All Chapters of Obsessed with my Beautiful Enemy : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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The Man I Thought I Knew

CHAPTER 71SALVATORE POV Charlie stood outside my room holding the folder. The warmth from Lena's presence disappeared the moment we started walking through the quiet corridors toward him. Charlie spoke in a low voice. "Matteo heard something during today's strategy meeting. He reacted immediately."I frowned. "What did he hear?"Charlie answered, "A name. But he won't tell anyone except you."Something twisted in my stomach. We found Matteo curled up on a sofa in the library. Cerberus was lying protectively beside him. The young boy's face was pale. His hands trembled so badly he could barely hold them still. Lena immediately knelt down beside him. "It's okay. We're here."Matteo looked at me with eyes that were completely terrified. "I didn't mean to remember."Those words sent ice through my veins.Charlie explained what had happened. During the afternoon meeting, one of the captains mentioned a businessman connected to Dante Caruso. It was just a name. One name spoken almost casu

The Things we Don't Say

CHAPTER 72LENA POVThe mansion was quiet. The kind of quiet that suffocates you. The kind that settles after everything explodes. I stood outside Matteo's bedroom with my hand on the doorknob. Since the meeting ended, he hadn't spoken. Not to me. Not to Salvatore. Not even to Cerberus, who whined softly from the hallway.I pushed the door open.The curtains were half closed. Gray afternoon light filled the room. Matteo sat on the floor with his knees pulled against his chest. His comic book lay unopened beside him. His eyes weren't seeing anything. They were looking through everything. Trapped somewhere ten years in the past.I crossed the room and sat down on the carpet next to him.For several minutes we didn't speak. I just stayed close enough so he knew he wasn't alone."I'm here," I whispered finally.Nothing.I brushed hair away from his forehead. "You don't have to talk."His breathing hitched. Then so quietly I almost missed it: "I don't want to remember."My eyes burned. I w

The Truth That Destroys

CHAPTER 73SALVATORE POV Rain hammered the windows of my office. The waves slammed against the cliffs below. Normally storms cleared my head. Today it only got louder inside it.I hadn't slept. Every time I closed my eyes Matteo's voice came back. "They were fighting. Uncle David." I gripped the whiskey glass hard enough to hurt. My knuckles ached.No.Matteo was a frightened child. Children got things wrong. Trauma twisted memories. It had to be the explanation. It had to be.Charlie knocked and stepped inside carrying three thick folders and a laptop. "I found something."I didn't move. "Tell me."He laid the folders across the desk. "I traced financial records from ten years ago.""You worked all night?""You told me to find it."I looked at the files. Charlie opened the first folder. "These are payments made six months before the massacre.""Business accounts?""Officially." He slid printed bank transfers across the desk. "But the money didn't go where the records claimed."He ex

The Only Fear

CHAPTER 74LENA POVThe island looked nothing like the way it always looked that afternoon. Music drifted through the gardens. White tents lined the cliffs overlooking the sea. Long tables overflowed with food and flowers. Donations for orphanages and hospitals. To the outside world it was a charity gala.To those who understood the mafia it was something else. A carefully controlled gathering where powerful families built alliances beneath polite smiles. Men capable of ordering executions laughed with children. Women in designer gowns discussed charitable projects while bodyguards hidden in tailored jackets kept their hands near weapons.Nothing in this world was ever simple.Matteo walked beside me. For the first time in days he smiled. Seeing it eased the ache in my chest. Maybe today would be different. Maybe for just a few hours everyone could pretend the world wasn't falling apart.Across the garden Salvatore stood with Charlie and Diego speaking with influential guests. His eye

The Man I Became

CHAPTER 75SALVATORE POV The blood on my hands was no longer the assassin's. I'd washed them three times under water hot enough to burn. Still I felt it.The gunshot still echoed in my ears. The image of Lena frozen in the garden while death raced toward her refused to leave. One heartbeat. That was all that had separated her from the bullet.One heartbeat from losing her forever.Charlie knocked and stepped inside. "The island has been secured.""Good.""We're questioning every member of the staff.""Do it again."He paused. "We already have.""Then do it a third time."Silence stretched between us. Charlie understood this was no longer a strategy. This was pure fear. "We'll find out who let the assassin in.""You'd better."When the door closed I looked toward the sofa. Lena sat quietly with a blanket draped over her shoulders. She hadn't argued when I brought her here. Hadn't asked to return to her own room. She simply watched me as if trying to understand the man standing in fro

Addition

CHAPTER 76LENA POVI woke before sunrise in a room that wasn't mine. The ceiling was higher. The curtains are charcoal instead of ivory. The scent of cedarwood and expensive cologne lingered in the air. Then it came back the gunshot, the panic, his voice breaking when he said, "Don't go."I turned my head. He was still asleep. Or at least I thought he was. His hand was wrapped around mine. Not tight enough to hurt. Just enough to make sure I was still there.I stared at our joined hands for a moment. The man who once chained me now held me like I might disappear.Carefully I tried to slip out of bed without waking him. The second my fingers left his, his eyes opened. Sharp. Just pure awareness. "Where are you going?"His voice was rough with sleep. "The bathroom."His shoulders relaxed. He released a slow breath. "I'm sorry.""You thought I was leaving."He didn't answer. He didn't need to. I smiled softly. "I'll be back."His eyes followed me until I disappeared behind the bathroom

The Danger She doesn't know

Chapter 77SALVATORE POVI woke before dawn. Years of training had taught me to wake before dawn. No alarm, just a habit for survival. The world was most dangerous before sunrise. Assassins favored darkness. Traitors moved while honest men slept. I'd learned that as a boy. It had never left me.But this morning was different.I didn't reach for the gun beneath my pillow. Didn't scan the room for danger. I stayed perfectly still because there was warmth against my chest. Lena. She'd turned toward me sometime during the night, one arm draped across my waist, her cheek resting over my heartbeat. Her breathing was slow and steady. Her hair spilled across my shoulder soft enough to tickle my jaw. One of her legs was tangled carelessly with mine.I looked at her for a long moment. Then another.I should have moved. Instead I was afraid that even the smallest movement would wake her. Or worse make her pull away.I had slept. Not the restless exhaustion that passed for sleep over the last ten

Point of Breaking

CHAPTER 78LENA POVI stood in front of the mirror smoothing the fabric of the emerald silk gown Salvatore had sent that afternoon. He hadn't ordered me to wear it. He'd simply left it with a note: "You'll like this one."He knew my size. He knew what color suited me. Even the diamond earrings matched the dress perfectly. I realized how much he noticed about me, more than he ever admitted.The island's annual charity gala filled the gardens and ballroom with soft music, crystal lights, and the careful laughter of powerful people. Officially it raised money for orphanages and hospitals. Unofficially it was where allies strengthened connections under polite smiles.I walked downstairs and found Salvatore waiting near the entrance. Black suit. Untouchable. When he saw me his eyes moved over the gown once, then settled on my face."Ready?" he asked."You chose well," I said.A faint smile touched his mouth. "I know."We entered the ballroom together. Eyes followed us. Months ago I'd been

The Confession

CHAPTER 79SALVATORE POVI walked straight into the office and slammed the door hard enough to make the glass rattle. My knuckles were swollen and split. Blood clung to my shirt cuffs. I poured whiskey into a glass but didn't drink it. I stared at the amber liquid instead, trying to force the storm inside me to settle.I knew I'd embarrassed an ally and damaged political relationships that had taken years to build. I couldn't bring myself to regret a single blow.All I could see was his hand on her.I remembered every second from the ballroom with painful clarity. His hand rested too low on her back. Her polite smile as she answered his questions. The easy laughter between them. I knew she'd done nothing wrong. That knowledge almost made it worse. She hadn't invited the touch. She hadn't encouraged it. Yet the moment I saw another man's claim on her body, something inside me shut down completely.I admitted the truth in the quiet of the office.She wasn't betraying me, but I still wan

Where I Belong

CHAPTER 80LENA POV I woke before sunrise and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling for several long seconds before memory returned. The charcoal curtains. The heavier furniture. The faint scent of cedarwood and Salvatore's cologne told me exactly where I was.I'd chosen to stay in his bedroom the night before.This was the same room he'd once locked me inside after I tried to escape. Back then it had been a cage. Now I'd walked through the door of my own free will, and that difference changed everything.Salvatore was already awake. He stood on the balcony with a cup of black coffee, watching the dark sea beyond the cliffs. He'd left the bed without waking me. He'd given me the choice to stay and the quiet freedom to leave if I changed my mind. I pulled one of his shirts around my shoulders and stepped outside.The morning air was cool and carried salt. We stood side by side watching the waves in silence for a while.He spoke first. "Did you sleep well?"I glanced at him. "You snore some

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