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FORBIDDEN LOVE WITH THE MAFIA KING 129
KAYLA I walked up the stairs as fast as I could, I couldn't cry in front of Gian. Getting to a soft spot where they both couldn't see me, I waited to hear what Ricardo had to say and why he was just mad. I could feel the tears well up in my eyes as I listened to every word of their conversation. “ So it was okay for him to treat me like this?” I thought to myself. He didn't want Gian around because he didn't want him giving me ideas. I had been so lost in thoughts that I hadn't noticed when the conversation had ended. Gian walked out through the front door and Ricardo sighed. I stood up from my crouching position and headed to my room, my eyes red and devoid of emotion. Walking into my room, I stared at the full moon which illuminated my room so perfectly. I had never once liked the dark but recently it feels like I've been finding comfort in the dark. “ Like it's my only safe space where I can be real with me,” I walked towards the balcony of my roo
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KAYLA I waited patiently for him to answer. I already knew that with what had happened last night, Ricardo would have gone to work early. “ I believe she's tending to the greenhouse,” he answered. “ Thank you, Butler Stan,” I appreciated. “ You're much welcome,” he smiled warmly, bowing his head slightly. I walked hastily as I made my way to the greenhouse, I could feel my heart beating rapidly. I was anxious and honestly, I didn't know how to face Lisa. Getting to the greenhouse, I was marvelled by the excellent design and it had a southeast Asian touch to it. Gian was right about Ricardo having a thing for Japanese culture as a whole. I slid open the door and let myself in. This was the first time I was seeing the greenhouse, talk more of being inside. The air was filled with the sweet scent of blooming flowers. The fresh, dewy green leaves against the brown background was taken taking a walk down a historic view. The flowers
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KAYLA About an hour later The ride to the mall was rather smooth with Liliana telling everything that had happened to her so far and how dad missed me so much and probably won't let me marry if he could. I smiled from time to time and said a thing or two so it wouldn't be obvious that I was distant and frequently spacing out. “ You should take a bodyguard or two at least,” our chauffeur insisted since Liliana was so hesitant. “ I told you we'll be fine. We don't need one intimidating guy on black ruining our time to bond,” Liliana was stubborn about this. “ But you'll need someone to help you carry your shopping bags,” he said. “ Fine but just two is enough,” she finally gave in. “ We'll do our best not to get in the way of your shopping,” they bowed their head. “ Sure,” she nodded and grabbing my hand, “ let's head in,” she beamed. “ I can't believe you drove all the way here just because you wanted to shop,” i had to give
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KAYLA After about two hours of endless shopping, Liliana finally put an end to this shopping madness. “ Finally,” I groaned as I adjusted myself comfortably in the backseat. “ You make it look like we did so much work,” Liliana said as she got in the backseat with me. “ You enjoyed it so don't make it look like I'm the only who enjoyed shopping today,” she pointed at me. “ But you're the one who enjoyed it most,” I smirked. “ I didn't ask for who derived the most satisfaction, did I?” She shrugged. “ As long as you enjoyed it as well, I'm glad,” she ruffled my hair. “ You're going to make me bald at this rate,” I complained, swatting her hand away. “ Besides, I'm older than you yet you keep treating me like I'm younger,” I frowned. “ Well, that's because you act younger sometimes and let's just say I like taking care of you,” she smiled. “ Go have a child or something,” I puffed. “ I already plan to do that but dad might
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KAYLA The cafe door chimes open, signaling a new arrival. I glanced up, my heart feeling slightly at ease yet stressed on seeing Miro. Nico was with him. “ Oh, Miro you're finally…” Liliana stopped more than halfway through her welcoming. It was obvious that she was surprised to see Nico after all. “ Nico? You're here?” “ You two seem to be enjoying your afternoon. Apparently, Miro made me tag along,” he answered. Seeing Nico side by side with Miro made me realize just how similar they were. “ Hey, Kayla… Leona,” he quickly corrected himself. “ I'm already used to calling you Kayla,” he apologized. “ It's alright. Even I haven't fully gotten accustomed to the name yet,” I managed to force a smile. “ Aren't you two going to order something? You can't come to a cafe and sit down without getting drinks at least,” Liliana nagged them. “ You do know that carbonated drinks aren't good for you, though,” Nico said. “ Piss off,” she rolled her
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KAYLA Though I was happy that I was able to hide the truth to the end, I felt hollow as we path ways. I needed to tell someone about it, if not I wasn't sure how these emotions I feel would play out. I sat down by my room balcony, I was glad that I had at least spent majority of my day with Miro, Liliana and Nico. It made me feel less empty and less hopeless. The sun was already setting. “ How long must I have been sitting here for the sun to have set?” I talked to myself. Just then a knock came on my door, who could it be? Not that I was bothered enough to even look back from where I sat. “ You may come in,” I said. The door creaked open and whoever it was let themselves in. I waited for the person to approach me. “ Ma'am, would you like to have dinner now?” She asked. It was just one of the maids. She must have taken into account that I wouldn't want to eat with Ricardo. “ No, I'm fine,” I responded. “ But ma'am… you barely ate an
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KAYLA I didn't know when I found myself sitting amongst my teammates in a bar. How had I been dragged here? “ This is really bad,” I banged my head against the table. “ Are you alright, Kayla?” Hannah whispered to me after noticing my expression. “ No, I'm not. I want to go home,” I groaned. “ I never thought you'd be so plain about your feelings,” she wasn't expecting me to admit that I did not want to be here. “ Anyway, we're not going to force you to do any drinking game. You said you were engaged, right?” “ Yes,” now this felt like a deja vu. “ Then, you'll be exempted. We don't want your fiance misunderstanding,” she reassured. “ Yeah, thanks a lot,” I said nearly dryly. It didn't matter if I participated in a drinking game or not, Ricardo would find a way to use this outing against me somehow. It was nearly like he was always waiting for me to slip up. I watched as the my teammates had fun and danced the night away but I w
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KAYLA Pulling me up by the wrist, he weaved through the crowd without letting go of me. I followed without complaining, after all, I had called him here to help me. Once we were by the bar counter, he finally stopped walking and let me go. He was rather gentle, given how he had held onto me tightly without squeezing my wrist. “ Rum or Tequila?” He asked. “ What?” I raised a brow. “ I'm asking if you'd want Rum or Tequila. Or do you prefer whiskey?” He made his words clearer. “ For someone's who's rich, you sure drink cheap booze,” I commented on his taste in alcohol, not that I had a problem with it though. I thought he'd get some sorta expensive alcoholic wine or something. “ I'm not your husband, you know,” he said humorously. “ He's not my husband,” I felt the need to correct that. “ Fiance. Husband. Same difference,” he couldn't care less. “ You're getting married to him anyway, unless you're having second thoughts,” he smi
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KAYLAFive years later Liliana barged in with Nico following her behind. She was always so extra. “ Slow down, you're going to fall at the rate you're going,” I said to her. “ Lio! I've missed you,” she hugged me dramatically. “ We met like a month ago, Lily,” I reminded her. “ Even though,” she was persistent. “ I don't think I can live without you. What if we live together?” She suggested. “ You're married, Lily,” I pursed my lips. “ We can still live in the same house,” she insisted. “ You keep forgetting that you're married and you have a child,” I have her a flick on the head. “ Nico, do you need a break perhaps?” Dealing with Liliana must be too much for him. “ Apparently, I signed up for this,” he sighed as he rocked Arianna, their four-year old daughter. She looked like Nico. “ Is she still asleep?” I lowered my tone. “ Yes. She'll be sad if she can't see you today, she was antici
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KAYLATwo days later Contrary to how I thought I would feel, I didn't feel hollow or empty. I would be lying to say I wasn't sad but I also felt good that I had ended things with him. Our relationship never had a solid foundation. “ Can't believe it started out toxic and ended toxic,” I mumbled. “ What are you going on about, rambling to yourself?” Liliana said. I turned around to find her leaning against my door post. “ You startled me for a second,” I held on to my chest. “ You really should learn how to knock,” I frowned. She really had startled me. “ Yeah, yeah,” she rolled her eyes, not taking my words seriously. “ Did you want to tell me something?” I asked as she sat down on my bed. “ Yes and no,” she shrugged. “ Huh?” “ Don't think too much about your break-up with Ricardo. It was the right decision,” she said. “ Thanks,” I smiled warmly. “ I also wanted to let you in on a secret,” she leaned clos
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KAYLAI tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. The moment Gian had stepped out of the room, I was not able to stop myself from breaking down again.I was such a weakling. I curled into myself as I cried my heart out while being mad about myself that I couldn’t stop crying and my heart wouldn’t stop hurting.I sniffled quietly, hours or probably after minutes. It seemed my eyes had dried off and there were no longer tears for me to shed.“I hate you, Ricardo” I muttered to myself as I wiped the tears that were drying on my cheeks. My sobs had turned into whimpers without tears.“How did I get here? Was everything all for nothing?” I asked myself as I turned to my back and stared at the ceiling while my heart and head wondered where it had all gone wrong.How the hell did I fall this deep from my first mission? Love was such a bastard. I was so stupid for falling for Ricardo and thinking I had his heart after all this time.Ricardo was a hardened criminal who thought of only the fami
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GIANI unlocked the door and we both went into my apartment. My legs carried me to the switch and I turned on the lights and walked in. “Do you want anything to drink?” I turned to Kayla who was still lingering by the door. She opened her mouth and closed it a few times, hesitation present in her eyes but she finally made up her mind and gave a slight nod.“Come on, stop lingering like a stranger” I told her, attempting to lighten the mood but it didn’t work.She walked into the living room and took a seat on the couch while I walked into the kitchen to drink water.I may not be as drunk as I was as a result of having to go and pick her up but I was still tipsy and Kayla’s demeanor told me that I needed to be sober in case she needed me.I reached for the orange juice in the fridge because I didn’t think it is was right to give her alcohol even though she looked like she needed one.I poured the juice into a glass cup for the both of us before going back to her in the room where sh
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GIANThe high-end club I loved to visit was known for its insane parties just like I love it. I knew I was drunk but I was still aware of my surroundings. Ladies swarmed me like bees and I wasn't one to complain about the attention as they took turns to grind their bodies against mine.The music was loud and I was certain I was going to have a headache tomorrow but who cares? all I wanted was to have fun right now.I leaned against the bar with a smirk on my face as the girls tried to get my solo attention. “Oh Gian, you're so hot” the blonde ladies dressed as provocative highschool girls kept fawning over me as they gave me more and more shots of alcohol. These girls were easy and worse still, some even came with their boyfriends! What a sad world. I had gotten into a few fights earlier tonight because of the boyfriends coming to talk smack at me for taking their girls. Like bro, how's that my fault? “Tell me something I don't know, ladies” I said with a smirk as I took another s
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KAYLAIt was raining heavily as I drove my black car down the road. I was trying my best not to show any emotions but it was hard. I found myself unable to muster any emotions as I stared blankly at the windshield drenched in water with the wipers swinging from side to side as they attempted to clean it. Where was I even going? I asked myself but I couldn't come up with any answer. I could only drive while occasionally staring at the few cars that traveled alongside me on the dark and wet road.“F*ck you, Ricardo! F*ck you!” I cussed in mutters, trying not to let my rage get the best of me. I wanted my mind to be blank but I couldn't help myself.I was annoyed, pissed, enraged, angered….ahhhh! There wasn't any word in my freaking vocabulary to accurately describe how I felt. We were engaged for Christ’s sake. Yeah, maybe I wasn't the best partner but I did my best, didn't I? I turned my back on the government because of this man and he just casually trampled on my feelings and sa
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KAYLA We talked about random things from my siblings to his siblings. He especially went on and on about his little sister, Lexi. I hadn't seen her but I knew she'd be adorable. The food showed up, a colorful spread of hot delicacies presented with style. Every dish was well seasoned and my previous distrust quickly faded. “ I really love the food,” I savored every moment of each bite. “ I'm glad you're enjoying it,” he was satisfied by my reaction. The atmosphere became more laid back as the minutes went by, as we laughed and enjoyed our dinner. By the time dessert arrived – dumplings or what they originally call Jiaozi – my initial apprehension had completely vanished. I found myself genuinely enjoying every bit of the restaurant. As we sat there, savoring the sweetness of the dessert, a comfortable silence fell on us. Axel leaned back in his chair, his gaze fixed on me. Looking up from my food, our eyes met and I couldn't bring myself to loo
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KAYLA The motorcycle ride through the busy city streets was thrilling, giving me a brief escape from my worries. Axel parked the bike in front of a cozy restaurant on a quiet side street, bringing me a sense of relief. I had secretly been anxious about going to a fancy, high-end restaurant, fearing the expensive menu, unfamiliar rules, and possible social mistakes. “ Sometimes, I forget that I'm rich,” I sighed. Stepping off the motorcycle, I took a deep breath of the warm evening air scented with jasmine and a spicy aroma. It was a Chinese restaurant. " Ready for a surprise?" Axel asked, his eyes sparkling with mischief.I couldn't help but smile back. "Always," I replied, my apprehension replaced by a sliver of curiosity.He took my hand and led me around the back of the restaurant. My jaw dropped open in surprise. A hidden fake oasis unfolded before me.The backyard of the restaurant had been transformed into a breathtaking scene. Lotus lights sparkled on
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KAYLA I reappeared into the living room where we all were. I was all dressed up for the day. “ How do I look?” I asked, wanting to know their opinion. “ Great as expected but aren't you too concerned about your looks for ‘ just an outing ’ with a friend?” Renato bounced his brows. “ What would you know about girls?” I scoffed. “ We bother about things like this no matter who we're meeting,” I found a way to justify my actions. “ So why don't you want us to tell Ricardo or anyone else about your whereabouts?” Renzo probed. “ And why were you blushing and playing hard-to-get over the phone?” Now, they were just exaggerating. “ By the way, we're not against it. We're totally in support so there's no need to worry about such trivial things,” Renzo have me a thumbs up. A playful smile tugged at the corner of my lips despite my flustered state. "Don't tease," I mumbled, shoving a stray strand of hair behind my ear. "It's not a r
