I don’t know where the strength comes from, I immediately push Dominic away, rushing from beside him, I rush to the door, locking it immediately, I turn around, my panic-stricken ones meeting with Dominic's confused one.“What are you doing?” he frowns sitting up on the bed in the dark.“Isabella!!, are you in there?” I hear Hannah knock“I’ll get it” Dominic stands“You’re equally as drunk, I stop him as he crosses the gap between us, standing in front of me“He frowns, his hands moving across me and grabbing the door knob“Next time, try not to put grace in my face so much, I remember, coldly blocking out the heart-stumping kiss we just had, and also, I don’t want a copied version of Grace gifts, grace ideas, I don’t want them anymore,” I turn away allowing him to pull the door open.“Oh Dominic,” Hannah quips“What are you doing here?” Bianca raises a brow at him“Dominic?” Reyna calls from the floor, where she is curled up drunkHe steps out of my room, the hallway light shinning
Isabella POVA few hours later, I fully sink into the role of the bride, Bianca and I head to the hotel first, the makeup artist and stylist are already in full move.I need Coffee, I pout at Bianca, ill be upstairs soon, I tell her as we arrive.She nods walking away, I head into the restaurant, quickly grabbing a cup of coffee.The elevator doors open and my eyes meet with bright blue ones, panic written on his face.“Whoa, you two are not meant to see each other till later today,” Rafaelle says, tapping the elevator button quicklyBefore it can close, I step inside, I don’t know why I do, but I do “Good morning” I say, sipping on my drinkDominic stays quiet and unmoving, watching the elevator doors as they move upwards, the lights shinning brightly at his form in a casual shirt and pants“Good morning” Rafaelle responds sensing the tense air “I can see you’re in a great mood this morning, no nerves?” Rafaelle continues“I’ll see you at the alter Rafaelle,” I say the elevator doors
Dominic POVThe elevator door closes and I finally stop holding my breath.“What was that about?” Rafaelle frowns turning to me“It's nothing, the Driver is he ready?” we leave in an hour “Are you ready to do this? Are you absolutely sure?” he turns to me, “No going back after this”.I nod, remembering what happened in the last 12 hours, I kissed her, her lips so inviting, her skin was so soft, she felt so good, and I'm sure it would have led somewhere but her friends had to come and ruin it.I had gone downstairs when my sisters called me to their room urgently, something about it being an emergency.I rushed to their room only to find Grace there, again it was her trying to make me believe she was cool now, we sat down and had a few drinks, the next morning I woke up half naked on her bed.I didn't pay her any mind as the wedding was in a few hours and I had to get back to New York I had promised to speak to her later about it but everything has been hectic since we got back.We dr
Isabella POVHe sighs, turning to me, “Isabella, you know I won't force you to do anything you do not want to do right?” he raises a brow at me I stand, the room quiet, the room reflecting with golden light, “You are Mrs Deluca now, my wife and my equal, Do what you want, just fulfill your part of the contract” he nods grabbing a few clothes, he walks past me up the stairs to the bathroomI quickly turn around in the mirror, trying to think of a way to pull my dress off since it's corset style.I hear the shower rubbing, I quickly try everything, even with the clothes hanger, but nothing works, soon I hear the shower stop running, I try to rush back to the couch but he comes down the stairs his eyes meeting with mine.My hair scattered, sweat glazing my skin, “Do you need help with that?”I breathe heavily, nodding at him.He throws the towel across his neck and walks slowly to me, the blue pajamas hug his waist, and a body-hugging white T-shirt covering his upper body, makes my brea
Isabella POVThe car moves slowly and I take the time to admire my surroundings, the home Dominic had gotten for us is in the best parts of New York, Manhattan.The car comes to a stop in front of a mansion with black gates barricading the mansion, the gate has a huge D in front of it, painted in gold and they part open upon arrival.The car comes to a stop and I spot my new Mother-in-law pacing the front of the vintage double doors.“What does she want now?” I mumble to myself.I push the cat door open, my feet meeting the graveled floor, “Madame DeLuca” I call out, her attention turning to me, eyes in a slit, and brows turned downward in worry.“You are here, is anything the matter?” I frown walking towards her.“Has the marriage been consummated?” She goes straight to the point halting me in my tracks I frown, my nose turned upwards in annoyance, “I think I’d rather keep that information to myself” I almost want to roll my eyes, I have better things to do and she’s currently wasti
Isabella POVI wake up to Thelma hovering over me, my ears ringing and my head hurting.“My head hurts” I squint trying to sit up but she stops me.“You hit your head when you fell, the doctor just left, he said you will be fine” she replies, turning to the table in the bedroom and grabbing a jug of water.“Here” she hands me the glass of water, “The doctor gave you medicine, your headache will go in no time”I frown sipping the water. Looking around the large bedroom, the room is painted white and has a vintage feel to it, with a king-sized bed and brown and white sheets covering the bed.“Mr. DeLuca is in his office” She notices the question mark on my face, “I will tell him you’re awake” She nods turning around“Don’t bother,” a deep drown takes over my features, my eyes narrowing, and my jaw clenching in anger “I’ll find him myself, just direct me to the office” I stand up from the bed, the floor seems to tilt as I stand up feeling dizzy and almost falling back down on the bed.“M
DOMINIC POVThe clock ticking loudly in my office frustrates me, almost as much as Isabella does. My fingers drum on the table scattered with piles of paper, my mind was not on the multiple Business deals and mafia politics but on Isabella, for someone who needed peace of mind and to never fall in love, she occupied my thoughts twenty-four seven without even trying.A knock pulls me out of my thoughts and the maid's voice follows “Sir, Mr. Roman” She walks in followed by a man in his thirties, bald head and a tattoo running down from the side of his face to his neck.I always wanted Tattoos but growing up my father never allowed it, even though we were the head of the Mafia family he was big on us not looking suspicious in any form.“Sir” he walks in intertwining his fingers between each other, his left hand carrying a tattoo that signifies the Silver Mafia cartel, a drawn tattoo of a silver bullet.“You may go, Maria,” I say to the maid, watching him leave closing the door behind her
Isabella POVThe walk of shame back to the bedroom is one I never imagined I would do, my box lay haphazardly on the floor, and I grab the bag walking back into the bedroom.My eyes water and my lips shake with tears, before I can let it all out, a knock on the door follows.“Mrs. Deluca, it's Madame Thelma, you need to decide on tonight's dinner choice”I frown, is this what he wants me to do all day at home? Renovate his home and plan dinners and charity events.“Do anything you want please” I gently call out from inside the bedroom“Okay mam, dinner is at seven, Mr. Deluca has dinner usually by then, do you want to make any altercations?”“No Madame Thelma” I reply, her footsteps following and fading away, after dinner, I can hear out to see Bianca and tell her about the drama that is my life nowMy mind reels back to Fominic warning me about telling anyone about the Mafia, I bit my lip, nervousness pumping through me, I don't want to put her in any danger, what will Dominic do to
ISABELLA POVThe stage is high and I can feel and see everyone's eyes on me, my husband just auctioned for another woman, the mocking stares, the side laughter, I almost want to climb down but my eyes meet with Bianca seated at the far right, if she had enough money, she would take me right away.“For the stunning Mrs Deluca, we can begin at ten thousand dollars,” the host says and the room erupts into a mocking laughter“A hundred million” Dominic yells from his seat“I’m sorry Sir, but I assume you didn't pay attention to the rules, you paid for Miss Grace so you can't do the same for another woman” the host turns back to me“Fifty thousand dollars!” the older man with the scar from before yells from behind sending a smirk Dominic wayHis hands fold together in anger and to my surprise, Rafaelle raises his number plate.“Ten million dollars” he sends me a soft smile, always ready to rescue me and be the best of friends that he can be.“Fifty million dollars” the older man screams an
ISABELLA POV“Going to the man in the black suit at the back at fifteen thousand dollars, going and gone!” the host says as someone buys out a piece of jewelry “Now to the main part of the night” he startsThis is why I was so worried about Dominic not coming, the women and I had agreed to be auctioned off to the men for a dinner date and the money would go to a charity of our choice, not the Delucas. And this was it, of course, he will have to auction for me, my eyes move around the room landing on Grace with my sisters-in-law, giggling and laughing.“You were gone for hours I turn to Dominic, you abandoned me in Monaco and ran straight into your mistress's arms at the sign of a little distress”“You can't call her my mistress after what we shared in Monaco Isabella” he whispers to me, his face serious, “I’m really done with the accusations, you shouldn't be saying things like that to me, Grace is my Ex yes, but she's a friend and thereby connected to me”He turns to me, a deep fro
ISABELLA POVThe party is in full swing and Dominic Is still nowhere to be found.“Not here yet?” Rafaelle walks up to me, a simple smile on his face, “You look, Gorgeous Isabella, if you were mine I wouldn't make you wait” I share a laugh with him, “But of course, you belong to my best friend and I guess he just has much more important things to care about” he shrugs taking my arm in his“Grace got kidnapped,” I say rolling him to the bar, as we get a couple of champagne glutes.“Did she?” he frowns taking a sip of his drink “If Dominoc wanted her rescued in two hours, he would send his men and it will be done for good, how long did you say he has been gone for?” he turns to me a deeper frown on his face.Confusion overtakes my features, “Almost twenty-four hours” I say slowly pressing my lips together, I grab my drink downing the rest of the champagne in anger and grabbing another.Now dont think too much about it, Dominic is still your husband, he just has a small soft spot for G
ISABELLA POVI travel back home alone, and as soon as Dominic heard the news of Grace's kidnap, he left, he bolted like the wind and left me behind.Here I am sitting in the “Bella jet” after what I thought was going to be the best days of our lives but it was ruined and again I'm alone and lonely, reminded that I will always be number two to Dominic, Grace will always have his heart, she will always be his number one priority.“Welcome back to New York City mam” the flight attendant comes to meet me as the plane lands“Thank you” I nod, still wearing the same yellow dress from before, all I want to do is pull off this dress and head back to being the stubborn woman I am, bury myself in work but of course, my phone ringing off the charts halts me“Mam, your mother” my assistant hands me the phone as soon as I'm in the car. “Isa, where have you been? I was so scared!!” she yells into the phone “The auction is tonight and your mother-in-law has been gripping me by the neck to find you.
ISABELLA POV“So what car should I bet on?” Dominic turns to me while we relax in the comfortable leather chairs“Hmmmmm” my eyes roam around the track.“Why don’t we make a bet,” the older man from before turns to us, “Allow our women pick the cars for our bet of the day, I say 1 million dollars,” he says the room rerouting in an applause I turn to Dominic wide-eyed, all we will do is lose money, I'm not good at it but of course, my darling husband laughs along, “Are you sure Mr. Enzo, you could lose quite a lot of money” he smirks “Dom” I whisper but he ignores me“10 million dollars,” Mr Alexander Bianchi as he introduced himself earlier saysThe room is filled with men calling out thousands and millions of dollars when Dominic finally speaks“100 million dollars,” he says, and the room quietens “You really believe your wife is going to pick the winning car uh?” the older man laughs, “Well let's go ahead then.”“You first Mrs Enzo” I call out staring at the blonde womanHer eyes
DOMINIC POVThe car comes to a stop in front of the race track and I lead Isabella out of the car, honestly, I picked every single outfit she would wear on this trip, and yesterday she picked the one I had my eyes on, today I was specific. We were going to meet the European cartels here at the race tracks along with their wives, I had attended some but it was for mostly married men, the men here respected marriage and everything that came with it, they also loved their wives looking smoking hot, so I had purposefully picked out the hottest outfit I could think of.They would be talking about her for days, which means they would be talking about me for days and we can finally get into business.“Are you sure this is what I have to wear?” she turns to me, a short red leather skirt wrapping her waist and ass, revealing her long legs in white boots. Her upper body is covered by a simple red t-shirt tied around to the back revealing a bit of her navel.I placed my leather jacket on her to
ISABELLA POV“Shit, my head” I whisper turning around to the bright sun shining directly at me, “what the fuck” I open my eyes slowly and realize I'm on the balcony.I frown, why am I?”“Good morning sunshine, it's a good day to watch a race dont you think?” he leans on the door, only his boxers on, revealing his broad shoulders and abbs, he crosses his legs over the other handing me a cup of coffeeWhat in the hell is happening? I think the memories of last night fill my vision, I look down at my body and realize the sheets are covering from my waist down revealing my perky breast to the early morning sun and Domini.“Ah,” I almost yell pulling the sheets up to cover my chest.“You were more willing to get that off you last night” Dominic raises a brow at me handing me the cup againI grab it, my eyes wide, “you didn't see that” I say nervously, biting my lip, I stare down into the mug, coffee with milk and sugar.“How did you know?” I turn to him raising a brow at him.“I observe mo
ISABELLA POV“Oh Dominic” I moan, his lips caressing my neck in a slow whisper, His fingers caress my back, pulling on the strings of my dress with desperacy.He spins me around my eyes meeting with his, both of us drunk out of our minds but after the date we just had, I think it's time.“Are you sure?” he asks, his lips parting to capture my lips in his“Hm hm” I nod, my fingers grabbing the back of his neck, I pull him closer to me, our bodies meshing with each other.“Cara Mia,” he says, voice deep and seductive, ready to capture me in his embrace all night, his fingers grab the straps of my dress setting me free.My arms immediately goes to my breast, covering them from his eyes.“You dont have to do that Bella” he whispers moving closer to me, removing his wet jacket in his wake, his fingers brush my face, pushing my blonde hair out of my eyes, “I want to see you, all of you” he whispers, his lips capturing my ears in his mouth.” hmm” I moan out loud, the man has found my weak s
ISABELLA POV“Dominic” I call out my eyes filling with tears, “how did you?” I pick up the jewel from the table, while my dad had his gambling issues the first time, we had a family crest, a flower neckpiece made from rubies and silver, it cost millions of dollars and my father had sold it, it belonged to me and was our family heirloom but the family was much more important we needed the money so I gave it up while kicking and screaming while my father's guards held me down.They took it 5 years years ago and I never saw it again, and today it's sitting in the palm of my fingers, delicate as ever, “how did you know about this?” I turn to him, my eyes shining with tears, “This was taken away from me 5 years ago to pay off my father's gambling debt” My hand cups my mouth, i won't cry, but the tearworks start, and the tears falling down my eyes like s waterfall.“You will be surprised Isabella, the few days I was in Paris, I attended an auction” he leans forward, his eyes filled with sin