공유

Chapter 20

작가: Lilywhispers
last update 게시일: 2026-07-04 22:12:57

Damien

Slapping people had apparently become Ariana's new hobby. First me. Now Vanessa.

It had taken every ounce of self-control not to lose it back with laugher in my office when Vanessa had been tripping over her own lies, trying to paint herself as the victim.

She was a terrible actress. Not that I didn't believe she'd been slapped. Ariana's handprint had been impossible to miss.

But I also knew Ariana. Or at least...I knew enough.

She wasn't the kind of woman to raise her hand without being
이 작품을 무료로 읽으실 수 있습니다
QR 코드를 스캔하여 앱을 다운로드하세요
잠긴 챕터

최신 챕터

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 36

    ArianaI didn't hear a single word Damien was saying. All I could think about was one thing.Lily.My eyes found her almost immediately.She was sitting with the other children, her little trophy resting proudly in her lap as she listened with the kind of concentration only children seemed capable of.Completely oblivious. She had no idea the man standing barely thirty feet away...Was her father.A cold knot tightened painfully in my stomach.No. This couldn't happen. Not today. Not like this.I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready for Damien to see her. I wasn't ready for Lily to meet him.I wasn't ready for either of them to unknowingly stand face-to-face while I watched everything I'd spent six years protecting begin to unravel.Without taking my eyes off the stage, I leaned toward Tessa."Tess." She glanced at me. "Hm?""Can you take Lily?"Her brows pulled together."What are you talking about?""I don't want her here."Tessa stared at me for a long second as if I'd suddenly started spea

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 35

    Ariana"You need to calm down." Tessa pointed the wooden spoon at me as though it were a weapon."I am calm.""No. Because tell me why you kept on checking the time for the sixth time in three minutes.""I was making sure we weren't late.""We're over an hour early."I looked at the clock hanging above the kitchen cabinets. We still had forty-eight minutes before we leave.I looked down at the container sitting on the kitchen island.Mini cupcakes. Chocolate chip cookies. Small juice boxes. And individually wrapped fruit snacks.The school hadn't asked parents to bring anything.But Lily loved sharing.Every time she came home, she'd tell me stories about giving away half her lunch because one of her classmates forgot theirs or because someone wanted to taste her biscuits.So this morning, I'd decided to prepare little treats for everyone in her class.It wasn't much. Just enough to make a few children smile."I still think you're overdoing it," Tessa said as she carefully tied a ribb

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 34

    ArianaMy phone was wedged between my shoulder and ear while I stirred sugar into the mug absentmindedly. "Matt, are you sure?" I asked.On the other end of the line, he sighed. "Ariana... this is the fifth time you've asked me.""I know.""And the answer is still yes."I bit my lip. "But your leg—""My leg is broken, not my entire body."A small laugh escaped me. "You'll be on crutches.""I've been on crutches for weeks.""I still feel bad asking.""You didn't ask.""You started worrying out loud, and I volunteered."Tessa traitor. She was definitely the one that told him. Even though lately, I'd barely had enough time to think about school activities.Not until yesterday that I got an email reminder on the school activities for the Parents' Participation Day.Normally, I would've rearranged my schedule.Unfortunately, it landed on the same morning as an important board meeting Damien had made very clear couldn't be moved. I hated disappointing Lily."I'll take her," Matt said. "She

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 33

    DamienThe liquid swirled lazily in my glass as I gave it another slow turn. Muted jazz drifted through the room, blending with the quiet murmur of conversations from the scattered tables around us.It was one of the few places Theo and I could have a drink without someone trying to discuss business every five minutes.Ironically...Business had found us anyway."The Singapore investors are dragging their feet," Theo muttered, taking a sip of his whiskey. "They'll sign eventually, but they'll negotiate until the very last second.""They always do."He sighed. "I've gone through three revised proposals this week.""You'll probably go through another three."He laughed. "I hate that you're right."I reached for my glass. "The board meeting wasn't exactly enjoyable either."Theo snorted. "'Wasn't enjoyable' is one way of putting it."I looked at him. "You nearly gave Mr. Collins a heart attack.""He overstepped." Theo chuckled into his drink."There goes my older brother." I arched an e

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 32

    ArianaThe front door clicked shut behind me a little harder than I'd intended.I let out a frustrated breath, kicked off my shoes, and shrugged my jacket off my shoulders before hanging it on the coat rack."Unbelievable," I muttered under my breath dragging a hand through my hair.The soft glow of the television spilled into the hallway.When I stepped into the living room, I found Tessa curled up on one end of the couch while Matt occupied the other, his injured leg stretched carefully across a cushion they were completely absorbed in the movie playing on the television.The moment Tessa spotted me, she paused the movie. "You're back."I walked past them without answering, dropped myself into the armchair opposite the couch, and folded my arms."I don't think Damien is okay in the head.""What?" The two exchanged looks. "I said," I repeated, rubbing my forehead, "I genuinely don't think that man is mentally okay.""Should I be worried?" Tessa asked. "Yes.""About you or about him

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 31

    DamienThe soft pop of the cork echoed through the silence of my living room. I pulled it free from the bottle before reaching for a crystal glass resting on the minibar.A slow stream of red wine filled the bottom of it.I carried both the bottle and the glass over to the sitting room before lowering myself onto the leather couch.I took a long sip. The wine was expensive. Smooth. Normally, it would've helped me unwind after a day like today.Tonight...It tasted like absolutely nothing.I leaned back against the couch, dragging a hand through my hair before closing my eyes for a brief second.Today had been exhausting. People had apparently decided to test my patience from the moment I stepped into Valmont Holdings.The quarterly board meeting should have lasted forty-five minutes. Instead, it stretched into nearly two hours.By the end of the meeting, the room had gone unusually quiet. Because I'd made it painfully clear I wasn't interested in listening.Theo had to confront me call

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 2

    Ariana It took me a few seconds, maybe longer than that to convince myself that I wasn't imagining things. That this wasn't some cruel trick my exhausted mind was playing on me.Because once upon a time, those same eyes used to look at me like I was something precious. Like I was the only person i

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 1

    ArianaI used to think survival was about strength... about smiling through pain and standing tall no matter how hard life pushed you.But life doesn't work like that. Now I know survival is just getting through the day without falling apart.The city lights blurred past the taxi window as I stared

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 6

    Damien"Listen carefully because I'm only saying this once." I said to the bastard making sure my voice was venomous enough to remind him who is the boss here. "I'll give you forty-eight hours." I said. "Forty-eight hours," I repeated. "If every cent isn't back where it belongs by then, you'll spe

  • My Obsessed Mafia Ex Wants Me Back   Chapter 3

    DamienPower changes people. Sometimes it hardens you slowly until you stop recognizing yourself. Other times, it turns you into exactly what the world feared you would become in the first place.Two months.That was how long I had been out of the country handling shipments, negotiations, and probl

더보기
좋은 소설을 무료로 찾아 읽어보세요
GoodNovel 앱에서 수많은 인기 소설을 무료로 즐기세요! 마음에 드는 작품을 다운로드하고, 언제 어디서나 편하게 읽을 수 있습니다
앱에서 작품을 무료로 읽어보세요
앱에서 읽으려면 QR 코드를 스캔하세요.
DMCA.com Protection Status