Angelo smiled at Mirabella and took her to a corner, "listen, princess, where I'm taking your mummy, children are not allowed to enter.I will buy ice cream for you and tomorrow I will take both you and your mummy to ride the Ferris wheel. Wouldn't you like that?""I will like that," Mirabella replied excitedly."That's good," Angelo added. "stay with your nanny and do your homework and I promise that tomorrow will be 'world Mirabella's day'."After coaxing Mirabella, Angelo and Isabella kissed her goodbye and left. Isabella was surprised and said to Angelo, "I kept thinking about what to say to her to convince her to stay behind but you handled it so perfectly."Angelo smiled, "I am her father afterall, so it shouldn't be so hard to get her to do my bidding.""I am just glad that you are now with us," Isabella said as she intertwined her fingers with Angelo's.Angelo took Isabella to a ritzy restaurant. She noticed he had already made a reservation as their table had been designed s
Angelo woke up quite early in the morning and made breakfast for his princesses while the nanny got Mirabella ready for school.They all ate together after which Angelo said, "today, I'll take Mirabella to school and drop her off before coming back."Mirabella said goodbye to Isabella and got into Angelo's car while he drove her to school. When they arrived, the lady at the counter noticed that Angelo was the one who brought Mirabella to school.She smiled and waved at him. Angelo waved back. He had entered the school compound with Mirabella and just before she left for her class, he got on his knees and hugged her tightly."I love you, princess and I will miss you so much.""I love you too Daddy and I will miss you so much," Mirabella replied.Angelo smiled and tapped one of his cheeks with his finger. Mirabella moved much closer to him, held his face with her little hands, and kissed his cheek. "Goodbye daddy," she said before running inside.Angelo stood for a while smiling until h
That night, when Angelo went back to his house, he felt as though he was in a strange place. He felt lonely.He called Isabella and they spoke at length, each explaining how their day went. Angelo also spoke with Mirabella until she fell asleep. He said goodnight to Isabella so she could sleep but he wasn't able to get any sleep, himself.He used the opportunity and packed up all the things he wanted to take with him to London.When he was done with everything, he looked at his time and decided to force himself to sleep. He realized that he would not be able to spend one more night away from Isabella and Mirabella.He decided that whatever meetings he had left will be done through Zoom. He was going back to his family first thing in the morning.When Angelo's flight landed in London, he knew that Isabella was not expecting him and decided to surprise her.We stayed at the new house he had bought and arranged everything he had taken along with him. When it was four in the evening, he
Isabella stretched her hand towards Angelo and said, "Yes, I will marry you."Angelo placed her palm on his and wore the diamond-studded gold ring in his hand over her ring finger.Isabella stared at the ring as more tears fell from her eyes while Angelo stood up and kissed her for what seemed like an eternity before hugging her.When they finally let go of each other, he held her hand, and together they left the beach. Isabella was all smiles as Angelo drove them back home.She kept staring at him as the scene of his proposal kept replaying in her mind. It was funny though because whoever saw them would think they were both single whereas they were already married to each other.Back home, Mirabella sat in the living room with a sad expression on her face, when the nanny asked her what the problem was, she said, "I miss my daddy and now I haven't seen my mummy."The nanny smiled. Just be patient my dear and I'm sure you will see them soon."The words had barely left the nanny's mouth
The next morning, Angelo, Isabella, and Mirabella all left together for the airport. Mirabella was excited because she was going to get the chance to meet her grandparents after such a long time.When their flight landed, Angelo had his assistant bring his car over to the airport and from there, he drove them to Isabella's parents' house.Isabella and Mirabella were the first to get into the house. Mrs. Monte was so excited that she came out of the room and ran towards Mirabella who screamed "Grandma" before crashing into her arms.Mr. Monte also came out of the room and the atmosphere was a joyful one as they all hugged and happily greeted each other.Isabella looked behind her and realized that Angelo had not come into the house. She smiled and said to her parents, "I brought someone to see the both of you and it's a surprise." Her parents were very eager to know what the surprise was so they sat down on the couch and waited for her while she went outside and signaled for Angelo to
The young woman said "no Angelo I am not dead. I am your sister Sofia and I survived on the day the accident happened. I saw when the big truck was speeding towards us. Dad opened the door and pushed me out of the car, I sustained a few injuries. I saw how the driver ran them over and fainted due to shock.Someone rescued me and I don't know who it was but when I opened my eyes I was in a strange house and on a strange bed. Eventually, I was sold off to a mafia gang and they forced me to peddle my flesh. I lived as a prostitute all these years, making money for them. I would hear about you and see pictures of you and how well you were doing. Many times I wondered why you never came for me but, eventually, I got to know that they replaced my body with someone else's. They took off my clothes and I don't know where they got another body from but it wasn't me. I survived Angelo and I've been living miserably all these years until finally, someone came. I don't know who he is but I thin
Angelo suddenly had an idea. He took out his phone to dial Isabella's number. He wanted to tell her what was going on so she could stall the wedding for a little while. However, the man behind the young woman said, "no, throw the phone at me." Angelo stared at the man but ignored him and went ahead to dial Isabella's number but the man said, "I'm only going to count to three Mr. Flores and your sister will be gone. One, two."Seeing that Angelo wasn't willing to budge and the man behind her had counted up to two, the young woman closed her eyes and screamed, "no, please no." Just as the man said three, Angelo threw the phone at him and he caught it.Isabella picked up the call just as the phone landed on the man's hand. She said, "hi darling, guess where your bride is right now." The man ended the call without saying anything in reply.Isabella realized that the call had been disconnected and was surprised. She had just arrived at the church and wanted to let Angelo know but before
A FEW HOURS EARLIERIsabella waited for Angelo but when she didn't see him about thirty minutes later, she became afraid that something had happened to him. She called his number again and this time it went through but there was no answer.She became even more worried and her eyes became misty. She briefly imagined him lying in a pool of blood and instantly got up but her maid of honor held her back and said, "sit down please, you are the bride and it's not proper for you to act this way."Isabella received a text message at that point and sat back down. She heaved a sigh of relief when she realized it was from Angelo. However, as she read the contents, her hands began to shake. The text read, "I'm sorry Isabella, I thought I wanted this but I just realized at the last minute that I'm not ready to commit to one woman just yet.There are so many beautiful and sexy ladies out there and I am a very hot guy. It is selfish of you to want me all to yourself and I'm not ready to tie myself d