"So why the huge smiles?" Amber asked once they were settled in the restaurant "It's been a while I've seen you this happy."Aurora nodded as she continued to beam happily,she ordered two plates of icecreams for them and a huge cake."Aurora?" Amber called once the waiter was gone "You're spending so much! I mean..I was feeling guilty for asking you for an ice cream! Here you are,ordering a cake of 200 dollars?""We're celebrating, Amber" came her curt reply"What are we celebrating?" she asked immediately as the suspense was killing her.The waiter arrived with her order and placed it on the table.Aurora was first to dig in."Yummy.." she said cheerfully "Try it!""Not until you tell me what's the good news!" Amber retorted "Could it be that you're getting along with the Mafia??""Far from that," Aurora replied "He's been threatening me recently,so I don't think we'll ever get along""Then what's-""Your icecream will melt, Amber" Aurora quickly pointed at it "Lick and I'll tell you
"Hey!" Andrea's voice made Aurora shiver "What...what are you doing here outside by the trash?" she askedAurora saw how closely Andrea was staring at her."Nothing." she smiled.Andrea found that quite weird because Aurora has never smiled at her before."I..I uhm..." Aurora faltered "I think I must have misplaced my necklace." She pretended to look around,"It must have fallen somewhere"Andrea watched her for a while."I'll help you find-""No,no,no.." Aurora's face immediately returned shocked "You just go in.I am sure Mrs Genovese will need your assistance."Andrea felt something was wrong but she sighed and said,"Don't worry yourself,Aurora.This patio is large, I doubt you'll find it"Aurora nodded"If it meant so much to you,you can ask Luca to get you-""I think that's enough now," Aurora said indifferently "You can leave"Andrea shrugged and left.Aurora sighed.Indeed,it was the Maybach and Luca wasn't back from the office yet.She couldn't stop herself from panicking.What
Aurora was about to step into the house when her phone buzzed in her pocket.While searching Luca's car she'd ignored it and focused on her search.However it wouldn't seem good should she step into the house with her phone ringing."Amber please would you stop calling?? I am busy here!" stated Aurora with a pursed lips."Aurora I'm worried," she sighed "I'm sorry,you wouldn't have been in this situation If not for my carelessness""I am not mad at you.It was just a simple mistake but right now I have to find it and a phone constantly ringing in my pocket would not be of help" explained Aurora"Tch! I'm scared that he might catch you during your search," her voice hitched "How to explain searching his car??""He didn't catch me and besides the drug isn't in the car" Aurora said quickly."What??!" exclaimed Amber "How's that possible?? Could he have it with him??""I..I don't really know.I was going in to search his suit perhaps-""No! No don't do that Aurora," Amber disagreed "What if
Aurora.I screamed as I immediately fell on my knees,blood gushing out from my wrist.It was painful but more than me,Iworried about my kids.I was losing blood really fast,since the knife looks sharp it must have cut through very deep.Luca lowered himself to my position.I gazed at the fire burning in his eyes and I couldn't help but wonder what kind of a man he is.Amber had said she saw an attraction for her in his eyes but all I could see now is nothing but darkness.I wish she was here,maybe then she'd start supporting her and Matteo back again."You wouldn't let me have you;you wouldn't let me touch you so if I ever find out that you are with another man's child," he chose his words one by one "I will slit your belly open just like I slit your wrist,"My eyes widened,"and bring out the foetus dead in my arms"I gritted my teeth."Bastard" I voiced out with tears filling my eyes and a clean smirk appeared on his face."Be careful." he said before he got up and walked over to where
Aurora.I was confused.I had no idea what to do but I was sure of one thing.As each day passes, my hatred for that Mafia continues to increase.So did my fear of him.As I walked toward no where in particular,my mind kept popping up the scene that happened back inside the mansion.The pain and darkness in his eyes told me he wasn't bluffing.Even if I decide to come out clean,none of them apart from Leo would believe that I was pregnant before Luca forced me to marry him.I was in a really bad situation.In love with another and married to another.I have twin in my belly who are two months and some weeks old.No one except Amber,Leo and Mitchell knows.Matteo doesn't know it's twin yet but I have decided to tell him tomorrow.Although I feared the Mafia I cannot forfeit the one I love because of him.I love Matteo so much that I can't imagine losing him again.He was my first man,my first love.How can I just forget about everything we did together because of Luca?"Stop lieing to me!" a
The next morning,Aurora had left the house earlier than anyone else.Luca who was used to seeing her before he sleeps and after he wakes just to have his peace of mind and shut his torment,was rather furious than surprised not to find her in her room."Did you see my wife leaving?" he asked the servant who replied in the negative.As he walked out of the house looking dashing in an iron gray suit the servants immediately gathered around to share their thoughts."Did you see the deep frown on the boss' face?" "I saw," he sighed "The boss was never this irritated.""Because no woman has ever pissed him off like Mrs Genovese." another said"But could she have left so early in the morning?""You've forgotten Mrs Genovese isn't one to adhere to orders.""Why does she keep testing the boss? Does she want to be killed??""The boss isn't one with patience,if he wanted to show her what he's made off I think he'd have done that since""Aside that,I heard the boss and his wife don't share the sam
"Has anyone seen Aurora today?" Ethan questioned the small group of Claire and Amber.Claire grimaced and Amber shook her head."I wonder why she's late today," she remarked "Her phone was switched off till this moment""Exactly," Ethan confirmed,his face full of worry "I have been trying but it's not going through""Why are you worried?" Claire stared up at him "It's not like you can go over to the Mafia's house and look for her.""Perhaps he didn't let her through today," Claire smiled "She must have pissed him off to warrant such punishment"Ethan ignored her remark and gazed at Amber,who also had the same worried look on her face.However,she wished she could tell Ethan about the pregnancy drug but she couldn't.She could only pray in her heart that Aurora was doing okay."Have you see Matteo around? Perhaps he might know why she isn't here?" Ethan continued to question."Matteo hasn't been in" Claire replied,hoping he'd stop the annoying questions and just focus on her.In fact she
"I don't want to repeat myself," said an infuriated Luca as he began to walk towards the elevator.With shaky legs,Amber Hill followed suit.She wondered two things.How the Mafia knew the area towards the elevator and what her best friend,Aurora got herself into?She'd warned her not to push through with the search for the drugs! Could it be the reason for all these??Claire gathered some of the nurses and they began to attend to Ethan who had passed out.Once in the elevator,Amber lifted her trembling fingers and pressed on the last floor.She felt like puking riding in an elevator with this man.Aurora must be extremely stubborn to even be able to live with him.Amber thought she would die of fear the moment he casted his dark eyes on her.The elevator dinged and Luca was the first to step out.He was faced with several locked doors.Perhaps they must have gotten wind of his presence.Unknown to Amber,Luca was waiting for her to lead the way but she didn't realize until he gave her a v
At the opening of the door, Aurora's eyes followed suit. Luca stepped into the room unsure of what to do. He had no idea if Aurora was mad at him thinking that he'd left her all alone to suffer.However it was the complete opposite.With mouth and eyes wide open, Aurora climbed out of the bed and stopped when her feet touched the ground. She stared at the man in front of her."Luca," she whispered as if she was in a dream and it was too good to be true. She was proved wrong when Luca covered the distance between them in quick long strides, took her chin between his fingers and kissed her. Amber immediately scrambled for her phone in between giggles and took several shot.Seeing that she was still in doubt, Luca placed his hand on her waist and pressed her body to him as if to say, it's truly me, Aurora.Her hand went to his hair- her favorite spot as their kissing intensified. If Andrea did not take the initiative to leave the couple, Amber would have never stopped taking pictures.Eve
When the nurse Dr. Bryan sent out of the theatre room pulled the doors open, Luca took the opportunity and dragged the poor lady outside."Where's my wife?""She's.. she's inside.."Luca wasted no time and walked into the room. His eyes immediately fell upon Aurora. He cringed at the sight of her. Her skin was bruised and battered on every side.He marched towards the doctor and punched him through the face. He jerked him up."What do you think you're doing?""S-sir...please.. don't, don't kill me. I..I promise I haven't done anything to her. The other guy forced me to do this...I..I never wanted to but I had no choice. He would kill me if I didn't."The machine went off, making a noisy sound. They're gaze fell on it and then back to Aurora."What's happening to her?" Luca let go the doctor's collar and hurried towards Aurora's bed while the Doctor and the nurses went into figuring out what the problem was."Aurora.." Luca whispered, almost stopping himself from screaming. This was the
Luca found the door to the small house ajar but not first noticing the drops of blood on the floor. He clenched his jaw and followed the directives of the gps tracker.It led him to the back of the house where the diamond ring glowed softly, alone in the dirt. He picked it up and dusted it, then turned around and walked into the house.He headed up the stairs first and into the room Aurora had stayed in. Something drew him into the bathroom and blood-stained tissues lay in numbers inside the bath. He walked out of there immediately and stopped by Alex's room. There was nothing to see except his mother's portrait hanging on the wall.Luca was about to leave when he caught sight of a paper lieing on the drawer close to the bed. At this point, everything mattered. So he walked over to it and picked it up. He was shocked to find Aurora's pregnancy report. He stopped reading when he found the section secluded 'a new foetus ' which was marked blue and the previous foetus marked red which me
The door was just few seconds from giving way when Aurora realized that crying wouldn't help. Since she had already figured that no one was coming to save her, she had herself only.She grabbed the kitchen knife and wiped her tears, trying to control the rate of her heart beat with every hit Alex had on the breaking door.Her grip around the knife tightened. Now was not the time to act scared. The lives of her kids were at stake. The door gave way, creating a thud.She stretched out the knife. Alex looked like he would kill her right there. He stepped on the door and into the kitchen, his hair scattered about his forehead with red eyes."Don't make me do this, Aurora. Don't make this hard enough!" "Dare to come near me and I promise I won't hesitate to commit my first murder!" she warned, her hand with the knife trembling."You won't do that," Alex said as a matter-of-fact "Don't underestimate me, Alex." she retorted "I have every reason to kill you! And nothing will stop me, not ev
Leo was seating on the couch inside of Luca's ward, angrily watching the latter munching salad as the laptop rested on his laps.Suddenly, he pushed the plate of salad on the ground as he watched in horror. Leo abruptly got up and continued to stare at Luca. The look on Luca's face is the look Leo has been expecting since Aurora's abduction and things changed. "Get Austin," Luca ordered. However confused, Leo still didn't understand what was going on."Get me Austin, Leo! Immediately!"Leo brought out his phone and called the latter's number. Although he didn't pick up, he was there the next minute."Luca what is going on??" Leo asked, scared at the turn of event. A while ago Luca remained non-chalant and now suddenly he was acting weird. Did the situation of Aurora's abduction just sink into his head?"Leave, Leo." Luca ordered"Luca, what is wrong with you?!""Leo, leave!!" he yelled more loudly this time and Leo turned back and left, muttering curses under his breath.Andrea met L
Leo met Andrea outside the hospital and they both walked towards Luca's ward. Since his recovery, Andrea had not visited him. Her visit had motives which were to ask about his plan on getting Aurora back.Yesterday, Amber had thrown a fit and it wasn't entirely far from the truth. Besides, she had stayed with Alex for a short time and she didn't want to experience such a thing ever again.Leo placed his hand on the knob to open the door, however Austin opened the door from behind and walked out first. Leo and Andrea looked at him and then back at themselves before they walked into the ward.Leo saw that Luca had his clothes changed and a laptop rested on his thighs as he busied himself with God knows what. Recently, Leo was in the dark about Luca's plan. Only Austin knew what was going on and he wouldn't disclose it to Leo.Even when Leo tried to get Luca to speak, he wouldn't say a word either. The laptop seem to hold a secret that none of them could fathom.They stopped by his bed.
Andrea was jerked awake by the continuous ringing of the door bell. With sleepy eyes she climbed out of bed early the next morning and walked down the stairs when she remembered Leo's warnings not to open the door for anyone.Her heart beat accelerated at the continuous ringing of the door bell and she became fully awake."Who could it be?" she wondered and grabbed a kitchen knife before taking the breathing exercise and opening the door at the count of three."Oh my God!! It's just me!" Amber immediately screamed when a knife jabbed out of the entrance.Andrea recognized her, looked left and right before letting her in and shutting the door again, her mind finally at rest."Is..is something wrong ma'am?" an ignorant Amber asked. Last she remembered, Aurora had said that Andrea Genovese had moved out of the house after serving Leo a divorce. Amber's fears were confirmed. Something was indeed wrong. Aurora's phone hasn't connected for almost a month. She summoned enough courage and wal
Luca gained consciousness two weeks later to the happiness of Leo. After having been unconscious all that time, Leo became scared and had been on the doctor's neck."The injuries were great, Mr Genovese" the doctor had explained a week ago "Although he survived, the toxin is playing it's part and changes inexplicably. A team of lab doctors are studying the different mutations and just maybe..maybe there might be a way to reverse the paralyzing effect."Leo was ecstatic. There was hope, however when Luca didn't gain consciousness three days after the Doctor's explanation he became worried and the Doctor himself didn't have a viable explanation this time around."Mr Genovese, I need you to understand that your brother is fine. Infact, his immune system is one of the strongest I've ever seen. The toxin seems to have been mixed with Feroglobin which is slowly dissolving the effect of the toxin. He's under closer watch because we've never seen anything like it"Four days later, Luca opened
The doctor approached Andrea and Leo who was resting on her shoulder the next morning."Leo," she called and he looked up to find the doctor. He was up on his feet immediately and Andrea followed suit."Good morning, Mr and Mrs Genovese" the doctor greeted "I'm sorry that I'm only here a day after the accident. It's just that the real problem took a while to figure out.""Doctor, what are you talking about? How's my brother?? Is he alright?""Mr Genovese," the doctor placed a hand on his shoulder "I'm afraid your brother will be paralyzed for the rest of his life.""What?" Leo chuckled while Andrea gasped. "Doc, that..that can't be true. Perhaps there was some form of misconduct.""Mr Genovese, although your brother had major injuries from the accident it is not the cause of his paralysis. That is why I took as much time as I could and eventually arrived at it. Luca was injected with a very dangerous substance, currently the most sought after toxin right now in the country and only fe