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Mia. I jerk up from a horrid nightmare and stare around me cautiously. I have never had a bad dream before, let alone dream about Rico. He isn't back yet. Looking at my phone, it's already 3 a.m. and he hasn't arrived. The countless messages I sent him have not been replied to either. What is going on? Dialing his number, it goes straight to voicemail and that is unlike him. I quickly get out of the bed and head downstairs. The house is quiet and nothing seems out of place. Everyone is asleep. I head to the fridge and take out vanilla ice cream. I never liked ice cream before but this thing makes my mouth water. It's too early to contact anyone right now so I will just wait. Maybe it was late and he decided to spend the night at one of his houses. After five scoops of the ice cream, I find it hard to keep my eyes open so, I lay my head on the table and fall into a deep slumber. I open my eyes to the noise around me. Frowning deeply, I look at the guys surrounding me in confusion
Mia. I roughly pack my car in front of my house and my men rush to open my door. I hope Maxim hasn't harmed Rico yet. If he did, he should have sent me his body or at least reached out with a blackmail. I walk straight to the cells with a silent Marcus beside me. " Why didn't you let him go out there alone, do you know how dangerous that old man is? I told you to watch him, Marcus" I scold in disappointment, hastening my steps. That bitch better talk. I would rather lose her than lose Rico. " I tried, but he didn't listen. You should know when his mind is made up, nothing can change that""Why didn't you tell me?" A guard opens the door to my mum's cell and I feel like puking to the foul smell. 'You have to calm down, baby. We need to find your father' I unconsciously touch my almost flat stomach. I was already three weeks gone when we visited the clinic and nothing has been easy. Kay told me It would get better after the three first months. The woman on the chair is almost o
Today marks a hundred-and-one day since Rico disappeared and it's been hard. We have looked everywhere for him but I end up with nothing and it's frustrating. I don't want to think of the worst yet. Some people believe that maybe he is dead but I refuse to accept that. We found his car dumped beside the beach near his casino. There were no signs of struggle or blood. The car was intact and his two guns, wallet, and phone were inside, but Rico. Strange. Goodness, I miss him so much and this pregnancy makes it worse. It makes me feel so much emotional, especially when I see the pity and concern on everyone's faces. I must applaud his family though. They are the most supportive and caring people I have ever met. They make sure I'm well taken care of and I have whatever I need without delay. Carl is a complete gentleman and a responsible brother too. They leave every morning to search for Rico and I still have my fingers crossed. I am hoping he shows up soon or I will die of stress.
Carlos. This is not my brother. Rico is fucked up, but one thing he will never do is cheat on Mia. He loves that girl with his life and hurting her is the last thing on his list. Especially with that loose woman.Something is wrong somewhere.I hate to see her hurting like this. It's not good with her condition and that's why we have been trying so hard to make sure she's at least comfortable. Mia is a strong girl, but right now Rico is the only thing she needs. Kay was once pregnant and I know it's not a walk-in-the-park kind of thing. That's why I'm going to find him. Whatever happened to him, he should know that he has a responsibility waiting for him at home. "Take me to him," I tell Fabio who only nods. Thank God he found his location. Mia's men are more relaible."I'm coming too, boss" Ed and Marcello come forward I nod. Rico's friends join us and more men from Mia's side. I don't know what we are walking into, so, the more we are, the better. "Be careful babe, don't come wi
Mia. The door to our room opens and Kay walks in with my phone in her hands. I don't even remember where I left it.“Carl wants to talk to you” My gaze lingers on her trembling fingers and instantly, I understand something is wrong. I quickly sit up and when I take the phone from her hands, she dashes out of the room closing the door behind her. This can't be good. Did they find him? Is he okay? I wouldn't want him harmed even if he messed up. I would rather know he is alive and happy somewhere and not dead. “Carl “ I whisper, feeling dread from the look on his face, “Is everything okay?” my lips tremble as fear engulfs every part of me. Carl silently shakes his head and mutters a 'sorry'. Before I can ask what is going on, the phone is handed over to someone else and my heart stops at the sight of him. The man staring at me is not my Rico. His arms and chest are covered in cringy spirals of ink. He has a cigar between his lips and the way he is looking at me, is completely forei
Rico. She looks scared. Her chest is heavily rising and falling and fear is written all over her face. My head is blank and it's frustrating. The only thing I remember is from three months ago, waking up in a hospital bed with bandages tied all over my head. When I opened my eyes, Bella was there alone. She was crying and claimed she was my girlfriend and that we lived together. I didn't believe her. I had no memory or anywhere to go, so I followed her and acted dumb. I have tried everything to recall anything but it's like I'm living in a dark suffocating hole. I hate it. I realized the bitch I lived with was after something. Especially when she kept initiating intimacy with me. My gut told me something was wrong, and I proved it when I found out she used to give me pills that erased my memories.The injections they gave me in terms of treatment were of the same intent.I eavesdropped multiple times when she used to talk to this boss, the person she was working for.I wanted to
RICO. After talking to my mother for a while, I join my brother in the living room. "How does it feel like to be back home?" Carl smirks and I know he must be mocking me for how I behaved yesterday. "Don't start Carl" I sigh holding my head in my palms. "Your girl is here. Pretty how she changed your fucked up mind with just a glance, huh?" he smirks and I follow his gaze, and damn! I did have a good eye. I should have made her my wife already. Being my girlfriend is not safe enough. "Where is she going?" I mumble, trailing my eyes at her official outfit. A mid-thigh white shorts, a white folded button-up shirt that exposes her baby bump, and a long white suit jacket on top. She has white 6-inch sandal heels with a single silver anklet on her left leg. Her long silver hair is tied in a clean ponytail exposing multiple diamond lace earrings. My eyes follow her long milky clean legs and I swallow dryly. Is she really mine? Now this is what we call beauty. Not the ugly bitch that ha
Rico. "I will have one of those" I join Carl on the balcony and point at the cigar in his hand. "You are not supposed to be smoking, brother, and neither do I"" I feel like crap" I sigh, stressfully running my fingers through my hair. "Mia? " he quirks his brow in question and I nod. "She's hurting. I don't know how to make her feel better." I mutter, feeling sad for her. I shouldn't have let her go to work in that state."Yeah, it will take her time. Especially with her condition.""How was it before? I mean us" I reach for the cigar again, but the idiot pushes my hand away. "I'm not letting you smoke, Rico. You never did, and it will be hard to stop if you start now" Why can't I smoke when he is doing just that?I sigh, slumping on the seat beside him. It's not important anyway. "She was your world, Rico, and so you were. When you left, it broke her. The family was here but she could always look at her phone every second just in case you called or stay at the window all the ti
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