ISABELLA POV“Raffaelle” I call out surprised, “what are you doing here? “I was around the neighborhood and spotted those outside” he points outside to the 10 large bodyguards patrolling the streets and doors, Dominic assigned to me, “And I thought there's only no-one that moves with that much security in this city and decided to drop by and see you”I send him a sweet smile, “Dominic is just super paranoid” I turn to Bianca “You know Rafaelle, Dominic's best friend” I introduce again“I know, I saw him at the wedding and in Bali remember,” she sends him a sultry smile and he turns his attention to her raising her hands to meet his in a handshake.He places a kiss on the back of her hand their eyes locking, it almost feels like I'm interrupting some private moment.Her phone rings at that moment cutting them off, she turns to the phone a frown taking over her features, “it's my manager, I have a shoot in Paris tonight and I need to be on my flight” she pours turning to me.I nod, Ra
DOMINIC POV“And where is my wife at the moment?” I say talking the phone at her personal bodyguard as the car carries me home, It's 7 pm and I remember Thelma telling me this last night about dinner with her family, but she's yet to be home. “Uhm sir, she's at the skating rink,” he says his voice nervous “And?” I call, my voice low and threatening “Mr. Rafaelle brought her here, they are currently here together,” he says panic in his voice like they are doing something bad.I frown but dont think about it too much, Rafaelle is my friend and is probably trying to bring her more Tk my side and he is a very friendly man, he has always been the friendly one since high school and I the brooding one, I changed in high school, after my father-”I halt my thoughts turning to the driver, “We are heading to my wife instead” I instruct him watching him turn the car around, the others following.Easily we spot her cars and guards, I had doubled her so security since her exposure to the head C
ISABELLA POV“Is that jealousy in your voice I hear?” I raise a brow at him turning down at him as he finally removes my shoe.He pauses, turning to look up at me, “Do you think a man like me gets jealous? I'm the one married to you,” he stands up helping me up as our bodies mesh together, his fingers grab my waist pulling me forward as our breaths mesh with each other.“I’m the one who is going to fuck you and give you orgasm for the rest of your life, so tell me why would I be jealous of a man that can barely hold your hand? My best friend?” he raises a brow at me, his voice coming out in slow and deep whisper.“Dominic,” I say out loud, nervously and wanting, I want him to kiss me again, to roam his hands around my body.“Your parents will be in our House soon, we have to go” he lets go of me grabbing my arm and leading me outside.It would look like the president of a country was at the skating ring with the amount of cars and guards around the area.……..“So Matteo, I hear you ar
ISABELLA POV The air around the room for breakfast is tense, today, it's me and Dominic.“What plans do you have for today?” he raises a brow at me, ready to interrupt my plans I assume.“I have work,” I say rolling my eyes when a woman drops my plate of breakfast on the table I turn to her to say thank you when I see Thelma.“Thelma, thank God you're back,” I say with my hand on my chest.She sends me a smile, “you missed me that much?” her brows raise, “Mr Dominic paid for a trip to a spa for me and my family yesterday thanks to you mam” She smiles even wider “It was a great experience, thanks mam” she nods walking out.My eyes and mouth open in shock as I turn to Dominic's smirking face.“You said you fired her,” I say my eyes wide, shock coursing through me, “you lied to me”“For a good cause,” he replies eating his food calmly and raising his cup of coffee to his mouth.“No for your own gain” I reply my eyes narrowed, “I can't believe I fell for your tricks” I mutter rolling my
ISABELLA POVI wake up the next morning with a cough and my nose clogged up, I guess from spending the night at the mountain.I pull my eyes open expecting to see Dominic, we had come back very late last night and tired, I immediately went to bed so we had no opportunity to”“Mam” I hear a knock on the door“Come in” I call out coughing slightly.“Good morning Mam, Mr Deluca is at breakfast, will you be having breakfast here or downstairs?” a maid appears.“Downstairs thank you, and can you ask Madam Thelma to set up a doctor's appointment with the family doctor for later today by let's say noon” I tell her getting out of bed, best to go to the doctor now rather than get sicker later.She nods leaving the room.I quickly get ready, and subconsciously I pick out a short flare yellow dress, it has always been my color and I had a liking for it, but since I got married to Dominic, red has taken up a portion of my closet.I walk through the dining doors and my eyes rise to meet Dominic’s
ISABELLA POV“Open the box,” I say my voice low and steady, I try to move forward “Mam, are you sure?” he frowns turning to me slightly “Open it!!” I say steadfast on my instruction.“Okay mam” he bends opening the box and revealing the dead rabbit.The rabbit head is severed and a letter with my ancestral logo on it, a lion head with red eyes placed on an envelope.I move forward grabbing the letter, and pulling it open.“You might want to stay away from the cartel.Stay say darling… My Cara Mia.”I frown, is this a threat? And this person, he used the same name Dominic calls me, does this mean it's someone close to us?My eyes look around the room in panic numerous faces, 15 guards around the room, and the butler, my breaths come out in panic when the men make way at the entrance, Dominic flying through, his eyes glinting with worry as he rushes to me.“Hey..hey..hey” he whispers grabbing my hands in his, my eyes are filled with panic, I try to say some words but they come out as
DOMINIC POVHer eyes open in shock at the present, “Dominic” Her eyes rise to meet mine nervously and then down back at the neckpiece with a lion pendant.Because she was going to work for me as well as with her father and I used devious means to make it happen, I realized I had made a mistake, I had hurt her, but I also wanted her to work with me, so after our talk, I went to Paris to have this custom made for her.“You are right Isabella, even if you marry me, even if you're Mrs Deluca, you will always remain a Mariano,” I say softly unclipping the neckpiece and she immediately turns around.“Even if you work for me,” I clip it in turning her around and her eyes meet with mine, sweet and perfect, my heart pumps in my chest slightly, my fingers brush her hair to the side and at this moment realize I might have fallen in love with my debt wife, after promising myself I would never fall for any woman again, here I am, sunken.“You will always be your father's daughter, his chief financ
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 “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