After moving back to New York to pursue her medical degree, Mykaela navigates her way through a dangerous web of lies and family secrets while contemplating a long-distance relationship with Miles, her best friend. Maximiliano "Miles" Falco, an artist turned corporate drone, wants a quiet life away from his family of big-time criminals planning to reign all of Italy. He wants the best for Mykaela-but that means pushing her away so he can deal with his own demons and envious mobsters awaiting his family's downfall. Enzo Tomassini is a businessman whose family of billionaires has teamed up with the Falcos to dominate organized crime in Europe. On the verge of death, he meets Mykaela who changes his perspective on where his life is headed, burdening him with a moral dilemma that leaves him questioning his family's choices. Will their chosen paths grant the desires of their hearts? • Genres: Contemporary Romance, Billionaire, Crime, LGBTQIA+ • Rating: 18+ • This story is the sequel to The Heir's Secrets [Mafia Games XI] •
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Scenes, characters, dialogues and events in this story are all invented. This story contains mature themes, profanity, some violence, and graphic sexual content not intended for young readers.
• • • • PREVIEWS • • • •
◆ MILES ◆
Shoot the bastard? Watch the guy murder his own brother? Or shoot the bastard after watching him murder his own brother?
I weighed the pros and cons. Pacing behind me, my mother could barely contain her panic. She couldn't stop getting hysterical and was shouting at the outrageous display of violence right in the middle of my cousin's pristine dining room.
Where the heck's Ricchar?
The last person we expected to arrive here in the estate went on throwing punches at his victim. This drug-dealing psycho just didn't give a crap.
A stream of profanities. Loud grunts of palpable fury. Cries of terror and pain. The stoic, tense-jawed armed guards surrounding the scene...
Were they enjoying it? The fuck's wrong with these people? Everything looked so out of place. I gripped the gun but stayed put.
My best guess: Lorenzio was having a late-night chat with Mamma here in the dining room, clueless that his brother would find him here and try to beat him up to show him what "dominance" and "untimely death" meant.
I shushed my mother as we kept a safe distance from the Tomassini brothers. Let it all play out? Or interfere and possibly get myself killed?
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◇ KEL ◇
Tall. Dark. Raven-black hair. Muscular all over. A looming presence.
My intakes of breaths wouldn't reach my lungs. I backed off. My hands and legs turned numb. Why?
Why wouldn't he stop staring at me? Deliberately intimidating.
Now he's towering over me with a full glass of wine and a crooked grin stretching his pale lips and dark beard. Leandro sipped his drink. "Thanks for helping my brother."
"You're welcome. I was just trying to help."
"You know he's got a thing for your type?" He chuckled. "Humor me. Why are you with him?"
My type? "We're just friends, Signore." I faked a smile at his natural talent for giving shade. I'd rather walk out of here now, but it would be rude.
"Really good friends." Leandro grinned when I fell silent. He stepped dangerously close to me that I could smell the alcohol on his tongue.
Should I shove him? Run? Shit. Where's the guards?
"Why Belgrade?" His heavy hands grabbed my arms.
I should scream and run. But no sounds would come out of my mouth. My feet and legs wouldn't move. Shit. What's happening?
Alone, cornered, wincing at his painful grip, I tried to push him off.
Nothing. He didn't even budge. He looked ready and excited to drown me with his bare hands.
Tears fell on my cheeks. I pulled away. My head slammed onto the edge of the pool. "Help! Enzo-"
No guards. No maids. No Enzo.
Shit. His brother might murder me out here. No one would even notice anything.
"Who told you to go to Serbia?" Leandro gripped my throat, his other hand clasping my wrists. He pinned me against the wall. His hot breaths fanned my skin. "Why Belgrade?"
"I-I met up with someone there. Please let go." I bit back tears.
Should I tell him why Enzo and I were in Serbia? Wouldn't that endanger Niccolo, too?
This paranoid sadist would torture us if he found out that I met up with Niccolo, the guy who spied on him to expose his illegal businesses. "Who?" Leandro gripped my wrists.
"No one you know." I avoided his face but I just couldn't move away from him. "Just a friend."
"I'm the last person you should be lying to, Mykaela."
"I'm not-" I held back sobs. Now my lungs felt like they're burning up. I tried kicking him.
Useless. He's still taller, more muscular than his brother, and just livid. "They paid you a lot?" Leandro smirked. "You like snitching, huh?"
"No!"
"Are you one of Stefano's whores? Or you work for the Russians?"
"No! Stop-" I gripped his wrist when he squeezed my throat. "No! Please- Don't." I couldn't die out here. Not tonight.
"Answer my question," he murmured to my lips. "You will tell my brother you're using him to spy on us. Understand?"
"I'm not! Get away-" I slapped his hand away and stopped struggling. Freeing my arms from his deathlike clasp suddenly felt easy, but my vision's starting to blur.
Calm down.
Breathe...
Panicking wouldn't help.
Breathe...
Just think of a plan.
I just needed to distract him. I could still escape. Maybe if I gave him the answers he wanted to hear...
My insides shivered when he stared me down. My chest felt uncomfortably tight now. I feigned calmness. I grabbed his hand on my throat and stared into his dark eyes.
He stopped choking me and laughed. "Feisty." His lopsided grin raised the tip of his dark beard. "I see now why my brother likes you."
"Let go!"
The psycho grabbed my arms again. "You almost got him killed. Do you wanna kill me, too?"
× END of PREVIEW ×
Chapter 1 Notes + Book Preview
26/05/2021
Chapter 2 Prologue ◇ The Rightful Heir ◇
26/05/2021
Chapter 3 Half-Meant Promises
26/05/2021
Chapter 4 A Fresh Start
26/05/2021
Chapter 5 A Hacker's Warning
26/05/2021
Chapter 6 Legal Matters
26/05/2021
Chapter 7 No Time for Fake Friends
26/05/2021
Chapter 8 An Unexpected Guest
27/05/2021
Chapter 9 Trusted Allies
27/05/2021
Chapter 10 Not A Fake Friend
27/05/2021
Chapter 11 A Good Listener
27/05/2021
Chapter 12 A Brother's Love
28/05/2021
Chapter 13 Threats to Sanity
30/05/2021
Chapter 14 The Mafia Heirs
31/05/2021
Chapter 15 A Strange Night
01/06/2021
Chapter 16 A Reality Check
02/06/2021
Chapter 17 Miles Away
03/06/2021
Chapter 18 It's Not Meant To Be
04/06/2021
Chapter 19 Bye, Friend
05/06/2021
Chapter 20 The Contingency Plan
08/06/2021
Chapter 21 Take Some Chances
08/06/2021
Chapter 22 Mostly Asexual, Sometimes In Love
09/06/2021
Chapter 23 Yearning for Something
11/06/2021
Chapter 24 Gambling with Lives
12/06/2021
Chapter 25 The Conscientious Son
14/06/2021
Chapter 26 Friendship Over
17/06/2021
Chapter 27 The Echelons
19/06/2021
Chapter 28 Blackmailed By The Boss
20/06/2021
Chapter 29 Under Duress
20/06/2021
Chapter 30 Some Bad Blood
21/06/2021
Chapter 31 I Need You
22/06/2021
Chapter 32 I'm Here For You
25/06/2021
Chapter 33 A Concerned Friend
27/06/2021
Chapter 34 The Pains Of Being A Tomassini
27/06/2021
Chapter 35 A Web of Lies
28/06/2021
Chapter 36 A Little Competition
29/06/2021
Chapter 37 I Need Attention And TLC
30/06/2021
Chapter 38 Seek Justice
18/07/2021
Chapter 39 Corrupted and Faithless
18/07/2021
Chapter 40 Just Being A Friend
25/07/2021
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