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Mafia Boss Was Leaving His Date—Until Triplet Girls Walked In And Said, Our Mom Is Sorry She’s Late. / Chapter 5 / 10

Chapter 5 - Truth and Blood

Adrien took a slow step forward, his hands opening in a gesture of surrender. "Clara..."

"Get out," she whispered, her voice hollow.

Adrien stopped. The word hit him harder than any bullet ever could.

"Clara, listen to me—"

"Get out!" she shouted, tears finally spilling over her lashes as she rushed to herd her daughters behind her skirt. "Look at my shop! Look at my girls! This is what your world brings? Thugs smashing my cakes? Threatening my children?"

"They came because of me," Adrien said, his voice raw, stepping closer despite her warning glare. "Because Varga thinks he can hurt me by touching what I care about."

"And you care about us?" Clara fired back, her voice shaking with righteous fury. "We had dinner once, Adrien! One dinner! You are a mobster, and your enemies are hunting us because you decided to play hero!"

"It wasn't a game," Adrien said, and for the first time, his iron composure cracked, revealing the desperate, aching loneliness underneath. "From the moment those three girls walked into that private room and put me on trial, I haven't been playing anything. I am a dangerous man, Clara. I know that. But I swear to you on my brother’s grave, I will burn this city to ash before I let anyone lay a finger on you or your daughters."

Lily peeked out from behind Clara’s skirt. She looked at the broken cake on the floor, then up at Adrien’s grim face.

"Are you the bad guy?" Lily asked softly.

Adrien closed his eyes. For a second, he wanted to lie. He wanted to tell her he was just a businessman, a consultant, anything to keep their innocent world intact. But he remembered his promise. I will not lie to her about who I am.

"Yes," Adrien said, his voice dropping to a harsh whisper. "In my world, I am a very bad man, Lily. But I am the only man who will stand between you and the monsters who want to hurt you."

Clara stared at him, her chest heaving as she processed the terrifying reality of the man standing in her kitchen. She looked at the shattered cake, then at the broken glass, and finally at Adrien’s bruised knuckles.

She realized something terrifying: she didn't want him to leave.

Before Clara could answer, her phone buzzed violently on the counter. She picked it up with a trembling hand.

An unknown number. She swiped to answer.

"Hello?"

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A raspy, distorted voice echoed through the speaker. "Clara Vance, right? Cute kids. Cute bakery. It would be a shame if the whole block caught fire tonight while you're tucked in bed. Tell your mobster boyfriend that the shipyard docks at midnight. If he comes alone, you live. If he doesn't, well... accidents happen."

The line went dead.

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