Seduced by the Mafia Devil

Seduced by the Mafia Devil

hackotex

5.0
Comment(s)
4
View
15
Chapters

Ruby Sinclair never intended to step into the shadows of New York's most feared crime lord. As an investigative journalist, she's spent years exposing corruption , but when she stumbles upon a deadly secret, her life becomes a bargaining chip in a dangerous game. Damien Vitale, known as The Devil, rules the city's underworld with an iron fist. Cold. Lethal. Untouchable. But when Ruby threatens to uncover truths that could bring his empire crumbling down, he makes a choice, blackmail her into his world or risk losing everything he's built. What starts as a battle of wills turns into a dangerous obsession. Ruby should hate him. Damien should let her go. But neither can resist the temptation that burns between them. Yet in a world where enemies lurk in every shadow, trusting the wrong person can be deadly. And when a betrayal shatters everything, Damien is faced with the unthinkable, losing the one woman who makes him feel human. He vowed he'd never love. Now he'll burn the city to the ground to keep her. But what if saving her means losing himself?

Chapter 1 1

The sharp click of Ruby Sinclair's heels echoed down the dimly lit alley, each step measured, each breath carefully controlled. The scent of rain clung to the cool night air, mixing with the pungent aroma of the city-gasoline, damp concrete, and the faint trace of something darker. Something that sent a shiver up her spine.

She shouldn't be here.

Her fingers curled tighter around the small voice recorder hidden inside her coat pocket, the weight of it pressing against her palm like a silent warning. She had worked leads before-dangerous ones, ones that made her question if she was in over her head-but none had ever led her to him.

Damien Vitale.

The Devil of New York.

A name whispered in darkened rooms, spoken with reverence and fear alike.

And now she was about to walk straight into his den.

Her editor had warned her. Don't chase this story, Ruby. People disappear when they get too close.

But she had ignored the warning, just like she always did. Because Ruby Sinclair didn't back down.

She squared her shoulders as she approached the entrance of La Notte, an exclusive, high-end club nestled in the heart of the city-a place where men in tailored suits and women draped in diamonds indulged in vices behind closed doors. It was rumored to be Damien's playground, his kingdom of excess and power, where alliances were made over bloodstained deals.

The bouncer at the entrance barely spared her a glance before stepping aside. No ID check. No questions. He knew she was expected.

Her stomach twisted.

Inside, the club pulsed with dark energy, the bass from the music thrumming through her veins as she navigated the sea of bodies. Low lighting cast sultry shadows along the walls, flickering over the polished mahogany bar, over the intimate booths draped in deep red velvet. Waitresses weaved through the crowd, their dresses dangerously short, their smiles flirtatious but calculated.

And then, she saw him.

Damien Vitale sat in the back of the club, in a private section roped off from the rest of the world. He was exactly as the rumors described-ruthless elegance wrapped in a three-piece suit, his presence commanding even in silence. A glass of whiskey sat untouched on the table in front of him, his long fingers tracing the rim lazily, as if he had all the time in the world.

His dark eyes found hers instantly.

Ruby's breath caught.

There was something unsettling about his gaze, something that held her captive before she could force herself to look away.

"Miss Sinclair."

The smooth, velvety timbre of his voice slid over her like a caress, sending a shiver down her spine. He didn't stand. Didn't gesture for her to come closer. He simply watched, waiting.

She forced her legs to move.

Her heartbeat pounded as she slid into the seat across from him, her fingers tightening around the strap of her purse.

"You know my name," she said, masking the nerves with defiance.

His lips curved slightly, not quite a smirk, but close. "I make it my business to know everyone who steps into my world."

There was something about the way he said my world that made her pulse skitter. A warning. A claim.

"You've been asking questions, giornalista."

The Italian rolled off his tongue like silk, but the weight behind the words made her chest constrict.

Ruby swallowed. "That's my job."

"No." Damien leaned forward slightly, his gaze dropping to her parted lips before meeting her eyes again. "Your job is to report stories. But the kind of questions you've been asking? That's a good way to end up buried in concrete."

A warning. A threat.

She forced herself to hold his gaze. "If that were true, I wouldn't be sitting here right now."

He chuckled, the sound low and dark, like he was genuinely amused by her audacity. "Maybe," he murmured, his fingers still tracing the rim of his glass. "Or maybe I haven't decided what to do with you yet."

A slow, creeping sense of danger wrapped around her spine, but she refused to back down.

She took a steady breath. "I came here for answers, Mr. Vitale."

"And what makes you think I'll give them to you?"

"You wouldn't have agreed to this meeting if you weren't at least curious."

His head tilted slightly, eyes gleaming with something unreadable. "Or maybe I just wanted to see the woman reckless enough to put herself in my path."

A slow beat of silence stretched between them.

Then, without looking away from her, Damien lifted his whiskey glass and took a sip, the movement effortless, calculated. He set it down with a soft clink before leaning back against the booth.

"Tell me, Ruby..." His voice was almost hypnotic now, coaxing. Dangerously seductive. "Do you believe in the devil?"

Her throat went dry.

And in that moment, she realized-this wasn't an interview. This was a game. And Damien Vitale never played fair.

Continue Reading

Other books by hackotex

More

You'll also like

Revealing My Secret Identities! My Bros Are Speechless!

Revealing My Secret Identities! My Bros Are Speechless!

Zhen Xiang
5.0

For seventeen years, I was the crown jewel of the Kensington empire, the perfect daughter groomed for a royal future. Then, a cream-colored envelope landed in my lap, bearing a gold crest and a truth that turned my world into ice. The DNA test result was a cold, hard zero percent-I wasn't a Kensington. Before the ink could even dry, my parents invited my replacement, a girl named Alleen, into the drawing room and treated me like a trespasser in my own home. My mother, who once hosted galas in my honor, wouldn't even look me in the eye as she stroked Alleen's arm, whispering that she was finally "safe." My father handed me a one-million-dollar check-a mere tip for a billionaire-and told me to leave immediately to avoid tanking the company's stock price. "You're a thief! You lived my life, you spent my money, and you don't get to keep the loot!" Alleen shrieked, trying to claw the designer jacket off my shoulders while my "parents" watched with clinical detachment. I was dumped on a gritty sidewalk in Queens with nothing but three trunks and the address of a struggling laborer I was now supposed to call "Dad." I traded a marble mansion for a crumbling walk-up where the air smelled of exhaust and my new bedroom was a literal storage closet. My biological family thought I was a broken princess, and the Kensingtons thought they had successfully erased me with a payoff and a non-disclosure agreement. They had no idea that while I was hauling trunks up four flights of stairs, my secret media empire was already preparing to move against them. As I sat on a thin mattress in the dark, I opened my encrypted laptop and sent a single command that would cost my former father ten million dollars by breakfast. They thought they were throwing me to the wolves, but they forgot one thing: I'm the one who leads the pack.

The Billionaire's Cold And Bitter Betrayal

The Billionaire's Cold And Bitter Betrayal

Clara Bennett
5.0

I had just survived a private jet crash, my body a map of violet bruises and my lungs still burning from the smoke. I woke up in a sterile hospital room, gasping for my husband's name, only to realize I was completely alone. While I was bleeding in a ditch, my husband, Adam, was on the news smiling at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. When I tracked him down at the hospital's VIP wing, I didn't find a grieving husband. I found him tenderly cradling his ex-girlfriend, Casie, in his arms, his face lit with a protective warmth he had never shown me as he carried her into the maternity ward. The betrayal went deeper than I could have imagined. Adam admitted the affair started on our third anniversary-the night he claimed he was stuck in London for a merger. Back at the manor, his mother had already filled our planned nursery with pink boutique bags for Casie's "little princess." When I demanded a divorce, Adam didn't flinch. He sneered that I was "gutter trash" from a foster home and that I'd be begging on the streets within a week. To trap me, he froze my bank accounts, cancelled my flight, and even called the police to report me for "theft" of company property. I realized then that I wasn't his partner; I was a charity case he had plucked from obscurity to manage his life. To the Hortons, I was just a servant who happened to sleep in the master bedroom, a "resilient" woman meant to endure his abuse in silence while the whole world laughed at the joke that was my marriage. Adam thought stripping me of his money would make me crawl back to him. He was wrong. I walked into his executive suite during his biggest deal of the year and poured a mug of sludge over his original ten-million-dollar contracts. Then, right in front of his board and his mistress, I stripped off every designer thread he had ever paid for until I was standing in nothing but my own silk camisole. "You can keep the clothes, Adam. They're as hollow as you are." I grabbed my passport, turned my back on his billions, and walked out of that glass tower barefoot, bleeding, and finally free.

The Scars Behind My Golden Dress

The Scars Behind My Golden Dress

Catherine
5.0

I spent four hours preparing a five-course meal for our fifth anniversary. When Jackson finally walked into the penthouse an hour late, he didn't even look at the table. He just dropped a thick Manila envelope in front of me and told me he was done. He said his stepsister, Davida, was getting worse and needed "stability." I wasn't his wife; I was a placeholder, a temporary fix he used until the woman he actually loved was ready to take my place. Jackson didn't just want a divorce; he wanted to erase me. He called me a "proprietary asset," claiming that every design I had created to save his empire belonged to him. He froze my bank accounts, cut off my phone, and told me I’d be nothing without his name. Davida even called me from her hospital bed to flaunt the family heirloom ring Jackson claimed was lost, mocking me for being "baggage" that was finally being cleared out. I stood in our empty home, realizing I had spent five years being a martyr for a man who saw me as a transaction. I couldn't understand how he could be so blind to the monster he was protecting, or how he could discard me so coldly after I had given him everything. I grabbed my hidden sketchbook, shredded our wedding portrait, and walked out into the rain. I dialed a number I hadn't touched in years—a dangerous man known as The Surgeon who dealt in debts and shadows. I told him I was ready to pay his price. Jackson and Davida wanted to steal my identity, but I was about to show the world the literal scars they had left behind.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book