Leandra's POVI am ready for my first day at work. Although I am a little tired, I can make it through today. Carlos takes me to my new job, and he looks surprised. I do not know why he is looking so surprised. I thank him and get out of the car. I quickly walk into the building, to the reception."Hi, I am Leandra Smith. Mrs. Angelo is waiting for me," I say. That is when it hit me. Dante's surname is also Angelo. Is that why Carlos looked so surprised? Is this the family of Dante? I hope I'm not going to work for the Italian Mafia."Good day, Miss Smith. Please follow me," The young lady says. She does not sound too friendly. Oh, well, I don't care. I am here to work. I just hope it's not for the Mafia."Thank you. I am very nervous. Is Mrs Angelo friendly?" I ask. "She's only friendly if you're so away from her son. Just remember that her son is off limits," Sandra says. I can see her name tag. It says Sandra. I guess that's her name. She is obviously not going to introduce hersel
Dante's POVLeandra is even more beautiful than I remember her from last night, or rather a few hours ago. One should not even say that she did not sleep. She looks professional, and maybe it is the way she applied her makeup that makes her look like she is fresh—not that she has a lot of makeup on. I do not even want to know how she feels because I am tired. "Leandra, how are you feeling? You must be tired. We did not sleep at all last night. I just told my mother everything that happened last night. I hope Carlos behaved," I say. "Yes, he's a perfect gentleman. I am okay. I am not that tired at all. I am going to go back to work. It was a nice singing again, Don," Leandra says. I told her to call me Dante, but I guess she does not want to call me Dante in front of my mother. I know everybody always warns the new girls not to come close to me. Well, I cannot blame them. I have not met my future wife yet. How is the man supposed to meet his wife if he is not allowed to shop around?
Dante's POVNothing special happened in the following few days. Brasco went into hiding and has not made another move yet. I have not seen Leandra and do not know why I miss her. Maybe I have taken a liking to her. She is refreshingly different from the rest of the women I know. She's not even interested in me. I still have her car. I fixed Daisy. They fixed everything, even all the scratches and gave her a new paint job. I cannot wait for Leandra to see Daisy. She looks totally new. Daisy has a new engine and everything. I'm going to surprise Leandra after work. "Dante here, you are. I was looking all over for you. Why have you been hiding from me the last few days? I hear that you know that new girl that is working here. Well, you can forget about the other girlfriends. I am pregnant, and I will tell your mother she will become a grandmother," Sandra says. "Sandra, don't be stupid. You and I know it cannot be my child. Stop wasting my time. I am busy," I say. However, I do know Sa
Leandra's POV"Help me out," Dante whispers. The girl from reception is following him. Sandra, I think her name is. Damn the man just kissed me like I am his woman or something. I am still trying to get my thoughts in order! Of course, I will help him, but he will pay for using me like this! Wait, did he just put a ring on my finger? This man is pushing it too far. However, he did help me get rid of Tommy and Mary. Luckily, I did not hear anything from them again, but I don't believe Tommy will give up that easily. Maybe he is waiting for things to calm down before he strikes again. I have to stay in Dante's good books. I might need his help again. I'm a strong woman who can advise my own battles, but I cannot fight the whole street gang. "Snoekums, please do not kiss me in my office. Honeybuns, you know your mother will not approve of us making out in her office," I purr like a little kitten. Dante's face says it all. He does not like my pet names for him. "Okay, Cupcake, I will be
Third person's POV"Okay, let me look," Dante says. He pulls, but the ring is stuck. "Ouch! Dammit! Do you want to pull my finger from my hand? Don't we have something we can cut the ring with?" Leandra says. "You're crazy. I cannot cut the ring. My mother will kill me. It was her mother's ring. We can cut your finger off, though," Dante says."Excuse me! I'm not going to lose my finger over a bloody ring that I didn't ask you to put on my finger. Maybe if we take soap. Maybe then we can get it off," Leandra says. "Let's go to my mother's bathroom. She has a bathroom in her office. We cannot go into the ladies' bathroom. Come. My mother will not be back for a while," Dante says.They walk into the bathroom. Leandra takes soap and puts it on her finger. They start pulling and trying hard to get the ring off."If is stuck! What were you thinking putting is so hard and fast?" Leandra complains. "How did I have to know it was so tight?" I ask. "You could've thought about it. Wanted t
Third Person's POV"Mom, I do not believe that Sandra will ever come back. I cannot keep Leandra hostage. I can not force her to stay engaged to me. She has already saved my life. She has saved me from Sandra. Sandra knows that we can find out if the baby is mine or not, even before it is born. I do not want to force Leandra to do anything she does not want to," Dante says. "We are not going to force Leandra. Leandra, if you are willing to stay engaged to Dante for a while, I will pay you handsomely. You only have to pretend to be engaged. I promise you don't have to stay engaged if you don't want to. As soon as you feel uncomfortable about the situation, you can always walk away. You can be the one who breaks off the engagement. Please, Leandra, will you help us out?" Aurora begs. "You don't have to pay me. I already owe you so much. Mrs Angelo, you gave me a chance when no one else wanted to. I can stay engaged to Dante for a while. I do not mind doing it. However, I want to know
Enrico's POVI am very excited to show Leandra her car. I know she will be happy that Daisy is fixed. I hope she likes the color I painted it. It was bright pink, it is now a sensible white. All the dents and scratches are out of the car. We walk outside, and I want to hold my hands over her eyes. However, she pushes my hands away. We go to the parking area, and I walk over to the little Mazda that looks brand new. "Tadaaaa! What do you think?" I ask, showing her Daisy. "Oh, it's a nice new car. But where is Daisy?" Leandra asks. "It is Daisy. I fixed her for you," I say. "No, no, no, no, nooooo! What have you done with Daisy? She had a character. You took away all our memories! She looks like all the other cars. Where is the scratch on the door? It is where Mrs. Green from neighbourhood watch strached her when she thought I was a thug and hit the door with her cane. And the bump on the bonnet. It is when Daisy and I accidently ran over old man Barnie with his wheelchair and had t
Leandra's POV"What's where you going? You're going to get us killed! You missed that car by a few inches! She did not even look when you turned into the street!" Dante shouts. "I will come on that car was far away! Can you shut up? You are making me nervous. Do you want us to make an accident? Know how to drive. However, I cannot drive with somebody shouting at me all the time. It makes me nervous," I shout back. "Watch out!" Dante shouts, and I slam on the breaks. I am here two days this old breaks, not this new breaks. Dante almost flew right through the windscreen."See what you make me do. I almost hit the car in front of us because you were screaming at me," I say. "Think I have whiplash. Stop the car. I will drive from here. You were looking at me and not at the road when you almost dropped into the car in front of us. I saw my life flashing in front of my eyes. We almost hit that car!" Dante shouts. "Zip it! You are not driving Daisy! Please just stay quiet so that I can co
Isabella's POVI am sitting in my office, not knowing what to do because I have no work. Aurora has not come to work yet. I do not know what I will do for the rest of my day. I'm glad Dante showed me a photo of the woman who is supposed to want to kill me. I wanted to leave you alone because I don't even know her. I do not care who she is or what she wants from me. Anyway, I have some things that I can do. I can sort out the finding system. I have promised myself I would do that for a long time. I start sorting out the filing system. However, I am just busy when there is a knock on the door. My heart froze as I saw Amelia standing in front of me. What does she want from me? Why is she here? I do not understand what I have done to her and why she hates me this much. She hates me so much that she wants to kill me, and I have been warned about it. What do I do? Do I predict that she is not somebody I know? Well, actually, I do not know it, so I can pretend that I do not know her."Good d
Isabella's POV I feel like I am a hostage. I cannot do anything that I want to do. My life has turned upside down, and I do not know how to fix it. All I wanted was a new life, a new beginning. Now I am being watched, and I am being protected from people who want to kill me. I thought that everything was fine. When I got the job from Aurora Angelo, I thought my life was complete, and I had a future. I thought Tommy loved me and felt my life would be wonderful. Little did I know I would become engaged to Aurora's son. It complicated my life, and now I feel like I am being held hostage. I did not believe that I would have parents. The only problem is that my parents are criminals. Well, I will have to get used to it. At least they're wealthy and would look after me. I am sitting in my office, wondering what I will do today because Aurora is not here yet. I am nervous because I do not know when Amelia will walk into this office and pretend to be a person who wants to see Aurora. I have
Dante's POVI don't know how much my mother knows about Isabella. I hope she doesn't know anything about Isabella. I did not know Isabella was the godfather's daughter because then Isabella would be slightly angry with me. She would not accept that I did not know, although my mother did. I do not understand why I do not want Isabella to be upset with me. I know I have feelings for her, but I do not know if it is love. Listen, I am not used to being in love with the woman I sleep with, but damn it, I cannot forget about Isabella and her perfect body. Also, she saved herself for the man that she loved. That is obvious because she was still a virgin. I took her innocence away, and she did not complain. Does it mean she feels the same way about me as I feel about her? Wait, what do I feel about her? I don't know. I have never been in love before. We have breakfast together in the kitchen. Isabella cannot look me in the eyes. I know it is because of the little bit of wild sex we had last
Isabella's POVI wake up the following morning and kiss. I have decided to take the name Isabella. I might as well get used to it because I know the godfather will not let me go. I am his daughter. What can I do about it? Nothing. I am his blood. I feel Dante's warm body next to mine. And I feel myself blushing. What the hell did I do last night? I had sex with him, and I begged him to do all kinds of things to me! Oh, damn, how will I ever look him in the eyes again. I even promised to be his forever. Damn talking about having my first sexual experience and I throw away my name. I feel Dante moving next to me, and I want to get out of bed and run away before he wakes up. However, there is one problem. I am entangled in him. If I move, he will know that I am awake, or I will wake him up. I do not know what to do. "Good morning, Bella. How does it feel to be my property?" Dante teases me. "Good morning," I whisper. I'm too afraid to talk too hard. Why must he remind me that I promi
Dante's POVDo not know what it is with this woman that drives me crazy. I act like a ten-year-old boy in love for the first time. She drives me crazy, but tonight I will make her mine. I do not care if she is the godfather's daughter, and my life is most probably in danger. I am not going to rape her. I will do it with her consent. I feel she wants me as bad as I like her, but she will never admit it because she is spiteful with me. "Dante, what are you doing? Put me down," Isabella says. "You know you want this as much as I do," I say. "I..." Isabella starts to say, but I shut her up with a kiss. She answers my kiss with as much passion as I kiss her. I kick my room door open and close it behind us with my foot. My lips are not leaving hers. I want her so badly. I never wanted a woman this bad. I lie down on my bed and lie next to her. I look down at her, my eyes going over her perfect body. "I will let you go if you do not want this," I say."Hmmm... " Isabella moans. My hands
Dante's POVI know I chose the restaurant where Leandra was working at that time, and I spied on her because I wanted to make sure that my mother would be okay with the new intern she took, especially since she came from a bad neighbourhood. However, I did not know Leandra was Isabella Romani. I cannot believe how it hurt me when she accused me of knowing who she was. I do not understand why I was so upset. I think it was more because I thought she came to me because she wanted to spend he night with me. That is what was upsetting me, not the fact that she was accusing me of knowing who she was. I don't care about that. If I knew who she was, I would've told her I was not afraid to tell anybody what I was doing. I am a Don in the Italian Mafia. Why would I be scared of a little girl being angry at me? The only time I am afraid of Isabella is when she is behind the steering wheel of a car.I don't know why I am so upset, but I am upset. What did she expect? She came into my room. I was
Leandra's POVThat will teach him to call me Isabella Romani! I have been used to the name Leandra all my whole life. Now, all of a sudden, I am Isabella. I guess I will have to get used to it, because the Romani family will not let me go. And I have seen the test results. I know it is true. For the first time, I could think about everything that had happened to me that day. I am lying in my bed, staring at the roof. I am not used to a luxurious room like this. However, that is the last of my worries. What am I going to do about being Isabella Romani? I should feel happy to know that I have parents, wealthy parents, but also dangerous parents. I have not even been their daughter for one day and am already in trouble. People want to kill me because I am their daughter. Well, not only because I am the total, but also because I am engaged to another Mafia member.Nobody even knows that I am the daughter of the Italian Mafia godfather, and I have a crazy woman who wants me dead. Not to me
Dante's POVWhen Don and Donna Romani leave, it is late. I have been waiting the whole day to be alone with my fiancée. I call her my fiancée because I don't know if I should call her Leandra or Isabella. I will have to find out what she wants to be called. I am not going to ask her. I will call her Isabella because that is her actual name. She will have to get used to it eventually. I will talk with her about leaving the house without my knowledge. Doesn't she know what big trouble she could have been in? I do not care about Tony so much. I know he would not hurt her, but I am worried about this crazy sister. I know that woman is crazy. Tony never wanted to hear it, but I have warned him many times, and she wants the family and thinks she can take it from him. "Isabella Romani, come here immediately. I have a bone to pick with you!" I say. My fiancée sits on the couch as if she did not hear me. I clean my throat, and she looks up."Are you talking to me? I don't know who Isabella R
Enzo's POVI mess myself up a little before I go to Tony's house. The girl working in the salon that we have planted there would have told Tony Leandra ran me over, and I was still on the hood of her car. I do not want him to think that I have failed in my attempt to kidnap Leandra. I want them to believe that I have tried. I will pretend that somebody must have tipped them off. I must remember Dante's fiancée as Leandra, not Donna Isabella. Tony will immediately know something is up if I mix up the names. Tony will want to know what is happening, and I cannot let him know what is happening. I stumble into the house, looking like somebody who's been injured. "Where have you been? I have been looking all over for you. I heard Dante's fiancée ran you over! I was worried about you and was going to look for you myself. Did you get hurt? Should I call a doctor?" Tony asks. "No, it's just a few bumps and bruises. I'm never going after that woman again because she's either lucky or has bee