Mia. I slowly sit up with a tired sigh. My body feels like it was run over by a track.The headache is almost gone but I am weak. I remember what Marcelo said before I collapsed, and I feel like my heart is leaving my body again. God no. This is what I was scared of. Rico can't cheat on me, right? Fuck, is he really a father? But how? His family should know if he had a girlfriend and a kid. Kay should have told me. I hold my head because the more I think, the worse the headache develops. I need to find out before I die for real. Why would she be here then? Rico lives alone, and her coming here is not a mistake. Oh no. It's true. I stand on my wobbly legs and exit his room. This is only becoming worse. When I reach the middle of the stairs that will lead me to the living room, the front door slams open and I instantly stop walking. Angry Rico walks inside holding a gun, and my heart stops. Did they find my Mother? He is enraged. Rico is behaving the same way he did the day
Mia. "I need to lay down. Take me to your room, please" I tell Rico when I pull away from the kiss. It will be a while before the guys return. Alessio had mentioned they have a lot of injured men, so they are bound to delay. Furthermore, I have less to worry about now that she has been rescued. "Okay," Rico helps me to his room and I quickly take his hand when he turns to leave. "Lay with me" He doesn't hesitate. He gets in the space beside me and pulls me to him. I know we will revisit the prior topic when I get better. The kiss didn't convince him. If anything, it was different and we both felt it. Fast forward, I wake up to the commotion outside. There are a lot of quick movements and it only means the boys are here. "Rico" I gently shake his shoulder and he looks up alarmed. I am surprised he actually slept. "Are you okay?" He worriedly whispers, sitting up. "I think they are here" He nods when he hears the noise. He looks sad though. The living room is full of armed men. A
Rico. "Is she the one?" Marco motions in Mia's direction and I nod. When I stepped down from the gang, he was the one to take my place. And like I said, they are always there when I need them. These are my most trusted friends. I knew Marco, Diego, and Dante when I was ten. They have always been here. When Dad sent me to jail, he made sure they followed me shortly after. Thanks to the Russian fucker we got out. When I saw how disturbed Mia was, I knew I had to reach out to them. She started burning up at night and I had a clue she would be sick from how worn out she was. I wouldn't let her indulge in another mission because that's what she could have done, sick or not. So I had Fabio reach out to that cop because apparently, he seems to know much about these people's location. Carl volunteered to come with us and I couldn't tell him no. When Kay called and told me she had collapsed, my mind wandered in all the worse places and I had to run back here. I wash shit scared and the on
Rico. "Kay.." Mia quickly interjects, and Kay's eyes widen. " Urgh, Oh! Mum is calling for me." Kay says, walking in Mum's direction. She didn't even call her. Mia stares at me for a while and then at the kid in my arms, and sighs. "Do you want to hold him?" I smirk when her eyes widen. "No," Mia says, so quickly before composing herself " I have never held a baby before" She nervously whispers avoiding my eyes. I stare at where her hands are tightly clutching the counter. They are shaking. Is she scared of kids or something? " Come with me" I take her hand, pull her from the counter, and walk to my brother to give him the baby. Dante is in deep shit. He doesn't even know how to change a diaper. "Practise makes perfect" I chuckle when Carl awkwardly holds the boy. What's so wrong with people not liking kids? How can you comfortably walk around with a loaded gun, and yet, be scared of a harmless little being? "Fuck you, Rico" Carl yells behind me and hands the baby to Mum, who
Rico. "So did you see her?" I ask drying her hair with a hand towel. I think her hair was originally blonde because she took most of her features from her mum. Silver suits her more though, it compliments her eyes. "Yes, your brother accompanied me" She whispers, staring at me through the dressing mirror. My hands pause at the mention of my brother but I quickly recover. Carl likes Mia, and there is completely nothing I need to worry about. "What was it like?" I comb it afterward and tie it in a ponytail. I can't help but run my fingers on her face. Her skin is soft and without blemish. "Awkward. I didn't know what to do, so I just left" I nod pulling up from the chair. She will be better by tomorrow. "Let's go have dinner before Mum starts to lecture me" I take her hand and she chuckles. " Are you okay, should I carry you?" "No. I am fine Rico" No one has left so far. I suppose they are waiting for Mia's permission and it's like she just realized that now. She rushes to Fabio w
Mia. I glance around the dimly lit space, attempting to find the stupid teenager. I haven't seen Matt since the day I brought him to my house, but Fabio reports he is doing okay. I assigned two men to follow him everywhere he went because I knew Massimo would come after him. He must have sneaked. Rico and the rest have already blended into the crowd. Massimo didn't elaborate if I could bring company or not. He is stupid though, I don't know if he is ignorant or he doesn't know what this place is. Tonight I won't hesitate. No matter what. Locating the Idiot I am looking for, he surely is having fun. Matt is surrounded by giggling girls and one of them is feeding him a drink. Boy. I sigh walking to the group. Some people were born just lucky. "Matt, are you out here to cause me trouble?" He quickly sits up when he sees me. The girls surrounding him slowly walk away one by one leaving the embarrassed boy by himself. "Mia, I am sorry...I...I" He stutters looking anywhere but at me
Mia. "Get the boy" I mumble getting in the car. I quickly turn off my phone and throw it in the backseat. Rico will definitely figure out that something is wrong and I can't let him see the guilt in my eyes. Rico always acts on impulse. He doesn't wait to understand the situation. To save us the drama, I will go cool down and address this later. Massimo is attractive and all, but he doesn't stand a chance against Rico. And Rico is one person that I can't afford to hurt. So I need to handle this mess without getting feelings involved. "Wow! Mia. What a cool ride" I ignore Matt and lower my window to communicate with Neera. She is my new right hand. I have never worked with ladies before and I hope I won't regret it. However, I will add two boys to my group of bodyguards. As much as we are smart and all, we don't have muscles. "Take them home. They should not know about the prisoner, I will interrogate him later" I know Rico will be mad when he realizes I left without him. "Okay, bo
Mia. I am woken up by my relentless ringing phone. Squinting my eyes due to the excess light in the room, I glance at the screen and cuss when I see who the caller is. I quickly end the call and blankly stare at the countless messages he sent me. Who does this guy think he is? He is playing with my feelings like I am some fucking ball. Without much thinking, I delete the messages and instantly block his number. Rico can go fuck himself. I quickly take a short shower because I am needed at the office today. The slight headache reminds me I don't have pills with me. This is so fucked up. Either way, I am thankful my body is regaining its strength. Rushing downstairs, I am met with Alessio preparing breakfast. Where do people find men who can cook? "Where is Matt? We are leaving" I stand beside him to peek at what he is cooking. "Breakfast is almost ready. Don't forget you are still sick" Alessio says turning the pancake on the pan. I stare at his bruised knuckles and my stomac
1 year later. Mia successfully gave birth to her two kids, Adriano Moreno and Arianna Moreno. Her relationship with Rico is still intact and her fears never came true because Rico proved to be the best partner and father to their kids. They decided to wait until Mia completed her dream mansion at the beach before getting married. Regarding the gold Maxim was after, Mia sold everything and distributed the money to the girls working in her strip club. Mia wanted to give them freedom and the girls accepted her help and moved away to start over. Matt graduated from high school and joined college through a scholarship. As promised, Carl changed and learned to help his wife to take care of their baby. Miraculously, Kay got pregnant again but this time, she willingly wanted a second baby. Fabio and Marcus continued with the businesses while maintaining peace between the two families. Dante and Diego moved in with Marcus as his second in command. Dante reunited with Sandra and his so
Rico. The girls don't even flinch, they continue with their dance each one of them skipping the body. On the stage, a huge ethereal chair is brought. It's the same chair she was sitting on in that ring but instead of a queen, it has a tag King. It only takes a moment to realize the dead body is Maxim's. Shit. The music suddenly stops and Mia takes the Mic. "Thank you, ladies, for the great entertainment. I hope our guests enjoyed it, right?" She says and the crowd howls, clapping and demanding a repeat. Mia chuckles and walks down to Maxim's body. It's alarming how the crowd is composed even with a dead body among them. I guess this is why only the mafia was invited. She motions to one of the girls who crouches down and pulls a ring from Maxim's middle finger. Mia eyes the ring with a smirk and turns towards the stage. "Once again, you made me proud, Fabio" She smiles at the man and he returns the smile lifting his glass of wine towards her. So, this was the plan. While she ente
Rico. The long-awaited party is finally here and I have never seen Mia so happy since I met her. She has been bubbly since Maxim signed those papers. The girl kept me up all night talking about what she was going to wear to the party, the plans for the future, and more relevant and irrelevant stuff, not that I am complaining. As soon as the clock ticked 6 am, she dashed out of bed and I had to shout after her to be careful. As the man of the house, I need to wake up even though I didn't blink the whole night. I don't bother putting on a shirt as I walk out of the room to go after her. "Do you have a date?" I hear her voice from the kitchen and I follow it. "Yes, baby. Two" Diego answers and I sigh sitting on the counter. Looks like Diego is the only one around and he is already cooking. "Give me more pancakes and eggs, and I will arrange for two hot girls to give you a lap dance. Who knows where that dance can lead" Mia whispers, and I hold myself from laughing. Of course that's D
Rico. We are led to a huge room on the second floor that I never knew existed. A conference room. There are a few people already sitting including Fabio, Alessio, and the infamous Nikolai. "Where is Mia?" Fabio enquires, expectantly looking behind us " Maxim will be here any minute from now" He adds and I nod, pulling out my phone. Mia picks up on the first ring and her pretty voice speaks up making me happy. "Rico" She murmurs, "Are you coming yet? Fabio says Maxim is already here""Urg, Fabio again. A girl needs her time, Rico. It's men's job to wait" She chuckles and I slightly smile. So she is doing this on purpose. "Take your time, baby, I love you" I turn to Fabio and find him scowling at me. "What?" I shrug with a chuckle. "Thank you for helping, Rico" He sarcastically mumbles, and I turn to Alessio who is frantically typing away on his laptop. "Sup, friend?" I say, gently bumping his shoulder. "You owe me drinks, Rico. Friends don't forget friends" He stops typing
'Rico. "How is Mia?" Mum eagerly asks whisking eggs. "She is, okay," I answer with a slight smile. I woke up early to surprise her with breakfast in bed. My mum being the best, was already up and offered to help me. I pour the freshly squeezed orange juice into a glass and set it on a tray. "I am so proud of you, Rico, seeing you care this much for Mia makes me feel at ease. We have come a long way, baby, promise one thing?" Mother turns to me and palms my cheeks. She has unshed tears in her eyes and I wonder if I did wrong. "Anything, mum" I assure with a nod. "Baby, promise me you will never take advantage of that girl. You should never treat her the way your dad treated me. She is carrying our babies son, be careful with her, yeah?." Her voice breaks and I deeply furrow my brows. Why in hell will I do that? "Hey, mum of course. You know I will never lay my hand on her" I frantically shake my head in refusal. I can't imagine doing that. "She is your responsibility, Rico. She o
Mia. I sadly sigh after listening to their conversation. Men think just because they have muscles and all, they are invincible. Why don't they go after Maxim and see what happens? Even the guy I love doesn't trust me. Pff. Thank God I have Fabio. "Do you need a place to sleep or are you returning home?" I rejoin Alessio and Nicole. He wanted to say hi to Rico, only to find him in the middle of doubting my decisions. "It's too crowded here, bunny. We will be back in the morning if that's okay with you" Alessio mumbles, throwing his heavy arm on my shoulder. What do these guys eat?"It's okay, I think I should call it a day too," I say imagining myself in those soft and warm covers. "How are you holding up? A lot has happened..." When his eyes sadden, I quickly shake my head understanding where his mind is going. My bitchy mother. "I am fine Alessio, there was no other way out" I glance at Nicole and slightly smile. She must still be upset that I killed her brother. "Okay, you t
Rico. "Is this how you treat, Kay?" I turn to Carlos the moment Mia leaves the room. "No. Of course not, Rico. It's just I am trying but sometimes that baby keeps crying and it's tiring you know" Carl defensively gets up and approaches me. "Don't you care that she gets tired too? She was crying for fuck sake" I whisper yell so as not to wake up the baby. "I feel bad about it, okay? That's why I am going to talk to her" Carl instantly pulls his shirt to join his wife in the bathroom but I quickly hand over his son to him. "That can wait, at least tuck your son to sleep first. I support her leaving for the two days. Don't dump all the responsibility on your wife" I whisper feeling so disappointed. I never knew this was how he behaved. "You will help me, right? I mean, if she goes to her dad's""Sadly, no, brother. In case it escaped your mind, I have a pregnant woman who needs as much care as the baby in your arms" I shake my head walking out of my guestroom. My brother is a lot o
Mia. "Mum, I am hungry" I whine hugging her from behind and she chuckles. Rico's mother loves it when I address her as Mum. This also means she will give me a whole lot of food. I must be carrying two hungry men in my stomach. "I know, honey. I can tell" She stretches her hand to grab a plate and I pull away to give her space. This woman can cook. The sight of the fried chicken makes my mouth water. So brown and delicious. The aroma doesn't lie. "Here" She hands me a plate full of chicken and I don't waste any more seconds. I moan at the first bite, so spicy and crunchy. Goodness! It's like an orgasm in my mouth. "Go take a sit" She gently pushes me forward and I nod walking to the living room where Rico and his friends are sitting. I silently sit on Rico's welcoming lap and once again, their whispering stops. From how the guys are staring at me, I can tell they are silently gossiping about my eating habits in their heads, and it makes me self-conscious. " Did I do something wrong
Mia. I chuckle at the sight of Sean. Miracles do happen after all. After betraying me, he came back only to pretend nothing happened. To make matters worse, he is actively drinking and laughing with everyone. "Is that...? " Neera follows my gaze and I nod. Such people need to be eliminated instantly. Traitors are a very lethal poison."Yes, it's Sean. You want to keep your job, right?" I face her and she quickly nods. " Good. Bring me his head and you will be greatly rewarded" The playfulness from earlier is completely wiped from my face and so is Neera. I think at this point, I need to be smart enough to get Maxim. As they say, when the leader is gone, the puppets won't be there anymore. Maxim's people will keep coming all day and all night."I will help, beautiful" Ed follows Neera and I walk into the house in search of Fabio. It doesn't take me long to find him. He, Carl, Rico, and Marcus are sitting together and they appear to be in a deep conversation. They instantly stop