MariannaThe tone of finality in my voice sounded so strange to me. If I was ever told that I would use it on Alceo, I would have argued it to the core with whomever.“Did you understand what I said, his lordship? I said this child is mine and not yours. And when he grows, I'll let him know of the beautiful death that killed his father," I said.“Come on pretty, don't be so callous, it doesn't suit you,” he said.I passed my child to Diego after feeding him for a while. He helped me place him inside the basket and wrapped him up properly.“Don't you ever call me that name again,” I faced him, sounding a note of warning to him. He was beginning to get on my nerves and I could blow up any minute from now. “You are telling me how being callous wouldn't suit me but it suited you, right?”I adjusted myself on the bed. “You never believed me when I talked, we were together for close to 3 years and the way you treated me in the past few weeks, I deserved it?”“I'm sorry Marianna, I swear I a
AlceoThe steps I took back into the main house were slower than a tortoise's. I couldn't wrap my head around how adamant Marianna could be. Every word that came out of her mouth stung me like a scorpion's sting.I couldn't bear losing her. I wasn't even in love with Nina, even if I tried. The hope I gave her a few days ago was starting to sound like a lie. I couldn't even try to bring myself to love her. All I wanted was Marianna, all I wanted was my pretty. She had grown in every way that I just noticed today.And the way she gripped her baby closer when I talked about coming to see them broke my heart. That was our child, she told me countless times but I refused to listen.I walked right into the living room. Uri, the men and Nina were seated, watching a TV programme and laughing to themselves.I obstructed their view, grabbed the remote and switched the TV off.Uri was the first to talk. “What was that for?”“Did none of you hear that someone tried to kill Marianna and her baby?”
AlceoIt was still 2 hours till sunrise, my eyes have been open ever since. I didn't dare get a good sleep after my encounter with Marianna the previous day and also my talk with Aleksi. I was high on my desperate need to mend things with the love of my life.I paced up and down the length of my room, thinking about how that day was going to go.Replaying the things I had in mind, I had booked flowers from a flower shop last night before I slept, asking for 50 white roses to be delivered to the house.And now sunrise only proved to be stubborn. Was it trying to punish me?I forced myself back to sleep hoping that the next time I open my eyes it would be morning.4 hours laterThe persistent knock on my door was beginning to irritate me. I was lying face down on my bed, reliving the memories with Marianna that came in the form of dreams.I struggled out of bed and wore a mean look on my face as I opened the door.Seeing that it was Uri, I got more pissed. Thankfully he has been doing t
NinaWe all watched Alceo turn to someone who would die for the Marianna the next few days after her delivery. She had no clothes or belongings of her own, neither for her son. Alceo showered her with everything, both various things for both of them yet she wouldn't even spare a glance at his way. And the more she turned away from him, the more persistent Alceo became.Lately, she had refused to put on a smiling face. The only time you'd ever catch her putting on one's when she's with Diego or Valentine.Immediately Alceo gets on her radar, she goes back to her foul mood. I've been watching a little closely lately.“Steve has discharged her from the clinic. How can we get Alceo to leave her? I didn't wait all my life to just let one woman take away the man I love,” I was talking to Uri. I was a lot closer to him than the others.“Relax Nina, I will talk to the men about what we should do. If he continues at this rate, we will all be doomed.”He was right and for a moment I trusted him
MariannaI saw less of Alceo following the next few days. I was really glad that I at least stopped seeing the face of the man that conflicted with his own emotions. Diego and Valentine were always there to help me. Valentine made sure that my baby was safe from the evil eyes in the servant quarters.“I haven't seen Alceo in a while, I guess he's taking his time before he springs another surprise on you,” she teased but that didn't evoke a single emotion from my face.“It's best that he stays away. He irritates my spirit,” I replied rather harshly.“Here take the baby,” she placed the baby in my arms and stood up. “I need to check up on what I placed in the cooker. I have a surprise for you.”The brief moment of being alone felt peaceful, not like Valentine disturbs me but it was just something I needed. I paid attention to the winds and the chirping of the birds, breathing in. However it was disrupted by the people who didn't wish for me to be alive.“Enjoying nature with your baby?”
DiegoThe look on Marianna's face after I got off the phone was priceless. I stifled my laughter and waited for her to ask me what bothers her most. She has been through a lot and I would never blame her for being extra cautious.The sun was beginning to become hot, so I found us a shade to sit under and wait for my ride.“Diego, who's Rosco? I've never heard that name with you?”“Relax princess, Rosco is my half brother,” I smiled. “Can you trust him?” I could hear the quivering and doubt and fear in her voice.“Yes I can, he's a good man even though we both have our differences. And it doesn't matter if he has done some very bad things in his life, regardless I can trust him with my life.”Mentioning how much I trusted my half brother, she loosened up and the stress lines on her face eased up. She carefully lifted her clothes up and pulled out her breast to feed Cael. I removed my jacket and covered her up.“Thank you,” she smiled.A black Toyota car parked right in our front, the
Diego“Here you go brother, if you need anything else, just call me up. I'll be sure to show up with a thousand men if anyone messes up with you and little wifey here,” he teased.I was glad that Marianna found her way into the house already, else I couldn't start explaining what Rosco meant by little wifey here.“I'm really grateful brother,” I dragged him into a hug once again.“Okay okay, enough of the hugging,” he pushed me away, laughing. “I guess that was why it was easy for people to fuck you up lately. You've been behaving like a bitch lately.”“Fuck you man,” I pushed him away.His hand went into his pocket, ruffling out some dollar bills. And also not without another cigarette in his mouth.“A minute, I thought I had so much here in my pocket.” He went to his car and came out with 2 bundles of dollar bills. “Use it to hold yourself till I'll be back.”“I appreciate my brother and also, easy on the cigarette. You don't want shawty to weep over your dead body.”He scoffed, laug
Trigger warning⚠️: please feel free to let me know if my use of words and descriptions affect you. I'm sorry for any inconveniences caused.JavierThe second minute Marianna and Diego were pushed out of the house, my spy called me and let me know of the latest development.The text read: ‘All you need is to find them on the streets, they shouldn't have gone so far and I doubt if they have any place to pass the night.’I called for Arico immediately and told him of the latest update. Lanco was going to be too much of a trouble. I wasn't ready for the way he dealt with things.“Take some of the boys and have them scout the area around the Russian turf. Ask questions from people if need be,” I ordered.“Yes boss,” I dropped the phone immediately and returned to the hooker who was busy giving me a blow job.Ever since I got Santo's chair, the majority of the money from the safe has been spent on hookers and trying to clean up my mess.The disadvantage of being on that chair was that no on