CHAPTER 23 • UNKNOWN PERSON’S POV•Her look of fear made my lips curl into a dark smile. Feeding off their fears made the adrenaline in me rush faster as the scene unfolding before me thrilled me to the core.Her scream was like high-pitched music to my ears, my cochlea tingled back at the sound and my heart raced enlivened by their horror. I could literally taste the panic off her,thick and sweet just as I want it to be.The scene before me sent a thrill down my spine to the core of my bones giving me a sick satisfaction.Her scream came again,this time louder than the first and I couldn’t stop the excitement I felt at that moment seeing her in that state.Fear was a language I understood very well, a bit more than a normal person would. Her fear fueled me giving me more purpose and urge to hurt her some more. With every gasp and pleasing look she made,I could feel my pulse quicken with excitement.MATTEO ROCCO!The name attached to my long-time pain. A brothe
CHAPTER 24•MATTEO’S POV•“Bring Aurora home right now!” I thundered.I was so livid, and my whole body was vibrating with so much anger.I was in a Zoom meeting when Bella called Anthony to notify me about the text Aurora had received. A pang of anger swept through my body, and I felt a moment of what seemed like vulnerability.Whoever sent the message will be dead meat once I catch up with him.“Austin, send some of our men to the store, search the area and all of the alleys.” I ordered. “Make sure no stone is left unturned. Look through all the dash cams. Be sure to get to the root of this.”“Yes, sir.” He belted back before taking his leave.Turning back to Anthony, I dismissed him to go wait downstairs.“Let me know the moment Aurora is back home.” and he nods before taking his leave.Walking to my table, I grabbed the almost-finished bottle of Dry Martini and gulped down the contents in one go. Whatever feeling I had right now is definitely one I have never felt before.She isn’
CHAPTER 25 *AURORA’S POV*I feel like I’m loosing my breath and my mind is in a Smokey haze. A huge palm is over my mouth restricting me from screaming and I’m slowly running out of breath as well as the palm is huge enough to cover my nose…..Suddenly my captor spoke into my ear,his breath fanning my the behind of my ear making me feel a kind of disgust I have never experienced…… “Matteo will loose his mind looking for you.” he sneered excitement making his voice quiver.He sounded like a complete maniac.“And I will deliver you in the prettiest coffin he will ever lay his eyes upon. That’s after I make your body mine first…” his face contorted as a devilsish smile crept into his already scary face.I resume struggling again with my captor and I begin to slip into unconsciousness,letting my subconscious consume me…….I woke up with a wave of shock flooding my entire being and grabbed the first thing I found in my way. A hand that lay beside me.My face wa
CHAPTER 26 • AURORA’S POV•One week later…It’s been a couple of days since the bridal store incident. These days Mateo increased the number of security who joined me for my wedding runs and even to have a bit of fun with Bella and Sofia. Matteo himself has been nothing but gentle with me, treating me like a gem not letting me out of his sight once he was home for work. I spent most of my time in his office, the library or his bedroom where he would always touch me and make me feel wild things. I loved it because for the first time all my life I felt like I belonged somewhere and had a say in my life without being dictated to. My sister was to come visit the next week and then after we would have our engagement party and the wedding before going on our honeymoon. I felt nothing but pure ecstasy these past few days and I’ll have to thank Matteo for that.Right now I’m in the library reading a new find. It’s been 8 pm already and Matteo isn’t back. He promised to come back ear
CHAPTER 27•MATTEO’S POV• My lips came crashing down on hers. She was at first unable to reciprocate the kiss, but the intensity of the kiss overwhelmed her. She returned the kiss, with such intensity that when I pushed my tongue into her mouth, she let out a soft moan Deepening the kiss, I slowly move on to her neck slowly and sensually sucking her earlobes. My eyes trailed down her body then up again, settling on her breast which was barely covered by that tiny piece of lace. Her face heated up instantly. “You know this nightwear is your best fit ever Aurora, let me have the honor of taking them off you.” I say huskily my voice dripping with lust she nods shyly in response as I slowly take off the nightwear leaving her naked body in full view to my eyes only. She was beautiful! Her skin was soft and smooth like a porcelain doll. Her curves were in the right places and I stood there drinking up her body, letting my eyes fuck her first. She tried to cover her body with her hands
CHAPTER 28 •MATTEO’S POV•This girl is doing something unexplainable to me.Watching her sleep calmly,her soft facial features that made her look like a baby while in her sleep,her lips swollen from my kisses. She looked like perfection itself.She may seem naive but I knew she was smart,not just smart in the bedroom which is why I’ll take it upon myself to teach her what she needs to know. A smirk formed on my face to that very thought. Raising my body carefully in order to not awaken her,I made my way to the bathroom to have a hot shower. Stripping of all my clothes I dash into the shower letting the hot gush of water soak up my skin. Today was such a long day as we finally sort out a permanent solution to the mess Alfredo Enzo tried to make. Good riddance!Thanks to Aurora who made me leave work early after sending those teasing photos of herself to me. I know she doesn’t know exactly what her body does to me cause if she did,she won’t dare tease me
CHAPTER 29 •AURORA’S POV•It was two days before my engagement party to Matteo. Everyone was busy with preparations, including me and my sister who had been coming over almost every two days since the first day she came to visit. Aunt Lia on the other hand gushed when she first saw me have the final fitting of my wedding outfit.“So flawless!” was the first thing she said when she saw me before bawling her eyes out wishing Mother was there with us.Sweet mother…. I miss her but I know I’m loved here despite her absence, Mrs Rocco and Aunt Lia have done a good job of making me forget that I didn’t have a mom.We’re all seated in the living room going through magazines giving reference to the ballroom decor for the engagement party when Matteo walks in alongside his PA Anthony and I swear I had just seen Anthony steal sweet glances at each other. Or was I blind or was something just out of place?Waving away the thought cause seconds later Matteo pulled me in
CHAPTER 30 •MATTEO’S POV•If I wasn’t there at that very moment, I would never believe that she could hurt a person. Watching her put that girl in her place made me have an instant hard-on, she was so hot and sexy, and her face emitted so much spite which gave off the true essence of a mafia’s wife which I absolutely loved to see.Watching her shocked expression on knowing I was there all along was a sight. I walked to where she was standing and just stared at her intensely before taking her hands and leading her out into the garden outside, she was silent the whole time, not like someone who almost broke another’s skull a few minutes ago.Stopping at the shade I broke the silence between us.“You never told me you had a fierce side to you bambina.” I say calmly stroking her red cheeks causing her to shiver. She’s so cute and responsive.“You never asked.” she replied avoiding eye contact with me.“What you just did was so hot.” I acknowledged but was recipr
MATTEO’S POV"No."That was the first word out of my mouth the moment Aurora stepped into the room. I had thought about how I would try to talk her out of joining us in meeting Sofia but seeing how she looked right now told me that if I didn’t stop her, she would pull up something reckless when we got there. Dressed in a black leather jumpsuit paired with a pair of black boots, Her eyes still had that mechanical look to them and she just looked… DANGEROUS."You're not coming with us," I said again, louder this time.She didn’t flinch. "I am." She bent down to adjust the laces of her boots as if I wasn’t talking to her. Bella blinked. "Aurora… you look like you're heading to kill someone.""I might.""Absolutely not," I snapped, moving toward her. "You’re not going into that place dressed like—""Like someone ready to get her son back?" she interrupted.Anthony stood behind me, arms folded and just stared at Aurora before he spoke up. "This isn't a battlefield, Aurora.""Isn’t it? My
MATTEO’S POVThe whole house was thrown into chaos with Liam’s disappearance with Sofia. Aurora hadn’t said a word for hours, as if in a trance and the worst part…Riccardo had insisted on not talking which was nerve-wracking. “All fingers point to Sofia, she has a hand in Alfredo’s disappearance.”Bella pointed out a matter of factly as we tried without end to reach Sofia’s phone but to no avail. “I can’t believe this is happening again and to my son at that. I wish she took me instead.” Aurora’s voice came from the corner of the where she sat in tears. “I really do wish she took me instead of my son, my baby is too young and precious for this.” Loud sobs came at the last part as her body shook violently. I pulled my wife into my arms whispering comforting things to her. Bella and Anthony came close, “Sofia won’t hurt him Aurora, she might be acting this way but would never hurt her nephew. She might be acting up cause of something.” Bella said softly.“But what does she want?” I fi
AURORA’S POV“At this rate, I’ll be late picking up Liam.” I sighed as I took another glance at my watch, it was more than twenty minutes and no sign of Bella. She’d asked to meet but she wasn’t showing up. Dailing her number a couple of times with no response I made to leave the ice cream shop heading towards my car when a message dropped in. Opening my inbox my blood ran cold. “No…no.” I whispered in fear as I looked at the image of my baby boy asleep in the back seat of a car. My mind went black as I jumped into my car and sped up to his kindergarten which was just a three-minute drive from the ice cream shop. “God it better be a prank… not my baby God I beg of you.” I kept praying as my heart slammed against my chest in fear. Immediately I got to the school premises I caught sight of Liam’s homeroom teacher out in the front with some other kids whose parents were yet to pick up. She sees me and waves my way. “Mrs Rocco, what are you doing here?” She asks warmly with a confused
MATTEO’S POVDay three into Sofia’s disappearance and Alfredo's supposed death. That was how long it had been then. Three days, and we still had nothing except her abandoned car in the hotel parking lot. She checked in and never came out leaving everyone fucking worried.And as if that isn't enough, the damn DNA results were still being delayed by Hughes and Dawson. "I want those results on my desk in an hour," I snapped into the phone talking to Dawson, pacing the length of my office. "I don't care what the holdup is. Make it happen. And don’t bring up that crap that he was burnt beyond recognition else I'll Have you burnt as well."The man on the other end stammered, trying to feed me more excuses. I hung up before I lost my temper completely. This was already getting me on edge as it's been days and we've still had nothing from the forensics or the CCTV footage.I turned to Anthony, who was leaning against the desk, his eyes glued to the screen monitoring the CCTV footage. "Go p
SOFIA’S POV.I had to get Matteo off my tail and getting rid of my car was the first part. I parked it at the hotel where we usually hosted our family events, flashed a fake smile at the concierge, booked a room under my name, and took the requested to go out through the back exit and took a taxi to Alfredo’s hideout. I knew Matteo will track my car and it would be easy to find me. It’s been three days since our fall out and it was time to get plans rolling. Dawson has been on my neck cause of the pressure from Matteo and I had asked for three days. Damn it! I hate rushed things. "Ricardo, where's Matteo now?" I whisper, pacing Alfredo’s dimly lit apartment. My fingers drum against my thigh as I hold the phone tight to my ear. Leaving Riccardo behind wasn't part of my plan but worked in my favor as I could keep track of what my brother was up to."Still on the DNA results. He's pressing hard as Dawson is stalling to buy time for you. Anthony is headed to the forensics right now to
AURORA’S POVMatteo picked up on the third ring."What is it?" His voice was sharp and edgy. I guess his meeting at the morgue didn’t go well. Today was just one drama after another."Sofia just left the house," I said quickly. "She stormed out after a fight with Bella. I don’t know where she’s going, but she looked…dangerous Matteo, I’ve never seen her that way even when she was mad at someone. It didn’t feel right."A pause. "How long ago?" His voice came back on the line. "Minutes. She took her car, alone. Didn’t wait for her bodyguard.""Stay put. I’m coming back.""What? I thought you were still at the morgue?""I’m done there and heading home. I’ll be there soon. Don’t let Bella do anything reckless, she’s not the type that will let Sofia off the hook easily after a fight just because they’re siblings."He hung up before I could ask more. Typical.I turned to Bella, who was still fuming from the fight. She had a split lip, and her hands were shaking. Infact her whole body was v
SOFIA'S POV“Damn it.” I screamed jamming the door against its hinges as I stepped into my room. Fuck all of them, Fuck this family. After years of sidelining me, cause they thought of me as incapable of being in the family’s business, they’re still treating me like shit trying to boss me around. Breathing in and out I try to control my breath as I breathe in and out to calm my nerves. “Once I’m done with you guys, you’ll know better than mess me.” I throw myself back into bed and remain in that position looking at the ceiling for almost an hour when my phone notification beeps signaling a message.My hands trembled as I gripped my phone, staring at the last message Dawson sent me. He’s been pulling strings for me in prison in exchange for money to settle his wife’s hospital bills.“They’re questioning the body. Matteo ordered a DNA test. He’s insisting the body isn’t Alfredo’s.”Damn it.This wasn’t part of the plan. I never told Alfredo about this particular plan because I didn’t
MATTEO’S POVAlfredo. Dead. A supposed suicide. It didn’t add up.Alfredo was anything but he wasn’t a chicken head that would deliberately kill himself over a prison time. He would rather serve time and come out to continue his supposed revenge than die like a chicken.Anthony and I walked behind an attendant and a doctor who led the way into the morgue in the prison where the bodies are kept till consumed by the family of the deceased. “He’s he is.” The attendant says stopping in front of the freezer used to store the bodies before pulling it out for us to examine.Stepping closer to take a closer look, his face was totally disfigured almost to the point of no recognition. A burn? Did he set himself on fire? Why wasn’t this said over the phone before we got here?Dr. Hughes, the forensic pathologist, gestured toward the covered body on the steel table. “We received him early this morning. The official report states self-immolation inside his cell. Burned beyond recognition.”My jaw
AURORA’S POVIt’s 8:30 am and no signs of Sofia being back home, pretty sure she didn’t sleep at home last night as I didn’t see her bodyguard as well. Tried calling and she’s been unavailable.Bella strolls in lazily and plumps herself into a seat at the dining table where I, Matteo and Anthony are seated. “What’s for breakfast.” Her voice was patched and I passed her a glass of water. “Thanks, sweet girl.” She gulps down her water in one go. Anthony loads her plate with some food while Bella’s eyes scan the table questioningly, “Uhmm…where’s Soph? Has anyone checked in on her, she complained of cramps yesterday.” She noted. “I doubt she’s home, knocked on her door several times and nothing. Her phone’s not available as well.” I point out and just after I spoke we hear someone walk in and all heads turn simultaneously. There she is.Raising from my seat and grabbing a plate and spoon for her to use I query her “Where have you been? We’ve been looking for and just spoke about you ju