Ariana’s pov~I watched him run into the woods, gunshots rang in the air and I feared for him, my phone rang as we moved in transit.“I got your signal, very good, Ariana. You and I need to do more business together,” Liliana started.I composed myself, two men dressed in all black approached us before leading us away quietly.“After tonight, I never want to see you again,” I replied. She laughed. " How am I sure this is not a trap?” she asked.“You are the professional, and you are a big girl. If you are desperate enough for this money, you would like to find out yourself, wouldn't you?” With that, she hung up.Hopefully, she would come and this nightmare would be over.“I don't like this, it's too easy,” my stepmother said and I nodded, I didnt trust it either, “your father is always one step ahead Ariana, he plans every scenario before they happen, we have to be careful” she added.“Im still surprised, you’d risk it back here, after everything I said” Serena started, her head low a
~The following few chapters follow Fiona Monti, Ariana’s best friend and cousin and her mission in Tacoma ~FIONA’S POV~Whew! I sighed as I finally grabbed my luggage from the man wheeling it towards me.I tipped my hat forward as I stepped out of the airport, it was hot and reasonably so, I'd not come to the country for fun.Tacoma, is a beautiful place, with vibrant energy from the locals I met at the airport, I've never been here before but for Ariana, I have to prove that I could do anything for her.I thought of her, by now she must have heard about the gruesome murder I orchestrated with my co-workers at the animal shelter, I hope she knows im okay.I had to make it as real as possible.As I hailed a cab, I saw someone else stand beside me, she raised her hand also.I turned to look at her, she wore glasses covering her face, but something about her overall demure was striking.She was a foreigner, that much was clear, I decided to mind my business and focus on my mission.The
FIONA’S POV~Once the headaches had cleared I gathered myself and got up, I waited like he said for the gunshots to end, and when I stepped out it was nightfall.By the time I reached the lobby, I found out I'd been in my hotel room all along.I informed the front desk of the chaos that had happened in the room.But it didn't seem to faze her, she was used to seeing this type of violence at the hotel.They sent up a cleaning service and by the time I got there, the bodies and the blood were gone.I opened the closet and my things were there, I can't believe this horror happened right here in my room.How were they able to find me so fast, how did they know where I'd be, not even Ariana knows.Someone must be tracking me, and it's Liana Argento, when did it start?So many questions wrapped around my head begging to be answered.What does she want from me? Why does she want me dead, whatever it is Ariana has sent me to find, it's obvious she can't risk it getting out.So I have to find
FIONA’S POV~I hid under the food counter as the sound of guns exploded everywhere.I looked towards the kitchen as I saw an open office, I looked around to see that no one was following me before heading for the kitchen.Slowly I closed the kitchen door and that was when I saw someone walk in.Amongst the chaos she stood there, she wore the Same hat and glasses but this time she feared no one.She took out her gun and point blank she shot young Li and her body tumbled to the ground.I gasped and I felt the urge to yell from this shock when a hand covered my mouth and retreated me back to the shadows.I fought him off and turned, scared and anxious.He made a shushing sound and placed a finger over his lip.When we were secured in the office he shut the door behind us and started going through everything.He was looking for something…“Who are you?” I asked.It was the same man earlier, sitting in the corner.He ignored me and I was visibly pissed, I walked up to him, kicked his hat o
FIONA’S POV~Slowly we moved through the long creepy stairs and we eventually got to a wide area of space with no other choice but to jump down.Enzo jumped first, I handed him my phone and he set it on the floor before opening his arms to catch me.“I don't think I can,” I said slowly, my voice croaking with anxiety.“Don't be a chicken, jump Fiona!” he scolded, I sighed and positioned myself to jump, I leapt but alas I misstepped and fell on him and we both tumbled on the ground.He laughed, “If this is what you want, you can at least say it”, I got up embarrassed but he pulled me back down, and turned me over.The light was dim and insects chirped all over the moldy tunnels but I could see the twinkle in his eyes.He blinked before smiling, his eyes roamed my chest as it beat out of place, he licked his lips, I looked down and I saw why.In the moment of action, my right breast had slipped out of my bralette to reveal a portion of my breast and some parts of my perky nipples.I gas
Fiona’s mission has ended, and so has her point of view, the story continues with Ariana and Mateo.ARIANA’S POV~“Sit still damn it!” Mateo roared and I pushed him away from my knee, he has been extra clingy since I got shot by Emiliano, still salty about the fact that he didn't know his brother was still alive.“If you are going to keep yelling this way then it's best you leave it alone, I can't handle being shot, pregnant and on top of that a soon-to-be ex-husband” I replied.He stopped and looked up at me. “I'm not going to say this anymore, we are not getting a divorce!” he roared at me and I slapped him.“Yes, we are! I'm sick of this! Until you tell me why you won't let me go I'm not safe with you! You don't own me, Mateo!” I exclaimed.Deep inside I was scared, It had been weeks and I hadn't heard from Fiona, could she be dead?Did I send her to her death? All I wanted was to be free from all of this chaos and now….She could be dead.I touched my belly lightly and rubbed my
MATEO’S POV~Enzo and I sat in the office as the tape played, I couldn't believe it, I'd been lied to!Silvio and I had been lied to everything my father said that day was indeed all bullshit.“He is Ariana’s half-brother?” I exclaimed in shock. “Yeah” Enzo nodded, “that's not all, listen to them talk”As the tape played I discovered someone else knew about it and that someone was Paul Assisi.“That’s why he is hell-bent on getting his hand on this tape, he is involved with my father in a deal gone bad, the prime minister’s daughter?” I turned and started pacing around the room anxiously, “and now his superiors are asking about it,” I remarked.Enzo nodded again, “he is trying to wipe the evidence, but if we take this to the higher-ups, way higher Don Rinaldi will go to prison, forever” Enzo smirked.I grinned at him before reaching for the bottle of cognac on my desk, “we’ve got him Enzo” I said, “finally”.“Someone else was after that tape, a woman” Enzo started, and my attention tu
ARIANA’S POV~The tears weren't drying up anytime soon, and I had already concluded that they were pregnancy hormones.Mateo needed clarification, as all his different methods to appease me were coming to no fruition.“How can I make these tears stop? It's been over an hour, baby doll,” he inquired before sitting beside me and taking my hand.“I don't know, they just refuse to stop” I wailed.“I'd have sliced off your head if you were someone else” he mentioned with a wry laugh.I glared at him, pretty pissed off for even suggesting crap like that.“I miss Fiona” I started before pushing his hand away.“She’s dead right?” he asked.His words took me aback and I couldn't respond because I didn't know for a fact that she was.But then again where is she?“Y..yeah” I stammered, masking the lie in my words.He gave me a suspicious look, I looked away from him before he eventually concurred.“I want to see Chiara” I started, Mateo gave me another glare.“I don't know if….”“With Estella,
ARIANA’S POV~Mateo coming back has been a blessing, he left his life behind and he now lives with us on the island.But something kept bothering him, “Mateo what’s going on with you?” I asked handing him a cup of cocoa.Alessio came running in and he sat on his father’s knee, “papa ball” he requested.“Soon my boy” Mateo giggled excitedly,He finally told me everything, everything that weighed heavy in his heart, everything about his parent's death, to Becky’s revenge and what they were after.“He adopted me to find out if I had a key in my possession and I think it's the same key Fiona handed you the day of the shower” he concluded.“The key?”I hadn't thought about the key in so long, I'd kept it away, and it had bad memories attached to it.I got up and went in, it should be along my things.As I did I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, only it wasn't me.She grinned from ear to ear as she motioned for me to come closer, and I did.“Cayenne” I started.“We finally meet, did
MATEO'S POV~The last thing I remembered was a gunshot piercing me before I landed on the ground, I awoke on a bed, I blinked and I felt a wet towel going over my hot body.I tried to get up, “Mateo, stop you need to rest” she started, i opened my eyes.“Micola?” I called, she smiled and took my hand in hers, “yes it's me, you sustained a serious gun wound” she stated, I winced in pain, and I tried to find the source.“At this point, I might as well be studied” I joked as I sat up.I coughed and blood followed.“Your lungs were affected, the doctors said you would have to cough out the rest of the clumps when you wake up, are you okay?” she announced.I nodded, “I'll be fine” She helped me sit straight on the bed rest and put a glass of water in my hand.I gulped it down in one go and gave it back to her, “micola” I started, she dropped the cup and looked away.“I'm sorry about the way we ended things, I just… it's different now. With everything, with…”“I get it” she interrupted, “yo
ARIANA’S POV~Don Argento couldn't believe it, his son was before him, he ignored his wife and daughter, slowly he walked toward Silvio who welcomed him.“I'm afraid I can't do that, Silvio, but I should start by welcoming you back from the dead” I applauded his bravery, I didn't care if I was a one-man army right now.“That deal should never have happened,” he continued.“No deal Silvio, I'm not selling my wife to you, I hate to break it to you but there’s bad news my friend” Mateo stated.My mind was made up after last night, there was no hope that he would ever change.He is always going to remain a beast, and now Silvio is back, from the dead.My hunch was right after all, and from the look on my proud father’s face, I could tell he was in on this. “Mateo, im asking you nicely, I have you surrounded, you should not have touched what was mine, you knew it and you did it anyways” Silvio flared.Mateo laughed, “she was never yours and she never will” Mateo boasted.His haughtiness i
ARIANA’S POV~The night of the party finally arrived, micola had dropped her resignation that morning and an air of dread lingered around it.We never found Estella, somehow Emiliano had sneaked her out, along with my father’s written will.I shuddered under the weight, Scared to face the unknown.Im not going to let everything I've lived for go down the drain, because I was so distracted.I had to keep up the pretences with Ariana. The only ones who knew about it were the three of us.Three of u except Fiona... I have to find her before she tells someone else, I always knew she would turn on her in the end, she’s a woman after all.I wondered what happened, but that wasn't important right now.I headed upstairs, a box in my hand, to the room I once shared with Ariana, I opened the door and there she stood by the window.She rubbed her curved belly and I could her muttering to herself before she acknowledged her presence.A child I'd been looking forward to calling mine, my heir… all
MATEO’S POV~I saw micola on the way back to my office, I knew Julius had left earlier so I motioned for her to join me.As he closed the door to my office I pulled her to me and devoured her hungry lips with a kiss.She gasped for breath as she held on to me for balance, I let her go and started to take off my clothes.“I see Don Mateo is back” She grinned from ear to ear, her eyes looking sinister.“Take your clothes off” I growled, throwing my clothes into a corner, “oh now you want me?” she teased.“Take it off” I repeated, this time I walked towards her, then grabbed her, threw her against my desk and perked her ass up.I spanked her violently, just the way she liked it, then I dug my nails into her neck, I drew blood and she moaned in pleasure.“Yes this is the Mateo I've been craving” she moaned loudly.I ripped my belt off and soon my pants had dropped, I rammed my hard dick inside her, she was already wet from the violence that is her life.“Yes” she moaned as she sniffled in
ARIANA’S POV~“You shouldn't be here Enzo please leave” I pleaded, but he wouldn't leave, he walked up to me and soon his mouth was ravenously devouring mine.I pushed him off me and slapped him, “What the hell is wrong with you!” I exclaimed angrily.“Ariana, I can't stop thinking about you, never have, never will, and now you are carrying my baby, I just can't stay away from you cayenne..” he moaned kissing my hands.“Enzo you need to stop this, if Mateo finds out about this, he will kill us, he won't care if we once knew each other” my anxious voice gave me away as I shuddered from the thought of Mateo’s wrath. “we need to find a way to escape from here not this!” He groaned in frustration, “Mateo! Mateo! Mateo! Ariana, it's always about Mateo, what about us, what we had!” he exclaimed angrily.“It wasn't real, it was just a week! One week Enzo, it wasn't love!” I tried to make things clear to him but his incessant insisting that we were madly in love was starting to reach peak lu
MATEO’S POV~I should listen to the tape.But not until I prove to Ariana that I can be the man she wants me to be.“Is everything set?” I inquired looking around the beautifully decorated room, I smiled to myself.Proud of my accomplishment, today I will throw my wife a surprise baby shower.I sent out invitations to the people I could, but I couldn't get a hold of her stepmother and sister.The best I could do was Micola, and a few of her friends, Estella, and some maids.It's the thought that counts right?“Yes sir, all we have to do now is wait to surprise her” the maids giggled with glee.I spent no expense on the lavishness of this party.“She just pulled into the driveway sir” one of the guards reported, “good, places everyone!” I yelled and everyone hid.Micola was physically annoyed and she wouldn't hide, something was going on with her and Julius and she wouldn't tell me.I didnt bother to ask, soon the doors opened, and Ariana and Enzo stepped in, they were engaged in a hea
ENZO’S POV~Her lips parted to welcome me into her warmness. It was just like magic how Fiona suddenly appeared when I thought precisely of her. That moment we had in the tunnels, the image of Ariana flashed in my mind, and I couldn't stop thinking about her.Not when I thought she was back in Malta waiting for me.I pulled up her shirt, “what the hell! We are right in the hallway!” she yelled before pushing me off her.Then she slapped me hard across the face and I clenched my jaws. “what the hell do you think you are doing? Where the hell is the tape you stole you asshole!” she exclaimed angrily.I didnt care about any of that, I just wanted to devour her.As she complained about my lack of human compassion I noticed a nurse come out of an empty room.I grabbed Fiona and pulled her towards it, “Hey! Let go!” I opened the door and a nurse was inside folding the sheets.Two other people were in the room, they were in tears and it irritated me.“Everyone get the fuck out!” I thundered
Ariana’s pov~“Ariana, what the hell is going on here? Two babies? When did this happen? Who the hell are Donors A and B?” she questioned nonstop, and my mind was reeling.My world, everything I've come to know about myself is over.It's been Cayenne pregnant All this while, a sister I thought I made up in my head truly exists….I'd been admitted for observation, the doctor wouldn't let me leave and I begged her not to call Mateo.She was honoured to thank Fully,“It's a whole lot, Fiona, I met a guy before I came back to Italy,” I started.“The waiter?”“Yeah, he is the father of the baby,” I confessed.“You fucked him?” she exclaimed in shock.“I didn't, Cayenne did? How do I explain this to Mateo Fiona?” I shrieked, my hands sweating with anxiety.“Shit!” she cursed, “the last time he thought I had an affair he killed him, without a moment’s thought. I'm living with a total maniac” I continued, my voice shaky.“Mateo, he is not a kind man Fiona, he is crazy and obsessed with me, h