Chapter 431

431 His Heart Shattered

An opportunity came for Elijah in the form of an invitation. Although it came late minute, it was a party held at Marcel’s place but he would be dammed not to attend. He was not going to rescue Arianna, however, he needed to see the man that Arianna had chosen over him – and there was a part of him that wanted to see her as well even though he was full of anger, regret, and resentment.

Was she happy with Marcel? He hoped not, that was the only way he would feel peaceful – that she made a horrible choice. Elijah hoped that coming there would reveal everything to him and he would come to discover that it was all a misunderstanding.

That Arianna had no choice but to love Marcel because he threatening her. He prayed that her heart was still with him and everything else was a mere pretense. She was merely pretending to love Marcel to save her head, he hoped for that.

And then, he would whisk her out of there. It was too risky and he could lose his life, but he would do everything in his power to get her away from Marcel. He’s the reason she’s involved with that Luciano scum in the first place, hence, if Arianna would prove him wrong about the conception he has about her and Marcel, then he would right everything.

Adele had an idea of the party yet wasn’t going to attend – and he was grateful for that. Although the girl was beginning to lay down her defenses around him, she was still smart and a Luciano who wanted him dead. Elijah still had to be careful not to give away his identity. He had to conform to the character of Aziz and right now, Aziz wanted to party and as well catch a glimpse of the infamous young leader of the Luciano clan. Adele didn’t find it suspicious and let him be.

They were close to something concerning Peter’s case. The asshole has scheduled a mail to his address three weeks after his own death and it was a list of numbers. Adele assumed it was his phone they had no idea about and probably couldn’t find in the search because he got rid of it. Why would Peter leave this kind of clue then, they had no idea but Adele had this hypothesis that he did this intentionally.

The man must have sensed he would not be able to make it after betraying Marcel and didn’t want to die alone. In one word, whoever sponsored him must be among those numbers and they just had to go through it one after the other. Perhaps Peter should have made the search easier on them if he wanted to drag his accomplice down to hell with him. Nonetheless, it was better than nothing.

Hence, without Adele to watch and suspect his movements, Aziz contacted his former teammates, and lucky him, they were attending the party as well. In one word, he found the right people to mingle with so he does not stick out like a sore thumb because God knows he wasn’t going there to party.

“Yo, Aziz!” John, the huge man was glad to see him, bumping knuckles with him before pulling him into a bro hug. If it wasn’t that he was on a mission, he wouldn’t mind making friends with this man. Unfortunately, friends weren’t on his list, moreover, he would be their enemy once they found out who he was.

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“John!” Elijah pulled back from the hug only to see that he wasn’t alone. The man came with some of their other teammates and he recognized Josie from among them, the one he had beaten black and blue during the competition at the torture camp. Well, bygones were bygones, right?

The both of them shook hands before Elijah focused on the other teammates, exchanging compliments. His role play at the moment was Aziz and had to mingle, unlike Elijah that had to go incognito.

“You look so different now that you’re with the top bosses,”

Aziz heard the envy in the guy’s tone, apparently, he was the only one that had made such progress among his colleagues. He only laughed it off, engaging in conversations with them before their ride arrived and they all boarded the car.

The members of his team were rowdy and chatty and tried to involve him in all of their conversations, and though Elijah tried his best to chip in, his mind was distracted. He anticipated the party and dreaded it at the same time because tonight was going to determine the step he would take.

They arrived at the base soon enough and as expected of a Mafia’s manor, the property stretched across several acres of land and spoke of wealth. Was that what Arianna had fallen for? His dirty money? Well, guess what? He had them too.

They packed across several other cars on the lawn and were led to the open space where the party was in full swing. Like the phantom ghost he was, his teammate didn’t even realize when he broke away from them and went in search of Arianna.

If what he had seen a day ago was true, then she would surely be here. This was Marcel’s territory and he would love to flaunt his new conquest, Arianna. Elijah felt a suffocating feeling in his chest when he thought of something.

What if this was a challenge? The same way he had slept with his second in command and cousin, Adele, what if Marcel was doing that on purpose as well. To taunt and rub his victory all over his face – he banged his women, what was he going to do about it? The worst part is Arianna might not even know about Marcel’s intention, the same way Adele doesn’t know he’s fooling her.

Surely, Arianna couldn’t have slept with Marcel, right?

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No, Elijah knew Arianna, she was a brave and smart woman and surely, wouldn’t be stupid enough to sleep with the enemy. However, his question was answered when his eyes fell on the crowd of dancers and he saw her.

Not only her.

She was with Marcel and they were grinding against each other to the rhythm of the music with nothing but bliss on their faces and his heart shattered.