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Chapter 11: The Man Who Claimed Me
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2026-06-22 00:33:12
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THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 23: Waging Wars
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THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 20: A Price for Trust
Elena's POV ⬤ ─── ⬤ ─── ⬤ ⬤ ─── ⬤ ─── ⬤ And then I finally get it. She thinks I set this up to get her.Shit.This is why I wanted to stay hidden. It will take a whole hell of an explanation to get me out of this mess, considering what I have managed to make myself look like. But I have no other choice.“I didn't organize those men to hurt you, Elena, and none of this is a scheme, as you call it. You have this all wrong.”Dammit.Just thinking about those bastards, thinking about what she went through two days ago, has me getting worked up again, especially since I am yet to deal with that blonde snake who started all of this in the first place.“Elena, what did I tell you?”“That you are dying,” she replies, and I almost burst into laughter, but I know that will only make me look weird.I chuckle instead. She is so adorable to be thinking about me right now when I could very well be the cause of her pain.“Elena, can you please
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 19: Dilemma
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