Adriana’s POVI couldn’t stop screaming even as I watched Paramedics take Michael’s body away, nor did I stop screaming when he was pushed into an ambulance.My body shook with something that I never felt before, it felt like some kind of rage, fuelled by intense sadness. It tore into my chest, numbing me momentarily but at the same time, gave me strength, angry strength. I yelled.I wanted to ask Massimo about what had happened, wanted to be told in detail the complete gist of what had gone down today, some minutes ago, but then after one look at his face, I found myself sobbing.He seemed weak… broken even.He sat hopelessly on the tiled floor with tears streaming down his eyes in torrents. In his hands was Michael’s distinguished wristwatch, one which he now held onto as if for dear life.Even from here, I could see the redness and puffiness of his eyes and could even see the now empty look that had replaced his usual sleepy dark boy look. He opened his mouth like someone who was
Adriana’s POV“Gina, please can I see you privately?” I heard Massimo say softly to Gina. In my entire life, this was the first time I would see him this polite to her and I didn’t know whether to be angry or sad at the prospect of him being this kind because he was about to give her terrible news.“Where’s Michael?” She asked instead, ignoring Massimo’s failed attempt at trying to calm her but I couldn’t bring myself to tell her the truth.If there was anyone here with enough balls to tell Gina about what had just happened then it was Massimo and not me because there was no way I would break a news such as that to a girl just like me; I shuddered.“Where is Michael?!” She asked again, screaming this time, and in fear, I rushed to her.“He’s in the hospital!” Massimo exclaimed.Fine, that wasn’t a lie; Michael was in the hospital, even though it was a hospital’s morgue, but a hospital all the same.“What happened to him?” She cried, grabbing both of my hands as she fell to the floor.
Adriana’s POV“Gina! Please open the door!” Massimo yelled out worriedly. It’s been about thirty minutes since Gina locked herself in and every attempt to get her out of there seemed furtive. I was beginning to become really worried.I banged on the thick door a few more times but it still wouldn’t budge, and with a new kind of fear settling at the back of my heart, I looked up at Massimo.“Are there no spare keys?” I asked him and to my utter bewilderment, he shook his head.“There used to but I have no idea if they still exist or not. I have seen any of those in a long time.” He murmured under his breath, changing his position so that he could begin to hit the door with his shoulders but no matter the amount of force used, the door just wouldn’t bulge.“What do we do now?” I cried out desperately, almost tugging on my hair in frustration. I wasn’t sure why but I had a bad feeling about her being locked up in there.Deep down, I knew that she was in danger, a self-constructed danger,
Adriana’s POVI stared at the phone in my hands with panic creeping up the length of my spine. I couldn’t believe my eyes; I couldn’t believe that Caden would resort to something as crazy as this just to have me under his shackles.At first, I didn’t want to check his text but then curiosity had gotten the better part of me. I had been worried that he was about to threaten me, seeing as I had left the last time after almost killing him, but then I hadn’t expected this.I hadn’t expected to see a folder, and I hadn’t expected to click on it only to find a picture of my naked self in it. The picture was from a few days ago, probably around the time he had drugged me into passing out.I was on a bed with the bed sheets and my clothes scattered all over the place. Caden on the other hand lay next to me, he was also stark naked and his hands were wrapped around my midriff while his lips were around one of my nipples.Tears leaked into my eyes as I thought about how implicating this picture
Massimo’s POVI woke up to one of the most beautiful scenery I’ve witnessed in a very long time. The room was insanely bright and from the wall-length window right in front of my bed, I could clearly see the city below, I could hear the sounds of the birds chirping in the sky and of the cars below as they went about their everyday routine.To further complement this beautiful scenario, Adriana lay peacefully on the bed with her eyes closed in sleep. Her beautiful porcelain face shone in the bright light, making her seem more angelic than she already looked… if that was even possible.I watched her for a while, admiring the way her king eyelashes shielded her eyes, casting a beautiful dark shadow over her face. Even the way she sighed at intervals made me so excited, one would think that I had just recently won the lottery, and to think that she was naked underneath those bed covers made me even worse. I groaned.“Good morning,” her sweet voice said suddenly, causing me to sit up in
Massimo’s POV“We are all gathered here today to pay our solemn tributes to this lovely family, the family of Mr and Mrs George Greyson for the painful demise of their son…” The priest’s deep voice spoke loudly through the microphone, sending shivers down my spine.He was rudely interrupted when Michael’s father raised his hands into the air, causing the entire crowd to turn to look at him.When he was asked why he had interrupted the priest, he said; “you didn’t mention my daughter,”“Your daughter?” The priest asked incredulously, whilst eyeing Michael’s only sister, Patricia skeptically. Patricia noticed this and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.“I mean my daughter-in-law, Gina.” He supplied, pointing at Gina’s coffin.As soon as the priest got a whiff of what he was trying to say, he sighed, nodded his head, and with an impatient flick of his wrist, snapped;“I know! And we’re coming to her!”I wasn’t sure exactly what it was; whether it was the fact that Michael’s obnoxious fat
Adriana’s POV“Adriana speak, you’re wasting my time! I saw you at the back of the house pushing some food into your mouth when you’re supposed to be fasting! How can you be so insensitive on this special day?!” He growled, causing me to flinch back in fear.At first, I didn’t make sense of what he was trying to say but then when it made sense that that was the crime he thought I had committed, I exhaled in relief.“I am sorry!” I cried, pretending to be really shaken by the fact that he had seen me eating when I was supposed to be fasting on Michael and Gina’s behalf. “… but I was so hungry and my stomach kept hurting. I would’ve tried not to eat it but there was nothing I could do with the intense stomach ache I felt at the time.” I added, sniffling.Well, that hadn’t been a total by the way. I had woken up today with intense stomach pain, and then fasting had only made it feel a lot worse. Just when I couldn’t take it any longer, I sneakily went to the back of the house and helped
Adriana’s POV“I can’t do that! How heartless can you be?!” I yelled into the phone and pressed it to my ears while my hands shook in panic.“Do you think it’s that easy for me to raise such a huge amount of money all the time? When exactly did you turn into a charity organization that I have to donate some money to regularly?!” I spat angrily, feeling more infuriated than ever with Caden’s excesses.Right now, he was trying to threaten me into giving him the two million dollars he asked for, and no matter how many times I told him that I couldn’t raise it now, he just wouldn’t believe me.“Don’t test me, Adriana, I have his contact, and the more time you take to send me that money, the more I get the urge to click the send button.” He answered instead, choosing to ignore the part where I said I didn’t have the money.I huffed, blowing out my chest to relieve myself of the tension I was feeling in there but somehow, it seemed as though the entire universe was against me today because
Adriana sat quietly on the bed, staring between the debtor who was speaking too fast, and Massimo, whose grin was just too wide, wondering about what they were talking about that had gotten them so excited.The doctor shook Massimo’s hand again, for what felt like the hundredth time before walking away with his briefcase clutched tightly in his hands.It was until after he had walked out that Adriana found her voice, and with a force, she croaked out;“What is happening? Why’s the doctor so excited?”The last thing she could remember was having a head-splitting headache. The one that had weakened her and made her faint, and now, seeing Massimo so happy as soon as she opened her eyes made it all so confusing.“I am talking to you, Massimo!” She exclaimed, causing Massimo to stop. He gently sat close to her on the bed, draped his arm around her shoulder, and with that grin still plastered across his face, he said to her;“You’re pregnant.”At first, Adriana was very sure she didn’t hear
Amy’s POVWith my plane tickets in my hand, I dragged my heavy suitcase through the airport terminal, and at the same time, ducking to prevent myself from being seen by one of my many enemies.It’s been three weeks since I killed Caden and made away with Adriana’s money, and ever since then, I’ve been literally watching my shadow.Everyone and everything seemed to creep me out, even the sound of random songs playing on the radio. I couldn’t help but think that I was being watched, and that was why I decided to leave the country.One of the reasons I decided to leave the country though was because I knew that the police were street me for killing Caden and taking part in a kidnap scheme. They also wanted to arrest me for theft and I couldn’t let that happen.Adriana’s money had been long deposited in one of my accounts, and now, all I needed was to get my sorry ass out of this country before I got caught.Bouncing down the extremely clean walkway, I arrived at the check-in desk but as
Massimo’s POVI slowly pried my eyes open and smiled when I was met with Adriana’s pretty sleeping face. She slept soundly and for the first time since I knew her, she didn’t care if she was stark naked or not.It’s been a few days since Caden’s death and even as Jamie and her twin sister, Jannie served jail terms, Amy was still nowhere to be found,l.It was as if she had disappeared off the surface of the earth with my money, and even as the police had set out search parties for her, placing them in several points around the city, none had been able to come up with information concerning Amy; it was alarming.My train of thought was suddenly disrupted when my phone screen came on, and a text notification popped up on the screen. I groaned in frustration when I discovered that the interruption was none other than Jessica and I frowned as I thought about what she might want now.Picking up the phone, I clicked on the message she had sent after I had finished reading through it, and I f
Adriana‘s POVAs soon as I tried to run, I was immediately tackled to the ground by four lunatics who suddenly realized I was some sort of trophy that could be transported from one place to the other just for them to make money off me.In desperation, I screamed out for help but it was nowhere to be found. I thrashed violently in their hold, wanting to free myself but there was no way I could stand the chance against four people who seemed as though they were high on steroids.“Let me go! Let go of me, you psychopaths!” I yelled out fearfully, whilst praying that Massimo would walk in at this moment, and just as I did, I saw him drive in with a sleek Rolls Royce, moving as though he was a madman.At first, Caden seemed so shocked that Massimo had driven in that he stood frozen to a spot. Even Jamie was suddenly unmoving; it shocked me that one person had this much hold on them.“Let her go!” He growled, causing Jannie and Amy, the two people who still held on to me, to move away fright
Adriana’s POVI arrived at the scene about five minutes before the stipulated time, and even though Caden was nowhere to be found yet, I still couldn’t help but feel like something was terribly wrong.The place was eerily silent and so was my head. It was as if my mind had suddenly gone blank and I couldn’t conjure up even a single thought.Seizing this opportunity, I picked up my phone, and quickly sent a text to Massimo even though I wasn’t sure he wanted to talk to me yet, that is after taking a picture of the secluded place and then putting it on silent before tossing it under one of the chairs where it wouldn’t be easily seen by Caden.I bit my fingernails as I waited for Caden. Time moved torturously slow and every moment felt like I was waiting for years. Just when I was already beginning to think about going back home, a black sleek car pulled over and immediately, Caden stepped out.“Hey, you!” He called out almost too cheerfully but as soon as he saw the look of disdain tha
Adriana’s POV“Did you… did you just say you’re Massimo’s cousin?!” I stuttered with widened eyes. It was unbelievable!As if to further surprise me, he nonchalantly nodded his head at me, smiled in a way that seemed a little sheepish, and muttered; “I am, and I wasn’t lying when I said so.”Something about the way he talked made me suddenly begin to feel suspicious about him. I couldn’t help but remember that I had also felt this way about him during the first few days we met.He had this thing about him, this silent pride. One that made you know that he was a servant in this house but at the same time, you just knew that you couldn’t talk to him the way you talked to other servants.That pride he had was the only thing that stopped me from disbelieving him, so I rolled my eyes as I looked away.Suddenly, I remembered that Caden was somewhere waiting for me. He was probably pissed right now, and with I’m not this thought in mind, I snapped; “I don’t care if you’re Massimo’s father
Caden’s POVMy eyes widened in shock when I checked Anastasia’s pulse only to notice that it wasn’t moving at all! She wasn’t breathing and no matter what I did to resuscitate her, it wasn’t working!“Shit!” I cussed aloud, feeling fear begin to seep into my mind. I couldn’t call Amy for help now, especially when Anastasia had died during intercourse. I mean, how was I supposed to explain to her that I had killed a girl I’d been drilling when Lu called to tell me about Massimo without her flipping out?It was impossible!With a new kind of desperation settling at the back of my mind, I picked up my phone and called the first person that came to mind. Now, I didn’t care about getting money from Adriana anymore, all I cared about was hiding this crime in the best possible way.“Hello, Caden?” His deep baritone voice called out, momentarily startling me. It was Lu, and he seemed genuinely surprised that I was calling him back only a few seconds after our first call.“I need a favor!” I
Caden’s POV“Arrgh damn!” I moaned under my breath as I leaned back, watching Anastasia, a girl I had cast my sights on for a long time now, ride me. She groaned in pain when I smacked her ass but despite this, she didn’t stop. One thing I loved about her though was her endurance and her wildness… She was one of those few humans who could be pushed to the wall but would never retaliate.Again, I smacked her ass, smiling when she bit into her lips, drawing blood, and with a new fierce determined look in her eyes, she began bouncing on my throbbing manhood, whilst throwing her head back.The room was hot and smelled terrible. It smelled like tobacco and swear, with a mixture of bodily fluids and alcohol… and something else that I couldn’t quite place, something that smelled damp.Lying on my back made the smell even more difficult to bear. I felt suffocated and nauseated at the same time…if that was even possible; and if not for the fact that she was so good at what she was doing, I wo
Massimo’s POV“Are you suddenly deaf, Mr Grey?!” Lux barked at me, causing a few of his minions around us to burst into laughter, and even as insulting as that sounded, I still couldn’t find it in me to be mad.Right now, all I could think of was Dylan, my younger cousin who at this moment was standing behind me, putting up a brave front.I liked how he seemed fearless. I mean, it was in our family lineage to be domineering but at the same time, I knew that Dylan was faking it. From up here, I could notice the tiny insignificant stuff that no one else could; I could see how his hands shook almost unnoticeably and how his eyebrows twitched now and then. I’ve known this motherfvcker for quite a while now, he’s suffered some of my bullying and teasing, and so I knew that right now, he was petrified.“And who are you?!” Lux barked, shifting his attention from me to Dylan and immediately, I felt a sense of fear pass through me, and when Dylan wouldn’t speak, he added; “Massimo, are you