~Adriana’s POV~“Adriana!” Massimo growled again, and just like before, I flinched involuntarily before scurrying out of my chair like some chased mouse. His deep dark eyes raked my entire body sensuously, making me gulp and despite the fact my mother was also in the same room as us, he took a few steps closer to me, grabbed my arm and snarled;“Do I have to force you to do every single thing? Why can’t you just ever obey simple instructions?!” He growled but I still couldn’t say why I could hear the silent words; ‘are you stupid?’ ringing in my ears.“Adriana!” I heard my mom call out to me but I couldn’t bring myself to look at her. From the urgency in her voice, it was obvious that she was worried about me; I didn’t have to look into those eyes to be sure.“Massimo!” She tried again and suddenly, as if under some kind of spell, Massimo quickly let go of my arm and began to walk in her direction.“Ma, I think you’d have to go back to bed,” He whispered quietly like an adult talking
~Caden’s POV~I sat in a corner of my room and in my hands was a tiny photograph of Adriana and I on our first date. She had been smiling brightly into the camera and I could still feel how tightly she had wrapped her hands around my waist. I could even still perceive the sweet smell of her light smelling perfume.It was strange how time flew. How she suddenly turned from this smiley, lovey young adult who loved wearing pink dresses with red matte lipsticks on her lips to the fast growing dark woman she became before she was taken away by Massimo.Months into before she finally left, I had thought her to be overbearing. We had both wanted more from each other and it made us drift apart slowly. She had wanted more of my time and affection and I had wanted more sex.She never wanted to give me more sex. In fact, she never even fancied the idea of having sex. It got so bad to the extent that I wanted the attention of other women, I wanted other women to give me those things I wanted fro
~Massimo’s POV~The feel of Adriana’s lips against mine and her tongue moving in sync with mine was all I could think of as I walked up the flight of stairs to my sturdy room. The girl was addictive and had this thing about her that made me want more, that made me crave for her time, her touches and her attention… it felt strange and so I couldn’t wrap my hands around it but I was certain that I had never felt this way with anyone before.As soon as I got to my sturdy room, the first thing that snapped me back to reality was the incessant ringing of my cell phone and when I saw that the person calling was Michael, I immediately picked it up and pressed it against my ear.“Massimo, it’s Larry again!” He exclaimed as soon as I brought the phone to my ears and in response, I scrunched my nose as his voice had been too loud, it had almost deafened me.“What’s up with Larry?” I questioned, frowning. Larry has been a thorn in my flesh for a long time now and if he thinks that I had forgott
~Massimo’s POV~My heart was beating so fast as I cradled Adriana’s lifeless form in my arms and began running towards the door.As I ran, I couldn't help but think about how she must’ve gotten into such situation but at the same time, I couldn't bring myself to think about it much because I my brain was still too mushy to begin to think about several ‘whats’ and ‘what ifs’“Open the gates!” I screamed at the gateman from afar but he didn’t even move. In fact, it almost felt as though he didn’t even hear me speak.“Erik?!” I yelled and at the sound of his name, he rushed to his feet. “I said open the goddamn gates!” I yelled and without waiting to be told twice, he quickly scurried towards the gate, pried the heavy metal open and then stood to the side as if waiting for me to pass through.I immediately took the cue, gently placed Adriana at the backseat of my Audi R8 and quickly jumped into the driver’s seat without waiting for my driver.I drove the car like my life depended on it,
~Adriana’s POV~My head pounded as I tore my eyes open and slowly tried to sit up on the bed that closely looked like that of a hospital bed.“What’s happening?” I questioned, looking around skeptically. The room was painted white and it smelled of spirits and disinfectants. Everything about it screamed good hygiene and I didn’t have to be told by someone before realizing that I was in a hospital room.One minute I was standing in front of someone that was either Jamie or her twin and the next minute, I was waking up on a hospital bed with a bandage wrapped around my midriff. To my right was a person who looked very much like Massimo and at the moment, the person was sleeping on a chair right beside my bed.The entire scene played out like a joke and I chuckled to myself as I felt that this could be some weird scene out of one of these weird dreams I usually had.I tried to move and as soon as I did that, some sort of alarm close to me went off. It was so loud that it made my aching
~Adriana’s POV~I woke up in the middle of the night some days later to the shrill sounds of feminine screams coming from the basement and at first, I had been curious about what was making the sound until I remembered that it could be Massimo Punishing someone the same way he did all those nights ago.My curiosity peaked when the thought of the fact that the person being punished could either be Jamie or her lookalike struck my mind and I couldn’t help but begin to slowly walk in the direction of the voice.It was a few minutes past 2am and naturally, I was supposed to be scared but surprisingly I wasn’t. I thought about him saying something about repaying Jamie in her own coins but this thought flew away.Massimo cannot be dangerous enough to repay this way! Moreover it hasn’t been proven yet that she was the one responsible for the accident that led to me losing my baby.Gathering courage, I made my way down the flight of airy stairs leading to the basement, stopping momentarily at
~Adriana’s POV~“Are you sure?” Massimo questioned, looking at me in a way that I had never seen him do before. He looked like a proud father who never realized that his kid (me in this instance) was already taking after him; I smiled.“I am sure,” I said, and then walking over to stand right in front of him, I added; “or you can watch me do it myself,”At my utterance, he gasped in surprise. Even Michael who was standing at a far corner of the room began to chuckle uncontrollably and when he was done laughing, he whispered something along the lines of;“I told you she wasn’t all that different from you, Massimo. You both are birds of a feather and so you should flock together.”Massimo ignored him and so did I. I noticed how intensely he stared at me and after a long minute of awkward silence, he whispered; “why would you even want to get involved in something like this?”“Because my baby was killed?” I replied, cocking my brows and shrugging. Massimo went quiet again, he looked lik
~Adriana’s POV~“Fuck!” I groaned as I flung my expensive Gucci handbag across the room and watched it land carelessly on the floor.My head and legs hurt badly from standing for a long time in stilettos; earlier I didn’t complain because I had been doing it for my mother but now that all the excitement had worn off, the pain had finally kicked in.I looked around my disheveled room in confusion, wondering why the maids had refused to tidy it up but then I decided to do it myself as I couldn’t wait for them for every single thing.Quickly shedding of my dress, I strutted off into the bathroom to have a cold shower first and when I was done, I wrapped a towel around my long red hair to stop it from dripping water onto my body and helped myself into a big tee shirt.I felt slightly rejuvenated after taking my bath and so I decided to channel this new found energy into tidying up my room. I did so dutifully, rearranging and dusting and at some point, I actually began to wonder if I had b