MEL – “I won’t be your sex toy”. It was all about the money and revenge. I will stay for the contract, deal with my step brother and disappear forever. So, I can’t possibly be falling in love with him, right? I mean, he is the mafia for goodness’s sake, a sexy one, but still. Then again, I never expected to need his protection from the past I can’t even remember. RIO – I wrap her hands along her lovely neck. “You are mine and don’t you ever forget that.” She was a permanent picture in my head and I craved her badly. So when her dumb brother offers her on a platter to me, I will do anything to make sure she stays and gives herself to me willingly for my pleasure. Now, I think I’m falling for her, which really sucks, as she turns out to be a key to the mystery that haunts me.
View MoreRIO POVI had gone to the bakery with the intention of picking up Mel, but when I walked in and saw her strutting into the bathroom, I just had to follow.Almost a month without touching her was hell. “What do you mean play the part?” Mel asks as I hand her into the passenger seat of the car. “Aren’t I already playing it? By myself by the way.”I get into the car. “What are you talking about?”“I had to introduce myself to your father when you didn’t even tell him about me.”“Yeah, that. I forgot. Dante told me you really played it up well. Maybe a little too well.”“Also, you didn’t say you told Dante about us, making me look stupid when I tried to convince him that you loved me and you won’t be sharing me with him.”“Share you?” I turn to her. “What are you yapping about?”“I heard a rumor that…”. She doesn’t finish her statement but I already know what it was.“You heard that already?” I ask and she looks down at her hands, as if shy. “Would you like to do that, Darling Mel?” The
MEL POV The news of Rio Rafe’s engagement was huge in Tuscany. My name was splattered on different tabloids and gossip blogs. The magazine I was reading now had a headline saying; ‘Billionaire playboy ties the knot with mystery woman’. “Just great.” I say as I glance through the article. “They didn’t even write anything good about me. Just my name, but they go on and on about Rio.” I didn’t really care. The less people know about me, the better. But I have to keep up this show for Mama Agness. I mean, no bride will be happy if her fiancé outshines her on their wedding news, right?“You should be glad they aren’t saying anything bad either. Also, the Rafes are yet to put out an official statement.” Mama Agness takes the magazine from me. “Don’t let that bother you. We have a lot to check out today.”We were sitting in a fancy bakery that Mama Agness swears makes the best cakes, so we can pick out a wedding cake.This whole thing might be fake, but I am going to get the most fun from
MEL POV“Shut your mouth.” Dante hushes me. “You are going to get us killed, and that would just piss me off.”“What is going on?”“I said shut it.” He repeats. “I should be asking you what you’re doing here. I have a situation on my hands and I sure wasn’t expecting you to be here. This was supposed to be a quick hit.”If I wasn’t scared of Dante before, I was now. “Hit?”“Yeah.” He answers. “Stay there and don’t say a word. Unless you want to die.” I swallow in fear and nod.“Answer me. I can’t see you, remember?”“Well, you said to not say a word.”“Just forget it. Stay there.” He gets up and walks to the end of the stall area’s wall. He peeps into the corridor, looking both ways, and then runs back to our stall. “Okay, this is the deal. I don’t think they saw you. So, I will leave you here and I want you to stay quiet. Cover yourself with hay, if you have to. Don’t come out until you hear my voice.”“You can’t leave me please.” I was going to piss myself from the fear.“I can’t st
MEL POV“Haven’t I been good to you? I have fed you and put a roof over your head from a tender age yet, this is how you treat me?” Mrs. Park, my adopted mother, calmly scolds me, through the phoneShe has never raised her voice, not at me nor at her husband who is never around anyway, and definitely not at her precious son, Jack.But she always had a way of making me feel useless and ungrateful.“I’m sorry.” I murmur, looking over my back to see if anyone was nearby. Nick had left to go put the flowers in a vase, so I was alone in the garden, which I was grateful for.I didn’t want anybody present to witness the disaster I know this call is going to be. “Don’t you think you have rebelled enough?” She continues. “First you move out, then I find out you worked in a bar. And now this, have you gone insane?”“How did you know about my job?” I had never told her I got a job at the bar, not that I didn’t want her to know, but because I knew she wouldn’t approve of it.“You think you could
MEL POV The next two weeks breezed by really quickly and I had mapped a sort of daily routine that centered on sleeping, taking walks and eating. It was like I was in a continuous cycle of the same days over and over again.Reign has been in and out of the house many times, still as kind as always. Mama Agness was literally a dream come true for any human wishing for a mother figure. I mean, she bakes me fresh cookies every morning.Dante was in ghost mode. I have not seen him since our little fourth floor moment together.As for Rio Rafe, the man had the audacity to call me the next day after he had left – not with an apology- but to know if I have missed his hands on my body. The nerve. I feel goosebumps on my skin as I recall how my body had reacted to his really really good attempt at phone sex.I never knew I could feel that way down there. I have never gone past second base with any of the three boyfriends I had while growing up.Then again, they were never Rio. I couldn’t c
MEL POV After breakfast, Reign proposed a quick tour of the mansion, but then received a business call so, he had to leave early.“I promise I will be around more.” He pledges. “Now that there is a pretty face for me to come back to.” He winks at me.“Once a flirt, always a flirt. And you wonder where Rio gets it from.” Mama Agness says.“There is nothing wrong with admiring the work of God.” Getting up from his seat, he places a light kiss on my hand. “Until next time my dear. For now, Welcome to the family.”I get goosebumps when I recall Dante had mouthed the same words. Shaking off the weird feeling, I smile and nod at Reign. “Thank you.”“Dante, walk me out.” He puts back on his glasses and hat. “Ciao, familia.” He bids I and Mama Agness goodbye and heads out, with Dante behind him.“He is a good man.” Mama Agness says, finishing up the rest of her breakfast.“He looks so much like Rio.” I shake my head. “That’s why I had yelled at him when I walked in.”“He knows it was a
MEL POV“Good morning, Don.” Nick rushes to Reign’s side. “I didn’t know you were back.”“Morning, my boy.” Reign pats him on the back and turns back to me. “I’m very sure you had the ability to talk a few seconds ago.” He says with a laugh in his voice, waving his hand in my face.“Oh, sorry.” I did not realize I had been staring so hard at him. It feels like I am looking at an older version of Rio. “I didn’t mean to yell.”“No problem, Miss.” He turns to Nick. “Go tell your Nonna that I’m back.” Nick literally skips out the room, leaving me alone with Reign.“Who are you?” His voice echoes in the room.Shit. Rio hasn’t told his father about me and I have no idea how much I am supposed to tell him about I and Rio’s arrangement.I nervously extend a hand to him. “Good morning, Sir. My name is Mel Park.”“Park? Hmm, doesn’t ring a bell. And I take it you will be joining us for breakfast, right?” He walks past me to the dining table and pulls out a chair. “Please seat.”Second time m
Mel POV“Good morning to you.” Mama Agness greets me as I walk into the living room the next morning. “Did you sleep well?”If you would classify being horny all night as sleeping well, then I sure did. I nod in response and settle into the sofa next to her.“I was going to come see how you were doing after yesterday’s drama, but I saw Rio coming out of your room and he assured me you were fine and sleeping.”“Hmm.” I mumble. I was really hoping to see Rio this morning because we still need to talk about how we were to play the “marriage act”.“I know it’s not a life you are used to,” Mama Agness continues, “but guns and bloodshed are quite the norm in the mafia life. Even though I do try my best to make sure they keep most of it away from the house.” She holds my hand, turning my attention back to her. “You wouldn’t have to worry about anything.”Feeling my heart flutter with joy at her kind words, I cover her hands with mine. “I’m fine, really.” She raises an eyebrow in doubt. “Ok
MEL POVI don’t stop running till I get to my room. Shutting the door and dragging myself to the floor, I try to calm down, refusing to cry over that evil bastard.This is all his fault. He deserved it. The sound of the gun rings in my head repeatedly. I have never seen someone get shot before. God, what if they leave him there to bleed to death?I get up and look outside the window. The compound is completely empty and quiet, as if nothing happened.My heart sank.Jack is dead. He has to be and they have gone to dispose of his body.“Oh my God.” I stumble away from the window.Is this my life now? Guns and killings? What have I gotten myself into? I shriek when a knock on the door startles me.Rio walks into the room, still holding the gun in his hand, breathing heavily.Now, I’m going to die too.“Please don’t.” I beg, shaking in fear. “I would not say anything about what I saw. Please don’t kill me.”Rio stares with a puzzled look, “Kill you?” He moves closer. “Please don’t. I wi
FIFTEEN YEARS AGOMEL.I want to go back.It had rained earlier and the ground was muddy. The trees were too wet to touch and the bugs were bigger than I thought.“Hurry up Mel.” Stephen called out while walking fast. I tried to move faster, but there were so little my six-year-old legs could handle. “I’m tired and hungry.” I cry to him. “And cold too. Can’t we go back home?”.“It’s not our home, Mel.” He stopped and turned towards me. I could see the quick flash of anger in his eyes. Stephen hates when I call our orphanage ‘home’ and insists the two of us were the only home we could ever need. He was always angry and sad but he is very nice to me. So, when he woke me up in the middle of the night and said we’re going on a road trip with the promise of snacks, I didn’t question him.“I meant the orphanage.’ I say quickly. “Sister Mary would be looking for us, we should go back.” I added.Sister Mary could be harsh but she gave the warmest hugs and was the closest thing I had to a mu...
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