to a king who might shoot

Chapter 78-Matteo POV

The rain had been falling since the afternoon, and by the time night settled over the city it had turned the streets into dark mirrors that reflected every passing headlight. From the tall windows of the office building the world below looked distant and small, like something happening in another life.I stood near the glass with both hands in my pockets, watching the rain drag thin lines down the window. The room behind me was quiet except for the soft hum of the air conditioner and the low sound of papers being shifted across the table.Vittorio and Elena were already seated.They had been waiting.Neither of them spoke at first. They were reading through the same documents we had been studying for weeks now. Bank records. Statements. Copies of interviews. Every piece of Luca’s life slowly laid out on the table like the parts of a broken machine.I turned away from the window and walked back toward them.The long table in the middle of the room looked like a battlefield.Folders ev

Chapter 79-Serafina’s POV

The rain had not stopped since the night before.It wasn’t a violent storm. It was the slow kind of rain that seemed to settle into the city and refuse to leave. The sky stayed gray, the air smelled damp, and the streets outside the apartment looked quiet and washed clean.I woke slowly to the soft sound of rain tapping against the windows.For a moment I didn’t move.Matteo’s arm was wrapped loosely around my waist, warm and heavy, holding me against his chest while we lay under the blanket. His breathing was slow and steady behind me.Usually he woke before me.Today he hadn’t.I turned my head slightly on the pillow and looked back at him.His eyes were open.He had been awake.“You’re staring again,” I murmured sleepily while brushing my hair away from my face.Matteo didn’t deny it. His fingers shifted lightly against my waist, pulling me a little closer against him.“Maybe,” he replied quietly.His voice sounded calm, but something about the way he was looking at me felt differe

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