Ophelia's Pov “Fuck me for not killing you that day.” My eyes began blurring slowly, the feeling of nausea hitting me greatly. Father deserved more, but I just couldn't stand the sight, and I blacked out.---I yawned lazily, my eyes fluttering open to find myself in a dimly lit room, and I happened to realize where I was immediately after studying the room. Even in my dreams, I had known this place as the room I had stayed in five years ago. The room had been no different from the time I left—the walls were still creamy white with frames of feminine art designing one part of the walls.My body swayed lightly as I tried balancing myself on the floor, which was made of polished dark wood reflecting the light from the chandelier above.“Hey," Gale's voice greeted my ear as he came to assist me immediately. “Are you feeling all right now?" he asked, and I nodded slightly, even when I was barely close to ‘feeling alright.’“I just need a shower."“Uhh, there are no helps around, and Cal
Ophelia's POVThat was enough shit for the week. Today, I would behave like nothing had happened yesterday—like I hadn’t just learned that Klaus was a dickhead and Father was the biggest asshole in the universe, and Callum had been the high school friend I had once cherished but now close to what could be the start of a nightmare. Oh, the fact that Callum's father was a bigger asshole than my father wanting a rough life for his son. "Get those shit off your mind if you want to have a peaceful day, Ophelia." After I soaked in the bathtub, feeling a lot better, I moved to grab my towel. Through the glass walls, I saw Callum staring at me from where he sat on the bed, giving me a playful, smug smile. I rolled my eyes at him, pulling my towel tightly around my body.“I know you’ve seen me bare before, but I still hate it when you stare without my permission," I said as I walked out of the bathroom.“You’ve never permitted me before. Days ago, I had you on our bed in Sicily without permis
Ophelia's POV“Why did you lie to her?" Callum's brows were furrowed, caging me into a close corner of grandmother's room.“She must not know that I got married without telling her. It would break her. She had been wanting the type of guy grandfather was for me…” I trailed off. If grandmother had known about Klaus earlier, she would have been rooting for both of us to be in a relationship, but Klaus was just a serpent. “Let me go. It won't be fun when she catches us here.”"If she gets the wrong idea that you are not married and behaves like those pesty grandmothers, the man she would introduce to you would regret is being on earth.” I don't understand why he got angry with such little things. He left a peck on my forehead. “You should stay here for a while. Gale would come get you. Do not try what's in your mind… one good reminder: we are in San Francisco.” He said, and I rolled my eyes, not knowing why he was going between being sweet and suddenly stupid all of a sudden.“Fuck off…”
Ophelia's POV “Doesn’t this look too….” I bit my lips, staring at myself in the mirror, standing in one of Rina's dresses that stopped on my thighs—fancy thin straps and a V-neck that made me see how full my chest was for the first time. I mean, I had big boobs. If I had seen me on other women... fancy what you have. I loved them, and it felt even better when Cal had his han… I gasped out, trying to know where the remaining sentences flew out from. That wasn’t me, I could swear, but I could also feel my pants getting moist.“It’s perfect. This is not revealing. Got some beautiful stuff. Your Killer boy would go blind when you wear it and would be giving you his life when you ask for a plate of cookies.” We both chuckled and made our way out of the house, feeling glad that grandmother wasn't around to see her beans sprouting the wrong way. Rina looking like a hooker and I… I don't know. Grandmother would have a word for it.“Where are you heading to, Mrs. Ophelia?” My heart made a tum
Ophelia's POV Was I jealous? No, I am not. I am pained that he could cheat and I couldn't. Our eyes suddenly connected, and I could see shock and confusion written in his eyes. It felt like something had snapped within me that instant, and I was running away angrily from that place, praying I never did what came to my mind. And yes, I did it. I saw Viktor, the guy earlier, the one guy to prove Callum wrong that I could also do what he does. “Hey.” My heart began beating hard and wild, seeing Viktor sitting amidst the same kind of men as Callum. “Do you w…” He didn't give me the chance to complete my words and had pulled me close, having me fall on his lap, his hand coming around my waist. “What do you want, sweetheart?” “Care for a dance?” His palm on my lower back began itching downward. I never asked for this. “Just a dance, no touching.” Maybe if I had pulled away quickly, the bullet that sliced through the air so quickly wouldn't have hit him in the forehead. What I felt was b
Callum's POVI sat down in one of the many rooms in the manor, the room I usually stayed in to draw my tattoos of her and watch her through the large screen—All thanks to the secret camera in her room and her washroom.Not talking to her, not touching her was killing me, but I was trying to remind myself of the kind of bastard I am, that I had almost done the craziest thing. Did I just fucking want to rape her days ago? Even if I was crazy and beyond redemption, I wasn’t supposed to do that.Even though she had pissed me off like shit, even when I got mad with that bastard touching her, I shouldn’t have pulled that crap with her in the first place. The anger I’d been trying to curb for five years now isn’t doing anything to me.Stopping myself from going even more crazed with thought, I decided to spend the minutes I had to stay at home wisely, watching my wife take off her clothes…a part of me had gone rigid with fluids.My hands went to my buckle like they usually did when I watched
Ophelia's Pov I stood in front of the large mirror in the room at night. I could still feel his feathery touch on the side of my lips, butterflies lifting in my belly. I was getting too affected these days, but what bothered me most was tomorrow. What should I do? We were going to a party, and it was his birthday. What gift do I get when he doesn't even let me out? It's not like I even want to give him a gift and make him feel touched, but that was the plan—to make him feel touched that his darling wife was not behaving crazy again. Why had he ignored me and then started talking to me again? Bitch, because he wants you to go to a party? Then what about the women he uses? The thought of that suddenly made me feel something crazy. That wasn't jealousy… no, never! I yelled within myself. Deciding to put a call to Rina to see if she could help me out with what to give a cold-blooded killer. "What again?" "I need your help. I told you tomorrow was his birthday. I need something,
Ophelia's Pov “How dare you have a say in this, woman? Your husband hasn’t taught you your place. I will teach you myself.” He raised the whip, ready to strike at me. I had felt that pain countless times from my father, and this wouldn’t be something new. “I dare you to hit her,” a voice boomed from the doorway before I could feel the impact of the whip. Valerie's father's hand stopped mid-air before I got pulled back into Callum’s arms. “I swear to take the last heir of you if you had done it.” “You need to teach your woman a lesson.” “And I never asked you to help me, Kesley!” I flinched at his voice, not knowing why he was always standing up for me. I snuggled deeper into his embrace, feeling the warmth that spilled through him. “And she… my brother won’t want his goods hurt. We might pull out of the deal if we find a mark on her body. She is going to be Tazio’s business soon. Know how you’d deal with her.” I watched the bastard of a father smile, but I could sense the distast
Callum's Pov“I don't know what happened….we went down to the basement just for cleaning an—” Leona trembled. The way she talked slowly, not getting to the point, irritated the shit out of me. I had asked my men to try tracking Ophelia, but she didn't wear the fucking ring.“Get straight to the fucking point. The last time I checked this place, I never saw a damn door leading outside." I was seething with rage. I was on the verge of insanity, my temper slowly sipping out of control….. I felt an unholy crave of blood if I didn't see Ophelia in the next hour. I promised to make this city red. I doubted she escaped. Fuck, she wouldn't do that. The cameras were checked to see any traces of her escaping, but nothing came in. It was cleared. That fucking incompetent asshole I had asked to watch her was playing with a kid, and now my fucking wife was missing. I had been keeping Gale for too long. Now I would do the unthinkable if I couldn't find my wife. He was down in the dungeon in father'
Ophelia's Pov“I would be going to Leona's today." Callum's hand curled around my waist, the scent of cedarwood wafting through him. Being the good wife, I had somewhat enjoyed styling his hair; he looked more pretty and manly with hair nearly brushed to the back.He caressed my cheek lightly and I felt heat rising to where he had touched. He was suddenly leaning in close, catching my bottom lips in his, and I froze, knowing we were doing this in front of Gale and Diana. He pulled away. “Before you leave to Leona's, I will be having my personal doctor come check on you.” He squinted his eyes. “You just look different this morning in a sick way.”The frown I tried faking for him kissing me in front of his employees was long gone. “What?!” I looked like the normal me when I glanced in the mirror this morning. I stared back at Diana, giving her a questioning look, and she stiffened, giving a sheepish smile before nodding.“I'll see you later.” A peck came to my earlobe, his scent envelop
Callum's PovI made my way into a place Father normally called the Bellucci's Den. The old crazy man needs a warning to stay away from my wife. My business stays my business, not his. He could ask me to get my hands into his shit, but he should stop meddling in my family business just like he has been doing to my step-siblings.“She said she is not getting married to him. I am married, I married a daughter of a man who is now your ally. I have made you gain more power, so leave Gabriella the hell alone.” I walked in to find Gab and Tazio in front of my father's desk. Two of Father's enforcers and two of his soldiers were waiting for an order from him.Even without being here earlier, I knew what might have transpired. Father had been wanting Gabriella to get married to a son from the De'Luca family, but Tazio never wanted it, wanting to protect Gab with all his power. She was the only sibling in his eyes and something precious he would never let harm come to.Gabriella was fuming. Fat
Ophelia's Pov"She is the kind of woman Callum would like if he gives her a chance.” “I am sure they have known each other before I came into his life. She should have used the tons of chances I have given before I came into his life… She is not as smart as you had just pronounced her to be.” His thin lips twitched to a half-smile before he took the glass in anger, slamming it into the wall. “The walls are too beautiful not to be stained,” he said, looking back at me, and I knew he was not sane. Psycho behavior was never a medical thing to take care of; it was a generational curse, not a trait, and poor Callum was unlucky to have gotten cursed with this. “I would give you whatever you want if you leave.” Another bargain.“Callum could give more to the woman he dotes on…”“You are playing a dangerous game, Ophelia.”“It feels like you are underestimating me, Mr. Bellucci…”“It’s just a light warning; I would take other measures if Callum continues to get affected.” He got up. “Accept
Ophelia's Pov“Someone is here for you….” I heard Diana's whispers close to me as my eyes fluttered open, my hand spreading wide across the bed with a lazy yawn escaping my lips… running my hand through the space next to me and I was shocked to find it cold. “Did he leave again?” I asked Diana, coming to sit carefully on the bed, his wound can't heal that fast overnight.“Yes, he left very early in the morning, and someone is here to see you.” She repeated again.“Who? Gabriella? Leona?” Callum's sister or Leona should be the only ones who would come look for me here in Sicily. I got out of bed and moved to the washroom, waiting for Diana's answer. My hair looked way better than normal as I stared into the mirror. I think I am beginning to sleep in my best lady-like way.“The boss's father.” I froze keeping my toothbrush in my mouth, as I heard her answer. Goosebumps covered my skin, and I ran out of the washroom again. “Wh… why is he here?” I found myself half yelling.“I do not kno
Ophelia's POVCallum had given me permission for a tour with Diana instead, and Gale didn't follow us this time. But I sensed a car tailing us. I called Diana's attention to it, and she said it was the boss's men.I felt all choked again. He still doesn't trust me after fucking me. What an asshole. I am even doing more than my job. His sister had dropped a lot of envelopes for me in Diana’s hand, which only contained money of different currencies.We stopped at stores to get foodstuffs, and shopping felt fun.When I got back home, I felt really tired, joining Diana in the kitchen still. “You know I have been the only one eating my meals ever since you left. It was no fun at all hehe," she chuckled lightly and continued stirring what was in the pot.I smiled. “We need to be fast. The boss would be back in a jiffy.” she added.We waited until the food got cold, and the boss didn't show up yet. “I would wait. I can microwave the food again for him when he's ready,” I said so Diana could
Ophelia's PovI never heard what Callum spoke 'til I fell asleep in the plane because his words are all Italian.I woke up to find the blue sky above me and to the light wind scattering my hair across my face. I was snuggled so deep in Callum's arms as he walked us up to one of his many cars. “We are in Sicily, right?"“Yes, we are back to our kingdom,” he said playfully but with no hint of joke in his eyes as he sat me in the car and made to drive instead of Gale.'Home sweet home…' I tried to be sarcastic as always within but it brought a different emotion that scared me…like this was that was the fact.“Signora," Diana came to the doorway to welcome us, enveloping me in a warm hug… oh how I missed that word Signora. “You look way more dashing, I bet San Francisco is good. I can't wait to go there and maybe when I return to Italy I will fit for a model." Oh, I missed her wild accent too.Callum walked past us, his phone ringing again. What a busy person he is.I pulled my suitcase w
Ophelia's POVI stared down at the hair-filled arms grabbing my waist from behind."Callum." His name burst out of my lips in a light whisper."Little doll." His voice sounded raspy behind me, and I felt a kiss on my neck, tracing down to my shoulders. I wasn't dreaming."What are you doing here?" After he left like I was nothing, and now he is back to fuck his little doll?"Get out from my bed." I pushed away from him, coming to stand right at the edge of the bed, and it really was him.He looked more lean, his eyes hollow, eye bags underneath his eyes like he hadn't slept for ages. He looked beautifully terrible, but I wasn't going to feel any sort of pity."I need rest. I want you out so I can have a peaceful sleep." I tried not to sound annoyed or pissed, but I am. I was beginning to take things differently these days, and it's affecting my decisions so badly. I need a therapist to explain what I feel towards this man. The mere sight of him right now is making my heartbeat so fast
Ophelia's POVI had just jerked him off in public. I was beyond being crazy… and now we were heading to the car, with him not letting me complete the movie. He slammed the car door closed beside me. I thought we would be heading home immediately, but Callum was too horny to let that happen. As soon as he got into the car, he pulled me over his knees, pushing his pants down and raising my dress up. He had refused to return my panties. I was filled with the same desires as him again, our eyes locking with an intense gaze.Without warning, he slammed his raging cock into me. My head fell back, my back pressing into the steering wheel as it made a loud horn, still not reminding me that this was a car and it wasn’t all that closed because we were still in public and people could see.It felt like his hand was being replaced with whatever elements they had used in creating a power bike. His hand, which was on my hip bones, helped me ride him faster. "Cal… yes." He slammed in so deep, hittin