All Chapters of DEADLY FACADE: I Became His Obsession : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

96 Chapters

A Name From The Past

Lenny's PovHe came back at one in the morning.I was on the couch with Shadow and the gun on the cushion beside me that I had not touched but had not put away either. The hours had stretched long and quiet, every small sound outside making my pulse jump. Shadow had stayed close, his warm weight against my leg the only steady thing while I waited in the dark.He came through the door, and I looked at his face, and the tight thing in my chest loosened."Giovanni signed it.""Tonight.""Tonight. Full declaration. Preemptive formal endorsement of the evidence file. His signature makes the fabricated statement Dante has carry no weight.""It's done.""The session tomorrow is a formality now. Yes."I put the gun back on the nightstand and came back to the couch, and he sat beside me, and Shadow climbed immediately onto his feet."Tomorrow. And then it's over."

Name Have Consequences

Lenny's Pov The man across the table held Vincenzo's gaze for about four seconds.Then he looked at his cards. Then back at Vincenzo."I'm just making conversation," he said."The conversation is finished," Vincenzo said. His voice was completely even. "The hand is finished.""I don't think I said anything out of order," the man said."You named someone at this table," Vincenzo said. "In a room where names are not used. That is out of order by the specific rules of this venue."The man looked around the table. Nobody was helping him."I didn't mean any disrespect," he said."Stand up," Vincenzo said.The man looked at him. "I'm in the middle of a game.""Stand up," Vincenzo said again. Same volume. Same tone.The man stood up.Vincenzo stood at the same time. He looked at the dealer. "Hold the table."He looked at me once. "Stay h

Countermeasures

Vincenzo's PovLuca was at the table when I came out of the bedroom at six.He had his laptop open. Three phones lined up beside it, a coffee that had gone cold an hour ago, judging by the film sitting on top."Talk," I said, sitting across from him."The commission ruling lands today," he said. "Formally. The chair confirmed nine o'clock.""I know," I said."Dante's legal position inside the family collapses the moment that ruling is read," Luca said. "His protection from the family disappears. His access to family resources disappears, his ability to move people against you through official channels disappears.""Officially," I said."Officially," Luca agreed. He looked at me. "The unofficial channels are a different matter.""Walk me through the countermeasures," I said.Luca turned his laptop around. A map on the screen. The building. The surrounding blocks, small marker

The Call

Lenny's Pov He told me about the Irish connection over breakfast.But more than he had given me before, which I noticed and chose not to push on immediately."The network that sent the men to the lobby," I said. "The Irish mob.""Yes," he said."They reached out to you this morning.""Yes.""With an offer," I said."With the suggestion of an offer," he said. "They haven't specified terms yet."I put my fork down. "Why are they offering anything at all?""Because the ruling lands today," he said. "They have been working adjacent to Dante's position. When Dante loses his standing officially, they lose their cover for the expansion they've been running.""So they need a new arrangement," I said."They need to not be on the losing side of this," he said."And reaching out to you puts them on the winning side," I said."Potentially," h

The Enforcer

Lenny's Pov He came back through the door eleven minutes after I called him.He looked at me first. One full scan from top to bottom. Then he crossed to where I was standing at the kitchen counter."Repeat everything he said. Word for word."I leaned back against the counter. "His name wasn't important. He made that clear right away. Said you were considering an arrangement with his organization. That the arrangement had conditions that specifically involved me, he wanted to discuss those conditions directly without you in the room.""What else?""That was all. I hung up after forty-five seconds.""Good."Luca came through the door behind him and went directly to the table with his laptop."Number traces to a burner," Luca confirmed, already typing. "But the routing goes through Callahan's server infrastructure. It's his operation.""Callahan called her directly."

Raw

Lenny's Pov When we got home, he sat on the edge of the bed and let me look at his hand.The split knuckle had stopped bleeding. The skin around it was tight. I pressed along the bones carefully, and he kept his eyes on the wall."Nothing broken.""I know.""You always know. You never let me just say it."A breath. Almost a laugh. "You're right. Go ahead.""Nothing broken.""Thank you."I sat on the coffee table across from him with the kit open beside me and started cleaning the knuckle properly. He watched me work. The antiseptic stung and he didn't flinch."You saw something tonight that most people don't see.""I know.""And you're still sitting here doing this.""I told you in the car. I'm still here.""I heard you in the car. I'm still processing it."I looked up at him. His face was different in this light. Softe

The Last Piece

Vincenzo's Pov The evidence file was complete at seven in the morning.I had been at the table since four, going through every document one final time. Because walking into that commission session with anything less than perfect preparation was not something I was willing to do.Luca sat across from me with his own coffee."Walk me through the order.""Opening with the communications record. Twelve exchanges. Dated. Timestamped. Dante's identifier on every one." He turned a page. "Then the financial transfers. Four accounts. The movement traceable back to his private holdings in three steps.""The cargo intercept documentation.""Third. The planning communication. The approval. The execution, all of it is documented separately from the communications record so it stands alone even if someone challenges the channel.""Rico's name.""In the appendix. Three references are dated. Context

Packing

Lenny's Pov I woke up at five in the morning with a specific thought already fully formed.Just a complete decision sitting there waiting when my eyes opened. I lay still for a few minutes. Vincenzo was asleep beside me; Shadow was at the foot of the bed. The apartment was dark.I got up carefully without waking either of them.I went to the kitchen, made coffee, sat at the table, and turned the decision over in my head, looking for holes in it.The commission session was tomorrow.Dante had gone public with a statement naming Vincenzo directly. The commission chair had called; the situation had accelerated past every timeline anyone had been running.Vincenzo was walking into that session tomorrow with his evidence file and Giovanni's declaration. Three captains already confirmed, he believed it was enough.I believed it too.But believing something was enough did not me

The Night Before

Lenny's Pov The argument started at nine. It started the way most of our arguments started, with one specific thing that opened into something larger.He came back from a call with Luca and stood in the kitchen doorway and looked at me with the expression he had when he had decided something."I want you at Francesca's tonight."I put my cup down. "Why?""Because someone attempted to breach the building's east entrance last night. Luca just told me the overnight watch caught it at two in the morning. One man, he got past the first camera before Luca's man intercepted him."I looked at him across the kitchen. The space between us felt smaller than it should have."You're telling me this now.""I'm telling you as soon as I know the full picture.""Luca knew at two in the morning. It is nine in the morning.""Luca managed it at two in the morning. He briefed me an

Mine

Lenny's Pov He released my wrists and grabbed my hips with both hands, angling my body exactly how he wanted. He drove into me harder, each thrust deeper than the last, like he was trying to bury himself as far inside me as possible. I came again without warning, my pussy clenching tight around his thick cock, shaking violently as waves of pleasure crashed through me. I cried out, my voice raw, but he didn’t slow down. He kept fucking me relentlessly, his hips slamming against my ass with wet, heavy slaps. He suddenly pulled out, flipped me onto all fours, and yanked my hair back hard. He thrust back into my soaked pussy in one brutal stroke. His hips slapped loudly against my ass as he destroyed me from behind. He spanked me hard, over and over, his palm cracking against my skin, leaving burning red marks. The sting mixed with the deep pleasure and made me push back against him desperately, taking every violent inch. “Fuck, Vincenzo,” I moaned, my voice breaking. He gr

...

5 6 7 8 9 10

SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP