"Your Highness, why don't you go and have some sleep? It's one in the morning," Maria said from behind the kitchen counter. Syl wasn't home yet. It's been hours since he left. He said he would be back soon. But here, his phone wasn't even reachable. And Ron wasn't receiving my calls. So Maria decided to stay back, staying with my worried ass. Syl asked Ron to fix a meeting with Zolvesky. I had a feeling his sudden disappearance was related to the meeting. And that was what concerned me. Was this the same man I found the picture of? Vincenzo Zolvesky? "You can leave now, Maria. I'm fine. You need rest. I won't have any sleep until he is back home anyway." I took a lazy bite from the almond cookie in my hand. As she said once, there were jars in the cabinets filled with them as per his order. "I'm glad you consider it as your home now, Your Highness." Maria's voice made me snap my eyes to her. A gentle smile tugged at her lips. "I'm happy for His Highness. Now I know why he is so
Vincenzo Zolvesky? Those dark sharp eyes in that photo flashed across my mind. So he was Marko's adoptive father? The grave silence and the darkness radiating off his stance discouraged me from asking more. But I needed answers. Why did he have his photo in that old cupboard and why did it have a red mark on it? Why even taking his name made him see red? So I walked closer to him, holding his flaming gaze. "Who is this man, Syl? I…I have never seen this much hatred in your eyes for someone. Why did you keep an eye on them discreetly and why Robert chose Zolveskys to target to get back at us? Why are they so important?" His nostrils flared. His lips curled with rage, eyes set in distance. "Because destroying him was the sole reason I lived for until I decided to give all this up. To have you." Ron's words echoed in my head. 'Boss had let go of the motive of his life that he had been fueling inside him since his childhood only to have you in his life, his heart.' Destroying
His gaze met mine. The rage, determination and possessiveness in those icy blue eyes left me breathless. "Save your Sandra if you can." His voice came out tight. Breath hitched in my throat. "And the world knows no one touches my Sandra. I will burn the whole world if I have to to keep you safe. Be it Vincenzo or anyone else, they won't even touch a single strand of your hair. I promise you that." I believed him. But everything that was revealed before me was messing with my head. It was too much. I thought after Robert got caught, our problems were solved. But no. The bigger storm was yet to come. And I was…scared. For the first time. Known enemies were easy to deal with. But unknown? The one you didn't know if they were alive or dead, or there was someone else waiting to attack in the bush, it was lethal. When I didn't say anything, Syl tensed. Pulling me close, he cupped my chin. Unsure yet hard icy blue eyes met my ambers. "Are you scared, cuore mio? Don't you…trust me
As soon as the car screeched to a halt before Rossa, we got out. Securing my hand in a tight grip, he led us inside the VIP elevator with powerful strides. I, as well as Ron, had a hard time catching up with him.But that wasn't the issue that bothered me. It was Arianna. It was Robert. It was the dead Vincenzo Zolvesky. I still had the old photo of that man. I didn't mention it to Syl yet. I was sure he wouldn't like me snooping around Enrique's old room. He was already at the verge of losing control and killing Robert for not uttering a word even after endless torture. The ex-mayor was harder to crack than I thought. I wondered how could someone value their revenge more than their life. Maybe when one had nothing to lose. Now if anyone could tell us about why Robert chose Zolveskys to target even after knowing Vincenzo was dead, it was Arianna. And I wished with everything inside me that he was dead. I didn't want an old Italian mob boss rumored to be dead to come alive and fini
Looking to my right, my eyes found a middle aged man in a polo shirt at the opposite side of the store. As soon as my gaze met his, he looked away. Stuffing his inked hands in his pockets, he glanced around the shimmering shop filled with gold and diamond jewelries. My frown deepened. "It's Her Highness, Mrs. De Sylvano."Ron's words caught my attention back. "Diana? What does she want now?" His lips pursed. "She is not well for some days. Her doctor confirmed her deteriorating health. She has been trying to reach out to boss, but as you can expect, boss blocked her out in every way possible. So she called me."Diana was ill? She was more than fine last week. "What did she say?" I asked, feeling the stare again. But I ignored it. "She wants to see boss. She is…desperate. She wants me to tell him to take it as her last wish if he wants, but she wants to meet him."I bit my lip. Even though I had no desire to meet her again, her words…they raised an unwanted sympathy in my chest.
Distance murmurs and a rhythmic soft beat slowly pulled me to my consciousness. A warm, firm grip around my body cocooned me to its warmth like a protective shield. Intoxicating masculine crisp cologne surrounded my senses. Syl… I took a desperate breath to take more of his scent in. The rhythmic soft beats were his heartbeats as I was wrapped in his arms. Sensing my movement, his head snapped to me. Red dark icy blue eyes alert. Big calloused hand was soon to cup my cheek. "Cuore mio? Baby? You are…you are awake?" Hoarse deep voice was filled with desperation. My eyelids were heavy. A darkness was forcing me to shut my eyes again. But I wanted to talk to him, watch him… I parted my lips. But a sharp pain shot through my head. My brows pinched together. "Sandra? Talk to me, baby. Are you alright? Are you in pain?" He pulled me more into him, his face was inches away from me. An agony mixed with concern and rage etched into his features. Even if I could barely keep my eyes o
"I'm full." I pushed away the spoon he held before my lips. His eyes narrowed. "You are not. You haven't eaten anything since noon. Now finish it, then I will feed you your medicine.""I can take them myself," I grumbled, trying to move away from his lap. But that damn strong arm kept me firm against him. After our conversation, he began to treat me like a child. He changed my clothes, forced me to drink a glass of juice and when I wanted to go to the bathroom, he carried me to it. And to my utter embarrassment, he refused to leave me alone in the bathroom. He was perfectly fine seeing me pee. The nerve of this man!After a thousand pleadings with a red face from embarrassment, I made his grumbling ass stand at the door with his back to me while I did my thing. And now he made me sit on his lap and fed me the soup Maria brought for me as per his order. True to his word, he wasn't letting me out of his sight even for a second. He even ignored his phone calls and voice messages. I
"I said no…" "Syl," I cut him off, attracting his narrowed gaze to me. "You must know from Ron that she is not well. Maybe it's important. Otherwise she wouldn't want to meet me personally."I wanted to tell Syl about my doubt, but I stopped myself. I wanted to confront Diana first. Only she could tell me what Vincenzo was doing at her building. Something told me he was there for her. "I'm not letting her see you, definitely not alone. You know her nature, she dislikes you."Shaking my head, I got up from the bed. And he immediately wrapped his arm around me, holding me against him. I rolled my eyes. "I'm fine, Syl. I won't fall. And about Diana's nature, I can just handle her fine. Don't worry. After all, this won't be the first time we will have a personal conversation." He let out a grunt. "I will be there with you if you're that eager to see her."I untangled myself from his arms. His lips pursed at the distance. "No. I'm going there alone. You can attend some phone calls in t