All Chapters of A Sin Called Love: My Father’s Debt, Mafia King’s Bride: Chapter 21 - Chapter 22

Eva's POVThe recoil kicked through my wrists.Thomas staggered. The bullet caught his shoulder, not his chest or his head. He screamed, and his grip on Mateo loosened for half a second.Half a second was all Mateo needed.He twisted free, seized Thomas's gun hand, and wrenched it sideways. The shot meant for his skull went wide and cracked into the café's brick wall. Then Mateo had the weapon, and Thomas was on the ground clutching his shoulder, and it was over.Mateo put a single bullet through my father's chest.Thomas went still. His mouth hung open. His eyes found mine, confused and betrayed, as if he genuinely couldn’t understand why his daughter hadn’t saved him.For a moment, I saw my mother’s face in his—the sadness I remembered from her last moments. Or perhaps I’d imagined that look. I’d been so young.I stood frozen with the gun still raised and my arms locked straight.Mateo looked at the body on the pavement, then at me. He tucked the gun into his waistband and brushed p