ISABELLA POV“Not pregnant yet I can see” Dominic’s mom starts as soon as my butt hits the chair.I sigh, quietly signaling the waitress to walk over and take my order.“where is Dominic?” His sister Rachel starts “He will be here soon,” I say quietly, he had left earlier this morning to catch up with Raffaelle regarding the threat I got earlier.They had discussed the fact it could be someone close to us, like his sisters, they were the only ones with enough audacity and hate for me. His sisters and Grace.Of course, I didn’t say anything about Grace to avoid us arguing over nothing but I had a tiny Inkling that she could do something like this also, maybe to scare me off after her former theatrics didn’t work.Today was going to be a good day, Dominic had promised me he would be here to defend me from his sibling's and their attacks but he was late.He promised me dinner with him tonight and just maybe we could finally-“ I blush at the thought of it.I look down at my phone, minute
ISABELLA POV “Bella you have to tell me what’s wrong” he enters the room after me, his voice soft and wanting. I stay quiet pulling my hair into a bun. “I don’t like it when you do this Isabella, it’s immature and we will never move anywhere if you keep on doing this” he follows after me his fingers gripping my arm and turning me around. “Where did you go to before lunch?” I raise a brow at him my voice hard and low “I told you I was with Rafaelle” He lied to me plainly, with no remorse My eyes harden under his watch, they narrow and I turn away, “wrong answer Dominic” I say pulling off my jewelry and walking into the closet. “What do you mean by the wrong answer?” He frowns deeply following me inside. “Stop following me Dominic, you are only getting me angrier” I turn away from him grabbing a few clothes to spend the weekend with Bianca, there is no way I can stay in the space with him, especially with the lies piling up. “Isabella” he grips my arm pulling me closer with h
ISABELLA POV I punched in more numbers in my calculator, I had spent the entire weekend. With Bianca, she didn’t ask me what was wrong and I was not willing to talk about Grace anymore with anyone so I ignored the photos, the threat everything. We went out the entire weekend, partying till the very next day, my guards were probably tired of me, I knew they reported everything I did back to Dominic, so I had as much fun as I could. I wanted him to see I could be happy without him. I came home a few hours ago and our home almost seems foreign, renovations had started and the building was filled with contraction workers, so the guards around me had doubled, thankfully Dominic is not home so I immediately sunk myself into work hiding myself in my office. I still didn’t want to see him, I didn’t want him around me, I didn’t want him touching me, especially with the same body he used to touch Grace, to do the same things he did to me in Monaco. I frowned deeply almost distracting
ISABELLA POV The room is filled with murmurs at his introduction, were they not expecting me? “She is my new finance officer and a magician with numbers” He continues pulling me into the room, and my eyes meet with the six men all of different ages “Mr. Giovanni” he turns me to the first man, he is older with a lot of smile lines and wrinkles, I’m right, he smiles happily at me grabbing my hand in his hold in a firm handshake. “It’s good to finally meet you, Mrs DeLuca, I’ve only heard nice things about you, we couldn’t imagine we would see you today” he sends me a soft smile, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned with living with the DeLuca’s, nobody is your friend. “And with such a title,” The man beside him says, a man in his thirties, a bit older than Dominic, he looks angry. Dominic frowns turning to him, “Do you have a problem with my wife being here Theo?” He raises a brow at him, his shoulders straightens and the guards in the room do the same. Tension fills the air, he
ISABELLA POV The car ride back home is silent, my hands shake slightly, anxiety filling them at the view I just saw. “Bella” he whispers beside me trying to over fight but I back away, if possible I would enter the doors “I did that to defend you, if I didn’t do it,-‘’ he sighs, “Theo would have rubbed it off on the other men and the gang would lose respect” “The way you killed him was cake for you Dominic,” I say my hands shaking, “You stabbed him, and’. I look down at his hands still covered by blood, “You did it so easily, how many men have you killed like that?” ”Isabella,” he mutters softly, his finger pulling closer to brush mine, but I move away, fear running through my veins, I can’t look at him the same way anymore He sighs turning his head away, “Fine, think what you want or say whatever you want but I did that. To protect you and our family name, I can't ever regret protecting you” The worse sting at my center, I turn my head away and my eyes meet with the moun
ISABELLA POVDominic frowns, turning to me slightly, “Did you tell anyone where we traveled to?”I shake my head nervous, “I didn’t tell my family or Bianca.” I turn my head to the white box as the guard drops it stepping away, “Is something wrong?” I raise a brow at him.He looks nervous but says nothing, I frown, our time again interrupted by something, it is always something, “Open it” I tell the guard tired of all the tension, I just need peace is that too much to ask?“Sir?” The guard turns to him slightly, he gives him a nod and he pulls the box open.The box is very similar to the one I received at the mansion so I take a step back, the smell of a dead animal filtering into our nose, but this time it's not a bunny.“Dead fish?” I mutter the words covering my nose, “what does this mean?”The music halts and Dominic holds my hand tightly in his, his voice barely a whisper his eyes move around the beach mansion.“Bella, I need you to listen to me well” he turns his head to me, “
Isabella POVWe finally get home safely, “I can’t believe we couldn’t enjoy the vacation for even twenty-four hours” I whisper helping him lay down Thelma behind me with a first aid kit.“We can do it another time, but after we catch who is doing all this” he winces I turn to Thelma, “I will take it from here, you can go” I nod at her“Are you sure mam? He looks badly Injured” she says her brows upturned and lips pulled into a tight smile, a worried expression plastered on her face.“I’m sure, there are just bruises, I will fix it” I nod reassuringly at herDominic sends her a nod and she passes me the first aid kit walking away.“You don’t know who it is yet?” I raise a brow at him, now my face filled with worry, I sit beside him pulling open the first aid kit.He sighs heavily, his eyes empty, but he turns to me slightly, knowing he can’t lie to me, “I sent my best hunters to find out who it was and they came up with nothing, the attack at the island was just random assassins sent
ISABELLA POV“Raffaelle” you’re here, I mutter standing up, “what are you doing here?” I raise a brow at him my eyes wide, I want to welcome him with a side hug but he steps back“What did I just hear you say about Dominic on the phone?” He frowns deeply I sigh heavily leaning on the table, “you heard me right Raffaelle, a lot has been happening” I whisper“I think you knew what you were getting into before you married Dominic, you can’t abandon him now!” He frowns almost immediately “I didn’t know anything about all the Mafia business Raffaelle, you have to understand where I’m coming from here,” I say desperation on my face“I know that and I understand that, he sighs, I’ve been friends with Dominic for as long as I remember and I’ve had my few shares of his life but Dominic doesn’t need a wife who would abandon him” he says sternly “I know” I stand pacing the room.“How about we clear your head a bit, I could take you on one of those outings I promised you” he sends me a soft s
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