Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

After receiving the message, James immediately rushed into the shopping mall. By this time, the farce was coming to an end. Karen had harshly scolded Isabella and Evelyn, but she couldn’t do anything else. Despite her anger, she really had no way to deal with Isabella. She couldn’t possibly fight with Isabella. If she did, Emanuele might come after her. She remembered how fierce and cruel Emanuele could be before. Even though there was a conflict between Isabella and Emanuele now, Emanuele still protected Isabella. Whenever Karen argued with Isabella or said bad things about her, Emanuele would warn and threaten her. This made Karen very sad. No matter how strong she was, she couldn’t compare to Isabella, especially since Isabella had Emanuele backing her. Karen had just thought about leaving. She couldn’t lay a hand on Isabella, but that was okay. She would find Emanuele later and make him see the palm print on her face, telling him that Isabella was responsible for it. She wanted to complain to Emanuele. Little did she know, a strong man in a tank top, revealing his bulging biceps, appeared in front of her.

“Who allowed you to leave?” The man clenched his fists, cracking his knuckles, and looked like he was about to hit someone. Karen felt frightened. She knew the man in front of her was James, Emanuele’s capable assistant. She actually knew anyone who regularly followed Emanuele. However, whenever James saw her before, he would always politely address her as Miss Reid and had never spoken to her so aggressively. Now, James was not showing any respect and was bluntly preventing her from leaving. He seemed like he was about to hit her, making Karen very anxious. Although she had two bodyguards beside her, if James really wanted to hit her, the two bodyguards wouldn’t be able to stop him.

“James, long time no see. What’s wrong? Did Emanuele ask you to call me back?” Karen didn’t understand why James was so angry. She was the victim, the one who had been hit. Why was James angry with her? Soon, Karen would understand what was going on. Evelyn stepped forward, grabbing James’s arm. “James, you finally came. This woman bullied me!” Evelyn pointed at Karen. “She just called me a whore, insulted Isabella, and said she wanted to kill us. Who is she to act so arrogantly?”

Karen’s eyes widened in surprise. What? This woman was James’s girlfriend? How was that possible? James, who looked like a killing machine, shouldn’t have emotions, right? How could he have a girlfriend? Due to Evelyn’s words, James stared at Karen with a serious expression. “Apologize to my girlfriend and Mrs. Lombardi.”

“Why should I? I’ve been slapped in the face. Why should I apologize?” Karen looked up, filled with pride. She felt very wronged. Being slapped was already terrible, and now James wanted her to apologize to Evelyn and Isabella? Sorry, she really couldn’t apologize to them. But James took out a handgun from his waist and pointed it at her forehead. “Apologize. If you don’t apologize, I’ll shoot you immediately.” The pitch-black barrel of the gun was like the scythe in the hands of the Grim Reaper, causing Karen’s heart to stop for a moment. Karen had never experienced a death threat before. Her status, she had once been kidnapped when she was young, almost died. But that experience was completely different from what she was going through now. The man in front of her was Emanuele’s capable assistant, someone she had tried to please because of her feelings for Emanuele. They had known each other for a very long time. But now, James was aiming the gun at her. He looked serious, his eyes bright like flames. It was clear that he was discussing this matter with her very seriously. Karen cried in fear. It had been a long time since she had been so frightened. She immediately said, “I… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to say those things.”

“Fine, I forgive you,” Evelyn said. She knew that James was Emanuele’s assistant, and Emanuele’s relationship with Karen was unclear. If James really offended Karen, it wouldn’t be good when Emanuele blamed him. “Alright, that’s it,” James put away the gun and left with Evelyn and Isabella. Karen was breathing heavily, feeling like she couldn’t catch her breath. “Damn it, these wretched people! Why do they bully me like this? I’ll tell my dad, I’ll tell my brother, I’ll tell Emanuele. These bastards are really going too far!” But as Karen spoke, she suddenly felt her breathing becoming difficult. The feeling of suffocation made her involuntarily open her mouth wide.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

“I… I think my asthma is acting up,” Karen said, grasping the nearby bodyguard. Her face turned pale, her lips darkening, feeling like she might faint at any moment. The bodyguard panicked and immediately took Karen to the hospital. James left with Evelyn and Isabella.

While questioning Evelyn about all the details of what had just happened, knowing that Karen had made things difficult for them, he felt furious. “Why did you forgive her so quickly?” he asked.

“I just didn’t want you to have problems because of her. Emanuele would give you a hard time,” Evelyn said.

“You don’t need to worry about me,” James replied. “Emanuele doesn’t care about her.”

“If he doesn’t care about her, then why did he have her take care of him in the hospital?” Isabella, who had been silent all this time, asked after hearing James’ words.

James suddenly remembered Isabella was still there. Damn it, look at what he had just said! The boss seemed to have specifically instructed not to tell Isabella the reason Karen was taking care of him. Although he didn’t understand why the boss had given this instruction, he knew the boss must have had his reasons for doing so. Now that Isabella had suddenly asked about this matter, James really didn’t know how to respond. His thinking was actually quite simple, say what is there, don’t beat around the bush like Phillip.

“The boss said that if Karen likes him, he will keep her around to take care of him like a maid, and Karen will give up on him,” James said honestly. Although the boss said not to say anything, he felt it was better to be clear. Evelyn had told him yesterday that Isabella was very upset and had even gotten drunk. Evelyn was also very remorseful, saying that she had accidentally leaked the secret, which was why Isabella had come back from Italy. This made James feel guilty as well, so he decided to tell Isabella the truth.

After hearing what James said, Isabella found it hard to believe. This was the reason? How could it be this kind of reason?!