All Chapters of FALLING FOR THE WRONG BROTHER: THIRTY DAYS IN HELL : Chapter 21 - Chapter 28

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Saved by Alessandro

Luca Mariano's POV"Luca? What is it?"I don't answer. I'm already dialing the hospital. My fingers feel very thick and clumsy."Luca—""Give me a second."The line rings. Once. Twice. Three times."Ospedale San Raffaele, how may I help you?""My sister. Sofia Mariano. And my mother, Elena Mariano. Are they there? Are they safe?"There's a loud pause on the other end as my heart keeps beating fast. Keys start clicking and I try to hold my breath."Signor Mariano, both patients are registered. Your sister and mother are in their room. Your mother is stable. Visiting hours are over—""I'm coming now.""Mr. Mariani, I'm afraid visiting hours are —"“Keep the doors open. I'll be there in less than an hour."I hang up. My hands are shaking and the pain from my bandaged arms starts creeping back in. Alessandro is watching me, his face pale. "Your mother? Your sister? They're in a hospital? What's going on?I ignored him, already reaching for my jeans."Luca." He grabs my wrist, standing up.

Matters arising

Matteo Rossi's Pov. Don Matteo," Marco said, approaching me from the front door’s entrance. “Welcome back sir.”I had just stepped down from one of my black SUVs. My men—heavy-set, already fell into formation behind me without a word. They knew the mood I was in. I adjusted my cufflinks with the other hand taking slow but steady steps towards him.""Report," I said, motioning Marco to speak.“from the investigation I conducted privately with some boys we were able to get the major instigator of the fuss.” “And the other guy—”"The scumbag, Abruzzi. We weren't able to get him, he retreated to his father's territory. I'm sorry Don but the major culprit…we have him inside, sir. ," Marco muttered, trying not to look deep into my eyes. "“And Luca Mariani??”“We still have him tracked. Hopefully, we'll have wind of his whereabouts before the sun sets."I clenched my fist while grinding my teeth as my eyes turned red. I have warned Luca for long enough and I've shown him mercy thrice my s

My boyfriend

Alessandro's POV"Slide in."The car door opens from inside and Luca ducks in beside me, pulling it shut. The driver pulls out immediately. This is one of my family’s smart cars with no plates and tinted windows. As luca settles in he looks around the interior, runs his hand along the seat leather. "Nice."He leans back, stretches his legs before looking at me sideways. "Are you sure this is a good idea?."I look out the window, we’re headed towards the outskirts of Napels. It slides past, grey and alive. "It's safer."He nods and doesn’t argue. Which tells me the Abruzzi situation is sitting heavier on him than he's showing. I remember my father singlehandedly filing jail terms for Caesare Abruzzi. I was little then, can't remember much but I know he was stripped of his Donship because of a deal he ran behind my father's back. We ride in silence for a moment. The driver takes the long route around the cathedral district. I reach for his left palm pressing it against mine. The coldne

Dining with the Rossi’s

Luca Mariani POVThe dining room stands at the last floor of their big house. Long table. Dark wood. Candles that aren't for romance but for atmosphere. Cutlery arranged with the precision of someone who considers placement a statement. Flowers in the centre, yellow, same ones I noticed the first time I walked through this house.A dark intimidating woman was already seated when we walked in. The atmosphere is dark and smelling like power bottled with authority. The air radiating from her made my stomach churn. There’s no doubt she’s the famous mafia Matriarch Elena Rossi whose fame travels before her.She looks up when I walk in with Alessandro behind me and the smile that crosses her face is warm and immediate and I don't trust it one bit."You came," she says pleasantly. “Welcome, my love.”She gestures at the chair across from her. "Sit."I sit.Alessandro takes the chair beside me. When I look up my eyes locked with Matteo at the head of the table, he’s seated already, jacket on,

Confronting his past.

Matteo’s Pov.“Mother,” I call following her into the inner chambers of her room. She pauses briefly by the mirror drawing a wipe from the container. She goes on to wipe her hands without turning back. I slip my hands into the pocket of my trousers, patiently waiting for her attention. She turns around peering straight into my face. “Anything?”“Mot—” I pause briefly to register her expression. Her eyes were already wrinkled by the corner.“Matteo? Anything?” I revert my gaze from her face to her black lace dress. Elegant. I don’t talk immediately, instead i gather my inner self together. “I want to take on from here. You did well out there but I’m worried about you.”She turns back to the mirror wiping her hands the second time. A little controlled sniff escaping. “I’m doing well. You don’t need to worry.”“I’m in a better position to do this—”“Your brothers fiance threw his scandal, why didn’t you do anything about that? Why are you obviously trying to make this worse than it is

My brother's boyfriend.

"He fucked my fiancé." Eric’s scream ripped the silence while he struggled with the chair.Alessandro's face turned pale, his gaze now fixated on luca. His voice came out loud and Eric had to pause for a moment. "You fucked his fiancé."Luca's hand was still outstretched across the table and Alessandro was looking at it like it belonged to someone he didn't recognise anymore. I watched my brother step back from it slowly, the way you step back from something hot before your brain has fully registered the burn.I stayed where I was. Cigar between my fingers, smoke curling upward into the chandelier light. I had orchestrated this room and everything in it and I was not going to be the one who looked away first."That was before we met," Luca said. His voice was steady. Infuriatingly steady. "My life before you is not something I owe you an apology for.""Fuck that." Alessandro's voice cracked on it. Not from weakness but from something genuine splitting open. "Fuck that Luca because you

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Chapter 27Matteo's POV"Abruzzi's men got to ours. One of our men is down."Alessandro's voice landed in the dining room like something physical. I watched my mother's face shift from authority to calculation in the space of one breath and she turned to me with her hands still folded. "Go handle it.” She let out a sigh but I was already moving."The location," I said to Alessandro, shrugging my jacket straight as Dominic appeared from the doorway reading the room the way good men learn to read rooms."San Raffaele." Alessandro replied. Upclose his adam apple moved with unease. That was all I needed to guess the foul play. I stopped in the motion of staightening my suit and our eyes locked. "I called Marco earlier tonight. I asked him to put men at the hospital." He tried to hold my gaze but kept failing at it. I stopped walking and turned around slowly."You asked Marco." My voice came out at that frequency that empties rooms. "To put my men at a hospital. You gave instructions to

A life of my own.

Luca Mariani POVThe dialysis ward smells like antiseptic and I hate this smell. I've hated it for two years and I hate it the same amount every single time.My mother is in the third bed from the window. She looks smaller than last week. She always looks smaller than last week. Her eyes find me the moment I push through the door and something in her face lifts."You came.""I said I would."I pull the chair close and sit. Her hand is cool when I take it. The machine beside her hums steady and indifferent, doing the work her kidneys stopped doing."You look tired," she says."I'm fine.""Luca.""I'm fine, Mama."She looks at me with squinteed by steady eyes. I look back at her and keep my face easy because that's what I do in this room. I keep it easy and I stay an hour and I don't let her see the number I'm about to hand over at the billing desk.Sofia is in the corner chair with her phone. Twenty two years old, dark hair like mine, earphones in. She pulls one out when she notices me

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