DOMINIC POV“Where did she go this time around Thelma?” I say watching my cold dinner in front of me.“Uh…” she stutters, “She left to see Bianca and her mother, they are planning a business banquet for her father’s company,” she says but I can easily see through her lie.“Take it away, I don’t want to have dinner anymore,” I say my head thrown back and my eyes meet with the ceiling, the emotional and psychological pain from her ignoring me and running away from me for weeks is getting to me and not only that it’s starting to physically hurt.I rub my chest turning to Thelma, she already knows what I need, “My bottle of scotch and a glass” I tell her and she pulls it out a worried look on her face.“Sir,” she says her eyes almost teary, like she has no idea what to say to me, I’ve been in love one time in my life and that was with Grace, but after her betrayal and us staying friends, I couldn’t bring myself to love again.Even with Grace's betrayal I never felt this way, so hurt, I ne
DOMINIC POV The room is dark when they finally make their way to the house, my temper had calmed down finally after getting drunk, and I only sat in sorrow on the floor at the corner of the room. I didn’t want her to see me like this, kicked down like a dog on the street, and at the same time I wanted her to see me this way, the way she left me, broken and tormented by her irrational moves. I wanted a bit of pity, even if it wasn’t love, I could settle for pity. I wanted to laugh at myself, at my thoughts, at me, a full-grown man planning to himself because he was in love and needed a bit of attention. The door being pushed open distracts me from my thoughts. She peeps inside, her eyes wide and filled with fear, she closes the door and turns around not spotting me and she sighs in relief. “I can see you’re not very happy to be back home with me,” I say in the dark making her jump in fear “Dominic!!” She exclaims, her eyes wide in shock as she tries to point me out in th
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 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
ISABELLA POV Rafaelle's face twists into anger, his eyes lighting up as his fingers slam sharply across my cheek leaving a stinging burn My eyes open in shock as I look across to him, taken aback by the slap He takes a deep breath, panting as his eyes meet with my shocked and terrified ones “I’m so sorry Bella” he whispers his eyes immediately filling with tears, “You just make me so angry!!” he yells his eyes wide like a crazed man My lips quiver as I watch him lose his mind, “You know I love you, I will never hurt you Bella” he moves closer to me, his fingers cupping my face in his softly I feel disgust wash over me as his sweat-stained face moves closer to me, “I didn't mean to hurt you my love” he says his voice shaking as he looks at me He pulls back panting hard, “Don’t say things like that again my love” he gulps turning to me. “It hurts me so much, I am not crazy, I am only crazily in love with you” he narrows his eyes at me, pulling me closer, his voice desp
ISABELLA POV I struggle against the ropes as they dig into my skin, I take in a deep breath, cement and chemicals filling my nostrils and I cough as a reaction I shake in fear as I hear the truck pull up again, my heart pounds in my chest at the thought of that man returning, and my mind reels back to the thought I had. Is this really Rafaelle? Why would he do this to me? It's even more suspicious as the man is silent, moving around me like a mime. “Please just let me go, I will pay anything, my husband is Dominic Deluca, he will give you anything, just please” I cry out taking in deep breaths, my heart pounding against my ribcage. He laughs, his deep voice echoing around what I think is a warehouse. “If I wanted your money, I would have kidnapped you long ago” he laughs his voice again seeming familiar I frown deeply, “who are you? What do you want with me?” I yell out fear in my voice as I move my head around nervously, my neck and face covered in heavy sweat. He ch
RAFAELLE POV I slam the truck shut after dumping Bella’s unconscious body on the metal. My eyes scan the area carefully for cameras before pulling off my mask, I slide into the front seat, starting the drive to the warehouse. A few minutes pass by and we end up at the warehouse, the smell of cement and chemicals filtering into my nose. My phone rings in my pocket, and I pull it out filled with adrenaline. “Grace, what??” I yell driving the truck directly into the warehouse and shutting it close aggressively “Have you done it? Is she there with you?” her voice calls out filled with anticipation I open the back of the truck, Bella rousing from her sleep, “Yes I did, I am at the warehouse now, I will turn off the phone and dispose of it now, I don’t need anyone tracing me” I say ending the call I grip the phone tightly in my grasp throwing it to the floor, it shatters into a hundred pieces, the sound waking up Bella “Dom? Dominic?” she cries out her voice slurry, but h
DOMINIC POV I walk into the upscale jewelry store the bright light blinding me, the manager in a deep blue suit, immediately moving to me. “Mr. Deluca welcome, your customized neckpiece will be out in a minute” he smiles widely pointing to the couch for me to wait. I nod, filled with excitement, I planned to get Bella and our unborn baby new presents, something to make her smile and remind her of Bianca “Here sir, they are ready” he walks towards me, the velvet boxes in hand. He pulls the box open, my eyes on the neckpiece, right in the middle is a diamond and silver pendant shaped in a lock shape with a silver clip connecting It to the other side. The clip has Bianca's name and her death date and the lock has Bella’s name and the expected date of delivery for our baby. I nod smiling down at the marvelous piece, “I will take it” I hand him my black card completing the payments The bag in hand and my cheeks hurting from smiling so much as I slip into the car, taking me
ISABELLA POV A wave of emotions overflow in me, tears following as I stare down at the test results in happiness, tears of joy streaming down my face. I take a deep breath trying to calm my excited heart, I have to tell Dominic, I spin around but I halt myself I can't afford anyone or the press to find out, I have to tell Dominic in private first. I walk out of the bathroom after touching up my makeup, moving back to the backyard as the sun sets. “You missed my speech, where were you?” Dominic turns to me his hands going behind me, resting on the top of my waist. “I had to use the toilet real quick” I whisper looking up at the sky as they start the fireworks. “Are you okay?” he turns to me a worried look on his face. I smile widely, “More than you know,” I say looking back at the fireworks. He lifts a brow at me and I shake my head. “Later when we get home,” I say my body filled with excitement. I’m a few hours we return home and I can barely contain my excitemen
ISABELLA POV After our impromptu date at my office, Dominic guides me home. Since we returned, Dominic has been like this, trying his possible best to be around me at all times. “What a gentleman” I whisper my voice low and husky, slightly drunk from the bottle of wine we shared. “I'm only your gentleman, Bella,” he says, his voice deep and laced with honey. His eyes meet mine in the dark foyer, my arms around his neck, and our gazes are locked in on each other. “Dom” I whisper while his lips meet with mine, they merge in a sweet hold, his finger moving through the strands of my blonde hair. His arms around my waist pull me closer to him, feeling him harden at my touch around his neck. He carries me to the bedroom, my legs locked around his waist, he doesn't bother with the lights laying me softly on the bed, his gaze meeting mine as I pant underneath him He kisses me softly on my neck his fingers unbuttoning my top, his lips trail to my neck revealing the purple bra I
DOMINIC POV The car drives into my mansion and I step out, the car and charity organization leave my head as I think about only one person.“Bella” I whisper her name as I enter the bedroom.I breathe out a sigh of relief at the sight of her comfortably sitting on the bed, since the threats I have been on high alert, and leaving her alone, even for a moment makes me lose my cool.“My love, did you miss me this much?” she giggles as I climb on the bed cuddling up against herMy heart expands at the sound of her laughter, “Yes I admit I missed you, there's nothing wrong with a grown man missing his wife” I leave a kiss on her cheek, and then her lips sliding off the bed to pull off my clothes “There is definitely nothing wrong with that” she stands helping me with my tie, “How was your day?” she lifts a brow in my direction helping me with my jacket next.I sigh, I dont know if I should tell her about my new discoveries, give her hope where there is nothing.“Nothing much, I visited o
DOMINIC POV Determined to get to the bottom of everything my eyes sieve through all the lump of documents Marco drops on my table. “Is this everything?” I turn to him my brow raised He nods, “I have to go back and keep a watch on the building sir, if there's anything else, please let me know,” he nods I wave my hand at him, asking him to leave as my fingers dust off the first file. I push my work to the side, pulling my seat closer as my eyes dance across the numbers, I make phone calls trying to track down his payments but they all lead to a dead end. Frustrating takes over my mind filled with different thoughts, I remember the Assassin family again, “Maybe they could have some information for me” I say to myself deciding on what I would do tonight. I head downstairs swiftly getting into my car and giving the driver the address. “Okay sir” he calls out in his deep voice starting the drive back to the apartment. Soon the car comes to a stop and I look up at the famil