Olivia Davis is living her best life, until her father Henry, steals from a ruthless Mafia lord, Leonardo De Luca. Leonardo has one solution. He wants Olivia Davis as payment.
View MoreOlivia The awkward silence that followed Leonardo’s announcement; I could cut it with a thin knife. Anna looked broken, and I didn’t blame her, she had put her all in preparing for the wedding. When she looked in my direction, I averted my eyes and focused on the golden lines on the marble surface. I couldn’t face her broken stare. “When did this happen?” she asked, her voice cracking under the weight of her distress. I looked at Leonardo for answers but he couldn’t be bothered instead he looked annoyed that he was being questioned. Damn him. If Leonardo could do something like this to someone who was like family, only one question remained: what he was going to do to an outsider like me when the truth came out? I didn’t want to stick around and found out what would unfold next. I excused myself and walked over to the double doors that led to the Terrance outside, the minute I opened the doors, a warm breeze slapped my face and I smiled, knowing I would take that an
Leonardo The rest of the lunch sailed by smoothly, with Olivia fidgeting like a cold puppy. I knew that the marriage proposal was a shock to her, but if things went the way I had planned, we wouldn’t have to pretend for long and will be both out of it sooner than expected. I pressed the ignition button, and the car came to life with a roar of the powerful horse engine it was. I seldom had the time to move around without one or two of my man following me, but when it happened, I made the most of it. “Can I ask you something?” Olivia said from the passenger seat as I navigated my way out of the parking lot. I threw a glance at her, “Shot.” “Why are you doing this?” “Doing what?” “Why do we need to get married?” If I knew the answer to that question, I wouldn’t be where I was. I inhaled. “I told you, you don’t have to worry about it; it will only be on paper and won’t affect our arrangement” Who was I kidding? My feelings confused me and my thought pr
Olivia “Want some cream to go with your coffee, ma’am?” The server asked. I shook my head. “No thanks, black is fine.” He flipped his writing pad closed and left us alone to place the orders. Leonardo had said he wanted to talk away from the mansion. We took a drive around the city and settled at a cosy Italian cafe just outside the city. I wondered how he stumbled upon these spaces. I was getting better in knowing the things that he liked. From the first time I’d been with him, it was clear to me that he favoured rustic and authentic over modern when it came to eating out. “Scared someone might recognize you?” He asked with a catch of amusement when he caught me looking around. 'You do not know half of it.' I thought to myself and made an effort to smile and appear carefree. “You wanted to talk.” I said, rubbing a shaky hand on my pants under the table. “Yes, but before I can get to that, tell me about you.” He leaned on his arms on the wooden table. “Wh
Leonardo At the top of the stairs, I sighed. Why was I on that floor? With the excitement of the kitchen, my feet had taken me in the wrong direction. I could have used the bedroom I kept on the same floor for convenience, but that was not what I had planned. I walked to Olivia's door and tried to knock but my hand stopped mid air. It was past midnight, and what would I say if she opened the door? I was well within my rights to demand to see her whenever I felt like it, but still…that stupid contract; it felt like a mockery. I crunched against the door and thought about budging in there and waking her up. Who was this pathetic person? I didn't recognize myself anymore. I was Leonardo De Luca. I took what I wanted without asking. I squeezed my eyes shut and wiped them with my hand. That was before she crawled under my skin. Olivia Despite the nerves and everything that happened around me, I got some decent sleep. After checking that my room was in a spotless condition, I alwa
OliviaMy palms wouldn't stop sweating. I had plugged the device in Leonardo's santrum, and I was already feeling guilty; last night Leonardo had worshiped my body.If the detective had been listening in last night, she got a lot of steamy moans to put into her report, and that should teach her to mind her own business.I took the stairs down to the kitchen. A crackling of female laughter met my ears before I could reach the landing.It was past breakfast, and thanks to my shenanigans, I was doing the walk of shame.“Hey, where have you been?”Anna asked me the instant she saw.I felt like a deer caught in the headlights. Did I tell her what I've been doing all night?“I…I.” I stammered.“No worries. Come and meet Leo's sister.” She pulled me to the sunroom.Leonardo had a sister? I stumbled behind her, trying to sort myself out.“Look who I found. Olivia Zera, Zera Olivia.” She introduced us.Zera got up from her seat and extended her hand in greeting, which ended in a hug.“I'm Zera
Leonardo Finding Olivia in my room was no surprise. I was only surprised that she had taken that long to snoop around. It seemed everyone in their right mind was always interested in seeing what one got up to. Maybe they thought I hanged dead men and skulls everywhere. She jumped when I showed up, a bit on edge; maybe the shopping I heard about with Anna hadn't gone well. My security system had alerted me to someone opening my room; my gut feeling had told me already that it wouldn't be Rosa so late, and I knew Anna wouldn't overstep this boundary. This left only one person who didn't know about the Sentrum. Olivia. “Let's sit.” I said and guided her to a comfortable couch the moment I realized she looked like she was ready to pass out. Despite the intrusion, when my eye saw the exposed delicate skin, I couldn't deny how much I wanted her. I brushed my face with my hand; I was making a mess of an already tricky situation. This was not how things were supposed to go. S
OliviaThe rest of the shopping passed in a blur. I couldn't eat or enjoy the day.As soon as we arrived back at the mansion. I was soaked in cold sweat.“Are you okay?” Anna asked.I'd been quiet the entire drive. "I'm not sure.” I said.“The dress sizes messed up your day, hey?” She asked.“Yes. Something like that.”“I'm sorry and for what it's worth. I can't even see the weight.”My weight was the last thing on my mind. I couldn't give a rat's ass if I weighed five hundred pounds; in fact, I would welcome it more than the misery I was in.“I think I'll lie down before dinner.”“Okay, sweetie.”Nothing made sense; how the heck did I go from being a slave to being a spy?I didn't care who said what; this was a suicide mission. Leonardo would kill me on the spot if he found out.When sleep didn't come, I got up from the bed and went downstairs.I didn't even know the mansion that well.“Hello, Rosa.”“Miss Olivia.” She abandoned her shopping bags and walked over to the island.“Shoul
Olivia “You’re up early,” Anna remarked as I appeared on the landing. “I could say the same thing about you.” I said, I hadn't seen much of her. “Where did you go yesterday with Leo?” She asked, walking to the breakfast table. Yes, yesterday. My entire day was spent with Leonardo, beginning at the Zeus family club. Later, when his ride arrived, he changed his mind about taking me home and going to the office, instead we enjoyed a city drive. In the evening, we ate at an Italian bistro. The atmosphere of the bistro alone was enough to have my tongue wagging about my life. And that had been the highlight of the evening for me. “Some Italian bistro downtown; I can't remember the name.” I said vaguely and Anna made a face. Anna was a princess kind of girl and wanted to be treated like one everyday. “The things Leo sometimes does can leave one wondering, what do they do with all that money?” “What money?” “The family wealth, duh, but once we marry, I'm going to bring
Leonardo We made it to club Zeus, one of the club that the family owned. I wouldn't have chosen it for today, but it was the closest to the restaurant.“What are we doing here? It's a club?” Olivia asked as she looked around the quiet opulent space.“I know. I thought you might need a breather from those shoes.” I said, and she looked at her feet, which I was sure were on fire by then.“Yeah, I could do with a rest and then you tell me why you stopped my business meeting.”“Then come this way.” I said and led her upstairs to an office I used when I came to the club.“ You know this place well.” It was a statement and a question all in one.“Yes, I do.”I opened the door, and she walked in. Since my mom handled the interior design of our businesses, I happily shared the space with her. This office, while less furnished than my others, featured a couch near a window with a view of the busy street below.I took a chair behind the mahogany desk that I kept bare except for a desktop, and
Death. It clung to me like a second skin. Or maybe I was being dramatic, but one thing was certain: if I stayed in this basement another day or night, I was going to die. This was not how I wanted my life to end. I still had dreams I wanted to accomplish. I had so much that I wanted to do, and dying here in this room that smelled like piss and was home to rodents was not part of my plan. I wanted to go back to how things were before. I had not been rich by any standards, but I had been free and content making ends meet. I had an apartment, well, a shared apartment in an affluent neighbourhood. A business that paid the bills. I had thought that with time, as things got better for my family, I could go back to school and study to be something, but all of that had gone to shit the minute my dad called me at three am. One thing anyone must understand about my dad is this; my dad is not a weak man by any definition. He has always been the hero in my life since I was a little girl. Unti...
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