"Oh, mother Mary, have mercy on me today, please!" Bella Ferrari begged when the screeching sound of the engine broke her heart before her car roared for a moment only to be halted again. She released an exasperated sigh. “You know what, you can't just ditch me now. Today I'm gonna get a big tip from Peter if I deliver a good performance. I never gave up on you, never deserted you and I expect the same.” Bella let out her frustration and helplessness while throwing her hands on the steering wheel. She was running out of time and she can't lose it today. "Don't do this to me, Bestie. We have been together for the past seven years. I need you today or he will fire me!" She cried anxiously as she kissed the steering wheel, begging her car to start but all her begging and prayers went to vain when the engine sounded like a dead piano. She banged her head lightly on the headrest of her car seat and her hands clenched on its steering as she let out a helpless cry.It was one of the most i
"Aaron Salvatore Knight, dream of every young girl…" she eyed him up and down as if she was checking a thing before buying it. "But my reality. I had my eyes on you for a long time, Aaron. This well-built body and dark eyes had made me turn in bed many nights," She said in a seductive voice which increased Aaron's fury tenfold but He gulped his anger and stood there with false calmness when He was anything but calm. He hated it when someone touched him without his permission and the girl was doing exactly that. She graciously moved closer to him, inhaled his masculine scent and traced her finger on his hand. "I admire you, Velenoso and I know you are also attracted to me. We would be a perfect pair, Aaron. The world will be ours. I will be your queen and you will be my king and together we will rule over the Crime world of New York City and The USA."Aaron gritted his jaw in fury, clutched her hand which was holding his forearm. Rosalina gasped but her eyes twinkled in excitement. Sh
Aaron was standing at the corner, thinking about that mannerless girl when His secretary-cum-right hand man came there. "What?" He snapped at him. Marcus swallowed in fear and cleared his throat before speaking. "The streets are whispering about the bond between Flavio and De Lucas consliegier's daughter. The soldiers of many important cities are talking about Flavio being pure…"Aaron's icy glare stopped Marcus from speaking further. "Is this the general opinion of the soldiers?"Marcus shook his head. "No. But the words are making circles. No one is speaking openly but they liked how Flavio still respected the traditions of Cosa Nostra. He could have married anyone but he remained loyal to his roots and married an Italian Woman. The words of mutiny are strong in your uncle and Flavio's cities the most. But your uncle is not waving in favour of them. Unlike Flavio he is loyal to Our Capo and you.""Flavio…" Aaron gritted. "Tell the other cities' underbosses to keep their soldiers in
Time stopped abruptly. The aura of the place suddenly turned thick and cold even in the heat of people. No one dared to blink, the horrific scene chilled them to the cores. No one could believe what they saw. A little girl slapped Aaron Salavatore Knight. The man whose mere presence was enough to terrify people got slapped by a mere waitress! No one ever dared to raise their voice in front of him let alone hit him but she slapped him and that too on his face. In front of hundreds of guests. Even Flavio Salavtore was stunned seeing the scene in front of him. But when the shock passed, his heart turned ecstatic seeing Aaron humiliate in this way.Aaron squeezed his eyes, his face turned to the right side with the impact of her slap. Ever so slowly, He tilted his head in her direction and looked at her with his bloodshot eyes. His penetrating gaze was cold and dark. He looked like a monster who wanted to destroy everything around him. The look in his eyes could set anyone aflame and a
Bella bit her lower lip from inside fighting the solid urge to cry out loudly. Her throat was still aching from the brutality she suffered through her boss' son. "Bella, let me help you, please," Scarlett winced as if she could feel Bella's pain on her skin. "It will be cold," she warned before applying the white cream for the bruises."Peter fired me and tomorrow Mrs Knight will fire me too. I would be jobless. Sabby needs that laptop and granny urgently needs her reading glasses…" Bella muttered, a lone tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't care about the pain she was suffering. She was worried about making the household ends meet. She was the only earner in her family and now she is jobless.Scarlett threw her arms around Bella, engulfing her in a bear hug. "I am so sorry, darling. Everything will be fine. You will get a new job."Bella closed her eyes. The dam of emotions which she was trying to control broke and with that Bella cried her heart out in Scarlet's arms. "I will he
Bella looked at her boss flabbergasted. "But I am your PA, Mrs Knight."Olivia nodded. "Yes but now you will be working for my son as his PA, Bella. Do you have any problems with that?" She asked with the raise of her brows.Bella swallowed nervously, her hands turned sweaty in apprehension and she rubbed them on her long skirt. "Last night…" she started but Olivia raised a finger to stop her. "You had a misunderstanding, Bella. My son would never grope a waitress. He doesn't lack female attention. They came to him willingly. You slapped him last night but you are still working because I know how good of an employee you are, don't make me think otherwise and behave like a professional. Now go to the twenty-eighth floor. Aaron is very particular about everything and his time is expensive."Bella nodded. Even though she was scared, she was really glad for her job. She inhaled sharply, gathered all her strength and entered the elevator to go to Aaron Salvatore Knight's floor. Bella bit
Aaron tilted his head and stared at the packet resting on the glass table. His scrutinizing eyes couldn't be deceived by the fact that it was his product. His exclusive brand! He raised his eyelids to the two men sitting and waiting for his response keenly. Mr Robert and Mr John exchanged their looks. They were having this meeting in the private section of his famous club. Aaron glanced at Marcus who nodded and grabbed the packet, passed it to Aaron who examined it before taking a deep whiff. His jaws ticked with anger as He slid the packet back on the table roughly. “Are you sure about it?” He questioned the men sitting in front of him. Aaron’s deep and clinical voice perked their attention. “Absolutely. For the past few days, the number of our clients has tripled to buy these packets from our clubs. The sellers are usually foreigners and we investigated from our resources. The Irish parties are selling your so-called exclusive drugs half the price we are selling.” Mr John in
Aaron entered the underground warehouse to greet their brutally beaten bodies and shaky self. William was tied to the chair with a ruined face, Aaron gestured to Marcus to open his handcuffs. As soon as Marcus let him free, William started pleading and crying seeing the death itself in front of him. His other men were beyond terrified seeing Velenoso in his dark glory. If their manager was crying like a pussy then they could only imagine what would happen to them. “Boss, please spare me, I have a family. They…. They blackmailed me to transfer the goods to them. I had no choice..I had no intention...” William started playing a pathetic story even before Aaron could start his interrogation. “For how long you have been betraying and misleading Cosa Nostra, William?” Aaron asked him with an intimidating tone, walking to him and towering over his sitting self. His existence screamed power and authority and his aura emitted only danger. William shivered under his steel like gaze and sh
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