ANNIE'S POV My mum can be very dramatic and funny, she doesn't want to prove to me that she was worried so she decided to put everything on my dad. Mum and Dad, I am fine, you better get used to it because this is the beginning. "From today, when you are going on a mission, I will go with you"What are you saying, Dad? "Any mission you embark on, I will be part of the team"Do you go on a mission with my brothers? "Why should I go with them"So why do you want to go with me? "You are my Princess, your brothers can protect themselves"You mean I can't protect myself "Princess that's not what I mean, I can't bare the pain of losing you or seeing you hurt"I held his hand and hugged him, Trust me, Dad, I will try not to get hurt. I have never seen my dad soo vulnerable like a little boy whose mum has left him. I don't want to think about what will happen to him when I get hurt. "Hello family, Luca walked in." Annie what has come over you and your man, he has destroyed 4 bases o
ANNIE'S POV We went through the room to a big hall full of well-built men, my other men assured me they were able to enter the house successfully through the device attached to my earring. I have a tracking device on me as well, I didn't want my dad to die untimely so I have the device on me and he is monitoring my movement at home I also have a device on me that I will press anytime I am in danger and our men in that location will come to my rescue. Our men are all over the world. Some are into politics, business, military and other fields the instant I press the emergency bottom of a tiny device attached to my belt every member around this location will rush to where I am, I came with only five men but I know we can take these men down. We hide behind the door while we count the men silently. "What did you say" The Devil's wife says I should inform you that she will visit you soon., that's what I heard from my hideout. hahaha, who does that bitch think she is, one man said. But t
LEONARDO'S POV Before I left for Italy, I had information about some of our enemies who are growing balls. I wanted to solve that question when I get back, going to Italy broke me apart but also woke something in me. I may have lost the love of my life temporarily but that does not mean I've lost her forever. It had been three days when I got back to California and I'd been staying in the penthouse in my office building, I can't go home and I can't go to the office. It reminds me of Annie, my Assistant and Mike has been taking care of the meetings. I am working from the penthouse, my employees do not know am back. I also don't want to see anyone since I still have bruises on my face. My men are keeping an eye on Annie and I can say proudly that this girl is stronger than I am. I made her go through pain but she did not allow the pain to pull her down, she is rather moving stronger and stronger, I am proud of her. Her actions inspired me to work no matter the situation, vicento and my
Leonardo's povI asked the new boss not to engage himself in anything I will not like. "I will send one of our men to come over and train you and also teach everyone our ways of doing things"one will ask why the "Shadow " spared the life of these men, they did nothing to me and they did not attack me but recognized me as their boss. I am not Merciless as they paint me to be, I would have destroyed the life of that young boy.I called Mike and gave him instructions on what to do, I also called four of my men to pay a visit to the camp I just left and train them. An hour later reached the mansion of one of the underbosses who attended the meeting, I know by now he is aware of what happened to his friend. I got to his gate and the men at the gate were stupid enough to point a gun at me, immediately, I saw red within a minute about 9 men were on the floor. I walked through the main entrance and I shot every man that attempted to shoot me. The man might be stupid enough to think that hi
VICENTO'S POV While everyone is going on with their business, I am busy fighting my demons. I have no one to talk to about my situation, am scared the person will judge me or make the matter worse for me. For the past nine months, I've been restless, I hardly sleep and I can tell I am not well things are not ok with me. Yesterday I was with my family doctor, I explained the symptoms to him but he talked me I am not sick and I will be fine. I don't know whom to talk to, Leonardo who is supposed to be my best friend is hopeless as I am, he is more confused in life than I am right now. He has soo many things going on with him and I feel pity for him. He is having problems in the mafia, he has a big company to manage and the last problem is my sister who has run away with the heart of Leonardo Dicosta. He has become heartless to the extent that am scared we may not have the old version of Leonardo again. He hardly speaks, hardly laugh and he has become more cruel. Since my sister left
VICENTO'S POV Miss Thompson, come over to my office, I called Lena through the intercom. She entered my office looking very sexy, why is she dressed sexy for the office? I hate it when men stare at her as if she is a piece of meat. Why are you dressed this way? Do you know how annoying it is to see men stare at you lustfully because you've dressed sexily? I blurted out the words. Right. I am soo angry that I didn't even think well before speaking. "She looked me straight in the eyes, Don't tell me the bad big wolf is jealous"She burst into laughter as if I was a joke and everything about me is a joke. I got up from my chair and walk slowly to where she was standing, she was too engrossed in her laughter that she did not notice me standing before her. Do I look that funny? "No, you don't but sometimes I wonder why you hate other men getting close to me, I heard you've transferred one guy from the IT department because I went on a date with him, I know you warned the deputy of th
LEONARDO'S POV Working day and night have become my normal routine, I don't know is the last time I had a good sleep, I have tried to have a good sleep but to no avail, my doctor has prescribed medicines for me in the past, the medication is always good from the beginning but after few days it stopped working. I have stopped the investigator monitoring Annie to stop following her, it has been two years since I set my eyes on her. I have not given up on her but I think she has taken it too far, I no longer want to think about her but I can't. Mr Andriano sent me a message six months ago that I can visit Italy whenever I desire, my uncle who doesn't express his emotions, sent me a text that the family misses me. He was in California last month and I had the chance to see him because he came to my office. When he came to my office we had a little chat about business and some family issues. We are still looking for the traitor in the family even though Mr Andriano has a clue but he said
Leonardo's pov"those bastards have the guts to say my sister left her child in their care"?" These people destroyed my sister's life, they took her happiness from her and she was not the same till she passed away"Mr Adriano was on the verge of crying when he stood up and went into one of the bedrooms." Boss what is going on," Eric or Damian asked Don't call me boss again, you have every right in the family just like me.You were not abandoned as you were told, in our family we look out for each other, kids are treasured in the family. it means you are the true heir of the Mexican Mafia."why am I the true heir"that position was for your father till your uncle ganged up and killed him. we will avenge the death of Aunt Maria and your dad. I know Annie will be the first to seek revenge when she hears of your story."Who is Annie"the devil's wife."I've heard Soo much about her and I admire her, I wish to meet her someday. "there is a rumour that she is your wife is it true"yes s
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