ISABELLA POV“Here, freshen up before I come do it for you!” Rafaelle's voice booms across the hallway, pushing the door open and dragging me inside.I stand frozen in the bathroom, thinking he is about to do something to me; he smirks, his eyes burning with intensity.“I will see you in a few minutes. There's someone right outside the door watching, so you can't run, Bella,” he spits, rubbing his beard. “Unless you want your baby dying with you,” he smirks, knowing that's what he had over me.My pregnancy.I rub my belly, happy to have the restraints removed for the meantime. I look down at my wrist, red marks staining it from being tied up these past few days.Rafaelle spits on the floor like some rabid animal before heading outside, slamming the door shut.I wince at the sound, but my heart races as I scramble around the bathroom, trying to find a weapon or anything to help me defend myself.I slam the wooden cupboard open for anything, but only toiletries are littered around.“No.
ISABELLA POVRafaelle walks into the room, his footsteps booming as he shuts the door behind him.His eyes find Francesca while I silently chew on my food; I somehow feel Rafaelle is much more dangerous than Francesca, and he shouldn't hear me pleading with Fran for help.His fingers land on my shoulder, sending a cold shiver down my back.I scarf down the food as much as the ropes can allow me.“Ah Fran, I can see you are enjoying the company; she is the only other female on the ship.” He shrugs, a wide, creepy smile on his face.Francessca turns to him, a sly smile on her face, “Just having a quick chat with Bella here; you know how much I enjoy torturing the brat.” She rolls her eyes, standing up.Annoyance fills me. “I am not some brat for you to torture,” I say, my eyes narrowed and voice filled with anger.She pauses, her sharp gaze meeting with mine, “How dare you!!” she yells moving forward as Rafaelle moved to the kitchen.“You are nothing but a bitch Fran, that's all I see,
Rafaelle POV I pause anger in my veins at what she just did, my fingers grip her neck, ready to choke her and leave a mark in the blindness of my anger She coughs, wincing at my grasp when a thick engine sound fills my ears and the once-moving ship stops. I frown releasing her my eyes moving around the room, why did we stop? “I will deal with you later!” I spit out my voice cold. My footsteps are heavy on the floorboards, I reach the door, deciding if I should leave Bella alone. I curse under my breath banging the door, “Hey!!” I scream at the top of my lungs, “What's going on? Why did we stop?!” I yell out into the hallway. I pause waiting for a reply but only silence follows. I turn my eyes to Bella on the chair sitting calmly with an air of defiance, I needed to break her soon to get her to do what we want for the plan but she was proofing stubborn with each passing day. I sigh, “Fuck!” I curse, my eyes darting back to Bella, I didn't want to leave her alone for ev
RAFAELLE POV My feet hit hard on the ship floorboards, Francesca shutting the door right behind me as she follows me up with urgency. “What are we going to do Rafaelle?” She almost yells but turns down her voice at the sharp look I send her “Dammit, our plan will be ruined!!” She says again but this time with anger on her face “I will resolve this and remember you are here for one reason,” I say pausing and turning to her, my chest rises and falls, “You are here to provide as much money as you can, we need to be able to buy off these men if it comes to worse,” I say turning around She grips my arm, “You know I don’t have that much access, Dominic controls everything” she says her voice bitter “And I don’t get my trust fund till I’m married,” she says a deeper frown taking over her features “We’ll figure it out, I’m going to deal with this shit now,” I say pushing her to the side and walking past her. My heart jumps in my chest as I reach the docks, my eyes land on several men
RAFAELLE POV “What?” I turn around to Francesca on the floor, that was all the money we had in the ship, if she gave them everything we would be forced to stop the ship in some city giving Dominic the opportunity to find us. “She doesn’t mean it,” I say shakily turning back to the head pirate “I mean it,” Francesca says her voice strong as she turns her eyes to the Pirate, her voice is cold and tempting, nobody would deny that huge amount of money. “No..No” I turn to the pirate, “She is clearly out of her mind in fear, don’t listen to her,” I say trying to convince them “You shut up!” He turns to me, the barrel of the gun hitting my arm as I stumble to the floor in pain. I frown gripping my hand tightly as he approaches her, looking down at her form, she no longer looks scared, instead, she looks like she has some plan up her sleeve “Now I know who the real boss is, not this pitiful idiot Gideon” he turns to me with a smirk My racing heart calms down at the name, of course,
ISABELLA POV Their receding footstep fills my ears and immediately the door bangs close, my brain starts to crank with ideas on what to do. I struggle with the ropes around my wrist, tears staining my face as I try to scream, move anything but Francesca tied me tightly, enough to not allow me to escape. I pant trying to stand up from the fetal postion she tied me in, but with no such luck. I take a deep breath thinking this through, they said pirates boarded the ship which means they would want some sort of settlement, I could talk to them and convince them to take me in exchange Dominic would give them whatever they request. I sigh, I would rather take my chances with them than with Rafaelle. I look down at the ropes struggling against them once more, but nothing, I decide to jump to the door, if I can bang on it with my body, then they could hear me scream or hear me fall. I roll towards the direction of the door, the chair from earlier smacking me in the side causing pain bu
ISABELLA POV A scream erupts in my throat when my father's body comes into view, beaten and bruised, after my birthday party this is not how I expected my birthday to end. My instincts screamed at me as I approached the house, screaming at the driver to call the emergency service, my trembling fingers pulled him closer to me wondering what I would tell the rest of the family as he barely took shallow breaths. The hospital room becomes a blur of fear and anxiety, my mother running into the hospital from her closed boutique store, tears running down her eyes as she moved to his side without question, A love I’ve always admired and wanted for myself “Isabella, your father wants to see you” My mom walks towards me pulling me into the hospital room, my father's weak eyes meet mine. “My Bella” he mutters his eyes filled with love and concern. “Papa” I cry moving to his side as he pulled me closer, coughing slightly but his eyes held worry, a secret he had been keeping from me for years
ISABELLA POV I followed him up the stairs, determined to make him listen, “Look Mr DeLuca, please listen to me” I say firmly reaching the top of the stairs, my eyes meeting with a man wearing a suit. “I am in no way interested in being in some marriage with you” I focus my eyes on him as he grabs a file from the table. He pauses, turning to face me, his bright blue eyes meet with mine, and I feel a shiver down my spine, “Again Miss Isabella, you are only a deal, a means to an end” he says a smirk playing on his lips as he turned to me fully. “This is only an arranged marriage of convenience, not fairytale love, I wondered, the women in your class, did you think you were going to marry for love?” He raises a brow at me, walking forward as the light blinks on his full form. I ignore his condescending tone, “We want to spread the payments over three years” I say “Give us three years and we will pay you back in full” I gulp my eyes meeting with his as the room charges with tension. H
ISABELLA POV Their receding footstep fills my ears and immediately the door bangs close, my brain starts to crank with ideas on what to do. I struggle with the ropes around my wrist, tears staining my face as I try to scream, move anything but Francesca tied me tightly, enough to not allow me to escape. I pant trying to stand up from the fetal postion she tied me in, but with no such luck. I take a deep breath thinking this through, they said pirates boarded the ship which means they would want some sort of settlement, I could talk to them and convince them to take me in exchange Dominic would give them whatever they request. I sigh, I would rather take my chances with them than with Rafaelle. I look down at the ropes struggling against them once more, but nothing, I decide to jump to the door, if I can bang on it with my body, then they could hear me scream or hear me fall. I roll towards the direction of the door, the chair from earlier smacking me in the side causing pain bu
RAFAELLE POV “What?” I turn around to Francesca on the floor, that was all the money we had in the ship, if she gave them everything we would be forced to stop the ship in some city giving Dominic the opportunity to find us. “She doesn’t mean it,” I say shakily turning back to the head pirate “I mean it,” Francesca says her voice strong as she turns her eyes to the Pirate, her voice is cold and tempting, nobody would deny that huge amount of money. “No..No” I turn to the pirate, “She is clearly out of her mind in fear, don’t listen to her,” I say trying to convince them “You shut up!” He turns to me, the barrel of the gun hitting my arm as I stumble to the floor in pain. I frown gripping my hand tightly as he approaches her, looking down at her form, she no longer looks scared, instead, she looks like she has some plan up her sleeve “Now I know who the real boss is, not this pitiful idiot Gideon” he turns to me with a smirk My racing heart calms down at the name, of course,
RAFAELLE POV My feet hit hard on the ship floorboards, Francesca shutting the door right behind me as she follows me up with urgency. “What are we going to do Rafaelle?” She almost yells but turns down her voice at the sharp look I send her “Dammit, our plan will be ruined!!” She says again but this time with anger on her face “I will resolve this and remember you are here for one reason,” I say pausing and turning to her, my chest rises and falls, “You are here to provide as much money as you can, we need to be able to buy off these men if it comes to worse,” I say turning around She grips my arm, “You know I don’t have that much access, Dominic controls everything” she says her voice bitter “And I don’t get my trust fund till I’m married,” she says a deeper frown taking over her features “We’ll figure it out, I’m going to deal with this shit now,” I say pushing her to the side and walking past her. My heart jumps in my chest as I reach the docks, my eyes land on several men
Rafaelle POV I pause anger in my veins at what she just did, my fingers grip her neck, ready to choke her and leave a mark in the blindness of my anger She coughs, wincing at my grasp when a thick engine sound fills my ears and the once-moving ship stops. I frown releasing her my eyes moving around the room, why did we stop? “I will deal with you later!” I spit out my voice cold. My footsteps are heavy on the floorboards, I reach the door, deciding if I should leave Bella alone. I curse under my breath banging the door, “Hey!!” I scream at the top of my lungs, “What's going on? Why did we stop?!” I yell out into the hallway. I pause waiting for a reply but only silence follows. I turn my eyes to Bella on the chair sitting calmly with an air of defiance, I needed to break her soon to get her to do what we want for the plan but she was proofing stubborn with each passing day. I sigh, “Fuck!” I curse, my eyes darting back to Bella, I didn't want to leave her alone for ev
ISABELLA POVRafaelle walks into the room, his footsteps booming as he shuts the door behind him.His eyes find Francesca while I silently chew on my food; I somehow feel Rafaelle is much more dangerous than Francesca, and he shouldn't hear me pleading with Fran for help.His fingers land on my shoulder, sending a cold shiver down my back.I scarf down the food as much as the ropes can allow me.“Ah Fran, I can see you are enjoying the company; she is the only other female on the ship.” He shrugs, a wide, creepy smile on his face.Francessca turns to him, a sly smile on her face, “Just having a quick chat with Bella here; you know how much I enjoy torturing the brat.” She rolls her eyes, standing up.Annoyance fills me. “I am not some brat for you to torture,” I say, my eyes narrowed and voice filled with anger.She pauses, her sharp gaze meeting with mine, “How dare you!!” she yells moving forward as Rafaelle moved to the kitchen.“You are nothing but a bitch Fran, that's all I see,
ISABELLA POV“Here, freshen up before I come do it for you!” Rafaelle's voice booms across the hallway, pushing the door open and dragging me inside.I stand frozen in the bathroom, thinking he is about to do something to me; he smirks, his eyes burning with intensity.“I will see you in a few minutes. There's someone right outside the door watching, so you can't run, Bella,” he spits, rubbing his beard. “Unless you want your baby dying with you,” he smirks, knowing that's what he had over me.My pregnancy.I rub my belly, happy to have the restraints removed for the meantime. I look down at my wrist, red marks staining it from being tied up these past few days.Rafaelle spits on the floor like some rabid animal before heading outside, slamming the door shut.I wince at the sound, but my heart races as I scramble around the bathroom, trying to find a weapon or anything to help me defend myself.I slam the wooden cupboard open for anything, but only toiletries are littered around.“No.
ISABELLA POVI stand frozen watching the pair as their eyes meet with each other.They quickly turn back to my shocked face.“You have got to be kidding me; this has to be some sort of joke, right?” I raise a brow at them.“Francessca?” I call out her name faintly, trying to process what is happening.A sly grin spreads on her face. “You didn't expect it, did you?”“Francesca has been truly helpful in bringing Dominic down,” Rafaelle smirks next to her, placing his arms around her.Before I can respond, they both laugh loudly together, like old-time friends.“Ah Bella, don’t be surprised,” he says, his voice dripping with amusement and laughter.My heart races and my anger boils over, my eyes narrowed at the pair, “This can't be.” I shake my head, my voice heavy with emotions.“I know you hated me, Fran, but Dominic? He is your brother!!” I yell out, my voice laced with anger at her sudden betrayal. “Dominic has been weak since he met you; our mafia gang has been suffering under his
ISABELLA POVI gaze out through the port hole, still strapped to the bed when my stomach grumbles in pain.I sigh, “Don’t worry Baby, we will be fine” I rub my tummy my eyes meeting with the doorBang... It opens with a push, Rafaelle following through the doors.“Breakfast will be served outside, but only if you respect yourself,” he says softly, his eyes following mine “You have to do as I say. You can't run or escape. We are in the middle of the sea, so there is no escape,” he smirks, moving closer to the room.“I hate you, Rafaelle. No matter what you do, I can never pity you,” I spit, my voice filled with anger.He laughs, “You will learn to love me and live with me, we will be a happy family soon, I know it,” he says sitting on the bed, his fingers moving through the ropes slowly“You are delusional Rafaelle,” I say my voice cracking in pain.“Let us go, I will introduce you to my team, the people who made everything possible, hid me away, and made sure, you or that bastard Dom
ISABELLA POV My eyes turn to Rafaelle as he yells at Grace, “This is not the time for this Grace” he says his eyes wide “What do you mean? This was the plan, to torture her and kill her!!” she yells her eyes still blazing with anger “We can't go ahead with the plan,” he says his voice filled with urgency, “we have to leave here immediately” he turns around heading towards the boxes quickly filling them up with everything he bought “What do you mean?” she frowns, her eyes filled with concern as she watches him I laugh, my voice vibrating in the room as they both pause turning to me, “He caught you, he knows his best friend betrayed him” I continue as they watch me “And he is coming for you, he will kill you Rafaelle, he will hunt you, and you won't find any escape” I laugh deeply Grace's face scrunched in anger, fear, and anxiety on her features, “You have got to be kidding me, you can't be serious right now Rafaelle” She turns to him “Is this true? Is Dominic coming h