Claimed By The Mafia Rogue King (Snow and Cupid) novel Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Chapter 140

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The taxi stopped before the prison walls and I alighted, opening my purse to check the card, his card. The one Cupid gave me.

I paid the fare with it and quietly walked inside. The security guards recognized me from last time; they looked at me briefly before opening the iron gate for me.

With a grateful nod, I headed in toward the warden’s office, where three men were talking and laughing. But the moment they noticed me, they stopped, turning their gazes to me.

I approached and bowed my head politely.

“I am here to visit… uhm… Marlik Rogue,” I said softly. Before any of them could respond, a voice came from behind me.

“And you are?”

I turned immediately. Sir Jack. The chief warden from last time. I bowed again, clutching my

purse.

“I am here to see Marlik Rogue, sir.”

He studied me for a moment, probably wondering why I was here this late, then nodded and gestured ahead.

“Come wait in the visiting room. I’ll go

call on him.”

I smiled in gratitude and walked into the hall, entering the room with two chairs and a table between them.

I didn’t sit. I went to the window instead, swallowing hard.

Earlier today we had been blindsided. Neils White looked genuinely pleased to close the case, and I couldn’t breathe through it. H.O.W.L declared that since the case was closed, there was nothing more to be done, and we all went home.

I tried taking it off my heart, but I couldn’t. So I told my brothers I was going to visit Dove and left, saying I wouldn’t return until tomorrow.

Instead, I took the first taxi here.‘

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To speak to Marlik. To tell him to reappeal because this case needed a proper ending.

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I was still lost in thought when footsteps approached, and I turned quickly, preparing myself but it was Sir Jack who appeared.

He looked at me, gentle but firm, shaking his head.

“Marlik doesn’t want to meet you.”

I wasn’t surprised. I should have known he wouldn’t want to show his face to me or anyone tied to the law.

“Tell him I’ll see him.”

The voice came from behind Sir Jack and my blood froze.

Cupid.

Sir Jack turned and looked at the silhouette in the hallway. Cupid moved in, entering the visiting room silently. The chief warden nodded and left us.

At his departure, I went cold. Being in a small room with Cupid stirred emotions I didn’t even know I could feel. He didn’t look at me; his eyes stayed fixed on the entrance.

He was alive.

Until now, I hadn’t heard from him since he saved me on the highway. Seeing him here, standing, breathing, I felt a huge wave of relief.

But it didn’t last.

Footsteps approached again, different this time and the door opened.

Marlik Rogue stepped in, pausing briefly before walking fully inside. Sir Jack closed the door behind him, leaving us alone. The words I’d prepared vanished. I stood frozen, watching him stare directly at Cupid.

“Why didn’t you appear in court today?”

Cupid’s voice was calm, but I heard the bitterness beneath it. The danger, the anger simmering. His eyes flickered over Marlik, and he repeated, harder,

“Why didn’t you…”

“Why didn’t you tell me she’s dead?” Marlik cut in sharply. “Tell me, Jahan. Why?”

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console. He pulled the car back onto the road and kept driving.

Silence fell again. Heavy. Long.

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And I kept stealing glances at him, knowing he had taken a silver bullet for me without hesitation. He saved my life twice that day. And yet he wasn’t angry about the pain or the wound. He was only furious that I had put myself in danger.

After all of that, he was still worried about me.

I bit my lower lip, leaned over him slowly, and placed my palm on his chest, warm against the hard lines of his body, as if I could soothe the ache beneath.

“You alright?” I whispered, my lips brushing lightly against his cheek.

“Yeah,” he murmured.

“Kiss me.”

He hesitated for a second before slowing the car. He turned to me, letting me brush my lips tenderly against his, even though he didn’t respond the way he usually did. He was still upset.

“You should pull over at the store, Cupid. I want to get some groceries. How about dinner?”

He shook his head but eased the car toward the grocery store anyway.

“I’m not hungry.”

“You look like someone who hasn’t eaten all day,” I said, cupping his cheek, searching his eyes. “How about something simple?”

He nodded gently. I pulled back, grabbed my purse, and opened the car door, but paused to look at him.

“Just three cigarettes,” I said before stepping out.

I headed into the store, picked up what I needed, and eventually stopped at the cashier, paying with the golden card Cupid gave me.

When I walked out with the bags, I slowed down, and not because of the weight.

Cupid was leaning against the car, the last of the three cigarettes glowing between his lips.

But that wasn’t what made me pause.

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and I had never seen him like that. Pure rage burning like fire.

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“You ever sat down for a minute to think? Mom was raped by men our age. How does that make you feel? Huh?! Yasmin wasn’t even of proper age before she was used as a sex slave.”

He dragged a hand through his hair, nearly unraveling. His next words were dangerously calm, cold enough to wound.

“You know what Yasmin did the first time she saw me? She dropped to her knees and tried to unbuckle my

belt. She thought I was another client Feroz’s brother gave her. Her record is a nightmare. She’s traumatized beyond belief. Mom won’t stop crying. And I couldn’t even go near them because I can’t look at them knowing I failed.”

He stepped closer, voice razor–sharp.

“All this time, after everything they survived, we decided to get you out so you could make things right. Pay them back for the hell you helped bring into their lives. And you dare talk about who? A whore? She didn’t love you. She used you. Because you’re stupid and in love. The one fucking her was Feroz. You know what she called you? A downsider rogue.”

He scoffed.

“You did four years for her, and what did she give you back? A witness statement that locked you in prison forever. No one gives a shit about us. No one expects family. Maybe I made a mistake coming here. Maybe if you dropped dead along the years, Mom wouldn’t have to worry about her biological son rotting in jail.”

He walked out, shoulder slamming Marlik’s as he passed.

I stood frozen. Speechless.

Nothing I could say would ever match the weight of what Cupid had already delivered.

Quietly, I lowered my gaze and walked out behind him because nothing was left.

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