Axel ignored Kelly, she smiled a little and nodded.
“I get it. You want to stay loyal to your wife.”
She scoffed and rolled her eyes.
“If she is loyal to you too, what the hell is she doing with El Diablo?”
Axel turned to her and she raised her brows, he moved closer to her and she slowly smiled. They were just inches apart.
“I don’t care about that.” He muttered in response and pulled away from her. He walked away from the balcony and she groaned.
“I won’t keep trying.” She muttered and smiled to herself as she kept staring at the buildings.
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Lily exhaled heavily as she stared at the meal in her presence, she was in the dining room in El Diablo’s mansion.
She kept picking on her food, she was worried about Axel.
She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard footsteps, she turned to see El Diablo walking in. He took a seat next to her, she looked away from him and stared down at her meal.
“He is fine.” El Diablo suddenly said and she looked up at him.
“Huh?” She muttered, confused.
“He is fine. I had one of my men check up on him, he was taken to the hospital and he is fine.” El Diablo said and she sighed in relief.
Her face slowly lit up and he stared. He was worried. He never worries about anything because he never lets anything get to him but when it comes to Lily, he gets worried and a lot gets to him.
He knew it was bad for him and the best thing to do was to stay away from her but if he does, it gets worse.
He stared at her as she smiled and ate her food, he found it hard to believe that she could smile just because she heard her husband was okay.
He wanted Lily to care about him too that way, he wanted her face to light up at the thought of him, he was worried because he didn’t know how he would make her so happy.
“Thank you.” She suddenly said and looked up at him.
“Hmm.” El Diablo responded. He was quiet for a few seconds before speaking up again.
“There is a mafia party tomorrow and you will be going with me.” He said and Lily looked at him.
“When can I go home?” She asked.
“You will be going with me. Everything you need will be provided.” He replied and Lily sighed.
“I have to go home, Zach. I have kids waiting for me… ”
“I know.” He snapped at her and she flinched. He groaned and ran his hand through his hair before walking out of the dining room.
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THE NEXT DAY
Axel, Kelly, Max, and Nora were gathered in Kelly’s safe house. Kelly was also in the mafia world, she, Max, and Axel had done so many business deals back in the day.
“So, there will be a mafia party tonight. El Diablo will be there.” Axel said. They were gathered at a table, there were different building plans of El Diablo’s base and guns on the table.
“We can’t do anything at a party.” Nora said.
“Yes, we can’t. But all we have to do is blend in and make El Diablo know we are coming.” Axel replied.
“Isn’t the best plan supposed to be that he doesn’t know we will be coming?” Max asked.
“That’s a boring plan.” He replied and Max chuckled.
“A boring plan that can’t get us killed.” Max scoffed. Axel gave him a look and he rolled his eyes.
“Come on, man. I am just trying to be real here. We can’t just go… ”
“Then don’t come along.” Axel cut him off and he scoffed.
“You are being a fucking asshole.” Max muttered and walked away. Nora sighed and looked at Axel.
“I don’t know what happened but you need to stop being this way. Just because you were being calm and nice didn’t mean no one respected you.” Nora said and walked away.
Kelly slowly chuckled and looked at Axel.
“Woah, what did I miss?” She asked. Axel ignored her and walked away.
“And we are back to square one.” She bit her lip and rolled her eyes.
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Lily sighed repeatedly as she stared at her reflection, her dress looked so good on her but she wasn’t happy. She couldn’t stop thinking about Axel and how she would make it up to him, she also thought of how she could make El Diablo let her go.
Running away isn’t an option, it would just make things worse.
The door to the room opened making her snap out of her thoughts, she turned to see El Diablo dressed in a tuxedo.
She hurriedly looked away from him before she would get lost staring at him. A part of her has these feelings for him that she couldn’t understand.
He slowly walked closer to her and stood behind her, he stared at her through the mirror and Lily avoided staring at him.
“You added weight, a little.” He suddenly said and Lily stared at herself properly in the mirror. She noticed it and she raised her brows. She was confused.
“What the… ” She trailed off as El Diablo cut her off.
“But you still look beautiful.” He added and she smiled a little.
El Diablo sighed and slowly wrapped his arms around a waist, Lily shivered a little as she relaxed in his arms.
“Your husband will be there.” He said as he stared at her through the mirror.
“Oh.” Lily muttered in response. She was a little excited and scared. She was going to see Axel but at the same time scared.
“I don’t want to do something that will hurt you so can you do me a favour and not talk to him?
I want you to just ignore him.” He said and Lily turned to him. His hands were still on her waist.
“What if I do?” Lily muttered.
“Then I will kill him.”
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