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Shyhearts
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Safeguarding Isla

Safeguarding Isla

Isla Moon Gambino, daughter of the mafia crime lord Richard Gambino has led a sheltered and caged life due to all the dangers that lurk around the mafia family members, now when a rival mafia family threatens the Gambino family's safety, she has been appointed a personal bodyguard. Alexander Rossi, Ex-Marine seal with demons of his own is the appointed bodyguard to the sweet and sheltered girl who goes out of her way to befriend him and make him talk to her. Will she be able to penetrate his ice-cold exterior? Will he be able to free her from the caged life she leads? Will their forbidden love last?
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Chapter: Epilogue
Four months had passed since the whole ordeal of the Siegel and Gambino families going down with the exception of Isla.Since that day, it was an endless string of court hearings and witness testimonies that Isla got through with immense help from Alexander who never left her side at any moment.It was really hard for her considering it was her own father on the stand.Richard had refused any visits from Isla since he was arrested but once the case closed and he was sentenced to lifetime of prison, he finally agreed to see Isla for a visit.Isla thought he'd be angry, he'd call her a foolish girl, a traitor but it wasn't the case.Richard Gambino had break down in front of her making Isla a crying mess as well since she hadn't ever seen him cry, not even when her mother died, at least not in front of her.He apologized for the way he was with her, he apologized for distancing himself, he apologized for the whole ordeal with Jamerson, he told
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
Chapter: Chapter 42: In Which He Tells The Truth
Isla was currently sitting in a huge leather office chair at the CIA headquarters, tightly clutching onto Alexander's jacket that was wrapped around her as she bed sat there in her wedding dress.Alexander was off to get some paperwork done, it was taking him a long time since Isla had been sitting there for the last hour, her leg bouncing up and down anxiously as the headquarters was busy and bring with people left and right, all working.Plus, there was this guy who had been sitting on the desk, right beside her, asking her all sorts of questions and answering them was the last thing she felt Like doing at that moment but she still did, seeing no other choice.To her utter relief though, Alexander finally returned at that moment, seemingly with a sandwich and bottled water in his hand.Alexander could dearly see how uncomfortable and out of place Isla looked sitting there, but they were soon gonna get out of there."Bugger off Stevenson" he said,
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
Chapter: Chapter 41: In Which She Wears A Wedding Gown
The girl in the mirror looked like a vision to behold, the white mermaid gown hugged her curves in all the right places and showed off her delicate figure, yet the girl in the mirror looked sullen.That beauty of the shine in her eye, apples of her cheeks that were always tinted crimson, the life on her face altogether wasn't present.Instead, she had lost a lot of weight, the cheekbones on her face more prominent than ever before, her eyes red from crying and those exquisite collar bones all the more boney.Isla felt like throwing up seeing herself in her wedding gown. She didn't find herself attractive at allShe had immensely lost weight and they had to alter her wedding gown two times, this being the third one as she stood for the fitting.Two complete weeks had passed and tomorrow was her doomsday considering she was to be wedded to Jamerson Siegel tomorrow.Isla had countless break downs. She couldn't stop thinking about Alexander no m
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
Chapter: Chapter 40: In Which He Is James Bond
Alexander stepped out of his convertible after parking in the spot with his name on it, with a black briefcase in his hand, looking every bit as sharp in a dark navy suit which was a change from his usual black.He exhaled out a heavy sigh as he peered at the fancy infrastructure of the Central Intelligence Agency.'Let's do this' he told himself as he started taking long strides towards the building.As soon as he stepped inside, he showed his identification and was cleared through security after a thorough procedure search."well it's about damn time" the familiar voice made him than around and halt in his steps before his lips lifted into a smirk."Good to see you too Ayesha" he greeted as she walked towards him with a smirk of her own.Ayesha was glad to see her best friend back and the feeling was mutual on Alexander's side as well, especially after they had been apart in complete radio silence for the last eight month
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
Chapter: Chapter 39: In Which It's Revealed
Just as Rolfe along with two other guards dragged Alexander out, heading towards the holding cells in the compound, they stopped halfway when Rolfe made them come to a halt."Isn't this so anti-climactic?"Rolfe said with a smug grin on his face."What do you mean?" Alexander asked, confused as to why Rolfe was acting all strange."You thought you could have everything, the job, boss's favor, hell even an affair with the heiress and you really did have it all for a while there but now you're nothing"Rolfe sneered out and Alexander turned his head a little to look at him."You're telling me that you are the one who got jealous and snitched" Alexander confronted she had to stall even though he couldn't care less about who snitched considering he knew it was going to happen sooner or later."I couldn't stand the sight of your this whole time, I mean for god's sake you were a new recruit, and Mr. Gambino was handing you out favors and promoting you Like
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
Chapter: Chapter 38: In Which All Hell Breaks Loose
Three days had passed on the Island and they both were having the time of their life, sometimes it even gave Isla the married couple vibes and she absolutely loved it. Even Alexander felt so at peace with being near her all the time for the past three days.Currently, they were inside the condominium, Isla was scrolling through Netflix trying to find something to watch for the last half an hour while Alexander sitting on the couch cleaning and polishing his gun for which he just got new cartridges for as well as a silencer.All of a sudden they heard the familiar loud blade slaps of a chopper sounding very close to the condo.Alexander got up, loading his gun in the process before turning to Isla."I'll go check, don't follow me okay?" She nodded her head in response and he made his way to the door.As soon as he opened it, he was faced with four men in suit, behind them a chopper with running blades."Mr.Rossi was here to Miss. Gambino and
Last Updated: 2021-05-08
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