Riccardo's POVI have not seen Mia in almost eight years. It was long years without her. I know I love her, but I am not sure she feels the same about me. I had been looking for her, but it was as if she had disappeared off the face of the earth. I did not know where Mia was or what she was doing. I did keep an eye on the Costa family, though. Not only the Mafia part of the family but also the father, mother, and siblings. I can not help but not like her parents and siblings. In the last seven years, they did not ask about Mia or even look for her. Bria stayed by my side even though I did not touch her since Mia left. She still hopes I will ask her to marry me, but I will not. I think I kept his on the line for long enough and will set her free. She has offered up enough of her youth chasing after me. I do not know why she is still trying, as I do not even give her hope that I will ask her to marry me. I did not have sex since Mia. I sound like a bloody monk, but I do not care. All I
Mia's POVI am spending the night at home with my children. We will watch the Lion King for the hundredth time, but I look at Oliver and Olivia, looking distracted. Aria was here earlier, and we were talking in my office, and the twins were busy somewhere else in the house. I think about what she said to me. "So my mother and I went to see Ricci. He says he loves you and will make you his wife. He does not know about the twins, but I am afraid he will be pissed off at all of us if he finds out. Bria ran out of his apartment earlier, and Mario told me Ricci told her to piss off and get the fuck out of his room," Aria said. "Well, we can not let him find out about the twins, and he will kill us. You know how Riccardo is, and Riccardo Marino does not take prisoners. He asked me on a date, and I had to say yes. I do not want him to come to my house and see the twins," I said. I looked at the door and could swear I saw a little face peeking at us, but when I walked to the door and looked
Riccardo's POVI am pissed off. I walk with my twins to the car. How can Mia and my family keep this secret from me? I have missed out on years with my children. I will not miss one more year without them. Mia is a good mother, as I can see how the children protect her. What if something happened to them? What if my enemies found out about my children and kidnapped them or, even worst, killed them to get to me? Being the Godfather is a dangerous job. I load the children into my car and wait for Mia to arrive. My children are seven, and I have not even spent one day with them! How did she hide them for so long? Oh, Mia, you can be glad I love you so much, or I would have killed you for doing this to the children and me. It is also unfair for the children not to know their father and be held hostage in a house for so long. "Daddy, are you angry?" Olivia asks where we sit in the back of the car. Mia gets in, and I glare at her. "Not at you, princess," I say. Mia can not look at me and
Mia's POVIt is a hectic week. The twins and I are moving into Riccardo's house in New York. I did not know he had a house here. I am still angry that Oliver got away and that Riccardo found out about them. I can not blame anyone for that as I know my twins, and I know they worked together to fool Lorena so that Oliver could get away to threaten his father. In a way, I am also relieved that Riccardo knows about them now. I have brought along all the videos I made over the years about the twins. I knew someday Riccardo would learn about them, but I was planning it to be when they were all grown up. So I made videos of every milestone in their young life to show Riccardo one day when he gets to know them. I was not planning on it so soon, but I will show him the videos I made, so he can keep the copies I made for him. I know he is still pissed off at me, but I am glad he is not so mad that he wants to kill me. I have heard about his ruthless behavior and that he does not take prisoners
Third Person's POVMia knows that she and Riccardo need to get to know each other. If they are going to live in one house, they need to get along, and they can not fight in front of the children. She is planning a lovely night for them after dinner with the children. She asks the cooks to make some snacks for them, and she has red wine they will drink tonight. Mia knows she needs to give Riccardo a fair chance. As she is planning everything, the doorbell rings. Mia is close to the door, and she opens the door. Bria walks in as soon as the door opens. She does not even look at the person that opened the door. It took Bria a few days to figure out where Riccardo was staying, but with the help of her friend Amara Costa, they found out where he was staying. Leonardo Costa still has some friends in the Mafia, but Bria and her father think he is still running the Costa family. Leonardo never corrected them. They think Leonardo is the one that turned the Corsta family around and made it so p
Mia's POVI am glad Riccardo and I spent last night together. We had fun and discussed many of our problems, but the twins needed to know that what they did was wrong. I need to teach them that they can not interfere in other people's lives and get away with it. They had no right to lock us up in the room! I am tired as Riccardo, and I did not sleep. Luckily, we do not have to work today. I walk to where Oliver and Olivia sit in the dining room, chatting with their father. Oliver and Olivia know me by now and know I am angry with them. I turn to my men, who are standing beside me. "Take all their electronics for a week! Oliver and Olivia will not need their computer to do homework since they will go to school," I order my men. Oliver does not even fight me because he knows he did wrong, but Olivia takes a chance and starts crying."Are you done crying, young lady? You know your tears do not impress me. You were naughty last night, so no games or computers for a week," I say. Olivia t
Third Person's POV Mia looks at the shocked faces of her family. Amara looks at Mia with hate in her eyes. She knows her Hollywood career is finished and that she only got parts because she was seeing a director that was helping her to get roles in movies. She knows no one sees her as an A-list actress. Lorenzo got in so much trouble in the last couple of years and is known as a troublemaker in Hollywood. No one wants to give him any more roles. He was involved in a lot of scandals and abused drugs and alcohol. He trashed hotel rooms, and his girlfriends accused him of being aggressive when drunk or high. Besides, her mother and father could never work with money, and making them their agents was not the best idea. She, her brother, and her parents are bankrupt, and now Mia is kicking them out of their house. "You can not kick us out of our house! Who do you think you are?" Arriana, Mia's mother, shouts at her. "The house was bought with the Casta family money, and you signed ever
Mia's POVI can not believe my family came here and thought they could take over the business I have worked so hard for. Who does my father think he is? He never made a success of anything. I am worried they will find out about Oliver and Olivia, try to kidnap them and use them against me to get the family business back. I also do not like Don Parisi and his family. I know the old Don is greedy, and he wants the godfather position that Riccardo is holding. He must also be furious that Riccardo kicked out his daughter after eight years of keeping her on the line. I am expecting Don Parisi to call a meeting of the Dons to try and overthrow Riccardo as the Godfather. Riccardo comes walking into my office. I can see he is still upset with my family. I know he wants me to kill them, but I do not want to until I have a real reason to kill them. Besides, I want them to suffer like I had to. They have not done an honest day's work in their lives. It is time they start learning to work and se
Mia's POVToday we are celebrating love. It is my daughter's wedding. I cannot believe that life has come full circle. I once was Don Riccardo's mistress. Now, I am his Donna, and our baby girl is getting married. We have gone through so much together and will still go through so much more. My eyes are full of tears as I look at my beautiful daughter in her white wedding gown. She looks beautiful. I can't believe that I almost lost her daddy. He looks so proud walking beside her as he walks her down the aisle where Mark awaits her. I look at Oliver standing next to Mark. He is the best man. Eva is the bridesmaid. The two of them had surprised us and had been dating for a long time. I know Oliver is waiting for her to finish her studies before they get too serious. He knows Eva is still young and wants to enjoy her life on campus. Oliver is not jealous and allows her to go out with her friends. However, I know Eva does not go out. She does not like going out with Oliver. Daria and Dmi
Mark's POVIt is a few months after Enzo disappeared from our lives. Today I have decided to ask Olivia to marry me. First, I have to go to Don Riccardo and Donna Mia. I will have to ask him if I can marry their daughter. I am slightly nervous as I am from the Russian Mafia, and they are from the Italian Mafia. Oliver will take over from his father. I do not want Olivia to be my mistress. I want her to be my wife. I have too much respect for her to even think of her as a mistress. I know that is how Don Riccardo and Donna Mia started out. I have heard the whole story Olivia told me, and I find it very romantic. I want to show them that I respect their daughter. I will never turn into Enzo. I'm glad he is out of our lives, and we never have to see him again. I do not know where he is or what has happened to him. Olivia has been through so much. I will never hurt her, and I believe that Don Riccardo and Donna Mia will know that. She is the love of my life. I never want to lose her. Whe
Olivia's POVI'm sitting in my office waiting for Mark to come and fetch me for lunch. It makes me happy. Sometimes I still think about Enzo and the times we had together. However, after what he has done, I can never forgive him. He went after my family, which is a big no for me. He's getting a lot of backlash on the Internet and in the business community. Everybody knows my father and loves him. I cannot tell why Enzo has done what he did. What he did was take a very promising career and mess it up. I still do not know why he did it. I loved working with him the first time on the first game that we did together. I still think Enzo is very selfish and only thinks about himself. My office door burst open. Enzo Valentino is standing at my doorway."What do you want, Enzo?" I ask."Olivia, please let me just talk to you. I've got so much that I need to explain to you. I know what I did was wrong. I love you. I understand what I have done is wrong. I know now that I should never have take
Enzo's POV I did not expect somebody to find and post my files on social media, but I should have guessed that if somebody could find them, it would be Olivia. I guess I am exposed. This is the end of me because my company shares folded. I have nothing left to live for. I guess all I can do is go overseas. Nobody knows me there. I should make a new beginning. I have messed with the wrong families. I should not have tried to take on the Marinos. I should have known that I would stand by each other and that they would never turn against each other. What I did was wrong. I know that now. I should have listened to my parents and never taken on Riccardo Marino. I don't know what made me think I could win a war against them. It does not mean that I forgave them. I do not like him, but it's nothing I can do against him. He has won the war, and I am giving up. I have lost so much. I feel it is my own fault. I should have never taken a Riccardo Marino on. Can I turn back? No. I wish I could t
Olivia's POV Yes, I am in love with Mark. I cannot help it. He is a very handsome man. He is strong and reliable. It means more to me that he stands by my side than Enzo's looks. What Enzo has done is just wrong in my eyes. Enzo attacked my parents. He has asked for a war. My family is sacred to me, and I believe my family does not deserve what he does to them. I believe that my father was wrong. Even in the end, he did help Enzo's family. Enzo's mother and father are not holding a grudge against my father. So why is he? I cannot believe that Enzo has turned out so bad. I cannot believe that at one time in my life, I believed that I was in love with him. So now Enzo is going to have problems. I cannot believe that I have to do this, but I have to. I have to protect my family against a person like Enzo. " Are you okay, honey? It would be best if you did not feel wrong about what we will do to him. We have to expose him because of your family. We cannot lead your father to be blamed fo
Mark's POVI have seen the photos of Riccardo online. I know they are fake because I know that Riccardo Marino will never do something like that. I am very optimistic that his family is standing with him and that they will never believe that he will do something like that. They all know him, and they know how much he loves Mia. Enzo has gone too far this time. I understand that the Marino family will not stand for it. However, I know how to expose him once and for all. Tomorrow, Enzo will be revealed. I know he is the one that is behind the photos, and I know that it is him in the pictures. Enzo has made one big mistake. He has missed the wrong person. Also, he has not taken into account that Riccardo is a much older man than he is, and the body of an older man does not look like the body of a younger man. I sent him that message to let him know I would expose him. "Are you also looking at the photos of my father on the internet?" A voice comes from the door of my office. I look up,
Enzo's POV Everything is going wrong, and I do not understand why. My company is losing money daily. The Russian Mafia has abandoned me, and the Dons of the Italian Mafia are telling me they no longer want to work with me. I do not know what I have done wrong. I was so sure that I had everything planned out. Everything changed when Olivia showed up again. Was she even gone? I believe she was always working behind the scenes, making me furious. I thought she loved me and would not be a problem for me in the future. I was wrong. I have often seen her with Mark Ivanov in the last few weeks. I cannot say that I have enjoyed it. I still believed that Olivia belonged to me. If I can get her, I can get the Costa family. And with the Costa family at my side, the Valentino and Costa families will become more powerful than the Marino family. We will be able to take over the Godfather ring. If only I could persuade Olivia that I still love her and need her to send by my side against her own fam
Mark's POV The rest of the night we spent together in another nightclub. We have fun and soon forget about Enzo. We have promised ourselves that we will not think about him for the rest of the night. Valentino is nothing in our eyes. I can see that he did not even upset Eva or Olivia. He might think that he is still something in their eyes. He may think that he is irresistible to all women. He is making a mistake if he believes that Eva or Olivia or even thinking about him. We enjoy ourselves drinking a few drinks and dancing the night away. I like being close to Olivia, and I am sure she likes being close to me. The two of us are dancing the whole night. We forget about Oliver and Eva. We are enjoying ourselves as we dance. "Shall we go home? It is already late. I do not want to get you home too late. I do not think your father will appreciate it if I get you home too late," I say. I can see Olivia is not in the mood to go home. She pulls her face at me and sticks her tongue out.
Olivia's POV Enzo is becoming more isolated daily. He thinks that the Dons are on its side. He does not know that the Dons contact us and tell us everything he plans to do. Nobody likes him because he thinks he is better than everyone else. He believes he is the most clever person in the world. He thinks everybody around him is stupid. We are foolish and will allow him to take over the Italian Mafia. This is the beginning of his end. I am planning to ruin him financially over the next few months. Enzo needs to be humbled. He may be clever, but he is not a very good businessman. Yes, he made money from his tech company, but only because he has been the only one in the game. Not that I am giving him a little bit of trouble with the tech company. His stocks are falling, and most Dons are out to help me ruin him. Enzo has pissed off a lot of people. He has used him, and he has used their daughters. I'm going on a date with Mark, Eva, and Oliver tonight. I do not know where they plan to