In Love With His Coldhearted Mafia Brother のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

The black car pulled up to the hospital entrance exactly when the driver said it would. I was standing on the curb, the contract folder tucked under my arm, my other hand holding my bag like a shield. The driver got out and opened the back door without a word.The leather seats were so soft I sank into them. It's been long I sat on something this soft. The windows were tinted dark, and a bottle of water sat in the cup holder with a small card next to it. I picked up the card. Compliments of the DeLuca foundation. Of course.I pulled out the contract while the driver merged into traffic. The pages were still crisp, the ink still wet from where I'd signed my name in the kitchen this morning while Lily ate her pancakes. I'd read it twice last night, and once with Chloe who just took a picture of the contract and sent it to chatgpt to summarize and check for hidden clauses. Nothing jumped out as a trap, no hidden fees, no clauses about selling my soul, nothing that said Dante DeLuca owns

I ate maybe three bites of mac and cheese before I couldn't take it anymore.The three of them were talking around me like I wasn't there, which was fine actually because I didn't have the energy to make conversation but it was beginning to scatter my thoughts. Paige was explaining the office hierarchy to Simone, who nodded along while eating and Denny wouldn't stop glancing at me, smiling, like he was waiting for me to say something interesting.I pushed my tray back and started to stand up.Then I stopped.What was I doing? This was good food. Expensive food, probably, this was food that came with a budget line item and a vendor contract. And I was about to throw it away because three strangers made me uncomfortable?No.I sat back down.Paige stopped mid-sentence and stared at me, her head tilting like a dog who'd heard a strange noise."I thought you were leaving," she said."No." I pulled the tray back in front of me and picked up my fork. "I changed my mind."They exchanged glan

THIRD PERSON POV Chloe kicked off her heels the moment she walked through the door of her barely illuminated apartment. She flicked on the lights and stretched, groaning. Chloe threw her bag on the sofa and pulled out her phone from her blazer pocket before taking it off, along with the rest of her clothes. She rushed into the bathroom and turned on the shower, she stood under the spray until her skin turned pink. Then hissed when it began to sting and adjusted the temperature until steam filled the small space.She let herself stand there for a few more minutes without thinking about anything. She wrapped a towel around herself and walked out of the shower stall. She picked up her ringing phone from the sink and walked out of the bathroom, taking the call. "Tell me something good," Chloe said, putting the phone on speaker, she threw it on the bed."Eva got a job."Chloe paused, her other hand holding the towel from falling. "She did? — In, what's it called?— Bristle–something.""B

EVA'S POV The moment I got to work around nine o'clock, right as I was settling into my desk with the first cup of coffee my system pinged with an email.Venue Change Confirmation – London GalaI stared at the subject line for a full ten seconds before opening it. The original venue, some hall with bunch of chandeliers and a ballroom that could fit five hundred people, had a plumbing issue. Something about burst pipes in the kitchen. The new venue was a hotel across the city, smaller, with less capacity, a different layout and a catering team I've never worked with before.I dropped my head on my keyboard and groaned.Simone walked past my office and paused in the doorway. "You good?""Kinda.""What happened?""Minor issues, what are you doing up here?” It's hard to see someone from the first or second floor up here. The sixth floor was like it's own company. I'm pretty sure there's an event planner down there.She winced. "Nothing really, just came to drop off some super important f

A pair of headlights cut through the rain around ten-thirty.I almost didn't believe it at first. My eyes were blurry from the water, my head was pounding, and I was shivering so hard I could barely stand straight. But the lights kept coming, bright and yellow, and when the car got closer I saw the sign on top.I stepped off the curb and waved my arm like a crazy person. The taxi pulled over, and I yanked the door open and fell inside."Where to?" the driver asked, glancing at me in the rearview mirror.I gave him my address and leaned my head against the window. The rain was still coming down hard, but inside the cab it was warm, almost too warm, and I felt my body start to thaw.Yeah, I'm probably going to pay extra for the soaked seatOnce we got to my destination, I paid him and gave him extra for carwash. I ruined his car, it was storming and he still charged me the same as every other day.“Thank you. Have a good night sir.” I turned back and rushed up to my apartment, frantical