My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 602

Chapter 602

“Vincenzo, no!” Gianna screamed, throwing herself forward. “Please! Don’t do this to her!”

She fought against my hold with everything she had.

“Relax, Gianna,” I said quietly, pulling her firmly against my chest as she struggled to break free.

Under any other circumstances, I would have loosened my grip the moment she resisted, but not now.

I wrapped both arms around her, holding her tightly enough that every desperate attempt to reach/Denise ended against me.

She pushed harder.

It made no difference.

For the first time since I’d known her, I used enough strength to make sure she couldn’t move.

Adriano stepped forward, smiling widely, his thumb resting flat against the hammer of his gun. His gaze drifted over the girls huddled together in the corner, all of them crying, begging, promising anything if we’d just let them

“They played a game with the Capone name,” Adriano stated, “In this city, when you play that game, you pay the tax. Every single person in this room who touched your hair or held the door is part of the debt.”

“I don’t want revenge!” Gianna cried, struggling harder against my arms. “I don’t want anything to do with them! I’m the one who bled! It should be my decision!”

I looked down at her, “Do you remember the men who put a cigarette out on your skin?”

She stared back at me, confusion and panic fighting for space in her eyes. Slowly, she shook her head, “Don’t…” she whispered.

I smiled, “I didn’t ask for your permission the last time someone hurt you. I’m not asking for it now.”

The words landed between us without emotion.

“They made you bleed. They stopped belonging to themselves the moment they did.”

Vincenzo exhaled softly, almost disappointed. He looked down at Denise as though deciding where to place a signature, “I don’t enjoy cruelty,” he said, “There’s no honor in tormenting a woman. A clean shot through the carotid. Fast. Efficient. You’ll lose consciousness before your body understands what’s happened. That’s more mercy than you’ve shown my sister.”

His eyes lifted to mine.

“Raphael.”

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