A car is sent by Dominic to pick me up and I'm led into the restaurant, the lights are dim and there's no one but the waiters in the restaurant.This immediately makes me halt in my steps, “what is this man planning?” “Nothing out of the normal for a couple about to wed” his voice filters through the room, walking towards me“I just wanted to talk, there’s no need to pretend to like me Mr Deluca” I reply folding my hands across my chest.“Then let’s talk.” His hands cup my waist pulling me towards the table, a single rose flower on the table.“You know, I don’t like roses” I pick up the rose, taking a seat opposite him, “Maybe Grace liked them,” I say my voice filled with a hint of jealousy.His lips lift in a smirk, “Tell me what you like Isabella, and I’ll hand it to you on a platter of Gold” “Your money doesn’t impress me either” I blink at him turning my eyes around the room, The waiter approach us serving champagne “But here you are, about to marry me for it, you are never rea
Dominic’s POVShe smiles at me widely, and I already know it’s being powered by the alcohol, her movements are slow and funny.The waiter walks towards us with our food and the light in her eyes shines brightly in the dark room, she could almost convince me to start falling in love with her.I shake my head, removing that thought from my head, it’s a contract marriage, it’s one of convenience, I can’t go around falling in love with her when Grace still occupies my thoughts.“The food is divine, I don’t know if it’s just me or the alcohol,” she says, giggling loudly after, a huge proud grin on her face.“Is this what you do all the time? Go to restaurants, get drunk, and go back home?” I raise a brow at her“And is carrying a stick up your ass 24/7 what you do all the time?” She says without wasting a beat“Good one” I roll my eyes, finishing up my dinner, “For someone drunk, I can see your brain is still functioning at 100%” I say clearing my plate and signaling for the waiter for des
Isabella POVA strong headache is the first thing I feel when I wake up, my eyes sting and I manage to peel my eyes open looking around my room.“How did I get back home?” I frown scratching my head, I turn my head to the side staring at my alarm clock, and realize I'm super late for work.With speed, I take a quick shower and throw on a black suit, covering my Hungover eyes with dark shades, I grab my bag and head downstairs.The house is empty and I quickly have breakfast, reading the note my mom left for me.“Drop by the boutique today” I frown at the note, I have a lot on my plate today, pushed meetings due to the entire wedding drama, I need to focus more this week and ignore the Delucas and the wedding, I need to focus on saving my father's company.After breakfast, I immediately head to the office, and I can't help but notice the weird stares that follow me.Usually, I'm used to the weird stares since resuming at the company and the engagement with the Delucas going public, bu
Isabella POV“Ma” we are here, I say pushing the door of the boutique open, the bell ringing as I push through the glass doors.“Back here” I hear her scream back at me, I walk through the large double doors on the right to find my mom in the middle of the white round couch, on the far left are Dominic’s mom and his sisters.My heart stops for a second when I look to the right “Dominic” I say His eyes turn towards me at the sound of his name, we have a long look when we hear a cough.“No more flirting, yea right” she giggles walking past me to the couch “I’m Bianca and Isabella's best friend, if anyone is going to be insulting to my friend, or in any way destroy this dream day of finding wedding dresses, then it's best to leave now because I'm like a dog chasing a bone when I get feral, and I do get feral for Isabella” she states shocking me.Mummboes comes from the Deluca women but they ignore her, head up high, “And Mr Dominic, is there some reason you're here?” she raised a brow
Isabella POVFive days later and the rest of my extended family, makes it to town, same with the Deluca last I heard.It’s been five days also since the awkward encounter in the bridal dressing room with Dominic, five days, no parties, no private dinner, no more flowers or presents, just disappeared.I would think we were not getting married anymore, but his mom has been calling me about wedding plans for days now, so the silence is a personal choice.“Isabella darling, how is the company doing?” my uncle asks My lips pull into a tight smile, they never wanted a woman to be part of the family company, and things will be even worse if they find out the family’s company is in debt, they will all turn on us so fast, but here they are, in our home, sending us fake smiles and showing fake concern.“the company is doing great our numbers went up by 70% this month, and sales has been great,” I reply to him, equally a fake smile framing my lips.“I hear the Deluca boy is a fine lad, I wonde
Isabella POVEight days, that is how long it takes for Dominic to show up.“you've been counting?’ Bianca raises a brow at me.I ignore her, and he shows up on the day of the engagement party, “how does he expect us to act like we are a couple when we've been so distant for days” I groan, my feet moving around the room, filled to the brim with clothes.“yea the last time you both saw each other, you were wearing your purple bra from college, I can imagine the nervousness” she laughs turning upside down on my bed as per usual “Bianca!!, be serious here” I lay beside her, “I don’t know what to do, how do I face him?”“How about you calm down, and we get dressed for this engagement party, you down enough champagne and smile like you're deeply in love with Dominic for the night, okay?” she says sharply pulling me from my thoughts immediately“you're right, why should I be concerned, he hurt me, he went out with that little twat and got it o camera, he embarrassed me, so why should I be t
Isabella POV“The perfect medicine to all the drama,” I say relaxing in my seat, while I await Bianca’s arrival at the airport lounge.After the failed engagement party, now it's my turn to ignore Dominic, only this time, I’m taking a trip to another country for my bachelorette party, away from all the drama for a few days.He had sent me a couple of messages after the engagement party, asking me where I ran to, followed by orders from him to come back right now” I read them and ignored them, It’s been 5 days, and my bachelorette vacation is a week-long and that Saturday is the wedding, Sunday, some after charity brunch I’m meant to host, I’ll fully sink into the Mrs Deluca role and play the part, for the rest of my life.I fidget in my seat, am I ready to be this man’s wife?’“Bella!!” I hear my name pulling me out of my reverie, I call Bianca over and she quickly waddles to me, a travel pillow around her neck, a flask in her hand, and the other hand a cup of coffee.“Are you ready t
Isabella POV“The service is impeccable,” I say to my mom on the phone while we are settling into our hotel“I hear you got some gift, what was it?” she quizzed, Bianca probably hinted it to her, but my mom is a gossip.“I’ll tell you when I get back, for now, we have to head to the beach.“Isa” Mom calls out as I quickly end the call.I quickly freshen up, pulling on my bikini, and shorts, and we both head downstairs to the pool.We spend our time by the pool and after that, a tour guide picks us up and takes us to some major bars on the island. We spend the next 48 hours enjoying the island when trouble starts to bubble in the persons of the evil duo, Rachel and Francesca, and they don’t come alone.“Grace” I whisper as we wait at the reception for them, their heels clinking on the marble floor. Behind them are two girls, the only other friends from high school and college, Hannah, and Reyna, they wave happily at me, squealing when they reach us.“The Bella Jet!!” Hannah squeals as
ISABELLA POV “Urggh” I groan rising up from the bed Rafaelle probably placed me on after Francesca knocked me out. My mind reels back to what happened right before she punched me. Tears gather in my eyes and I shake my head at the thought of it, they killed all those people, just to make sure I don’t escape. My arms hold onto my belly “I wonder what else they could do to keep me with them.”I try to wipe away my tears but more tears flow down my cheeks, my thoughts occupied by Dominic.They will do everything to make sure Dominic forgets me but I know him, I know he won’t stop till he finds me.I finally wipe the last of my tears away, they said we were going to land in a few days so I’ll wait till then, I will spend the rest of my time plotting my escape.“They have no idea who they are dealing with” I whisper to myself in the cold room.Before I can roll back into the bed, the door is pushed open, a dark figure moves closer, and my eyes pulling open in shock.“Well…well…well” hi
GRACE POVHe turns back to the guard“Call the boss” he sighs heavily turning back at meI smile widely, “That’s good, you can explain to Dominic himself why you are treating me like this,” I say with confidence.I hear the phone ring in the background and I immediately take that as my clue.“Ahhhh, it hurts!!” I yell out my voice over the top“It hurt so bad!! Aaaahhh” I continue to yellThe guard turns to me with wide eyes, “you can’t do that mam” he says shaking his head.“I can and I will, let’s see who Dominic will defend!!” I smirk looking up at him.The other guards nod at him, a worried look on his face.“Don’t you think we should just let her in? Is she really worth all this trouble?” He whispers next to him, his hard expression falters filling me with hope “You should really listen to your friend, just let me in and we can all go on our merry way” I smile sheepishly from the floor.“I mean what do you have to lose? I will even consider not firing you when Dominic and I marry
GRACE POVI sigh heavily pacing my living room as I think about what to do next.“Ringggggg!!!” A sound blows from my couch.I immediately leap to my secret phone, gripping the metal I see it’s Rafaelle “Hello” I whisper into the phone, my lips shaking in fear as I hit my lip.“Why are you whispering?” He asks his deep voice turning icy, “Are you around Dominic?” He quickly asks“No…no” I cough shaking my head, my voice rising as I speak.“How is the plan going along?” He says and I can just imagine him pacing with a glare on his face.“Uh..well” I mutter under my breath, biting my lip slightly “What? I warned you, Grace, you didn’t have Dominic underneath your thumb for long enough” he snickers into the phoneI roll my eyes, “I will get it done Tonight and you can finally leave” I say pacing my living room.“Do it quick and do it smoothly, I need to be out of here in a few hours or they will figure it out soon,” he says worry in his tone“Bella is still drugged but she will wake up
DOMINIC POV The car comes to a stop in an old warehouse, the stale air and smell of garbage filtering into my nose. I spot my men surrounding a gate that leads to junk yard. “Well? Where is the car?” I ask walking toward them in long strides “Sir we found the truck but,-“ one of the men starts, pushing himself to the side revealing an already smashed car. “What’s this?” I frown looking up at him, irritation my forefront expression He sighs, “sir seems they are three times ahead of us, before we can make any move, it seems they have made the move already,” he says quickly casting his eyes down, his shoulders slouching from exhaustion. I look up at the smashed car, a million things running through my mind, I turn to him calmly, “What about the car plate number?” I say “The owner of the car?” “The woman with the heels? We can still get more information from there” I spin around allowing him to follow me “We are currently tracking down the owner of the car sir, and t
DOMINIC POV I snort in disgust as Grace spins around leaving immediately as I ask I sigh turning back to the video, “Does this mean he’s working with a woman? Because I know that’s not Bella” I say turning back to him, a bit of confidence in me. At least now there’s a lead to my missing wife and Rafaelle. He nods, we think so, and the truck is currently being tracked as we speak. I nod, send me the location when you find it, don’t approach till I’m there” I instruct my voice cold, “I really want to be the one to kill Rafaelle” He nods at the instruction, “Okay sir, and the other file?” He lifts a brow at me. “You can go, I will call you when I need you,” I tell him standing up He waves goodbye leaving me in the living room alone. I sigh gripping the files in my hand, I don’t know why I don’t want to rush, I guess I’m still processing the betrayal from Rafaelle. I head into the bar, pushing the glass doors open, I put my drink, and the first scene to pour into my mi
GRACE POV “Grace?” His deep voice calls out. I lick my bottom lip staring at him from top to bottom, his wide shoulders, and strong legs deliciously covered by a black suit. I swear I will have this man to myself, not only is he handsome but he is rich as hell, I can’t believe I made the mistake of ever cheating on him. “What are you doing here Grace?” His voice calls out hard and irritated “Is that how you will welcome the former love of your life?” I call out trying to follow him into the house. But he spins so fast I stumble, and he doesn’t steady me, his eyes light up with a fiery intensity, his fists clenched in anger. “What the fuck are you doing here Grace? Get out!!” He yells pointing his finger at the door I sigh, okay so seems he is very angry about Bella’s kidnapping. I feign innocence my eyes dying out, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” I frown trying to move closer to him, my fingers rise to touch his cheek but he immediately moves back in anger. “Bella wa
DOMINIC POV I frown running up the stairs, in seconds I reach him and he guides me through a door to Rafaelle’s closet “Well, what is it?” I call out watching him in the small space He smirks pushing over the dressers to the side revealing a door. He turns the handle and the door opens revealing a dark room. I follow him into the room as he turns the lights on, the lights reveal something so daunting and disgusting. My eyes open wide as I look from the tiled floor covered with dead flowers and ribbons. My gaze moves across the floor to the wall covered in different and numerous pictures of my wife plastered to the wall. “Bella” I whisper looking up at what looks like an obsession “Sir I think he is obsessed with your wife,” The man next to me says and the other men crowd into the room watching in shock I move forward, goosebumps covering my entire body, “How-?” I whisper to myself gripping one of the pictures, it’s a picture of her at work, looking down at her lapt
DOMINIC POV He gulps, his eyes moving around the room, the atmosphere tense.“Mr DeLuca, as much as we enjoy your support-” he starts “I don’t want any excuses Devon” I call out his name, “I put you in this seat to do my bidding, I give you the lifestyle you enjoy now, my money and power make the city, I don’t want excuses,” I say coldly “Seaports I can shut down sir, flights I can delay but for only twenty-four hours sir or it will cause a ruckus,” he says shaking his head “The people will wonder why” he tries to explain further “I don’t care what people think, my wife is fucking missing!!” I yell out causing everyone to jump in fear “Everything will stay closed down for the next twenty-four hours and I need my men stationed at every entry, Rafaelle must be caught!” I yell anger filling my veins “Of course sir!” He nods bowing his head slightly he turns to his assistant barking out a few orders. I simply ignore him walking past him and back into the cool evening. My heart
DOMINIC POV “Find that man even if it is the last thing you do!!” I yell out in anger at Luca, my second In Command as I walk out of the empty warehouse “But boss how did he know we were coming already?” he says next to me a confused look on his face and his gun fixed to the back. I sigh no words leaving my mouth as I stand confused also, we were supposed to get him, I was meant to teach him a lesson and now he has disappeared with my wife and unborn child. My emotions get the best of me, anger filling me up as I punch into the wall next to me. Blood oozes from my finger from the hard punch, but it's not compared to whatever pain Bella must be going through now. “Where should she be? What did Rafaelle want?” I sigh heavily sliding into the car, banging the door behind me. I roll the window down to talk to my Luca, I want you to find out if there are any cameras around here, private or government-owned, and get a hold of them. Find the car or truck they used and we can track th