Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride. : Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 86

Nobody in that tunnel misunderstood what the sentence truly meant, especially Marco. He's worked with men like Lorenzo De Luca well enough to know that they didn't explode when they were most dangerous. Instead, they became calm and methodical.And that kind of anger destroyed things painfully and completely and every single one of them standing there, knew it.The tunnel suddenly seemed colder than before, the dim amber light casting long shadows across Lorenzo’s face as he stepped away from Marco at last. His injured shoulder had begun bleeding heavily again beneath his nowdark shirt, the fabric soaked near his side now, but he either didn’t notice or no longer cared.At the moment, the betrayal in his world now had his attention, and that awareness began to change him in real time. Lorenzo lowered the gun slowly but did not holster it as his gaze moved between Ricci and Marco carefully now, his silence was no longer uncertain but analytical as though he were rearranging years of me

The tunnel became impossibly still after Lorenzo spoke.How old is he?The question itself was simple and almost harmless but Isabella felt it hit her harder than gunfire ever could.Lorenzo stood motionless beneath the dim tunnel light, his eyes fixed entirely on her now. He lowered the gun in his hand unconsciously…letting his focus narrow to one thing only.The child and his son, Matteo.The same boy he had carried through blood and chaos without hesitation began to look more like him with every passing second now that he allowed himself to truly see it.The child in Lorenzo’s arm moved, sleepily and frightened from exhaustion, his small fingers curling against Lorenzo’s shirt.m, that tiny movement nearly broke something inside Isabella and Lorenzo reacted protectively like it was the most natural thing to do.Ricci watched the scene in complete silence now, unusually restrained for the first time since his arrival, Even Moretti had stopped speaking while he let his sharp eyes stud

Darkness swallowed the tunnel whole, nobody moved for several seconds and nobody spoke. The metallic slam of the containment doors still echoed faintly through the underground structure, revebrating through stone and bone alike until silence finally settled over everything like a burial cloth.Then came the sharp and uneven breathing with too many dangerous people were trapped inside one confined space with loaded weapons, buried history, and enough betrayal between them to start a war.Lorenzo stood perfectly still in the dark.His son remained held tightly behind him as he let one of his large hands cover the back of the boy’s head protectively while his other hand maintained a steady grip on the gun now lowered at his side.His shoulder burned violently now as warm blood continued sliding beneath his shirt in slow steady lines, but the pain barely registered anymore, that entire arm had almost gone numbBut it was not compared to everything else, the lies and the realization that n