Tangled by lies

~02~Chiara I, Chiara, wouldn't keep being a tool in their treacherous games. I would become a player instead, playing alongside them. Neither the greedy piece of shit Antonio, nor that bastard Enzo could seal my fate. I will do that myself.There was Jensen, Matteo, Rico, Mario, Armando and many others before him. They all went with the wind. And some had to face my hand when they played hard to get or forced themselves on me. Enzo wasn't the first stumbling block on my path."Never thought I'd see the day." The man uttered, causing me to take a slow turn. A scoff left me when my eyes settled on a tall good-looking piece of shit, Carmelo Conti, just a seat away from me. Talk about the family rivalry bullshit I wanted no part in. "The feeling is mutual." I kept scrolling on my phone, ignoring his presence. Then, my eyes locked onto a certain name. My brows furrowed. Slowly, I turned to the man beside me, glanced at my phone, and then back at him. Our last encounters weren't friendly

~04~ChiaraIf I could not crush him, I'd find ways to please him into calling off the wedding. Something extremely valuable for his business. He was a greedy man after all. And I happened to know how to deal with them.I'd received a potential intel from Xander, and it was too risky if caught. But then again, danger was introduced into my life years ago, and I wasn't born yesterday.A day ago…"What is the most challenging thing in your business currently?" I held the phone up again, my finger just a press away. If he dared to move, I was going to blow his office up. He silently thought it over before facing me, "Clean transportation? Why are you asking?" I let out a breath. "What if I tell you, I can help you get something that would ensure clean and undetected transportation across any port and airport that you want?"His frown deepened as he tilted his head up. "And why would you do that?""Call off the wedding in return. Tell Antonio you have changed your mind." I stated.A tortu

~06~Chiara I begged, pleaded in every word and in tears but my little brother turned deaf ear, totally. My hands trembled as the gate was opened and a chain of our cars drove in. My heart drummed so hard, horror crawling in my chest. If only I were much more careful, then we would've flown away on that plane tonight. Away from the hell we were getting returned to.The cars pulled over at the entrance. My mind knew, my heart knew, hell even my skin knew what was going to happen, hence the goosebumps.I was dragged out of the car. Mamma came running after me as I was shoved on my knees, before the devil himself. Standing tall, and never looked so deranged before. His eyes were so dark they could eat me alive. His face was grim, and his lips pursed into a thin line. I knew I was doomed when I saw the veins that popped on his forehead. I'd seen this before, but it was just too much tonight.He backhanded me, shoving my face to the other side. All I could hear were muffled cries for aw

~08~Chiara The chattering of the keyboard filled my office as I abused Google, YouTube, TikTok, and IG since morning. Not caring about the chaos that transpired out there. The chaos that was born out of somebody’s consequences.When I robbed the hard drive from the Ministry of Defense’s server room, I brought it to Xander first. Since he was a fed and tech-savvy, he decrypted it and copied the information before encrypting it again as though it were new before handing it to Enzo.We planned on using the information on the drive about the corrupted politicians and rich businessmen when the right time came. And fortunately, Antonio’s time was up. Enzos would, too, eventually. The bastard wouldn’t be prepared for what I’d planned for him.Marco barged into my office. “You should see the news!” He took the remote from the coffee table and switched on the flat screen TV mounted on the wall ahead of us. “I saw it already, Bud,” I uttered while still typing away. I caused it, but he didn’t