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Masquerade: His Forbidden Obsession 131
RuggerioMy nerves are like wires set under high voltage as the man I used to call father steps into my line of sight.“What is the meaning of all this, Ruggerio?” He asks, raising his arms slightly before letting them slump again.I scoff, straightening my spine. “First of all, to show you that you fucked with the wrong son.”“And secondly?”Shaking my head, I keep myself from fidgeting around, linking my fingers. “Nothing. Stop fucking around if you don’t want to find out.”“Are you threatening me?”I shrug, my patience wearing thin. “Yes. And not only that.”Shifting his weight from one foot to the other, he points his finger at me. “You are an ungrateful brat.”“And your only surviving heir if you don’t retreat every fucking guy you all have set on us.”He risks a look at Salvatore before he faces me again. “Where is Elisabetta?”“Didn’t you find her in the mansion?” I smirk and he snorts, lowering his hand.“Did she hide somewhere?”I click my tongue, grimacing. “As if there was
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Ginevra I feel Elisabetta passing out again, as she slips from my hold. With a gasp, I catch her just in time, hugging her tight. My breathing is nearly as troubled as hers as my vision blurs from time to time due to the pain radiating from my reopened wound. Clenching my teeth, I take a deep breath, wanting to stand through this without sabotaging whatever Ruggerio had planned. For the first time, I am able to make out an emotion on Massimo’s face as he continues to look our way as he speaks to Ruggerio. And I’m genuinely surprised at how fast he walks towards us as soon as Ruggerio has uttered his last threat to take his daughter out of my arms. “Papà è qui. The ambulance is coming.” Him speaking to his daughter has me feeling a bit sad about my familiar situation as I probably won’t hear my father tell me that he is here for me ever again. But I keep a stoic face, releasing Elisabetta from my hold. As he checks her hands, his expression darkens, but he doesn’t say anything.
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Ginevra “Wakey wakey, sunshiiine.” I open my eyes, staring right into my best friend’s glowing face.Rubbing my eyes with a groan, I watch her slump into the chair where Ruggerio was fuming just a few hours ago.“Do you know that you have two giants guarding your door?” She laughs as she pulls her legs beneath her, slipping off her heels. “Thank God I was on the list.”Her gesture of wiping off the sweat on her forehead makes me giggle. “Yeah. All thanks to that.”Lifting my hospital gown, I show her the glued wound on my side.She leans forward, inhaling breath through her teeth before pouting her lips.“My poor baby.”I lay back down, closing my eyes and sighing. “Maybe we really underestimated the situation.”Nina smiles at me, shifting in her seat. “You didn’t know what would happen. Who would have fucking known that your families would go that berserk?!”“Not me,” I say, shaking my head.“Seems like Mr. I’m-the-boss-of-the-world managed it like a pro, though!” We break out in l
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Ginevra It takes the hospital 14 days to have them finally discharge Ruggerio. He kept telling me that they were just scared of repercussions and wanted to be sure, but I wasn’t that convinced. Needless to say, it took him two days to drive the entire hospital staff insane as he got fed up with not being able to move out of his bed.In that moment, I clearly saw the arrogant heir of the billion-worth family get through.I had to remind him several times about the fact that we wouldn’t bribe anyone to have him get the easy way out.And I loved every indecent comment I got at that.As I was discharged after a day, I spent all the time I possibly could at the hospital with him. This actually made the doctors fall in love with me as he was never as grumpy or spiteful when I was around.That made me feel incredibly happy.I thought it was cute.Even if it was a huge red flag.But I found out that he was never nasty to any of the nurses, so that was okay with me.We moved into Federico’s p
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Ginevra “This is freaking cute,” Nina says, turning a little white bag in her hands. Looking over at her, I let go of the fabric I was gliding my fingers through. “Take it! It’s cute for real.” She hums, inspecting it further before she speaks without looking at me. “Tomorrow, huh?” “Yeah. Time really flies.” I say, holding back my tears. “Ah, I will miss being able to reach you in a few minutes.” She sniffs, and I nod. “I’ll miss that too.” “But I will call you every day!” “I’ll kick your ass if you don’t!” We remain looking at each other, our eyes filling with tears. “I’m going to pay for that purse now,” Nina says, nearly sobbing. I nod again, which she mirrors in confirmation before she walks to the register. Nina and I met up to spend my last day in the city shopping before we would go into a bar to spend the evening together and dine. Ruggerio is spending his evening with Frank and will have to watch his alcohol consumption. Tomorrow we will finally fly to Napa, an
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Ginevra My hair twirls in the cold autumn breeze as I lift my hand as if I could catch that feeling of freedom that is streaming through me. Ruggerio is wearing a gorgeous smile, and has a pair of sunglasses sitting on his nose as he is driving us through the vineyards of Napa County. I supposed that he would drive us to the cute hotel we had booked for our last gateway and was already looking forward to enjoying that place without any feelings of fear or shame. But he drives past it, making me look at him questioningly. “Relax, babe.” He chuckles, taking my hand to press a kiss on my knuckles. “You will see for yourself soon.” I wrinkle my nose, caressing my hair out of my face. “Okay.” My eyes widen as he drives onto a property, reaching a beautiful house sitting directly above a vineyard. It is built in white and brown stone, fitting the setting sun perfectly. The entrance is situated on top of a few steps and beneath a small roof held up by two white pilasters, decorated wi
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Ginevra My heart is almost not capable of taking the days following our landing in Napa. In a matter of mere minutes, we made the wonderful house Ruggerio bought us, our home. All the struggles that we had to endure, and all the pain we went through suddenly fade into the background as I experience happiness that makes my heart explode and radiate the amazing feeling through my entire body. After another serious talk, I finally get to confess to him that I really wouldn’t want to go back to the city if the other option would be to spend our lives mainly in this paradise. I’m set on starting this new life with him, and my heart can’t take it as he smiles so happily at me as if I had told him something he was waiting his lifetime to hear. With this goal in mind, we started to organize ourselves step by step and worked out an agreement with Federico and Frank that left them leading the company with Ruggerio as consultant in the back, and me as happy princess-shareholder, as my brot
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Ginevra The days pass uneventfully while I feel like living in paradise.Life seems to be total bliss as I can spend the days with the man I love and our new family member, Spike.Enjoying managing the winery and the business around it, I choose to stay back from the construction business definitely as my brother and Frank are dealing with everything perfectly.Ruggerio, on the other hand, enjoys painting and can finally concentrate on that while doing some business with me.He also finally did a painting of a landscape and stopped just painting me.Not that I wouldn’t love his paintings of me, but mostly they are not made to be hung in a public space and I have to hide them in our private rooms.I absolutely love them.I’m about to prepare the little hall and terrace for a tasting in the afternoon as Spike lifts his head in alarm.The Belgian Malinois puppy assesses t
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Masquerade: His Forbidden Obsession The End | Thank you
My lovely readers I hope you enjoyed my debut novel and the extra chapters. I am very happy to have been able to share this incredible journey with you and am currently looking into the possibility of doing a spin-off about Elisabetta and Alexander. If it will work out, you’ll know :D Be certain to follow me on the socials by finding me with my full name to get all my updates. In the meantime, I will leave that little sneak peek of my planned sequel below. Much love, Shelagh ’s business, the twins want to go to New York and regain the legacy their parents lost by marrying for love. After traveling to New York under false pretenses, they are ready to take what would belong to them as a birthright. But as soon as they find themselves between the Monteccos and Capolettis in the huge metropolis, they find out soon enough about where thei
Masquerade: His Forbidden Obsession Extra Chapter: Federico
Federico “Good afternoon, Mr. Montecco. How was your flight?” Alfredo greets me with a smile as he holds open the door of the limousine. “It was alright, Alfredo. Thank you very much.” I take a deep breath as I settle into the backseat, and Alfredo drives off. It’s not that I’m not looking forward to finally seeing my sister again, but work and the planning of my upcoming trip are taking a toll on me, making me want to just drop everything and depart a month prior than scheduled. Locking my phone after answering a few emails I got during the flight, I put it back into my inside pocket and open the newspaper I was trying to read all along. But of course, I don’t get too far as we seem to reach the mansion my sister is living in with her husband at lightning speed. “Thank you, Alfredo,” I say, as he opens the door for me and goes to fetch my luggage. I have barely stepped out of the car as I see the entrance of the beautiful home before me open and my sister steps outside with a s
Masquerade: His Forbidden Obsession Extra Chapter: Elisabetta - 3
Elisabetta “What the hell?!” Ginevra says as we drag her into the room with her wedding dress.It had been a struggle to bring her onto a plane, and through New York. I guess that the fact that we had everything private, like the jet and the chauffeurs, saved us from a lot of trouble.We had originally planned to drug her with some light sleep-inducing drug. But suddenly, Nina was against it and made us change our plans. So, we figured out the tactic of telling her that Ruggerio had left, leaving her at the altar, in order to get her onto a plane to New York. But as we started to tell her that she lost it completely.She kept screaming that she didn’t believe us and that she wanted to speak to him.Naturally, we couldn’t have her speak to him.As he was indeed waiting for her at the altar.So, plan C kicked in.Even if it should be called plan P, as it rose from the panic we felt at that moment.We overpowered her, and while our staff took all the packed things we needed to take with
Masquerade: His Forbidden Obsession Extra Chapter: Francesco
Francesco “Did you hear from any of them?” Ruggerio asks me for the umpteenth time.“Yes, Ru. Nina just texted me. Your spouse is still alive.” I check my watch before flashing my grumpy best friend a grin.He looks ready to rip my head off my shoulders, but I will let it slip as he is losing his mind at how nervous he is.“Ready, bro?” I ask him, and he closes his eyes while taking a deep breath.“Yes!” He says, clearing his throat.I slap his arms, getting him to pull onto his sleeves again. He clicks his tongue as I chuckle at how cute he is.Wanting to look perfect for his bride.“Let’s go!”With another deep breath, we walk down the stairs and out of the gateway to reach the wedding venue with the hugely built patio where empty chairs and a floral bow are already waiting. It is breathtaking because of the view of a vineyard, but also because of its lovely decorations.It would have been the perfect place for them to get married.My heartbeat skyrockets as I am still unsure how h
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ElisabettaRuggerio distorts his face, and again it is Nina who is the first to speak. “I guess they are still convinced that she is pregnant. Or hoping that it is the case by now…”Silence falls upon us as we stare at Hissy and Nina with a shocked expression.“She would lose the baby. Especially, as we are highly superstitious when it comes to these kind of things.” Hissy adds, getting us to stare at the packages gutted.Nina tears herself out of her trance, and whispers. “I have to talk to her.”As she disappears into the house, I turn to my brother who is already clenching his jaw. His stare doesn’t leave the door where Nina just disappeared through, even as I talk to him. “Ruru, don’t worry. We will get rid of them. But you should go now. Don’t let her think that you are worried as she will get more anxious.”By lying my hand on his arm, I lean in to get into his line of sight. He nods slowly, and before he gets steered away by Frank, he reaches into his pocket. Handing me a folde
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Elisabetta It is rather comical how they had to tear my brother off that ladder to get him away from Ginevra that we are still laughing about it the next morning.Ginevra wipes the tears from her eyes and sighs. “Giving him a ladder has really been a bad idea.”“Ah, don’t act like you didn’t enjoy it. You had to be dragged in as well.” We laugh as Nina mocks Ginevra jokingly. “You are both so mental. It’s disturbing but also incredibly cute.”Ginevra pulls Nina close, pressing her grinning face against Nina’s cheek.Seeing Ruggerio and the interaction with him must have done her incredibly well. I am glad to see her in an easygoing mood as I had thought a few times that she seemed troubled because she was pale and apparently felt sick.And I guess that two days before your special day, it is just going to be worse.At one point, we even had trouble getting her to eat something, which worried Nina especially. But she kept saying that she was too nervous to eat and that she didn’t want
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Fortunately, the next few days are hectic, keeping me from thinking too much about what happened. Or how it broke my heart. As the guests for the wedding start to arrive, we are too busy with the final preparations to even find a moment to talk when we meet at the venue. But he still keeps standing as closely as possible to me. Making me feel the worst pain I have ever experienced before. I guess that rejecting his offer broke my heart much worse than his first rejection as I asked him about what he felt for me on our first date. Or the things he told me in Paris about how we were just compatible when it came to fucking. Taking a deep breath, I follow one of the minions of the wedding planner crew to arrange the flowers on the patio of the rehearsal dinner. We are turning the vases and picking at the flowers without any sense as I hear him clear his throat behind me. He is really getting on my nerves with this quirk of his. “What do you want?” I ask annoyed without even raisin
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As soon as I straightened back up again, I get lifted off my feet and carried into the adjoining room with the whirlpool. “What are you doing?!” I squeal, punching his chest. “Let me down.” “I just want a bit of privacy.” He answers with clenched teeth, as he puts me down. He closes the door behind us, and I cross my arms over my chest. “You have some nerves.” “Do I?” He smirks but lifts a brow as he looks behind me. “Why isn’t that thing going?” Shrugging, I look back at the empty tube shortly before turning back to look at him. “We never use this.” He hums, and passes me, starting to fill the whirlpool. “We are going to use it now.” “You are kidding, right?” I ask, clicking my tongue, but he is already undressing. Turning my head away from him, blushing like a little girl, I suddenly feel him tugging at my jersey. “I’d never kid about the possibility of seeing you naked.” “You must have lost your mind!” I say, making him chuckle. “Come on, Annie. I’ll keep my hands to mysel
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Turning to Elisabetta and Hissy, I get back into my excitement about the upcoming ceremony.“And the dress?” Hissy asks in a whisper.Elisabetta pouts her lips. “I don’t know if it is going to work, but I managed to book a small room by the venue where we can do the change and all the make-ups.”“Oh, I can’t wait.” Hissy squeals, making me giggle.“She is going to cry so much these days. She is going to love it!” I chime in, and the two women nod with a broad smile.Successfully dodging another attempt from Frank to finally have our “talk”, I walk ahead of the two ladies as they continue to chatter along.As we finally get back to our vacation home, Ginevra is already standing behind the door, looking like she is about to burst.“And how was it?”I hug her, swaying slightly. “Oh, it is perfect. It looks soooo beautiful. The flowers and the view. It’s going to be fantastic.”“For real?” She asks, wiping a small tear from her eye. “I’m so glad. I’m so nervous.”“You look pale, babes. Do
