Nina turned a bit startled by seeing that person in front of her out of a sudden. “Mr Alfanso, you here?” Nina asked, staring at Riccardo with her slightly enlarged eyes which made him chuckle, especially after hearing her question and seeing him chuckling, Nina remembered finally that he was the owner of this place and he should be the one asking her that question. She gulped in embarrassment and tried to explain herself. “No actually I….I mean…” “It's okay. Sometimes, I come here for a walk after my dinner,” he said to her, smiling and witnessing his politeness, her embarrassment started fading too. “Are you alright? Should I call Aniya if you need something?” He asked her, trying to respect her comfort and privacy as she might feel uncomfortable in telling him if she needed something. Nina shook her head before answering him. “No, I am completely fine. It's just I couldn't sleep, so I come here to get some fresh air,” Nina told him. He nodded at her in understanding. “I hop
“You have to wait, Ms. Halzen. Our manager has not arrived yet,” the receptionist of that cafe told Nina, which made her look down at her phone to check the time. “But it's already 6 in the evening and I had my interview with him at 5:30,” Nina said to her. Her interview was scheduled with the head manager of that cafe at 5;30 but she had been waiting for him for more than half an hour now but there was no sign of him or the interview. “I apologise but I have no further information regarding this, so you have to wait for our manager to come,” the receptionist uttered. Nina could do nothing so she just sighed heavily and went back to the sofa where she was sitting before and again started waiting for the manager to come. Customers started leaving one by one as the evening started wearing the cloak of the dark night. After almost three hours of waiting and continuously asking about that manager's arrival, Nina got the response that the manager was not going to come today due to some p
“You would surely end up dying in my hands one night, Ms. Halzen,” hearing those words getting whispered in her ear by that masked man in her ear, Nina snapped her head in his direction only to find his dark brown eyes peering at her and now her suspicion confirmed who he was….. Rican Alfanso….. Nina was frozen till her core. She couldn't believe her eyes that it was him. That she had just seen him taking someone's life so brutally. His entire face was covered with a black mask, except for his eyes and forehead. Dark and small locks of his jet black hair were falling on his forehead and all of this was enough for her to recognise him but still she tried to prove herself wrong because she didn't want to believe that it was really him. Her hands were trembling in terror but she still gathered her courage and lifted one of her hands. Without taking her watery eyes away from his, Nina extended her quivering hand towards his face to remove his mask but before she could touch his mask, she
“Stay with me please. I am afraid of being alone in the dark,” hearing her words, he gritted his teeth and spun around to face her.“You are not afraid of seeing me kill someone in the dark but you are afraid of being left alone in the dark. Really?” he seethed out at her, snatching his arm back from her hold. What did she think of him? That she would be able to trap him in her fake web of innocence, just like she had trapped his nephew, Cain? He had encountered countless people like her in his life and he knew exactly what they wanted from people like him.“Well, it depends on the situation and person to person,” Nina replied, deepening his scowl.“Wait, let me explain. See I saw you killing someone so I should be afraid of you that you might kill me too but I am not afraid of you because I know you are not going to kill me,” she uttered, confidently which made him arch his eyebrows at her.“And what makes you believe that I am not going to kill you?” he spat back, curious to know he
“Where the fuck you were?” hearing Cain shouting, the happiness in Nina's gaze faded. She even shuddered in her place because of the tone he used with her. “And why the fuck you have turned your phone off?” Cain raised his voice even more at her. The poor girl flinched, on the edge of tearing up because he had never talked to her like this ever before. Besides, she despised when someone talked to her rudely, especially her closed ones. It made her feel extremely hurt and bad. “I didn't…” “You didn't do what?” He shut her up while tightening his grip around her arm which made Nina hiss in pain at his aggressiveness. Even her eyes glossed. “I had to leave from here to pick you up but when I reached there, you didn't even try to fucking wait for me? Let alone wait, you didn't even try to call or text me for once to inform me that you are coming here on your own?” he seethed out at her, sounding enraged while not even giving her the chance to explain herself. Rican, who was sitting i
‘I need to tell you something really very important….’ he read her text which made him frown. Emptying the entire content of his glass in one gulp, he waited for her to tell him about her important thing as he saw her typing. ‘At least you could try to show some politeness to me here on chat by replying to my messages…’ that was what he got in the name of her important something which made him clench his jaw. This girl had fallen in love with fucking troubling her and he was so going to kill her one day for that. But from where the fuck she got his number?‘Your dad gave me your number as I texted him and told him that you gave me lift today but I forgot to say thanks to you for it, so could he give your number to me and he gladly gave it to me…,’ he read her explanation on how she got his number. Fucking weird creature. Rican was about to block her number as he got done with her and had no intention of reading more of her weird messages which were annoying the life out of him when
Nina was getting ready for her job interview when her phone started ringing. She grabbed her phone and a smile formed on her face, seeing Riccardo's name flashing on it. With a wide smile on her face, she picked up his call.“A very good morning, Mr senior Alfanso,” she wished him and heard him chuckling on the other side of the phone call. “Good morning, my child. How is your health now?” she heard him asking her. Last night when she called him to get Rican's number, she told him that she was not feeling well and witnessing him still remembering about it filled her heart with more warmth for him. How lucky their children were that they got blessed with loving parents like Riccardo and Aniya.“I am completely fine now. Thankyou for asking. Are you and Mrs Alfanso alright?” She asked him back. “Yes, we both are fine. I hope I haven't disturbed you by calling at this moment,”“No, it's completely fine,” she replied to him, beaming.“Actually I called you to know about your health and
“It’s so damn funny for you to moan in front of so many men like a damn fucking wanton, isn't it?” he roared at her while gripping her arms vigorously. His glowering gaze was glaring down at her. Nina took a while to understand the meaning behind his words and why exactly he said them and when she understood what he actually meant, her heart felt a clenching pain. She never let anyone’s words hurt her so easily but hearing him calling her a wanton, it hurt and angered her a lot. “There were dozens of men who were present around you and their fucking eyes were all over you but you were moaning and doing such fucking things in front of them with no worry and care? How pathetically careless you want to prove yourself more now?” He raised his voice more at her. Rage was searing inside his veins by recalling how she was moaning while grabbing her fucking butts in front of so many men. Instead of feeling embarrassed, it had angered him a lot, especially witnessing how she again dared to te
“She loves me more….”“No, she loves me more….” “No, me….”“Me…”“Me…..”“Nori…Rina….” Hearing that voice, both the girls turned their heads and saw their father standing at the door who was peering at them with a startled look on his face as he was watching both of his daughters grabbing each other's hairs and trying to make each other go bald. It made him recall about his own childhood when he and his sister, Flora, used to pull each other's hair in every fight.Sighing heavily, he walked towards his daughters who were still glaring at each other. Rican kneeled beside both of them as they both had inherited their adorable heights from their mother.“And why are my princesses fighting again?” He asked while trying to make them lose their grips around each other's hair before they would rip each other's hair apart.“You both know that if mamma hears you both fighting again then she will throw all of us out of our home,” he uttered, making both of his toddlers giggle as last time which
Her hands were surrounded around his naked back. He had stripped both of their bodies completely bare which were grazing against each other. Laying under him, Nina was enjoying his mouth claiming her sweetness as his. Their tongues were colliding with each other while their mouths were sucking each other’s warmth. Nina gripped his hair when he trailed towards her jaw and started putting sloppy kisses there and then travelled down towards her neck. Her body shuddered when he gave a suck on her sweet spot. After that, he licked her skin with his warm and wet tongue which erupted numerous sensations inside her body. Nina squeezed her legs, unable to control those tingles which she was feeling in her lower region.He took one of her bosoms in his mouth and started sucking on her nipples which made Nina nibble on her lower lip. Bliss washed over her. This man surely knew how to drive her crazy for him. Nina was busy enjoying the pleasure he was giving her when suddenly she remembered somet
“I wanted to spend our first wedding night in our home because we needed to meet her,” Nina said to him whose gaze was fixed at those celestial sapphire orbs of Noelle's in that picture in front of him.Nina watched him staring at Noelle's picture wordlessly which made her sigh softly. Nina held his hand which made him slowly trail his gaze towards her. Rican found a soft smile playing on her face.“You know that day when I met her for the very first time….” He heard her pausing and then she turned her head to look at Noelle's picture.“That 12 year old Nina fell in love with her, especially when she gave her that rose because that 12 year old Nina used to believe that we gave rose to that person whom we love,” Rican wordlessly heard every word of hers which she was saying to him with that tender smile on her face.“And you know when I asked her if she loves me…she told me that she loves me a lot,” Rican saw her smile widening as he was sure she might be recalling that day when she ha
“You are looking mesmerising, Nina,” A soft smile formed on her face, hearing Aniya while her cerulean eyes were gazing at her own reflection in the mirror where she was watching herself wrapped in that beautiful pale white gown which had shining stones encrusted on it. A long veil was attached to the top of her head. Her face had no layer of makeup which was showing her tiny freckles. Her lips had a natural flush of rosy pink but the most beautiful part of her appearance was her slightly swollen belly which had started showing finally as she had stepped into her third trimester of pregnancy.Smiling, she placed her palm over her tummy and gently caressed it.“So how is Mr Junior Alfanso feeling about his parents getting married today finally?” Flora asked, beaming. Her question made Nina blush. Yes, today was that day when she was getting married not just only to the love of her life but also to the father of her baby. No, it was not feeling like a dream anymore because her devil Al
Both Rican and Nina got up from the sofa, seeing Cain and his parents walking in their direction. Nina found Rican not just only stepping closer to her but also ahead of her a bit with Cain's every step coming towards her and she knew exactly why. He had now turned viciously possessive and protective of her after everything that had happened in their lives and especially when their child was breathing inside her now. He didn't want to take any kind of risk in any way. They both saw Cain standing in front of them while his parents stood behind him. They saw Cain lowering his eyes before them. “I am sorry, uncle Rican, Nina. I am really very sorry,” they heard Cain apologising to them with his lowered head. Lifting his hands up, he joined them in front of him. “I know my mistakes are not forgivable, especially the inhumanity which I had tried to do with Nina and then getting blinded by hatred for you, I ended up harming uncle Rican whom I have always considered as my family, so please
“I am sorry,” Nina saw him uttering those words to her. His glossy gaze lingered at her like he had been terrified that he was not going to see her again and this was what she had been feeling since the moment she got to know about his attack. She had died in those few hours with every passing second to just get a glimpse of him. She was turning lifeless just to witness that his life was safe and protected. Nina felt a scorching pain evoking inside her heart when she saw a lone tear rolling down from the corner of his eyes. It made her heart bleed. “I am sorry, Nina. Please forgive me for hurting you, mi reina,” he breathed out, staring into her cerulean watery eyes which glossed up more at his words. Sitting beside him on the bed, Nina slanted herself closer to him and his heart finally found its peace when he felt her pressing her lips against his forehead. She kissed his forehead with everything she had, telling him how much she had longed for him and how much she had been hurting
“Mi alma….” Rican's froze completely. After seven long years of that painful yearning, he was finally seeing her in front of him. His best friend, his existence, his very first love, his alma. Immediately tears stung his eyes. Rican threw his arms around her and bursted out crying. He tightly clutched her in his embrace, fearing she would vanish if he would loosen just even a bit which he didn't want. He didn't want to let her slip from his embrace again. He didn't want her to fade again.“I missed you. I missed you so much, mi alma,”he uttered in between his sobs while hugging her more tightly. After seven years, he got to hold her in his arms. He got to see her again. He got to talk to her again. He got to feel her again.Rican felt her wrapping her arms around him which gave his heart the tranquillity he had been dying to feel all these years. It made him tear up more like a little kid.“Hey! Why are you crying?” he heard her saying to him before she pulled back to look at him. Ri
“It has happened because of me,” That voice made Riccardo tilt his head and his eyes enlarged, seeing Cain in front of him. His head was wrapped in a bandage. Multiple bruises were visible on his face. It bewildered Riccardo, especially when he saw Kester and Niley standing behind Cain. Kester and his family avoided attending their wedding anniversary party, saying that they were out of town but everyone knew they didn't come to the celebration gathering because of Nina and Cain's past. But respecting their decision, Riccardo didn't force them to attend the party then what they were doing here?Riccardo watched Cain walking towards him, followed by his parents, Kester and Niley. “Uncle Rican is in this position because of me, grandpa,” Cain uttered, lowering his head in front of Riccardo. His words startled him even more. Riccardo looked at Niley and Kester and saw their heads were lowered too. Tears were falling from Niley's eyes. Riccardo darted his gaze at Easton and found him nod
“How is he now, doctor?” Riccardo uttered, extremely tensed and worried. They all had come to the hospital after finding out about Rican's condition and that attack on him. “We can't say anything till the operation won't be finished. The bullet has been aimed at his chest and he has been attacked by a knife multiple times, so we need to find out if he has received any harm to any of his vital organs,” the doctor informed.Nina's eyes filled with more tears, hearing the doctor. He had been hurt so much and it was just because of her. She told him to leave her alone. She told him to leave from there and if she would not have said that, if she would have tried to listen to him for once, if she would have not been so selfish with him then none of this would have ever happened. His life would not have been at stake if she would have kept him closer to her. It had happened because of her and her selfishness. She turned so blind in her own pain that she forgot that she was his only cure and