"Are you sure Asher will be able to get the deal?" Olivia asked, sitting beside her husband. Ethan smiled which she returned happily. That was the only positive thing that happened after the attack. His parents started talking like adults rather than fighting all the time. "Yes. I told him this is the last chance he will get from me. I hope he can remain true to his words and not touch drugs.""Asher needs to learn to be responsible. There is no better time than this," Ethan whispered. "I want him to take his Omerta on his birthday this year.""He will take his Omerta but not as a soldier. As my second-in-command," Aaron stated and both his parents looked at him with a frown. "Aaron, It will be like a slap on Riccardo's face. He supported you two years ago. You were on the weakest moment of your life, with being attacked from everywhere but he stood behind you like a wall and now snatching Flavio's position. He wouldn't like it."Aaron smirked. "I need fresh blood in Cosa Nostra, fat
Kris looked at her flabbergasted, Stunned by the directness. "What? I don't have any romantic feelings for you. What are you talking about? Are you high on something?" Sabrina paled. She blinked at him with stupidity. She never thought this could be this embarrassing. "You don't like me?""I do but as a friend. When did I say that I have romantic feelings for you?" Sabrina wanted to lash at Bella for filling her mind with this thought. "I am so sorry Kri. I thought…well I shouldn't have thought about anything. Leave it. I am so sorry for whatever I said. Please forgive me."Kris gave her a weird look. "You want an apology? Fine, what can you do about it?""Anything. Just tell me what you want?"Kris grinned and for a moment Asher's image flashed in her vision. She jerked it away in anger and focused on her friend. "I want a pizza treat in your sister's pizza joint.""Fine, we can go there after the meeting. Happy?" She said with a smile. Kris gave her a side hug and sighed in relief
"No no..." Asher was flabbergasted seeing the scene in front of his eyes. His mind refused to believe what he was seeing. If the child was his brother's it means she was pregnant when she ran away from New York. She ran away with Aaron's child in her womb. But she had been separated from Aaron for the last two years. The child could be someone else's as well. This was possible but inside Asher knew, this was not the case. He had seen the eyes of the child, they were the exact shade of grey his brother's eyes were. He was ninety-nine percent sure that Aria was His niece but he still had that one percent of doubt. He only wanted to clear that, for a moment he decided to go to them but then stopped. He wouldn't approach them in public. No, he would meet them but when they were alone. His love for Sabrina was one thing but now the stake was too high and Asher was not going to make any mistakes now. He decided to keep an eye on both the sisters. He wanted to see where and how they live
Chapter 126"Ash! Do you know what you are saying?” Aaron snarled, berating his brother once He came out of a moment of shock. A daughter!"Yes, I know what I am saying, Eldy. Hell. I am still in shock. She has your eyes, Eldy. Same grey eyes. I held her in my arms. I followed them to their house. They were arguing about you…"Aaron closed his eyes as He kept listening to his brother. His hand curled into a tight fist, and the veins of his hand popped out in anger. He has a daughter! A daughter and He didn't know about it. It means Bella was pregnant when she ran away from here? She purposefully kept her secret for two years. Bella's face flashed in his memory. He gritted his jaws tightly as the storm was ready to burst from inside. Asher was still talking from the other hand but Aaron was not listening to him. His mind was popping with only one question, why did she keep his daughter away from him? "Eldy. They are living here happily. I was going crazy for Sabrina and she doesn'
"They live here?" Aaron asked his brother while looking at the small villa-type house in front of him. A shiver ran down Aaron's body thinking about his daughter but more than that, thinking about meeting the woman who couldn't stand his darkness. The woman whose mere name gave him a wound so deep that his enemies couldn't give. "Yeah," Asher replied while staring at the house with the same intensity as his brother was staring at. "Let's go, Eldy. I can't wait to go in there anymore and see Sabrina. I stopped myself because of Aria. I didn't want them to try to run away again."Aaron looked at his brother in slight shock. His brother turned mad for Sabrina in the last two years. He had not left anything from drugs to liquor, fights and everything to infuriate Aaron so that he would give up on his stance on finding Bella and her family. And today when he was just a few steps away from meeting and seeing her, his brother stopped just because of Aria. This was not like Asher. This was
"Don't you dare to take a step further, Asher!" Bella yelled and pushed Aaron with all her strength. But no effect, He restrained her movements. "Leave me!" Tears rolled down her eyes as she felt helpless in front of his masculine strength. Anxiety ran through her body when Asher moved a step. As if Her daughter sensed her distress she started crying. "Mama…" her little hands stretched towards Bella. Asher snapped his fingers in front of her crying niece as he bounced her on his arm to calm her down and cooed at her. Her sobs calmed a little, Aria looked at Asher and then at her mother. Tears rolling down her cheek,"Mama!" She was getting scared with Asher but he turned around so that she wouldn't witness her parents fighting in front of her. A child shouldn't see it. "Leave Ash.""Asher don't! Aria!!" Bella screamed, bewildered, trying to free her hands out of Aaron's grip but failed. "She needs me! Don't be cruel, Aaron. She will be scared."Aaron left her hands abruptly making B
"You are nothing but a heartless swine. You cruel bastard, how could you make your own daughter go through this pain!" Sabrina yelled at Aaron who was trying to console a crying Aria in his arms. It had been three hours since they had been in his private jet. The nanny tried to calm her but failed and that angered Aaron. He scolded her harshly and grabbed his daughter from her arms, since then the nanny was with the flight attendant and He was trying to console Aria. "Calm down princess. Your Daddy is here for you," Aaron bounced Aria in his lap to calm her but she kept crying and with every wail that left her mouth, Aaron's heart pierced with her tears. "Give me my niece. You murderer, You criminal. Your bloody hands don't deserve to hold her.'He ignored Sabrina's angry fits and focused on calming his daughter. Aria’s condition reminded him about her mother Bella who used to be a cry baby who never stopped easily once she started crying. Even now He recalled her crying face when
"Aaron, don't do this. Aria doesn't like her nanny. Let me take care of her," Sabrina begged as Asher kept pulling her out of the elevator towards his condominium but Aaron ignored her and kept his eyes fixed on his daughter. "You are nothing but a monster, Aaron knight…" Sabrina's words died as the elevator door closed. He looked at the nanny who looked scared to death in Aaron's presence alone. He kept quiet, his focus was on his daughter only. As the door of the elevator opened, He glared at her, "Give her to me and leave. Your payment will be sent to your account," He said and took his daughter from her as He walked out of the elevator with sleeping Aria in his arms. He held her against his chest and opened the door carefully. "Welcome to your home Princess. We will live here together from today," had whispered and took her to his room where a small crib was already placed. He laid her down on it and smiled seeing her beautiful soft features. "You are so beautiful, my princess.
After Twenty years—"Taking back New York City?" Mikhail looked at his Pakhan questionably. He was surprised at the sudden demand of his boss. "But Velenoso rules over it, Pakhan."A pair of ocean-blue eyes stared at Mikhail. He blinked leisurely at Mikhail and smirked."Russians used to rule over it once. Now I want New York back under Bratva again. Velenoso has ruled over it enough, now I want my city back, Mikhail." He stated with authority in his tone and rage in his eyes.Mikhail swallowed the thickness in his throat. "It wouldn't be easy to take it back from him. He is committed to his Cosa Nostra and for this, He even killed your uncle years ago!""It's a bloody revenge, Mikhail. He snatched my uncle, my father's beloved brother from him. So it's only fair if I snatch something dear to him.”He stood up from his chair and walked to the huge glass window before looking at the dark sky with considerable vicious thoughts running in his mind. "Who does He love the most?" He asked
Bella turned around, shielding her daughter from the bullet. She shrieked when the gunshots sounded. She waited for the pain but she felt nothing. The bullet hit the wall beside her. But then the more bullets kept showering, she heard screams and curses, the loud voice of bullets made Aira's cries grow louder and louder. She didn't turn around and kept praying to Mother Mary to protect her daughter even at the cost of her life.Cara shrieked in horror when the bullet went through Killian's arm instead of hitting Bella. Killian cursed loudly as pain shot through his nerves, the gun fell down from his hand. The bullets kept showering and before he could even blink another bullet hit him in the shoulder. "Fuck!" He cursed, crouching down. His men shot back and tried to protect Killian but they all fell one by one as the bullets never stopped showering from all sides. He looked at Cara who stood there numb. "You bitch, do something!" Cara looked at the gun before her. She snarled once
"Aria! Sabby!" Bella woke up with the nightmare. She looked around to find her daughter and sister but was shocked to find herself in the bed alone. Asher moved to her immediately. "Bella, you need to calm down, the doctor said you got unconscious because of stress." He said holding a glass of water for her. Bella looked at him with teary eyes. "They took Sabby and Aria." Asher controlled his emotions and nodded. "I know. Eldy left to bring them back. He found out about the person behind the attack."Bella's eyes sparkled in hope. "He did? Who kidnapped them!" She demanded.Asher sighed. "Riccardo."Bella was stunned. "Your uncle?""Yes. We all are shocked but you don't have to worry. Eldy will come back soon with Aria and Sabrina. Trust Eldy. He will make everything fine."Bella looked at him for a long time before nodding at him. "I do."Asher smiled. "Don't worry, let me bring you a cup of coffee. You will feel good after it.""No, I don't…""Have it. You will feel good," he sai
"What do you mean they took them, Eldy?" Asher asked his brother who was staring at the dark sky. Asher came running to Aaron's penthouse the moment he got to know about the attack on Sabrina and Bella. The doctor came just after him to check on Bella. He wanted to see Sabrina but his brother was not answering him. "I am asking something Eldy! Where is Sabrina?”Asher yelled at his brother in anger. "They took them both!" Aaron snapped, turning around and facing his brother. "They took Aria and Sabrina!!" He yelled back, his cold grey eyes were screaming in anger too.Asher stiffened. "Aria?" Aaron squeezed his eyes. For the second time in his life, He felt dread. The first time was when Maria died. "They have my daughter. I felt like a fucking failure for not being able to protect her and my family. She trusted me and I…What if something happened to Aria or Sabrina. Bella will never forgive me. Hell! I will not be able to forgive myself."Asher walked to his brother and rested his
Aria started crying too when she saw Sabrina crying. "Sabby…." Bella tried to soothe her daughter but she kept crying and stretched her arms to go to Sabrina.Bella felt bad for not being able to calm her sister or daughter's cries. "Sabby. Please stop crying. You don't have to feel like this," she caressed her sister's arms while bouncing Aria in her other arm."Okay, tell me. Do you still have feelings for him?" Bella asked her sister. Sabrina swallowed and wiped her tears, averting her eyes and looking in another direction. She felt stupid for crying over Asher like this. She sighed and forced herself to control her raging emotions. "Sabrina?" Bella whispered but Aria was still crying so she turned her attention to her daughter. "Please stop crying, Ari." She begged her daughter. Sabrina squeezed her eyes and forced a smile onto her face before taking Aria from Bella."Sabby is not crying anymore. You should also stop crying, choco pie." Aria blinked innocently, her lips stretch
"You wanted to talk?" Asher asked Sabrina when she was patting Aria to sleep. She raised her eyes and nodded. This was the time for her to take her revenge. "Yes," she said, "I wanted to talk to you."Asher smiled at his niece and touched her small fingers before meeting Sabrina's eyes. "I am listening." He said, his eyes gleaming as he looked at her. "I am ready to be with you again but you have to prove your love for me, Asher."Asher beamed. "I am ready to give up on my life for you, Sabrina. Tell me what can I do to prove my love for you?"Sabrina nodded. "Give up on your brother and come with me. Leave your brother and quit this crime world. I don't want you to meet your brother again. So tell me, Asher Knight, are you ready to leave your brother for me?"Asher was stunned. Did he hear her right? She was not asking him to leave his Eldy forever, right?“Sabrina. I love you, you know that. My feelings are real for you. Yes, I was wrong two years ago but now I have changed. I am t
Giovanni held his gaze. "Ethan proved his worth. He had both brains and power. You had power but the decision you took against Russia on your first mission cost me both men and money, Riccardo. Ethan saved you."Riccardo shrugged again. "He was my captain. It was his duty to save me.""Yes But you lost your face, Riccardo. Ethan was the only one who proved himself against the Russians."Riccardo chuckled. "And you found the perfect man for your daughter. You know what hurts me the most, Gio?" He said, fixing him with a look. Giovanni sighed. "So today you are going to get this all out. Years of pent-up anger against me.""Years of pent-up pain and hurt. You may call it anything you want. I married Lucia because you wanted it. It was Cosa Nostra's tradition that if you want to become the Capo, you must marry An Italian woman. You made that rule, didn't you?""I did because that's what other seniors wanted. Cosa Nostra runs on rules.""The same rules you forgot when you made Ethan Cap
"Where are you going, Madam?" Marcus asked Sabrina when she was about to enter the elevator with Aria in her hands. "To the park downstairs. Aria and I need fresh air."Marcus shook his head. "I am sorry, Madam but you can't go out. Please get back inside."Sabrina made a face. She was grounded in the house for more than a week without getting outside air. “Why? Do I need a permission letter to walk in the park now!" She snapped at Marcus. "Yes, you do. I am under strict orders from my Capo. If you want something, you can tell me. I will bring it for you but you are not allowed to go out. It's not safe."Sabrina thinned her lips and glared at him before going back into the penthouse. She was angry at her sister for accepting that criminal back in her life. She wanted to run away again with Bella and Aria but knew that now it was almost next to impossible because her sister will never leave Aaron again. Not after knowing that He was her saviour all along. She was shocked too when Be
Cara closed her eyes in pain as Lucia slapped her hard against the cheek. "You whore! My son died because of you. You are a bad omen for my family.""She lost her child. Stop tormenting her, Lucia." Riccardo snapped and took her out of the room. "You forced me to come here. I wanted to be with my son. He will be buried in a few hours. Why didn't she die instead of him?" Lucia snapped at Riccardo and snatched her arm from his hold in anger. Riccardo gritted his jaws, anger shooting through his nerves. "You are right. I shouldn't have come here with you. It's better if she stays here alone. She has already suffered enough.""She can die for all I care!" She snapped and walked away from there holding her son's memories in her heart. Riccardo sighed and stopped the nurse who was about to enter Cara's room. "Do you want anything, Sir?" The nurse asked him.Riccardo nodded. "Yes. I want you to take care of my daughter-in-law. I am leaving for my son's funeral. Take care of her." He said