บททั้งหมดของ Tempting Bad: A Dark Mafia Romance: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

5ADRIAN“Look, Stacey…” I muttered, running my hands through my hair stressfully. “This really isn’t the time. I’m busy as fuck right now. I have a lot of shit to be dealing with.”“What do you mean?” she shot back, furrowing her eyebrows. “You always make time for me. For us.”“There is no us,” I shot back, rolling my eyes. “As of today, you’re no longer welcome back into this house. I’ll make sure to let the guards know that they have specific instructions to longer let you inside.”I gritted my teeth crudely.“Don’t say that,” she mumbled, hurt and taken aback by my reaction. “We have a good thing. Don’t throw that away.”“Good thing?” I scoffed. “It was just sex, Stacey. Nothing more.”“You can’t do this to me!” she yelled. “Is there someone else?! Is that why you’re doing this?! Shutting me off?!”She began punching my chest repeatedly.“Stop it, Stacey. Jesus fucking Christ. You don’t own me. I don’t belong to you,” I snapped, shaking her off me. “You’re a fucking psychopath. Y

12ADRIANOn the table, Jasmine’s jacket was on the table…And next to it…Was a USB flash drive.My heart thumped against my chest, feeling my surroundings spin around me.Was this the USB flash drive…That belonged to Enzo Ferrari?Which contained all the data on terrorist organisations?The flash drive that would guarantee my family’s freedom?Wasting no time, I grabbed hold of the drive, shakily holding it in my palms.And I realized that I was right.It had Enzo’s initials etched on the flash drive.Matteo had been giving me grief all day about getting this…And I was finally holding it.I could hardly believe my eyes.13ADRIANWasting no time, I grabbed hold of my burner phone, and rang the secret agent who was responsible for the deal I’d been given.“Hi Lucifer. I have the chip. We need to meet,” I said down the line.“Excellent news. Come down to the cabin beside Olga Forest. We’ll meet there,” Lucifer replied.“Alright, I’m on my way,” I breathed, and hung up the phone.Dar

“Yes… I did,” I gulped. “I promised her that after working for me, I would give her the choice. The free will to choose whether she wanted to stay, or go back to her normal life.”“And?” Adrian asked, cocking his head to the side. “You have your answer then. She’s decided to leave, Adrian.”“No,” I denied. “No, no, no…”I let out another blood-curdling scream, rocking myself backwards and forwards, as I felt all of the sanity I had inside of me leave my damn body.“But she loved me! She told me she loved me!” I roared. “I don’t believe this. I don’t fucking believe it!”Matteo grabbed hold of me, keeping me steady, and wrapped his arms around me, holding me against his chest, as I wept, tears rolling down my cheeks.“I know you loved her, Adrian…” he whispered. “I know it hurts. But you need to let go. She’s made her choice.”“But I don’t understand…” I convulsed, my eyes fogging, as my surroundings continued to spin around me. “She wanted to stay with me for the rest of her life. She

He grabbed hold of my body, tossing me around, forcing me to look him in his eyes, never once letting go of muffling my mouth, as I continued to struggle for air.“Did you really think I was just going to let you go after how you crossed me, baby girl? Let you go back to living your life as normal?” he whispered, cocking his head to the side. “I’m not one to forgive so easily. You stupid, stupid bitch. You just signed your motherfucking death warrant.”And then he brought up his fist to punch me through my head, knocking me down to the floor as my surroundings spun around me, my vision going hazy as I faded in and out of unconsciousness.Sweating profusely, my head searing with pain…Before everything went black.THREE HOURS LATER28JASMINE“Didn't think you’d ever wake up,” Enzo snarled, as I began to stir, and fade back into consciousness, the complete realization of what was happening hitting me like a ton of bricks.I could feel a weird sense of déjà vu, as I remembered how Adria

33ADRIANI did my best to sleep, but all I could do was toss and turn.How could I sleep, when the love of my damn life had been ripped away from me?It was no use.I needed closure…And I needed it now.I knew that seeing Jasmine would just kill me again.Batter my black fucking soul.But I had to see her just once…After everything we’d been through.I couldn’t just wallow in self-pity for the rest of my fucking life.I let out an exasperated growl, before getting up on my feet, throwing together a shirt and some trousers, before loading up my laptop, powering on the security system, ready to cross-search Jasmine’s face on the CCTV to search where she’d gone, and where I could find her.I waited for the search results to load, my patience wearing thin, as I tapped my foot down against the floor.The search results began to populate…And it was then that I came to the realization.She’d gone to the Golden Ace tonight.The same place she used to work…The same place I fucking met her