“In a way, I know I’m supposed to be happy that I’m going to be an aunt soon but…”“ The mother of the child?” Viola asked, her face already red with laughter. For some reason, she found Rain’s current expression funny.“ Not that Andrea is a bad person or anything like that,” Rain waved her hands trying to dismiss the thought from Viola’s head.“Uh huh...” Viola said, Rain’s words only succeeding in making her laugh harder.“Look, it’s just that she has a lot of issues and sometimes she’s like a—”“—bitch, she’s a bitch Rain. No need to censor your words,”Yup. She was a bitch. A stuck up bitch that shot at Rain as a warning to stay away from Alexander yet from what she’d learned at the dining table, Andrea herself had come to end things by herself.Rain and Viola sat on opposite sides of her bed, a pillow each in their grasps and Viola looking like she would burst into laughter at any given moment.She’s been laughing from the table when she had first heard everything but no
The large hall was dark and moldy. No one had been inside of it or cleaned it for weeks all because of one person.Alexander Guerriero.The hall was once a place beautified by the lights that came in from the windows and at least thirty men filled the now dusty seats lined up in the hall with their own desks.Now the hall’s curtains couldn’t be drawn open and the men that stood in the hall, gnashing their teeth in anger were two while the third man eyes took in the appearance of the once great hall with a cold gaze, yet his eyes were emotionless and one could tell what he was thinking.The three men in the halls were all obviously not from the same countries.A red haired middle aged man who’s head was still held up high like nothing in the world could touch him, he still carried around an air of confidence despite him knowing that they had all bee brought down and they had nothing left attached to their names.A man who’s entire hair was already gray and his back hunched over b
The building was almost empty. That was the first thing Rain noticed when she walked in. It was as good as abandoned and the only person in the bobby was the receptionist. A teenager that looked like he was just trying to earn extra money.His eyes widened when he saw them in the lobby.Probably because of the number of men Alexander had brought with him.They were at least thirty men behind them and that was apart from his consigliere, Luigi, his capo régimes, Enzo and, Romeo and Aldo. The boy looked like he was going to piss his pants at any second.He quickly bolted away from the desk and tried to run to the entrance but Enzo caught him easily swiftly and bent his arm in an odd angle behind his back.He said something in Italian to the boy that made his eyes widen even more and then he shakily pointed at the second door at the right at the lobby.“Thanks,” Enzo said to the shaking big as he let go of his arm and then walked past him like he didn’t just threaten his life.Th
Their destination was only a short drive away from where they’d picked up the council members. Alexander had driven the car while Aldo took the other front seat and Rain sat at the back. They were both silent all through the drive and Rain spent the entire drive contemplating if she should start up a conversation or not. Their moods were somber.When Alexander finally stopped the car, Rain looked outside the window to see that they were at some park or meadow of some sort.The green grass stretched as far as her eyes could see and at the side was a gathering of trees, it wasn’t big enough to call it a forest though.Rain stepped out of the car before the men. When they both joined her, she saw that Aldo was holding a jar in his hand tightly and his brows furrowed like he was in pain. The jar was ceramic and beautiful designed by flowered and butterflies hovering over each of them.They began to walk, nothing needed to be said. She already knew why they were here.The walked int
A week later, things seemed to be more normal around the mansion. The maids went back to their normal routines only with Vicky as the person in charge and of course a few of them had already been fired. Rain had trued to enjoy the fake normalcy but she couldn’t, she missed Elisa and she also missed her brother who she hasn’t seen since the day she found out she was going to be an aunt. She honestly thought that after their little talk, he would confide in her more but no… not Nicholas. At least eight days had passed since she’s last see him or even spoken to him. His number wasn’t connecting whenever she called and he wasn’t replying any of her texts either even though it was being received. Alexander on the other hand had also been MIA. Rain was still being his assistant of course but most of the time he left the house without her saying it was ‘unofficial matters’ and that she didn’t have to concern herself with them. She knew he was lying. Knew he was trying to protect her, he e
It was a bright Saturday morning.The birds were chirping and singing, the sun had risen earlier than normal…Rain inhaled deeply, the scent of roses assailed her nostrils.She opened her eyes groggily, the light from the windows almost blinding her. She waited a few seconds for her eyes to get used to the brightness before she opened her eyes again.Roses…They were everywhere!A gasp escaped her lips as she looked around her room. The roses occupied every nook and cranny, every corner and every space, even the floor was covered in petals.The room wasn’t this way when she went to sleep last night, rather late, she couldn’t recall the reason why she slept late but she knew that she was so excited in that moment.Wait…why did something feel off?Did she really fall asleep in her room last nightIt was her wedding day.That’s right.She was marrying the man she loved today!Something she had been looking forward to for so long. She hadn’t seen her fiancé in almost a week and today, fina
Alexander brought up the cigarette to his mouth and inhaled, closing his eyes as the tobacco got into his lungs and soothed him…well just a little bit.It had been so long since he had the urge to smoke but now he just wanted to drown himself in packs of them if they would help with the emotional turmoil he was feeling in that moment.“So you fucked her, big whoop. The both of you make a great couple anyways,” Luigi snorted, “Why are you acting like someone died?”Alexander blew out a breath and the smoke along with it and then shook his head.“You wouldn’t understand,” he said to Luigi as he crushed the cigarette into the ash tray next to him and then leaning back into the armrest of his study’s couch.He'd been cooped up in there all morning since he left Rain in the cabin.They had been at it all night, his body not ever getting enough of hers and Rain’s body the most responsive and sexy he’d ever touched.His body finally tired out in the early hours of the morning, by then
Rain didn’t want breakfast to be weird or awkward, despite Alexander’s presence.She tried to keep up with the conversation between Luigi and Viola, tried to secretly taunt Vicky whenever she noticed the woman’s glare and all this just so she could ignore the burning stare she knew she was getting from Alexander. He was seated opposite her and not at his usual position at the head of the table.He didn’t say anything when he’d arrived at the dining room shortly after Luigi did. Enzo and Romeo came in not long after, Romeo gave her a look that made her feel super uncomfortable and remembering what happened the last time they’d both met and had a conversation, it only made matters worse.So when she decided to shift her gaze from Romeo, so as to not ruin her morning more than it already was, she saw him.Alexander’s eyes were on her, ablaze with desire and this time he did nothing to hide it even though they were both at a table filled with people. Rain’s eyes widened and for a sp