Arielle knew running away was pointless, where would she possibly go without her passport and identification card but she was much too hard-headed and determined to just let them catch her and take her to the devil who was after her, she ran as much as her tired legs could carry her, not even stopping for a breath or looking back, she knew the men were still chasing after her, one of them was continuously yelling for her to stop running but she wasn't about to listen to him. "I swear, you are going to be responsible for whatever happens to you," one of the guys yelled and she heard the cracking sound of a gun, her heart leaped in fear and she really considered stopping then, for fear of being shot but then she remembered that Luciano had paid a huge sum for her and he would not kill her, she wasn't hundred percent sure but she just had to bet on that and kept running without slowing down, she dodged to a corner, and ran in the direction the men would never assume she took, it lead t
Luciano stared at his watch, it was past seven pm already, and still no sign of his men nor the bitch he had sent them to get for him, they hadn’t called back in the afternoon and he had just assumed they found her and everything was cool but it was time for the party and they were still not here with her and worse of all, he couldn’t get a hold of anyone of them, his calls were being ignored and he was slowly losing his patience, this wasn’t part of his plans for today and it wasn’t supposed to be so hard to get a hold of a single lady.He dialed Martin’s number again and checked his watch, he hated being late and for unnecessary reasons and they better have a good explanation as to why they delayed so much, not a single competent man among them, he should do away with them already, maybe he has grown too soft.“Sir?”He heard Martin’s voice and counted one to three to calm his rage but that did nothing, he was already past calming down.“Where the fuck have you been Martin? Do you e
“Time to go get the passport,”Arielle said to herself when she was sure it was dark enough and the men would probably have left, if she wasn’t mistaken, it should be way past nine or ten pm, she slowly made her way back towards her house, hoping that the universe will be on her side just this once, long enough for her to get her stuff and get the fuck out, she walked fast hike praying so hard even though she wasn’t the religious type, she was able to make it back to her house while looking back and everywhere, thankfully, just as she had hoped, no one was at the front of her house, but she still made sure to look properly before she unlocked the door to the house she thought she would never be back at, she quickly walked to her room, there was no time to waste.She went to her locker where she was sure it would be, but when she checked, it wasn’t there, not the purse or her ID, she left the locker and checked her bed lockers but again, it wasn’t there.“Where is it?”She cried as she
“What a mess,” Luciano said to himself, hissing in annoyance as he tried to forget the event that took place today, non of which were in his favor, honestly, there was a lot of things he wished to change about the whole of today, everything, nothing went according to his plans and he was just too angry right now and couldn’t keep the thoughts away, the whole party was a fail, not only did the crazy sheik snub him but the annoying man was smiling and dining with his enemies, Miko and that bastard he used to call his best friend, he couldn’t stand the whole parade of clowns and had left only an hour after he got there, you would have thought when he returns those losers that work for him would be back but nope, not a word from them until a few minutes ago when they finally found her.“Fucking psychos,” He said as he toasted his glass of wine away and walked out of his home bar, alcohol wasn’t doing it for him tonight, he walked to his office, he had other business to attend to but no
Arielle ran for the door, she couldn’t stay here, she could never stay in a place like this, with a man like Luciano, if his men could hit her and abuse her verbally then what couldn’t he do, she had asked Lydia, the lady and what she told her in the thirty minutes they were together was enough proof that Luciano was indeed a monster, a freaking nightmare and the devil himself, she needed to leave, she didn’t care if she becomes a fugitive in a different country, she just needed to be out of this house and then figure out how she will leave because, his men took her money, technically, it wasn’t hers but Luciano’s, she got them from selling the clothes but she knew the men were not going to give him the money, she wished they hadn’t taken it from her, anyway, she needed to get out of here and she was determined to, it had shocked her when she had opened the door and he was standing there, he didn’t stop her as she had thought he will, well she just hopes he changed his mind and wants
Arielle moved away from him as much as she could, it was a big room anyway, he looked scary, like a wounded lion and he was rubbing the spot she had bitten, she feared he would attack her any moment and she didn’t have anything to defend herself with.“What do you have in your mouth? Razor? How can your teeth be so sharp?”He asked. His voice was a lot calmer than he looked and even though she knew she shouldn’t be, she relaxed just a little.“You asked for it, non of this would have happened if you just let me be,”“I can’t do that, you belong to me,”He said in an even calmer voice.“I don’t,”She let out with a glare, she would never belong to him or anyone.“Well, that’s not for you to decide,”He responded, again in a calm voice, she just kept quiet, she needed to think of a way to free herself from him, maybe just maybe there was a way out of this and out of here, she was tired, and her legs hurts, her whole body hurt, that devil from earlier beat her up so bad.“You know if you
Arielle woke up the next morning feeling like hell after trying to fall asleep for half of the night, a big bed was nothing when you are a prisoner, at first she had forgotten where she was but one look at the room she was in and all the memories of what had taken place yesterday came rushing back to get, she suddenly got off the bed feeling nauseous, she ran to the big restroom and poked, she felt sick and wanted to do nothing but lay on the bed all day, but this bed but her bed at home, her home where she never felt needed or loved but it was still hers, it was better than here but she knew her life took a turn for the worse the minute those men brought her here and she might not see her home ever again, she felt weak and hopeless but she picked herself up and brushed her teeth and took a bath, she went back into the room and wore the clothes she had worn yesterday, she had managed to wash them the night before and they were already dried.She wondered what life had in stock for her
Luciano walked to his room in anger, as if what happened last night at the party wasn’t enough, he just got a call that suggested his grandfather was being buddy-buddy with not only his former best friend but the same person that was a threat to their family too.“I wonder when that old man would learn,”He said to himself as he changed out of the shirt he was wearing and walked out of his room, nothing was going as he planned, and the more days that passes he had reasons to be mad, why would his grandfather allow people he knows he hates near, walking out of his room, he made his way out of his house and got into his car. "Don't worry, I will drive myself, I don’t plan on staying there long,” He said to his driver who was already running to come to meet up with him, he didn’t wait for a response as he zoomed out of his house into the main road that lead to the beach house where his family always hangout, a place he barely goes to because he hated it there, it was stupid to hang out
Three months later. “Luciano? Get your ass in here,”Arielle yelled for her husband as another wave of intense pain hit her, she let out a loud howl as she felt the pain shoot right to her back, she tried to take slow steady breaths like she had been instructed to during the classes for the first mom that she had attended but nothing was working and the moron she married wasn’t coming out. She breathed in and out a couple of times, counting one to eight back and forth, she waited for the pain to subside before trying to call him again. “LUCIANO IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR ASS IN HERE THIS MINUTE,’’ She yelled louder this time and the door swung open in seconds to reveal the panicking face of her handsome husband who looked like he saw a ghost when he saw the way she was. “What is going on? Are you okay?”He asked. She knew she should be calm with him and not take out her pain-inflicted anger on him but he sounded so dumb and the look on his face, the sudden surge of pain that erupted in
“So? When are you going to agree to my marriage proposal?”Luciano asked, hugging her from behind. She turned and hugged him, her big tummy getting in the way, it has been five months since the whole thing ended and five straight months of pure bliss, she was currently in her sixth month of pregnancy and her tummy was almost bigger than her whole body. Earlier today at his cousin Macko’s wedding party, she had caught him watching her a lot of times but she ignored him each time. Even though she had forgiven him for what he did all those months ago, she was getting her revenge now and it was fun making him beg. “I told you that I am a hard girl,”She reminded him and even though she didn’t see his face, she knew he was sulking. The past five months have done a lot for their relationship, Luciano has been nothing but the devoting lover, always fuzzing over her and making sure she didn’t lack anything. “Pretty please accept me already, I am a poor orphan,”he pleaded. The corny man she
The days after she got away from Lily were pretty much normal for Arielle, aside from the shock she felt now and then when someone opens the door or when she woke up from sleep, she was doing okay, she stayed at home all day and barely left her room, she watched movies and played games, she was never bored. Today, she decided to spend the day in the garden, since the gardener was working, she decided to help him and also learn the names of some of the flowers and plants in the garden. That’s how she spent her morning and some part of her afternoon learning the names of flowers and their varieties and also getting mud in her clothes while she helped the gardener who seemed overwhelmed by her presence at first but slowly got used to her and they sort of became friends. She thanked him for having her after they were done and she went back inside. It was almost time for Luciano to return from work so she took her bath and decided to watch tv. Arielle turned on the TV to keep her enterta
After Luciano left the house, he did a happy little dance while his driver took him to the warehouse. He was beyond happy today, finding out he was going to be a father was the second best news he had this year, the first being when Arielle had told him she still loves him. Everything that brings him happiness was related to her and he wanted to be done with everything so that he can focus on making her happy. After what she had told him yesterday, he had Yoey make further research and even questioned Macko and they realized she was Big Sean all along and she was the one that changed the deal they had, according to Macko, he never did anything with hard drugs and only persuaded Don because he genuinely thought they were going to partner with the government of Nigeria. With everything that happened and how Macko had helped him, it was easier for him to believe his cousin, it was easier now that they are working together, no, he still thinks Macko is a loser and still made sure to remi
Arielle woke up with a startle, at first, she expected to feel the pain of being tied but there was none and when she opened her eyes, she looked around her surrounding for a moment, lost in confusion and trembling with fear, she dreamt of Luciano finding her and bringing her home, she looked around even more and realized she was no longer chained and the room she was in looked clean and she was on a bed. Realization and the memories of the previous day finally crawled into her head. She got off the bed in a haste to make sure she hadn’t dreamt it or imagined it, she opened the door and collided with a hard chest, her heart dropped in fear until she looked up and saw Luciano. “Baby? Where are you going? I didn’t know you were awake already,”He said. She hugged him and held on to him tightly. “I thought it was a dream, I thought I was still there, I was scared,”She cried into his arms which he wrapped around her. “It is not a dream, you are here with me, you, brave woman got yours
Luciano went to his car to get his phone, he had forgotten to take it with him after he dropped it off in his car earlier, maybe Lily has called already, he shouldn’t have left his phone, he opened his car and saw the phone laying on the seat, he picked it up and like he expected he had a couple of missed calls, none from Lily but five from unregistered number, thinking Lily might have changed her call line, he dialed the number as he closed the car and walked back towards the warehouse. “Hello?”He voiced when the call was taken. “He has picked but she is asleep so what do we do?”He heard a woman’s voice in the background but it wasn’t Lily’s voice nor was it a voice he had heard before plus she sounded older. “Hello? Who is this?”he asked as he heard another voice, this time a male. “Hello, she was trying to reach you earlier with my phone but you were not taking your calls, she is sleeping right now, she looks so tired that I can’t bring myself to wake her up.”The voice echo
“Your husband is a fucking asshole! I hate him so much,”Lily yelled out after dropping the call with Luciano, whatever he told her was clearly not what she had wanted to hear and she looked so pissed right now. Arielle was genuinely scared of what she might do to her now, she watched as the older woman paced around and swearing loudly, Arielle prayed silently that she will not take out her anger on her, she couldn’t bear any more pain, she was so scared for her baby, she felt even more sorry for not being able to tell Luciano they were going to have a baby, if only Lily would let her go already, she missed home so much, missed Luciano so fucking much. “Your husband is playing games with me and he thinks he will win this, fucker thinks he can play my game and beat me at it, I will show him that I have been playing this game since forever.” Lily let out. This was the first time she was showing her face after the fight they had and unlike the last time, Lily didn’t get close to her ev
Luciano sat in his office feeling like hell, he hasn’t gone home for the past three days and nothing he has done felt right for him, he couldn’t give up what was remaining of the Siegel name to a mad woman, she was asking for the impossible. Both Yoey and Macko has been with him on those days even though they both went home to refresh themselves, he on the other hand couldn’t leave, they tried without succeeding to get her location through Lily’s phone location but the woman was much too smart and that couldn’t be found, even the car search came to a dead end when they found out that the car’s original owner did not have any idea who the person that took his car was and it was stolen. The police were not made aware neither did he file for a missing person report, he didn’t want those fuckers messing things up when he knew who got his wife. He just needed to figure out where she was at and find her but that was proving to be so hard. “I don’t know what I am going to do, I am so tired
Arielle woke up for the third time and tried to shake the sleep off her eyes, everywhere seems dark and she could barely keep her eyes open, she tried to get up but she couldn’t, her body ached too like someone had beaten her up, she struggled to open her eyes and when she finally did, she realized she was laying in an unkempt room, the bed which she laid looked like it was moved to the room recently, there was nothing else in the room except the bed and a table, she couldn’t make out what was on top of the table, she got up and sat on the bed looking around her. Her back ached so much. She tried to remember what happened and burst into tears when everything that happened came rushing to her. It was all her fault for leaving the house, she should have stayed put and talked to Luciano, he would have taken her to the hospital and they would have been home together cuddled up but here she was being held in an unknown location, she knew who it was that got her even though she has not yet