UNKNOWN POVStephano, my biggest archenemy, the man I wanted to crush with all my might. But I had to wait… wait until the time was right to strike, to hurt Stephano just like he did to me twenty years ago by killing my father.You might be very confused, let me explain a bit…๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑Twenty years ago my father made the wrong decision of agreeing to work under Stephano's Dad.It had been one regular evening when a group of men came into the small home. My seven year old self watched my father talk with those scary looking men wondering what the hell was happening."The Don has a special job for you, your pay is going to be extremely worth the job" one of the scary men said to my father."What does he want me to do?" my father asked."Pick up a drug shipment by exactly 12 midnight" The other replied, his voice cold and serious."I don't want to be involved in any of these dirty business, so please keep me out of it" my father replied."Are you sure about that
CHAPTER 108Stephano's POV I walked into the room where I had been ushered into by a couple of guards. It was supposed to be the venue for a private meeting with a few other gang leaders, but what I saw was far from what I expected. It was a scene straight out of a strip club. There were some ladies gyrating on poles, wearing nothing but skimpy lingerie and the air was thick with the smell of sweat and perfume. Several other ladies were standing everywhere else in the room, moving their hips and bodies to the music that blared from the speakers. I hesitated, unsure of what was going on and looked around the room. I however knew that due to my reputation, I could not show any form of weakness so kept moving. As I made my way towards a chair, I noticed a few other men sitting in the room and playing around with the ladies. One of the ladies plonked onto the laps of one of the men as she began a lap dance and sexily took off her top to reveal a red bra. Was this the meeting that was
Stephano's POV I could feel my head spin the moment that one of my men told me that Valerie had left the city with Fred a few days ago. Where would Fred take her to? Why would he even take her anywhere? Or was he deceived by someone who was acting as me to bring Valerie? But Fred was way too smart to fall for something like that. Fred knew that I never brought Valerie into the business. Something was wrong somewhere and it wasn't with me. The problem couldn't be with Fred either since I had worked with him for years, or could it? "What do you mean by that? Why would Fred be taking her anywhere? If I needed her with me, wouldn't I have taken her along?" I queried and the man's eyes grew wide with fear. What the hell was going on? "Get all the men and servants to come to the meeting room, now! No single person should be left behind even at the borders of our territory, I want every single human living in my territory to assemble in that room. You have five minutes to pass the messag
FRED'S POV Hours later, I was still watching the television when I suddenly felt someone sit beside me. "Valerie," I realized. "Do you remember anything now?" I slowly asked and she laid her head on my shoulder. "Does it really matter? We can always make new memories since I don't remember anything," she muttered and I smiled then raised her head to kiss her which she accepted. I had always wanted to taste those lips. As we kissed, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. I was lying to her, manipulating her, and it didn't feel right. But I couldn't back out now, not when I had come this far.Valerie pulled away from the kiss and looked at me with a smile. "I'm glad I have you, Fred," she said, snuggling closer to me. "Even if I don't remember how we met or fell in love, I know that I love you." she whispered. I felt a pang of guilt again but pushed it away, reminding myself that this was for the greater good. "I love you too, Valerie," I replied, holding her close. "And we
THIRD PERSON POVValerie looked at Fred, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. "You mean...the baby isn't yours?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. He nodded, feeling the weight of his guilt crushing down on him. "I'm so sorry, Valerie. I know I should have told you the truth from the beginning, but I was afraid of losing you. I love you so much, and I didn't want to lose you," He said, his voice cracking with emotion.Valerie pulled her hand away from Fred's and sat up in the hospital bed, staring at him with a mix of anger and hurt. "You lied to me, Fred. You manipulated me into thinking that this was our child, that we were a happy family. How could you do this to me?" she said, her voice shaking with emotion.Fred hung his head, unable to meet her gaze. "I know I messed up, Valerie. I should have told you the truth from the beginning, but I was scared. Scared of losing you, scared of losing everything we had built together," he said, his voice barely above a whisp
VALERIE'S POVI wake up from yet another dream where I keep seeing an oddly familiar man. Weirdly I have never me him but I felt so connected to him like I had some sort of close bond with him in the past.This wasn't good… I had no idea what this was about but one thing I knew for sure was I didn't like how uneasy it made me feel everytime.I needed to get some answers and just maybe Fred could be of help…I walked out of the bedroom to the living room where I knew Fred was and as expected he was in the middle of playing video games with Fiona sitting beside him watching curiously at the screen."Hey" I greeted, immediately grabbing their attention."Good morning love" Fred said, glancing at me for just a bit before turning his attention back to the screen."Mama!!" Fiona exclaimed happily and ran towards me lifting up her hands and as usual I picked her up in my arms hugging her tightly."How are you my princess? '' I asked softly while placing feverish kisses on her cheeks. I felt m
VALERIE'S POVMy mouth dropped in shock on seeing the man on the banner. It was the man of my dreams!No literally!It was the man showing up in my dream repeatedly!Written boldly underneath was 'Stephano'...How could this be?"Oh my gosh, you have such a pretty daughter and she looks just like the man on the poster" a middle aged woman who was passing by gushed on seeing Fiona."Why, thank you" I replied."Fiona stared at the man in the poster and looked at herself through the glass window."Mom, is that my real dad?" Fiona exclaimed.Fiona was already aware that Fred wasn't her biological dad, we both decided it was better to let her know very early on to prevent confusions later in the future. Fiona accepted it nicely so it turned out that was a better decision. But of course we couldn't explain the whole sperm donor thing to her since she was way too young to understand that aspect."No Fiona, he's a stranger" I corrected."Then why do I look so much like him! That woman said I l
THIRD PERSON POVIt's been three years and two months since Valerie was present in the mansion. Her absence had such a great effect on her husband Stephano. During the first year when she had gone missing, Stephano had been in so much rage and tried all his possible best to find her. Unfortunately his right hand man Fred had outsmarted him so perfectly and there was no way he was able to trace them successfully.Over the next few years, Stephano's rage subsided and just became pure pain, like Valerie's absence had caused a hole in his heart. He became far more ruthless than he had ever been before, his gang were always on the edge in his presence, too scared to do anything that would upset their mafia leader. Knowing fully well that the punishment is death.Stephano's only solace was his adopted son, Huston. He was the only light in his dark world. He made sure he was well taken care of and protected at all times. He couldn't bear the thought of losing him too. After Valerie had gone m