Ava p.o.vEleven years later.The door burst open with force, followed by a couple of footsteps, then the door slammed shot with an alarming forced. The resounding sound bounced off the walls, I wasn't startled but others in the kitchen were, especially the kids.Luciano, who was playing a video game on his tablet. Camila, who was flipping through some fashion magazine, she's going to be the fashion icon in the house and my eight year old daughter, Isabella. Camila and Isabella has grown closed over the years, since Camila can only talk to Isabella about girly stuff.And there is eight year old Marcello, bugging his Mom to give him food, Yeap, he's the foodie. As clichè as it may sound, Tricia and I got pregnant the same year and gave birth the same year as well, but Isabella is just a month older than Marcello.And Aurelio, Valarie and Dante's one year old baby boy, who by the way was sleeping peacefully on his mom's lap before the sudden disturbance. I took a glance over my shoulde
The Mafia Don's Wife.Sequel to Claimed By The Don is out please do well to check it out.Zoey p.o.v"You will find a replacement for her," he instructed. If I was scared of what this meeting was about, it save to tell you. I am paralyzed. These words didn't come that much of a shock to me. I kept telling myself the possibility of him kicking me out of the company. "But....." I held Mrs. Rose's hand stopped from pleading on my behalf. I might not be rich, and as much as I need this job to support my mom with our expenses. I have my pride too, a pride I need to keep intact. I refuse to bow down to a low-brainer guy for kicking me out of his company over our past. I was no longer the teenage push-over girl I was once upon a time. I am strong, confident and capable of facing my problems heads on. I turned on my heels and made my way to the door. I swung it open only to see two men in black suits and black glasses blocking the way. "I haven't allowed you to leave yet," Marco spoke
Zoey p.o.v"As the darkness passes to a glorious morning, dear God go with me everywhere and let your blessings be upon me. Amen." I said a quick prayer and did the cross sign. I picked up my phone from the night stand and unlocked it. As always, there is a message waiting to be read. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE. It reads. From a hidden number. This has always happened on my birthday every year, for a couple of years now. I have stopped letting it disturb my peace of mind. I pick myself up from my bed and head to the restroom to get ready for work. It's still early. I might as well take my time while getting ready. "Good morning, mom." I greeted my mother as I entered the kitchen. I kissed her on both cheeks."Good morning, my dear." I bent down a little for her to place a kiss on my head. "Do you have to go to the office today?" Mom whines, childishly pouting her lips. "Of course, mom. If it were up to me, I would stay home and spend the day with you. But I'm helpless." I shrugged
Zoey P.o.vMy entire being was paralyzed, everything and everyone faded away. Was time paused? Or is it just me? I didn't know if I should react or not. I don't know if he even wanted to acknowledge me. Should I pretend that we are strangers? But how can I, after all those years we spent together? How can I pretend that it didn't happen? How can I forget how he dumped me? Our beautiful and memorable time didn't happen. Only God knows how I survived the heartbreak he caused me. My ex-boyfriend. The man of my dream, the guy I thought I would spend my forever with. The same guy that tore my dreams and killed my spirit, he broke my heart in the most brutal way. Marco Alfonso, yes, the same Marco Alfonso that runs the biggest Italian mafia. He is the one standing before me. "Zoey." Luckily, Sophia snapped me out of the daze. I was the first to break the stare, I'm not going to let him see me weak. "Are you okay, you've suddenly gone paled." May asked, concern dripping from her tone.
Zoey p.o.vI woke up this morning with zero interest in going to work today, after what happened yesterday. The most annoying part was that he is our boss. I just hope we won't be crossing parts which are highly impossible. With the number of floors and employees the company has, and with his disinterest in me. Of course, we won't be crossing parts. That is if he hasn't ordered a dismissal letter. I reluctantly got up from bed, to start up my day. I have to move on with life. "Zoey, I'm off. Breakfast is on the table, make sure to eat before you leave." Mom called from the living area. "Okay mom, love you." I called back. "Love you too darling." she said, the sound of the door slamming shut announced her departure. I sighed and went to the bathroom. "Good morning, miss Zoey." Brett greeted me with his constant smile on. I replied with a weak smile, not in a good mood today. He opened the door for me, giving a wary look. I ignored him and made my way through, stopping by Sophia
Zoey p.o.v"You will find a replacement for her," he instructed. If I was scared of what this meeting was about, it save to tell you. I am paralyzed. These words didn't come that much of a shock to me. I kept telling myself the possibility of him kicking me out of the company. "But....." I held Mrs. Rose's hand stopped from pleading on my behalf. I might not be rich, and as much as I need this job to support my mom with our expenses. I have my pride too, a pride I need to keep intact. I refuse to bow down to a low-brainer guy for kicking me out of his company over our past. I was no longer the teenage push-over girl I was once upon a time. I am strong, confident and capable of facing my problems heads on. I turned on my heels and made my way to the door. I swung it open only to see two men in black suits and black glasses blocking the way. "I haven't allowed you to leave yet," Marco spoke. I faced him, the anger I was feeling must be very obvious in my face. "Why?" I am fuming,
Zoey p.o.v"There is a laptop filled with everything, watch a movie or surf the internet. Anything you want and need is there." He hissed. My eyes widened in shock and my mouth fell open, even my brain froze for a second and I found it difficult to comprehend what left his luscious plum lips.Did I just think about his lips? Ugh, focus brain. "What?" I yelled, unintentionally. He didn't flinch or react to my unexpected outburst. "What do you mean by watch a movie? How do I get paid for watching movies? Who in their right state of mind would do that?" I shook my head. "I will, I will pay you for sleeping, eating, anything." He declared. He has gone mad, that's a fact. But I'm not here to deal with his unrealistic and unreasonable words. I am here for work and that is what I will do. If not, I'm out of here. "Listen, I don't know what you are playing at, but I won't sit here and do nothing. If I am here, then I would be working. So either you give me something to do or let me the
Zoey p.o.vFlashback. I stood under the shower letting the water run down my body to calm myself. I was nervous and scared of the decision I had made. Today is my seventeenth birthday. As usual, Marco and I went out to have fun and even went to a romantic dinner. And finally, we are back in our wooden cabin. Usually we watch Disney cartoons while cuddling and then eventually fall asleep. But I want to make things different. I have had things planned out for a long time now. Today I want us to make love. I step out of the shower and wrap a towel around myself, and another one to dry my hair. I came out of the bathroom, Marco was sitting on the bed while setting up the TV. The only thing that kept him from nudity was the sweatpants he wore. His upper body was completely bare. The sight of him made my mouth water, and my womanhood wet. I had to squeeze my thighs together to stop the moist from leaking. He saw me staring and he smirked, he stood up and came before me. He kissed my h
Melanie’s POVI clocked out and ran to change out of my scrubs, ignoring the numerous eyes that were on me. Some were staring at me with approval but most of them had looks of jealousy and envy, like I somehow stole what belonged to them.Well, that was none of my business. The fact was, Adriano is my man and they can look all they want but can't have him. So that was one way to look at it. Besides, I wasn't a stranger to being stared at.I changed out of my regular clothes and when I got out. She was glaring at daggers at me but there was no mistaking the envy in her eyes when she saw, Adriano earlier.I smiled at her. Take that you petty, conniving, bitch. Yes, you can think you're all that and try to take away surgeries from me but you'll never have my man.I got to the nurses’ station, half expecting to meet, Hayley alone but to my surprise, she was engrossed in a conversation with, Adriano and they were laughing.
Melanie’s POV“Ugh… you guys are so cute it’s disgusting,” Aria said, once again interrupting our moment.“Shut up, Ari!” Adriano barked at her.“Whatever, I’m going to be with, Alice in the kitchen so wrap this up because we’re all having dinner together and I don’t want you making googly eyes at each other at the dinner table,” she said.“You still haven’t said it, Melanie,” Adriano said when we were finally alone. “I need to hear you say it.”“You need to hear me call you, baby?” He nodded. “Yes, I do because you’re mine and I’m yours. Every part of me belongs to you. So I’m your baby and it feels fucking good to hear you admit it.”I would have laughed if he wasn't being incredibly sweet. A grown-ass man was happy I called him, baby. Now that was a first.“Still, you shouldn’t have yelled at your sister that way,” I told him."She can handle it besides how do you expect me to let out
Melanie’s POVAdriano and I spent the day watching movies and munching on junk food after he finished the entire jar of cookies I made for him.I’d never seen someone that obsessed with cookies and it’s actually funny to see, Adriano react that way to the cookies.I must admit that it made me feel good that he loved my baking, now it got me wanting to do more. Maybe bake a pie or some muffins. I might start a bit easier and go with brownies instead but we'll see.When we got tired of staying indoors, he suggested we go out for a walk around the grounds and I gladly agreed.I had never really wandered around the house except the insides. I knew that the staff quarters were also in the compound but I'd never been there, and neither do I know how they live over there. It turned out the quarters were an array of bungalows for the staff.That way everyone had their privacy. There was also a large kitchen. Apparently, th
Adriano’s POVI have never loved being injured more than this moment.Melanie has been treating me like an incapacitated child and I had no complaints.Thanks to the ibuprofen she made me take after breakfast, the pain in my arm wasn’t unbearable and thank God I gave in to her.The pain was quite intense at night and the only comfort I had was having Melanie sleeping in my arms since I was doing a shit job of that.However, she woke up at various intervals throughout the night to check on me and I did a good job pretending to be asleep at those times. I knew that because she didn’t dispute what I said when I told her I slept great.“Thankfully you didn’t pop any of the stitches in your sleep,” Melanie said. She was in the middle of changing the bandages on my arm.“I’m a good patient,” I told her.“Whatever,” she scoffed and finished bandaging my arm.“Thanks for taking care of me, Melanie,” I said.“You don’t need to thank me but you’re welcome all the same,” she replied.I leaned i
Melanie’s POVI woke up feeling something poking me from behind I immediately knew what it was.I was tempted to rub myself on him but, Adriano was still asleep and I didn’t want him to wake up while I was in the middle of whatever I was doing because I wasn’t sure how I would recover from that embarrassment.I felt him stir a bit and I feigned sleep, but it turned out I wasn’t that great of an actress because he knew I was awake.“Good morning, little nurse,” he whispered in my ear. “You can stop pretending to be asleep now.”I groaned. “You’re annoying in the morning,” I said.“Nope, I’m a ray of sunshine especially because I get to wake up next to you,” he replied.I ignored him and rolled over so I could face him.“Did you sleep well?” I asked.“Yeah, I did. I told you I can handle a little pain,” he answered.That wasn’t what I saw when I woke up a few times in the middle of the night to check on him. His face was contoured in pain and it was obvious that he was having a fitful s
Melanie’s POVAfter Adriano had his dinner, I gave him some painkillers that he took grudgingly but I put my foot down and insisted so there was no way for him to win that argument with me.“Thank you, Melanie,” he said.I was drying off the dish he used while he was keeping me company in the kitchen.“For what?””Taking care of me,” he replied.“I didn’t do much. I just stitched you up,” I responded.“You did more than that. You were my safe space. I went out today knowing I had you to come home to and I’ve never had that,” he said.I frowned in confusion. “You’ve never had a safe space?”"I've never had someone to come home to. Someone is waiting up and worried about me. I've never had that and you gave me that. You shined your light in my dark world and gave it color."God, he was being so sweet right now that I was about to cry. “What about your family? I know you really care about them, aren’t they your safe space?”“They’re bound by blood to always be on my side but you aren’t,”
Melanie’s POVOh, my God!I just let, Adriano finger fuck me!It was the most amazing sexual experience I’ve ever had and I didn’t even get to see his dick. Now I was embarrassed.I didn’t know if I would be able to look him in the eye ever again so I buried my face in his chest, trying to avoid the inevitable post-orgasmic haze conversation that we were bound to have any moment now.“Don’t do that, little nurse,” Adriano whispered in my ear.“I’m not doing anything,” I replied but it sounded more like a mumble.“You’re not looking at me and I have to wonder whether or not you regret what just happened,” he said.I raised my head to look him in the eye. “I don’t regret it,” I stated matter of factly.He smiled at me. “Good, because watching you come apart on my fingers was the most amazing thing I’ve ever watched and if you had regretted it, that would only piss me off.”Then he put the fingers that had been inside me just moments ago into his mouth and sucked my juices right off it a
Adriano’s POVMy girl was angry and rightfully so.I got her worried and I already felt bad for it. Plus, I told her I wasn’t going to get hurt but there was no way I could have foreseen the bullet ricocheting and grazing past my arm.When I got a call from Nik this morning telling me he had intel that the Russians might be moving the girls from one of their warehouses today, I left the house without hesitation.Although I was looking forward to spending the weekend with, Melanie, this was too important that it couldn’t be ignored.When Nik told me Alex Pushkin was the bratva head threatening to impede on my territory, I couldn't say I was surprised but I was fucking annoyed.I thought I’d already heard the last of him years ago but it seemed he was still the same cocky son of a bitch I knew. He didn’t know when he was way over his head thus, he kept pushing his limits and now I knew he was the reason why one of my trusted men betrayed me.He was going to get what was coming for him
Melanie’s POVI think I stopped breathing for a moment.There was no way I just heard, Nik correctly, he had to be messing with me.“You’re messing with me, right?” I said.“I wish I was,” he replied and that was all I needed to hear before I began running towards the patient room.I didn’t bother looking back to find out if Nik was following me. All I knew was, Adriano has been hurt and I wanted to see him.I burst into the room and found, Adraino, lying on the bed and holding a shirt to his left arm. I stopped in my tracks, trying to catch my breath. He wasn’t unconscious, neither did he look disoriented.He was even smiling at me!“Hey, little nurse,” he said and I couldn’t hold it anymore, I burst into tears.I was in his arms in the blink of an eye while Nik walked in.“What the fuck did you do to her?” I heard Adriano ask.“I didn’t do shit! I only told her you’ve