Margaret woke up with heavy grief in her heart the next day. Her heart was broken all over again and she locked herself up in her room. "Ma'am, why don't you eat something?" Grace, Margaret's maid said. She's carrying a tray of food in her hands. She was standing outside Margaret's closed door."How many times will I ask you to let me be? Get out!" Margaret screamed at her.She scurried away in fear. Margaret was sitting on her bed and crying eyes out. On her bed was used tissue papers. Today's her late baby's memorial day.Her phone rang. She checked the caller and saw that it was Vanessa."Hi Margaret, are you okay?" Vanessa asked when she answered the call."I'm fine," Margaret replied briefly."I called because I know that today…" she was saying but Margaret interrupted her harshly."I'm fine. Today is just like any other day”"Oh come on, you know it's not true. It's your baby's memorial day" she said and Margaret sobbed."It's been months now since you had a
Gabriella stared at the house Gemma, her best friend used to live in for the last time. The house she always frequented when Gemma was around.She had been so shocked to see Gemma on TV when she's arrested and charged with murder. She almost died when she heard about the prison explosion and was relieved when she found out that Gemma is still alive and that the charges against her were removed because she's found innocent.How the fuck did her best friend become the popular Pink butterfly??Was this why Gemma stopped talking to her?She needed to see her, she needed to talk to her and ask her why and what happened. Gemma fucking need to explain everything to her.And so, she made plans of going over there to meet Gemma and force an explanation out of her. She's been planning this since three weeks ago after she saw the news on TV. She's going to leave Coratone, her poor city and go over to Cella Monte, where Gemma is, but there's a problem,she can't afford to go to Cella Monte.If sh
~GEMMA~ I think this is where I'll really die. I closed my eyes and resigned myself to fate.“Are you okay, Gemma??” the man holding me asked.I quickly turned around, it was Luca.Thank goodness!! I heaved a sigh of relief.“What are you doing here?” I asked.“Shhh…I'll explain later, let me deal with those boys first” he said and moved me to his back.He came out and pointed his gun at them. The masked men ran away when they saw him.They seemed to recognize Luca so they must be someone we know. Someone among us.Luca came back to me.“They're gone,” he informed me.“I think they know who you are,” I said.“Yes, they ran off when they saw me,” Luca confirmed.“Why didn't you shoot them?” I asked.“This is a party. I don't want to cause a commotion and ruin Sir Bryan's birthday party. He wouldn't like it” Luca said.I nodded my head, he's right.“I was scared, Luca,” I said.“Why the fuck did you come out without your gun?” He said with a hars
Margaret and Gabriella disentangled from the hug after a long time of hugging each other.“I can't believe I'm staring at my little sister right now. I still feel like it's a dream I'll wake up from anytime soon” Margaret said.Gabriella pinched her lightly on the cheek.“Ouch,” Margaret exclaimed.“You see, this is not a dream” Gabriella replied and they laughed.“Did you recognize me immediately when you saw me?” Gabriella asked.“No, I didn't. But you called me ‘Melinda’, no one here calls me that name. So I knew it's someone that really knows me from before. I checked your name tag and saw your name and everything dawned on me” Margaret answered.“Tchhh, you couldn't even remember your sister on first glance” Gabriella rolled her eyes.“How could I? You've grown so much, my goodness! You've grown to be a beautiful and gorgeous young lady” Margaret said, eyeing Gabriella from head to toe.“Thank you. What about you? You've grown to be a gorgeous, beautiful and elegant
~GEMMA~ I still continued my life as the popular Pink Butterfly, handling different operations and looking for evidence to catch Margaret.She left angrily with waitress at the party the other time. I didn't see everything that happened because I was on my phone and when I looked up, I saw her pulling the waitress out of the hall.I haven't seen her from that day till now. Antonio asked Luca and I to go for a mission in Hong Kong and we accepted and made plans for departure to Hong Kong. The plane landed at Hong Kong. A car Antonio already hired for us to take us round Hong Kong, to drive to and fro the meeting venue and the hotel we're going to stay for the meantime, was waiting for us.Luca and I entered the car.“Welcome to Hong Kong” the driver said.“Thank you” I said to him while Luca remained quiet.“Antonio just reminded me that you should tell Mr. Marvel…." Luca was saying but I interrupted him."I know what I should do," I replie
~GEMMA~“Gemma” Luca called out.He looked into my eyes and forgot what he had intended to say because he saw longing, care and love in my eyes.Longing that sure matched his own! He kissed me again.Luca watched my eyes glaze, heard my ragged moans when his mouth touched mine. He kissed me passionately.Then he ran his lips down over the line of my throat.He inhaled the downy softness, bringing his hands up along my hips, at my waist and upward along my ribs to the front of my blouse, over my breasts.I moaned softly in approval, cupping my hands in his as he undid the buttons on my blouse.My breasts came spilling into his hands after Luca unhooked my bra. He filled his palm with my breasts."I want you Gemma”" he said, his voice laced with passion. I enjoyed what Luca was doing to me. He held my nipples in his finger and squeezed gently. Then, He bent his head and took my tender bit of flesh into his mouth, suckling. I moaned.As he suckled, Luca move
~GEMMA~“Gemma,” Luca screamed. He came down from the car and ran after me, leaving the car unlocked.He was able to catch me before I could run far.“Gemma," he called again."Let me go, let me go" I cried, trying to free my hands from his grip."Listen to me, listen to me!" He screamed.“Gemma, I can't do anything because this is the life that Antonio chose for you, but trust me, I won't let anything happen to you" he said, holding my shoulders so that I am staring at him right in his eyes."Trust you? Give me one good reason to trust you then so that I can believe you" I screamed."Yes, I agreed to this life so I'll stand by it, it's hard but I'll do it. I feel like every second, every minute, everyone is constantly watching me waiting for me to make a mistake. Everyday, my life is always at risk" I complained.“Luca, my life is not mine anymore. I agreed for the sake of my best friend because you said you'd help me, that you'll guide me as I live the life
~ANTONIO~ She's shaking on the floor when I approached her with the killer look in my eyes. It's been a while since I saw her scared of anything.I got close to her, bent and grabbed her neck and raised her up from the floor still holding her neck tight.She struggled to free herself from me and her towel fell loose to the floor. She's naked now and for the first time, I was too angry to notice her nakedness and what it does to my insides.I still couldn't believe the pictures I saw. Margaret sent it to me and so it must be real. Gemma isn't doing anything to deny it.God damnit! Not Luca and Gemma!!!My phone was ringing on the bed and I'm sure it's Margaret calling but I wasn't making plans of answering the call, at least not now.“You've been cheating on me with Luca??” I asked.“I…. I'm….” She struggled to speak as I still held her throat.I needed some explanations so I let go of her throat. She fell to the floor, coughing and hitting her chest.“
Ivan was still laughing till Antonio interrupted him.“Son of Dante Karamazov? Russian Mafia Lord?” He asked.“Yes. I came to Italy just to kill you. My father sent me here and I'm here to carry out his mission” Ivan replied.“I won't go down easily,” Antonio said.“I'll see if you still have that confidence when I blow her head off” Ivan said and pointed a gun to Gemma's head.“Don't kill her. Face me and leave her out of it” Antonio said.“Drop all your guns and kick them far away from you” Ivan instructed.Antonio dropped his guns down and raised his arms in the air.“See, there's nothing on me now. Take the gun away from her” Antonio shouted.“Not so fast! Kneel down. I want to see you beg for life. Who knows, maybe I'll pity you and let you live” Ivan said.Antonio knelt down and Ivan removed the gun from Gemma and pointed it at him, approaching him menacingly.He got close to Antonio and fixed his gun directly at Antonio's face.“If only my dad could see the pitiful you
~ANTONIO~ I heard Gemma's screams for help when I was still talking with Sir Edward and informing him of my plans to leave the crime family and leave the country. Gemma was clearly calling out to me for help.I excused myself from Sir Edward and ran towards the car with Mateo and Marco. Halfway, I saw a car speeding off.It increased the adrenaline in me and I ran faster to the car. When I got to the car, I saw that it was widely open and saw Emilia asleep. Gemma was missing. She wasn't in the car.Who could have done this?“Ivan!!” My inner voice answered.He's the only person desperate enough to avenge Margaret's death.I placed my finger in Emilia's nose to confirm she's still breathing. She must have been knocked off by Ivan before taking Gemma away.“Boss, what are we going to do now?” Mateo asked me.“I fucking don't know” I replied. I was exhausted, frustrated and angry and my brain wasn't thinking right now. It's times like this I wish I
Ivan was furious when he saw Antonio and Gemma come down from the car.The nerves of them, to show their horrible faces here!He quickly jumped in and blocked their path.“What the hell are you doing here?” He barked at them.“I came to pay my last respects to the dead,” Antonio replied.“You're not wanted here. Leave before I do something stupid” Ivan threatened.“We don't want a fight. We just want to pay respects to Margaret and leave. Don't ruin Margaret's funeral with your outburst” Antonio said.Gabriella stepped behind Ivan and eyed Gemma from head to toe.“I won't let you both get close to her corpse” Ivan swore and pushed Antonio hard on his chest.Mateo and Marco stepped in to protect Antonio.“Stop it, Ivan. Allow them to pay last respect to the dead” Sir Edward said. He's present at the funeral. He flew straight to Italy because of the funeral.Ivan had no choice but to step aside for Antonio and Gemma to pass. They walked to Margaret's corpse holding flowers
Ivan watched Antonio leave. He couldn't do anything now as he's still heartbroken. Everything still looks like a dream to him.But the dead body of Margaret he held in his arms made him realize that it wasn't a dream. Margaret is really dead! A reality that he has to accept whether he wants to or not.“I swear, I'll kill you Antonio” he swore. “Even if I have to die in the process, I'll kill you” “Explain what you said earlier” Gabriella said, when she finally forced her tongue to speak.She was so shocked when she heard her best friend, Gemma, is the cause of her sister's death.How did Gemma know Margaret?How did she cause her death?Her sister had clearly told her that she doesn't know Gemma or have any connection with her, so how did Gemma cause her death?“Explain yourself,” she repeated.Ivan went on to explain everything he knew about Gemma's and Margaret's beef, everything!!Gabriella was shocked beyond words when he finished.“You mean to tell me that my sist
~ANTONIO~ Margaret's dead. She's lying lifelessly in my arms.“Noooooo” I screamed loudly.“Don't die on me, don't do this to me” I cried out.“I'm sorry…. I'm so sorry, Garet. I'm sorry”I held her in my arms for a long time, sobbing fervently with memories of us flooding in my head. Memories of the happy, fun times we had. Our laughters echoing in my head. The way we ran around my house playing like babies. The way we danced together, argued, fought, ate together, had sex and lots more.“I'm sorry Garet. I killed you, I'm so sorry” I apologized.I lifted her up from the floor and took her to her car and laid her on the back seat.Then I walked back to my own car.“I'll take her body home. Let's go back. You'll drive this car while I drive her car” I told Gemma.She nodded and wiped off her tears. I walked back to Margaret's car, entered the car, started it and drove off while Gemma followed behind me. ~GEMMA~ I sat back i
~GEMMA~ I was in the car with Antonio, Isabella and Nanny Emilia. We're leaving the country two days after Antonio Luca and I are trying to escape.He released Luca and sent him home almost half dead when I agreed to go with him.I could feel the pain, hurt and that Luca's heart was broken when I chose to go with Antonio. My words seemed to cause more damage to him and hurt him than all the beatings and torture Antonio melted out to him.But I had no choice, he would die if I didn't do what I did. And I don't want him to die because of me. I don't mind living in misery with Antonio all my life just to save him. He's worth it and more.“When will you start putting yourself first, Gemma?” My inner voice asked.I rolled my eyes and heaved a deep sigh.There's one thing I need to learn! To put myself first! First it was my best friend, Gabriella and now it's Luca.I can't blame myself though, it's because I love them both so much.I was sitting at the
~ANTONIO~ I was waiting patiently in the private room with Marco and Gemma. Gemma was still sitting helplessly on the floor at one corner and crying her eyes out.Her cries increased when I brought in my torture equipments and she knew Luca was done for.For some reason, I knew Mateo and Tristan were going to come back with Luca. But if I were to be Luca, I wouldn't come back here for any reason.I was right when the door opened and Luca came in with Mateo and Tristan. I had instructed them to bring Luca to the private room when they finally found him.“You came. Such a loyal lover” I mocked and laughed.“Where is Gemma? Where is she?” He asked.“Over there” I pointed to Gemma's direction.He ran to her and crouched down beside her, touching her all lovingly and checking her out.“Are you okay? Did he hurt you? Did he hit you?” He asked at once.“You shouldn't have come here. Look around you, he's going to kill you with that stuff” she said.Luca
~ANTONIO~ It was the chill that had woken me. The sudden coolness of my body where there had once been the warm softness of Gemma's smooth curves curled against me, underneath me. Now there was a waft of colder air that followed the cautious movement she had made from the bed.Oh, she had tried to be careful as possible. She had made every effort not to disturb me and had eased herself, inch by painful inch, away from me and out into the room.She would only be taking such care if she was trying to hide actions from me. The way she had crept from my bed, her obvious need to be gone and not to be seen leaving, caught on my nerves, tugging me wide awake in a second.Not that I showed it. I wanted to be able to watch and observe, to see just what she was planning, before I reacted at all. I had heard her making plans to escape with someone on the phone, it is obviously Luca but I didn't know when, but I think she's about to escape now and I wanted to confirm
~GEMMA~ Antonio and I walked back to the room and then he suddenly slammed the door shut and locked it. I wasn't expecting his next action and so it took me by surprise. He pushed me forcefully to the wall and kissed me forcefully. He sucked my lips in his aggressively while I struggled to free myself.A hot slap landed on my cheek, as my eyes became clouded with unshed tears. “Antonio, please. I beg you, don't do this" I whimpered like a hurt puppy.“I've seen why you've been avoiding my touches since. It's because you've been receiving touches from Luca and having sex with him” he shouted.“What has suddenly come over you this evening? You were sweet this evening” I said.“I want you. You're mine Gemma, the earlier you accept it, the better for you. You can't run away from me. I'll make sure you submit yourself to me and it's now" he whispered with a deadass tone and I shook in fear.My heart began palpitating, wanting to break free from its rib ca