My father sold me to the Mafia King novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237: 237/The Fear of Love

Chapter 237:

Robert’s POV

I didn’t know how to answer her. I didn’t know if what I felt was truly love, but I knew that I went insane when she wasn’t near me, and I was ready to kill anyone who even looked at her. But was that love? Mafia men don’t love; it’s not in our nature. My body went rigid under her searching gaze, and a heavy silence filled the room, broken only by the sound of her expectant breathing.

"What is wrong with you? Why aren’t you answering?" she asked, her voice tinged with bitterness as she watched my frozen state.

I would have preferred to take another bullet to the chest rather than answer that damn question. I averted my eyes, my voice turning cold. "Why are you asking?"

"Because I want to know," she insisted, her grip tightening on my arm.

I exhaled a sharp breath of frustration. "It isn’t necessary to know everything."

She sat up straight, and I felt the tension in her body beside me. "I want to know what kind of relationship we have. I came to you because I love you... but you? Why did you let me in?"

"Because I find you attractive," I muttered, trying to escape the pull of her eyes.

"Is that it?" she asked, her voice breaking.

I felt a sudden sense of suffocation. "Julie, let’s change the subject," I snapped with slight intensity.

"So, you don’t love me," she whispered, her lips trembling with pain.

I ground my teeth until the muscles in my face bulged. "Are you trying to start a fight?"

She shook her head sorrowfully. "Not at all. I’m just trying to understand what is between us. Are you treating me like Sarah?"

At the mention of that name, I recoiled, and a fire ignited in my eyes. "I told you before never mention Sarah!" I warned, my voice low and dangerous.

But she didn’t back down. She raised her voice, struggling to hold back her tears. "I want to know what I am to you, Robert!"

I wanted to scream at her, to tell her: ’You are my air and my life. Because of you, I feel things I’ve never known before.’ But the words choked in my throat. Instead, I spoke with a coldness that betrayed everything I felt. "You are someone I am very fond of."

Her eyes widened in disbelief, her voice shaking. "What am I? Am I just a girl you fuck, Robert?"

"Of course not," I replied instantly, my tone sharp and final.

"Then what?" she asked, lost.

The pressure was mounting, and in my desperation to end the conversation, I said something I regretted the moment it left my lips: "Didn’t you say it was enough that you loved me?"

Her expression vanished in a split second. The light in her eyes died out, replaced by a terrifying calmness. "Yes... you’re right," she said quietly. "I’m sorry."

I realized my mistake and reached out to catch her hand. "I didn’t mean it like that..."

But she pulled away quickly, distancing herself. "Don’t worry. I understood exactly what you meant."

She stood up abruptly, turning her back so I wouldn’t see her tears. She walked toward the door with unsteady steps. "I’m going to get Axel." She left the room and closed the door behind her, leaving me alone to slam my fist against the bed in a fit of self-loathing. Why did I say that? I should have just said it... I should have said I love her. Why is it so hard?!

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Julie’s POV

I walked out of his room, tears on the verge of falling. I quickened my pace before I could completely break down; I didn’t want him to see me weak, and I certainly didn’t want him to see me begging for his love. Was it really that hard for him to say it? Was everything I felt from him just an illusion I had woven in my mind?

Before I knew it, I was at Max’s door. I pushed it open forcefully and walked in, thanking God that he was there and not working. He looked at me in bewilderment as he saw my state. "What’s wrong?"

My lips trembled as I sat on the edge of the bed, feeling defeated. "He doesn’t love me."

He frowned, confused. "Who? I don’t understand."

I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand. "Is it wrong that I asked Robert if he loved me?"

Max went still, staring at me in shock. "Did you ask Robert that?"

"I confessed to him that I loved him a few days ago," I said, looking away.

"You confessed to Robert?!" he echoed, frozen in place.

I glared at him. "Stop acting surprised like an idiot! What is wrong with you?"

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