Forbidden Love With My Mafia Step-Brother
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Chapter 10 Ten img
Chapter 11 Eleven img
Chapter 12 Twelve img
Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty One img
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Chapter 23 Twenty Three img
Chapter 24 Twenty Four img
Chapter 25 Twenty Five img
Chapter 26 Twenty Six img
Chapter 27 Twenty Seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty Eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty Nine img
Chapter 30 Thirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty One img
Chapter 32 Thirty Two img
Chapter 33 Thirty Three img
Chapter 34 Thirty Four img
Chapter 35 Thirty Five img
Chapter 36 Thirty Six img
Chapter 37 Thirty Seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty Eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty Nine img
Chapter 40 Forty img
Chapter 41 Forty One img
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Chapter 43 Forty Three img
Chapter 44 Forty Four img
Chapter 45 Forty Five img
Chapter 46 Forty six img
Chapter 47 Forty Seven img
Chapter 48 Forty Eight img
Chapter 49 Forty Nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty One img
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Chapter 53 Fifty Three img
Chapter 54 Fifty Four img
Chapter 55 Fifty Five img
Chapter 56 Fifty Six img
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Chapter 58 Fifty Eight img
Chapter 59 Fifty Nine img
Chapter 60 Sixty img
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Chapter 64 Sixty Four img
Chapter 65 Sixty Five img
Chapter 66 Sixty Six img
Chapter 67 Sixty Seven img
Chapter 68 Sixty Eight img
Chapter 69 Sixty Nine img
Chapter 70 Seventy img
Chapter 71 Seventy One img
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Chapter 73 Seventy Three img
Chapter 74 Seventy Four img
Chapter 75 Seventy Five img
Chapter 76 Seventy Six img
Chapter 77 Seventy Seven img
Chapter 78 Seventy Eight img
Chapter 79 Seventy Nine img
Chapter 80 Eighty img
Chapter 81 Eighty One img
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Chapter 5 Five

Baron POV

I'm halfway through tugging a clean shirt from the wardrobe when someone starts hammering on my door. And its not a polite knock, but a sharp, angry pounding.

Great. I already know who it is.

I yank the door open, irritation prickling, and sure enough, it's Alexa. She's standing there with fire in her eyes, jaw tight, like she came here ready to rip me apart.

"I told you Marcus and I broke up, and minutes later he shows up beaten half to death." Her voice slices straight into me, thin but sharp. "Do I need a fortune-teller to figure out who's behind that?"

I lean against the doorframe and I meet her stare without blinking. She wants me to deny it, maybe, or to confess. I can't tell which. But I won't apologize for it.

"He's lucky I didn't have my gun on me," I say flatly.

Her eyes flash and she pushes past me, slamming the door shut with more force than necessary. She plants herself in the middle of my room, arms crossed, breathing hard.

"You think that makes it better?" she snaps. "I won't have you murdering people on my behalf. I'm glad you wore a mask, because if anyone knew it was you, you'd already be finished."

Her voice cracks just a little, and that's what gets me.

She's scared and weirdly its not for herself, but for me. It twists something in my chest I don't like to feel.

"You underestimate me," I mutter, turning away. The anger buzzing in me isn't for her, it's for Marcus, for every worthless idiot who thinks they can play with her heart and walk away untouched. But she doesn't see that. All she sees is blood on my hands.

I stop in front of the wall, where an old portrait hangs in its dusty frame. Men sitting stiff in suits, their faces frozen in time. I point at it.

"What do you see here?"

She frowns, confused. "Men. At a table."

A bitter laugh slips out before I can stop it. "None of them exist anymore. Because I killed them."

Her breath catches sharp behind me. I can feel her staring holes into my back. I shake my head, half amused, half bitter. "The only reason I hold back now is because getting caught is a nuisance. But make no mistake, Alexa, if someone stands in my way, they're gone."

The silence that follows feels heavier than anything she could say.

I turn back, pick up my shirt, lay it across the bed, and glance at her again. She looks at me like I've morphed into a stranger, like the man who pulled her out of that tunnel and the one admitting to murder can't possibly be the same person.

"How did you become this?" she whispers, her voice small but steady. "So cold. So merciless."

I step toward her slowly, words already burning in my throat. "Nobody taught me to be cold-blooded. My godfather told me once, power comes from the barrel of a gun. I proved him right."

I jab a finger at the portrait again. "Those men weren't saints. They were criminals. Monsters. Responsible for horrors you couldn't imagine, including my mother's death." My jaw tightens until it aches. "They deserved worse than what I gave them."

Her lips part, like she doesn't know if she should argue or run. "So you chose this life... because of her?"

"It's the main reason," I admit. "Not the only one."

She shakes her head slowly, takes a step back like she needs space from me. "I'm starting to think I'm not safe in this house. How can I trust someone who kills without hesitation?"

That cuts deeper than I expect. I step closer, lower my voice. "I've saved your life twice, Alexa. Three times, if you count the warning I left Marcus. Do you honestly believe I'd ever hurt you or your mother?"

Her eyes glisten, but her voice stays sharp. "A killer can never truly be trusted."

The words land like a blade, clean and final.

She turns and walks out before I can think of anything to say.

I let out a slow breath, drag a hand down my face.

Being open with her was never the plan. I promised myself I wouldn't get tangled up with women, not after everything I've seen, everything I've done. But Alexa isn't like the others. She cuts through the armor I've spent years building so easily, and that's dangerous.

And no matter how much I want to deny it, I already know, I can't stay away.

                         

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