His Ruthless Redemption (Isabella and Dominic) novel Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Isabella’s POV

“Isabella, wait!”

I was already halfway across the parking lot by the time Dominic came after me. I didn’t stop. Didn’t turn.

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My heels struck the pavement hard, each step fueled with the need to simply get away from him, from all the chaos that came from being in his world.

I needed to step back and think for a while, think of what to say before I talked to him again. My thoughts were too confused, too jumbled up. There were too many emotions bubbling up in my chest, and I knew that if we talked then, it wouldn’t be pretty.

“Isa!”

His voice followed me, sharp and urgent, cutting through the night air. I kept walking until my vision blurred, until the sound of the club behind me felt like it was miles away.

“Isabella!” He grabbed my arm, stopping me and making me turn around so I was looking at him.

“What?” I snapped. “Why are you coming after me now when you weren’t ready to listen to me in there?” The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.

Dominic stared down at me, chest heaving, eyes dark with something that looked like fury tangled with panic, not saying anything.

“That-“I gestured wildly towards the building when he didn’t say anything. “That could have been handled calmly.”

He stared at me like I’d spoken another language. “Calmly?”

“Yes,” I said, taking a deep breath and trying to reign in my temper.

Okay, if we were going to talk right away, I had to calm myself down or this conversation could get real ugly, real fast.

He was only trying to protect me and had gone too far in anger, I tried to reason with myself internally. If I just explained my point to him without getting agitated, he would understand.

We both had to understand that our worlds weren’t the same. And we both had to adjust a bit if we wanted to make whatever this was between us work.

“Look Dominic, what I mean is that you didn’t need to pull a gun on him. You didn’t need to make a spectacle out of it. You could’ve just told him to stay away from me and that would’ve been just fine, too.”

His jaw tightened. “Nico put his hands on you. Disrespecting you is disrespecting me. I couldn’t just let him walk away after doing that, especially when he knows who I am and what I do,” he replied.

His words made my eyes widen. What the hell? So, this was about his ego and not protecting me? He had only done all of that to maintain his image as a powerful Don?

Suddenly, all my pep talk about trying to handle this calmly flew out the window, anger flaring hot and heavy.

“So this was about your ego, then?” I said, the words ripping out of me before I could soften them. “You didn’t do that for me. You did it because someone dared to touch what you consider yours.”

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His eyes flashed. “You are mine.

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“You don’t own me, Dominic,” I snapped. “I thought you reacted that way because you care about me like you’ve claimed so many times before and had gone too far in anger. But no. You didn’t see a man harassing your woman in there, you saw a man disrespecting your organization.”

“That’s how it works,” he shot back. “I can’t let anyone think they can threaten my people and walk away.”

“Your people.” I repeated, feeling bitter now, my thoughts spiralling fast. So, that’s why his reaction had been so extreme tonight. Not because he was trying to protect me. But because he was trying to assert dominance, trying to show how powerful of a man he was. “Not me. Your people. Your reputation. Your power.”

His voice dropped. “It’s the same thing.”

“No, it’s not,” I said fiercely. “You tried to kill him to prove you weren’t less than anyone else. To put on a show. That wasn’t protection. If it was, I could’ve still talked to you about it, tried to explain my point. But I don’t even know what to say when this was nothing but an ego trip.”

His hands fisted at his sides. “What do you want from me, Isabella? This is how my world works. Power. Strength. It comes with the job. I can’t afford to show any weaknesses. And you’ll have to learn to live with it.”

His words made me pause.

Fucking hell. I hadn’t thought of it that way.

Was he right? Was I overreactin

Was I not seeing his point?

Or was he in the wrong?

I didn’t know.

I opened my mouth to reply, not knowing what was going to come out of my mouth then, but the door behind him burst open before I could.

My breath caught.

Nico stumbled out into the parking lot, eyes wild, face flushed, fury rolling off him in waves. He laughed when he saw Dominic.

“Still barking orders?” he sneered. “Thought you were done playing king tonight.”

Dominic turned slowly, his entire body going rigid.

“You should’ve stayed inside,” Dominic said coldly.

Nico shrugged. “Figured I’d finish the conversation.”

“Go,” Dominic said. “Now.”

Nico stepped closer instead.

Something in Dominic snapped.

He moved first.

The fight was brutal and fast, fists slamming, bodies colliding, the sound of bone and breath and rage. I screamed his name,

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but it drowned under the violence.

Nico fought dirty.

There was a sharp clatter, metal skidding across asphalt.

Dominic’s gun.

My heart slammed into my throat.

Nico lunged for it.

“No!” I screamed.

He got there first.

He turned, breath heaving, and raised the gun, pointing it at Dominic.

Time slowed.

Dominic froze. hands slightly raised, blood at his lips, eyes locked on the weapon pointed at his chest.

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One bullet.

That was all it would take.

My legs felt numb. My thoughts raced, frantic and useless.

Think. Think.

Nico’s laughter cracked, unhinged. “You know what?” he said wildly. “The Vitellis were right about you.”

My stomach dropped.

“We should’ve listened to them from the start,” he continued. “Everyone thinks you’re untouchable. A god.”

He sneered. “You’re not.”

He lifted the gun higher. Steadier.

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