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• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   HIS CLAIM

  ~ MIA ANTHONY ~I held my phone, the new time table for the days of lectures before our final Exams stared back at me.I knew there was no rest. Just last week we had finished our test and a new calendar for lectures had been created this Sunday.I tossed my phone to the side of the bed, my heart heavy as I slowly remembered last night.After Luca and I had a minor fallout in the bathroom. Not quite sure what he was angry about, probably because of the imposed rule or the refusal to scrub his body. Whichever one, it was clearly affecting me.This was hard for me to accept but it was.I hugged my pillow, my eyes staring at the plain bed board as if it had answers to my questions.I stared back at my phone, again. There were no messages to say they'd been away for a week, and that I shouldn’t bother about their absence. No Infuriating calls — like usual — as Luca would have done, but a stupid notification of the timetable update.“Ah!” I screamed iñto the pillowI wasn't supposed to fe

• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   DIRE MOMENT

  ~ LORENZO ~“Just do what you know best, dummy.”“Come to the Castle.”My eyes shot open instantly.Casper's lazy smile lingered as he calmly dropped the phone on the table.“What have you done?” “What I know best,” he shrugged.“It's not funny.”“But it is.” A grin played out on his face. “What task do you have for her?” Casper stretched his foot as he stood.“Maxwell shared some important information about her.”Casper sat down back quickly, his eyes glued onto mine like I was some artifacts. “Care to share?”“Though he said he was told by a witness, I still have unclear thoughts or do I say, trust in the information. So I can't share until I'm sure.”I stood, adjusting my neck tie.I could feel Casper's gaze on me. Of course I know he was annoyed already.“Was there a need to tell me if you can't share?”He slowly arose, stamping his feet on the floor. “You asked and I responded. Also, no thank you because I didn't tell you a meeting was being held at my house, like what happened

• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   FRACTURED

  ~ LORENZO ~As I stepped out of the hospital, I got so many thoughts. Yesterday my mum spoke, so quietly, about how I should let her die instead of spending so much money, time and effort. “Sometimes, when one has lost hope to live, the healing process becomes slower, however, from what your mother is passing through, there's a low chance of survival,” Doctor Robert had said. Taking his glasses out to wipe a tear at the corner of his eyes.“No, she wasn't the one to die,” I whispered, pain evident in my voice.“But death doesn't work that way. Death doesn't look at status, deeds or wealth. It's an equalizer. That's why it's said to be the fairest thing.”His words were a double edge knife. Almost like he doesn't care. “How is it fair?” I felt a familiar pang in my chest, a dull throbbing that refused to go. The ache was a familiar nostalgia. It came like a wave —hard, uncared and direct. Same as when I had watched her husband, my father died.••• ••• •••“No, no, no.” I had moved m

• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   KEPT AT ARM'S LENGTH

  ~ TESSY ~I had tried to hold it in, yes, the growing feeling.The warmth. The obsession. The closeness. His scent when I was in his office. The sly grin that spread across his face when I agreed to sign the deal? They all kept coming in, messing with my brain. Ah! The deal. Why did I sign it? “Oh God!” My head sank back on the car seat as I groaned painfully.To be his fake girlfriend? What did he take me for? I drove past his company. Everyday, I stared at the company's gate and battled with this fluttering feeling that I might just get at least a glimpse of him. But the opportunity never came.To make it worse, he was constantly ignoring my calls. No intimate names.No calling.Only act intimate around Lorenzo.Shit! Why did I forget? My hands roughly weaved through my hair as a light chuckle escaped my lips. “You're stupid Tessy.” I muttered to myself.Even the investment he promised, the process, everything was done by his right hand man, Ryan.Did I do something weird at L

• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   ALONE

  ~ MIA ANTHONY ~“Wife!” He murmured, his hands against my side as my legs almost forgot their ability to move.I could smell the pungent stench of alcohol on his shirt. The hotness of his mumbling breath seeped into my skin.“Why has he been drinking?” My eyes shot towards Damien who stood beside me, his hands folded into their arms. I knew Luca for these past months and I had known he wasn't one to get drunk to stupor.Ryan with his head bowed in what I would call shame, stepped forward to offer to take Luca but I declined. My hands tightly wrapped around Luca whose body was thoroughly bent on mine.“I was asking a question, and where were you both when he got to this point?”“I'm sorry ma'am, we can't provide you with the best answer as we don't know, but we can help by taking him to his room,” Damien spoke, his eyes glancing towards mine as if pleading.I felt it and I knew my intuition was right. These folks are bloody liars and they couldn't conceal it.“You both lie and it sti

• Contracted to the Mafia Lord: The devil and His pet   THE LUCA I SAW

  ~ MIA ANTHONY ~ My lesson today with my online tutor was one of the worst I had ever had. Mrs. Holly, a name that definitely doesn't suit her personality, greeted me with a scowl. From the moment the screen turned on, her pale face came in view. Her smudged red lipstick that doesn't compliment her white suit, and her high pitched voice that sounded like a horse in heat when she scolded me the moment we went live. “You are a minute late, I don't joke with punctuality!” She had said to me, even before I could introduce myself. We covered two important subjects, and the time went by slowly. I was extremely bored, tired, and hungry. A sudden tap on the door disrupted our lessons. “Who's there?” “You should be aware that there are no distractions during lesson time, right?” Her voice again, she spoke firmly that I had to sit back. With a louder tap, the sound echoed through the room. “Go!” Mrs. Holly sighed, her frail hands placed on her forehead in exasperation. “Miss