Accidentally Yours (Merffy Kizzmet) novel Chapter 59

hapter 59

And yet–there was something about him.

Something quiet and calculating. Something soft that slipped through the cracks when he looked at her like she was his first choice and not just another pawn o

n the board.

Goddammit.

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She exhaled slowly, her gaze tracking the ceiling.

Last night hadn’t left her. The weight of it. The strategy.

The Zhang brothers weren’t going to take the deal and smile. They’d wait. Reorganize. Strike somewhere soft when it hurt the most.

And Enzo would be ready. He always was. But the idea of him standing alone made her stomach knot.

She wasn’t trying to get involved. Wasn’t trying to be anyone’s strategist or shadow queen.

But she wasn’t stupid either.

Dottie hadn’t raised her that way.

Dottie had raised her to see patterns in chaos, to wield knowledge like a blade. Every new subject came with a tutor-

mandarin, finance, logic, languages. And self–defense. Because Baba didn’t play. Having had no children herself and having seen the seedy underbelly of

Vegas she wanted Lola, being as smart as she is, to have the knowledge to keep herself safe and as free as possible.

She remembered Mr. Wu best. Her Mandarin tutor who’d taught her shogi in between lessons and never let her win.

You don’t protect the king by blocking attacks.

You protect the king by controlling the board.

That’s where her mind went now. Not to threats. But to positioning.

To leverage.

So she started assembling her version of a counterstrike–not with bullets or threats–but with presence.

Send a quiet team. Someone trusted.

Have them monitor the Zhang family. Daily movements. Extended relatives. Associates. Photos taken from a safe distance. Photos taken from as close as possibl e with out getting caught.

No threats. Just proximity.

Proof.

That if Enzo wanted to, he could erase their entire existence. Make it so there would be no one left for a retaliation no many how many generations went by.

But he hadn’t. And maybe he wouldn’t.

Because what he was offering now was peace–and peace only held weight if the alternative felt sharp enough to cut.

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Chapter 59

The idea settled in her chest, heavy and humming.

That’s such a dark plan but these are like high level criminals. Fuck a duck, do I even want to be involved with something like this? Guess it’s far to late to be asking that question now.

She wasn’t trying to get involved. But maybe this was different.

This wasn’t about climbing into his world.

It was about keeping him in hers.

འད་ཆེ་ཇོ་༤་ཝཾ་ཨོཾ་ཨོཾ་ཧོ་

Because whether she was ready to admit it out loud or not-

She liked waking up beside him.

She didn’t want that to stop.

This is fine. Totally normal behavior.

She shifted gently, careful not to wake him, letting herself trace the outlines of the night in her head.

He wasn’t just powerful–he was intentional.

That was so much more dangerous.

You are definitely in trouble, she told herself again, sinking a little deeper into the pillow.

Big, soft–handed, beautifully–scented trouble.

Warm, tired, and dangerously content.

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