Chapter 11Alessia's POVWhen we walked inside the fancy restaurant, I knew my life was over. We walked up to a table while I just kept my head down, not ready to face the monsters from my past."Alessia?" I heard my stepfather's voice and I went stiff. I think Mr. Boss Man must have felt it because he drew me closer to him."Mr. Berlusconi, please take a seat." The boss man told my stepfather in a cold voice."I just wanted to hug her. I can't believe it's been four years." My stepfather said and I feel like vomiting."Alessia, honey, it's you.” My mother said as we sat down, and I looked up at my monsters."Yes, your long-lost daughter is back," I told them sarcastically."Thank you for reuniting us with our daughter, Mr. Gravano." My stepfather said to Bossman or, shall I say, Mr. Asshole Gravano?"My pleasure. Let's order, shall we? We have a lot to discuss," Gravano told us. The waitress comes and takes our order with her eyes on Gravano the whole time. "Yeah, he's good-looking b
Chapter 12Alessia's POVI woke up back in the room I was in when I first came here. I wonder what will happen to me now. I sighed when I heard my stomach grumble and right on cue, the door opens and Stefano walks in with a tray of food. He smiles at me and walks over."Buongiorno bella addormentata.". I raised a brow at him for calling me that."You do realize you slept late?” He said this when I looked at him weirdly."O, sorry, I didn't realize it was late." I apologize with a small smile."I brought you some pasta and orange juice." He said this before putting it on my lap."Thank you.” I took the fork and began to eat."So, what's going to happen now? Bossman knows I'm not working with the Russians." I asked with a little hope that he would let me go."I'm not sure; Johnny will talk to you later and discuss everything I assume." He said this while sitting down on the chair next to my bed.I nodded. "Can you tell me why he took me to my family last night?" I asked, hoping he would
Chapter 13Johnny's POVA couple of days have passed since the incident at the restaurant. I talked to Alessia's father and managed to get him to an agreement.Samuele and Alessia have been spending most of their time together.He even asked for a karaoke machine one time, shocking me.Their laughs had caused the rest of us to pop our heads inside the room to see what they were doing. My eyes widen when I see him dancing with her on one dirty dance song."Is Samuele dancing like Patrick Swayze?" Stefan asked with a smirk. Samuele looked at Stefano and threw him a finger."I'm enjoying my time with her, and you're breaking our concentration."I looked between the two of them and said, "I have to talk to Alessia in private." I told them and Samuele hugs her, then leaves.She raised a brow, waiting for me to go on. "I have some news for you.""Good news or bad news?""Good." She smiled brightly at me."I have made a deal with your parents; they will leave you alone, and you can go back to
Chapter 14Alessia’s POVWhen I got out of the shower and dried myself, I put on white underwear, sweatpants, and a black crop top. I walk over to my bed and think about what happened. I can't get the images out of my head. The bloodied bodies, gunshots, and gurgles of the man.The door opened and I saw Johnny enter. "Sorry for disturbing you." He said this as he closed the door behind him."I want to ask you something." He said he was looking me straight in the eyes."What do you want to know?" I asked him."Do you perhaps know a person called Dima Volkov?" I looked at him, trying to think if I heard that name before."No, I have never heard of him before; why do you ask?"He frowned, "Because when we looked you up, we came across your biological father's name." This time, I frowned. "My father?" "Yes," Johnny said, looking me in the eyes."I have never heard his name; my mother wouldn't talk about him whenever I asked about him," I explained."We'll look like your father was second
Chapter 15Alessia's POVI was busy painting when someone walked through the door. I looked up and saw Samuele."Hey, lunch is almost ready, and the girls are on their way." I heard him say. I put my paintbrush down and turned around."Thank you; I just want to wash up, then I will go down." I smile at him, but he doesn't look at me; instead, he is looking at my painting."Is that me? you're painting?" He asked with administration clearly in his voice."Yeah, I'm sorry for not asking you first," I said, looking down at my hands."No, it's not that; I didn't know you could paint this well." I looked up at him and saw him smile."Thank you. I have been painting ever since I can remember."."I love it; now let's get going before the others come and drag us down.""So who are the girls?" I asked as we walked to my room."They are the assassins of our gang; they are nice, but don't mess with them. There are three of them: Isabella, Vittoria, and Camilla." I nodded and went inside my room, q
Chapter 16Alessia's POVOnce I got out of the shower, I got into a long, strapless dark blue dress with diamond details at the bust. The dress has a long slit that goes up to my mid-thigh and some blue heels with diamond details as well. I dried my hair and left it in its wavy state. My makeup was light and simple. I just applied some mascara, eyeliner, and lip gloss.I walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs, only to be met by Johnny, Stefano, Samuele, Luca, and Ciro, all in black suits.They clean up nicely. Johnny looked up when the others stopped talking and looked at me, letting his eyes wander my body up and down. All eyes stopped at my exposed breast. I rolled my eyes."Typical men". I said it out loud, making them look into my eyes instead."Let's go." Johnny motioned and walked towards the door, with all of us following him. We walked out towards a black limousine. Stefano, Samuele, and I sit on one side, and Johnny, Luca, and Ciro sit on the other side.The driver star
Chapter 17Alessia’s POVI woke up to someone poking me on the side and saw Stefano leaning over me."Princess, it's time to start your training." He chuckled. I quickly got up, groaning. I slip into some blue sports leggings, a cut-out back blue tee, and black and white Adidas trainers. I put my hair into a high ponytail and followed Stefano to the back, where the girls were waiting for me."Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start with stretching and then do five laps around the house." Isabella smiled, drawing a groan from the rest of us. Luckily, I'm used to running, so this isn't too bad except for the fact that Johnny's house is big.We got some water after running, and Vittoria started showing me some hand-to-hand combat. "Alright, I think Alessia is ready to fight Ciro." I heard Johnny say something from behind us."Wait, what?" Camilla was shocked, just like me."She needs to be ready for whatever happens; now, Ciro and Alessia, will both of you step forward?"Ciro took of
Chapter 18Johnny's POVI was busy fighting three men who came up to me, and I realized it was a distraction to get to Alessia.I take my knife out now, pissed that these fuckers got into my house. I swiftly stabbed one of the men, letting him fall lifeless, and made my move to the next man. Within a few minutes, he drops dead."It's just you and me now, so I suggest you surrender." I was just about to attack when Ciro came from behind and beheaded him."They got Alessia.” I told him while running in the other direction."Let her go!"The man holding Alessia stopped, turned around, and saw him surrounded by my men. "There's no way you will get out of here alive if you try anything stupid."He started looking around, only to find no exit. "Give her back, and I will let you go."Ciro nods his head and I knew he was about to move in. "I'm going to ask you one last time: let go of Alessia."Before he knew what hit him, Ciro grabbed him by the neck. "Take him to the basement," I instructed
Chapter 64 Johnny's POV The church was filled with our closest friends and family. I was standing at the altar talking to Ciro. "Are you ready to make her your wife?" he asked with a grin. "I have never been more ready." My mother walked up to me, "Your bride is nervous," she whispered. "I will talk to her," I said, walking away to find my bride. I knocked on her door when Camilla opened it. "Thank God you are here she's freaking out!" She said pulling me into the room leading me to the bathroom door and I can't help laughing at how stressed the girls look all because of my wife-to-be. "Alessia baby?" I knock on the door. "Johnny? What are you doing here?" She asked frantically when she heard my voice. "I'm here to talk to you. I was told you were freaking out." "I'm afraid you will leave me once I get fat," she sniffed, and I wish I could take her in my arms and tell her that she will never get fat in my eyes. "Baby you know that will never happen I love you for you, not f
Chapter 63Alessia’s POVIt's been three weeks since I found out that I'm pregnant. Bella is the only one who knows I'm pregnant. I asked her not to tell anyone until I had told Johnny. Mason and Stefanie have already left, saying they need to take care of a few things back home. The last week, Johnny has been acting strangely; he always seems to not want to spend time with me, which is beginning to bug me. That's one of the reasons I haven't told him about the pregnancy yet. He would come to bed when I was already asleep and be gone before I woke up. Every time I text or call him, he says he is busy with some important meetings and that he will talk to me later. That's why I was surprised when he texted me this morning, telling me to go shopping with the girls and to treat myself to something beautiful to wear tonight because he wants to take me out.“Girls, I'm hungry and tired," I moaned as we went into the sixth shop for today."We will get something to eat after we finish shopping
Chapter 62Alessia’s POV"Mamma, pappa?" I said as I entered their room. We came to the house where Johnny's mother is staying, seeing that the house back in Rome needs some repair, or rather a makeover, after what happened a few weeks ago.All of us were exhausted and took a few days off. Many of our men were injured, and some are dead. The Russians withdrew from the fight after Sergei gave them the order to stop. Lorenzo lost many men, and the others ran away, seeing that they were losing against our people and the Americans.Luckily, the Americans only had people injured. Mason got his fiancé back safely, and they will be heading back to the USA in a few days. Stefanie is a down-to-earth girl; she has long black hair and blue eyes. When I saw her and Mason together, I knew that they loved each other just by the way they acted whenever they were together. She has been kidnapped for six months and tortured every day, thinking no one will rescue her after Lorenzo told her Mason thinks
Chapter 61Alessia’s POVWe stayed in the office. No one spoke, and no one moved. We waited. This is it; this is what was supposed to happen, but we didn't think it would be this soon. We didn't plan for them to attack first. My gut feeling says Carter told them about our plans. Thinking about him makes my blood boil.If I find out he sold us out, I will be the one dealing with him!I can tell Viona is scared I know I am scared shitless. What if they find us?Will Johnny be in time to rescue us? I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I turned my head around to look at Viona."We are going to be okay." She tried to comfort me, but I could hear the fear in her voice. I knew she was trying to be brave.I smiled, squeezing her hand in return. "I know your brother won't let anything happen to us."That's when we heard the gunshots. This is it. I don't know how we are going to protect ourselves against these mafia men.We were holding on to each other now. I can only imagine all the bodies lying
Chapter 60Alessia’s POVThings were going quite smoothly the next few days after the Americans arrived, and everyone was settled in their rooms. I didn't think these men would get along, but they proved me wrong, and somehow I think Bella has something to do with it.She is a tough bitch and doesn't take shit from anyone. It's amazing to think that they are actually gang members, but once you are in their company, you can tell they are nice people. I never thought that I would get attached to them, but life has shown me that I can't judge a book by its cover. I never thought that people like them would be the ones who saved me from my so-called parents. Speaking of parents, I can't wait to see mine after all these years. Just thinking about them brings tears to my eyes. Who would have thought that my life would change this much?I haven't seen Johnny all day. He and the rest were busy in the office going over the plan that's going to end Lorenzo, Sergei, and his father in a few days.
Chapter 59Johnny’s POVI pressed my lips to Alessia's. Her lips were so sweet and addictive that I never wanted to stop kissing her. I poured all of my feelings into the kiss. I want her to know how much I love her. Gasping for breath, we separate from each other. I looked at her, smiling like I had just won the jackpot, and she was smiling at me, watching me. I wonder what she's thinking about.The thought of her always has me smiling. I can't believe that I'm head over heels in love with this amazing woman. I won't show it to others because my enemies will know she's my weakness, and I won't let them hurt her to get to me.I know that I used to be a player, but ever since I met Alessia, I couldn't hook up with someone else because Alessia was always on my mind and I wasn't able to focus on anything or anyone. She consumes my mind every second of the day.I can't believe that I opened up like that in front of Bella; it's something I would have never done, and I knew I had shocked Bel
Chapter 58Alessia’s POVIn all honesty, I had forgotten about Cindy. When Johnny and I walked downstairs, she was standing there staring at us, or more like glaring at me, and I knew she wanted me dead.Why does he have crazy friends like her? I ask myself as we walk to the kitchen."I don't think your friend likes me," I whispered to Johnny as I watched her.He kissed me and said, "Don't worry, I will talk to her."Cindy kept on staring at me as we passed her walking to the kitchen, making me feel uncomfortable, and something tells me this is just the beginning.Look, the lovebirds decided to finally leave the room," Luca said, smirking at Johnny, and then he winked at me. "Who would have thought that Johnny would ever be whipped by a girl?" Stefano also commented, and the rest nodded in agreement."I'm not whipped, you fucking idiot", Johnny said, glaring at them."His whipped dude," Luca continued, making fun of Johnny.“Oh, look who's talking; if I'm not mistaken, the two of you
Chapter 57Alessia’s POV"First we have to get information from someone in the inside. Anyone will do anything for money; if I need to pay a billion for information, then so be it. We won't be going into their house; instead, we are going to make them come out. We are going to use Alessia to draw them out, and when they are close enough, I'm going to blow them up. The others will come out, and I want snipers to take them out. Lorenzo and Sergei will probably be inside, trying to take Alessia's parents and my sister away. I want you to take every man out, then we will go in with the big guns," Johnny smirked, and I wonder what he's talking about."We need bombs, and a lot of them. Once we have information about the layout of the house, I want four teams to go inside while the other teams are distracting their men. This is going to be dangerous, but we have the Americans on our team." Johnny explained his plan to us."Lorenzo is a coward; he won't come to fight, but he will use his ho
Chapter 56Johnny’s POV"Is that your way of saying yes?" I asked her, hugging her back. I feel her nod in my neck."Yes," she said, and I feel my heart missing a beat. I can't believe she's mine. I have to admit, I was scared she would turn me down after what I did to her. Yes, I was stupid for acting the way I did, and it took some stupid prick to make me realize that I could lose her.I thought that if I continued this, she would get hurt if one of my enemies knew she was my weakness, but when I saw that prick looking at her with lust, it made my blood boil. I'm glad that I told her how I feel about her. Now she's mine, and the man who dares to touch her or even look at her will get his eyes or hands cut out. "We should get going," I said, and she nodded once again, not letting go of me. I smiled, knowing that she's probably as red as a tomato."Johnny?" She called out, lifting her head to look at me. I hummed in response."Promise me that you will never leave me, and if somethin