Annie's povThe waiter came in with our food which smells good."Annie" my name sounds so sweet from his mouth." will you like to date me if I am not engaged?"I was surprised at first but I masked it with a smile." yes, if you promise to be faithful" but unfortunately, we can't date each other, you are my boss and you are engaged." He took both my hands in his,"Annie I promise I will change for you seek" " Are you sure Mr Dicosta?" call me Leonardo when we are alone" ok" Are you not engaged? why do you want to date me? "I am engaged to the most beautiful girl, she has been my light at my darkest" when I almost lost my life to death, the thought of her brought me back to life. That is how much I care and cherish my fiance, I might be a playboy but there is only one woman for me and that woman is you". Leonardo, you are confusing me, you have a fiance you cherish but you claim I am the woman for you, "you are the only woman for me Annie and you are my fiance" How? The fiance am talking
ANNIE'S POVAfter taking my shower, I went downstairs and I was shocked Leonardo was still there, he told me he was waiting for me. he kissed me on my lips which nearly broke another fight between my brother and him. escorted him to his care before returning to my brother's room. I intend to sleep in his room till Vicento gets back from his trip.LEONARDO POVI can't believe someone dared to come after me in broad daylight. I left Andriano's mansion to one of my mansions outskirts of the city, where most of my men are and where I keep my hostages. I kept one of the men alive to interrogate him. My men were on guard, Jerome is one of my trusted men, he was standing at the entrance of the dungeon when I got there, Jerome were you able to get anything from him? "No, Don the man has refused to talk" he replied I walked to the cold dark room that smelled of urine and blood, I didn't care about the smells at all, I switched the light of the darkroom on and there sat a lean man tied to a chai
ANNIE'S POV One month has passed since I started working as the P. A to the CEO of the Dicosta corporations. My relationship with Leonardo has also progressed a lot this past week and we were still pretending to be strangers at work but lovers at home. I do spend some of the nights at his mansion. I have a room in his mansion since I have refused to sleep In his room as part of his punishment, I want to be sure he has changed before we take the next step in our relationship. For the past weeks, I've not seen or heard anything about Isabella so I guess he is serious about the change he spoke to me about. Surprisingly Leonardo has a room in our mansion so he came around anytime and he spends some of the nights at our place. He is also my bodyguard and my driver, he drives me to work and drives me home every day. My brother Luca has been busy with work so I hardly see him at home. This is your coffee sir, I placed my boss's early morning coffee on his table, but he was on the phone and
ANNIE'S POV I informed Mike and he followed me but he was a bit far from me, I went to the washroom to take care of my business when I was returning, I did not walk in the same direction I came but Mike didn't say anything so I continued, he was still following me meaning am not lost so I didn't panic. I passed by a room that was ajar and I was able to see the person sitting in the room, the room looks like an office but what is he doing, I walked into the room with anger but I made sure my emotions are not seen on my face. Leonard was sitting while a girl I'd never met before is busy eating his face. I thought he said I am the only woman he has ever klissed and the only woman, he will ever kiss. It is all a lie, it hurt soo much to be lied to and disrespected in this manner. I stood there and watch them till they realised the presence of another person in the room. Leonardo bastard Dicosta can never change, I was a fool to believe his lies. I pretended not to be affected. I was pa
LEONARDO'S POV For the past three days, the news keep receiving is not encouraging, Am I becoming an easy target for everyone to mess with? I decided to stay away from Annie for some time but I can't explain to her that there has been another threat to her life. The pressure from the mafia and the business is affecting me. All of a sudden everything about Annie is begging to upset me, it seems my life is simply about Annie, All my life, all I have done is to prove myself to the two old men and the two families that I deserve her yet, I am failing miserably. I want to make life easy for her yet she can't even satisfy me as my woman what is the need of having a fiance if I can't sleep with her? I can't stay a day without sex if I am not on a mission. I left the office without even informing her, I no longer care about her feelings. I left for the airport to pick up Bella, she is a nice girl I've considered a family but we use to have sex a lot, we are friends with benefits, and having
LEONARDO'S POV Today is Monday and I don't know how I am going to handle the situation between Annie and me, I walk downstairs and I could hear Bella issuing commands rudely to my domestic workers. "Leonardo, a simple task I gave this lazy maid here, she couldn't do it properly. You should fire her I don't want her here" I pretended I didn't hear that" Leonardo did you hear what I said, "meanwhile all the maids are standing before her with their heads down. What are they doing here? I asked her, I asked them to stand there while I eat, in case I need their help, I don't need to call them. Everyone go back to work. After they left, I turned my attention back to her, Bella, what gave you the right to treat my workers as slaves in my house? You are a visitor here and you are now behaving as if you are the boss lady of the house. With tears in her eyes, she said. I am sorry and I know I am a visitor here but I thought this household needs a woman around to put things in place, I was tryi
Annie's povIt has been one month since Bella left and things are going on smoothly between Leonardo and I. we have a business trip to attend in Italy and we have some family events to attend. I will be meeting my parents for the first time after 17 years of leaving me with my Dad's sister, who decided to be my Guardian. I am waiting for Leonardo to pick me to the airport. Leonardo dressed in casual wear entered my room without knocking, he look so handsome and I wonder how it will feel when I am under him, gosh I want to feel his strong muscles against my soft body so badly. "Do you like what you see?" he asked with a smirk, I can't believe it is obvious I am checking him out, I smiled shyly and looked down. it is embarrassing getting caught in the act, he got closer to me, held my chin up and kissed me hungrily, ooh no I am already wet. I took advantage of the situation to feel his chest. I love every part of his body, I am beginning to feel some sweet sensation between my legs. h
ANNIE'S POV "Annie tell me, how is that boy treating you, don't lie to me," my mum said, he a treating me well so far. That is a lie, Annie," I did not give birth to a weak child, I am your mother and I know what is going on. Tell me the truth."Mum he has been sleeping around but he has promised to change, he has changed these past weeks. "your father and I have decided to push your wedding forward to six month time, if you think he can't make you happy, you are always welcome home. We will support you in everything. I made a deal with your father when you were young, I did not support your engagement with Leonardo even though he is a good kid, I only want your happiness. I agreed to it, in exchange for your freedom till college, we made a deal not to contact you, till you return to us. We are sorry my dear. We did that for your safety. you can't easily break your engagement with Leonardo but there is always a way out." I always want your happiness and if he is not treating you w
Annie's PovI've been having morning sickness for the past two weeks and my wedding is a week away, it got me worried.Leonardo is beginning to suspect my strange behaviour of late, he even asked me to visit the hospital with him but I refused.I've been a little stressed out because of the wedding preparation even though my mum is the one taking care of most of the things. I can't wait for the wedding to be over.My dad decided to host the wedding on an island I don't know of, According to my mum, he bought that island for me when I was little. the girls and I got to the island ahead of time to get familiar with and enjoy the serenity before the wedding day, the island is very beautiful with about only seven beautiful buildings, we lodged in one of the buildings, and we are going to spend time together as women no interaction from the men. since I don't have many friends, my brother's girlfriends are my bridesmaids. Aurora, Damien's fiance, Cecelia Luca's girlfriend Rachel, a beautif
Annie's pot "Son are you sure about the girl?" my dad asked Luca. "Yes Dad" he answered. "You have my blessing son but we have a bigger problem, You can't be with her till Alexander is out of the picture""I know that Dad." I am a happy woman, now all my boys have women beside them, so they can't go about sleeping in anything and everything in a skirt. Everyone laughed at my mum's comment. After the last meeting with the family, we went about our various work to mislead our enemy, we want them to believe that we want them to strike first. I am currently checking my weapons I will need to fight our enemies, Aunt Maria, my mum and I are the snipers, we have already secured the place. We are in hiding while spying on the enemy, our job is the clear the path for our men and also watch their backs. Everyone is involved this time around, our lives depend on the outcome of today's fight. My uncle and his medical are on standby somewhere close while Devine, my dad and Mr. Dicosta are in
Leonardo's pov I told the family about what Gia did at the party and my suspicions that she has something to do with Alexander. "Marco, I told you to deal with these people once and for all but you refused, have you seen how wicked they are?" Mrs Andriano angrily said to her husband. "Tell the men to take her to the interrogation room, I will deal with her." Aunt Maria said No, Damien will do that, I told her. "Son it seems you have serious trust in Damien," my dad said. Yes, Dad I do, I want him to finish what he started. "We are all going to watch that bitch then," Annie said. After fifteen minutes, Mike called and informed me that everything is set. We walked to the dark room, no one and she started shouting, "Who is there?" "Help me please" "No one is going to help you, save that energy for later, he switched the torch that he was holding on and pointed it at her face, Are you ready to talk?" He asked her. "What do you want to know?""Who are you working for?" he asked
Leonardo's pov "Are you ok"I poured whisky for him and some for myself"Luca drank the whisky at once and lowered his head as if he is ashamed of whatever is about to tell me, I waited patiently for him to open up to me. "I am in love with someone I am not supposed to love bro, she is beautiful yet innocent, I am not supposed to even look her way but here I am seriously in love. ""I can't let her go yet I can't break the trust of the family, I am confused, I don't know what to do."Who is she? I asked him. "Aria"Who is Aria? I asked him again The sister of Nicolai the one who was rapped at the age of 16 by that monster Alexander. I am a little lost, I don't understand what is going on. "Nicolai sent a message some time back to rescue his family before anything happens. yes I remember "I took his family to Mexico, and I felt something for his sister the moment I saw her, I felt sorry for what happened to her so I took her number and I decided to make sure she overcome the fe
Leonardo's povWe called our men and they told us things were not looking so good since the information came late, I called Devine to help us out, and he will be able to tell us where the enemies are hiding. When we got there, it was a blood bath, They did not get to the mansion because our men met them on the way and those who sneaked into the mansion died before getting inside.I could see most of our men on the floor dead while others wounded.I saw Damien walking towards one of our enemies who was not looking in our direction but was about to shoot one of our men, he shot him effortlessly, took the man's gun and put on the man's shirt that he had on.The moment they saw me and my men they started shooting at us but Damien pretended to be one of them and started shooting them. I shot anyone that came into view, I was shooting at our enemies but I was worried as well for Damien but surprisingly the Russians still didn't notice that he was an enemy, we overpowered our enemies within 3
LEONARDO'S POV I can see the expression on the face of Damien and I know he is against the idea. "I can't force my some to marry someone against his will but if he likes her then I will support them.""I have a girlfriend I intend to marry one day," Damien said to them "But son you never told me you have a girlfriend?" "Sorry Mum but I just met her." "Damien, don't worry, you will like her", Mr Gallo said to say to Damien. "There she. Comes." a gorgeous young lady walked towards us, she look a little familiar but I didn't think much about it. "come here Aurora, the girl look pure and innocent, she walked towards us and the more she gets closer the more I recognize her, Mr Gallo junior introduced us one by one when it reached Damien, he said this is Damien your aunt here's son.""Mum, meet my girlfriend" Aunt Maria looked confused while the two old Gallos giggled. "This is the same girl I spoke to you a few minutes ago""nice to meet you, young lady," Aunt Maria said and pulled
LEONARDO POV Life has been up and down lately, my love life is calmer than before but our lives are always at risk, our enemies are looking for the right opportunity to attack us and we don't want to take chances, after the last incident, the Russia mafia tried to attack our companies, the hacked into our system and stole the blueprint of our new project we are jet to commenced, they've tried many times to hack into the company's system and do more harm but they don't know that my brother Devin is a famous computer wizard that do not show his face to the world. He is well-known in the business and IT world, and it is difficult for companies to get hold of him to do business with him. He has never shown his face to any of his clients, he once told me that the work he is doing is more dangerous and his life is more at risk than a mafia leader's. Devin is the wired one in our family and he is very calculating, he is an outgoing person but he hates to walk in public with the family, he
VINCENT'S POV I was on my way to the mansion when I received a message from Leonardo that Lena is back, I was afraid and happy at the same time when I reached the room, the scene before me was hilarious, everyone was trying to hold their laughter in, everyone was scared to offend her, they do not want to be her next victim. I've heard when women are pregnant their hormones control their emotions in different ways but this one is funny. It is funny how she is attacking everyone because of me, my mum could not hold it in and she started laughing loudly when she turned her attention to Luca. "go, girl, give it to them," Luca said to her, trying to encourage her and she turned the table around. How are you different from your brothers Luca? How different are you when apart from work all you think about is to getting a new girl and sleeping with her? "In one or more years to come, your wife will be facing the problem am facing now. She then turned to Damien, who was trying so hard
LENA'S POV Sitting in my garden admiring my painting, it is a beautiful piece of work I have invested soo much time working on. It has been six months since I decided to stay in this beautiful house without Vincento, Mr Andriano has been of great help to me, when I told him, I needed a break, he asked me if am sure and that's what I need. If I wasn't pregnant I would have stayed back and fought for our relationship but in this case, my child comes first and I don't want to be in a toxic environment with my pregnancy, so I asked Mr Adriano to help me rest a house in Milan, where vicento or any other person can locate me, he asked me to think about it but I told him there is no need because even after the birthday party incidence, vincento was still having frequent contact with the lady, I saw his call log and chats with the lady. All I wanted is to get away and when I am ready, I will come back and face them. I just wanted an environment for myself to discover myself. have three w