Lena’s POVIt had been a whole week and Dante had been ignoring me. We never saw eye to eye. He would ignore my greetings and was never deliberately stay in the same room with me.I felt my heart crumble. Was he really this mad about having a child? His own child? Did this contract marriage really mean that he was willing to end a life just because he wanted part in Mr. Verona’s company?Some days, he never even came to bed. He would lock himself in his study and would be there all night. I knew he wasn’t working late. There was a cozy couch there and I knew he fell asleep on it when he got tired. I had woken up many nights and when I peeped through the key hole, I would see him. He only came to be when it seemed to that the servants were getting suspicious.I lay in bed quietly. I was up early that day but I didn’t even catch a glimpse of him getting ready for work. The last thing that I heard was his car pulling out of the driveway and zooming off.I sighed and lay back sadly. I had
Dante’s POVIrene’s voice came over the phone.“Mr Roma, there are some men here in your house are they are trying to take your wife away.” She was panting.“What do you mean? Is my wife trying to play a prank on me?” I asked and she replied sharply. “No, sir” I hadn’t spoken to Lena for a week and this might be a plan to make me speak to her, she acted crazy at times.“Sir she’s being taken with them at the moment.” “What do they look like, I’m on my way.” I stood from my chair with my phone placed on my ear, I walked out of my office.The moment I was in my car, I called the security in the estate to stop the men from leaving with my wife but it felt like they had because I was unable to get in contact with them.I drove as fast as I could and got home, but they had already gone with her.Aft first I had thought it was a joke, Lena could be doing this cause she wanted my attention but I checked the CCTV footage and realized that it was not a prank, she was taken.The face of the me
Lena’s POVI had thought within my head for a million times that somehow, somewhere I was going to mess things up and it was going to lead to our downfall. All these thoughts were in my head but now that it had finally shoved its way into reality, It was very hard to digest. Our cover, or rather my cover had been blown and now I am force to stay put in this hideous looking cell like a criminal.Instinctively, I circled my hand around my belly and pushed myself back toward the wall some more. I was sitting at the far end of the cell, my head shoved between my knees. I hate being in an enclosed space. It triggers some nerves and got me scared and almost out of my mind.I tried to be courageous, if not for myself then for the life brewing from within me but at some point I just had to let go of the facade. I was scared and there is nothing I could do about it. So even when the sob tried to escape my throat, I put no effort in stopping it. I cried.I cried until there was no more energy le
Dante’s POVI hate it when she cries It stir this unsettling feeling in my gut that refused to go away no matter how much I swallowed. And what I hated the most was the fact that I couldn’t just get her out of this cell, out of this house, away from Mr Verona and returned her back to our house, where she would be safe and sound tucked in my hands.This whole thing needed me but act fast, fast and careful. I might have my ways around things but so does Mr Verona, especially when he is deeply interested in something. He would do everything to convince himself whether she was his daughter or not and Goodness forbid he finds out the truth. No I won’t allow that. She doesn’t deserve to be here and I allow him to continue keeping her under lock and key.I tried to get her to stop crying while tugging her on my chest and rubbing her back slowly. She did stop eventually and tire herself away from me and move toward the wall at the other side of the chilly cell keeping her hand around her belly
Lena’s POVI was left with no single amount of energy after hours of wailing and grieving. After Dante had left, I have productively made use of my time to shed out the remaining tears in my eyes. I cried and cried until there was no reason to cry anymore. Even if there was, I had drained what energy I had left so I was left laying helplessly on the cold floor of the cell.Not for once did I move my hands from where I have placed them around my stomach and even when I felt hopeless, there was still this immerse zeal to survive surging within me, I would do anything to escape this hell because of my child. I am not given up.After a few hours of my trying to assure myself that everything will work out just fine and Dante will find a way to take me out of this place, the jiggling of key was heard and moment later, the door was pushed open. For a moment there I expected Dante to walk into the cell but my hope was immediately crumbled when a different person walked in. As if my day couldn
Lena’s POVIt still never fails to surprise how we can feel this much attachment to someone we never even get to meet. It’s just so fascinating at the same time shocking. The amount of immerse pain and longing surging through my heart at the thought of losing my child was like no other.I wanted to yell, so I did, I wanted to cry, I did and at the end I was left with no other feeling but grief and anger. I wanted my pregnancy back but I know it is never possible so I stick to the second option which was very possible. Anger.Getting really angry at Dante became my coping mechanism cause he very well deserved it and if I continue letting my heart to dwell on the subject of grief, I might slowly become insane. Having a miscarriage is gravely underestimated and a lot of people will think you haven’t seen the child so you might as well just forget about it and make another, that was what I thought too at first but the bond between a mother and child is beyond just moving on. It hurts, tha
DANTE’S POVFor the past three days, I have been carrying out the same routine everyday day but nothing seems to be improving. Not even a fraction of my relationship with Lena improved. She would retaliate any attempt I made on mending us and will lock herself in the room mostly the entire day with me knocking and begging to be let in.Even my staffs know to stay out of my way now that the only thing that keep me sane is slipping between my hands and no amount of force I put to grasping it back was working. I was like a ticking bomb in my own house, just waiting for the scapegoat to offend me. They are almost like tiptoeing around me and if not even the situation, I would have actually find it amusing.Even before Lena was taken by Mr Verona, our relationship had somewhat been on the rocky path and we have been a bit distant from each other and now that she lost our child, everything just escalated and the fact that she thought I have in some way contributed to her lot was not helping
Zane’s POV“You are alright?” I asked for the umpteenth time gazing at the petite lady sitting from across of me in the car. She shove a string of hair away from her face and safely tucked it behind her ear. The large shade covering her eyes preventing me from reading into her emotion but clearly there was a bit of nervousness in there cause she have wiped her palm on her deep red gown for the fourth time since we met, yes I counted.“Yes zane I am perfectly fine I assure you, stop with the worry already” she chuckled softly finally turning to face where I sat. “With the amount of time you have asked how I am, I should probably be worried you are not alright” she smirked playfully.“Nah I am great and even if I am not, I should be the less of your worry” I brushed off her attempt to know how I was doing.“What now?” She asked the question I have been waiting for.“Today is the day we have been awaiting for a long time. As planned, you were meant to show up today but with the way things
EpilogueIt's been five years since I had gotten my life entangled with that of Dante, and now I am his wife and the mother of his children. The lady that had spilled coffee on him is the lady he is married to and is the lady that is his world, the mother of his children and his happy pills.I am happy to have found a man like him, because I know that even in the roughest times I would have someone that has my back.“Earth to Lena.” Gwen snapped me out of the thoughts and I looked at her a bit confused and embarrassed.“What are you thinking of again, Lena?” she asked me and I smiled. I wasn't thinking of anything that would make me anxious or cry, I was thinking about how good things have been, I was thinking of my family and I was happy.“Nothing Gwen, I just remember old times. I remember when I just had Lilly and look at my baby now, she is 3." As I said this, Lilly giggled and she lifted her hands up signaling that she wanted me to her up.I picked her up and hugged her so t
LENA’S POV“I have told you for the umpteenth time to stop moving around, you are going to spill your head all over the place and take my work back. We wouldn’t want that now, would we?” Gwen rambled while moving around the room, sliding between tables and chairs to get to whatever it was she was meaning to pick.“Sorry,” I mumbled, trying hard not to giggle at her frustration. I find it amusing, to say the least.“Yeah right” She rolled her eyes, finally returning to where she stood at my back. “As if that is going to fix the hair” She brushed back the string of hair that fell out of place and tucked it back to where it belonged before toasting and then combing aside.She went back to her previous task of trying to get my zipper up and getting me all set in the white, floor-sweeping gown she urged me to pick. She was putting in her all to make sure I looked perfect from every angle even going as far as wiping a bit of sweat resting on my forehead. “Okay, okay now take a few steps let
LENA’S POVDinner was a success.It has not been long since I found out everything about my life and all, but I felt this surging, out-of-the-world love for Gwen. I would do everything for her without a second thought. Blood is indeed thicker than water.They left a few hours after dinner, not because they wanted to but because it was getting late and Gwen needed to rest for tomorrow. The duo are really in love with each other. It was really beautiful watching them bicker and giggle while they made their way to their car.Seeing her happy stirs this overwhelming feeling of happiness within me and it’s all strange cause this was not something I was used to feeling. Having a sibling is a beautiful feeling and I would love to feel it over and over again.After they left, all we did was clear out the table and set the dishes in the dishwasher before heading straight to bed. We too, will need to rest as tomorrow is sure as heck going to come with a lot of energy-draining moments, and just
GWEN’S POVThe universe can be cruel sometimes, sometimes a bit unfair and sometimes offering you what you fully deserve. I personally think the most important factor here is time. I am the kind of person who loves to organize every single moment of her life and then follow that plan right till the very end. I hate being taken by surprise. I want to be in perfect control of the path my life goes at all time.But I guess I learnt the hard way that life is unpredictable. One moment you are having a smooth ride, living the perfect life there is, and then the next, life send you down a path you have no idea how to walk on. With that a few twists and turns in your life, Viola! You have moved from the list of people who have their life figured out to someone helpless.What mattered the most at the end is how you react to that change. Some people will just give in and accept their fate and maybe pickup from scratch again but I sure as heck wasn’t some people or any other person at that. I a
Lena’s POV“Gwen is this really you?” Dante’s voice was really low and I knew that it was because of the way he felt about losing her. Everyday seeing my face was a constant reminder that he had caused her death but now she stands in front of him alive and well.Dante turned around, he had tears in his eyes, as much as he was a strong guy, I could see the tears in his eyes.He tried to hide it, so no one could see the tears. He was very emotional after a long while he was seeing his best friend. He’d only felt like he had cause majorly all the pain in her life.“Come here.” She pulled him into a hug and Dante wrapped his hand around her. “I’m sorry Gwen, I so sorry. I was a bad friend, I didn’t treat you the way you expected.” Dante tried to explain himself but Gwen wanted no explanation.“It’s okay Dante, let by gone be by gone, you should have a very happy life, I’ll do same. Your happy with her and I’m happy with him.” She narrated.It was all full of hug and kisses from each membe
Lena’s POVThe moment the other men tried to shoot, Zane stormed in with heavy fires inside the house and shut them it was now the entire family and Adonis.Dad was so disappointed, but first he was sad. I saw the look on his face, his only daughter was dead and he was about to hand his properties to some imposter.I watched Adonis struggle to get up and the moment Dante saw this, he took his gun and shot him on his other leg and immediately he fell to the ground.Dante rushed him and began to throw punches at his face, you dare touch my wife. How dare you.He kept punching until Adonis was cover in blood it was a terrifying sight to behold and it the moment he was satisfied he turned to me and pulled me into a hug.I was so scared, my legs were shaking of fear and I wanted to be out of here immediately. I wanted to be away from all this mess. I was still holding Dante in a hug when I felt someone pull me, the moment I turned to the person who pulled me, a slap raised at my face.“Ca
Lena’s POVI was scared to death, Dante had made me hide under the table, it seemed like I didn’t know this man in front of me, my husband had a gun in his hand and he was shooting like he was some kind of boss. at the man who had invaded Dad’s house, they were all in a mask and had proven to be stubborn but Dante was not going to let them get away. He was shooting at them, dodging bullets like he was in some kind of blockbuster.Maybe my husband was a mafia boss because thinking of it, how the hell did he have so much contact and influence.I was suddenly pulled from my hiding spot, the hand pulling me was very strong and the scent of the person was very familiar.“Drop all weapons or i blow her up.” I tried to turn to see the person but I felt a sharp pain on my head, the person had hit me on my head.“Let her go.” Dad yelled from behind me and I tried to make him let me go but he tightened his grip on my neck and I gasped for air. “Dante.” I called as tears filled my eyes, I felt t
Dante’s POVI was meant to focus on the work I had to finish that morning but there’s always something about Lena that distracts me. I watched her carefully as she wore her earrings, then her necklace. She was in a smart jumpsuit that highlighted her figure. The warm nude suit made her skin color shine as bright as the sun. It seemed that all the stress we’ve been going s to through has already been wearing off her. She seemed to be in a good mood that morning, as she was humming to a particular song as she got ready. It felt like it would be a good day, I felt quite the opposite way. It seemed like something bad was going to happen, and no, it wasn’t the weather. The sky was bright and the sun smiled gently as well. I don’t know if it’s because I always know how it ends. I would always feel happy and accomplished, but then something would happen and ruin it all. I was used to it. All of a sudden, Lena gave me a cold glare. “Do you want us to be late, Dante?” “I-“ “I don’t want to
Lena's POVAfter the little conversational section with Zane and Dante the questions in my heart...the unanswered questions finally had their answers.The questions throbbing in my head,the questions I wasn't sure I was going to be able to bring myself to ask him was finally answered indirectly even if the two men who answered it didn't even know of the questions.I'm just glad I finally understand things properly and I have no one to blame.I was no longer troubled or filled with deep pain considering the hurt that Dante must have gone through all the while he tried to hide it. I'm just glad that finally I know what he has been hiding all this while. what has made him put on a strong facade even when he was vulnerable inside.No one knew about it.And literally no one caredMaybe that's why he wanted me to act like his ex-wife because maybe she was only one who showed him love because she was his best friend.People try to act all strong and fierce but forget that sometimes you need