Sienna:If anyone in the world would have told me that this was how it was going to be to be married to Diablo, the man who was supposedly my enemy, and the cruel man that everyone feared, I would have told them that they were lying.But never in my life did I feel as safe as I felt with him, in his embrace, while he ran his figner over my waist.I kept my eyes on the mirror, staring at my reflection for a second too long, getting lost in the number of thoughts that I had in mind.My heart raced, and for a second, I feared it being too loud that anyone would hear it, thankfully, no one could. My phone has been ringing for the past five minutes, and I was put on redial, and knowing that it was the one person who should have been by my side, against everyone, even my father, I was disappointed to know that he of all people, the boy who I kept safe from getting beaten, the boy who I would have taken a bullet for, and the boy who I would have killed for. It was the same man who stabbed me
Diablo:“What do you mean she just left the house?” I asked, frowning when my father called me.“Your wife found out about Lexi,” he said, making my heart drop. “She just left the house.”“How?” I asked, my voice darkening as I got up from the couch where I was sitting, reading through a few papers that I asked my accountant to bring in.“Her brother called.” He said, and I hummed in response, silently asking him to go on. Alonzo, who was in his own office, raised an eyebrow when he saw me leaving to the elevator. “He threatened to kill you, and she came to me. The man ended up telling her the truth in a way that he knew would hurt her.”“Have the men search the city for her. I don’t want her leaving nor do I want her to get hurt,” I said, knowing that this could be an easy way for anyone to harm her if they wanted to.“I did,” he said, now somewhat hesitating with what he was going to say. “I am guessing she knew that she was being followed or was going to be followed. She managed to
Sienna:I wrapped the blanket around my body, refusing to get any sleep, and yet the pain that I felt was one that I couldn’t explain.I didn’t care about him being with others, everyone had their past and it was not my place to judge him for his. But to know that the woman that he was with, the woman who he pretended not to know as I introduced them, was my best friend, now that wasn’t something that I could easily swallow.The way Lexi looked at me, lied to me, and even tried to darken the idea of being with Diablo now made more sense to me. The woman was his lover, and I wasn’t even sure whether or not they were lovers when we married, if I was a simple second option because they broke up, or if they broke up because we were getting married.The number of questions that played in my mind were countless, but I knew one thing, they were not old broken up lovers. If my brother, the man who was supposed to be my ‘wall’, was now not only an enemy, but was hitting me with such a fact, it
Maria:I walked out of the room without saying a word, shocked of myself for even entering that room in the first place.My phone rang, and it didn’t take me long to figure that it was Lexi. I shook my head and hung up on her, the last thing that I needed right now was to talk to her, not with everything that was going on, and not with the way that she’s been treating me.“Maria?” Diablo asked, frowning in confusion as he saw me beside his room.“Your wife is still refusing to eat. I tried to have the maids get her something, she is going to send it back before she leaves.” I said, not looking at him. He put his finger under my chin, raising my face to look at him, and shaking his head, I knew he was silently asking what I was up to.“What are you doing, Maria?” He asked, voicing out his question when he saw that I was quiet.“I listened to her,” I said, and he frowned in confusion. “While you left her to calm down, I chose to go and listen to what she was going to tell me.”“You are
Diablo:“What the hell did you do that for?” She asked, her voice hardening. “The girl was coming to her brother’s room, whether or not I was there…”“The main question here is; where the fuck do you think you’re going?” I asked, frowning at my wife. She raised an eyebrow at me and I shook my head in question at her, wrapping my hand around her arm, pulling her inside the room.“What do you want from me, Diablo?” She asked, and though I knew that she didn’t want to be by my side right now, I couldn’t help but find myself frowning at the way she was acting.“You are my wife, I doubt that you would just expect me to allow you to go out by yourself.” I said, and she scoffed.“I doubt that you expected me to want to ask your permission to begin with. And I wasn’t going out by myself, I know the rules that you have laid out for me to follow.” She said, and I shook my head at her.“You are judging me by a past relationship.” I said, and she raised an eyebrow at me.“You really believe that
Sienna:I tried, but I couldn’t.No matter how much I wanted to find myself looking the same way at Diablo, and no matter how much I tried to pretend that I forgot, I couldn’t.All I saw was the man who looked me in the eye and lied to me. And though I couldn’t face her with the fact, I knew that I had Lexi to blame too. The two of us weren’t talking, that was something that should have been painful to me, I knew that, but at this point, I was thankful that we weren’t. I didn’t know how I would be reacting toward her if we were.“I want these placed here,” I said, looking at the shrimp platters. “The drinks are going to be rotating around throughout the entire evening. I don’t want anyone to have an empty cup due to neglect. Unless they don’t want their glasses refilled, you are going to be sure that they stay full.”“I doubt that you would care about the guests having their glasses full.” Maria said, shooting her venom at me. To think that I was defending her against her brother the o
Diablo:“I am amazed by the lovely reception, then again, Sienna always did have her reputation when it came to arranging them.” Kyle, one of my partners said. “Jenna always mentioned how beautiful they were when they were in their foundations.”“I didn’t know that you attended foundations.” Maria said, looking at Sienna who smiled.“She ran them, she didn’t just attend. She was always sure to be the one to take care of things herself. Sometimes, even her friend Lexi would be with her.” Jenna said, looking at me. Sienna didn’t bat an eye as she heard Lexi’s name, but I couldn’t help but find myself feeling guilty. “You know, she’s gone missing for a while now. Some even say that she got married and ran away, others are throwing rumors that she was with child.”“Now, now, Jenna.” Sienna said, raising an eyebrow at the woman.“Oh, I’m sorry, I keep forgetting that you are against gossiping.” She said, putting a hand on her husband’s. The man chucked uneasily and my wife shook her head a
Sienna:“You seem to have caught the attention of everyone in the room.” Jenna said, clearly referring to her husband.“You know very well that the last thing that I aim to do is attract the attention of your husbands.” I said, and she raised an eyebrow.“Is that why you’re always too perfect?” She asked, making me fight back scoffing.“The fact that you think of me as perfect is flattering, but you of all people should know that I am nowhere near being so.” I said, and she rolled her eyes. “Anyway, how are you? How are things?”“I’m fine,” she said, her attitude changing from one that was friendly to one that was cold, silently letting me know that she wasn’t happy. This conversation was not going to be ending well, I assumed. “It seems your married life seems to be calm? Though the two of you are still considered newlyweds who are in a honeymoon phase.”“I am hoping that we can keep the fire of the honeymoon phase for a longer period,” I said, and she shook her head. I had to put o
“This war is just getting started, I do hope that you realize that.” He said, looking at us Alonzo, who did not bother to say a word. He knew what it was he was signed up to when he did. And he was well aware that this war was going to take a lot more out of them than it was going to give them.“This war is going to end with the death of Diablo. This is going to be the only way of this family to break and when it is broken, we will know how to act.” Alonzo said, choosing to respond calmly. “You managed to play your daughter well, I have to admit. I did not expect that out of you, but Sienna seemed to fall for the act of you being on her side. I believe that Myla would have told her the truth by now.“My love lost the one person who would have stood by her side, and that was going to be Elton. With the man dead, she knew that she had no reason to live. She knew that I would not allow her to be my wife anymore. And that was something that you did not want. And after Carlos's death, she k
Diablo:We stood by the door, knowing that we had to get things done.The night was going to be a long one and I knew that Myla expected us to be arriving.I looked at Sienna, who was in pain, but I knew that asking her to stay back was not going to help. She was going to be stubborn and was going to choose doing what she wanted anyway. Might as well allow her to come. Being able to see her would help me focus on the target and the job that we needed to take care of.“We're going to go inside and trust me, this is going to be one hard task. Are you sure that you are ready for it?” I asked, knowing that this was my last shot, and doing so, my eyes met Alonzo's as she stood from the window, watching us in silence. His men were stationed around the windows and I knew that it was only a matter of time before they pulled out their guns. They were just waiting for the order.“This is going to be our one shot Diablo. The last thing that I want is for us to back away. The men are outside and h
Sienna:“How did you manage to leave? Mom just literally calls me. How did you arrive?” Diablo wrapped an arm around my waist. He pulled me to his chest and I could tell that he was both worried and frightened.“Your phone was bugged, son, and we figured that we could use that to our advantage. We were already here when we called you. The one thing that happened was that we were waiting for Alexandra to show up. Sienna wanted to give her a chance to be honest, but it seems to us that it is impossible.” Natania said, taking her son off guard. I knew that Diablo did not expect her to be there, and the fact that she was here with me was one that I didn't even expect. I expected her to fight me. However, I was surprised when she told me that she was coming with me.“I can't believe that the two of you went off whatever arguments that you had for this. And you should be at the hospital. You're still yet to recover, Sienna.” Diablo said, and I raised an eyebrow. He smirked and connected his
Diablo:“What do you mean that she wants to leave the hospital, Mom? I literally told you to keep her there. What do you mean that she's leaving?”“Your wife here does not listen to a word that is being said. I told her what you said but she said that it doesn't make a difference. She is going to leave. And trust me, she has good reason for that. But Diablo, you are going to need to be careful, both you and Maria.” She said, changing the subject. I frowned in confusion and I knew that something was going on. If Sienna was leaving the hospital like that, then something had happened or was going to happen.“What do you mean that we need to be careful? My wife is going to leave the hospital when she is still sick and you are asking me to be careful about something that is yet to happen.” I said Snapping got her. I knew that it was not like me to do so, especially with my mother, but right now I had a lot to think about and Sienna leaving the hospital was the last thing that I needed to be
Sienna:I found when I opened my eyes to find myself in a white room.I was your sleep on the hospital bed. And though I still could not remember what happened, I knew that if I was here that either I was shot or something bad happened.This was the 4th time that I've woken up. Only at first, I was alone. This time I knew that I was not. And that fact alone had me aware of my surroundings. I had tried to sit up four times until now. And on each attempt the nurses would stop me. The last time she had put me to sleep. This time it seemed to me that she was no longer here.I looked around the room, trying to find Diablo, only to frown in confusion when I found Natania sitting on the couch. Her eyes met mine and she smiled before she got up. I tried setting up which you gently pushed me back, not allowing me to do so.“What happened?” I asked weakly. My head throbbed and it felt like I was being hit on my forehead with a hammer. I was not going to mention the top of my head, which felt li
Maria:“Are you sure that you want to do this, Diablo?” I asked, looking at my brother, knowing that he was in conflict. The fact that Sienna was at the hospital was not something that I liked. I did not know who shot her, but I knew that this was something that he had to take care of. It was supposed to be a priority, not Lexi.“We are not going to go back from this, Maria. The number of things that we have to deal with are countless and delaying one thing is not going to help us. At least we might as well get this one done. If we managed to get her, capture her, then things are going to end the way that we want. At least I hope so.” He said, not bothering to look at me.I knew that he had a lot on his mind and that he was thinking of so much. Sienna was someone that he loved. It pained me to know that I was going to be a reason to separate the two of them.The idea of being the person that was to be the one that hurt him was not something that I liked. I was just thankful that he wa
Diablo:Anger was a small word to describe what I felt.I kept my eyes on my wife, who was breathing heavily.An oxygen mask covered her face. Without it, she would not be able to breathe.The bullet that hit her left lung, nearly touching her heart.The sight of her blood as she lost conscience, not processing that she was shot, played in my mind.I didn't know who did it, who shot the fucking bullet, but I knew that it was not something that I could just ignore or let go of. Whoever did this was going to pay with their lives and I was going to be sure that they knew it.“Diablo, you are going to need to eat something.” Mom urged trying to get me to get up from the couch. She knew that I wouldn't get up. I would not leave her in this state.The idea that the person, whoever they were, was as close to the house as they were angered me. It made me furious to know that I could not protect my wife.“Please Diablo, you are not helping yourself in any way and she is not going to be able to
Alonzo:“Where do you think you're going?” I asked, looking at Lexi who already had her bags packed.“I don't think this should matter to you. I already have permission from Myla and Elton to go. Plus, who the hell do you think you are to ask?” She asked, glaring at me.“What do you mean who the hell am I? If anyone knows who you are and knows how twisted you can be, then it is me. If Myla chooses to ignore that, and if Elton does not know you enough, then I do. I know that you are up to something and you would not just be leaving simply because you wanted to go on break, especially after everything that we've have been through and especially knowing that you have Sienna, Diablo and the whole Duraturo family after your head.” I said, and she laughed.“My friend there after your head and not mine. While yes I am part of this war but the main thing that they need to take care of is the man who shot their daughter. You really need to set your priorities straight and you need to understand
Sienna:“I'm sorry, what?” I asked, glaring at my husband, who just gave me the news that they were going to see Alexandra and that they would not want me to be there. “Diablo, what the hell do you mean that I'm not going to be there when you see Alexandra?”“Now is not the time for jealousy, Sienna.” Netania said, and I raised an eyebrow. At the moment, she couldn't actually believe that I was being jealous of Alexandra, the woman who was my husband's ex-girlfriend.“Do you really believe that this is out of jealousy? My mother is siding with that woman, ignoring the fact that she is the Diablo’s ex. I have a lot to deal with when it comes to her, and I'm going to start with the fact that she was going to marry my brother.” I said, and Natania looked away from me. “You can't be serious about this.”“There is a lot that you are going to have to deal with at home. I don't want you to be there when things break close and if something does happen…”“Unlock will happen. Alexandra's not go