THE MAFIA'S JEWEL

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you can't do this.

in's last feared don, Nikolai, cowering before me atop my

uns and clubs, under the cover of fashion, tech, wine and art. All the little wrappings

cre

He couldn't stomach that a Ponteza mafioso, half Italian and half Spani

bring me down, he also

ldr

helpless. The mafia didn't have to be dishonourable. My disgust when I realised what he was do

the rest of the religious devils. Eliminating his kind had be

gers, two from each hand,

to clean out others like him, but my

oaches, my phone b

the hundred-million-dollar renovatio

to call ba

mother al

ves me the phone, and I scan

t pick up. With the noise from the mar

We need

o's daughter a

dering how that could conc

u

thal. Not

Navarro's daughter, whom no one knew about. Not that it would hav

now had enough legitimate businesses that cleaning money was no longer a problem, but I had

mn

Are yo

s. When did

g to the mansion. How early can you get here? We need to make plans. You've delayed enoug

Who is

Your bride, of course. Yo

Yes, Ma

by her messages, she expected me to come home a

een years. A lot had changed. Back then, I was desperate. My uncle suggested

ughter. We were supposed to marry when she turned eighte

e me the breakthrough I needed. Enough to scale, enou

I

now and wants to ho

t. A smile crosses my face. I had n

ll be back by the

ever do. I just had to stall the wedding. W

rf

you might not make it till n

following the schedule. Thi

em a wife and preventing the poor girl from becoming a depre

to the bloody fingers on the plate and run my hand over them. Nikolai has passed out from blood

citate

thought putting a torture house here in the market was b

utside while torture, verdicts

etaphor. The

eye. A flash of colou

hen blink again. Time seems to come to a s

A terminal heart can do that to a man. But she is right there in the market,

uine. I close my eyes and rub my bloody hands against my temple. When I open them, she is still

esses that plan

u

oat go

ow why. She is with another blonde girl who is speaking

looks like

s. Her smile disappears, and I feel my heart tighten. It's ridiculous

an't lo

suddenly so interested in a gir