The time seemed to freeze as those two were holding onto each other, like a life held onto its soul. The flow of cold water continued to wet their shipping bodies. Their arms were tightly wrapped around each other while their eyes were closed. Their hearts were calmly beating against each other's chest, like actually finding the tranquillity they had been searching for all this time. Moments passed but none of them felt the urgency to break that maze of warmth and calmness they both were getting from each other's closeness. It was then finally Riccardo slowly opened his eyes when he felt her slightly shivering in his arms because the shower was really very cold, especially at this time of the night and she was completely naked under it. Turning off the shower, he grabbed a bathrobe for her and then wrapped her body in it. She neither stopped him nor even tried to get away from there. She just stood there, looking down towards the floor because she was still not in her right state of
Taking a glance at Flora through the window who was playing with her friends, Oliver and Lena in the backyard of their home. Exhaling a soft breath, she sat on one of the sofas in the hall. She had a week off from her work now because his company was going to remain shut for a week to mourn the loss of Walter's life? The irony was petrifying for her.She assumed that he had left her alone in his penthouse this morning because of handling the situation of Walter's death in front of the world. He must have left her to show this world his facade of being a good husband and good brother-in-law. She knew after knowing the truth, she should reveal it to the world but she was not going to do it….not at all. She already had a lot of problems to deal with in her life. Creating one more was not a solution. Besides, no one was going to believe her. Neither did she need anyone to trust her.Switching on the TV, she decided to switch her mind from everything for a while but it turned out to be a m
His gaze met with hers and finally he felt that calmness which he was aching to feel from the past couple of days without her. Now he understood how much he had longed for this woman and how much her mere presence had become necessary for him in his life. "Tall uncle," Flora's voice caught his attention towards her. He saw that endearing tiny figure in her arms which always managed to bring a smile on his face. Like he always said, her tiny version who reflected an innocent warmth and happiness just like her mother. He had missed her a lot too. Riccardo saw Flora opening her tiny arms wide for him with an even more big smile on her little face. She was the only person in his life who always welcomed him with care, love and warmth….the things he knew he didn't deserve but he still craved them for justifying the terribly selfish being he was.He took Flora in his embrace and then pecked her temple."How are you, piccola mia?" He asked her. Flora hugged him tightly."I am fine. I misse
"Will it ever be forever, cara mia?" Before he could even stop himself from asking her that, he head pushed those words out of his mouth. He had never felt so desperate to know about something but when it came to this woman, every single thing regarding her turned him terribly desperate. His own control on himself seemed to slip away from his hold when it concerned her. His question pierced deeper inside her soul and shuddered her heart in an relentless tempo. Her glossy eyes dropped a tear when she felt him tightening his hold around her wrist, like he already knew what her answer was going to be but he was not ready to accept it at any cost. Slowly turning around to face him, Aniya looked into his dusky orbs which were filled with sheer anguish. He was imprudent to know her answer and was not even trying to hide it from her anymore."Does it deserve a forever?" She answered his question through her question. The desperation in his gaze converted into numbness after hearing her but
After their conversation in the hall, Aniya straight went to the dining table where Flora was waiting for her mother and her tall uncle to eat breakfast while circling around the table."Momma," the little girl's face gleamed up, seeing her mother. She stopped circling around the table and ran towards her mother. Wrapping her little arms around her mother's legs and then pulling back, she spoke "Momma, my tummy is making noises," she told her mother while patting on her tiny tummy. Aniya beamed. Her toddler held the power of lightening up her soul from any kind of darkness. After her conversation with him, she had lost all kinds of hopes to smile again for the entire day but her daughter didn't let her hopes die with her beautifully blissful presence. She was a blessing for her. A beautifully endeared blessing."I will quickly get your breakfast, my baby,"Aniya caressed her head and uttered with a beam, making the little girl smile widely but then her tiny head immediately remembered
"So we will try to become like your momma, okay?" He asked and the little baby immediately wagged her head in approval. "We will become like momma, tall uncle," she said, extremely joyous. Aniya smiled through tears in her eyes and then looked towards that person who made her daughter understand her worth so beautifully. His demeanour was getting more complicated for her to understand with every passing second in her life? What, how and who he actually was?Aniya saw him smiling at her daughter, warmly. How badly she wished for this side of him to be his real side because this side of his was successfully reaching to her heart and she was not capable of doing anything to stop it. Because Aniya had never met a man in her life, who, despite knowing about her past, had looked at her with no judgement and neither did she ever think of meeting that kind of man ever in her life but this side of his was turning him into that man for him. But what about that other side of him which had made
He halted his car after reaching their destination. Aniya, who was sitting on the passenger seat with Flora on her lap, looked outside through the window and noticed it was the back gate of that showroom as the front was locked in order to avoid the attention of outsiders before its inauguration. "We reach, tall uncle?" The little girl asked while stopping licking the chocolate bar in her hand which had smeared all over her mouth, hands and even face. He chuckled at the sight. She was looking adorable whereas Aniya sighed. She had told him not to buy her chocolates during their ride because she knew her daughter would practically bathe herself in it, rather than eating it but when he had ever listened to her? Especially when it concerned Flora and her orders and her wishes? Exhaling a heavy breath, Aniya removed the seatbelt and was about to grab her handbag to take out the handkerchief so that she could clear Flora but before she could do that, Aniya found him taking out his handker
"So you don't need to get worried about it, even if she would lose it," he uttered, gazing straight into her sea-green hues coldly. "It has nothing to do with you," Aniya's heart felt some kind of aching, processing those words of his and she herself could not understand its reason yet. She had nothing to retort back with him anymore on this topic.He watched her lowering her eyes as her face filled with gloominess. He sighed because he finally noticed his tone and his words were extremely harsh and cold. He should not be saying such things to her because she was her mother and she had every right to decide what her kid should take from him and what she should not. Understanding his mistake, he heaved a sigh."Take it from her at home when she falls asleep and then keep it somewhere safe. You can give it back to her whenever you feel she can wear it now," he used his amiable tone with her this time. He didn't want to behave harshly with her but after witnessing that she didn't want
"So, handsome gentlemen…..hold onto your hearts," Flora announced, running out of the kitchen, making both her father and uncle Dario look at her. They both smiled at her while sitting on the dining table. "Your beautiful wives here finally, so please welcome ...Mrs Aniya Riccardo Alfanso and Mrs Niova Dario Quzer," she uttered while extending her both hands towards the entrance. Both Aniya and Niova walked in with the bowl of food in their hands. A smile was ghosting on both of their faces. "Gentlemen, please help your beautiful wives," everyone chuckled, hearing Flora's words and both the men stood up on their feet to help their wives carrying the food to the dining table. When Dario was taking them to a restaurant in his car, Niova called him and there she told her husband to bring the Alfanso family to their home for lunch as she had been missing them for a week now. Everyone agreed because both of their families shared a very deep and close bond with each other. "Where's Rica
"Papa….." Flora cried out, feeling the head of the gun getting pressed against her temple. Her watery eyes remained fixed at her father. That man pushed the gun more closely against her, bringing more tears in her eyes. Riccardo's each and every man turned alert because that situation had turned extremely dangerous. "Papa, please save me…." She started sobbing loudly. Riccardo keenly stared at Flora's every single action. That man chortled, hearing Flora's loud cries of help. "Seems like your daughter is not that brave like you and your son, Alfanso," that man remarked, gripping Flora's neck more tightly."You failed to make her like you. She is a fucking coward," he laughed at her helplessness. Riccardo didn't part his mouth to say a single word but didn't blink away from his daughter even for a second."No, please leave me…. don't kill me, please…" Flora cried out more loudly while shivering. Her whimpers made that man smirk more cunningly."Please. I am begging you. Don't kill me
"Today was so fun. I really loved it," A smile formed on Riccardo's and Aniya's faces by hearing their 20 years old daughter. "All thanks to my piccola for suggesting this idea," Riccardo uttered, focusing his eyes on the road while controlling the steering wheel of his car. Flora beamed, hearing her father as she was the one who suggested to have a family day out. "Yeah….yeah….you and your favourite daughter, dad," that voice made Flora trail her eyes down at her 16 years old brother whose head was placed on her lap as he was trying to sleep. Flora frowned and hitted his head. "Hey…that hurts, you ugly eagle," the 16 years old spat, rubbing his head and taking his head up from his sister's lap. "Aww! my little baby brother. Be grateful I didn't break your ugly jaw," Flora passed her brother a fake smile, making him scowl. "You both shut your mouths and don't you dare to start here," they heard their mother warning them, who was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. Riccard
"Ready," Riccardo tied Flora's pigtails, making the little girl extremely happy. Taking a glance at her reflection in the mirror, Flora showed her papa a thumbs up. He chuckled and pecked the tip of her nose."Ora, ready for school, baby?" Aniya entered their bedroom, carrying Flora's tiffin box in her hands. They both looked at her."Momma," Flora jumped down from the dressing table and ran towards her mother. She hugged her legs."Momma, is my baby brother awake?" The little girl asked, pointing her tiny finger towards her mother's swollen belly. Aniya chuckled. She bent slightly as it was almost the end of her third trimester of her pregnancy. "Yes, your baby brother is awake and he is very happy that his big sister is going to school," she said, making Flora clap in happiness. The little girl wanted a brother. Smiling, Riccardo walked towards them and then grabbed the tiffin box from Aniya's hold."Cara mia, you should rest now," he uttered, earning a tiny frown from Aniya. "It'
"Will you become Aniya Riccardo Alfanso?"Tears rolled down from her eyes, processing the meaning behind those words of his. Aniya had never even dared to think a moment like this would ever come in her life from the second she had found herself in that brothel. A kind of moment where someone wanted to be hers. A moment where someone would want to share his name with hers because for this entire world, she had become an object which only looked good when getting used by everyone but no one would ever want to get associated with her name, let alone attaching their name with hers but he proved her wrong in each and every possible way. Not just only his own self, he was now willing to share his existence with her.Riccardo saw those tears brimming in her eyes which told him everything which was going inside her. He had started understanding her silence more than he had ever even understood his own words.He palmed her face more firmly and leaned closer to her face."My life had taught me
At the breakfast table, when Riccardo saw Aniya leaving without eating anything, he understood something was not right with her. He had been noticing from the past couple of days that she was acting a little weird. She was barely initiating a conversation with anyone and was even skipping most of her meals. He had also noticed that she was looking tired most of the time, so he told her that they would visit a doctor for her checkup to which she seemed to tense up even more and denied him by saying that she was fine and it was just her monthly cycles. But today when he saw Bellyana following her to the bedroom, he understood something was going on, especially when he witnessed that distressed reaction on Aniya's face. "Ora, you play with them. I will be back. Okay, piccola?" He uttered while cleaning the little girl's mouth after he got done feeding her. Flora nodded at him and stood up on the breakfast table and walked towards her shades uncle. With a smile, Dario collected her in h
"Aniya," Niova's voice broke the bubbles of Aniya's thoughts. She recovered from her shock but her eyes were still focused on the television screen which was showing the news of Ryker's death in that bomb blast."Ani, do you think it's….."Niova paused but Aniya knew what she was trying to ask her. Aniya exhaled a very deep breath."I don't know. I will talk to you later, Niva. Firstly, I need to have a talk with him right now," she uttered because right now, she needed to have a conversation with him regarding this urgently."Okay, bye," Niova hung up the call which made Aniya trail her eyes back the television screen."Reportedly, this bomb blast seems to be pre-planned by one of Ryker Verlice's enemies who wanted him dead as the attacked godown is the belonging of Mr Ryker Verlice and the attacker was aware that Mr Verlice was going to be there that time of the blast," Aniya read the news which automatically started shivering her hands in fear. He took dozens of lives again and this
"I…I love you so much, Riccardo," Finally finding all her answers and comprehending her each and every kind of emotions and feelings towards him, she dared to utter those words to him because Aniya knew the aftermath she would have to face if she would let him walk away from her like this. Once she had terribly regretted, telling him to get out of her life and that night she was almost about to lose him and today, that thing was about to happen again and somehow she could feel that if she didn't stop him this then she would lose him for the rest of her lives and she was not capable of enduring it because she had fallen for him more than she could even understand and make anyone else understand it.She tightened her arms around him more and more."I love you," she softly breathed out while snuggling her face in his back. Her tears continued to wet his coat. Dropping his hand down from grabbing the knob of the door, he slowly turned around. Her heart ached badly, seeing those tears gli
"And he is Flora's biological f…father,"Riccardo became too aghast to understand anything after hearing those words from her mouth. His head turned completely blank whereas his eyes rounded, completely appalled. He couldn't just believe what his ears were hearing. Ryker was Flora's biological father?"Flora's father?" Even his voice was laced with shock and somehow confusion too. It brought more tears to her eyes. She wagged her head at him, holding back her tears from coming out of her eyes."Yes, he is Flora's biological father," she uttered while taking her eyes down. Again his eyes rounded more, hearing that thing from her mouth once again. His hands, on their own, fell down. He also trailed his eyes down towards the floor, trying to gather that information he had just received. Ryker was Flora's father? No, this couldn't happen. He refused to believe it.Snapping his head upward, he gripped her arms tightly and yanked her closer."Don't fuck with my head, Aniya," he glowered at