Hostile Rival : An Enemies to Lovers, Reverse Age Gap Dark Mafia Romance (Souza Cartel: Matheus) by Autumn Archer & Hostile Kingdom

Author:Autumn Archer & Hostile Kingdom [Archer, Autumn & Kingdom, Hostile]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Autumn Archer Author Ltd
Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

20

MATHEUS

“I can’t shake the feeling we’ve met before.” Giana blinks up at me.

“We haven’t,” I confirm, fixing the gold cufflinks Mama had given me on my eighteenth birthday. “I’d remember you.”

When I’d opened the gift box, I remember being pissed that a Souza ring wasn’t inside. Realistically, I shouldn't have been annoyed since I hadn’t killed anyone at that point in my life.

These days, I’ve more than earned it. Yet I’m still wearing a skull on my right hand and no family bloodstone.

Biting her lip, she plays with the diamond on her necklace. “Have you attended any other functions recently? Maybe we crossed paths and didn’t realize it?”

Bored, I scan the room, hunting for Dani. She’s around here somewhere. “I don’t go out much. I’d rather spend time at my brother's estate.”

Giana slides her hand inside the crook of my arm. She uses her body to push me to the edge of the room, positioning us between a gaudy golden eagle holding up a marble top with its wings and a portrait of her father.

Lifting herself higher, she whispers in my ear. “When you do leave the estate, do you wear a black ski mask with a creepy crow on it?”

My spine stiffens and I turn my face into hers, catching the glint of fascination dancing in the depths of her eyes. “I don’t do role play.”

She laughs at that. “Well, not intentionally, but you do play the hero very well.”

Fuck, she knows something. My best bet is to stay cool and deny everything. “What are you talking about, Giana?” I frown, my eyes drilling into her. “I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

She shakes her head. “No…no it has to be you. You have his eyes. I memorized the exact color of brown. As rich and sweet as chocolate, but dark like his soul…except something good was there too…something heroic.”

“Christ. I heard our guys had rescued you from a bunch of assholes. It must have really messed with your head.”

“Matheus,” Giana takes my hand, curling her fingers with mine. “I know it was you. You saved me.”

I’m losing my patience with this girl. She’s like a damn bloodhound sniffing out lies. Checking my wristwatch, there’s only a few minutes left before I need to be on the balcony. Until then, I have to throw Giana off the scent and offload her onto someone else, so she doesn’t follow me.

I remove my hand from hers and smile. I’d rather not be a dick about it. Not when my family are guests in her home and she’s all starry-eyed over my alternate persona.

“If you ever need a top-class lawyer to step in and save the day, then I’d happily be your hero. Otherwise, I’m all outta capes and masks.”

Giana cocks a brow at me and pouts her lips. “Ha ha,” she mocks. “My hero also spoke with the same accent as you. I’d go as far as saying it was the exact same tone and had that sexy rasp too.”

I chuckle.

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