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Nora didn’t know where she had gotten such strength from to say these things. A part of her wanted to blame the drowsiness of the cigarettes so she wouldn’t have to take the blame. She thought she was being pathetic and needy when they weren’t even together. He did not owe her anything. He did not owe her comfort or anything to fill in the big gaping hole left in her heart. She was afraid that if it wasn’t for him, the hole would swallow her up until there was nothing left. She would be nothing.
While she was in the middle of her thoughts, Mateo placed his hand on her cheek. Though he could not feel it, he knew it would be every bit as soft as he remembered.
“Nora..” He began hesitantly. “I don’t think you know me very well. I’m a cruel man.”
Nora had no doubt that he was being honest about it but the truth was, she had not witnessed him doing a single thing out of order. Nothing he ha
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“You should go rest now. You seem tired.” Nora nodded. It had been a harsh day of training for her so she planned to rest a bit before going to the hospital to visit her sister. She would go at night time as to avoid being spotted by anyone.“Yeah the training was especially hard today. Jack said I might need it for later.” She sighed as she remembered the countless kick punch strategies that were introduced to her throughout the day. At one point she thought she would throw up after working so hard and she wouldn’t mind if it would happen on Jack. That man was a ruthless trainer.Mateo pondered on her words for longer than usual. He simply ended with a nod as she took her leave. He wore his gloves once again and drummed his fingers in a rhythmic pattern against the desk. Not being able to resist himself, he presses the go to call button on the office telephone.“I know you’re recovering but I’ll be bothering
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“I’ll help with the training today as well.” Marcos says with a bright smile on his face while Jack puts on his wrist bands and stares at him in confusion. He spreads out his arms questioningly.“I thought only I was assigned this job?”“Hmm. Interesting theory but no.” His dark brown eyes glimmered with a certain mischief that escaped Jack’s attention though not Nora’s. She could immediately tell that he was up to something and whatever it was, the outcome would not be good considering the expression on his face.“If you say so.” They practiced the techniques and once they were done with the basics of self defense, they moved on to attacking methods. Today they happened to focus on a lot of taekwando offensive strategies.Before developing a competition strategy, each competitor must consider the following elements essential to taekwondo competition:1) Technical struc
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Meanwhile Mateo was enjoying his steak in his living office as he watches the CCTV camers recordings on repeat. He wasn't impatient and nor was he doubtful. He knew that if he was right, it was only a matter of time. He clicked on the remote and changed it to a different mission, confirming that nothing was wrong with how the cases were carried out. It was important that no one was seen or caught during the mission for the safety of the entire institute. Hence, he was always watching the surveillance like a hawk , seeing if any abnormality was present.
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The phone rings. Mateo watches it, letting it ring for some time before picking it up. Even before looking at the caller ID, he knew exactly who it was. A few seconds pass and then he casually picks it up, pressing the call icon and then lazily puts it against his ear."Yes?" He asked calmly."Mateo. We have a meeting tomorrow in the headquarters. I hope you can join us." It was none other than Lucian - the Mafia King. He shook his head lightly as if he was not surprised and things were going exactly how he had expected them to go.
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"I apologise but I am feeling a little under the weather, perhaps I will catch up with everyone later." A cigarette between his lips, he thickens his mind on this man. Mateo knew he had to so something about him before he made things worse.It was all him. The IT members were recommended by him and in the cases where death ensued, they had those members working in the mission, knowing who went where every minute of the way. It was clear that they had warned the enemy that the members were coming so they were prepared beforehand and launched a surprise attack before the members had a chance to figure out what was going on.There was one little piece of information missing. There's no way Lucian would have killed his own infiltrative people would he? He probably made sure they were spared while Mateo's subordinates were killed. As unfortunate the situation was, Mateo was glad that at least the culprit was caught red handed. This way, he could knew who was plo
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Now that he figured everything out. His only concern was the next mission. He knew he had to do something about it, either to prevent it or to make sure that no causalities occur. Slowly but surely, he formed an uncomplicated plan. As long as it was swept under the rug and everyone kept it a secret, things would go accordingly well but if not, then it’s possible that it could cost him his job. Mateo, however, didn’t have a big problem with that. It’s as if he had reached his saturation point with this line of work. If he did end up being fired, things would work out in the Mafia King’s favor.Mateo slept relatively peacefully that night. Sleep didn’t come soon but when it did, it wasn’t interrupted by the stresses of his daily life since he had already formulated a plan. What did wake him up wasn’t stress, but a few consistently soft knocks on the door. Not bothering to put on his sh
The Mafia Prince Author's Note
I won't be updating for a while due to some academic issues but I will start again as soon as I can. To give an estimate it might take around a month or two. I apologise for the inconvenience. Once I have cleared up everything I'll be back on track and continue the story. I hope you guys enjoyed it so far and I feel bad about waiting so long before continuing it :( Next time I write a story, I'll keep in mind that I should write in advance before starting it as to avoid such situations in the future. Thank you for reading
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Mateo turned off all the lights, including the small night light ones that barely shined in the room, lighting up just the minimum areas to aid one in getting around. “You can sleep here tonight.” He said coolly as he walked over to the bed and slipped under the covers, making sure to submerge the tiny figure beside him under them. Nora didn't think too much of it, nor did she notice the real reason behind him turning off the lights. As surprising as it was, Mateo always slept with the night lights on. It would be easy to get up and move around in case of an emergency. He could easily locate his weapons and the bulletproof vest lying in his closet. Yet suddenly, he had turned it off. ‘I can’t afford for her to see me like this.’ He was making sure his expressions would be less visible. As strong and self composed as he was, even he could not remain completely stoned face while talking about such things. The fearless man seemed to be afraid that his fa
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