The Mafia and His Obsession [Part 2] by Lylah James

Author:Lylah James [James, Lylah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-06-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Viktor

My sweet myshka…

She loved me even when I wasn’t worth her love.

I used to think—what is love?

I used to believe I loved Ayla. I used to think that was love.

Then my eyes fell on her.

She was sitting in her room, alone and silent…a beautiful mirage. She was knitting and the chandelier was glowing above her.

In that moment, my treacherous heart had started to really beat. My life found its real meaning—my real purpose.

I love you.

Fuck. My eyes clenched close.

I wanted to cradle her in my arms and take her far away from all of this.

But I was torn between the loyalty I had for my family and this woman in my arms.

I wanted to protect my family. My brother…my King. His wife. His children. I wanted to allow them a chance at happiness and to never experience the bitterness of loss. They had been through enough pain.

But I also wanted to protect Valerie. I longed to steal her away and be the right man for her, be a better man for her.

I couldn’t, though…

I fucking couldn’t, and it cut me deeper than any blade.

It hurt more than the bullet that had torn through my heart when Alessio shot me.

After tonight, how could I make a choice?

My family or her?

I chuckled humorlessly. I used to the trickster, but now life was playing its own joke on me.

How could I choose my King and leave my Valerie in the hands of a monster?

No.

The thought almost made me gag. Bitter bile made its way into my mouth, and I swallowed it back down again.

I looked down to see Valerie had fallen asleep in my arms. It was both the sweetest thing and the most painful moment. Her eyes closed, her breathing was even, and she settled deeper into my embrace.

Valerie trusted me.

She trusted me more than I trusted myself…

She believed in me more than I believed in myself.

Vows had been broken.

Promises were shattered.

The scars were deep rooted within, and I didn’t know how to mend them, how to unbreak our hearts.

My gaze fell on her pale face once again. Her lips were swollen, the wound was red where Valentin had bitten her. The marks he had left on her body mocked me. And the Devil laughed. My shoulders curved inward at the heavy weight and my ribcage crowded my lungs, making it hard to breathe.

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

The Devil wouldn’t leave. He made himself comfortable on my shoulders and continued his whispers in my ears.

It found ways to cut through my hardened skin, through my veins and finding its way into my heart.

My heart—an organ that was once steeled. A man who once was heartless.

A merciless killer.

A man with too much power in his hands.

He walked with shoulders straight. His name came with money and power.

With Alessio Ivanshov on his left, he was a god amongst men.

And now…

Viktor Ivanshov was just a mere human, bleeding and hurting like everyone else.

He was weak. His armor held cracks, and no glue was strong enough to hold the pieces together.

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