111. Dead man

LORENZO~•~My father opened the door for me when I rang the doorbell.He ran his eyes across my form. “You seem to be doing better, son.”As if he’d know how I was doing the last few weeks. And I wasn’t stupid. I knew he was checking for weapons. He was good at pretending his slow sweep across my body was fatherly concern but I knew betterI also assessed him, checking for bulges at the waist or weight imbalance. There was none. It was easier to check if he was strapped or not since he was wearing a pair of pajama pants and a white shirt. My father had no weapons on him.Even his place that usually had guards all around him had none. I’d only seen one face apart from my father’: since I stepped in here and it was the person who opened the gate for me.It unsettled me.What was he planning? Had he decided today was the day he killed me?His lack of protection unsettled me more than if he’d greeted me with a rifle.“Dinner’s already served,” he said, placing a heavy hand on my should

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112. What next

ISLA~•~When I woke up, I didn’t feel the weight of Lorenzo’s arm around me. I looked at the digital clock by the nightstand. It was exactly midnight and Lorenzo’s side of the bed was cold. Did he come to bed at all?I stood up quickly and exited the room. I didn’t know where I wanted to find him but he was always either in his room or in his office and he wasn’t in the room.The doctor had told him to rest. It was midnight and he still wasn’t in bed. Why the hell was he so stubborn?My steps down the stairs were very quiet. I was about to turn onto the hallway when I saw a faint light coming from the kitchen. I followed it.It led me straight to the man I was looking for and his best friend, except the one in a wheelchair was putting on a new bandage around his chest.I gasped at the sight of the bloodied bandage and both heads turned to me.“What the hell did you do? How did you open your wound?”“See?” Ricardo asked. “She gets me.”Lorenzo kept his eyes on me but didn’t respond a

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113. Girlfriend

ISLA~•~Thankfully, Lorenzo didn’t try to go on any more dangerous missions for the next two months.After organizing a funeral for Lucia’s father and the man Lorenzo lost, he decided to rest while Romano tied up all the loose ends. Romano got rid of all the people involved in the Alvario family massacre one after the other. He hadn’t been affected by the massacre since he only knew Lorenzo after he moved out of his adoptive father’s house, but he was so loyal that he took all of Lorenzo’s enemies as his.When Ricardo finally started walking, he wanted to join Romano as his family had been affected by it, but Romano refused since Ricardo still limped when he walked.Ricardo was bitter about it and didn’t speak to Romano for three days. Romano finished his job and apologized to Ricardo knowing the man couldn’t hold a grudge.Lorenzo had offered Lucia and her mother a safe place in case they weren’t comfortable living with him, but they didn’t take the offer. Lucia was happy to be clo

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114. Final chapter

ISLA~•~We ended up on a tiny island that I didn’t even know the name of.Lorenzo rented out a villa that came with a private beach.I hadn’t realized how much I needed a vacation till we got there. We spent the first week soaking in the sun, swimming naked at night, and falling asleep on the terrace.We were having so much fun that I barely had time to even take pictures. I’d forgotten my phone even existed. Lorenzo looked happier than I’d ever seen him before. He seemed lighter, like he wasn’t carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders anymore.Then again, he’d been plotting revenge for years and finally killed the person who killed his parents. It wasn’t so odd that he seemed lighter.On the eighth morning, I woke up alone again, but this time, the bed was still warm, indicating he had left not too long ago.There was also a note on his pillow that read, ‘Meet me where the path ends’.I chuckled to myself. Another surprise? He was on a roll these days. I grabbed the first

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Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Devil you begged for: Kabanata 111 - Kabanata 114

111. Dead man

112. What next

113. Girlfriend

114. Final chapter