Nora, an agent, was assigned a dangerous mission: infiltrate the most notorious crime family in Chicago. Disguised and determined, she plans her heist on the day the new mafia boss, Robert DiFronzo, is set to take his oath. Fueled by hatred for the family she blames for her foster father's death, Nora is ready to bring them down. But when the heist sets off a series of gruesome murders, all pointing back to the DiFronzos, Nora finds herself deeper than she expected. To uncover the truth, she assumes a new identity as a bodyguard to the mafia boss's sister. As Nora gets closer to Robert, what starts as a carefully crafted deception turns into something unexpected-real feelings. Torn between her growing love for the man she once swore to destroy and her duty as an agent, Nora's world spirals out of control when Robert gets engaged to another woman in a strategic move to solidify his mafia ties. Heartbroken and desperate to forget, Nora indulges herself to uncover the truth but she realises that there is more than meets the eyes and the price of love might be more than she's willing to pay. To know what happens next please read my book 'Agent 64'
Nora P.O.V
The red silk gilded on my legs as I walked forward with an air of confidence surrounding me . Light shone from above and with my stride each of their attention drifted towards me . Their wandering expressions made me smirk from inside , some had envy in their eyes and most of them were curious .
Time to charm some pants off.
A seductive smile spread over my lips with the promise of wickedness as I watched the men there fall under my spell even though they had their hand around another female.
What a pig!
If I ever have to describe men and women then I would say men are like moths , gravitated towards fire even though they know it can burn them and women are like roses , beautiful but have thrones . Hurt her, you will not know what has stuck you.
They may be weak from the heart but not from the brain.
My smile dropped as soon as I entered the hall . Time for some actions. I took my mask from the table near the door and wore it like the others in the party. The golden colour mask had a long red feather on its side, it was covering half of my face up to my nose making it easy to hide my face. Lifting the wine glass from the tray as the waiter passed by I took a sip of my drink keeping an eye on my surroundings . I winked with a flirtatious smirk on my face at the group of men when I found them looking at me straight for too long. I can not let them get suspicious of me . Finishing the wine I placed the glass on a tray when a server passed by and moved towards the bar. From here I could see everything.
The party was extravagant, from lights to decoration, everything screamed money , just like the people here.Most of them were businessmen, top industrialists and came from well known families of Chicago. It is a shame , behind these glamorous faces lies criminals ,killers, smugglers and traffickers . In the skin of sheep they are the wolves that would not think twice to kill someone. Most of them have ties with one of Chicago's most wanted criminals, the DiFronzo family . The police and justice are putty in their hand. No one says a word if they kill someone , that is how the system works here.
"I am in" . I said it while dabbing my left cheek with a tissue covering my mouth from the watchful eyes . My microphone was my hair clip that was right behind my left ear, designed in a way that no metal detectors can detect it.
"Good . Our sources have confirmed that the diamonds have been transferred to the safe , five hours ago" informing me the call disconnects .
The security tonight is extremely tight. I looked at the well dressed man standing in the corner at the back, scanning the area for any possible threat . He was not the only one ,there were several of them trying to mend with the crowd, trying not to stand out of the crowd , they are as subtle as anyone can be but I have been in the industry for more than ten years . Years of experience makes it easy to find your enemies amongst the thousands.
I was wearing computer vision eye lens that look like plain contact lenses but are thinner ,the same size as my pupils, and were transparent scanners ,designed to gain details of a person within seconds after scanning the person . I cast my eye at him for scanning.
"Name - David Abate
Age -32
Nationality - America
Member - DiFronzo family
Charges- has murder charges, selling illegal weapons,drugs, and many other illegal activities Work-Professional killer.Works as a security of few of the DiFronzo's strip clubs and bars ". The information came immediately in my vision beside the man after the recognition was done that only the person who is wearing the lens can see.
"Hmm". I ordered a drink .
This tight security is not just for the people , tonight they had transferred the treasure of the DiFronzo family in this hall, twelve rearrest blue diamonds that are rectangular in shape which look like sapphire but their net worth is more than billions maybe in trillions . These gems have been in the DiFronzo family for more than forty years. DiFronzo's were once a group of very skilled thieves from Italy that migrated to America. They stole those diamonds that were supposed to be guarded by the government . The government could not retrieve those diamonds back because the government had no proof against them that whether they had stolen those diamonds or not and after searching they came empty handed.
During that time the DiFronzo family had started to create their own roots on the lands of America; they gained so much power that no one dared to cross their path. But some great people said every power comes with enemies,that's what happened when the DiFronzo family grew in America and many other mob families grew as well .They were forced to be shifted to Chicago and since then it became their territory.
After DiFronzo moved to Chicago , the investigation of finding the stolen treasure continued and eventually the case closed. A few years later a skeleton of a man was found in an old abandoned well on the outskirts of the states . The well was dry and was filled with dirt and dried leaves. During the invitation a few burnt letters were found . The letters were examined and those letters were the exchange between the dead man and the head of the DiFronzo family who had given those diamonds to him to hide. He was one of his trusted men From the exchange and other evidence that were later found it seemed like the man had betrayed the family and tried to run away with the diamonds but was killed before he was able to leave the country by DiFronzo. When police comforted the DiFronzo family, they were forced to close the case because of the influence of the family. The stones remain in the family.
For the last two decades their family heirloom has been out of the country due to some series of incidents that happened twenty years back ,one of which was about stealing the heirloom by the man who had been given the responsibility to make a unique safe , specially designed for those twelve rare diamonds. The man who tried to steal was sentenced to jail for twenty years.
No one knew where it was other than Robert Valentine DiFronzo Sr., head of the DiFronzo family and Italian mob . The diamonds are only getting back because Robert Sr. decided to retire and pass the mafia to his eldest son Robert Alessandro DiFronzo, the would be new crime boss of the DiFronzo family and they are auctioning those diamonds to the highest to the highest bidder tonight.
Making it seem like I was adjusting my earring I tapped the stone of my piercing of my inner ear.
"Call Cyber" . The line started ringing , it rang twice ,on third ring he picked up.
" Connected".
At first no one answered. I could only hear the sound of typing .
"Cyber, are you there?"
"Yes . I was working on the location. My computer is showing that the vault is in the centre of the mansion . There are a total of twenty guards outside the room. After every three hours the guards that are stationed outside changes . When the new guard is assigned, there is a security check , the whole process takes three minutes . I can deactivate the scanner inside the room , cut the connection to the central security system and hack the security cameras for three minutes .After three minutes it will again connect to the central system. If you do not get out of the room within three minutes the scanner will sense your presence and the room is going to be filled with poisonous gas within seconds. There will be an alert sent to the enemies".
"That means I have three minutes to enter the room and take those diamonds".
"Yes and the next change is after one hour, from that half an hour later that they are going to bring those diamonds out of the volt " .
"Ok". The line got disconnected . This is going to be one long night .
Everyone was shocked to the bones when the news of Rupert Benton's engagement broke out. It was surprising because the lucky girl was said to be a plain Jane, who grew up in the countryside and had nothing to her name. One evening, she showed up at a banquet, stunning everyone present. "Wow, she's so beautiful!" All the men drooled, and the women got so jealous. What they didn't know was that this so-called country girl was actually an heiress to a billion-dollar empire. It wasn't long before her secrets came to light one after the other. The elites couldn't stop talking about her. "Holy smokes! So, her father is the richest man in the world?" "She's also that excellent, but mysterious designer who many people adore! Who would have guessed?" Nonetheless, people thought that Rupert didn't love her. But they were in for another surprise. Rupert released a statement, silencing all the naysayers. "I'm very much in love with my beautiful fiancee. We will be getting married soon." Two questions were on everyone's minds: "Why did she hide her identity? And why was Rupert in love with her all of a sudden?"
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Cathryn, an orphan with no family ties to Grayson, regarded him only as family. He, however, valued her as a precious jewel. From their very first encounter, Cathryn's destiny was intertwined with his. Once lonely and desiring affection, she was ensnared by his love, unable to break free. Eventually, she managed to escape his emotional clutches. Shockingly, she had fallen for someone else. Grayson confronted her sharply. "How could you feel for another?" Unable to meet his eyes, she whispered, "You're family. I can't..." Looking down, he pressed further. "You can't, or you wouldn’t dare?"
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