Mateo's pov~ I could be dead in a few hours, so I had to kiss her, to shut her up at least. Her face was blank, white as snow."Ariana I need you to stay out of this one" I said, pushing a lock of her hair out of the way."No Mateo, I'm not leaving you to face them alone, and that kiss doesn't mean shit to me," she replied.Ahhhh the nerve of this girl! She pushes me to imagine crazy things! It was too late to convince her, the dock was already in sight. "I pulled her toward the front to receive the officers. As we came to a halt at the dock the officers came on board. He looked around before settling in front of Mateo and me. "Who are you?" he inquired "Enrique, Patricio sent me" I replied, looking down. "Who is the girl?" He turned to look at me before scanning me."A stray Patricio picked up, she's helps clean the boat" I replied after much thought. She glanced at me before turning away in fright. "Patricio should have called ahead," he said. "Go back" I stood there not
Ariana's pov~"Here at the shelter, such thoughts are expunged by the teachings of our great benefactor, Senor Massimo!" Mother superior thundered. "You are an unmarried whore who couldn't keep her legs closed!" she added before pushing me towards the empty bed. I was instantly irritated, and I wanted to stuff her veil down her throat for even thinking of me in that light! "and while you are here I advise you to hold your devilish tongue! Women like you get sent to the sister homes and trust Me you don't want to find yourself there!" she yelled before pushing me down on the bed. I fell with a thud and I imagined Mateo snapping her neck just for the mere insolence of it. Something about this place was weird. Something was very weird with this shelter. First, it's in disguise as a convent why? A Convent with tight security? I need to find Serena and get her the hell out of this bastard's Island. I sat there quietly and waited for my mother superior to finish her lecture. As s
Ariana's pov~ "I'm not standing on that coal, I'm pregnant," I replied. Mother's face turned instantly red and I could tell this was no ordinary nun. Something else is going on here. "Here at the shelter we are merciful are we not? So why were you seen seducing one of the maintenance workers " She asked, turning to the girls around her. They nodded almost immediately in response. What happened to these girls? "What? No, I wasn't!" I quickly said in my defence. How did we get seen so fast? What are they doing to them, no one is willing to walk out the front door! "Step on the coal Ariana, you must learn the ways of the woman" she added. "To be a woman is pain!" Everyone echoed together. I started to get anxious, and my heart suddenly sank. "To be a woman is pain! Step on the coal Ariana or I'll make your sister eat it!" I was scared, the look in her eyes terrified me. This wasn't an ordinary shelter. No one ever knows what goes on on Massimo's island. Girls who came her
Mateo's pov~ I smashed the ceramic I held on the wall as I saw my wife being hurled into the black SUV. Why is this girl so stubborn? She never listens! I have to do something about her behaviour, yet I can't help but feel some sort of satisfaction for always challenging me. If I tried to save her right now, I'd be shot down before taking one step. I can't let Massimo see me. I had to get her out now too! This was supposed to be an easy extraction, all she had to do was locate Serena and ill handle it, but no she was just as pigheaded as I've always known her. What exactly keeps pulling me to this woman, always wanting to protect her? I thought I could only feel this for Becky, now this hard-headed woman has burrowed into my thoughts! I hid behind the shadows and waited for Massimo to leave before signalling Luna. At first, she was reluctant, but when I moved past her, she saw my deathly glares as I whispered "Get her car keys and meet me after" She succumbed and nodded in a
Ariana's pov~ "She doesn't need to be here, we can go somewhere else and discuss this" I heard my husband say. I was confused and scared, what the hell is going on? Is Mateo hiding something from me? I was bound and gagged and I couldn't move, fear wouldn't let me move. I looked over to Serena and we shared the same puzzled look. Massimo already knew who I was and he expected Mateo would come for me. "No, I want her here, so you both can decide how to give me what I want" Massimo stated before walking over to me.He gently pulled out the gag from my throat and heavy coughing followed almost immediately. "You should know Ariana, everything was part of his plan," Massimo started before pointing at Mateo. "Massimo...." I heard him mutter, his fist clenched tightly. "Your Brother made a deal with Interpol officer Paul Asissi to take your father out, but that's not where it gets sweeter" Massimo announced. "W..what?" I asked softly, my head pounding from the torture I passed thro
Mateo's pov~ I could be dead in a few hours, so I had to kiss her, to shut her up at least. Her face was blank, white as snow."Ariana I need you to stay out of this one" I said, pushing a lock of her hair out of the way."No Mateo, I'm not leaving you to face them alone, and that kiss doesn't mean shit to me," she replied.Ahhhh the nerve of this girl! She pushes me to imagine crazy things! It was too late to convince her, the dock was already in sight. "I pulled her toward the front to receive the officers. As we came to a halt at the dock the officers came on board. He looked around before settling in front of Mateo and me. "Who are you?" he inquired "Enrique, Patricio sent me" I replied, looking down. "Who is the girl?" He turned to look at me before scanning me."A stray Patricio picked up, she's helps clean the boat" I replied after much thought. She glanced at me before turning away in fright. "Patricio should have called ahead," he said. "Go back" I stood there not
Ariana's pov~He wasn't happy, what man would, after his fiancé's dead husband resurrected and destroyed the only place he called home. "I'm going to finish what I started mateo!" He thundered."He is going to kill us if we don't move fast" Serena shrieked as she hastened her steps down the rocky slope.I saw Mateo trying to signal Julius but he was too far away to see what was happening. Did he not hear the gunshot?"Serena you need to go over Ariana, you need to get help from Julius" Mateo said. "No!" I exclaimed, "I just got her out i'm not putting her in danger Mateo" I disagreed holding on to her tighter. "Ariana there is no other way! Let me go! Look, he is coming!" Serena exclaimed, jerking her hand free. She pulled herself gently from the wall and in one swoop she went over me to the other side with Mateo helping her safely cross over."Go! Tell him to get up here," I heard Mateo instruct her. She nodded and continued gliding down the wall this time a little faster."I'm
SERENA RINALDI'S POV~Just as I reached the foot of the cliff and had signalled Julius, I heard a screech and then a scream. The voice I heard was my sister's Iscream. I turned to see the silhouette of two men falling into the ocean below, and then a loud splash followed. "Mateo!" Julius yelled before leaping in front of me and running toward the foot of the cliff. "Oh GOD! Julius, you need to get Ariana please" I begged him, he stood there frozen in horror. Unbelieving what he had just seen. He didn't move, he stood there for a long time and I knew he was over the shock.So I helped him wake up. I walked to where he was and I slapped him hard across the face, "Get yourself together old man, Don Argento will soon figure out his son is dead, we need to get Ariaana out now!" I cried."Yes you are right, she's carrying his heir, she must return home"He nodded and swiftly started his journey up the cliff. I paced around in anxiety. I couldn't believe she came for me, I thought I d
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