Isabella’s POVI was disgusted by his demands, he was turning me into something that I wasn't and that was not cool. “I am not your puppet, Rodrigo, you can't make such demands from me”“We are married so either you do it or I do it, I am sure you won't want that right?”“I danced for you when you wanted and now you want me to kiss you, Forget it I am not doing such an outrageous thing”“Do it and your month is subtracted by a day”What does he take me for? Who the hell does he think he is making such demands? It wasn't that I haven't Kissed other men, I just haven't imagined kissing Don Rodrigo, every time I stare at him I can only imagine how many women have lurked lips with him, that was very disgusting and something that I wouldn't want to ever happen yet I just couldn't stop it.“A month, if I kiss you, I will be in debted for just eleven months”“You are in no position to make demands”“Is either that or you forget it, You can only force me to kiss you but at the end of the day
Isabella's POVWhen the sound of the gun went off, for a moment my fragile body was lying on the ground and I was covered in a pool of blood but that wasn't the case as I opened my eyes only to see Rodrigo standing in front of me. He stared at me, his gaze cold yet concerned."Are you okay?" He asked and I nodded my head. I wasn't feeling any pain. Perhaps the shot must have missed I thought till my ear caught the continuous dripping on the ground, lowering my gaze I was surprised to see droplets of blood on the ground. I assumed it was mine and looked myself but there was none of me, he staggered back, his jaw tightened and that's when I realized that he was trying so hard to endure the pain that was burning through him. Rodrigo was in pain since he jumped right in front of me and took the shot for me.Confusion set upon my soul as I wondered why he did that. Tears clouded my eyes and I shook my head disbelievingly wondering what came over him, he saved my life. Why would he save my
Rodrigo's POVWhen the words escaped her mouth, I was in a state of amazement for a moment. This was Isabella, the woman who wanted nothing to do with me, she cared about me and acted like a good wife. For a moment I wanted to believe her and every word that she said but when I realized that the one who was saying all this was Isabelle, I yanked my arm away from her grip. She was just like her, love and care were just another fallacy, they were not real and I just happened not to believe in those words anymore. "Listen you may be the boss and King of this Mafia family and I should be listening to you but right now I don't care about all that, I am your boss and you will have to listen to me now" The closeness between made it easy for me to inhale her familiar scent. "You are the boss?" I asked trying to make certain that I heard everything that she was insinuating."Yes, I am" She took a step backward held my hand once more, and walked into our bedroom. "Wait here so I will call the
Isabella's POV"Get out," I said to the Doctor. Thankfully he was done tending to the wound so he packed up his bag and hurried out of the room. "How dare you!" I glared at him, almost close to murdering him for trying to imply that I am a whore who can be bought."I should be the one asking you that" he glared at me but I couldn't care less about his glares at the moment, he was the one who was pushing it by belittling and disrespecting me in front of a man who knew nothing about me. He was reducing me to nothing and that hurts. I was a lot of things but never was I one of those women who are to be bought cheap. I hated it when someone reduced me to nothing when I was something in the eyes of Maxwell and everyone else. "How could you belittle me?""You belittled yourself when you flirted with him""With who? What was he talking about?" I was confused. Throughout the night I have not talked to anyone else other than him and even when Castel was trying to be naughty, I composed myself
Isabella's POV I halted as the words left his mouth. What business does he have with Jennifer? I may not have been friends with Jennifer for a long time but I am quite certain that she has not said a word about him. "What's your business?""She is a fucker you know" I arched up my brow at him, not quite sure what he meant by those words. He must probably be implying someone else and not her. "I don't understand what you mean by that?""Don't act so cunning with me, I can see right through you, you know""What's your problem?" I only came here to clear my head but he was making it impossible and now I have to leave. "You are just like her, aren't you?" "Just like who?" Confusion set upon my soul. He was not making any sense. There was something about the way he was looking at me that got me scared for a moment. However, he was Rodrigo's right-hand man and would not hurt Me."I am talking about Jennifer, you women are something else, aren't you?""You are out of your mind, what bu
Rodrigo's POVFury consumed me as I glared at her. She was pushing it and this time she went too far. How dare Isabella point a gun at me in front of my Men? Marcello might be like a brother to me but he was still under me. For so long, I have been able to control and tame any woman I have come across, no one has ever dared to do this, not even her. Yet she was doing the very opposite and I could no longer hold it in."Well, you were saying" I mocked seeing Juan Carlos pointing a gun at her. It was good his loyalty was still with me and not with my wife otherwise I would discard him. He might be a brother to me just like Marcello but no brother of mine will tolerate me, I won't allow it. I will have to punish that person and give him a taste of his own medicine."Lower your gun down" Juan Carlos states. Hearing his voice, she was surprised. She had not expected this betrayal. Well, it wasn't a betrayal since Juan Carlos has always worked for me. He shouldn't have covered for her that
Isabella's POVHe stared as I shook my head, tears rolled down my cheeks. I was confused as to which choice to make. He can't be making me go through this pain. How can he ask me to choose to either my father or these men? I don't care what these men did, I was not capable of hurting anyone. It will break my heart to hurt anyone, especially those who have not done anything wrong to me. "Rodrigo please""Don't you dare plead with me now Pick up the damn whip Your ten seconds are almost up""Rodrigo!" I yelled wishing I could get through to him but that was not even enough to get him to at all as he pulled out his gun and pointed it at me. "Do it" I wanted him instead of others. The men might not be innocent but they haven't done anything wrong to me, whatever happened was between them and Rodrigo so why should I be the one who gets to serve justice to them? "Your ten seconds is over" Rodrigo lowered his gun, he wasn't going to shoot me. He knows that the moment that he does he won't
Rodrigo's POVI stared at her as her slim body was in my arms. For a moment I was lost for words to say, this woman was hurt. I broke her not just her body but her mind as well and that wasn't what I wanted. How could I have gone this far and shot those men right before her, especially being aware that it was going to hurt her? She was someone that was never part of my world and so I should be aware that it was going to do a lot of harm to her mind. The truth was, I knew all that nevertheless, after all that she did, the only thing that was on my mind was revenge. It was never planned, I only planned to handle those traitors myself but after seeing Isabella pointing her gun at me and refusing to lower it down, I had to do something so that she doesn't ever have to repeat this same scene ever again. Marcello and Juan Carlos might assume that I was weak but I wasn't. She had to be taught a lesson and that was the little lesson I taught her, had no clue that it was going to break her th