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The Mafia Heirs Contract Lover - New 26
Ep - Fantasy
Ep - Fantasy
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00:00Born a total bombshell, so I sold myself to pay my family's debts.
00:04And the buyer? The most badass mafia family in the city, the Marinos.
00:08My job? Fix their woman-repellent heir who's rumored to be gay.
00:12Ten million dollars, this is the contract.
00:15Be my son's exclusive companion.
00:18Lorenzo Marino. He's completely closed off to all women.
00:22Lorenzo is all we have left of this name.
00:24He has never wanted any woman.
00:26Not once. Not ever.
00:28If you can change that, if you can secure our family's legacy, you will want for nothing.
00:33Money, protection, status, all of it.
00:36You want me to make your son fall for me?
00:38I want you to give him a reason to try.
00:41There is a difference.
00:42If he chooses you in the end, the entire Marino empire will back you.
00:47I agreed.
00:48But what I never saw coming?
00:50This rumored woman-repeller left me begging for mercy night after night.
00:54Six months.
00:55If nothing changes between you two, you can leave Scotty free.
00:59I'll pay you the full amount.
01:01No strings attached.
01:03Your reputation stays unruined.
01:05Lorenzo will know why you're here.
01:07I've never been able to hide anything from him.
01:09But he just doesn't have to know about the contract.
01:12Three days later, I moved into the Marino estate.
01:15The advance money was already in my bank account.
01:18Elena Lorenzo, the Don's mother, met me at the door, pacing.
01:21A face like that?
01:24If that man still can't see what's right in front of him, I don't know what I'll do with him.
01:29Don't worry, madam.
01:30I'd try.
01:31She then introduced me to all the household staff.
01:33Then she left.
01:34They all stared at me with obvious curiosity.
01:37They've tried just about every type of woman by now, haven't they?
01:40Mrs. Marino's never giving up.
01:41Even every single attempt ended in failure.
01:43The last one lasted three days.
01:45The two before her didn't even stay one full day.
01:48The housekeeper approached.
01:49All the gossiping servants scattered at once.
01:52Mrs. Marino says you have no assigned room here.
01:56You'll have to figure it out on your own.
01:58That first night, I was passing the kitchen.
02:00Then I noticed his study light was still on.
02:02He hadn't eaten since noon.
02:04You might want to bring him some food.
02:06I grabbed a bowl of whatever was on the stove.
02:08I walked down the hall, pushed the door open.
02:11He was at his desk, reading.
02:13He hadn't heard me come in.
02:14Sharp jaw.
02:15Dark eyes.
02:16Cold.
02:16Flawless.
02:18The room was minimal.
02:19Clean lines.
02:20No clutter.
02:21Just like him.
02:22A lone wolf.
02:23Striding through the snow.
02:24I'd only planned to stay six months.
02:26Collect the money.
02:27Save the restaurant.
02:28Disappear.
02:29I never planned to see him like this.
02:31Quiet.
02:32Still.
02:33All alone.
02:33He wasn't the terrifying mafia heir in that moment.
02:36I stepped closer.
02:37He finally looked up.
02:39I told you not to.
02:40You've been working all day.
02:41At least eat something.
02:43He stood and stepped back.
02:44Fast.
02:45I told you to leave.
02:47I know.
02:49Then leave.
02:52I took off the robe.
02:53Lace trim.
02:54Yeah.
02:55I did it on purpose.
02:56After you eat.
02:58I crossed my legs slowly.
03:00I'm not going anywhere.
03:02So we can do this all night if you want.
03:05He was looking very deliberately at the wall behind me.
03:08Or you could just drink the soup.
03:12Silence.
03:12I didn't move.
03:13A minute passed.
03:14This is my house.
03:16It is.
03:17The soup's getting cold.
03:19He exhaled through his nose.
03:20I picked up the spoon and held it out.
03:22He looked at the spoon.
03:23Looked at me.
03:24Took the bowl.
03:25Drank it in one long.
03:27Set it down hard.
03:28Happy?
03:29Extremely.
03:30Oh, one more thing.
03:32I wasn't assigned a room.
03:33So unless you're okay with me wandering around your room like this all night?
03:38Take the room.
03:39The study is fine for me.
03:40Good.
03:40I screamed in my mind.
03:42I reached for the robe on the back of the chair and pulled it on.
03:45Tied it.
03:46Then I walked out.
03:47I heard the study door close.
03:50Then silence.
03:51I didn't sleep much that night.
03:52Neither did he.
03:54When I saw him the next morning, dark circles lingered under his eyes, deep as fresh bruises.
03:59She is perfect and you slept in your office?
04:02What is wrong with you?
04:03I just don't want anyone, mom.
04:05It's not about her.
04:06Do you prefer men?
04:08Not my thing either.
04:10I want to be alone.
04:11That's it.
04:11End of conversation.
04:13Kara, Sophia, Cora, whoever else is on your list, drop it, mom.
04:16I stood slightly to the side and said nothing.
04:19Lorenzo turned and actually looked at me.
04:22His gaze moved once, quickly, and looked away.
04:26What?
04:28Fine.
04:29One month.
04:30I won't sleep in the office.
04:32But after that, I'm going back to my own schedule.
04:34Lorenzo valued his routine above everything.
04:37That first night, he came to bed wrapped in a blanket.
04:40I looked at him, almost laughed, then turned off the lamp.
04:43One month.
04:44We do have six.
04:45Slow down.
04:46In the dark, the room was very quiet.
04:49I fell asleep fast.
04:50My body, however, had other plans.
04:52I've always been a grabby sleeper.
04:54Whatever's next to me, I hold on to it.
04:56Lorenzo was next to me.
04:58His body went completely rigid at once.
05:00I pressed closer all the same.
05:01Warm and soft, I nestled right against him.
05:04Every small touch between us felt overwhelming.
05:07His pulse spiked so hard he could feel it in his teeth.
05:10Then, Lorenzo shot out of bed and made it to the bathroom in four seconds flat.
05:15This became the routine.
05:16During the day, he was polite and distant.
05:19He existed in the room the same as quiet furniture.
05:21Every night, like clockwork, he disappeared to take a cold shower.
05:26Then, one evening, Mrs. Marino left something on his nightstand.
05:29He read three pages, then set it face down.
05:32After that, he headed for another shower.
05:35It's just hot in here, I told myself.
05:37I asked a housekeeper to run me a bath.
05:39I undressed and stepped into the water.
05:41I let the warm, warmth wrap gently around me.
05:44A shadow fell across the light.
05:46His hair was still damp from his shower.
05:48Dark strands fell across his forehead.
05:50I had just poured water over my shoulders when I turned and met his eyes.
05:55Lorenzo stood frozen, yet he could not utter a single word.
05:59Heat flooded my cheeks.
06:01Mr. Marino, I didn't know you'd be back so soon.
06:03Two drops, bright red, falling from beneath his nose.
06:07Mr. Marino!
06:08I scrambled up without thinking.
06:09He reached out and stepped right in with me, water everywhere.
06:13We were pressed together in a bathtub.
06:15I could feel his heartbeat against my chest.
06:17His skin burned like he had a fever.
06:19I turned my face away, bit my lip, reached for a hand towel.
06:23His fingers closed around my wrist.
06:25Don't move.
06:26I had never been this close to a man.
06:28Are you okay? Why did you...
06:29You didn't see anything.
06:30Before I could push back, he sneezed.
06:32I made a decision.
06:33I stood, grabbed the robe from the hook, wrapped it around myself.
06:36I opened my mouth to call for help.
06:39Two hands covered my face.
06:41I swear to God, this never leaves this room.
06:44Please, Kara.
06:45By sunrise, he had a fever.
06:47He told Mrs. Marino it had nothing to do with me.
06:51She didn't blame me.
06:52But she gave the family doctor a strange look after the exam.
06:56His body is running extremely hot.
06:58How did he catch a cold?
07:00What does extremely hot mean, exactly?
07:03The doctor finished packing his bag and left.
07:06Lorenzo exhaled.
07:07Then he realized I was still in the room.
07:11You don't have to stay.
07:12You'll catch it.
07:16If something happens to you, my father loses everything.
07:19So let's not be dramatic about this.
07:22Sit still.
07:26Lorenzo!
07:26A voice, young and sharp, from the hallway.
07:29Lorenzo fell back against the pillow.
07:31He looked just like someone caught in the wrong act.
07:33I turned.
07:34A young girl stood there, no older than 15.
07:37Move!
07:37I need to see him!
07:38He's resting.
07:39You shouldn't.
07:40Who are you?
07:41Kara.
07:42I'm Mr. Marino's assistant.
07:44I'm his cousin, Julia.
07:46You're just an assistant.
07:47Don't tell me what to do.
07:48Julia, don't be rude.
07:50I'm worried about you!
07:52That's allowed!
07:53She hit a wet patch on the tile near the door.
07:55I lunged forward without hesitation.
07:57She's family.
07:58I cannot let her get hurt.
08:00Julia's face landed squarely against my chest.
08:03Lorenzo arrived just in time to witness everything.
08:05What are you two doing?
08:06Julia lifted her head slowly, looked at my face, looked at where her face had just been.
08:12She forgot Lorenzo entirely.
08:14I sat up carefully.
08:16Are you hurt?
08:17I blew gently across her palms where the carpet had caught her skin.
08:21Kara, you smell really good.
08:25Something shifted in Lorenzo that night.
08:28He'd spent years pushing everyone away.
08:31Women wanted his name, his money, his power.
08:34They looked at him like a prize, a title, a weapon.
08:37But she didn't.
08:38She saw he hadn't eaten.
08:40She didn't flinch when he snapped.
08:42She took a fall for his cousin without thinking twice.
08:45She looked at him like he was just Lorenzo.
08:48Wasn't her beauty that broke him.
08:49It was something he couldn't name.
08:51Lorenzo crossed the room in four sharp steps.
08:54Julia, stop.
08:55Did you come to see me or not?
08:56Obviously, I came to see you.
08:58She reached down to help me up.
09:00You don't look that sick, honestly.
09:02I feel better.
09:05Since he's fine, can you come hang out with me?
09:09You're so pretty.
09:11I'm still sick.
09:14And weak.
09:15She has to stay with me.
09:17I panicked at the cough, pulled free automatically.
09:19I put my hand on his back to guide him inside.
09:23Sorry, Julia.
09:24Another time.
09:27Lorenzo looked at her with pure, unmasked satisfaction.
09:31You have changed, Lorenzo Marine.
09:33He just settled back against the headboard, admitted he felt terrible.
09:36He needed me to stay close by his side.
09:38The fever lasted almost a week.
09:40By the end of it, something between us had quietly shifted.
09:44He stopped asking me to keep my distance.
09:45Stop calling me Mr. Marino.
09:49Lorenzo.
09:50I'd never said a man's name like that before.
09:52He had a blank expression.
09:53His ears betrayed him completely.
09:55I pressed the back of my cool fingers to his cheek, then to his ear.
09:59God.
10:00He was outside, heels on marble.
10:02Not Julia this time.
10:03Nico Ferrara.
10:04Loud.
10:05Charming.
10:06Quick to laugh.
10:07He spent money like keeping it was a burden.
10:10He walked in without knocking.
10:12Snapped his sunglasses shut.
10:13A cold kept the great Lorenzo Marine down for a month.
10:16Incredible.
10:17Cara Ricci.
10:18Even better in person.
10:19It's a crime, honestly.
10:21A woman like you, wasted on a man who won't even look a woman twice.
10:24Get out, Nico.
10:26I'm just being honest.
10:28Out.
10:30Nico ignored him.
10:31His eyes didn't leave me.
10:33You deserve someone who actually shows up, sweetheart.
10:37If you ever feel like renegotiating with-
10:39Lorenzo stood up.
10:40He put himself between me and Nico.
10:42She's mine.
10:43You have enough women, Nico.
10:45I always have room for one more.
10:47If she wanted to leave, she doesn't.
10:49How would you know?
10:50You barely look at her.
10:51Lorenzo laughed.
10:52Short.
10:53Cold.
10:53You couldn't have her if you tried.
10:55Nico's eyes lit up.
10:56I'd like to try.
10:57Then let's make it interesting.
10:59Name it.
11:00Lorenzo rolled his shoulders.
11:02Best of three.
11:02Whatever you pick.
11:04Deal.
11:07For what it's worth, he's never competed for anything in his life.
11:11Think about that.
11:12One day, I went out with Julia.
11:14I should have noticed the car that had been following us for two blocks.
11:18I didn't.
11:19Neither did Julia.
11:20That's when they stepped out of the side street.
11:22Four men.
11:23Organized.
11:24One of them grabbed Julia by the arm.
11:27Who are you?
11:28Leave us alone.
11:29Leave us alone.
11:37Run, Julia.
11:39Run now.
11:42They took us both.
11:44The warehouse smelled like salt water and rust.
11:47They kept asking about Lorenzo.
11:49I told them nothing.
11:51Every time I didn't answer, they made sure I knew there were consequences.
11:55Julia was in the corner, zip-tied.
11:58They hadn't touched her.
12:00That was the only thing that mattered.
12:11His eyes found me first.
12:13I was still on my knees.
12:15Something happened to his face.
12:17Just for a second.
12:19He crossed the room.
12:21Crouched in front of me.
12:23His hands rose slowly.
12:25Like he was approaching something he feared breaking.
12:29I'm fine.
12:31You're not.
12:32I'm standing.
12:33You're on your knees.
12:34Same thing.
12:35He exhaled through his nose.
12:37Then he stood.
12:39Turned.
12:40The girl is my cousin.
12:41The woman is mine.
12:43Now's your time to pay.
12:45Make sure they understand what that means.
12:49He came back to me, pulled me up carefully, and walked me out.
12:53Chaos broke out.
12:54Someone charged over with a baseball bat.
12:57As the bat swung down, Lorenzo stepped in to shield me.
13:00The bat slammed straight into his back.
13:02Watching this, I couldn't hold back my tears.
13:06Julia ran ahead, crying, calling for someone to get a car.
13:09Lorenzo kept one hand on my back the whole time.
13:12Outside, in the cold air, I finally stopped holding myself together.
13:16He caught me before I hit the ground.
13:19Just held on.
13:20I was bedridden for a week.
13:22But I was finally better.
13:25Today, Lorenzo and Nico were going to compete.
13:27Just like they promised.
13:29Racing first.
13:30Then shooting.
13:31Nico was good.
13:32Lorenzo was better.
13:34I watched from the side and felt something strange move through me.
13:38Three years ago, Lorenzo Marino took over the family empire at 24.
13:44Him stepping out of the courthouse.
13:45Sharp, dark suit.
13:47No smile.
13:48Completely unbothered by the swarming cameras.
13:52I'd been sitting in the back of my father's restaurant when I saw it.
13:55Couldn't explain why I'd kept looking.
13:58That's Lorenzo Marino.
13:59My father had said.
14:00Every family in the city watches what he does.
14:03I'd kept the paper.
14:04I don't know why.
14:06Now he was doing this for me.
14:09Nico lost his vintage Alfa Romeo.
14:11Shipped all the way from Milan.
14:13One of a kind.
14:14You set me up.
14:15They told me you were hurt, but you look totally fine.
14:18Lorenzo said nothing.
14:19He walked toward me, unhurried, and held out his hand.
14:23Come on.
14:23I hesitated.
14:24He picked me up anyway.
14:26One arm went under my knees.
14:27The other wrapped around my back.
14:29He settled me into the passenger seat like it was nothing.
14:31The engine turned over.
14:33Nico was still standing in the driveway.
14:35When we left him behind.
14:36Mr. Marino.
14:37You're back?
14:38Is it actually fine?
14:40The car had a rough patch in the road.
14:42I lurched sideways.
14:43Directly into his arm.
14:44Somewhere I couldn't see.
14:46The corner of his mouth moved.
14:48Say my name.
14:49Lorenzo.
14:50Are you actually better?
14:52Yes.
14:53The month Mrs. Marino asked for.
14:56It's over?
14:58If you want to go back to your own room, I understand.
15:01I'm not going to-
15:02He braked.
15:02Hard.
15:03The car stopped in the middle of the road.
15:05Are you trying to leave?
15:07Why are you asking me that now?
15:08My eyes were in wet.
15:10Kara.
15:11I-
15:12I took his hand.
15:13Held it flat against my chest.
15:14Over my heart.
15:15I got bounced around pretty hard in this car.
15:18Could you just help me with that?
15:20His face went red.
15:21He pulled his hand back like I'd burned him.
15:23The most controlled man in New York City.
15:25Unable to form a single, complete sentence.
15:28Then he got out of the car and walked.
15:30That night, he didn't come back to the room.
15:33The next morning, I started quietly packing a bag.
15:36He came still in yesterday's clothes.
15:38What are you doing?
15:38I won't keep bothering you.
15:41When the six months are up, I'll go.
15:43What six months?
15:44What are you talking about?
15:45He caught my arm.
15:47He held on.
15:48And his voice, when it came, was stripped of everything careful.
15:51Are you angry with me?
15:52You can yell at me.
15:53You can hit me.
15:57Just don't leave.
15:59Please.
16:02He wiped the corner of my eye with his thumb.
16:04I explained the contract's terms.
16:06The six-month clause.
16:09She forgot.
16:10Or she chose not to tell me.
16:13Kara.
16:14If it's you, I don't want to be apart from you.
16:17But yesterday...
16:21I didn't want to overstep.
16:22I didn't know if you actually...
16:26If I had another chance, I would do it differently.
16:29That's very easy to say now.
16:31I want to be alone.
16:32That's it.
16:33End of conversation.
16:34Ring any bells?
16:35The expression on his face was new to me.
16:37That doesn't apply anymore.
16:39I only want you.
16:40Before I could answer, he kissed me.
16:42It was nothing like I expected.
16:44Deep and sure and like he'd been making up his mind about it for months.
16:47When he finally stopped, he pressed his lips to my ear.
16:53You're not leaving, Kara.
16:54Two weeks later, I found him at his desk at midnight.
16:57I brought coffee.
16:59Set it down next to him.
17:00He looked up.
17:01What was he like?
17:02Your father?
17:04Brilliant.
17:05Careful.
17:05Never wrong about people.
17:07He loved someone.
17:08A long time ago.
17:09She left.
17:10Took a lot with her when she went.
17:11After that, he had one rule he passed down to every man under him.
17:15Beautiful women are how you lose everything.
17:17Stay sharp.
17:18Stay alone.
17:19He said it like it was law.
17:20Like it had been law his entire life.
17:23He built a prison and called it wisdom.
17:26And you moved right in.
17:28I'm not saying he was wrong to get hurt.
17:30I'm saying you're not him.
17:31Are you afraid?
17:32Silence.
17:33I looked at him then.
17:34Or are you just hiding?
17:35He didn't have to.
17:36He was still sitting there when I left.
17:38The rumor started the following week.
17:40She's running a con.
17:42She knew exactly what she was doing from day one.
17:45I first heard it from a housekeeper.
17:47She'd gotten it from a driver who'd heard the gossip at Nico's table.
17:52I didn't say anything to Lorenzo.
17:54I didn't have to.
17:55He came home that Friday night from a meeting and stopped in the kitchen doorway.
18:00I was on the phone with my father's supplier, negotiating a new payment plan for the restaurant.
18:07I held up a single finger to Lorenzo, a silent ask.
18:11Then I finished the call, looked at him.
18:14You heard.
18:15I heard.
18:16You want coffee?
18:18That's it?
18:19What do you want me to do, Lorenzo?
18:21Fall apart?
18:22I grew up in Queens.
18:23People talk.
18:25It passes.
18:26He was quiet for a long moment.
18:28Then he set his keys down.
18:30Nico is handling a shipment for us next quarter.
18:32He looked at me with steady, dark eyes.
18:34Was.
18:34I need you to understand something.
18:36Whatever you came here as, contract, companion, arrangement, that's not what this is.
18:42Anyone who says otherwise answers to me.
18:44He said it simply.
18:45No performance.
18:46The way he said everything.
18:48Three days later, Nico showed up at the estate.
18:51Quieter than usual.
18:52He found me in the garden.
18:54I've known him 15 years.
18:56He's never done that for anyone.
18:58I wanted to see what you were made of.
19:00I was wrong about the answer.
19:02I'm sorry.
19:02He left before I could respond.
19:05Lorenzo told me once he'd been supposed to take the seat four years ago.
19:08His father died before the transfer was complete.
19:11He stepped back, handled the grief quietly, honored it in private, and waited.
19:17This year, he was ready.
19:19Mrs. Marino pulled me aside one morning.
19:21Whatever you did, thank you.
19:24My parents came to the estate for dinner the following Sunday.
19:27My father shook Lorenzo's hand for a long time without letting go.
19:31My mother cried in the bathroom and pretended she hadn't.
19:34They had no idea I'd known about the debt.
19:36They didn't need to.
19:38Lorenzo was in meetings most nights that month, working through every alliance and loose end
19:43before the transfer.
19:44I stayed.
19:45Sat nearby.
19:46Didn't talk unless he wanted to.
19:48He told me the whole story about his father one of those nights.
19:51Everything.
19:52You can still get out of this if you've changed your mind.
19:54No regrets.
19:58The morning of, Julia found me alone in the dressing room.
20:03You're his now.
20:04She picked at a thread on her sleeve.
20:05You won't just be mine anymore.
20:08I'll always be yours too.
20:10The door opened.
20:11Lorenzo stepped in, saw our hands linked, walked over without a word, and lifted my hand out
20:16of Julia's.
20:17Julia rolled her eyes.
20:18You are so dramatic.
20:20Lorenzo watched her go.
20:21Then he looked down at me.
20:24The same look I'd seen that first night, in the study, when everything in the room went
20:29still.
20:30Only now he didn't look away.
20:32The ceremony was held on the estate grounds.
20:35Afterward, he wanted to get back fast.
20:38His impatience was quiet.
20:41Unmistakably him.
20:42I finally believed it.
20:44Lorenzo, try again.
20:48Mine.
20:48The man I'd watched from the outside, controlled, untouchable, alone by architecture, was gone.
20:57What was left was warm, and present, and absolutely not interested in stopping.
21:03You're too beautiful.
21:06I want everything with you, Kara.
21:08All of it.
21:09Now I understood it.
21:11Some things take time to arrive.
21:13But once they do, they stay.
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