"Now you listen. You are mine. Your whole existence is mine. You live for me. Breathe for me. Exist for me. If I tell you to do something. You do it. No questions asked. If I tell you to jump off a building, I want no hesitation from you. I am the master and you are my slave. Do you get me?" Isabella Russo lost her parents to a car crash when she was just eight years old, she moves to Italy to live with her father's sister. 10 years later, she finds out that she was given off to the Perez Mafia family as collateral. What will happen when Capo Domenico Perez comes to take what's his? In a bid to make him fall for her, will she succeed? Or would she find herself falling for the dangerous capo with no one to catch her.
Lihat lebih banyak"Disneyland!!" I shriek excitedly, bouncing up and down in the car seat.
Finally we would be going to see Disneyland, after I had begged daddy and promised to be good."Be still you, let me put your seatbelt on" Mom holds me in place before she buckles my seatbelt."There, all set" she ruffles my hair. I swat her hand away pouting."Mom" I whine trying to fix my hair. She does this all the time ."What?" She laughs as I glare at her"What will all the princesses think if my hair isn't pretty" I huff, folding my hands across my chest."Now who cares what the other princesses think" Daddy gets into the driver's seat, turning to look at me."You're my princess" I smile at his words showing my missing tooth."That means you're a king, and Mom is a queen""Of course" Daddy nods and mom gets into the passenger seat."Ready?" She asks."Ah ah, seatbelt ma'am" I wag my finger, giving her a stern look."Ooh, I'm sorry" Smiling she buckles her seatbelt and we drive out of our mansionDaddy is a king and I'm a princess, so that's why those men in black are always following us.Protect the royal family!!"Disneyland! Disneyland!! Disneyland!!!" I chant excitedly. My chanting turns to screams as our car collides with something else turning over continuously."Mommy!" I scream as glass shatters around me.Someone is screaming, or is that me? The car rolls continuously for some time. Everywhere hurts.The car stops and everything is blurry.Mommy and Daddy isn't moving , I look at them one last time before everything goes black.A chalk piece fell on my desk, snapping me out of my daydream. I look up at the teacher to find her glaring at me and the whole class too were staring at me, snickering."Miss Russo, what did I explain now?"My eyes flickered to the board and back to her face."Uh…" I had to get myself distracted in her class, she won't let me off."Next time you get distracted in my class, you'd be going to the principal's office"Of course. It's no secret she doesn't like me."Why can't you be more like your cousin?" I look at my cousin and she gives me a look that said "I'm better than you are". Everyone thinks she's the better Russo. The prettier one. The smartest. The coolest. But I know that's not true."But ma'am my grades are better than hers" I say not taking my eyes off her, her face falls and she glares at me. Oh, if looks could kill I would be six feet under.The laughter get louder and the teacher gives them a sharp look making them quiet."She is more behaved than you are, smarter, and simply better" She said with venom. Is it okay for teachers to talk to students this way? No.I look at Alessia, my said cousin and she flips her hair, giving her 'perfect' smile.I'm about to reply when our teacher speaks again"One more word. One more word from you, and You'd be following me to the principal's office"I clamp my mouth shut focusing on the board.The bell rings signally at the end of the class. Finally lunch, I gladly pack my stuff ready to run out of class. I hear Alessia say my name, probably to gloat in my face again 'Oh my daddy is rich' 'Oh daddy loves me more' 'Oh my daddy is still alive' Yes she has said that to me before. I ignore her calls dashing out of the classroom.I bump into someone dropping my books on the floor. Classic."Sorry" I say bending to pick up my books, he does the same, causing us both to hit each other."Ow," I rub my forehead. Typical romance novel scene, but ew.I finally look up at the culprit, and when I say look up, I mean look up cause my 5'5 self can't see much from down here."Hey Isa" Leo smiles down at me, almost blinding me with his white teeth. I wonder what he uses."Oh hey Leo" He bends to pick up my books and I let him, arranging them he hands them back to me."Where are you going?""Cafeteria" I say walking and he follows me. Yay.Was being sarcastic by the way."Wanna have lunch to…"Please don't complete that. I need a miracle to get me away from here. God? Help!!"Isa" Andrea yells from behind. Thank goodness And here comes the best friend. Sighing in relief, I stop walking turning. Why's she running though?When she gets to us she leans against the wall panting."And one would think you ran a marathon" I roll my eyes at her."Running through the crowded halls, dodging girls like ping-pong balls just to get to Isa on time" she sang and I laugh at her version of the loud house theme song."Excuse me Ken doll, can I borrow my best friend for a minute? Thank you. Bye" Not even waiting for his response she drags me with her, pulling me to the cafeteria.When we get to our spot, she pushes me down on the bench sitting across from me."What?" I ask."What's going on between you and Ken-doll?" She squints her eyes at me."Nothing" I laugh. Me and Leo? That's absurd."Good. Because Barbie will tear your face out if she sees you close to him" She warns."Why do you even call them that?"Still don't know why she calls my cousin and Leo Barbie and Ken doll."Because they 'rule' this school. They are like Mr and miss popular" She rolls her eye"Oh look, she's even glaring at you right now" Andrea is looking behind us glaring at whoever.I look at the table she pointed at, and there she was, Miss Barbie and her entourage glaring at me. I shake my head turning away"How long do you think that look has been on her face?" Andrea whispers still looking behind us.I shrug not caring."Why are we in the cafeteria if you won't let me buy anything?" I'm starving."Barbie's coming" She ignores my complaint getting ready for the cat fight that may start.I hear her heels clinking against the tiled floor before she stands next to me. I ignore her, keeping my eyes on Andrea."Isa"When I don't respond, Andrea laughs but covers it with a cough"Isa" Alessia calls again."Yes Alessia" I turn to her with a sweet smile. A fake one. I have to put up with her at home and in school."Why were you with Leo?" She folds her arms across her chest giving me one of her 'talk, I'm listening' look. Her entourage mirroring her movements ."Relax, I'm not interested in your Leo" I raise my hands in mock surrender"I don't trust you" She states the obvious."Insecure much?" Andrea coughs, making Alessia glare at her."Stay away from him, he won't ever be interested in you. He is mine" She warns me."Then why are you worried?" Andrea asks her.Huffing, she turns away, flipping her hair in the process.I watch as they walk away, shoes once again clinking.The rest of the day goes by fast and school ends soon after. I'm walking home with Andrea and Alessia drives past us in her Mercedes, honking loudly."Stupid""That's not nice" I laugh at Andrea's insult."But she is" Andrea defends herself.Yeah. She is."Isa, don't look but. There's a car following behind us" Andrea whispers.Huh?"What? Where?" I turn around sharply trying to locate the car."I said don't look" she whispers harshly.I see the car a few meters away from us. It was obvious they were following us.I turn away, my heart beating fast."Should we call the police?""I don't think they would do anything though. They've been following us since we left the school gates" She shrugs like she wasn't bothered"What???!!" I screamed."Shuussshhh, don't yell""Don't shush me. We are being stalked, and you didn't tell me sooner?" what is wrong with this girl?"Cause I didn't want you to overreact, and I was right. You are overreacting" She shoots me a look.This is one of the moments I feel like killing my best friend.But what if it is him?We turn a corner, walking down a bit before we turn and wait.A few moments later and the car drives past slowly. The passenger window was rolled down and I saw him. I hold a breath when he winks at us before rolling the window back up and speeding away."Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh" Andrea squeals excitedly. I let out the breath I was holding, watching the car drive away."Daddy so hotttttt" she fans herself with her hand."He's like what? 30?" I stare at the car till it goes out of sight."So?" She raises her brow."I like them older" Her eyes are dreamy and she's probably fantasizing about getting married to him and having about twelve babies."And don't act like I didn't see you blushing back there" Pointing her finger at me she squints at me.I roll my eyes. With nothing to defend myself with, I only say 'Whatever'."No matter how 'hot' he is. He's a stalker and that's a red flag" I point out as we keep walkingShe thinks about it for a while before she agrees."But that wink though, that was hot!!" She sighs staring off into space. I flick her forehead."Ow" rubbing the spot she glares at me."He's a red flag and what if he's in a gang or something"She stops staring blankly at me.Okay, I sound stupid right now."Gang? Really?""The mafia?"You're hiding something from me, ain't you?"Busted."Speak" She places her hand on her waist, tapping her foot on the floor."I've kinda seen him before" my voice is barely audible. But of course, she heard me."What? Where?""Uh…""Speak up," she says impatiently.She's so impatient."I've been seeing him since I was 15"Silence. More silence. Then"HE'S BEEN STALKING YOU SINCE YOU WERE FIFTEEN??!!!!" She screams."Sssshhhhhh""Don't shush me, I'm calling the police" She dials the number, waiting for someone to pick up."No!" I snatch her phone disconnecting the call.She stares in disbelief."No police. He hasn't done anything""Yet" she reminds me."It's getting late, see you tomorrow" I hug her"Call me if anything happens. I'd save you" I laugh, but I nod.Walking home in silence.I open the door announcing my presence"I'm home!!""Welcome back" a very masculine voice greeted back.What?My eyes go to him, and my heart starts beating fast. He's sitting on our chair with his legs crossed, men in black around himWhat is he doing here?*Warning. This chapter contains a little bit of smut.**Isabella Russo's POV*I was walking down to class when someone yelled my name from behind."Hey Bella! Wait." Pretending like I didn't hear the person, I increased my pace, hoping to avoid whoever didn't want to leave me alone."Bella. Stop" He placed his hands on my shoulder and unfortunately I couldn't fake being deaf or unable to feel his hands on me so I stopped and turned."Hey Charlie. What's up" I say with fake euthusiasm. Charlie is one of my classmates, who apparently likes me since first year. But I've been avoiding him my whole time since then because why not?Everyone expected us to date because apparently the 'queen' and 'king' has to be together. But no thanks. Don't even know why they tagged me as that."What do you want Charlie?" I ask again when I notice he has been staring at me without saying anything. My cheek hurting because of the fake smile I had on for too long. He shakes his head snapping out of whatever
I stared at the car which stopped a few distance away from my house, it stayed there for a while, before it drove off once again.It's been a few weeks since I started seeing that car around me, at first I thought it was a coincidence, maybe a student with a car staying around. But it has been showing up everywhere and anywhere I go. Maybe it was Andrei asking someone to keep an eye on me, but for some reason I wasn't bothered and wasn't about to panic.I opened the door, walking into my house and shutting it behind me, making sure it was locked.It's been two years since I left Italy, two years without Nico and two years since I started all over in a place no one knew me.Andrea decided to go to fashion school at the last minute so we were separated, not that I minded.It was nice to be in a place without anyone staring at you with pity at every minute, waiting for you to break down so they could wrap their arms around you and tell you everything was going to be alright.It was sicke
*Isabella Russo's POV*Prom day went by fast, which I obviously missed and finally it was graduation day, the day everyone has been waiting for to come. Everyone except me of course, I just wanted to be over and done with all these. I sat on my own waiting for Andrea to arrive. She was the only one I could lean on today.I was wearing my graduation gown over a plain shirt and baggy jeans.Andrea talked about it all she could, but I didn't care that it was "D graduation", I want it done.l s I could start a new beginning.I didn't bother telling Andrei it was today because he would be busy and things like this didn't interest him, I don't want to bother him. But it didn't matter along as I was finally leaving this place. "Why are you looking so lost? You should be happy that finally we are leaving this school" Andrea said, sitting beside me and snapping me out of my daze. She held m e tightly, gluing her sweaty body to mine and I wondered what she did to be that sweaty."You do know tha
Isabella Russo's POVThings were becoming a bit better and Andrea always stayed with me and made me forget the pains I suffered earlier. School was going well and my finals were coming up soon. The days of my high school was coming to an end. And I could remember vividly when Nico promised to attend my graduation. What a jerk, I had come to accept his death and live a free life but doubted loving again."Bella, can I see you for sec," the principal requested as I was crossing the hallway with Andrea. "Thank you for your audience, I was wondering if you would like to be the valedictorian of the year. It's like I'm imposing it on you. But you have the highest grades so far and I don't know if..." She starts, staring at me and hoping I would accept. S"I will take it, the speech, I will say it. After all I earned it for myself. It would also be a great start for me in college," I smiled easing her tension. Everyone in school knew about my tragic story. They were avoiding me mostly and
Isabella Russo's POVThe funeral took place at the Perez's burial ground. As usual, everyone wore black and stood in line waiting for me to place the last flower on his coffin and say my final wordsNot that I was ready to say my final words to him, I wasn't ready to let him go.I was not allowed to cry because it would be a sign of a bad omen. In the mafia, Don's were to be respected till the very end. Crying would only mean that he was weak and didn't live a good life. I held my tears back and stood in front of Nico's coffin. Inside, his face was covered I couldn't even see his face for the last time. This was the part where I hated the mafia tradition. I couldn't see his face as I said my goodbye. And Andrei safi wasn't even allowed to say my farewell here to me. The mafia rules are against such. I really felt pathetic doing this, my tears were pending and the mourning crowd was waiting for my words."You have to speak Bella, the time is ticking," Andrei stepped to my side prompti
Isabella Russo's POVI froze in shock when Andrei dropped the bomb on me. "He lost a lot of blood and before we could save him...""You are lying to me. That's an on obvious lie Andrei. Please tell me you are joking. It's impossible, Nico can't leave me here alone," I held his shirt tight hoping that he would tell me that it was all a joke. But he didn't, instead he held me in his arms and let me cry on his chest.I got angry when I wasn't let to see his body. I wanted to confirm his death and and actually believe that Nico left me but Andrei didn't let me. He carried me away from the hospital and drove me back home.For two weeks, I refused to eat or talk to anyone. I couldn't believe that Nico was no longer with me. And the longer I waited, the more I felt his absence.He was gone for good and I couldn't get myself to accept it. I was fully healed and able to move on my own thanks to my consistency intake of the medicine. Andrei handled most of the activities in the mafia while I tr
*Isabella Russo's POV*My entire body went rigid with fear when I saw the bomb tied around my waist. It was ticking fast and had two minutes left before it went off."I don't want to die Nico." I cried holding him tightly. The bomb started to count after nico had shot his father dead. That is to say that he was the trigger."Don't worry, I will not let anything happen to you," Nico comforted as he looked at the bomb thinking of how to diffuse it."I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. If I had grown stronger or listened back then, none of this would have happened. I'm so pathetic for causing you all this trouble. Maybe if I hadn't left your office then I wouldn't have been taken." I muttered forgetting the pain I felt on my cheeks. "Don't say that, I'm the one who should have protected you. I let my guard down after I had promised to never let anything hurt you. You don't know how worried I was when I couldn't find you. And seeing you brusied and bloodied, makes me want to beat myself.
*Domenico Perez's POV*I marched down to the inn, completely blinded by rage. Martins was standing at the entrance of the inn, the same way he was the night before when we got here."I heard the explosion and I see you here. It seems she took you there earlier than she was supposed to" He tsked and I look at Angelina who was standing behind him, she lowered her head, unable to meet my eyes."You knew about it all these while" I say and he didn't bother denying it."Yes I did. I had a job to do. Kill the men coming to my village. And I had to perform this job." He says and I once again look at Angelina." Oh no, don't look at her that way. It wasn't her fault really. The girl just has a kind heart and wanted to help you even if it meant going against her father. I was just expecting her to hesitate a bit before she decided to disobey her father" He says and I see the tight grip he has on her wrist."So you were working for Andrew. You lied and said you were not working for him" Andrei
*Domenico Perez's POV*We had searched the whole village, searched every corner, every building and yet we couldn't find her. Angelina and Martins had watched us leave the inn, and the stare they gave us while we were leaving made it seem as if they knew were she was."They would know" Andrie said and I looked at him.We were currently parked at the back of the inn. "What?" I ask him. "The father and daughter would know where she is" Andrei says and I know that. "Would they be able to speak though? Tell us where they kept her? Do we have to torture them to get them to tell us? Andrei, each passing second that Bella stays with Andrew has my mind racing on what he is doing to her and all he can do to her. He would break her to the point of no repair. And I don't want that to happen." I say breaking down and he just listens, he doesn't have to say anything or do anything. He just listened.We has searched everywhere we could think of and I was getting frustrated and really angry. Wher
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