Alle Kapitel von My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back: Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

DamienThe soft pop of the cork echoed through the silence of my living room. I pulled it free from the bottle before reaching for a crystal glass resting on the minibar.A slow stream of red wine filled the bottom of it.I carried both the bottle and the glass over to the sitting room before lowering myself onto the leather couch.I took a long sip. The wine was expensive. Smooth. Normally, it would've helped me unwind after a day like today.Tonight...It tasted like absolutely nothing.I leaned back against the couch, dragging a hand through my hair before closing my eyes for a brief second.Today had been exhausting. People had apparently decided to test my patience from the moment I stepped into Valmont Holdings.The quarterly board meeting should have lasted forty-five minutes. Instead, it stretched into nearly two hours.By the end of the meeting, the room had gone unusually quiet. Because I'd made it painfully clear I wasn't interested in listening.Theo had to confront me call

DamienThe liquid swirled lazily in my glass as I gave it another slow turn. Muted jazz drifted through the room, blending with the quiet murmur of conversations from the scattered tables around us.It was one of the few places Theo and I could have a drink without someone trying to discuss business every five minutes.Ironically...Business had found us anyway."The Singapore investors are dragging their feet," Theo muttered, taking a sip of his whiskey. "They'll sign eventually, but they'll negotiate until the very last second.""They always do."He sighed. "I've gone through three revised proposals this week.""You'll probably go through another three."He laughed. "I hate that you're right."I reached for my glass. "The board meeting wasn't exactly enjoyable either."Theo snorted. "'Wasn't enjoyable' is one way of putting it."I looked at him. "You nearly gave Mr. Collins a heart attack.""He overstepped." Theo chuckled into his drink."There goes my older brother." I arched an e

Ariana"You need to calm down." Tessa pointed the wooden spoon at me as though it were a weapon."I am calm.""No. Because tell me why you kept on checking the time for the sixth time in three minutes.""I was making sure we weren't late.""We're over an hour early."I looked at the clock hanging above the kitchen cabinets. We still had forty-eight minutes before we leave.I looked down at the container sitting on the kitchen island.Mini cupcakes. Chocolate chip cookies. Small juice boxes. And individually wrapped fruit snacks.The school hadn't asked parents to bring anything.But Lily loved sharing.Every time she came home, she'd tell me stories about giving away half her lunch because one of her classmates forgot theirs or because someone wanted to taste her biscuits.So this morning, I'd decided to prepare little treats for everyone in her class.It wasn't much. Just enough to make a few children smile."I still think you're overdoing it," Tessa said as she carefully tied a ribb

Damien"Tell Mr. Richard I want the revised projections on my desk in the next thirty minutes. I will be in the office soon."I glanced through the windshield as traffic slowed ahead. Silence settled inside the car as I ended the call.Almost instinctively, my eyes drifted to the rearview mirror.Ariana was sitting in the back seat. The moment my gaze found her, she lifted her head as though she'd somehow felt me looking.Our eyes met in the mirror. Only for a second. She looked away first.When I'd offered to drive them home after the school event, she'd declined before I'd even finished the sentence.Determined to keep as much distance between us as possible.Unfortunately for her...Her daughter had completely ruined that plan."Mummy, please! I want to ride with the nice man!"I'd had to bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from laughing. The horrified expression on Ariana's face had nearly been worth it.And now here we were.Ariana in the back seat. Tessa beside her.The m

DamienI wasn't hungry.That much became painfully obvious the moment we sat down.Specifically...Somewhere between Theo and Ariana. I don't know why but the second I saw Theo laughing with her and her laughing back I found myself interrupting her morning and inviting her out.Since when had I started competing with my own brother?It wasn't as though Theo had done anything wrong.He was simply being himself. Friendly. Easygoing.The kind of person people naturally gravitated toward.I still couldn't erase the image of her smiling at her phone during the meeting. Then looking up just in time to catch Theo pretending to be innocent.Or the contact name I'd seen on her screen outside the elevator.They'd exchanged numbers that quickly?How? When?My jaw tightened. Ridiculous.I had no claim over her. No right to question who she spent time with.Yet here I was...Unable to think about anything else.I set my fork down. "Are you dating Theo?"Ariana looked up at me. Stared for one long mo