Love In The Shadows
"You take me for a fool?” He yelled, gripping my arms tightly, his fingers making sure to leave marks.
“I would never lie about something of utmost importance, Diego”, I tried to convince him while earnestly trying to save myself from his strong grip.
“No one dares to look me in the face and lie.” He said while gripping my arms more strongly than ever. “Yet, you stand here, lying to my face. You want to use me against my father as your revenge, isn't that right Adriana?” With that, he let go of my arms, shoving me aside angrily—whilst I hit my head against a door frame.
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A strong-willed yet vulnerable young lady from a mafia family finds herself stuck in a marriage with a rival heir arranged by both families as a means to stop bloodshed among them.
Her husband, being the mafia heir, is a stern person who is feared by members of the syndicate. He hates negotiating and solves his problems on his own. But, when he falls in love with the daughter of the rival family, will it complicate his plans?
What will happen when circumstances force them to choose between love and loyalty to their families? How will it affect their lives?
A tale where love and vengeance intertwine and the hearts of two individuals are tested against the ultimate betrayal.
Baca
Chapter: DIEGO MEETS JUANAdriana's POV I pressed my body against the bathroom door to prevent it from opening. The person tried harder but I tightened the pressure from my body against the door. Who was this person? And why was the person trying to force its way in?“Camilia is that you?” I asked. I figured it might be Camilia since I had told her to come. No one responded the first time I asked so I asked again.“Camilia is that you? If it isn't Camilia then who are you please?” I asked.The person cleared his throat to speak and that was when I knew it was a man.“Adriana, it's me,” the person replied. What? Juan? Why was he here?“Juan, why are you here?” I questioned. Why didn't he say anything before coming?“Come out and I promise to explain everything to you,” Juan said . One day, he would put both of us in trouble with the way he constantly comes here.“Just a sec,” I said. I rinsed the foam off my hair, dried it with a towel and then took the robe hanging near the door and wore it.I came out of th
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-12
Chapter: FUCKED UP PLAN Mr Antonio's POV I walked into the living room in my son's house and shouted his name immediately.“Diego! Diego!” I called . My voice echoed throughout the house but no one responded. It was like no one was around; even the servants were nowhere to be seen.I called again, this time in a louder voice but still there was no response. I needed to know the situation of things right now. I waited a minute before deciding to go upstairs and check for my son.As I approached the stairs to climb up, Luis started coming down the stairs.“Mr Antonio, when did you arrive?” Luis asked surprisingly. I moved from the stairway to give way for him to come down the stairs.“Not up to five minutes,” I replied as I watched Luis hurry down the stairs. He seemed like he was in a hurry to go somewhere.“Where are you off to in a hurry?” I questioned Luis. Maybe he already knew what was going on.“I'm going to meet Diego outside Sir, he just arrived now,” Luis replied and quickly ran out the door.Perple
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Chapter: UNEXPECTED VISIT Adriana's POV At this point, I would do just about anything to leave this darn house but running away was far from the options because no matter where I went, I would be found.I was now publicly the wife of the most ruthless and well known Mafia Lord and if I were to run far away, I would still be found within a week.I was in my bathroom watering my face because of the dizziness I was still feeling from the fall. “Get her off my couch immediately,” Diego's words echoed in my mind.Indeed, he was ruthless and had no sympathy whatsoever for anyone. My head banged as I bent to pour little water on it. I had different pains ranging from headache, body ache and sprained hand pain at that moment.My whole body ached so much that I felt like I was hit by an iron rod. I didn't know what to do anymore.Ever since I had arrived at this house, I've only experienced problems and nothing good. I was in no position to do anything myself right then so I had to call up Camilia, my best friend.I
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Chapter: HE WAS UNCONCERNED Diego's POV“Where are the servants in this house? Get some water quickly,” Luis instructed at the top of his voice.Why was he even worried about her? She fainted all the time like it was her signature move to escape from something. It's better he left her there by herself then when she's finally tired, she will wake up from her so-called fainting on her own.I could still hear Luis and the servants' voices. “She has woken up sir,” one servant said. For heaven's sake, couldn't they talk in a low tone? “Why was my study made to be so close to the stairway?” I asked myself.I really needed fresh air from Adriana's shenanigans and the house as a whole. I went into my bedroom to get changed into more decent clothes.As I took off my shirt, I glanced at my injury and was confused on seeing that it was changed to a new dressing.“This is definitely not how I dressed my wound earlier,” I thought to myself. However,I wasn't in a mood to reason about such a trivial matter so I set aside the
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Chapter: HOME ACCIDENT Adriana's POV “I said to remain where you are,” Diego's voice echoed in the stairway. Then I heard a click and I had to pause and see what he was up to. To my dismay, he was holding a gun and pointing it right at me.Panic set in.I didn't heed to his order and I slowly moved back little by little till he clicked his gun again.“If you move another inch, I'll start with your legs,” Diego warmed sternly. I had caused this on myself because I shouldn't have spoken carelessly and arrogantly to Diego and I should have minded my business.But how could I allow a woman old enough to be his mother kneel down and beg Diego. It was disheartening to witness that scene so I had to speak up.“Look how it's so easy to catch you,” Diego said, smirking and coming up the stairs. “Let's see how you run away and shut your door again,” he teased in an unpleasant way.The more he kept on walking towards me, the more I became scared of what the outcome would be.“I swear, I'm going to tame and punish you
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Chapter: HEARTLESS MAN Adriana's POV I shut my eyes in fear when Diego held my wrist and I was waiting for the worst to happen. He took my hand and placed it on his chest.I waited a few seconds with my eyes still shut but there was no movement from him again so I opened my eyes to see that he had fallen back asleep.“Phew!” I sighed quietly.Slowly, I managed to remove my wrist from his grip and I lay his hands gently on the bed. I looked at the injury and found that Diego did not even bandage or clean it well.I stood up to leave his room but my conscience did not let me leave him like that; maybe because he took the bullet and still saved my life.I went back to his bed, removed the bandage covering his injury and searched the drawers for his first aid kit.Oof! The injury was really deep and had not begun to heal at all.I brought out the cotton wool, cleaned his wounds gently and then used bandages to cover the injury properly. I was covering his injury with the hand of his shirt and that was when I l
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