I hadn't even made it out of his bedroom when a hand clasped around my neck from behind and Alessandro pulled me into his rock-hard chest. My back was glued to his front, he turned my head to the side and nuzzled his face into it, breathing in. He made a sound of approval, of satisfaction."Don't play smart with me, Angel"Then I felt his tongue slowly trailing up to my ear, my eyes closed involuntarily and my head lolled back, giving him more access. He pulled the skin between his teeth, nipping harshly. While his one hand kept me in place I felt the other one cupping my breasts. I moaned carelessly, I knew no one was in the house anyway, except for Scott but I don't care about him.Both of his hands left me and went behind my back where he slowly unzipped my dress. With a single tug, it fell to the ground and pooled around my feet. He then slowly unclasped my bra and it also followed the dress on the ground.I didn't want it to be one-sided again, while this man has seen me complete
My body felt so weak and tired after, it felt like this orgasm had taken all of my strength with it. My limbs felt like jelly as if they had lost form. I licked my lips and just lay on his bed.I didn't know what to expect next. Were we going to have sex now? Was he going to--- I furrowed my eyebrows as Alessandro got off the bed and strolled in the direction of the bathroom."Where are you going?""Shower" was all he said before he disappeared into the ensuite.A few seconds later, I heard the shower running. Too exhausted and sleepy to move and wrapped his blanket around my naked body. My eyelids felt heavy and I finally gave in to sleep......I woke up to an empty bed, the sun rays softly streamed in through the drawn curtains. I stretched my body to get rid of the grogginess. I was still in Alessandro’s room, in his bed but he was nowhere to be found.I got off the bed and padded to my bedroom. I brushed my teeth, showered, and dressed up in shorts and a t-shirt. I descended the
The door to my bedroom flung open and Sabrina wandered inside with a huge creepy grin. I placed a hand over my chest, my mouth agape at the sudden intrusion into my room."Hey, girl!" she wrapped her arms around me in a tight hug. "What's up, bitch?"I hugged her back because I had missed her. "You scared me!"She snorted and jumped on my bed. "I'm surprised that after living with Alessandro Costello for almost two months you still get scared of little things"I smiled and shook my head. "What brings you here?" I asked as I hopped on the bed beside her."Um, my birthday!"I gasped. "Happy Birthday, B!""Thanks, me and my girls are going out clubbing and I thought since you're one of my girls too I should invite you."I heaved a disappointed sigh. "I would love to, I have never been to a nightclub before.""Okay, then let's get you dressed up""But I can't..."She frowned. "What the fuck? Why?""Alessandro won't let me. He still doesn't trust me enough. I asked him if I can go to colle
For the first time, I noticed how different Sabrina and I are in looks. She is truly beautiful, she looked like a human barbie with that figure. Her dark black hair was shoulder-length, with plump lips, and big eyes. She was way too attractive than me.She strolled to my closet and I followed behind, she basically threw the clothes she didn't like on the floor. Her eyes landed on a beautiful light grey bodycon dress.Her eyes went wide with excitement. "This is the one! Change into this, please!"I reluctantly took the dress and lay it on the ottoman before I took off my shorts and shirt."Okay, hell to the no!" she said looking at me with a deep frown."What's wrong?""Where do you keep your underwear?"I pointed toward the drawer and she kneeled on the floor, digging through the door that had her full attention. She pulled out a lacy bra and panties that matched my dress and asked me to wear that underneath.Once, I put on the undergarments, Sabrina helped me into the dress and zipp
The only girl he ever dated?I swallowed and looked her up and down. Like the rest of Sabrina's friends, she was gorgeous. Platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, full lips, sharp features, and legs for days.Is that the type of girl Alessandro usually fall in love with? I was not as tall as her, I was a brunette with dark eyes.He did call me hot the other day but he made it clear to me before we did this that I shouldn't expect anything from him and this relationship, it was purely physical, more like he was introducing me to the world of sex, helping me become a woman only because I had asked him to.Now that I think about it. If I hadn't asked him to touch me, would he have done it? I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to suppress all these unwanted thoughts. I wanted to enjoy the night with Sabrina, it was my first time at a nightclub and here I was thinking about Alessandro Costello."So, what are you to him?" she pressed, trying to get information out of me about my relationship with Ale
We stepped outside and my eyes fell on Alessandro. He was leaning against a black Cadillac Escalade, his arms crossed over his chest. He had taken off his jacket and was wearing a white shirt, black tie, and black slacks. For me, no other man could be as handsome as he is.A hint of a smile pulled on his lips when he saw me, and he wiped at it with a thumb before sliding his hands into his pockets. Butterflies fluttered in my belly, out of everyone here his eyes were on me.I lost my footing and almost stumbled to the ground but Sabrina held me up again. I looked down at my heels and then back at Alessandro, where my smile immediately fell.Katerina was pressed against him while she was babbling about something. I frowned, something twisted in my chest at their proximity. I glowered at her hand that rested on his chest. My eyes felt hot, I could feel tears forming in my eyes as he didn't take her hand off of himself. He replied to whatever she was asking him."I'll take her..." a man
The sound of the clock ticking was the only sound that could be heard in the room. My focus was on the tumbler half-filled with whiskey, I twirled it around and the ice clinked against the glass. A full-bodied cigar burned between my fingers."I have been told that there's a girl living in your house for months."I faced my father, he looked displeased. Anger radiated off his body, he rolled his shoulders to get rid of some of the tension."Two and a half months to be precise" I answered smoothly."Why?" he asked, I could pick up the annoyance in his voice."She's an orphan...""You tellin' me that you did that to be charitable?"I rolled the cigar between my fingers and took a drag. "Precisely"He chuckled, shaking his head, and muttered something under his breath. "There's that fundraising event coming up, be charitable there, not in your fucking home, son"A sardonic breath escaped me. "I don't take orders from you anymore, pops""Get rid of her" he ordered.My response held the sl
It had started to rain. I looked up at the sky and noticed the dark clouds. The morning sky was grey and dark. The clouds doubled up and covered the rising sun. The smell of the heavy raindrops was electric to my senses. The rain pelted the ground with an ominous sound.I walked behind the gilded horse-drawn carriage that had my mother's casket. My father was walking beside me watching the carriage with dead eyes. That was the woman he loved. Flower petals were tossed from a helicopter all the way to the cemetery. The band played somber Italian music "Ave Maria""Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death" a choir of hushed prayers fell on my ears.I was a man of God when I wanted to be and right now I believed in him to take care of my mamma.The cemetery had seating all around Mamma's grave.We were seated at the front of her flower-covered casket -red roses were her favorite flowers. My father had paid close attention to every single detail of t
I showered up, getting rid of the soreness of my muscles. I had never worked out in my life before and exerting my body so much in a single day has taken its toll. I had cramps everywhere.I heard some voices coming from downstairs. I couldn't recognize them. I mulled over the fact that I should go and check it out because it could be Nikolai's business partner. His business partners were not the kind of people you want to make a conversation with.But then I heard a shrill female voice.I went out of the door and stood at the top of the stairwell. Still, all I heard were the voices. I went downstairs and saw a tall, lean middle-aged man with a young blonde woman standing beside him. I could only see their side profiles. The woman turned and I sucked in a sharp breath.It was Grace Russell, Nikolai's wife-to-be. I know because I had attended their engagement. Her face was engraved at the back of my mind, the sight when Nikolai had slipped the ring on her finger replayed in my head on
"Have you ever worked out before?" he asked.I looked around with wide eyes. "Does running around in the gardens count?""No,""Then no, I have not""Come on, let's do a little warm-up first then I'll teach you how to box."My mouth hung open. "Box? As in boxing?"He heaved a sigh. "I want you to learn how to defend yourself, Natalya."I thought for a while before I nodded. Turns out, I don't even know what warm-up is, he had to tell me everything. The thing that annoyed me the most was his tone, he was speaking to me like I was a child and repeating his words so, that I'd understand clearly.Another thing that annoyed me was his toned muscles, and his stupid sculpted chest.When it was time to step into the boxing ring, Alessandro handed me a pair of boxing gloves. I was about to put them on but he came to me and put them on me himself as if I don't know how to put the stupid gloves on.I rolled my eyes and out of nowhere Alessandro gently smacked the back of my head. "Roll your eyes
Someone pounded on my bedroom door waking me up from my deep slumber. I groaned and stuffed my face back into the pillow to block out the sound coming from the door. The knocking intensified, whoever it was, didn't really have much patience.I sat up and glanced at the wall clock. It was only six o'clock in the morning. I rubbed my eyes to rid of the grogginess, tossed the duvet aside, got to my feet, and headed for the door. I opened it and was met with an unknown face. She was wearing the uniform the household help used to wear."What?" I asked."Don Alessandro had requested you to freshen up and wear this before you come downstairs."Frowning, I took the clothes from her and noticed that they were gym clothes. I heaved a sigh, I liked it better when I could say no to him but I dug my own grave when I promised him that I'd listen to him and follow his rules but that's all there was to it.I'm not the same girl who had a massive crush on him.I closed the bedroom door and glanced at
"I'll make sure to do everything he did to you... but his torture will be a hundred times worse," he whispered softly.His one hand was in my hair while the other was on my cheek caressing it with his knuckles. I leaned into his touch, feeling the security and comfort I used to feel when I first met him."They all took turns in beating me up, they laughed whenever I screamed in pain," I said as tears rolled down my cheeks and dripped down to the ground.His hand left my hair as he cupped my face with both of his hands. He tugged me closer. "I will make their death an object of ridicule."I looked into his eyes. "Promise?"He let out a deep breath with a hint of a smile."Promise," he declared. "Do you want to see it happen?"I considered it and then shook my head. I don't think I have the stomach for that much violence. "No...""Do you want to go home now?"I looked up at him. It's hard to forget what Alessandro did to me too and the fact that he was engaged was the hardest pill I eve
I had my headphones on as I continuously flipped the pages of the book that was before me. I hadn't read a word, the music blasted in my ears blocking out all the other sounds.I slammed the book shut and got off my bed. Alessandro had called Sabrina earlier, I knew that he did because Sabrina and I hadn't talked after his whole engagement fiasco.I pretended to be asleep while Sabrina waited for me.I didn't wake up until she finally gave up and left the house.I got to my feet, straightened out my dress, and headed downstairs. His house was crawling with his soldiers, they all tried to avoid making eye contact with me.They were moving some stuff into the house, some furniture, suitcases, and whatnot. Was Alessandro redecorating?I hopped onto the couch and put on the TV at full volume. Someone grabbed the remote out of my hand and turned the volume down.I huffed and looked up to see Alessandro looking down at me. He placed both of his hands on the headrest of the couch and dipped
She turned her back towards us and went into the kitchen. Probably to cook breakfast for herself, she didn't know how to cook shit."I'll be right back," I said to Scott, who nodded still clenching his hands like he wanted to punch something or someone. It won't be Natalya, I will fucking break his hand off before he does that.I followed her into the kitchen and saw her using her cell phone while she placed some of the ingredients on the counter. It looked like she wanted to make pancakes. She played a video and placed it before her while she followed whatever the lady in the video was narrating."Do you remember the rules?"She stopped whatever she was doing and glanced at me, her facial expression was bored, uninterested."I remember" she answered and before I could say anything she added. "But I could care less for them"Rage coursed through my veins. She was testing me, trying hard for me to slip up so she could hold it against me."Natalya, don't disrespect my men. I won't toler
I'm weak.Too fucking weak.I let her get too close to me.Until recently, I only ever really loved one woman in my life. My mother, I respected her, loved her.Anastasia Costello.I thought she was the only one who really knew me, the only one that can tear down my walls. I thought my ability to love ended with her, and I was fine with that.I've watched her writhing in pain, struggling to breathe, tears leaking out of her eyes but she couldn't move. My mother fought long and hard with the disease before she lost that battle. I thought that was it. My only weakness, the only woman I ever loved is dead and now I'm fucking invincible.But then she happened.The morning Nikolai Martinez died, I didn't fucking know what I was getting myself into when I brought his daughter into my home. I hadn't given it a second thought, I didn't even know what I was going to do with her.The men in my circle had many ideas about what I should do with her, but I didn't fucking agree with them. I thought
"I'm sorry, Angel, I'm sorry I let them take you, I'm sorry I wasn't there," his voice was so low that I barely heard it even though his mouth was right next to my ear."No! You are not sorry!" I choked out through my sobs. "I know I don't matter to you, I know I don't mean anything to anyone, least of all you!""Shh... I'll make it alright, I promise,"I tried to shake my head. "You can't! You can't""I will, I need you to trust me, okay?" he placed soft kisses on my temple."I hate you!""I know, I'll fix it""Nothing can fix this, nothing can fix me!""I will, Angel, I promise you.""I hate you so much.""I know.""I mean nothing to you.""That's a lie.""I don't want this, Alessandro.""I know.""You scare me too.""I know, Angel, I will make it alright""I don't want this, Alessandro. I don't want to be here.""I'm not letting you leave ever again."I cried harder. "Why?""I just don't want to," he answered softly."I don't want to get abducted again.""I won't let that happen."
Another day...Another morning...Still, it did nothing to calm the turmoil I felt inside of me. Everything around me was just the same but I didn't feel the way I used to. I feel hateful all the time, anger is the only emotion coursing through my veins right now.Ten days, I spent ten days in that cell but it felt like a year. It felt as if that cell didn't belong in this world, time passed by slowly there.I looked out of the window and felt nothing... this view always brought me comfort but now it did nothing to me. Nothing to calm the storm brewing inside of me.I remember looking out of this window and dreaming of a life outside these four walls. I thought it'd be a fairy tale. I thought my parents were wrong and the world out there was anything but evil."The world is a dangerous place and you are easy prey, Natalya. You are innocent and naive and you lack physical strength. This world will chew you alive."My dad wasn't wrong. He wasn't wrong at all but he betrayed me too. He l