The whole mansion is deserted from the outside world intensifying Ralph’s guilt in the dead silence and he closed his eyes kneeling in the middle of the room and roared like an animal. This is the house he grew up with his family. This is the same house – The Lilium that bastard burnt down to ashes ten years ago.He spent a year to demolish the remains and four years to secure the radius of ten kilometres from the mansion to built a tunnel which is the only way to reach the mansion and created a forest with high surveillance and a canal around the property and finally a compound wall with electric fence surrounding it. No one not even a fly can enter this property without him knowing and it took him three years to build the mansion again just like the old one and the room he’s kneeling now was his room in the past and the paintings belongs to Klara. He bought each one of her paintings personally and decorated his room with them. He knew her dealings with the art gallery and also
The feeling after a car crash is like waking up in a strange world to the numbing silence and buzzing ears with paralyzed body and unyielding thoughts and right know Klara woke up to the same feeling in Ralph’s bedroom. She felt like she was on the verge of collapsing after getting hit by something. Her head pounded like hell and she felt dizzy, her body is aching everywhere as if she was beaten to death. She tried to move but every movement is putting pressure on her every nerve and muscle which made her to halt her actions as she couldn’t move an inch. She licked her chapped lips to wet them as her throat felt dry because of thirst but tasted her dried blood. She groaned opening her eyes but her eyelids felt heavy making it difficult for her to open eyes.She took her time to breathe a little while before opening her eyes slowly and blinked few times to get the clear view of her surroundings. She looked at the unfamiliar ceiling with a deep frown and gulped her saliva to quench h
Ralph didn’t come to dinner and locked himself in his room for the entire night. Aurora came up to feed Klara with Milo’s help and then delivered meals to upstairs.The next day Ralph came down like every other day emitting his usual cold aura. The people at the dining table stood up greeting him and Ralph acknowledged their presence before eating breakfast.The four of them frowned looking at calm Ralph because this is not what they expected. It’s not new to them as Ralph was always like this but what surprised them was he is behaving like nothing happened. It’s as if it’s not him who ran away with guilt. “Dylan, we are leaving in ten”Ralph sliced his boiled eggs gracefully taking a bite with the fork. He didn’t even look at Dylan but ordered him to finish breakfast in ten minutes.“To the casino? But..”Lucas is not coming to casino today then why are they going to casino? “To the east coast warehouse”So that’s it? Are they going to pretend like nothing happened? Are the
The days passed quickly and Klara recovered under Aurora’s care but the urge to kill Ralph for ruining her innocence didn’t minimize a bit. She came to Cylantra with good intentions to reunite their families and for that she endured his humiliation, his harsh words, his assaults, his molestation, even though she liked his touches she endured when he denied her kiss and when he hurt her physically.She would’ve been dead by now because of him but still she neither tired to take revenge for that nor complained to anyone. She first wanted to pretend to be a good girl but she forgave him unknowingly without pretence and that’s because she loved each and every second of their time together. Their cuddling, late night talks, smooching, smiling, laughing, hugging, feeding each other, everything. That is the life she always craved with him.She was totally consumed by his caring gestures and fell head over heels for him as he even stopped summoning woman to the pleasure room after promising
The nights were horrible than a dark forest and deep ocean because all Ralph can feel is that he’s being pulled into the darkness and drowning in the ocean. Unable to sleep in his room, he would go to Klara’s room every night after he made sure that she is sound asleep and would sneak into her room in the middle of the night to sleep with her. How shameless of him? He would come at midnight and leave before dawn or when he felt she would wake up. He felt peace and calmness when she is in his arms. Her warm body helped him to sleep for sometime but most of the time he couldn’t close his eyes no matter how much he tried. He would stare at her face for a quiet while tracing her features with his golden eyes. He apologized her in his heart many times for hurting her physically and emotionally and most importantly for forcing her and committing her to do things which she hated.Looking at her innocent sleeping face, he wanted to stab himself for raping her. How can he hurt her? He que
Klara had her dinner cursing at the man opposite her who is still unbothered and retreated to her room. The food tasted bland as her mood was spoiled because of Ralph’s ignorance. Every time she looked at his nonchalant look she wanted to stab his face with all the forks on the dining table. She lost the interest to paint and called it a night and laid on the bed closing her eyes to sleep after covering her whole body with the duvet and arranged the pillows beside her to cuddle and set the air conditioner enough to make her sleep but who the f is here to disturb her? Who knocked on her door at this late hour? It’s hard for her to sleep with the duvet on but she didn’t know why…she’s having this strange feeling to sleep with just her chemise on and only when she covered her body with the heavy comforter can she manage to drift into sleep. Maybe she’s insecure without something protecting her….Maybe it’s the result of her traumatizing experience with Ralph. A shiver run down from
Amina Khan grew up listening to her father’s words about her marriage with Ralph and also thought her life would be better if she married someone powerful, more powerful than her family and her father’s choice seemed the better option but the way his golden eyes glared at her when she once barged into her father’s meeting room interrupting their conversation still left a mark in her heart.She decided right then and there to never dream of becoming his wife because she couldn’t tolerate his coldness and definitely didn’t want to live in a loveless marriage because she heard from her brother about the feud between Kingsters and Eriksons and also the BlackWolf clan leader’s vengeance plan including his vow to never sire a child. How can she be with someone who didn’t know how to care? Or no desire to start a family? She lived like a princess all her life and it has it’s own losses like she can’t go out at her free will, can’t have friends because her father is afraid that they would
If there is a time which Amina liked meeting Ralph was when she first saw him and another time is today because if she didn’t come to meet him on her father’s insistence she wouldn’t have known that Ralph is keeping a woman by his side. She is not just any woman but a baddie and the most courageous woman she’s ever known otherwise who would dare to treat the great Ralph Erikson like she did. The most shocking thing is she didn’t even hesitate to splash the water on him and he didn’t kill her for embarrassing him. And the best thing that happened to her as of now is her father realizing that his efforts to match her with Ralph are futile. Look at his face, he’s dumbstruck with hunched back as if he lost his fortune. Well…..to be honest Ralph IS her father’s fortune because he’s the leader of a powerful mafia clan and handsome and wealthy and invincible and God he’s many more but there is no chance to get him into her family because from the looks of it the stone man seemed to care
Klara crawled out in a hurry once Lucas signalled her that they were alone. She gulped down the water bottle placed on the table in one go to calm her nerves. This is the worst timing ever.Lucas adjusted the air conditioning when he saw his baby sister sweating. He took the tissues and wiped her sweat while she rested on the sofa with a racing heart. Enrico stood aside without uttering a word and looked at the siblings waiting for Klara to speak. He was hurt by Lucas as he hid few things from him but Ralph knew them for fuck sake. When Luc warned Ralph to not hurt someone, a woman who he didn’t know, he was beyond shocked. His best buddy for twenty some years has a woman he cared and he isn’t aware of her. He thought they were best friends and brothers but Luc never treated him like one. He has faith in Ralph to take care of Klara but not him. And he didn’t tell him about his lover which is like adding salt to his wound. “I am leaving tomorrow”Klara finally opened her mouth
“You mean the one I kissed in front of you”Klara’s cheeks turned bright red hearing Ralph’s teasing words as she remembered his kisses. God! How can he be shameless? She was suddenly grateful to be in the dark because she didn’t want to face her brother. It’s embarrassing. How could Ralph say such words just like that?Ralph’s smile grew more as Luc’s face darkened. Why is it Roselli siblings misery always gives him pleasure than any other thing in this world? “Who is she?” asked Lucas though he knew the answer. He thought he could bully Ralph but why does it seem like he’s falling into his own trap? Ralph isn’t bothered by his questions at all, on the contrary he’s infuriating him with his answers. Despite Ralph’s laziness and Luc’s rage, Enrico was silent as he didn’t want to interact with Ralph and he’s not in the mood for a conversation because he doubted his ability to hide his nervousness. He better stay quiet less his ruse with Cecelia would be exposed and above all he h
Everyone in Klara’s family and clan would buy her a gift for her birthday and Ralph got scolded once on her sixth birthday for coming home empty handed. Did he really decorate the swing to cut some slack for himself? Here she thought he did that because of his care and feelings. She wished to have Alzheimer for real to forget about this conversation. Ralph is really making her hate him more and more with his words. He is making it sound like he was forced to do everything that related to her. What about their first kiss? Did he accept it because he didn’t want to hurt her? Did he think she’ll complain to their parents if he didn’t cooperate with her? She felt bile rising up in her throat thinking about their precious first kiss. She cherished it for years but for him…it’s nothing but a burden to carry. Was he really that disgusted to be with her? What did she do to make him hate her? “For someone who didn’t remember my sister’s name had quite a memory of our old traditions. Yo
Lucas surprised everyone with his accusation and Klara’s blood pressure rose to maximum level hearing his words but she controlled her temper and waited for Ralph’s reaction but her brother didn’t give Ralph a chance to speak. “You don’t want to be blamed for the things you never committed while you are blaming my father of being the murderer when he didn’t kill your parents. I never saw such hypocrisy in the world’s history”Klara shook her head crawling slowly towards her brother and scratched his foot. It’s really dangerous to poke Ralph’s sore spot. This is not the time to provoke him. Why is her brother digging their own graves? Luc closed his eyes cursing himself for losing his temper. He shouldn’t have brought up the topic but he wasn’t wrong. Ralph should know the truth. His father spent years in anguish for losing Eriksons, in addition to that he bore the accusation of a killer. As a son he couldn’t tolerate injustice towards his father.Luc was intimidated by Ralph’s f
“Why are you here?”Lucas asked after sitting opposite Ralph, spreading his legs wide making it look like Ralph’s presence didn’t effect him least bit. Ric crossed his legs, eyes looking straight at Ralph and put his trembling hands in his robe pockets because he’s afraid of getting caught.He never expected Ralph’s visit and that too with Cecelia. Even though they only communicated through letters, it’s really hard to stay calm in front of the devil. They were very careful about their ruse, of course Ralph wouldn’t find them but still Ric is afraid of him. No matter how much he deny…there is always a part of him who fears Ralph. Take it his presence, stance, aura or looks or whatever. Ralph always intimidate others with his coldness and Enrico wasn’t an exception. “Since you were so desperate to have my appointment, I thought to be kind. What? Are you having second thoughts?”Lucas wasn’t stupid and knew exactly what Ralph meant. Ralph is here to talk about powerhouse and this
“He’s here Luc”Klara said her voice trembling with fear. Both men looked at her with deep frown. Before they can ask her what she meant, she started pacing around like a mad woman clutching her hair. “He’s here, he’s here” She repeated her words looking around to find a place to hide or jump or bury or whatever to escape from the upcoming disaster. She wished she had a time machine or a vanishing machine with her to disappear from this place. “Klara…calm down”Ric held her shoulders stopping her from moving and Luc wiped her sweat with his sleeve in concern. What happened to her? Why is she acting weird all of a sudden? “What happened sister?”“Ralph..he’s here brother”Luc and Ric looked at each other, as if she wasn’t making any sense. How can he be here? Before they can open their mouths, they heard a commotion outside followed by a knock and then the guard outside spoke in loud voice.“Boss! it’s BlackWolf clan leader”The three people in the room held their breaths,
Enrico wished to take away Klara with him because this is his only chance to disappear along with her without alerting others but knowing Klara’s personality she would cause ruckus and she’ll only hate him as her heart still belonged to Ralph. To erase her feelings he has to defeat Ralph and should let her know who the real Alpha male is…..Eloping is not an option for him. He’s not a coward like his dad and didn’t want to be bossed around by Lucas. He will prove his strength and power and that day will come soon. With these thoughts he drove in the dark night as he knew the destination of Luc already because he would only visit one place at this late hour and that is…..After thirty minutes Ric pulled the car to the Casino night club basement.Klara recognized the club and was sure her brother was here to meet the mysterious woman who is messing with his brain because she remembered him making out in the suite with a lady, beautiful blonde.She covered her head with the hoodie and
“Master, Finn hasn’t gotten his hands on the new route to the gold mine” Milo reported to Ralph who is watering the lilies in the garden. After the powerhouse destruction four months ago, Enrico and Lucas were very careful with their properties. They closed all the routes to reach the gold mines and it’s sill hard to find the exact path they’re using to work in the mine. Ralph expected the results as he’s well aware of Klara’s schemes. She must’ve warned Enrico to secure all their mines ahead. How generous? Poor Ralph…he is still thinking that the powerhouse belonged to Ric as that’s what the world knew but only few knew who the powerhouse really belonged to. This is another misunderstanding between Klara and Ralph regarding Enrico. First he thought the bruise on her neck which was caused by Ric’s nail as hickey from Ric and then he thought she’s helping Ric by warning him about the attacks. He wanted to destroy the Kingsters east coast mine in a month after powerhouse destr
The eight year old Klara held her hands together in fear and curled her body to the bed crying out loud. She closed her eyes and covered her ears with her hands when she heard gun shots and more screams. She held her breath wailing loudly when the door of the room kicked open.“Klara…my darling daughter”She looked at Louis who rushed towards her dodging the flames with his leather jacket. “Father”She bellowed extending her hands and threw her tiny body into his embrace. “Don’t cry darling. Let’s get you out of here” Louis said lifting Klara up and the little girl in his embrace hugged his neck tightly burying her face into his nape. Louis covered Klara’s body with his jacket and ran out hurriedly. Everything was so haze in Klara’s mind. All she remembered was her suffocation from the smoke, screams and gun shots. She lifted her head and looked over Louis’ shoulder hearing Ralph’s voice and saw a figure similar to her dad hiding in the corner behind Mother Julia who was wa