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Twenty Four

Author: Vivah_writes
last update publish date: 2026-06-05 17:22:49

The air in the bedroom had shifted to something heavy.

Something dangerous.

Isabella could feel it in the way her breath had changed.

In the way her heart refused to slow down.

In the way Lorenzo was looking at her.

Like she was the only thing in the world that mattered in that moment.

And that terrified her, because a part of her…liked it.

Too much.

Don Lorenzo stood close, too close.

His presence wrapping around her like an invisible force she couldn’t escape. His hand was still resting light
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    Isabella woke slowly.For a few brief seconds, her mind remained hazy, suspended somewhere between exhaustion and reality.The soft mattress beneath her felt unfamiliar.Too soft.Too luxurious.And the scent in the air...Fresh linen.Vanilla.Wood polish.Not home.Her eyes fluttered open.The first thing she saw was the enormous chandelier hanging above her.Then came the realization.The Valenti mansion.Her breath caught slightly.Memories from the previous night crashed into her all at once.The party.The humiliation.The laughter.Lorenzo walking in.The gunshot.Alessandro.The argument outside the study.And finally, Lorenzo's words.“You were trapped the moment you walked into my life.”Isabella closed her eyes briefly.Her chest tightened painfully.Nothing about her life felt real anymore.Slowly, she pushed herself upright against the massive bed, looking around the room properly for the first time.The guest bedroom was breathtaking.Fresh flowers sat on the bedside tab

  • The Mafia's Princess   Thirty Nine

    Isabella stood frozen outside the room, her hand still hovering near the door handle, her breathing uneven after everything she had just heard.Every word.Every accusation.Every cruel truth.It all rang violently inside her head.“She belongs to me.”The words made her chest tighten painfully.Inside the study, silence settled again.But outside?A storm brewed between two broken people.Alessandro lifted his head slowly after colliding into her.For a moment…Neither of them spoke.They simply stared at each other.And what existed between them now was no longer romance.No longer attraction.No longer even confusion.It was wreckage.Pure wreckage.Alessandro's expression darkened the second he realized she had heard everything.Isabella could see it instantly.The humiliation.The anger.The resentment.His pride had been shattered tonight.Not just by Lorenzo.But by her too.And somehow that made him hate her even more.Isabella swallowed hard, her voice trembling slightly when

  • The Mafia's Princess   Thirty Eight

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    Isabella Lombardi froze at the school entrance, her breath catching in her throat.Standing there, as if he had stepped straight out of a dream, was Alessandro Valenti—the most popular, most desired boy in school, holding a bouquet of fresh red roses.Waiting for her.Her heart skipped.Today was h

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