Lucien Valez❤️‍🔥❤️

Mafia series - ~{Mafia x hostage}~ Chapter 4: Mine to Break *Please do read my previous talkies so you will know where the story is going.* I avoided him all day. Not because I was angry. Because I was thinking about what I’d do if he smiled like that for someone else again. And I didn’t like the answer. He found me in the garden, sitting on the bench with a cigar untouched between my fingers, eyes staring through the wind. He was nervous. I felt it before he even spoke. But he still came closer — like he always does. “Mr. Killian…” The title again. That careful little distance he thinks will protect him. I didn’t look at him. Not yet. “I didn’t mean to upset you,” he said softly. “About earlier.” I finally turned to him, slow. Measured. His hands were clasped in front of him, head slightly lowered. But his eyes — God, his eyes — they were searching mine like he wanted to understand the storm behind them. “Why do you care?” I asked. He blinked. “You always look scared of me. You flinch when I speak. You never meet my eyes for longer than a few seconds… So why do you care if I’m upset?” “I—” he hesitated, cheeks flushing. “I don’t like when you’re angry with me.” Wrong answer. I stood. He took a step back — a feather floating from fire. I moved forward. “You don’t like me angry?” Another step. “Then don’t let anyone else make you smile like that.” He bumped into the stone wall behind him. Trapped. “Because if you think I’ll watch someone else make you laugh again—” I placed my hand beside his head, leaning in close, the other lightly brushing his jaw. “—you haven’t been paying attention, Bunny.” He swallowed hard, heart thumping like it wanted out of his chest. “You think I brought you here because of your father?” I whispered, lips nearly brushing his. “I could’ve erased that man’s debt in a second.”