Althaia I didn’t feel bad about it. In fact, I felt quite satisfied and proud of myself for how I handled that, and I hoped they would truly make them suffer for what they had done. Not just to me but to us. They had brutally taken my mother away from me and poisoned me to lose our baby. I was pissed they had succeeded in taking away the life we had created inside of me and taking away the one person who had been by my side my entire life. Their blood deserved to be spilled more than ever and I hoped they all would rot in hell. “Althaia.” Damiano pulled me out of my thoughts, now realizing we had made it out of the underground passage. He looked at me, concerned, and took my hand in his as I had unconsciously clutched it on my stomach. “I’m okay.” I gave his hand a small squeeze, taking a deep breath of the fresh night breeze. “Talk to me, what’s on your mind.” “It’s just that… now that they confirmed they wanted to make me lose our baby…” I couldn’t even finish the sentence, cl
Althaia “Damiano?” “Sì, amore mio?” I felt myself smiling, loving it when he spoke Italian to me. My head was resting on his chest while he played with my hair. “Their families… Are you going to hurt them?” I looked up at him, seeing his eyes were closed before opening them to look at me. “No. As shocking as it might sound, I don’t hurt innocent people.” “That makes me feel better.” I felt relieved that he wouldn’t hurt them. I felt uneasy about their families would have to pay for something they didn’t do. “I shouldn’t have let you go there.” He sighed, frowning a little. “Why not? I didn’t do a good job?” I popped on my elbow for support. “You did well.” Damiano caressed my cheek, looking around my face. “I’m worried I’m fucking you up with this.” I knew he was always worried about what I would think of him once I had seen what he was truly capable of. The very dark side of him. And now, I knew he was worried about me being involved in this. I moved to lie on top of him, hi
Althaia I had planned on visiting my father today since everyone had plans today, and Damiano was in his office, working. I didn’t want to disturb him so I killed time by playing with Kiara for a long while until I decided it was time to go. I knocked lightly on his office door in case he was on an important phone call. “Come in.” I opened the door and poked my head in to see if he was too busy. He hadn’t looked up yet and was still looking at some papers. “Hi.” His eyes immediately went to mine as soon as he heard my voice. “You don’t need to knock, you can come in whenever you want.” He had some papers in his hand but put them down, and gestured for me to go over to him. “I didn’t want to disturb you.” I walked around his desk, and he took a hold of my waist and placed me on his lap. “You will never be a disturbance to me. Next time, just walk in.” “I will try to remember that.” I placed a small kiss on his lips, making him smile at my action. “Doing anything interesting?”
Althaia We drove into the familiar driveway. My father’s mansion that I haven’t stepped foot in for so long. The memories I had of both of my parents in this house were crashing into my mind. I only have one parent now. “Hey, you okay?” Luca’s voice brought me out of my thoughts. “You’ve been staring at the house for a good five minutes, and haven’t made signs of getting out.” “Oh… I didn’t even notice.” I let out an embarrassed chuckle and got out of the car. “I’m going with you inside.” Giovanni said while he checked our surroundings with a blank expression. “No need for that. I’m pretty sure I’m safe in there.” He suddenly frowned and I followed his gaze. It was Carlos, who returned the glare before making his way inside the mansion. “Wasn’t that the cunt who gave you a cut on your face?” “How do you know about that?” I asked in surprise. He gave a small smirk. “Damiano made sure he got the same treatment. With a lil’ extra surprise.” I suddenly remembered when Damiano said
Althaia “Are you being serious?” I gaped at him as he smiled at me. “No, I took you to the airport for the fun of it.” I gave him a blank look to which he chuckled at. “I told you I would take you to Italy to meet the rest of my family, now is a good time before the wedding.” “Well, now I feel a little nervous.” I said. What if they didn’t like me at all, or thought of me as a bad match to Damiano since I wasn’t, well, the most obedient person? He did say his grandmother was a traditional and religious woman, maybe she wanted a woman like that for him. I knew Damiano came from a Catholic family but he wasn’t religious at all. He proved that in more than one way … “Don’t worry, I know they will love you.” “One can hope…” I muttered. Damiano opened the door for me and took my hand in his, leading us to the private jet. Now I was feeling nervous about flying. So many hours in the air in that thing… “Wait!” I stopped to look at him. “Something wrong?” He looked around my face, pr
Althaia My heart was thumping behind my chest in nervousness. Though I couldn’t help but look at Damiano with a soft look and a smile on my lips at how he introduced me. The love of his life. It made me let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding as he gazed lovingly at me. His mother and grandmother were visibly still in shock at the sight of me, and trying to process what Damiano had said to them. I could tell Damiano got his looks from his mother with her golden-brown eyes and her dark shoulder-length hair. She was incredibly beautiful with her tan skin as she wore a light copper-colored halter-neck dress. His grandmother was an elegant woman, standing tall with her dark brown eyes and black hair pulled into a bun, and wearing a long-sleeved dark green satin dress, making her look nothing less than royal. Not intimidating at all. “It’s nice to meet you.” I greeted them with a smile, squeezing Damiano’s hand to hide my nervousness. “My goodness, aren’t you a beauty!” His moth
Damiano I walked out to the backyard and took a seat on one of the sunbeds by the pool. I pulled out my pack of cigarettes and lit one, looking up at the balcony where Althaia’s room was. My grandmother had made it clear to me that I was not to step anywhere near Althaia’s room during the evening because the Devil will lure us and tempt us to commit unimaginable things. Too bad it was my favorite sin to commit with the love of my life. And I knew she was keeping an eye on me right now, which was why I was out here, killing time and waiting for her to fall asleep. That woman never failed to treat me like a boy instead of the man I’ve become. “Why is my son sitting out here by himself?” My mother was making her way toward me, always having a warm smile on her lips. “I’m waiting for Nonna to fall asleep.” I explained as I took another drag as she sat on the sunbed in front of me. “Of course you are.” She let out a small laugh. “She made me pray and splashed Holy Water on my face.”
Damiano I watched Althaia as she tried to stop laughing but failed so miserably. “So, your Nonna is really assuming you’re a virgin? A thirty-year-old virgin?” She asked in between chuckles but couldn’t stop and was now full-on laughing. She was laughing so hard that no sound was coming out and tears were visible in her eyes. “Apparently.” I smiled. She tried to compose herself and wiped away her tears. “That is too funny!” “She has always been like this. Nonna was after us, trying to teach us not to fool around with anyone until we got married.” “I can kind of understand that. To not let a bunch of hormonal boys fucking around and accidentally get someone preggo. But you were once engaged! Surely she wouldn’t expect you to be a virgin when you were in a serious relationship, right?” Althaia looked amused and moved to lie on her stomach, resting her chin in her hand, and looked at me with a raised brow. “Sienna… was different.” I placed my hands behind my head and closed my eye