Taken By The Mafia Lord

Adele was trained to notice even the most subtle change in her environment, not to mention that she lived alone and knew when something was not in place. And right now, whoever broke into her place tried his best, but that cologne gave him away.

Pulling out her pistol and holding it in a strong grip, Adele carefully stepped into the corner of her living room, using the wall as a shield before stepping into view, seconds away from pulling the trigger at the intruder only for her eyes to widen when her sight fell on Elijah sitting on her couch.

"Hey," He waved at her as if he owned the place while Adele's feet were stuck to the ground. What the hell?

Adele didn't lower her weapon nor did she let go of the trigger, her finger just rested there, her mind undecided. Of all people to break into her home, Elijah was the least of them and it was quite a shock, to see him once again.

The past few days that she had been all by herself, Adele couldn't help but wonder what she would do if she ever laid her eyes on Elijah once again. She would probably end his life before he had the chance to say a thing or even ask for an apology.

Unfortunately, Adele did not do any of that. She was simply numb as she wondered, was Elijah staring back at her, or was she seeing things? She looked at him and he had bruises on his face that were beginning to fade.

Although Adele was curious to know what happened to him, she couldn't help but wonder at the same time if he had purposely come to see her in this condition to arouse pity from her. After all, he was a master of manipulation and it shouldn't surprise him if he decided to go that low.

Suddenly, Adele was enraged, how dare he come to see her with such a motive? He was a scum to the end. No, Elijah was a chapter of her life that she wished to end once and forever, but then, the Quadruplets….

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't blast your brains out right now!" Adele aimed the gun with a hardened expression. What had she even seen in this guy? She wondered, but then her treacherous heart couldn't help but remember the good times. Adele pushed the memories to the back of her mind, this was not the time to get emotional.

"I don't have any reason left and it would be a mercy to die in your hand considering what I did to you," Elijah told her with so much pain in her tone that nearly touched her. But then, Adele refused to be affected by his emotions, if this was another of his shenanigans to get her to forgive him easily, then he was at a loss.

Perhaps, she could have forgiven him with time, but with a kid, no, kids involved, it was not happening. Deceiving her and knocking her up was an unforgivable sin, not that he knew of the latter.

Adele lowered her weapon and said to him, "You should leave." She was not ready to face him. No, she didn't want to face him. Adele had too many things to say to him - like how she was pregnant with his children - but Marcel was right, this fool doesn't deserve her opening up to him.

Elijah stood up, "Adele…."

"Please, don't…" Adele was tired and that was obvious with the way she pinched the bridge of her nose.

But Elijah was not listening and continued walking towards her as he said, "I never meant to hurt you. My primary goal had been to get Arianna out of Marcel's grip and I was so zealous to get what I wanted and things got complicated."

"Yeah, I was the collateral damage, nor did you think that you would get deeply involved with me. No…" Adele laughed hysterically until her expression shifted at the last minute and she sneered, "getting involved with me was the plan, wasn't it? I was the shortcut to accomplishing what you wanted, isn't it?"

"I'm sorry, Adele. I'm very, very sorry." He apologized, now standing in front of her and closing the space between them.

Adele took a step back, uncomfortable with their proximity. She scoffed, " It's quite unfortunate that the word, 'sorry' doesn't change anything. You can leave now and don't ever come back because you might not be fortunate the second time." She threatened him, hoping that the words had gotten into his head.

However, the instant she turned to leave, Elijah grabbed her hand and turned her to him. The force knocked her into his chest, drawing a sharp breath from her lips as she felt the heat of his body.

Adele looked up at him with slightly round eyes that were full of questions, why was he doing this? And Elijah took advantage of that moment of weakness to clasp her cheek. He whispered to her, "I love you, Adele."

Just like that, she stiffened. Her eyes grew much wider than before, her heart thumping in her chest. Oh no, this was not happening. Adele knew deep down that she was not completely over him and couldn't fall for his charms again.

She tried to move away but Elijah's hand was firm on her waist, giving her no chance of escape. Adele placed her hands on his chest, intending to push him away, all to no avail and it stayed on his chest instead.

"You were not what I expected, and neither did I plan to fall for you. All my life, everything that I did was perfectly executed until you came along like a wrecking ball and shattered eveything. You are the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me and you don't know how much I regret that things ended for us this way. I was stuck between my duty and my heart and I didn't know what to do. However, I don't want to give up on a good woman like you, please Adele, don't let 'us' end. " He begged her desperately.