"Yeah…. I won," Niova chirped with her raised hands which caused Flora to pucker up her tiny lips in annoyance because she lost and her aunty Niva won the game which they both had been playing since last ten minutes. Sticking out her tongue, she showed it to her aunty Niva. Niova sent her a fake narrowed gaze and then pinched the bridge of her little nose. Flora giggled which made Niova chuckle. Niova was smiling at Flora when her eyes fell on Aniya who was standing at a distance while holding some kind of envelope in her hand. She looked extremely tense. Her eyes were focused on that envelope on her hand."Ani," Niova called her name but she was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't even hear it. Niova's brows furrowed. "You play. I will be back in a few minutes, okay?" She told the little girl who was now playing with her teddy bear. Flora nodded at her aunty Niva.Getting up on her feet, Niova made her way towards Aniya."Aniya," she took her name again but got no response
Pushing the door slowly, Aniya opened it a little wide. She stepped inside his cabin and her eyes straight fell on him who was standing beside his desk. His back was on her. Sighing, she entered the door completely and then closed it behind her. Aniya clutched that envelope in her hand as she noticed he didn't turn around to face her, even after getting aware of her presence inside his cabin. She swallowed and then walked towards him. Aniya saw him vigorously clutching some kind of papers in his hand as she went closer to him.Standing behind him while maintaining a safe distance between them, she waited for him to turn around but he didn't. He didn't turn around to look at her which annoyed her a bit. What was wrong with me? He knew she was standing behind him but he was still behaving like she had turned invisible for him.Almost waiting for a minute for him to twirl around, Aniya gave up when he didn't circle around so she decided to take matters into her own hands. Aniya loudly c
Losing his mind to his burning wrath, he twisted her wrist more harshly and then dug his teeth against her tender flesh on her neck. Aniya cried out loudly. A sob tore out of her throat and he finally got back to his senses and understood how his enraged actions had started paining her. He heard her soft whimpers which made him let go of her wrist. Pulling back, he glanced at her neck and saw that deep red teeth mark of his on her delicate skin. Sighing, he stepped back and looked away from her."If you want to resign then you can do it after a week after I would recruit someone qualified and experienced in your place for heading the internship program," he said to her, looking down at the floor. Turning around, she darted her watery eyes at him. Aniya saw his downcast gaze. Swallowing the lump inside her throat, she wiped her eyes. Exhaling a soft sigh, she finally parted her lips to speak those words to him."Hope you will try to find someone soon to replace my place, so that I ca
Aniya's body froze in pure shock. Terror engulfed in each and every part of her body by seeing that person in front of her. His piercing sapphire eyes were the reflection of her barbaric past. She saw him entering inside the door which completely halted the beating of her heart. He walked towards Riccardo who stood up on his feet as he approached him. Both the men shook their heads and then exchanged a brotherly hug."I apologise for being late," Ryker uttered, looking at Riccardo. He nodded at him in acceptance and then gestured with his hand to him to grab his respective seat. Ryker wagged his head at him and then looked for that only empty chair in that table where his name was written on it too. Walking towards it, he sat on his chair and beside his younger brother, Anders Verlice. After that, Riccardo sat on his chair after signalling the spokesperson to start the meeting and then the meeting finally began.The meeting had been going on for almost half an hour now where Riccard
"H…he was one of those m..men who…."Understanding the meaning behind her incomplete sentence, his eyes slightly widened in shock. Ryker Verlice was part of her past? That information was too much even for him to digest. He couldn't even imagine the pain she must be feeling at that moment by seeing Ryker in front of her again. She had decided to leave her past behind but her past came and stood in front of her again.Riccardo felt her trembling vigorously in his arms. She was wailing loudly while choking on her own tears. He surrounded his arms around her more tightly and then started caressing her head."Calm down, cara mia…. please calm down," he pleaded her. He could feel her state turning more and more vulnerable. Her mental pain was now badly affecting her physical health. Even though she was trying, her tears were not halting. She lost her complete control over her own pain. She had promised herself to never turn weak because of her past but when her past again approached her,
For a brief moment, she felt like her soul turned completely numb by seeing those tears moistening in his dark brown eyes. That was the very first time she was seeing tears in his eyes. Did her pain hurt him so much that he couldn't stop his tears from forming in his eyes? Did she really mean this much to him?After hearing everything about her past from her own mouth, for the very first time in his life, Riccardo could not stop his own emotions from taking over him in every possible way. He used to be a man who had never lost control over anything, let alone on his own self but this woman changed everything for him. He had taken countless lives in his life, had watched people begging to him to show them some mercy but he had never listened to their begging and it had never bothered him even slightly, let alone filling him with guilt or remorse but tonight, he was feeling like her pain had started scorching him deeply and right now, he was finally feeling that pain which he had made o
"Momma, this dress or this dress?" Flora asked her mother, looking in between her pink and blue colour frocks which were placed in front of her on the bed. Aniya, who was combing her hair, tilted her head to look towards Flora who was sitting on the bed. "You still haven't decided which one you want to wear, Ora?" Aniya asked, placing the hairbrush on the table. After she got done wearing her clothes, she tried to dress up Flora but her toddler wanted to select her dress on her own today, so she had been selecting her dress from the past 10 minutes but still hadn't reached any decision yet."We will get late, baby. Select one dress faster," Aniya said, walking closer towards the bed. The kid looked in a very big dilemma like she had been asked to take a very big decision for her kingdom. Understanding her difficulty, Aniya decided to help her."I think….we should go with the blue one," she picked up the blue colour frock. Flora looked at her mother and then towards the frock. She pu
Aniya felt like the land under her feet shook vigorously as soon as she saw that person in front of her again. It was him. Ryker Verlice. One of those men. A part of her fatal past which she had been hoping to never come across again but her fate had different plans."I am extremely sorry," Ryker uttered, peering straight into Aniya's sea-green eyes until he saw that person coming forward and standing beside her. He trailed his blue eyes towards Riccardo which made him arch his brows in untidiness."Riccardo? You here?" He questioned, looking visibly confused by seeing Riccardo there. Before anyone could say anything further, they heard that little girl uttering"You are a bad uncle. You o…ouch me," Ryker heard the little girl saying to him in between her whimpers while gazing at him with her tears filled doe eyes. Aniya swallowed hard when she saw him stepping forward towards them. Ryker came closer to Aniya and stopped in front of her, keeping some distance between them. He lowered
"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