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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE: The Real Me
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Raina sat quietly on the edge of the bed, her hands folded in her lap, her mind still replaying everything Lisa had told her about Maxton's past. The image of a thirteen-year-old boy hiding in a cupboard, watching his parents die, refused to leave her thoughts no matter how hard she tried to push it away.Lisa sat nearby, occasionally glancing toward the door, her expression calm despite the tense silence that had settled over the room since the screaming stopped.A knock finally broke the quiet.Lisa stood up immediately. "Wait here," she said to Raina before walking over and opening the door.Standing on the other side was Maxton, dressed in a clean white shirt and black pants, his hair still damp from a recent shower. The blood was gone completely, no trace of what had happened in the other room visible on him anymore, though something in his eyes still carried the weight of it."Boss," Lisa said with a small nod, stepping aside to let him through before slipping out into the hallw
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Ramirez slumped against the ropes binding him to the chair, his body trembling weakly, blood soaking through what remained of his shirt. His breathing came in short, ragged gasps, each one shallower than the last. His eyes, swollen nearly shut from the earlier beating, struggled to stay open, flickering between consciousness and something close to shock.Across from him, Maxton stood with his sleeves rolled up, his hands and forearms streaked with blood that wasn't his own. Strangely, none of it seemed to bother him. If anything, there was a faint light in his eyes, something almost satisfied, like a man who had finally found an outlet for years of buried rage that had never had anywhere else to go.The door opened, and Carlos stepped inside, holding two small glass vials carefully in one hand, his expression grim."We found the safe," Carlos said, walking over, his boots echoing against the concrete floor. "Exactly where he told us. Two vials inside, just like he said, buried under a
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A muffled scream echoed faintly through the walls, distant but unmistakable. Raina's whole body went rigid, goosebumps rising along her arms despite the warmth of the room.She glanced toward the door, her stomach twisting into knots. Every instinct told her to get up, to march out there and see what was happening, but Maxton's warning still rang clearly in her ears. Don't come out, no matter what you hear.She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to steady her breathing, and turned to look at Lisa instead, who sat calmly on a chair near the small window, her posture relaxed despite the screaming still echoing faintly somewhere in the villa."Doesn't that bother you?" Raina asked quietly. "Hearing that?"Lisa shrugged lightly. "I've heard worse. You get used to it in this line of work."Raina studied her for a moment, curiosity slowly overtaking her nerves. She needed something to distract herself, some way to keep her mind from spiraling with every muffled sound coming through the
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The moment the door clicked shut behind Raina, something in Maxton's posture shifted. The straight-backed confidence he'd carried through the entrance hall wavered, and his knees buckled slightly beneath him."Carlos," he said, his voice tight with pain, "help me to a chair. Now."Carlos rushed forward immediately, sliding an arm under Maxton's shoulder and guiding him toward a worn armchair sitting near the far wall of the entrance hall. Maxton gritted his teeth the entire way, sweat beading along his hairline, his breathing shallow and controlled, like he was fighting to keep every groan locked behind his lips.He had held himself together in front of Ramirez, in front of Raina, standing tall and cold and unshakable. But that strength had cost him. Every second of standing straight, of walking without support, had been agony wrapped in willpower alone. He refused to let Raina see it. She was pregnant, already carrying enough fear and stress for two people. He wouldn't add to that we
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Ramirez stood frozen for a long moment, his eyes darting wildly across the sea of black-clothed men filling the entrance hall. His mind refused to process what he was seeing. This wasn't supposed to happen. None of this was part of his plan. He had accounted for guards, for angry threats, for desperate pleading. He had never accounted for this.He spun around sharply, desperate to find Carlos, to demand an explanation, to scream at someone for whatever betrayal this was. But instead, his eyes landed on Maxton.Maxton, who was supposed to be barely conscious, being dragged along by his men just moments ago. Maxton, who just minutes earlier had looked like a corpse waiting to happen, his skin gray, his eyes barely able to stay open.Maxton was standing.Standing tall, straight-backed, his eyes sharp and clear, completely devoid of the weakness that had defined every single moment Ramirez had observed him over the past week. There was no trembling in his hands. No shortness of breath. No
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Raina stared at the note in Carlos's hand for a long moment, her mind spinning with a hundred questions all at once. Who was Roger, really? Had he always existed inside Maxton? Why had she never known about this, in all the years they'd been together, all the nights they'd spent talking about everything under the sun? But she decided to keep the questions away for now, tucking them into the same place she kept all the fear building up in her chest. Now wasn't the time and she could ask later, once they were safe and Maxton was himself again.She looked down at his face, still resting against her lap, his eyes closed, his breathing slow and steady. Whatever had happened to him just now, whoever Roger was, he seemed calm. Frighteningly calm, in a way that unsettled her more than his weakness ever had.Carlos folded the note quickly and tucked it into his pocket, his eyes meeting Pascal's briefly in the rearview mirror. Neither of them said a word, but the silent understanding passed bet
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The black car roared through the gates of the Retroferd estate. Maxton didn't wait for the guards to open his door, he quickly stepped out with Raina still cradled in his arms. She looked like a broken doll, but the way she held her head showed she was far from finished. Maxton’s face was dark and
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Raina remained standing at the altar and some of the guests stared at her with pity while others had mocking expressions on their faces and were gloating over the fact that she wouldn't be acknowledged as the Don's wife by the Retroferds.Steps suddenly echoed on the stone floor and Lorenzo walked
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