Della's POVMy gaze is drawn to Apricot, who appears to be as taken aback as everyone else by what Alessandro has just said. Instead of saying anything, she returns her gaze to her plate and remains silent."What do you mean she'll accompany us?" I inquire, furrowing my brows as I gaze at Alessandro."I need as many men as possible to stand guard outside our house. All of our guards will accompany us to the ball, and the rest of my men have been ordered to stand outside to ensure that no one enters." He says this while staring me down. "I couldn't care less about her life, but she's carrying my child, and I'm not going to take any chances.""Alessandro, please take a moment to consider this." Nat says before glaring at her. "After everything she's done, you want this tramp to go to a ball with us outside of this house? Do you really believe her snake ass won't try anything else just because she's been quiet?"Apricot turns to Nat and exclaims, "I'm getting so tired of you already!""N
Della’s POVSarah takes a deep breath and begins to walk out as well. "Well, Camillo, best of luck.""You're right, man." Fedele slaps Camillo on the back of the shoulder. "I'm going to sleep. I don't want to be exhausted in the morning."Camillo giggles nervously and begins to walk backwards while looking at his phone"So, take a look at the time. I have to leave!""Where are you going?" Charlotte asks, teasingly, with a hand on her hip.Camillo bolts from the living room, yelling over his shoulder, "Into the unknown!!!!""Please wait for me!!" Charlotte yells as she runs after him.Abbey, the head maid, walked in before Alessandro could, saying, "Mr and Mrs. Gattani, there's a woman at the front gate.""Did she say who she was?" I ask, my brow furrowed in confusion.Who the hell would come to our house at this hour of the night?Abbey nods and says, "She told me her name is Brittany.""Brittany?" Alessandro inquires. "Brittany's, we don't know any. Please tell her to get off our pro
Alessandro's POV After getting dressed and gathering my belongings, I walk over to Della's side of the bed and gently brush the stray hairs out of her face.She's sound asleep right now, looking as content as ever. I want to say good-by to her, but I also don't want to wake her up.Screw it.I won't be able to concentrate on anything else if I leave without speaking to her. I apologize for this, baby."Baby?" I ask, leaning down and kissing her lips.My kisses run down her jaw, straight to her neck. I run my fingers through her hair and lightly stroke her hip with my right hand."Mmm." She hums and stirs beneath me before wrapping her arms around my neck."I have to leave right now. I just wanted to say goodbye." I mumble against her skin as I continue to kiss her neck."How long are you going to be gone?" She draws me closer to her body as she whispers."It depends on how quickly we complete everything." I raise my head to look at her, only to find her eyes closed. "All right, I'll
Alessandro's POVThere's silence on the other end of the line until I speak up again, "Ava, I haven't heard from you since you left to, London. You told me that you were going to stay in touch this time."She breaths out a sigh, "Yeah, I'm sorry. I was spending time with my son. At first, his father didn't allow me to see him but I eventually convinced him.""He didn't allow you to see your own son?" I question, getting annoyed. "Do I need to have a word with him?""No, it's okay." She says, with a laugh."So, when are you coming back to New York? I want to meet this son of yours." I announce, as I start pulling on my shirt.She hesitates for a moment before responding, "I- I don't know, Alessandro."The tone of her voice causes me to stop what I'm doing, "What's wrong? Are you okay?""Y-yeah, I'm fine." She clears her throat. "I told my son about you. I'd really like for him to meet you, Alessandro. Maybe not right now. I know how busy you are with your family, but maybe sometime in
Della's POVA few days have passed by and today is now the day of the masquerade ball.Alessandro returned home two days ago, along with the rest of them.I'm currently sitting in bed, watching, The Originals, on my iPad, with a bowl of banana split ice cream. I just can't get over how lucky, Hayley, is. She got pregnant by, Klaus, and she has this relationship with, Elijah.Honestly, I love both of them. Elijah is just so sweet and protective. His personality is extremely attractive and he's so respectful towards people. Klaus on the other hand, he's just, Klaus. I mean, you simply can't go wrong with him. Don't even get me started on his accent.The bedroom door opens just after, Cami, tells, Klaus, that she loves him and he picks her up bridal style in his arms.Alessandro gets on the bed and reaches his hand out to grab the iPad, but I move it away from his reach. I love how, Klaus, is when he's around, Cami, and I want to see more of them."What are you watching?" He asks, as he
We both collapsed back on the bed, breathless and sweaty. We don't say anything as we try to catch our breath. After a few moments, I feel his hands grab onto my body and pull me into his arms.His body is wet and sweaty, but I don't mind because my body is the same."I love you." As his hands caress my body, I whisper."I love you, baby," he says as he kisses the top of my head.After a few more moments of just lying in each other's embrace, he sighs and gets out of bed."Let's take a shower. It's about time we started getting ready." He says grabbing my hands and helping me up.After we've finished showering, Alessandro grabs a few items and exits the room.There's a knock on the door not long after he's gone."Please come in!" I say before the door opens and Nat walks in.She's already dressed, and her hair and makeup are flawless. She's dressed in a floor-length, off-the-shoulder red gown. Her tattoos are visible on her arms, and her hair is styled in a half-up, half-down curl. He
Della's POVThe look on Luca's face when Nat told him that he wasn't the one who got her pregnant probably irritated her even more than she already is."Why the fuck do you look so relieved to hear that?" she asks, her eyes narrowing."Perhaps because I'm not the father?" he says, running his hands over his face."So, what would you have done if you were the father?" She inquires, staring at him as if he were the most inept person alive.He sighs and shrugs his shoulders "But I'm not the father. So I don't have to be concerned about the what-ifs."Nat clenches her jaw and narrows her eyes at him "You're a fucking jerk! I still can't believe I ever slept with you!""Who the hell is the father in the first place?" He asks, his arms crossed across his chest."It's none of your damn business!" She gives him a disgusted expression. "Any man is superior to you."He gives a scoff and rolls his eyes "That's right. Let me ask you a question. Do you have any idea who the father is?""Excuse me?
Della’s POV"Let me introduce myself. I've been waiting for you for so long that I simply can't wait any longer." He laughs, then clears his throat. "Hello, my name is Franchesko Ivanov."Alessandro tenses up and moves quickly to stand in front of Daisy and I when his name is mentioned. When he says this, my brows furrow in confusion.Franchesko Ivanov is not his name. Harold is his name. Harold Fedorov. Unless... he's been lying to me about his identity the entire time I've known him.Hailey's words from when I was in the hospital resurface and begin to play over and over in my head. He didn't tell you everything about us. Whatever you believe is going on is much bigger than it appears... it has to be.She was correct. Harold... Franchesko, whoever he is, lied to me. He'd been deceiving me since the day we met. He was never my friend to begin with.What I can't seem to figure out is why he lied to me. I was just a nobody in high school who was abused by her mother and her mother's bo
Fedele’s POVHe pulled out his phone and turned it so I could see it. I looked on the screen and sure enough there was a video of Della"You see Fedele I hold all the cards. My wife, my family and hers are safe and sound.""Now what? Are you going to kill me with your bare hands.""Actually I have been thinking about that. Then I started thinking what would be the best possible punishment for your indiscretions and it came to me as I arrived here."He got up and a screen came down from the ceiling. Pictures of children faces appeared. One was of a little girl who looked to be blind, another one was of a little boy connected to a machine and a little girl who's face seemed to be scarred. Then more pictures appeared of sick people. One by one from young to old he clicked through pictures of people I didn't know."Why are you showing me this?""Because you are going to either save their lives or you will enhance it.""What are you talking about?"The door opened behind him and two men wa
Fedele’s POVI woke up to find myself in another room. I was still wearing the blood stained garment that was drenched in Harold's and Auntie's blood. I must have been dreaming.The stench of the blood was starting to get to me. I raised up slowly holding on to the wall."Rise and shine." I heard the eery voice of my captor. I looked around and still his cover was hidden.The wall opened up and there was a bed with white sheets and someone lying in it. I walked in as it seemed to be the only place to go. As I walked in I heard two distinct voices. A man and a woman but they were moaning. The covers moved and then someone emerged from under the sheets. I watched as the sheet slowly lowered from the back.I squinted trying to figure out who it was and why was I brought here. It was a woman.She moved her body up and down. He leaned her head back and I stopped in my tracks."Ashley?" I ran towards her but was stopped instantly as I hit a glass wall. I started to beat on it but she couldn
Fedele’s POV"What's the difference Harold? Della's dead and you nor Alessandro got her .""You sick mothefucker! Della was the only... reason I stayed. You switched the results...""I did what I had too. I had already lost everything and I couldn't afford to watch you have Della.""You sick scum .""This time he charged me and was able to grab my foot and I hit the floor hard. I tried getting up but he kept pulling me closer until his face was mere inches from mine. His left eye was dark purple as I could see traces of a fist. There were light scratches on his cheek and his neck was bloody with remnants of a huge scar.He laughed as I could see most of his teeth had been pulled out. Somehow the blood had dried up in clumps around his swollen gums making him look like a monster. I turned my face as I didn't want to see him.I knew I could never trust him and I needed to find a way out of here."Me? You started this Harold!""I might have but you took it to another level," he said cough
Fedele’s POVI looked up at my surroundings. I decided to take the tunnel straight in front of me. It seemed as if I was in a catacomb. The dark rich stone and concrete was thick and settled as if it had been carved thousands of years ago. It was dark and the more I journeyed in the more the air seemed thin.I continued on which seemed like forever until I came to a door and I opened it only to find a brick wall behind it. I hit it with my hands and the force from the hit had me shaking the pain away."Ouch, what the hell?" I said hitting on all sides. I could hear his laughter in the background so I ran back the way I came. I finally came out and started on another tunnel. The Dane thing happened except this one became smaller at the end. I was literally hunched back when I opened the door to another wall. I ran back to the opening and there were two more tunnels.I started from my left and the tunnel zigzagged. I continued on as I felt coldness starting to seep through. My clothes w
Fedele’s POVI slid down the wall and cried. I could still taste the metallic flavor of Auntie's blood against my lips and my dress was drenched in her blood. How was this happening to me why did I do what i did? At this point I don't even know what made me involve myself in the plot to kill Alessandro's wife? I saw a red light and when I looked up the clock was counting down. I didn't know how long I had been sitting here but all I could do was watch the numbers ticking away."Mr Fedele time is wasting," he said in a singing voice. The deep baritone voice dripped with pure insanity."Leave me alone you sick fucker!""Ah now now now. Did we not just have a conversation about name calling? Have I called you out of your birth name? Where are your manners Mr. Fedele?"I looked around trying to find where his voice was coming from. I checked the ceiling and the walls and couldn't see anything."Did you have to kill her? She made a mistake and death shouldn't have been her punishment. That
Fedele’s POV"What kind of game are you playing Asshole? Let her go!" I yelled out in the room."Save me Fedele!" She said begging and crying so hard I couldn't hear my own thoughts. My heart was beating so fast in my chest I didn't know what to do. I couldn't afford to lose her. I climbed up on the platform to see if I could push the blade part back up. I was using all my strength to make it go back up but it wouldn't move up just kept moving down. I heard Auntie crying harder."I can use the saw and cut your feet off. I think it's the only chance you have.""No you can't. Oh God please no.""Auntie it's the only way."She screamed. "No....please. There has to be another way."Tears were rolling down my eyes. "Let me save you.""Ah nooooo..." I heard her say as the clock bonged out. The wood around her neck began to tighten. I could hear the metal and see the metal knobs that held up the two pieces of the opening turning. This contraption wasn't giving me much time."Whoever can hear
Fedele’s POVI heard him counting down and the once closed door began to open. A bright light barely showed through all the darkness as it seemed that the darkness behind me was starting to suck up the light in front of me. This couldn't be happening. I heard King growling and barking."Five... four... three..."I looked at the clock on the wall. The red numbers twenty-four appeared so bright as King started barking louder and before Hatter got to one, I took out through the open door. As soon as I made it out, the door closed and the lights began to automatically come on down the hall. I touched the wall and sure enough it was made of concrete. Was I in some type of maze? I continued down the hallway but when I stopped and looked back, darkness had covered my tracks."Alessandro please, this is too much. I'm sorry for what I did." I said moving down the hall. I was looking up to see if I could spot cameras but I didn't see anything.Finally a huge room appeared before me. It had a m
Fedele’s POV"I heard you the first time young man," he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm."Please have a cup of tea or something to eat. You must be starving. You were sleeping when they brought you here and it's been over fifteen hours I guess since you have probably had something to eat. People can't focus if their bodies haven't gotten nourishment."I could hear my stomach growling as he said the words. I didn't know if there was poison or anything else in the food. I looked at him and then the food. "How do I know you haven't poisoned it?""Here let me show you," he said taking a slice of ham and placing it on a plate. He picked up a fork and knife, cut it and placed a piece in his mouth. "See, this is good Canadian ham especially smoked with tender loving care," he said winking at me. He picked up the other empty glass and poured himself some water. He patted away any evidence of the food and water."What happened to your hair and apron? I wanted you to look nice when we
Fedele’s POVJolting awake from my sleep, I felt disoriented I looked up and saw green eyes staring back at me as I felt something cold entering my body.I grabbed my neck as I felt a tiny hole against it."Alessandro ?" I asked as my eyes felt heavy."The one and only.""You can't do anything to me!" I tried to yell but my speech felt slurred."I can do whatever I want. You wanted to play games so I am here to play. The only difference is you will play by my rules. The problem is do you want to live or die?The choice will be yours?""You can't hurt me. I am not... a..fr..aid of you." My breathing felt heavy."Oh but you will soon. Get some rest brother because you are going to need it." I felt myself swaying. Alessandro grabbed me and placed me in a box. My eyes were so heavy as I tried to keep them open.He put an oxygen mask on my face and connected the tubing through a small hole in the box to a small tank outside the box. He sat on his knees and strapped my arms to the side of