BIANCA POV “One more time Bianca, come on give me that pose” the photographer yells at me one more time. I sigh in annoyance, my manager is right at the door, a different set of clothes in her hands, I can’t believe she would fill my schedule so much today. I give off one more pose at the camera and the blinding lights flash at me one more time, he’s about to continue but I climb off the stage walking towards my manager. “You have to be at another shoot in twenty minutes and you have a meeting with the Coach magazine later and after that-“ she continues but I cut her off. “If you really wanted to kill me today, you should have said it, I could think of much more exciting ways” I comment grabbing the clothes from her hands and entering the changing room. “Perks of being an international model uh” she giggles standing outside the door. I push the door open in another outfit for the day, I grab my phone wanting to call Isabella, maybe we could hang out later tonight. The phone ri
Isabella POVThe words shock me but I stand there and listen to his grievances, he storms out of the room leaving the room with a bang just after his confession.Tears well up in my eyes, my lips quivering as they start to pour freely on my face, the mirror is a few feet away from me but I can see how pathetic I look, mascara streaks on my face, mucus pouring for my nose as I struggle to wipe them off, more tears pour from my eyes as I rethink his words over and over again. “I never wanted to be right” I whisper to myself curling up on the floor at the edge of the bed, “He really loved her, he truly loved her” I whisper again like a mad woman talking to herself. He admitted it straight to my face, my eyes meet with the broken glass on the floor, I had never seen him so angry before, his eyes brewed like a storm and his veins almost popped out of his skin. I shake my head, Does he really love her so much? So much to admit it to his wife, “And I thought he had started having feeli
Isabella POV “What?” I frown looking down at him, seeing him on his knees looks different “I’m sorry,” he says again, this time his eyes rising to meet mine and our eyes lock with each other causing tension in the room. “What do you mean you are sorry? You can’t just waltz in here hours after meeting your prized and loved mistress and you come in here and apologize and say I’m sorry?” I frown standing up having enough of his shenanigans. “What did you do go to her and you come back and you do this and allow me to look like a fool?” I pace the room, “Is this for your personal entertainment and pleasure?” He shakes his head, still on his knees as he allows me to vent and have my say. “Then what is this!!” I yell pointing to him on his knees “You don’t get to come in here and apologize and expect me to forgive you just like that do you?” My eyes meet with my reflection in the mirror and you can see the confusion and stress printed on my face. “Isabella” he whispers pulling my atte
Grace POV My eyes scanned the area, Rafaelle and Dominic visited this bar at least once every week, no I was not stalking them, but I had paid off his driver to always send me his location when he was coming here. It was a small price to pay for a bigger plan, my eyes meets with my phone, my screen saver was still a picture of Dominic and me, he had taken me to Paris for the first time and it was heavenly the cars, she shoes, the perfumes, the luxury, it was everything a girl could ever ask for, and it was stolen from me by that bitch Isabella. I bit my lip still scanning the room as Rafaelle enters, my smirk picks up, I had a specific plan tonight and it was not going to fail, the other pictures I had secretly recorded and augmented didn’t do anything to Isabella She stayed in the damn marriage, she is so hell-bent on keeping Dominic all to herself but I’m not going to allow that, I’m going to get my man back. It was the plan all along, after our breakup we stayed friends, someh
ISABELLA POV His lips moves with mine desperately, his fingers clutch my hair in his hold pulling me closer like he’s scared of letting go. “I love you so much Bella, so much” he whispers into my mouth shaking his head, “I want to spend the rest of my life with you Bella, I swear, Grace will never be in the picture again” he promises helping me stand up but our lips don’t leave each other “Are you sure?” I detach my lips from his my eyes meeting with his as our gaze is locked. “I promise” he whispers pulling me back to him “I promise to be yours and only yours forever” he continues slowly leading me to the bed. I nod, as his finger grazes my bare skin softly, his finger caresses my cheeks, my chin landing in his hold. “Can I-“ he points to my lips with his eyes My eyes lock with his and I don’t know if I should tell him I love him too or allow him to make love to me first. He answers the question himself when his lips lock with mine in a passionate hold, he pulls me closer to
Isabella POV“Hmmm,” I moan to myself, my eyes pulling open to meet with the windows wide open as we left it last night.My eyes adjust to the bright light, my brows wrinkling before I can finally see properly.I move my eyes around the bed and the first person they land on is Dominic.In all his naked glory, stretched across the bed, the sheets covering only his bum his back turned to me, and his eyes close shut.He looks almost angelic, I want to touch him but scared of waking up as we were up almost the entire night I decide to let him sleep.The smile on my lips widen when I remember last night, the man was a stallion, no wonder Grace always bragged about him fulfilling her.I shake my head off Grace, there's no need to think about someone so insignificant anymore, after all, Dominoc made a promise to stay away from her, I know he had said it before but there was something about last night's promise, it filled me with hope and so much happiness that I could ever phantom.I wet my
Isabella POV I tap the screen multiple times, confirming the video of Grace crossed over Dominic's lap while they share a kiss, accompanied with that picture are several pictures of her removing his clothes and him helping her out, my fingers shake as I stare at the picture, the video plays multiple times. My lips quiver and my eyes blur over with tears, these were clothes he wore last night, “He really went to see Grace?” I whisper to myself my voice cracking as I speak. My eyes meet with the tray of food, anger floods my veins and I grab the tray throwing it to the floor, they shatter as I think over his vivid promises. “Did he have sex with her last night and decide to come back home to lie to me and pacify me?” my eyes fill with more tears as they run down my cheeks, “Always the second choice” I mutter to myself my hand closing in on my phone tightly. My phone rings, “Bianca calling” the automated voice follows. I immediately pick up the call, deciding on what to do at this
Isabella Pov “How about we have a bonfire by the beach tonight” she sends me a smile, “music, some nice alcohol, and a warm fire,” she giggles rubbing on my back as I wipe away my eyes I look around the room, there is no harm in trying, the sky darkens as we prepare everything to go outside. “Sandwich” Bianca throws the paper bag to me and I catch it placing it inside the picnic basket “Check” I reply to her as she throws a heavy blanket my way. “Hey!” I yell at her, “I’m sensitive right now” I turn to her with a pout She hollers, her laugh vibrating through the room, “Come here you baby, let us go” She grabs my arm pulling me towards the door leading down to the private beach that comes with our room. I grip the picnic basket tightly following her into the dark sky and our feet sink into the cool sand. “Better?” she turns to me with a smile tucking her hair to the side “Better” I nod my eyes clouding over with tears “Don’t tell me you want to cry again Bella” She
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
DOMINIC POV “What do you mean she is not there??” I yell out my voice harsh and filled with anger. “Sir she’s not here, we pinged his phone and this was the location we got but-“ He says into the phone apologetically “Uggrhhhh!!” I yell out gripping the phone tightly, I throw it across the marble floor watching it break into pieces I watch the phone shatter, pain, and anger engulf me, “I can't believe this happened, how-?” I stand there confused and shattered “Dominic, please you need to calm down,” my mother says trying to move closer to me I turn to her my eyes narrowed, “Don’t fucking tell me to calm down!!” I yell out my voice rising with each word “My wife who is pregnant with my heir, the heir to the entire Deluca empire is missing!!” I yell pointing my finger sternly at her “How do you expect me to feel?” I frown heading towards the table by the side, I grip my second phone when a video pings into my phone I gulp, pulling open the video, Rafaelle appears on my scr