Chapter 12Francesca POVI immediately turned and hid behind the doorway before his sharp eyes caught me peeping at his actions from behind.I quickly forced my hands over my mouth so no more yelps would exit and I scolded myself for not restraining myself from reacting to the gunshots.But who the hell would not scream at what I just saw?!I slowly began to hear footsteps coming towards me. Fuck!I was done for!!What if he caught me standing here? What explanation was I going to give him over what I just witnessed seconds ago?The footsteps kept getting closer, and my heart threatened to burst out of my chest. I saw the shadow become more and more intimidating by the second. Just one more step for him to exit the room and meet my shuddering body and I suddenly heard a ringtone from the room.He seemed reluctant, but the call was evidently of urgent importance and soon enough the shadow faded as he walked back into the room to answer the phone."Yes, it's done. Come clean this plac
Chapter 13Francesca's POV.The haunting silence that hung in the air sucked air out of my throat."Your wife to be?", He repeated."Yes. I was going to tell you about it, but you were busy with other things", Enzo explained.We both stared at his father, waiting for him to show if he bought it or not."What's her name?", He asked."Francesca.""And how did you meet her? What does she do for a living?"It took Enzo a couple of minutes to think of something else. There was no way he was going to tell his father that a stripper that somehow turned into his sex doll."We met through a mutual friend a while back, and we've been in love ever since."The old man's piercing eyes searched through my soul for a fault - something that would give us in."Good. I'm happy you finally took on my advice", he said and finally lowered the gun from my head. "You both are getting married tomorrow."Wait. What?I looked up in shock."Tomorrow?""Yes. If you both claim to be in love, then you both should
Chapter 14Francesca’s POV"Are you ready yet? They're waiting for us already! You all need to be quick! You... Quit standing at the corner and help them out. They're not even halfway through. You... Help her put on her shoes, while they fix her hair and face. Stop acting like a 100 year old tortoise and be quick!!", The mating coordinator bursted into the dressing room and began making orders to hasten the process.I looked at myself in the mirror again. I couldn't recognize myself, due to the makeup that was loaded on my face. It also made my head very heavy on my neck. But that wasn't what I cared about at this point.This was what my life had come to.Turning from a harlot to a wife for a mafia kingpin.The fact that I'd never experience true love struck me, and I didn't know how to feel about it.I thought about my mother and how she'd feel. Not only did she not get to attend my wedding, but what would she think when she hears I married a killer?Now, here I was, getting married
Chapter 15Francesca's POV*** SIX YEARS AGO ***“So that's going to be all for the class. You all can go on with your day”, the teacher dismissed us immediately the bell rang.Everyone packed up to leave, but I stayed back to copy a thing or two from a textbook into my notebook.I'd been panicking for the past three days over the exams that were about to come up in the next two weeks. I’d consecutively carried the award of the best overall student for the past three years, and I didn't want it to end. My scholarship depended on it, and I didn't want anything that upset the straight As I'd been getting since I got into this school-“Oh my gosh!!” My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden shriek from one of my classmates who was still in the class.I looked up to understand where the chaos was all about, and to my utmost surprise, I saw Emilio with a bouquet of flowers.But that was not all.The class which was once mundane was suddenly filled with colorful balloons and students taking
Chapter 16Francesca's POV"Emilio.. we aren't supposed to be here. What if someone catches us? We should go back home", I said in a gasp.I gave myself a promise not to get disvirgined until I got married. I didn't want to give birth out of wedlock just like my mother did, and I didn't want anything to fuck up my future.But his touch made my body sensitive and horny as fuck!"Fuck everyone Francesca, you are all mine tonight", he said breathlessly nibbling on my skin."Look how wet you are for me baby" he whispered. With a swift move he carried me up as I wrapped my legs around his waist with a soft smile on my face. I no longer wanted to fight the urge, I felt he loved me just like I did. Emilio trailed kisses all over my skin up to my lips, it started slowly filled with passion and love before it grew aggressive, animalistic even. We both fought for dominance as we bruised each other's lips, having a short break to catch our breath before going back to kissing each other with wi
Chapter 17Francesca's POV.I froze where I sat, not knowing what to say or think.It was as though his words choked out air from my airway and my lungs.The taunting silence that ensued in the treehouse threatened to make me mad, and I was scared that I wasn't going to walk out sane.I watched every one of his gesture, desperately hoping that he would tell me that he was applying for stand-up comedy, and he was using me as a test subject.I would get mad, but at least I wouldn't get broken.But there was nothing from him.Nothing but a straight, emotionless face that held no hopes of a take back.Or was I the one who didn't hear him well?"What did you say, Emilio?", I questioned, hoping that he would put me out of my misery.But he didn't."The sex didn't give you ear problems, Francesca. You heard me the last time. I'm breaking up with you.""But... But...", I got up from the ground immediately, getting restless. "What did I do wrong? Tell me, and I promise to apologize. Just tell
Chapter 18Francesca's POV."Arghhhhhhh!!!", I cried for the umpteenth time, but I was too tired to shed tears.I rolled on the metal table, but the nurses held me down with no remorse as the doctor pushed the metal hanger into my womb through my vagina and pressured the foetus in me.My eyes were spinning in different directions.My tummy felt like it was being punctured by hot, molten metal.I was dizzy and restless at the same time. Each movement the doctor made in my tummy send sharp waves of pain through my whole body like an electric shock."We're going to try one more time", the doctor said through his mask and pushed the metal up my tummy again."Fuuckkkk!!!", I wailed and groaned in anguish and agony, but there was no one by my side to calm me down.The owner of the baby and my first love was away in Brazil, with other women.My father was out drinking as usual, because he was too annoyed to see the sorry excuse of a childI couldn't afford a standard abortion, so I had to pa
Chapter 19Francesca's POV.This had to be the eeriest ride I'd ever been on in my life, and I hated it.After the chaos that happened at the wedding, the wedding could not continue as it was supposed to.Every participant had found their exit to save their life, both the audience and the pastor. Was it safe to say that I technically wasn't married to Enzo?I looked over to him, and I didn't know whether to be surprised or feel insulted. It was barely four hours since the wedding, and there he was, his head buried in work on his laptop.I was confused as hell, and the more I thought about everything, the more the migraine threatened to knock me out.My mind wandered to the party spoiler, Emilio.What worried me more than getting married to Enzo, was getting married to the brother of Emilio. I'd fought so hard to bury all the bad memories that he caused me. I'd done so well all these years forgetting my first love experience, and immediately I set my eyes on him, all that effort went
Chapter 85 FRANCESA“ Enzo.” I gasped.I was shocked to see him, he was standing by the side with a shaky look. He didn't look sick, I judged the look in his eyes, he looked like he was about to run mad.Just as I stood by the side, shaking with blood all over. I was traumatized, I saw the head of Emilio, he was peeping at me from the side. This made my breath hitch, I didn't know what he was doing but based on the look in Enzo's eyes, if he saw him then he wouldn't help me but he would join hands with Paolo and beat the living death off my body.So I mouthed, “ E- N- Z- O” It was slowly, he understood and his eyes widened in shock as he ducked and placed his head back into the hole. I let out a sigh of relief, then I looked at Enzo, I looked at him with a burning look and in a moment, he leaped to my side but he didn't hold me, he held Paolo by the back.Everything was getting chaotic, he wasn't letting him go and the guards were concentrating on him but they didn't come closer. T
Chapter 84 ENZO I shook all over as I looked at my father, I couldn't believe my eyes. I stared at my father without batting an eyelid, I was shocked to the bones, I laid at the dead body that was right in front of me.Blood.I felt nauseous, I placed my hands over my mouth, trying to stop the vomit from leaving my mouth as I glared at him.That was the nurse, the nurse that I had sent off to go look for my father. He killed her, I just watched.Francesa looked relieved to see me.What did he do to her? She was bleeding, there were scratches all over her face, her lips were bleeding, her head had an injury.And I was sure it was Paolo.He did this to me and now he was doing the same to her, he was becoming a beast. He was the worst, I couldn't stand looking at him as I snarled, walking over the dead body with a heavy heart.My leg mistakenly stepped on her face, shutting her eyes that were wide open.This made me feel more nauseous, I glared at him, looking at the men that he had ga
Chapter 83 ENZO I woke up with a bitter taste on my tongue.“ Water.” I called out in panic but my voice reverberated in the room, there was no one there. I thought it was just my ears, my eyes couldn't fail me so I looked around and to my despair, there was no one there.I was left alone.I felt my eyes burn, the hot tears spilled off my eyes in panic. This was the first time I felt that way, so I called out softly,“ Francesa.” It was soft, barely a whisper, though I didn't know why I thought she would be here to care for me.But she wasn't, she wasn't here for me and I couldn't imagine where she was. My hands moved to the bedspread, grasping it in my grip as I cried softly.My eyes burnt and my chest ached.I was in the hospital, I didn't want to be here. I screamed out, trying to find my voice and get someone's attention but I only succeeded in pulling out the syringe that was tucked into my skin then the blood splattered and my veins constricted as I whined in pain.“ Oh God.
Chapter 82 FRANCESCA “ What?” I exclaimed in shock, jumping off the ground as my legs shook but I ignored the pain as I asked, “ What's wrong with him?” She totally ignored me, looking at Paolo as she said to him, “ He needs you.” That was embarrassing but seeing his cold voice, he didn't look like he cared as he said, “ He's not a child. Why does he need me?” The nurse was stunned, we shared the same reaction as we said, “ But-” He didn't let me continue nor her, he shut me up as he said, “ But nothing. There's nothing you could say that would make me leave here.”He turned to me as he made a clear emphasis on his last sentence, that made me remember the situation I was in right.Crap!I stood still, if he didn't want to leave then I would. With that, I turned and walked off from where I was standing, I tried to pass him but he held me by the arm and pulled me back, “ Where do you think you are going?” He showed off his teeth, his eyes thinned to show how serious he was.That
Chapter 81 FRANCESA“ It's not what you think.” I said, I was breathing really hard as I stared at the door, Paolo stood at the door with his men as they held their guns.“ What do I think?” He said in a threatening manner as he looked at me, I was speechless, I didn't know what to say to him as I looked on, breathing heavily.I stuttered, I couldn't find the words.I looked around, he wasn't there. I sighed in relief, closing my eyes as I thanked God, then I felt a tug on my leg, I didn't want to move.I knew who it was down there, I didn't need to look, that would make it all suspicious and I had Paolo's eyes on me.“ What is it?” He asked, I shook my head, moving down slowly from the table as I tried to manage my legs that were shaking from the pleasure that I had experienced previously, I kept my head up and tried to keep my breathing steady.I needed to act normal though I wasn't.But if he found out, I could guarantee Emilio's safety but I couldn't for me. He could blow off my
Chapter 80FRANCESCA“ Francesca Ferroro.” My mind went blank, I looked lost in his eyes, at bliss and the firecrackers set ablaze as they sparked in the air and filled the sky with their colors. They were bound less.My world stopped for a second, the world stopped and my breath hitched at his words as I looked at him. His words still buzzed in my mind, it kept on throbbing and echoing. It made me question myself as I gulped, looking at him.“ What?” I asked him, looking the other way as the red crept up my cheeks. I didn't understand what he meant, he smiled and laughed. Realization dawned, nausea kicking in my veins. I felt used like he didn't mean it and it was just a mere mockery that I had fallen for so I looked the other way. When he saw my look, he laughed harder as he cupped my cheeks, pulling my face to rest on his forehead.“ Don't you understand English anymore?” My ears rang from his words, I shook my head as I said, “ We shouldn't. We can't.”“ Why can't we?” He exp
Chapter 79FRANCESCA “ Emi-” I gasped, I was not able to finish my words as he gave me a slap on the face. My face moved to the side, I stared at him in shock. I thought he had brought me into this room for sex, it turns out that it was because of this.But what exactly? He wanted to beat me. I pushed him, sneering at him as I spat at him and said, “ Leave me the fuck alone, Emilio.” He didn't have the chance to shut me up, I brushed against him as I pushed him to the side and was walking to the door. He ran after me, grabbing me by the hand as he aggressively twisted me to the side and pinned my body against the sharp edges of the table. There was little space for me on the table, moreover; I was thrashing and kicking, I wasn't going to let him do this to me.Bang! He pushed off all the documents on the ground, scattering them and destroying them. He was making it obvious that he was here.He picked me up, hurling me on the table as my back slammed against it and there was a cra
Chapter 78FRANCESCA “ Do something then.” Paolo commanded, blowing at the top of his gun that was letting out smoke. The doctor shook, he went pale seeing his lover in that condition. I'm sure he has never expected it to happen looking at the look on his face. He shook. Like there was nothing inside of him then he looked up dramatically and started walking at the speed of lightning. He fell to his knees, holding the bare cables that let out sparks. He pushed the clothed side, infusing the wires together as he made sure that they were intertwined.The machine suddenly gasped, propelled by force and power. Enzo followed suit, his eyes popped open as he clutched the bedsheet.“ Oh.” I gasped weakly, letting go like I was about to fall off because my body moved back slowly and I looked frail. I looked frail, like I had no energy. But luckily, I was caught from the back by Stefano. He placed his hands on my waist, I looked up at him, biting my lips as I pushed him away.“ Don't you fu
Chapter 77FRANCESCA “ Stefano!” I gasped, running to him as I held him by the shirt, shaking him as tears ran down my face in anger. I didn't know what came over me, I had no sense of reasoning as I hurled his body to the wall and rammed him over again with anger and gritted teeth. “ Why! Why?” I asked in disbelief, I couldn't believe that he would do something as devious as this.He looked surprised, his mouth was ajar, he just stared at me as he didn't understand what was happening. His hands were raised, he looked at me innocently with no words, it made me feel bad. I let him go with a thump.He was surprised, pulling himself off the wall as he asked me with a stutter,” What was that for?” I didn't answer him immediately, I was still catching my breath from what I had done to him. I was breathing harshly, holding my chest as I pointed at him in disdain, disgusted by the way he was being nonchalant.So I asked him in clearer terms, “ Did you do this to him?” He looked at him, h