"Boss, we've got her." Selena said in her usual robotic tone. She stood before Marco, while Ezekiel casually made himself comfortable beside the man. Marco gave him a warning look and said, "Whatever you do, keep a good distance away from me. If I get even a whiff of your over the top perfume again, I'll throw you out and blacklist you." Hearing his ice cold tone of voice, Ezekiel respected himself and shifted away from him. He might as well die if he was blacklisted.Now at a safe distance, he repeated Selena's words. "We've got your angel." Marco sighed, trying to control the sudden thrill that rushed through him. The red hair from earlier was finally in his house. "Good." Was all he said and waved a hand, dismissing Selena. Selena gave a slight bow and walked out of the living room, leaving Marco and Ezekiel alone."Can I ask you something?" Ezekiel began, trying to come close to Marco, but remembering the warning and keeping his distance immediately. "No." Marco replied b
Alessia's breath hitched the moment the man's intoxicating scent wafted into her nostrils. Her head also found it hard to understand his words. His closeness to her wasn't letting her think through the words he said to her, but luckily for her, she was able to think it through. "I want you.." Those words rang in her head again when she replayed them. Her blue eyes immediately flew towards him as she frowned. "Excuse me?" She blurted out before she could hold herself back. This stranger had to get something straight, Whatever happened between them was all a mistake between them. God forbids her from ever having anything to do with a wealthy man in Reggio Calabria. They were all into shady businesses.She had always made a promise to herself that she would never be indulged in fraud, stealing, or any criminal act. This man standing before her had danger written all over him, but his looks were worth dying for. He looked nothing like a criminal, but one can't deny the aura surro
That night, Alessia cried bitterly as she sat on the cold floor in the bedroom. Never in a million years did she ever envision such an ending. It was all thanks to Simone that she unfortunately found herself in such a condition. If he hadn't tried to touch her, she would never have run away. She would never have optioned to drink at the club. She would never have slept with the stranger who ended up imprisoning her against her will.She sat on the cold floor, thunder and lightning painting the sky in shades of fear and uncertainty. Her tears streamed down her face endlessly as the memories of everything came replaying in her head. She wailed even more the moment the thunder blasted into the sky. One thing about her; she was scared of thunderstorms. Now left alone in the cold dark room, 'ok, the room wasn't dark', she felt her breath clogging up as she felt as if the wall was closing around her. She didn't know how long she sat on the floor crying, but sooner than expected, sh
An ear-piercing scream tore through the dark room as the man tied to the chair sitting in the center of the room cried bitterly from all the torture being thrown at him. His bloodied face and body were the evidence of the brutality he was facing from Marco. While he looked a total mess, Marco looked calm and collected, nothing like a person who was busily inflicting pain on the other party.Dante stood behind him, watching with a stoic expression as Marco gave the man the beating of his life. Marco's movements remained elegant and effortless as he inflicted pain on the man who had refused to accept his offer. The man was unable to bear the pain anymore, so he immediately pleaded in agony. "Wait up you mother fucker!" He yelled as he spat out a mouth full of blood, a few teeth following the blood out. “Figlio di puttana!” He muttered a curse in Italian as he spat out more blood onto the ground.Marco watched with a smirk as if enjoying the view before him.“So, what now?” He aske
Once the car pulled into the driveway, Marco hurriedly climbed out of the car and rushed into the mansion, not even bothered about his wet body.Dante climbed out of the car as well and sighed.Thankfully, the rain had subsided and it wasn’t as heavy as before.He watched with a look of disdain as Marco ran straight into the house and straight to his new toy’s room.Honestly, he couldn’t decipher the new behavior from Marco anymore.A woman he barely knew and just had a one-night thing with, he felt she was his entire world, ‘ok maybe he didn’t feel that way’, but his reactions towards her were so alarming.“He possibly can’t be in love, right?” He muttered and went up to his bedroom to change up.“That’s insane! Falling for someone who you merely knew for three days?” He scoffed and closed the door behind him.He would rather eat glass than believe that Marco was in love.It definitely had to be just an attraction.Marco pushed open the door to Alessia’s room with a bang. Seeing her
The next morning, the sunlight streamed through the curtains, landing directly on Alessia's face. She blinked her eyes open, greeted by the beauty of the room again.Her senses were jumbled and she found it difficult to take in her environment. Once the fog covering her vision had cleared, the sight of the room finally became clearer and she saw it wasn't the same room she grew up in.Alessia instantly jerked up as her heart dropped at once. But when she tried to sit upright, she realized something was wrong.She couldn't move.A hand restricted her movement and she panicked at once.Who the hell was holding her?!Her brain didn't process that it was Marco, instead it processed that Simone might be the one holding her in bed. This thought disgusted her as she slowly turned to see if it truly was Simone.God forbid she ever had anything to do with her uncle!It was like all those books she collected from Grace.The ones where love with one's family or relative was considered a forbidde
The sound of Dante's laughter reverberated in the entire courtyard as he clutched to his stomach, a tear slipping from the corner of his eye.Marco chucked down the glass of the substance he had in his hand down his throat as his glare intensified.“What the fuck is funny?!" He asked through gritted teeth, his accent coming off out of anger. He rarely spoke in that accent, but right now he was pissed.Pissed that Alessia happened to be extremely difficult and stubborn to handle.Pissed at himself for not getting mad at her the way he wanted to.If only he could be genuinely mad at her, he sure as hell would discipline her in such a way that she would never try to mess with him ever again.But no, he couldn't do that to her.Despite her fierce nature, she was still a soft-looking woman. She might have tried severally to overpower him the way a man would, but she still remained a woman with a very curvy figure.Speaking of a curvy figure, she was carved to perfection.Pretty face, round
Alessia sat in the bedroom where that bastard had locked her up.Her thoughts ran wild as she commemorated the memories of the past.She had been happier, but not until Simone did what he did.She couldn’t cognize who Marco was, neither did she know his purpose for bringing her here, all she knew was that he might never let her go so coolly. So, she thought of something else.Since she had nothing else left in the world for her; Grace was unreachable and she wouldn’t want her to get into the hands of someone like this loony who confined her in the walls of his mansion.She resorted to taking her own life. It was far better and more condoling.But the shame of having lost her virginity to her captor still nettled at her heart. She glanced around the room in search of anything she could use to execute the plan. Before Marco returned, she needed to get this done feasibly.Did he want to keep her caged in here? Then he could do that to her dead body.Fortunately, she found a piece of ro
“Come with me," Alessia wasn't smiling as she reached out to grab Grace's hand, pulling her towards the staircase. Salvatore stood there watching their backs as they both disappeared upstairs.He shook his head, walking over to the sofa and plopping down on it. “Drama," he muttered.In Alessia's bedroom, she pushed Grace towards the soft mattress and sat beside her.“Alessia, what's the matter?" Grace asked. “How come you're here when I saw that you were kidnapped? I also knew that Ezekiel asked his men to keep you hostage, did Salvatore save you?" Alessia frowned when she heard the name, Ezekiel. “What do you mean? Who is Ezekiel?" She questioned Grace, her brow coming up.Grace, realizing what she just said, swallowed her saliva and looked away.“Grace!” Alessia snapped, a frown settling on her face.Grace flinched briefly, but she decided to tell her the truth. “It's Marco's father. He had you abducted." Grace informed her.Alessia froze in her tracks. “What? Why?" “Because he
Grace stormed out of the base and straight to the roadside to find a taxi that would take her home. She had spent the past few days with Dante at the base, but it was time to go home. He seemed to detest her presence today, so why stay back?“That punk!" She muttered under her breath as she flagged down a taxi.The taxi driver refused to stop the car, leaving her even more frustrated.She then decided to walk home, taking a mental note to buy a car for herself.She already had enough of all these taxi drivers.Grace kept mumbling incoherent words as she strolled down the streets. Thankfully, the train station wasn't far from the base.She would get there in no time.The time was already 11pm.While walking, she didn't notice the van coming from behind her. Well, even if she did, she wouldn't even know that the van was coming after her.Soon, she noticed the few moments, also casting wary glances at the few figures who passed by on the street, barely noticing the van creeping up from b
Dante returned to the base after Ezekiel had ordered him to. He felt anger and hatred for those evil twins build up in him, and the fact that Ezekiel did nothing in return made his blood boil even more.How could he let those brats arrest his son?Those men were heartless and would never hesitate to kill Marco if given the chance.When Dante's car pulled up before the mansion, to his surprise, he saw just 6 guards left. The 6 of them stood before Grace, telling her a few things that he couldn't decipher since he was in the car.He got down immediately and made his way towards them.“You guys," he pointed at them, moving to stand by Grace's side. “Where are the others?" There used to be at least 100 guards in the premises, but only the 6 of them were left.One of them came forward to explain the situation.“Boss, after you and Boss Marco left for the main mansion, some guards came over to inform us after a while that Boss Marco wasn't the clan head anymore, and we had to leave him. The
The sun finally went down the horizon, the sky darkened as well. Marco got dressed in a black suit, unlike before when he would settle for black pants and black jackets.Since he was going to give up his position tonight, he should at least do it in style. He couldn't believe this day would ever come, the day he would give up fighting for his right. Alessia made him realize that all these weren't what keeps a person happy, if anything, he had been risking his life to keep the clan safe. It wasn't bad to finally push the responsibility to someone else. He sprayed his favorite cologne, one he remembered that Alessia loved dearly.It gave him the confidence he needed.The thought of Alessia made Marco's heart squeeze in pain. He was so worried about her, especially the gang that took her. He had to do whatever it took to bring her back to him. Thankfully, Gaia died.Alessia was the only woman he wanted and would want to be with forever and ever. The only woman he wanted to call his wif
Grace and Dante arrived at Marco's mansion after they had visited Gaia's house to offer condolence to the Salvadors.The moment the car halted before the mansion’s entrance, Grace pushed the door open and got out.Dante color tell she was still angered by the fact that Marco married Gaia.Honestly, he was too. Even the universe was against this union that was why Gaia died. Dante thought.He hurried tossed the car keys to the guard at the entrance, then rushed into the house to find Grace. With the amount of anger building up in her, he wouldn't be surprised if she ended up beating Marco to a pulp.Marco keeping the true reasons behind his sudden wedding decision had also angered Dante. He couldn't believe that after everything the both of them had gone through together, Marco didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth.Thank goodness Gaia died.“Ok, that was harsher." Dante muttered when that annoying thought crossed his mind. Well, he wasn't kidding, he really was happy that she
“What?” Salvatore froze in place when he heard her confession. Did he hear that right? She was pregnant for Marco? The tears Alessia had been holding back finally came crashing down, pouring down her face like a water fall. “Yes, I'm pregnant for him.” She confirmed and shut her eyes. And she didn't regret it one bit.Salvatore cursed and ran a hand through his hair. “Now that's cheap of you.” He muttered angrily. Just like Alessia, who would say things to hurt people when she was mad, the same goes for her twin. He insulted her without knowing because he was angry.Alessia felt his hurtful words sink into her mind and she bit her lower lip. Was it that bad to get pregnant for a man she once loved. And come to think of it, she had recently lost her pregnancy, how come she got pregnant again so fast?“Salvatore, it's not willingly_" “But you still hot pregnant. How could you have slept with your captor? Or wait, did he rape you? Holy shit! I'll kill that cow!" Salvatore snapped, hi
The realization that her blood brother was the very reason Marco was going through a tough time, left Alessia speechless. She stared at Salvatore, her eyes cold as iced. “You… You're Double S?” She asked him, her lips trembling. Salvatore nodded with a small smile, he clearly didn't understand what was happening, neither did he see the anger in her eyes. But on a second thought, Alessia didn't see a reason to be mad at him. Marco betrayed her after all, it proved he wasn't one to be trusted. TRUST MARCO DE LUCA AT YOUR OWN RISK. Marcel sighed as he rose from his chair, the tension in the room undeniable. "I have to attend to some guests in the study," he muttered, casting a glance at Alessia and Salvatore. "You two… behave yourselves, please."With a firm nod and a final look at his children, Marcel walked out of the room, the door clicking shut behind him. The silence that followed was thick, almost oppressive.Alessia turned to face Salvatore, her eyes cold as she crossed her ar
Days passed, but Alessia never stopped thinking of Marco and his betrayal. She couldn't believe she fell for a jerk like him. How dare he put her in a family way and settle for another woman? How dare he marry Gaia of all people? He deceived her. He used her and left her to her fate. She hated him for it, everything. She vowed to pay him back in the same coins he paid her in. That was her promise. Just then, a knock sounded at the door, shaking Alessia from her thoughts. She wiped at her tear-streaked cheeks, straightening herself in bed, when the door creaked open, and a maid hesitantly stepped inside.“The Boss is asking for you,” the maid said quietly. “He wants you to join him for breakfast.”Alessia let out a shaky breath. She wasn’t ready to face her father, not after everything that was happening. The memories of Marco, the pressure of her family’s name, and the recent discovery about Salvatore as not just her brother but her twin, still lingered heavily on her mind. But she
“Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Marco De Luca." Ezekiel and Enrico laughed as they congratulated their children with smiles.The others, family members, all gathered to congratulate them. They were extremely happy, especially Gaia who wouldn't stop smiling.“You flatter me father in law." Gaia joked as she batted her lashes at Ezekiel. The both men bursted out laughing. “Father in law sounds wonderful coming from you." Ezekiel was happy, finally things had fallen into place. He knew he made the right decision by threatening Marco anf kidnapping that woman of his.But the only problem now was that the woman had escaped. If Marco found out, he would have straight up stopped the wedding and eventually throw a fit.Thankfully, the wedding was over.Marco kept his face unreadable as the people before him kept blabbering. He would rather be anywhere else but here.Marriage? To Gaia? What a joke. He didn't see this as a real wedding. This was all a joke! One cruel joke!Ezekiel watched the sce