Betrayed by love: A Mafia Romance

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orner, I lit a cigarette, letting the smoke swirl around me as I replayed the scene in my mind-Amelia

watching h

ouldn't quite place. I shook it off, convincing myself it was nothing. She dese

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elt weak, my lips dry and cracked from two days without water. My stomach growled angrily, but the pain f

re, whispers of their ruthlessness, but never in my wildes

hispered to myself, my voice

ified it was Lorenzo or his guards coming back for more. But instead

rd, she set it down

I could dive in, the door opened again. The maid returned, tossing

u're done eating, change into that. You'll be meeting with

and that humiliating piece of fabric. For a moment, I just stared

er won o

wo days since I'd last eaten, and I didn't care how I looked or acted. I finished

e discarded lingerie,

htmare was j

my lap. The branded mark on my stomach throbbed, a cruel reminder of what he'd done

reath, my voice filled with quiet defian

fr

ought sent a shiver down my spine, and I shook my head quick

hat made me feel exposed and vulnerable. I hated how it felt, but even worse-I couldn't deny it look

pounding as I waited

pen, and she stepped inside, her

," she ord

a dim, narrow hallway. The silence was suffocating, each ech

rent from the others. It was larger

gave a ge

oice rumbled from inside, s

ce void of any sympathy. "I'l

appeared, leaving me alone

I twisted the door kn

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he edge of my bed

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hugged her curves, accentuating her small figure, her delicate frame. Her smooth skin glowed und

rely covered, and her legs-long and sle

st how she looked. It was the feeling

d in my chest, something

g. I wasn't supposed to feel anything. I was Lorenzo De Lu

ing there, vulnerable yet def

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beauty of it. The walls were painted in deep, shadowy tones, with luxurious furnishings that someho

me from where he sat, his presence suffoc

heart raised. His stare was as cold as ice, void of any emotion, any humanit

ing, the quiet creak of the floor b

e like a dark shadow. I clenched my fists, t

ommanded, his voic

my chin, lifting my face to meet his gaze. His

eyes-something dark, something unreadable. But it was gone before I could pr

ath hi

and defined, his muscles tense under his skin. I swallowed hard, trying not to let my eyes linger, bu

ped off his trousers, leaving

idened. O

his-No. I snapped my gaze away, my heart po

te. I'd seen it.

ders, his perfect muscles-it was a deadly combination of beauty and menace. I hated ho

in the chaos of my thoughts-when h

ess

ords hitting me

ed. Did I he

hispered, my voi

repeat myself," he said, his tone sharp, dangerous. "If you want to

mbfounded, my mind racing. W

didn't know what to do. I didn't even know how to caress so