Accidentally Yours (Merffy Kizzmet) novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154

Her lips curved, faint but stubborn. “Almost die, or get taken twice in a year? Gotta be some kind of record.”

Nico swallowed hard, watching the way Enzo broke and held all at once. He bent over her, thumb brushing her cheek with reverence Nico had never seen him give anyone. Not once.

When he pulled back, his forehead lingered against hers, breath shuddering. He stayed there for a long moment, anchored to her like he couldn’t afford to let go. Nico had to look away; it was too raw, too intimate.

Finally Enzo straightened, shoulders squaring, steel slipping back into place. “I’ve got a meeting with Dmitri,” he said, voice low. His gaze cut to Nico. “You get her home.”

The words hit like a weight–responsibility, trust, command–all dropped squarely on Nico’s chest. As Enzo passed, his hand came down hard on Nico’s shoulder. A simple touch, but loaded, like he’d just placed the crown of his empire there. Nico’s throat locked tight.

Enzo moved for the door.

“Excuse me, Mr. Maraschi-” Lola’s voice cracked but sparked, even bruised and stitched together. “If you don’t kiss me before you leave, I will break your legs.”

Nico’s mouth twitched despite himself. That was her. Bruised, battered, but still fire.

Enzo’s laugh was raw, but he obeyed. He bent and kissed her–hungry, desperate, ruined. Nico’s chest tightened until it hurt, because he’d never seen anything that looked more like survival.

When Enzo pulled back, she caught his wrist, voice faint but certain. “I’ll see you at home?”

“Always,” Enzo said, low and final.

Then he was gone, leaving the room colder, emptier.

Nico stayed silent, jaw tight, watching Lola settle back into her pillow with her eyes still hazy. He couldn’t shake the weight of what he’d just witnessed: Enzo shattered and whole, Lola alive and still sparking, and himself caught between loyalty and a love he couldn’t bury

anymore.

The quiet after Enzo left wasn’t peaceful. It pressed in, heavy, like the air was waiting for something to break. Lola closed her eyes again, her breathing uneven but steady enough. For a minute, Nico just sat there, the weight of Enzo’s command still burning in his chest. You get her home.

He dragged a hand over his face, exhaustion scraping him hollow, but his body wouldn’t let him sit still. He rose slow, ribs complaining, and moved to the window. Guards paced below in the floodlit lot, rifles slung, shadows shifting in restless arcs. Locked down, just like Dom said. And still, it didn’t feel safe enough. Not here.

When he turned back, his eyes snagged on something small near the side table. A sliver of light caught on glass.

He stepped closer, frowning.

It was a fox.

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Clear crystal, no bigger than his fist, tails flaring like a fan. Fine enough work that the edges seemed to glow, sharp but delicate. It hadn’t been there before. Nico knew that much. His stomach knotted tight.

He picked it up, turned it in his palm. Cold. Perfectly placed. Like a calling card.

“Is this yours?” he asked.

Lola blinked her eyes open, slow, confused. She reached for it, fingertips tracing the sharp lines. Her brow furrowed. “Never seen it. Cute, though.” Her gaze lifted to his, something flickering sharp in the green. “Were there guards in here?”

Nico’s jaw locked. “No. They said it was quiet. Nobody went in.”

The silence that followed was razor–wire. Someone had been here. Close enough to leave a gift at her bedside, to walk right past armed men and vanish again without a trace.

Nico closed his fist around the fox until the edges dug into his skin. “We’re done here,” he muttered, already reaching for his phone. “You’re not spending another hour in this place.”

He slipped the fox into his pocket, cold against his thigh, and called for the team.

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