Chapter 29: Gabriele’s POV“Has everything been put in place?” I asked as we made our way to the reception where Demyan was waiting.“Yes, we got a little delay due to Sara’s situation but we have covered up everything now,” he said.“Good,” I replied.We took the stairs at the same pace and descended the room. Demyan was clothed in his usual white long dress shirt as I remembered him wearing ever since I was a child and he visited more often.“Remember, engage him for as long as possible. I need to read every device on him,” Basilio whispered as we made our way to the man I had sworn to kill on sight whenever we crossed paths.“I know,” I gritted through clenched teeth.Basilio had gotten our tech guys to develop a sort of card reader that could read every device on a person’s body as long as they were near them and they stayed there for a long period.He got up from the seat as soon as he saw me and started coming towards me with stretched hands. “Gabriele, my nephew!” he said with
Chapter 30: Arianna’s POV“I can’t assure you that there won’t be guns but I will be there with you. I won’t leave you for one second,” he said.My heart was racing and I found it hard to breathe. It felt like he was asking me to sacrifice my life. I was going to die.He was with me the last time and look what happened. I still got kidnapped.What was the assurance that it wouldn’t happen again and maybe this time I wouldn’t even be lucky?I felt his arms around me as my legs grew weak. There was an emotion I couldn’t place a finger on in his eyes.“If you don’t want to go, you don’t have to. But I don’t want to leave you here instead,” he whispered as he stared into my eyes.I felt an invisible force weave itself around us. It brought my soul closer to his and all he said were like the words from a divine being.“It isn’t safe for you to stay in here alone at the moment. Nadia and Eleana are not mentally stable because of what happened to Sara. I don’t want them to harm you in any wa
Chapter 31: Gabriele’s POV“But I don’t see myself as your enemy Arianna. We are friends, are we not?” he asked and I closed my eyes as I tried hard to calm my racing mind.Gabriele was sick in the head!I could scream at him to leave me the hell alone. He wasn’t my friend and should never even consider himself as one. He was a killer, a kidnapper, and a human trafficker. I couldn’t be friends with him. Never!Yet I couldn’t say all of these out loud. I was trying to find a way to infiltrate and escape not a way to get eliminated. The fact that he had promised not to rape me didn’t mean he would hesitate to kill me.I pasted a smile on my face and looked at him. “Maybe we are… but I want us to get closer.” I drawled.He leaned into the chair and folded his arms across his chest to stare at me. There was an emotion dancing in his eyes and I couldn’t tell what it was but I was certain it was vicious and dangerous. He was probably thinking of how many bullets he would need to kill me or
Chapter 32: Gabriele's PoV"I hope whatever it is... is good news for your own safety," I hissed as I walked into my office.Basilio was sitting with a smug face. He had his hands sprawled across the couch like he owned the place.Of course, the news had to be good for him to be this cocky so early in the morning.Yet I refused to make him believe I was no longer angry with him for disturbing my time with Arianna. I scoffed and walked past him to my chair."It is good news alright," He said with laughter coating his voice."Then let's hear it!"He left the couch and came to the seat across the table right opposite me."Why do you always get so cranky when I pull you away from Arianna and then at the end, you will say you don't care about her? Huh?""She is just one of my women..." He said mimicking me —horribly."But your eyes tell a different story. One word from her and it will be searching the world!""You don't act like this around your other women, hope you are aware of this?" B
Chapter 33: Arianna's POV"Are you serious?" My eyes expanded as the news replayed in my head.When I helped out with his documents, I wanted him to make me his secretary maybe in the house or something. I never in a million years thought he would be stupid enough to give me access to the outside world!Oh my God!I was squirming inside at the amazing news and my face brightened up as my body couldn't contain the excitement."Thank you so much. I promise to do my job diligently!" I squeaked.Gabriele and Basilio exchanged looks as of there was something I said that was wrong.Did I scream out my plans to escape? Did I say he was stupid?I wondered as my eyes moved between the two of them.Then it struck me. What if this wasn't what I was thinking? What if I would have to execute the job in the dungeon never to see his home office door talk more of the outside world?"What kind of job is this?" I asked swallowing my excitement.Gabriele moved from his seat and walked around the table t
Chapter 34: Gabriele's POVI rushed out of the office with my gun tightly held in my hand and my eyes searching for where the danger could be coming from.We had just finished sorting out Sara's problem the last thing I needed was for another one of them to commit suicide again.The corridors were empty and my eyes dimmed as I went up to the next floor to check the women.My heart rate relaxed a bit as I found the corridor to be chaos free and the guards there still present."Where did that gunshot come from?" I asked as I passed them and pulled the first door open.Nadia was on the bed and I walked in to check closely."It wasn't from this floor boss," one of the guards said and I gave a curt nod.I still needed to be certain she was fine.I got closer and saw that she was soundly asleep in between thousands of pillows. All the sounds we made didn't even stir her awake.I ran my hand along her soft cheeks and she stirred gently squeezing tightly unto her pillows.How could she sleep
Chapter 35: Gabriele's POV"Please don't kill me..." Eleana continued mumbling but I was no longer listening to her.How could Arianna do this?I got up slowly from the floor and straightened my shirt as I got up. My heart darkened as I felt anger brew deeply within my chest.How could she?"It's fine Eleana. You will stay here for a few days as punishment. Basilio will take you out when it's time," I said to her and walked out of the room.I knew Eleana. This wasn't something she would do. It was definitely coming from Arianna. This was something she was capable of.The sound of my shoes resonated around me as they kissed the tiled floor following the rhythm of my walk.Arianna had gone too far now.I went up the stairs and took a turn to my office, where I had told her to wait. I wouldn't even be surprised if she ran off from there and was hiding somewhere in the house right now.The door to my office came into view and my feet hastened. I kicked it open and found her sitting innoce
Chapter 36: Arianna's POVI couldn't tell what hurt me more. The fact that he had accused me or the fact that Eleana lied..."Sofie, I swear I didn't do anything!" I cried out to her.I would lose the deal because of this drama and the chances of me leaving this place just became another impossible block of wall.This was what broke me more than anything!"I know you didn't do it, Arianna. You don't have to tell me that. Eleana is playing at something." She consoled me.But I was worried and devastated. I needed that job. I needed to feel the air of freedom. Even if the plan wasn't so foul-proof, I would live better if I tried it at least.And now, it was going to be taken away from me. I had to clear my name!I couldn't seat here and wait for Eleana to ruin my chances of escape. Why was she even doing this?Was it Sara's dying wish or what?"I need to talk to her!" I suddenly said getting off the couch.Sofie got off too at approximately the same speed and held my hand. "Where are y
Chapter 80: Arianna's POVThe beeping sound of the machine around me was the first thing my subconscious acknowledged as my eyes flutter open.I was in a hospital. A real one this time.My eyes went to the white light above me and a memory flash of what happened came propelling into my head.I was in the shack waiting patiently for Gabriele and his men to show up as he had promised. I heard the first attack and I braced myself just like Agostino thought me. But then Brett came in gasping like a lunatic.I fought him off for as long as I could, but the pain in my abdomen made it impossible for me to focus, the last thing I remembered before blacking out was the pricking pain of the needle.Where did he take me— the thoughts died down in my head as my eyes settled on the one person my heart valued the most."Gabriele?" I called in a weak voice.He snapped his eyes open. Then in slow motion, I watched how his face exploded into relief. He held my hands and peppered kisses all over them.
Chapter 79: Gabriele's POVThat night no one could sleep. My energy was back to a hundred percent as we all waited for the first rays of the daylight to stream in so that the mission would commence."Strike team, don't forget, be quiet, be quiet and be merciless!" My father roared and the men clanked their vested chests in anticipation.My fingers were sizzling with adrenaline and I couldn't wait to start burying my bullets into the enemies' brains. They picked the wrong lord to mess with.As we all moved out, my godfather came up to me and said. "Whatever happens, I want you to know that I will do everything in my power to make sure that Arianna lives, do you understand?"I nodded at his declaration and he hugged me. When he pulled apart, we got into the truck waiting for us and the journey began."There is something Arianna mentioned last night about the person who orchestrated all of these," I said as the vehicle silently moved over the beach sand and small shrubs."Who is he?" My
Chapter 78: Gabriele's POV"Fuck this!" I hissed out as I placed around the table.This had to be Gianni. No one would play a game this well with me. I was too late. He had Arianna somewhere else!"Did the message say where she is?" Agostino asked me. Usually, he would be the calmer one, but right now, he was as riled up as I was."No, it didn't. But you are right, she isn't here." I ran my fingers through my hair for the hundredth time that day.I didn't have to tell them what I thought. We all knew it was Gianni. He was the only rival we had that could think of a plan like this and come through with it.Basilio's phone ran out and he picked it up immediately. We all turned to him, hoping he would give us good news or something close to that.But his face contorted into a thin line and he grumbled intelligent words before he ended the call and turned to me."It was your father.""What does he want right now?!" I growled. "Look Basilio, my father can go fuck himself if he wants to. I
Chapter 77: Arianna's POVA banging ache on the side of my head stirred me awake. My eyes shut back as the bright light flashes into them.Where was I?I squinted and opened my eyes slowly. I was staring at the open skies."What the—" I snapped my eyes to the side and saw water!I made to get to my feet but blinding dizziness came to me and I sat back down at once. I was weak. I had to conserve my energy. How did I get here?I started searching through my brain but the continuous movement of the platform below me made it impossible.That was when it dawned on me —I was on a ship.I sat up, gently this time. My eyes roamed around me and I confirmed my thoughts. I was indeed on a ship in the middle of nowhere.There were about four guards on the platform with me but they were far enough for me not to be able to see their faces.The first, thing that came to my mind, was an escape —I had to leave. I had to escape from here.As I stared around me trying to make a mental calculation of my
Chapter 76: Gabriele's POV"What?!" I hissed as I dropped the files I was holding at once."Who would dare send such stupid pictures to her?!" I growled.The whole thing now made me boil with anger. What were they trying to achieve?!"I don't know Fratello. But we are already investigating it. She should be home soon," Basilio said on the phone."Fine, handle it. I should be done here before the weekend," I said.Basilio has a gruff response before the line went dead.It was already past midnight and I had an even longer day the next day. I had to follow through with my casinos. Everything just seemed to go wrong.My company database was attacked a few days ago, and while I still struggled to sort that out, the Feds were unto me.It almost felt like someone was after me even when I no longer dealt with illegal business.The last goods I sent to Asia got intercepted at sea and nothing I did could bring them back.I ran my fingers through my hair and took a deep breath. I needed to go h
Chapter 75: Arianna's POVI couldn't believe I was finally going to see my grandparents. My relationship with Gabriele was nothing I thought it would become. He was the love of my life.But I never thought he would let me go back to America to see my grandparents.I still had an escort of guards following after me from strategic locations but the freedom was overwhelming.I had tears in my eyes by the time the cars hit the road and I was asked to input my address. My hands shook as I typed the words on the pad.I was finally going to see my nonna.My heart raced and my stomach did several backflips as my eyes remained glued to the window. I thought my life was ruined when Gabriele bought me from those horrible men.When I even discovered that my parents were the ones who sold me, I thought I would pass out. Little did I know that I was getting closer to my prince charming. My Gabriele.When I told Brett to stay out of my life, a little part of me, missed the fact that I would never se
Chapter 74: Gabriele's POVMy cock was aching to bury itself inside Arianna's soft folds. I grabbed her thighs and tore through the left material of her dress."Gabriele, we are in the car!" She shrieked beneath me.The sound of her voice was sizzling and my cock ached even more. I pulled her neck to the right angle and claimed her lips before she could say another thing.She moaned against my mouth as I pulled my belt off my waist and released my cock between her thighs.I pulled her closer so that she now lay flat on the seat and I went on top of her. It was a good thing the car was big enough for the stunts I was pulling."Shit!" I cursed as I missed her entrance.Then like a dream, I felt her hand on my cock as she led me to her entrance. A grin covered my face as I let her continue."Naughty..." I whispered as I thrust deep inside of her."Hmmm," She moaned into my neck as I drove hard into her.My eyes rolled back and my veins popped as I held her waist and continued ramming int
Chapter 73: Arianna's POV"Arianna you don't understand! Gabriele has you rolled up around his fingers, I am only trying to help here. You don't love him... You don't mean that..." He said desperately.At this point I was no longer angry, I just watched him calmly. He needed help."I am sorry Brett but you have it all wrong and I will really appreciate it if you stop. It isn't worth it," I said slowly.His eyes darkened and he raised his fists in the air. I just watched him —he couldn't touch me because Mike would gnaw off his head before he got any closer."Arianna, this is terrible. You are a captive yet you defend your captor? Let me help you!" He insisted.I realized that he wasn't going to stop and I did t have time for this. I held on tight to my purse and let out a deep breath."As I said earlier, you can't understand Brett. Anyway, you have taken enough of my time. Enjoy the breakfast," I said and made for the door but on second thoughts, I paused."One more thing Brett," I sa
Chapter 72: Arianna's POVThe moment Agostino finished scolding us and left, Gabriele locked himself in his office and I returned to the room.Sofie and Mike gave me thumbs up but I didn't feel like it. I should have been happy.I won but I didn't feel so confident about it anymore.I got to the room and pushed the door close with my leg. I peeled off the clothes I wore and picked out his large white shirt. I wore it and dropped it on the bed unceremoniously.Why couldn't he just come to the room? I thought to myself.We could make out and make up. He didn't have to be so sad about the idea of me going to spend time with my friends. It wasn't necessary.It was just a simple outing and he didn't have to act like some jealous boyfriend. I loved him and no one else. Didn't he know that?Did I have to remind him?I tossed around the bed, as the questions rolled and flowed out of me.The lights went off automatically drowning me in darkness. I closed my eyes and tried to get some sleep but