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THE MAFIA BOSS CAUGHT VANESSA LYING ABOUT CLAIRE’S INJURIES BEFORE HE EVEN DISCOVERED WHAT WAS HIDDEN BEHIND THE AMETHYST / Chapter 2 / 10

Chapter 2 - THE BLOOD ON THE MARBLELuca took a single step toward me. The tension in the room snapped like a high-tension cable. Guests began backing away toward the arched doorways, sensing the sudden shift from a high-society art display to a syndicate interrogation.

"Speak," Luca ordered softly.

"Her brother," I rasped, my chest heaving beneath my torn uniform. "Julian Bellini."

Vanessa let out a sharp, hysterical laugh. "She’s lying! Luca, look at her—she’s a common maid! She’s terrified, she’s confused, she probably took a hit to the head when she fell down the stairs!"

"Julian is supposed to be managing our docks in New Jersey," Luca said, ignoring Vanessa completely. His eyes remained locked on mine. "Why was he in my private elevator at two in the morning?"

"He wasn't down in the cellar," I said, my voice gathering strength as the truth finally broke free. "I was cleaning the second-floor gallery near the private lift. I heard the doors open. I saw Miss Vanessa hand him a black hard-drive from your private wall safe. When I tried to pull back into the linen closet, Julian grabbed me."

Luca’s jaw clenched so hard a muscle beneath his scarred cheek began to pulse. "Julian put his hands on you?"

"He dragged me into the storage room," I continued, pointing to my shredded sleeve and the deep red gashes on my arms. "He threatened to cut my throat if I said a word. Miss Vanessa watched him do it. She told him to make sure I couldn't walk right so I wouldn't run to your security detail. Then she handed me this mirror and told me if I didn't carry it downstairs for her guests, she’d have my little sister picked up from her school."

Vanessa lunged forward, her manicured nails clawing toward my face. "You little lying bitch—!"

Before her fingers could even touch my skin, Luca’s hand shot out. He caught Vanessa by the throat, his massive, tattooed fingers locking around her neck with terrifying precision. He didn't choke her, but he held her completely airborne, her heels dangling two inches off the polished marble floor.

"Luca!" Vanessa gasped, her hands beating frantically against his iron forearm. "Luca... please!"

"You brought another man into my home," Luca said, his voice dropping into a register so low and dark it vibrated through the floorboards. "You allowed your brother to steal my private ledgers. And then you bled a girl in my house and threatened her family."

"She's... she's nothing!" Vanessa choked out, her face turning crimson. "She's just a maid!"

"She is under my roof," Luca whispered, leaning in until his scarred nose almost touched hers. "Which means she is under my protection. You forgot where you were, Vanessa."

Luca dropped her. Vanessa hit the marble floor in a heap, coughing violently, gasping for air as she clutched her bruised throat.

Luca didn't give her a second glance. He turned to his chief of security, Marco, who was already standing at the edge of the room with two armed guards.

"Lock Vanessa in the wine cellar," Luca commanded calmly. "Take her phone. Strip her of all access cards. If her brother tries to contact her, lead him here."

"Yes, Boss," Marco said smoothly, pulling Vanessa up by her elbows as she wept and pleaded for mercy.

The remaining guests scrambled out the front doors, terrified of being caught in the crossfire of a Moretti purge. Within three minutes, the grand drawing room was completely silent, saved for the heavy ticking of the grandfather clock and the sound of my ragged breathing.

Luca walked over to me. The dangerous, lethal killer who had just choked a mafia princess vanished, replaced by something far more terrifying: focused, intense attention.

He crouched down beside me. His large, warm hand gently cupped the back of my neck, supporting me as he looked down at my cut, bleeding legs.

"Can you stand?" he asked softly.

"I... I think so," I whispered, trying to push myself up against the wall.

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