*Domenico Perez's POV*I looked at a naked Ashton as he struggles trying to free himself from the wall where he was chained to. "You know it's no use right?" I tell him so he would save himself the struggle and just accept his fate.He says something or tries to sy something but the gag he has on prevents him from actually speaking out."So you love taking numbers of married woman and send them your naked pictures, don't you?" I ask him twirling the knife in my hands.He sees the knife and his face pales in fear."Oh, don't worry. This isn't the knife I would use on you." I say and he relaxes a little."That is" I point at the cart one of my men had rolled in and his initial fear was back."Mmhhhmm...." He tries to speak but the gag prevented him from doing so."Don't you think we should tighten the gag a bit more? He isn't supposed to be making those noises. Whatever they are.. He is supposed to be totally quiet, right?" I ask Rafaello and he agrees with me, obviously he would I'm h
I watch Nico as he groveled to get me to forgive him for leaving me this morning before I woke up.. Not that I was angry, I just wanted to watch him grovel and try to please me. It's fun, you should try it sometime with your man. If you have one.Anyways, you might be wondering "why did you go back with him". " You forgave him too easily" Blah blah blah. Or you are all actually thinking that he forgave me easily and I should get off my high horse.But yes, he forgave me too easily. Or we both missed each other too much and didn't bother with all the forgiveness stuff. "What do you even need the tooth of a saber toothed tiger for?" Nico asks me reading through my list for like the hundredth time since I gave it to him.Don't ask me, I'm yet to figure it out too."I don't know.. I would find some use for it at some point in life" I shrug taking another bite from my delicious slice of chocolate cake."You know you shouldn't be taking the amount of sugar you are currently taking right?
Unknown POVI watch Domenico hold that girl like she was his source of life, staring at them both with hatred in my eyes, I wait for my call to be answered."She's still at home" I say to the person on the other side of the call, my air pods plugged to my ears."Would she be going to school today? We might get it done after she goes to school or when she is on her way back" The person on the other side said. I look at them both one more time before replying to him."I am not sure if she would be going to school or not, doesn't look like at, but I can't be certain" I answer to the question my eyes still on them watching them as they stay in each other's embrace.Enjoy holding her for as long as you can, Domenico. Because after today, it might be the last time you would get to hold her while she is alive."Did you hear what I asked now?" The person on the other side of the call asked, breaking my thoughts.I stare at my phone in distaste, hoping I could kill him through the call. But u
After a lot of whining and acting stubborn from my part, I was finally able to get Nico to let me stay and not go to school today, and I was currently in the car with him, following him to his work place.I for reals thought that he got all his money from the mafia's illegal tradings. But I guess he didn't.How haven't I heard about Don's inc though? It's not that big of a company?"We are here" Nico said after the car stopped and I looked out the window.Oh, I was right. It wasn't that big of a company.The building was painted yellow and was just a story high. It looked like it had seen better days and would give up any moment from now.But that's all good though, I would encourage him to work harder. He doesn't have to be sad about that."You are looking at the wrong side, little girl. And you are obviously thinking up some crazy things in your head" Nico said and I turn to look at him."What?" I ask and he nods at the window by his side and I look at the window, my jaw dropping wi
We walked into his office together, and the sight of a mini table and chair painted pink caught my attention quickly. The table had files placed on it with plain papers and crayons lined on the table."What is that?" I ask Nico staring at the table like it would burn me if I got any closer to it, and maybe it would"That's your work space. I had my people set it up for you this morning before we left" He said proudly and I can bet he was feeling very happy about this."Don't you like it?" He asks and I look at the table once more, forcing a smile on my face. How do I tell him now? The bright pink looks like it would burn my eyes out if I stared too much at it. Coupled with the glitter and whatever they added to make it shine so brightly. Was it trying to compete with the sun to see who would shine more brightly??"But don't you think the chair is a bit too small for me?" I ask him with my right brow raised. It wasn't just 'a bit' small, it was wayyy smaller than I was. I mean, that c
"Nico!"I call his name putting on a hurt look."Wh… w.. Why are you here?" She stuttered, staring at him scared."Why am I here? In my own company? Where else should I be?" He asks her and she blanched in fear, shaking her head numerous times.She is that afraid of Nico? Why? I don't see a reason to be scared of Nico though."Th… Th.. That's not what I meant sir" She stuttered once more."Yo.. Yo.. You are fired. Get out" Nico stuttered just to mock her, before he get serious and actually fires her.Woah…I stare dumbfounded at Nico. I want this kind of power.She turns to me and looks at me with fear in here eyes, I avert my eyes when I see that she is about to come and actually start begging me to help her.Don't drag me into this please.If you want to be unprofessional, you have to get fired love. That is what the fifth law of the business says."Where are we going?" I ask Nico latching unto his arm and looking up to stare at him, totally ignoring the female standing by the side.
You know that moment you wonder what lead to a particular situation, or the moment you wish you could turn back in time and change a decision you made because of the results and how awkward it made you feel. That's the exact situation I found myself in currently. "Just get yourself comfortable. You won't be leaving here anytime soon" Nico whispers behind me, his breath fanning my neck as he wraps his arms around my stomach pulling me closer to his chest. My cheeks going going with embarrassment due to our position and the people in the room staring at us intensely.Just let me hide in a hole or something.I was currently sitting on Nico's laps in the meeting room, a lady took my seat beside Nico and give me a smug look like she won, expecting me to go to the other end of the table to sit, but Nico just pulls me to his lap and says 'stay here'.I fidget under the piercing gazes of the people in the room, the woman beside us seething in anger and jealousy as her plan fails.Is there a
,Isabella Russo's POV*I keep my eyes closed, pretending to still be asleep while I listened to Nico's conversation, my heart beating wildly in my chest due to fearWhat does Andrew want with me? I don't have anything. He's after me because I am with Nico. Oh Lord.Nico won't let him take me right?Nico curses when the line goes dead and I know he is angry and wants to smash something, but since I remain on his body he is unable to do so.I try to calm myself down and control the fear I felt at the moment."Wake up Bella" Nico taps my arm lightly and I stir still pretending to be asleep."Wake up" He taps me once again and I open my eyes, stretching out my arms and faking a yawn."Hi" I greet smiling up at him and he smiles back. A smile I notice didn't quite reach his eyes."Where did the meeting go? Meetings like these are meant to last for hours aren't they? Did I sleep for that long? " I ask rubbing my eyes and pretending to have no knowledge about what really happened."I didn't
*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