ISABELLA POV“What in the hell are you wearing?” he whispers in my ears as I pull him into a hug.“Where is your stupid friend?” I turn to him instead, grabbing a cocktail from a passing waiter.“He’s right outside, he will be here in a few seconds, Isabella,” he says again his eyes wide like he can't believe I am the one“In the flesh” I giggle looking towards the entrance.Although a few people cover my vision, Dominic struts into the room his chest covered by a black shirt, a few buttons undone to expose his chest, and his hands in the pocket of his trouser.“He is going to kill you” Rafaelle whispers eyes wide, “I am out of here” he mummble quickly walking away truly and leaving me to fend for myself.“I am sorry I am late, I had a meeting to attend to” His clipped tone fills my ears his back still turned to me as he grabs the same man “Axel” hands in a handshake“It's fine, your wife kept us company, she made quite an entrance” he smirks pointing with his eyes behind me.Dominic
DOMINIC POVShe grabs my hand leading me to the middle of the dance floor, my eyes move around her body one more time.The lace of her dress sticks to her body revealing her beautiful shape to me, her red lips are in a pout and she lets go of my hand“Yes Bella” I moan, the shower pelting my back, my fingers wrapped around my dick in a tight grasp, I close my eyes going back to a few hours ago.She bit her lips, her fingers moving to her hair, she sends me a sexy wide smile, moving her waist in a round and sensual way.She turns around, exposing the skin of her ass to me, she bends over touching her knees and dancing to the slow Spanish musicLike a stripper she owns the stage although there are other people around us, I don't pay attention to anyone else, she totally traps my eyes on her sumptuous body.She stands moving closer to me, her fingers caressing the bare skin on my neck, slowly moving to my chest.My finger unconsciously grips the skin on her waist pulling her closer to me
ISABELLA POV “Urgh my head” I frown the blinding sun covering my vision, my eyes pulling open. “Fuck my head!” My forehead scrunchs in a frown my fingers moving to my temple and rubbing on the slightly “With the way you drank last night, I am surprised you woke up this early” Dominic voice fills my ears, his body covering my vision and the sun brilliantly reflecting on him. “What the fuck happened last night?” I groan rubbing my head, the last thing I remember is drinking so much and dancing with Dominic. I look down at my night dress and my frown deepens, “You dog!! You undressed me!!” I yell at him pointing my finger at him accusingly His frown deepens and he rolls his eyes his fingers coming forth with a glass of liquid in his hands, “Thelma brought them over earlier this morning, Drink up before it gets cold; it will help you with your hangover.” I grab the glass, but my eyes narrow at him. “You should have left me in my outfit; I don't want you touching as much as
ISABELLA POV “I know you do not have the decency, but at least I thought you would show up on time.” She rolls her eyes as I pull the private red curtains open. My feet clad with black stiletto heels and a red modest dress on my body, I take a seat beside her in the private booth. “I had Dominic accounts to care for.” I turn away from her, the high-pitched singer from below filling my eardrums. “Ouch.” I touch my ear in annoyance, and she throws me a dirty look. “No elegance whatsoever,” she rolls her eyes at me, turning back to the show. “Then why did you invite me here and not your darling daughters, Francesca and Rachel?” I mumble, crossing my legs across each other, the male singer joining the show. “When are you going to give the Delucas an heir?” She raises a brow at me, an odd look on her face. “Are you having any problems conceiving?” She turns to me slightly, a worried look now on her face. “No.” I shake my head, feeling uncomfortable from the questioning. “You
ISABELLA POV “You have such a beautiful wife, Mr Deluca,” the man opposite us in a tuxedo says sending me a creepy smile I want to stick to Dominic more but after our altercation before this party, none of us are in a good mood to speak to each other ….. “And? Is that why you have been calling me all evening? Because of your stupid mistress Grace?” I scream back at him pulling off my shoes in the bedroom as I prepare for the party He stands by the door, his hands in the pocket of his trousers, “how dare you do that without my permission? You almost killed her and left her stranded!!” he yells back at me “Then let her get a fucking job rather than leach off you then? Or is she so precious that you have to take care of her every need?” I raise my voice at him entering the closet and shutting the door with a bang. The argument doesn't end there, he pulls the door open, his face red from anger, “You will call the account manager and have him reinstate everything back this mo
ISABELLA POVDominic grabs me as fast as he can; protecting me with his body, he pushes me into an alley, and the gunshots continue. “What is happening??” I yell, my heart drumming in my chest as he drags me through the alley. “They went this way!!” I hear a deep voice scream.“We have to get to a bunker immediately!! Where is your phone?” Dominic grabs my arm, leading me through the dark like he knows the way. My lips quiver. My entire body trembles, the feeling of nausea overwhelms me once I realize my purse had fallen down when we got shot at. “Not to bother, there's a safe bunker just a few blocks from here!!” he says, his voice tense. We divert through another alley and come across four metal doors. He pulls open the second one, quickly locking us in; the room is dark and empty like a storeroom. “Oh my God, are we going to die?” My eyes fill with tears, my entire body trembling with fear as I wrap my hands around my body. “We are not dying tonight, okay?” He grabs my shoul
ISABELLA POV “Breathe Bella breathe!!” Dominic says calmly but filled with panic, his eyes looking around the bunker but he knows we can't get help while we are in here it just me and him. I hear another round of gunshots, this time closer and my heart nearly jumps out of my chest, the panic breathing continues and my breaths come out in bits “We are going to Die Dominic” I panic, “I don’t want to die, please” I shake my head tears streaming down my face His eyes turn to me intensely, panic on his face, he does the single thing I didn't expect him to do. He kisses me His lips mesh with mine, blowing air into my mouth and into my lungs, calming me down immediately, he removes his lips from mine as my breaths stabilize. “You-” I say but the words are halted by another round of gunshots My hands flag out in fear and I grab a hold of him, he doesn't push me away or show his usual annoyance at me, his fingers grip my waist pulling me closer to him as the gunshot intensifies. “If
ISABELLA POV We spend the night in the bunker, submerged in darkness, neither of us can sleep, there are loud sounds of gunshots every now and then but they start to calm down around 2 am. I turn my body to the edge, Dominic sleeping right beside me since there is no couch available here. By morning we hear a loud bang on the hatch door. “Wait!!” I stop Dominic before he can open it “What if it's one of the bad guys?” I raise a brow at him, my heart pounding in my chest, as I adjust my dress from last night “I am the bad guy Isabella” he whispers turning his head away and opening the hatch In fear, I grab the gun on the nightstand and stand pointing it to the entrance, Dominic sends me a coy smirk a head pops down, one of our guards i recognize. “Mr. Deluca, Mrs. Deluca” he nods, “The coast is clear sir” My racing heart calms down and I quickly drop the gun to the floor in haste “Are you sure you dont want to keep that one? For your protection, you seem pretty ready to use
DOMINIC POV The ride back home is long and the sky darkens as we drive into the mansion. “Sir, Mrs Bella” her driver approached me with concern on his face but I stop him my eyes flaring with anger, I push the door open the reveal the house lit up with low lightning. The maids are closed for the day and the house seems empty but I know she’s home. Ready to throw my anger at her, I march up the stairs, pushing the bedroom door open but find the room empty. Panic sets in immediately, but blindsided by my anger I walk towards the office, pushing the door open but it’s empty. “Isabella!!” I yell out, my heart pounding in my chest in a panic, I walk down the stairs when I hear the sound of someone crying. My feet slow down, my ears filling with more sounds of sniffling, and my eyes move to the sliding door under the stairs leading to the pool. The door is open and right at the edge of the pool is Isabella, her feet inside the water, the blue lighting from the pool reflecting ba
DOMINIC POV “Set up a meeting with the shareholders this month and clear my schedule for the weekends, I will no longer be working through the weekends,” I say my voice deep and stern as I think through my decision. With Isabella’s pregnancy and the recent threats, I need to work from home more, I need to pay more attention to her and maybe try and fix our relationship, the longing looks, the anger, the ignoring game, it needs to stop with the introduction of our child into the world. I sigh heavily, my mind still on the threats, I think back to what my sisters said, although they denied all claims, all the evidence points to them. The times we received letters in the house were always after a public gathering or at a public gathering, nobody but my family could wage such a heavy war on me or Isabella, nobody dared to, I did ask around but there was denial from everyone. I sigh turning to the lump of documents on my table, and my eyes moves to my phone, I was getting updates
ISABELLA POV“Look what the cat dragged in, Home-wrecker” Grace mutters with a sly smile on her face.I roll my eyes, “Maybe you should go somewhere else Grace, the store is wide enough, let me be” I turn my eyes away from her turning back to the racks of clothing.“I can’t leave, I was here first, it was the same thing for Dominic’s life but here you are” She rolls her eyes turning to Rachel, “What are you doing here with this bitch anyway?”“Don’t call her that” Rachel mutters turning her eyes away from her, again trying to avoid any confrontation that would lead to us being found out.“Can you get out please Grace, we don’t have the time for your stupid drama, call up Dominic or something, and then he can cater to your needs” I spit the words out in anger but my voice cracks in sadness, again, if Dominic had some self-respect or some respect for me, he would keep his mistress on a leash but he gave her everything she desired.She was the original, I am only a copy, a trophy wife.
ISABELLA POVThe car comes to a stop in front of a rusty apartment complex, I share a look with Rachel.“With the amount of money our family has, it’s easy to fall in love with the idea of some genuine love” she shrugs, her eyes filled with sadness.“Come on” I place my arm around her shoulder walking into the building, I walk towards the elevator but she stops me.“What?” I turn to her with a frown, confused about why she stopped us, “Don’t tell me you are scared to face him?” I raise a brow at her, about to speak some sense into her.“No, it’s not that” she mutters shyly, looking down at the floor and avoiding my gaze.“Then what?” My fingers raise her face to meet mine, a brow raised in anticipation.She gulps, her eyes moving around the reception, “The elevator is bad, we have to use the stairs” she sighs, her face pink with embarrassment.“Oh your brother will kill this boy” I shake my head with a sigh, so not only did he get her pregnant and abandon her, but he doesn’t have the
ISABELLA POV“It’s true!!” She exclaims eyes wide with a mix of fear and anxiety, “The paint stained me in the first place and that’s why I had to change” She gulps, her eyes darting to me slightly before returning back to Madam DeLuca “But that looks like blood” Madam DeLuca's eyes flicker nervously between the blood stain and my tainted dress.“I’m fine, I am really” I reassure her with a nod, trying to act as calm as I can, quite the opposite of what I feel, quickly turning to Dominic to diffuse the situation, “You should go, I will be home soon” my fingers hold his in my grasp, our eyes meeting with each other, charged with an intensity I never thought he would feel towards me. But I guess the baby changes everything.He heaves a heavy sigh, his eyes scanning me one last time, his jaw clenched in frustration, “Fine I will go. But you have to be back soon, and a driver will pick you up, it’s not safe for you to drive” he says with a dismissive tone but filled with underlying conce
ISABELLA POV“Bella?” What are you doing here? He calls out and I turn to him, acting in shock as I pull out the earphones.“Well, what are you doing in Rachel’s bedroom in the middle of the day?” Madame DeLuca says her eyes trained on me but slightly moves to Rachel who has pulled out her earphones also.Francesca's frill voice surprised the silence “Will somebody say something? Anything?” Francesca screeches next to me, her eyes blazing with anticipation, her gaze filled with intensity as she waited for my answer.I hesitated, my voice faltering as I struggled to find an answer for them, “Well, I came here to “ I pause gulping my nervousness down, I turn to Rachel, her eyes filled with an expectant gaze, looking at me in anticipation to solve this issue for us. “Rachel needed help with some financial questions regarding the accounts” The lie rolls of my tongue smoothly, but my heart racing hoping they don’t catch in on us.“You know I’m not done with school yet, so I was confused” R
ISABELLA POV “Pregnant for real?” I raise a brow at her, “That is impossible, I can’t stand Dominic and vice versa, we have not even been on the same bed for ages now” I sigh leaning back on the couch Knock….knock. “Mam, the spa ladies are done setting up, they expect you outside soon” Madam Thelma’s voice echoes from behind the door. “I will be right down!!” I yell back, as her footsteps retract. “So what are we going to do now? You either tell Dominic the truth now and save yourself the drama or keep up with this lie and face the consequences later” Bianca sighs plopping down on the couch right next to me. I sigh when I hear my phone ding in my robe. “I think I’m bleeding, or losing the baby,” I read out the message from Rachel, my heart drums in my chest and I stand up immediately “What? What’s wrong?” Bianca raises a brow at me as I rush into the closet pulling out a dress. “It’s Rachel, something is happening, I have to get to her,” I say my voice filled with tension, fe
ISABELLA POV “My sisters,” he says simply leaning on the door I frown, “Your sisters? That is impossible, they wouldn’t send men to kill their own friend at their own party” I step out of the tub and he is quick to come and help me, shocking me. “I’m fine, I can do it myself” I distance myself from him. What’s the use of accepting his fake kindness due to some pregnancy that doesn’t exist, as soon as we reveal the truth, it will all end, and we can go back to being roommates, pretending to the world that we are in love. “Well I think it’s them, I confronted them earlier this morning and they acted quite suspicious, especially Rachel” he shrugs moving back to the doorway I roll my eyes at that, they are probably more worried he would find out about their nasty fake pregnancy plan they had with Grace and of course, Rachel would be nervous due to her being the pregnant one. “I still think you should investigate further, I don’t think they would go this far to just hurt me” “You
ISABELLA POV The morning sun blinds me immediately my eyes pull open, the main door cracks open and Thelma walks in with a tray in her hand. “Thelma” I mutter a slight frown on my face, my eyes move around the room not sensing Dominic, “Where is Dominic?” I ask as she walks to my bedside with the tea, “And when did you start serving me tea so early in the morning?” I frown at her Her smile is bright and wide, filled with a tease, “Mr Dominic told me about your condition, congratulations mam” she smiles widely, grabbing my feet and helping me into my slippers “Woah, is that why I’m getting all this special treatment?” I laugh, my eyes refusing to meet hers and conform to this lie Rachel and I have started. “Drink this, it will help with the morning sickness” She passes me the tea glass, the smell of ginger filtering into my nose. I thank her, drinking as much as I can and playing into the facade. “Do you know when Dominic will be back?” I frown I am sure he is still angry over