"Oh my goodness, you're awake... I was just about to come and wake you so you could...""What am I doing here?" Antonio snapped as he got out of bed and grabbed his coat. "How did I even end up here?""Well, I'm not sure. I heard a knock on my door, and when I opened it, there you were," Maya explained, as he stood in shock for a moment before walking past her."That's a mistake. I have no reason to be in your house at all," he said, taking out his phone."At least stay and have some food. You were sick all night, I...""I don't need your food, Maya. I'm sorry I came here. I wasn't in my right mind to be here in the first place," he said, heading for the exit."Can't we spend some time together as old friends?""Old friends? Did we part ways as old friends?" Antonio questioned, halting in his tracks and turning to face her."When I was knocking on your door yesterday, you shouldn't have let me in. You should've sent me back to my wife!""Your wife or your mistress?" Maya retorted, dro
"What?! Wow, Camila, you got a job!" Amora exclaimed, jumping out of her chair and rushed over to embrace her friend."I'm so happy for you Camila but you didn't tell me." Amora said and frowned breaking away from Camila's embrace. "Well, I wasn't sure they would give me the job considering my qualifications, I didn't do so well in well and I didn't want to get your hopes up, that's why I didn't say anything until I was sure." Camila explained,Amora's frown softened. "I'm so proud of you! Which company will you be working for?" She asked clasping her hands together and smiling towards her friend. Camila's cheeks flushed with nervousness. "Remember when I told you I wanted to work at Alessandro's?" She watched Amora's face carefully. "I got a job there as...as one of Antonio's secretaries."Amora's smile lightened up the more. "That's fantastic! Now you can keep an eye on him for me and be my eyes and ears where Antonio is concerned. How did you know I needed this more than anythin
"What?!" Antonio's eyes widened in alarm as he stared at the phone screen, his heart pounding rapidly. He abruptly rose from his seat, his gaze fixed on the device.Is everything alright, sir?" Eduardo asked, rising from his seat as Antonio let his drink crash to the floor.Antonio hastily donned his coat and headed for the exit, Eduardo followed closely behind."Sir..." Eduardo began, only for Antonio to abruptly turn and shoot him an angry glare. "Did something happen?" Eduardo asked melting under Antonio's angry gaze."Find Amora's location immediately..." Antonio clenched his fists, "Now!" He roared and entered the car followed by Eduardo who began to fumble with his phone,"She's at a club a few miles from her house." He reported."What is she doing there?" Antonio demanded, rage mounting in Eduardo as well."Partying, it seems," Eduardo replied."Partying?!!" Antonio thundered, struggling to control his anger.Maya's words echoed in his mind. "How can you be certain she won't be
"Sir...sir..." Camila stammered as she received a forceful slap across her face, rendering her momentarily blinded."How dare you, Camila?" Antonio's voice thundered, "How dare you take her out without my permission?"Amora gasped as she watched them, she stepped out of the car hastily, "Antonio, stop! It was my idea to go to the party!" Amora screamed, fear creeping into her skin,Antonio turned towards Amora briefly and looked away, holding tightly onto Camila's hair, "I warned you, didn't I?" He stated, "I told you I was keeping an eye on you. I let it slide when you took her to the shopping mall in the middle of the night, but now, to a party?"Camila coughed, trembling, "It wasn't my idea. Amora wanted to go; she kept pestering and begging for it...""You liar!" Antonio roared, yanking her hair while she shook terribly."Antonio leave her alone! You are going to kill her!!!" Amora screamed. "You think you can lie through your teeth and get away with it? I let it slide in Maldiv
"You love your wife?" Amora enunciated each word as she sat up straight on the bed while Antonio remained rigid, unflinching under her intense gaze."Yes, I love my wife, Amora," he retorted. "Know your boundaries; I didn't make you my mistress so you could expect more from me than I can offer.""More from you?" Amora's voice wavered, "I'm expecting too much? You...made...you made me..." She clutched the sheets as cold air swept into her skin and settled inside of her body."Don't demand more than I can give, or I'll stop seeing you," Antonio warned,"And now that's become a recurrent threat," she snapped while he furrowed his brows taking three steps towards her."And now you've learnt how to talk back so well, you look me in the eyes and say what you want to say instead of being the obedient little Amora which I used to know!""Your obedient Amora?" she hissed through gritted teeth, closed her eyes and exhaled, "Antonio, I want to have a child with you." She said."What?!" His face
"Mr. Francesco..." Eduardo's voice started and trailed off, his face contorting into a bitter frown."What are you doing here in the dark?" He asked while the man pulled her away from the shadows. Ignacio's wife followed them, clutching her child tightly.They emerged into the light, and Mr. Francesco sighed. "How is Amora? How is she doing? I haven't heard from her in a while, and she's not even taking my calls anymore. Where does she live? Where's Camila? She's the only person who keeps me informed about Amora's...""Drop the concerned father act, Mr. Francesco," Eduardo interrupted, staring coldly into the man's eyes. Mr. Francesco's warm expression morphed into a rigid one."I know you're aware of everything," Mr. Francesco said with a smirk. "I wondered why you didn't tell him the truth. Perhaps you didn't want to expose me for Amora's sake.""You think so? You think I didn't want to expose you because of Amora?" Eduardo challenged."Yeah, if not, why did you hesitate? Why didn't
"What, Amora? Just..." Camila pushed Amora away and hastily grabbed her bag, rushing out of the room.Amora remained rooted to the floor, her lips trembling as she stared at the exit door until Eduardo appeared in the doorway. "Amora, I'm back." He said with a weak smile as he walked in on her. Her legs trembled, and she nearly fell, but Eduardo swiftly caught her in his arms. "Eddie..." She looked up into his face,"Eddie, I think...I think I made Camila angry. I think Camila has finally lost her patience; she's finally getting angry at me." She spoke while Eduardo gently lowered her onto the bed."Eddie, what am I to do? Camila is angry with me."Eduardo gazed at her pale face for a moment, "She's not angry with you; that's who she really is. Thank God you're finally getting to see that." He sighed out. Amora's eyes widened, "See what exactly?"Eduardo shrugged, "That Camila isn't good for you. She's a bad person and can't be allowed to be around you." He said draping his arm on
Eduardo!" she screamed, falling to the floor beside him. She pulled him up slowly and shook him, "Eduardo," she called, as he whimpered in response. "Are you okay? Is everything alright with you?" she asked, bringing her hand to touch his forehead.She gasped, "Eduardo, your body is so hot! How come..." She tried to help him to his feet, struggled until she put him down on his bed and draped the sheets to cover him up. "Eduardo!" She screamed tousling her hair while staring at Eduardo's sweaty face. "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?" she asked, feeling his forehead again."You're burning! What am I to do now?" She asked her voice cracking up into a sob, "You can't die on me, Eduardo! What am I supposed to do with you?!"She turned and ran out of the room deeply distraught, she hurried over to one of the housekeepers, "I don't know what's wrong with him!" she yelled, pulling the housekeeper into the room. "Look at him, he's burning! I don't know what to do." She said in anguis
"What do you mean by meeting the kids?" She asked while Antonio slid his arm around her back, "Isn't that what you've always wanted? To meet my kids, I think they would love to meet you,"She pushed him away, "No Antonio, I don't think your children will like to see me." "So how are we going to do it? You so much boasted about being my wife or aren't you ready to marry me again? Did you change your mind?" She furrowed her brows, "Antonio, What's wrong with you this evening? Why are you being so cheeky?" "Cheeky?" He asked, "But I don't think I'm being cheeky anyways," he pulled out a ring box from his coat pocket, "I didn't put out a grand party," he continued while she gasped out, "I didn't even do it the proper way but let's spend the rest of our lives together Amora. Be my light, be the mother of my children, be everything I can ever ask for Amora," She beamed, "Well, get down on your knee first, let's see if I'm going to forgive you for proposing to me so casually,"Antonio
Arhhhh!!!" Camila screamed, "My leg! My leg!!""Keep quiet and do as I asked you, apologise to her for every wrong you've done against her, take the phone," Camila swallowed, suppressing her pain, "Hello Camila, why are you calling me? You wanna know if your plan worked out or not? Well, I'm glad to say that it failed since I'm still alive and breathing. I told you Antonio will choose me and guess what? I'm pregnant again and this time, we're going to keep it...""Amora, I'm sorry." Camila interrupted, "I'm sorry for everything I did to you. For the lies and deceit. I'm very sorry." She mumbled biting her lower lips, the nuzzle of the gun on her head pressed to her skull, "I was just jealous, you had everything while I didn't have any. I just...I thought...I thought I'm doing the right thing by pursuing my own happiness," "Camila," Amora's soft voice flowed into the phone, "Why are you speaking like this? Are you deceiving me again?" "Well, I just needed to tell you this now befor
"Divorce papers!!" Vittoria gasped turning to look at her father, she hung up her phone, "Dad, Antonio has finally served me with divorce papers!" She screamed before she ran out, heading for home, She came into the house, "Dad says that when you come back, you can meet him at his lawyer's office," Mateo said as she searched frantically for Antonio around the house. She stopped and beckoned to him, "Sit down," she said while Mateo sat staring into his mother's agitated face, She folded her arms across her chest, "Guards," she called while a guard ran into the room, "Fetch Enzo and Tina here," she said while the guard ran off to do as he was told. She paced across the room, she dug her hands into her hair until she heard, "Mom, you are looking for me?" It was Tina, she turned around regarding her with her eyes before she nodded,"Take a seat," her eyes fell on Enzo who was tailing behind Tina, "Sit down Enzo," she said before whipping her hair around to avoid them from covering he
"What news?" Buccolini asked before he signalled to the bodyguard, "Get my tablet!" He said while the bodyguard came close with his tablet, "Go online," Buccolini ordered while the bodyguard did as he asked. "Sir," the bodygaurd who have been silenced earlier pulled forward, "The Buccolini's shareholders and stockholders are filing a petition against you..." Buccolini raised his hand to halt him in the air as he ran his eyes through the contents on his tablet, BUCCOLINI'S PAST AS HE IS TORTURING LITTLE ANTONIO VIDEOTHE VIRAL VIDEO OF AN ABUSE OF LITTLE ALESSANDRO ANTONIO VIDEOALESSANDRO ANTONIO WAS COERCED INTO MARRYING THE VITTORIALITTLE ANTONIO STARVED FOR SO MANY DAYS AND MANY NIGHTS BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO CARRY OUT AN EVIL ORDER FROM ANTONIO TO KILL A MAN. VITTORIA FORCED ANTONIO TO MARRY HIM AGAINST HIS WILL. A message popped into his phone screen, "I'm not going to ask you to release Amora, the videos you saw online is a warning, I'm giving you now till tomorrow to return
"Amora?" Antonio snatched the phone from her and read the text, Camila giggled, "I told you, I never go down without a fight," she said while Antonio stumbled backward heading towards the door, "Hold her down, don't let her escape your sight, if anything happens to Amora, kill her" Antonio said glaring into Camila's eyes, "Even if a pin on her head is touched, I will make sure you will fail to see the light of day tomorrow," Antonio threatened,He stormed out and headed home, he barged into the house and went straight into Vittoria's bedroom, "Where did you hide her?" He asked as he stood in front of her, his eyes bloodshot and his fists clenched,"Hide who?" She furrowed her brows before she stood up meeting Antonio's height with hers, "Don't play dumb with me," Antonio seethed staring into her eyes, "Where are you hiding Amora?" She snickered, "Oh, you were talking about Amora? Isn't she dead..." Antonio's hands gripped her throat immediately and began to choke her, "If anythi
"What!" Amora blurted staring into his eyes. "Yes, Amora. Let's run away to somewhere safe with our baby," he said while she frowned. "You must've finally lost your mind Antonio. I know...""No you don't. I'm so happy that you're pregnant with our child and I know you're also happy." He said reaching for her face, "And I'm aware of all the pain I caused you each time you lost a child but this time, I want to keep you and the baby safe, and for that to happen, we need to leave,""What about your family? What about your children? Do you think of them at all? Now that I look at you on a closer scale, I can see how selfish you're," she said rolling her eyes, He frowned, "Amora, don't...""What? You are getting angry? You wanna run away with me, to keep me safe. I can't believe I'm going to be a mother when I don't even protect other people's happiness, your children needs you, do you even know that?" Antonio walked past her and headed towards the bed, his eyes fell on a parcel sitting
"You're the one." Tina sounded while Amora's ears grew hazy immediately, she swallowed, "You're the one who swayed my father and took him away from us?" She asked while Amora's heart throbbed in her chest, "Tell me it's not you, friend?" Valentina asked as she stared at the picture, "This picture I'm seeing now resembles the friend I met and saw few days ago on my birthday, it's you right?" Amora hung up, "Hello, Hello!" Tina dumped her phone on the bed and hurried towards her father, "Where's dad?" She asked a bodygaurd as she ran out, They pointed towards the basket ball pitch and she hurried towards him, she saw him teaching Mateo and Enzo basketball. "You don't throw a ball like that Mateo! Why are you so weak? Even Enzo can throw the ball way better than you can. You're not going to eat lunch if you don't throw that ball into the net," Antonio threatened while Mateo's face darkened, He reached for the ball while Antonio's eyes darted towards Tina who was headed towards him.
"Where is she?" Vittoria asked as she stood up while Camila continued panting, "CCTV camera captured her in the city capitol with some friends,"Vittoria's brows furrowed, "Some friends? What sort of friends?""I don't know but I've managed to get the girls here, they're in the living room, maybe when we ask them, we will get to know where she is," Vittoria sprang up and headed into the living room where five little girls were seated together looking around the living room. Amora's car stopped infront of the girl's apartment and she came down smiling while clutching her teddy bear. "Call me okay?" Amora said as her car drove off with the girl waving softly, she looked at the pink teddy bear grinning from ear to ear. She passed through the gate and a hand grabbed her, it was one of the family bodyguard, "Ma'am," the man spoke into the airpod, "We have found her," he said while she tried to wriggle away from the bodyguard's grasp,Vittoria flew out and her heart seized when she saw
"Oh my God! Why would you do that?" Amora asked as she held the girl's hand and pushed her away, "How can you hit her with a stone!! Huh? I'm going to sue you," she said as she brought out her phone, "You want to sue us?" One of the girls said and started laughing, "Do you know who my father is, the chief judge of Venice, you can't possibly sue the judge's daughter, can you?""Hmmm, oh really? Well, what if I say that my husband is a mafia?" Amora replied while the girl's panicked,"That's not true," one of the girls replied, "Your husband can't be a mafia," the girl snorted, "I don't think so,"Amora turned around and saw her bodyguards standing a little bit far away from them, she pointed towards the bodygaurds, "Those are my bodyguards, should I call them so you confirm if I'm really a bodyguard's wife or not?" She asked staring at the defiant girl with threatening eyes, They began to falter and took off. Amora sighed out and turned to the little girl, "Are you okay?" She asked w