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Chapter 14 : An Invitation
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2026-07-22 09:30:40
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*DANTE*The gates opened before Marco’s car hit the drive.I was watching from the second floor window. I didn’t tell security to open them.Lorenzo did.That meant Marco had called him on the way here. That meant they’d already decided how this was going to go before they decided to tell me.The black SUV rolled to a stop. One car. No convoy. Just Marco and a driver who stayed in the vehicle with the engine running.Lorenzo was already on the front steps when I got down there. Hands in his pockets. Face blank.The passenger door opened. Marco stepped out. Dark coat. No tie. Hair still damp from the rain. He looked at Lorenzo, then at me on the porch, and smiled like we were meeting for drinks.Lorenzo didn’t move. “Keys. Phone. Jacket.”Marco raised an eyebrow. “You’re frisking me?”“I’m making sure you’re not wearing a wire or a grenade,” Lorenzo said. “Big difference.”Marco sighed and held his arms out. “Fine. But if you find anything, it’s because I forgot to take it off after l
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The club was empty at 3 PM and it was supposed to be that way.Dark wood. Low lights. The air smelled like whiskey, lemon oil, and the ghost of last night’s cigarette smoke even though no one had smoked inside in years. The piano on the small stage was closed. Two staff were setting tables with cloth napkins and glasses that caught the light. No music. Just the sound of chairs scraping and someone sweeping in the back."Mr. DeLuca," Matteo said from the host stand. He’d been here since Marco opened the place ten years ago. "Your office is ready. Ana already put your water out.""Thank you, Matteo," Marco said. He didn’t go to the office.He went to the bar instead. He liked it better when the room was empty. When it was his. Before the reservations and the suits and the people who came here to be seen.Ana was behind the bar polishing glasses. She didn’t look up. "You’re early.""I’m always early," Marco said, sitting down."You’re early and you look like you didn’t sleep."Marco d
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By the time Dante arrived, the arcade was already normal again. People with shopping bags. A teenager arguing about phone chargers. The smell of pretzels and perfume. The gray SUV was gone. Only tire marks on the curb and a wet spot where a tow truck had been. Elena was sitting on a bench outside with the peonies in her lap. She looked fine. She looked annoyed. Bianca was standing next to her. No sunglasses. Arms crossed. She hadn’t said anything in ten minutes, which was how Elena knew something was actually wrong. Dante got out before the first SUV had fully stopped. Lorenzo was already scanning the street. Two other men were talking to the security guard at the arcade entrance. "You’re okay," Dante said. It wasn’t a question. "I’m fine," Elena said. She stood up. The peonies shook in her hands. "I didn’t even know anything was wrong until Bianca started whispering into her sleeve like she was in a spy movie." Bianca didn’t look at him. "I wasn’t imagining it," she said qui
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Bianca didn’t knock. She never knocked. "Get dressed," she said, standing in Elena’s doorway at 9:15 with sunglasses on and two coffees in her hands. Elena looked up from the book she wasn’t reading. "For?" "Because if I spend another hour in this mausoleum I’ll start haunting it," Bianca said. She set one coffee on the nightstand. "And you’ll come with me so I have someone to talk to." Elena took the coffee. It was still hot. "Dante will say no." "Then we’ll make him say yes," Bianca said, already walking to the closet. "Now. Pants. Not the black ones." Elena laughed. She hadn’t meant to. Ten minutes later she was in jeans and a sweater. Dante was in the study. File open. Pen down. He didn’t look up when they came in. "No," he said. Bianca folded her arms. "That’s your final answer?" "Y
Bound To The Devil's contract Chapter 23 : Paparazzi
The papers were on the table before Elena was even awake.Not folded. Spread out. Like Mrs. Bellini wanted her to see every angle.Page three: Elena mid-blink, mouth open. Page five: Elena with her eyes shut, Dante’s hand on her back. Page seven: Elena looking at him like he’d just told her the house was on fire."The Alighieri couple," Mrs. Bellini said, setting down coffee. She tapped one photo with a nail that had never met a chip. "You’re trending.""I look like I was sneezing," Elena said. She poured coffee and missed the mug. Had to wipe it up. "Twice.""Half of Milan thinks it’s a love story," Mrs. Bellini said, turning back to the stove. "The other half thinks he’s hiding bodies in the vineyard. The internet’s very fair."It should’ve been funny. Elena laughed anyway, because not laughing felt worse. But her eyes kept going to the windows. To the gate. Quiet after a gala felt like the moment before something dropped.She ate half a slice of bread and couldn’t finish it
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