Melodys POV
Hillary is very strong but she's also weird, right I'm stuck between going to find Oliver or going to eat I'm starving but I doubt I'll enjoy it by myself. I take out my phone from my purse and call Oliver, it rings continously and I'm kind of worried he might not pick up my call, but before it can go to voicemail he picks up.
" Hi O I'm really sorry where are you ? Let's fix this, I shouldn't have said those things I said to you please forgive me. Can you please come back I'll make it up to you dinner on me at the Fitzgerald restaurant I've been dying to go there, please say yes " I desperately plead with him, " only on one condition "
He replies and I'm quick to immediately say yes I'll do anything he wants. " Your not paying, I am. what kind of man allows a woman to pay for him, that's not me and you know it " Yes of course I know his like that he never allows me to pay for anything we do together, his truly a gentleman he'll make a great husband one day.
speaking of which Oliver hasn't gone out for a date in a while now and he doesn't have a girlfriend. I wonder why's that I need to ask him surely there must be a girl he loves or at has a crush on.
And he doesn't have strict parents like myself. I wonder what's up with him " Hello mel are you still there " Oliver asks reminding I'm still on a call with him " Sorry for zoning out, how long can you get here ? I'm starving " and I'm starting to feel cold I've been wondering around aimlessly like a zombie and I didn't even have an appetite then but now I'm extremely hungry and I'm glad that Oliver is no longer angry with me, it's been a miserable few hours without him.
" I'll be there in 20 minutes how about I meet you at the restaurant " That's his reply, " okay see you in 20 then bye " I reply before hanging up.
Fitzgerald is a posh restaurant, and I'm suddenly feeling under dressed, there's a hostess at the door, she greets me looking at me up and down like she doesn't agree with my attire.
I don't allow people like her put me down I pay no attention to her bad attitude and tell her that I made a booking yesterday to dine here yesterday for two, She asks for my name I give it to her before she asks where's the other person who'll be joining me, I inform her Oliver will be meeting me here shortly.
She orders me to follow her which I do and once sitted at the table, I glance around the room and my eyes land on someone I've seen him before that's the guy from breakfast the other day, and just like that day his looking all hot and powerful, his with 3 other guys probably talking business.
And he doesn't look too pleased so it's probably not going well and I don't realize that I'm staring until he looks my way and locks eyes with me and I'm quick to look away, I don't want him to think I was staring at him he'll probably think I'm a freak.
I decide to take out my phone and check up on Oliver instead, I send him a message where are you? the waiter comes and asks me what I want to have. "Just water for now I'm waiting for someone " I say to him and he goes. What's taking Oliver so long I decide maybe it's best I call " Hey I'm here sorry for making you wait " He says and as I look up there he is with flowers in his hands.
" Oliver these are so beautiful I thought I was the one who was supposed to make it up to you not the other way around, I really shouldn't have said those things and now I now there's no better person I'd rather explore Paris with please forgive me " I say to him really disappointed with myself for my actions earlier on today.
He takes my hands in his and rubs circles on them, " You have nothing to apologize for from now on everything we do I'll consult you first, I don't like seeing you unhappy and I certainly don't want to be the course for that" Oliver replys. " Your the best, I don't know what I'd do without you " And that's true Oliver is always there for me in all my past difficulties I'm truly blessed to have a friend like him.
" So how was your meal " That's Oliver asking, " Exactly how I imagined it even superceded my expectations I'm really glad that we came here, we should do this again before we leave Paris" I say to him before I excuse myself to the bathroom I need to make sure my makeup is intact and reapply my lipstick.
I get to bathroom empty my bladder, wash my hands and apply some make up before going back inside only to find Oliver having a heated discussion with someone from where I'm standing I don't really hear what they are saying but I've got an uncomfortable feeling about this whole situation I wonder what happened when Oliver left me there by the Eiffel Tower, did he upset someone he shouldn't have, as I approach I can hear threats being made and it makes me even more concerned as to why someone would threaten Oliver.
We don't know anyone here, we are just tourists for heavens sake. The guy sees me get closer to the table and retreats he somewhat looks familiar but I'm too shocked to even think where I've seen him before.
" Are you okay, what's going on " I ask feeling concerned for our safety that guy looked dangerous. Oliver stands up and places a hand on my Lower back, " Nothing you should worry about, I've got it under control, I've already paid the bill we should leave " He says more demanding than actually actually asking and I just nod and take my things and we leave.
We get an uber in the front and right now were sitting in the back with my head on Oliver's shoulder, " Why don't you have a girlfriend, I've been asking myself that question today, your so perfect like any girl would be lucky to have you, do you not have a crush on anyone " I ask him lifting my head up to look at him, he tenses up and looks everywhere except at me and doesn't answer my question. okay his ignoring my question " Oliver I asked a question were friends I thought friends talked about this stuff why you being weird " I ask him.
" What are you expecting me to say Melody, that the girl I like doesn't like me back that no Matter how much I try she'll never look at me the way I see her " He says looking hurt, Oliver has a crush on someone how did I miss that and most importantly who is she " Have you tried telling her how you feel about her " He looks at me with this unreadable expression and shakes his head.
" Your really clueless ain't you " He replies, " Oh mel can we not talk about this again " He says, wow whoever this girl is Oliver must truly love her for him to get this worked up over it. " I didn't mean to upset you I'm sorry I will never bring it up again I promise " I say to him and I realize we just arrived at our hotel and we leave the car and make it up to the room.
Once in the room I shower and put on my pjs, I'm still concerned about the situation that happened at the restaurant. " Oliver you never told me what that guy wanted from you " I ask him." I told you it's nothing" he says before going to the bathroom what's with Oliver and not wanting to talk to me lately.
His probably tired right now so I'll talk to him in the morning. I get into bed and immediately fall into a deep sleep.
Giovanni's POVI've decided the best distraction is my work, I'm currently at the office at the moment doing some paperwork and checking how much money I'm receiving and if there's anyone stealing from me, I think my employees know better than to do that but you'll never.I hear a knock at the door and I'm assistant Hillary comes in, Mr black Nathaniel is here to see you should I send him in, I just nod and she leaves and in comes Nathaniel. "Boss I have the information you asked me for " He says holding a document in his hands, I motion for him to sit" The name is Oliver Presley it seems his and her family are friends and they grew up together they are best friends, while she was in med school he was doing engineering and has his o
Third POVOliver is left in the hotel room, wondering how did things become so messed up. This wasn't the vacation he imagined, he imagined a different scenario, a scenario where he can Express his true feelings to Melody.He has been in love with her for many years and always lacked strength to tell her how he feels and now things have been messed up for him again. But he knows he has to leave this place as soon as possible.Oliver is desperate for Melody to return when he hears a knock on the door he quickly goes to answer with hopes that it will be Melody or the lady from the reception with news of Melody.He opens the door and Nathaniel and the other bodyguards enter and Nathaniel wastes no time connecting his fist with Oliv
Third POVAfter their date Melody was exhausted but still wanted to go check up on Oliver she kinda felt guilty for not being by his side. " I think I should head back to the hospital I want to be there when Oliver comes out of surgery.I already feel guilty for not being with him right. If the wheels were reversed Oliver would never leave my side that's just how good of a friend he is and here I am dining at a posh restaurant " Melody says already preparing to leave." Okay allow me to come with you and be there for you, it may get lonely waiting by yourself and I'm not taking no for an answer " that's Giovanni speaking, he pays the bill and they both leave the restaurant. While in the car Melody feels his gaze on her and looks at him with questioning eyes.
Third POVAfter Melody recovers from her shock, she knows she has to let her parents know. Right now she's all alone and knows she can't go through this by herself, she needs someone but she only knows two people here and doesn't have their numbers and the other one probably doesn't even want to see her after the way she left things with him earlier on today.This is truly a nightmare why did all things have to happen to her at this point in her life, she misses her mother so bad right now.She decides it's best to call her parents first and then Oliver's parents, she doesn't know what how she'll explain everything that's happening right now. She realizes she's got missed calls from both parents and she begins to worry how did she n
Melodys POVUpon arriving at the mansion I felt the chills on my spine,what have I gotten myself into. Feeling my uneasiness Giovanni places his hand on my Lower back and caressing me while the other one pulls up my face so I'm facing him, "Relax your so tense I'd never do anything to harm you" he says looking me in the eye and I just nod.Him trying to assure me isn't helping me at all, I can't stay here and what the hell happened to my parents there's no way they'd leave me with someone they didn't know. What if they are dead, okay I'm just being paranoid now right now. let's hope he isn't that person because if he is I'll also be dead soon.Giovanni shows me my room and he orders I sleep and he'll call me later for dinner and tells me he has some business h
Melodys POVSo my parents enter just in that moment, to them we are probably this happy couple who can't keep their hands off each other. " Oh Melody my sweetheart I'm so glad you are well we were so worried about you, How are you feeling now did you get enough rest " my mom asks." I'm fine mom I slept quite well, better than I have in a while " Speaking truth I did sleep well it's my morning which isn't going so well. " Thanks for taking care of our daughter I can see you clearly care for her a lot " that's my dad thanking Giovanni who smiles like nothing happened.Who the hell is he and why didn't I see all of these before. He looks at me and brings me closer to him holding me by the waist and even though he threatened to kill me a few minutes ago, I can't help the feeling I get with the way
We walk downstairs and there's rose petals which lead downstairs and I'm loving my dress and I do look so beautiful, grace did my make up to perfection I am a goddess today. The nerves are doing the most though had it not been for my father hold I think I would've fainted by now.Deep breath again I'm trying to calm my nerves, and suddenly I'm feeling nauseous and and lightheaded and my dad had to lead me back inside and sit me down. " sweetheart are you okay " my dad asks and everything goes dark.When I wake up I'm in my room and someone is caressing my hair and it feels so good, but my head hurts so bad.And I open my eyes and I see this angel looking down at me, Giovanni is really handsome and I can't help but just stare at him, how can someone be so good looking.&nbs
After we left the reception we left for the airport and to a private strip, since Giovanni had his own private jet and mini airport. it's only used by him and apparently his family.We took Gios private jet he must have a lot of money to be able to fly like this right now were making our way to our honeymoon. Which I'm not sure where it is.And were not talking to each other and you can cut the tension between us with a knife that's how thick it is. I'm still angry with him about his earlier behavior, I guess he is the devil they say he is I've clearly seen it for myself.I think back to my talk with Hillary, I was so rude to her I should apologize. I don't have friends here maybe we can be friends I just need to clear the air. When we get back I'll have to talk to my devil husband about
Layla PovHer friend Kenya arrived to her flat and found her pacing up and down, her apartment was beautiful it was penthouse overlooking the city it was even more beautiful at night because all the city lights illuminated even without lights and she was now driving the latent Range rover she looked and smelled like success. Yet her conscious was not at ease, " Layla what is wrong and please do not say nothing because as much as you should be happy with your new house and apartment I can clearly see something is still bothering you. You do not look happy in the least, when we go out you are always in your thoughts you are worrying me what is happening. "" I am a bad person Kenya " I said and looked at her I saw her frown she could not understand what I was talking about this is not the Layla they knew and of course she was going to be super disappointed with me. " What are you talking about you are not a bad per
MELODY POVI felt a little unsettled by the conversation I just heard and Giovannis reactions to seeing I had heard him. What could it be he was discussing that he did not want him hearing. " sweetheart I though you were sleeping, he said picking up his phone from the floor. Luckily his phone just had a small scratch and it seemed to still be working. " I woke up I am hungry as always, is your phone okay. Why were you so surprised to see me awake was I not meant to hear that ? " I asked him." Uhmm... ahhh you just scared me that's all " he sounded defensive but I was not going to ask him about that. " Sorry to have scared you I am simply going to go to the kitchen and get some snacks for me and the baby " I got out of bed, Giovanni still looked a bit shocked from seeing me awake he was acting strangely not like his normal self, and he looked lost in his thoughts like he was seeing me but not really seeing me. I left our bedro
I was frozen in place I did not know what to say to him or tell him, this was a dilemma for me I was not that kind of person who got off from hurting people. Melody was a nice woman who had been nothing but welcoming to her I could not do that to her, but I knew if I did not do this someone else would. And I needed the money so did it Matter who did whether me or someone else eventually someone would do it would they not ?" I am a busy man Layla its either you say yes or no I cannot wait for you forever make your choice. " Sir this is all confusing to me why would you want me to do such a thing what would you gain out of it. She's your wife she is very much in love with you and believes you love her just as much. " " You listen here I do not pay you to question the type of man I am and why I do the things I do, I want one simple thing from you to state my wife is incompetent that's all and I will make sure you are paid very generously and gi
Being back was a wonderful feeling after having Giovanni reassure me everything was okay I was now more comfortable I could relax, I constantly felt tired so right now I just woke up from my nap Giovanni was gone to work. So it was just me and the maids nor how I imagined my first day back but I just assumed Giovanni had really pressing matters at work because normally surely he would not just leave me alone in the house. As I was going door I heard the bell to the front door ringing there was no one in sight so I decided to go and open the door. A beautiful young lady dressed very formal stood with a nervous smile on her face." Good day Mrs Black I am Layla I am the psychologist appointed by your husband " I gave a little smile and moved away from the door to allow her entry " Hello I did not know you are coming today I thought Giovanni was still looking, and how did you know I am Mrs Black " Melody asked her after her Holly incident she di
Melody Pov I woke up with a massive headache and a beeping sound which I identified as being the cardiac monitor. I opened my eyes and saw a handsome well dressed man. He was on his phone unaware of my regained consciousness. I took this time to look at his features his manly jaw, his messy hair. His sharp noise, his long eyelashes and full brows he was perfect. I suddenly felt guilty I cheated on him I allowed to be fooled and manipulated by another man, how would I tell him the truth knowing how volatile he is. Would he even forgive me I wondered. His phone rang taking me out of my thoughts, as he answers his phone his eyes landed on me for a short while, before he looked away he did not seem at all happy to see I've woken up. My heart broke a little what was wrong I wondered. He answered the call and walked out the room, I felt my heart drop into the pit
Melody PovI woke up feeling extremely lost, Giovanni has been my protection, my love and my safe haven not being with him was slowly making me feel a whole inside my heart. They say you never really appreciate somethings till it's gone. I had been a fool I do not know what hold Nikov had over me but I can assure you my eyes were opened now.I allowed a stranger to sweet talk me I allowed him to fool me before he eventually showed me his true colors. It had been a pleasant week with me forgetting I was kidnapped as Nikov slowly started gaining my trust, he kept on being a charming man laying down the seduction real smooth. He did his manipulation slowly making me slowly want him so he could take Advantage of me.So yesterday he had me drinking wine as he planned and set up everything to lure me to his trap. He placed a camera in his room and made a set tape within my cons
Giovanni PovI was played, everything that happened was just a ploy so they could take my wife. Everything had been played and Holly was a big part of it all. I was made to hire her as I was desperate to have my wife back to her normal self they had used my vulnerability to play me.It took months of planning all the time Holly spent in the Mansion she had been gathering information for her father, Hollys father is a rival Mafia leader mostly based in the United States. He had wanted to partner up with me to strengthen his territory but weak as he was there was no way I was going to partner with him it did not make financial sense for me instead I seized all his Shipments coming into my territories weakening him even more he has always had in for me since.I obviously never thought he would be back this soon and conspiring with the Russians. Even combined they are still weaker
Who are you i asked while I observed him as he brought out the first aid kit out of the cabinet to the bed. He took out the disinfectant, cotton swab and bandages. He sat next to me on the bed, he took my wrist and placed it on his lap.He dipped the cotton in the disinfectant before bringing it close to my hand, he stopped and his eyes moved from my hand to my eyes " This will hurt a little " and then he focused back on my hand on his lap.He tried to be as gentle as possible occasionally bringing my hand up to his mouth and leaving kisses on them. I did not understand what was the meaning behind the action but I did not say anything. Once he was done he looked up to me and our eyes met.We locked eyes for a few seconds before I averted my eyes, I did not know why he was looking at me like that especially since we did not know each other.
We sat there a while silent and thinking of the worst which could happen and then we finally heard some voices were not sure whether to be happy or scared it could go both ways it could possibly be our security team or whoever bombed our house down." If it's my security team they will call out loud to me by my name which is not known to the other people not even you, but since they have not done so I suspect it's the other Mafia guys, I need you to be extra quiet they can never suspect that we are here do you understand " " Yes " I said in a whispered tone.Shortly afterwards we heard gunshots blasting out in a distance. " I think my security team is also here " the sound of Animals running was also heard the were probably spooked by the sounds of gunshots. I bit my Lower lip ensuring I don't make any noise.