Della’s POVHe summons Favio and Nick, two of Alessandro's bodyguards. They both rush to the head of the table and stand with their hands in front of them."Daisy's bodyguard will be you, Favio. You'll be Della's bodyguard, Nick." He has a stern expression on his face. "You'll both risk your lives to protect my girls, capisci?"Before he assigns bodyguards to everyone else, they both nod their heads."But why do we all need bodyguards?" Marcelo inquires, causing Alessandro to sigh in frustration. "Nobody can mess with us. We're one of the world's most feared mafia families. We should not be afraid of the Ivanovs.""It's not about who is afraid of whom. It's all about defending my family! I'm not going to let my family walk around without protection just because we're one of the most feared mafia families." He says, his annoyance palpable in his voice. "Are you really that stupid to think that just because we're the Gattanis, the Ivanovs won't do shit? Or do you just like to play dumb!
Della's POV It's been a long time since Alessandro bolted from the house. Five minutes ago, the gunshots stopped. Except for Ann, Marcelo, Luciana, and obviously Daisy and I, everyone ran out.Marcelo was about to leave with them when Ann stopped him. Even though she's intimidating and Alessandro is her son, she didn't seem to be questioning his decision to keep Marcelo out of the mafia. After all, he's still the boss, and I'm sure Alessandro would've been furious if anyone had questioned his decision."Where is daddy?" Daisy sobs, tears streaming down her cheeks.I pause before wiping her tears away and saying, "He'll be back soon, bubbles.""Do you swear?" With hopeful eyes, she inquires."I-" I sigh and run my fingers through my hair.I can't promise her something over which I have no control. If I did that and something bad happened to Alessandro, she'd be furious. It's bad enough that I told her he'd be back soon.Instead, I cradle her in my arms and rest my chin on her head."D
Della’s POVWe go to a couple of different shops but find nothing. Now, we're currently sitting in a fast food restaurant."Sweetheart, I want to thank you for coming into my sons life." Ann says, making me look at her as she continues. "Before you, he was always with these other females who were a pain in my ass. They thought that just because he slept with them, he suddenly wanted to marry them or something. When Adelmo and I came back from Italy, we had no idea that Alessandro was seeing you. As soon as he told us, I knew you were the one for him. My son never told us about any female, ever. When he mentioned you, I felt a sense of happiness."A smile makes its way to my face as she takes my hands in hers."It's unfortunate about that woman being pregnant with his child but she was never meant to stay in his life. She's just another obstacle in the way and soon, she won't be.I'm extremely grateful that you came into our lives... you and Daisy. Thank you for bringing me another bea
Della's POV Alessandro has had everyone working nonstop for the past three days to get everything ready for our wedding.He's hired a crew of different people, and even though I told him that a small wedding would suffice, he said that he wanted nothing but the best for me and that I should have the full experience.He sent invitations to a few people he knows and trusts. I'll be meeting his cousins and aunt the day after we marry. Luciana's father Andres and her younger brother, will also attend our wedding.I recently discovered that Luciana's brother, Sebastian, is nine years old. Daisy and he are about the same age, and she will be eight in a month. I'm hoping they can become good friends because she isn't in school and doesn't have anyone her age to talk to."Hello, Della." As he walks into the kitchen, Marcelo says."Hey." I return his greeting with a smile."Could you please tell me if it's okay for me to bring a date tomorrow?" He inquires, raising my brow."I assumed you wo
Della’s POVI go to Alessandro's office later that night. He's been there all day working and who knows what else. I lightly knock on the door, a little nervous because I haven't seen him all day."What?!" From the other side, he yells.I walk in and close the door behind me before he looks up. When his gaze falls on me, his eyes soften and he leans back in his chair."I thought we were supposed to wait until the wedding to see each other." He says, raising an eyebrow at me."Do you genuinely care?" When I ask, he looks at me with a smirk on his face."I don't think so." He admits as he motions me over with his index and middle fingers.I walk over to his chair and, once I'm close enough, he pulls me onto his lap, so I'm straddling him.He encircles my waist and pulls me against his body. While he kisses my cheek, I wrap my arms around his neck and place my head on his shoulder.We both stay in each other's arms in silence for a while, enjoying the sensation of our bodies rubbing agai
Della's POVAs I slowly open my eyes, the early morning sun rays shine brightly through the windows. I could see the trees moving slightly with the slight breeze and hear the birds chirping.I take a few moments in bed to just lie there and stare at the ceiling. A few moments alone in the silence before everyone starts running around and shouting orders, though I'm sure Alessandro has them doing that already downstairs.Alessandro... the man I said I'd never marry, but here I am, about to marry him in a few hours.I quietly chuckle to myself at the thought.Never say never.My heart rate increases as my thoughts unexpectedly return to him. The one person from my past I assumed would never harm me. Since the night Nat, Ashley, and I went to the club, I haven't thought about Harold. It's as if my mind blocked him out and forgot about him.But I'm not sure why he suddenly came to mind now. Today, above all other days.I cross my arms over my chest and sigh deeply, releasing those thought
Della’s POVEd smacks his lips and stretches his hands in front of him "Honey, your skin is depressing my skin. Don't worry, it's not as bad as the Chupacabra I expelled. That fine specimen of yours is so damn luck to have hired us.""Your Chewbacca hair tried to eat my brush!" says Faviano, finally removing his brush and glaring at me.I sigh and look up at the ceiling.They're finally finished after hours of pulling at my hair, poking my face with makeup, getting roasted multiple times by both guys, and getting plucked and waxed.As I get out of the chair, they both take a step back and smile as they look at their finished work."I must say, we're doing well." Ed nods appreciatively to himself."We took an orangutan..." says Faviano, putting his hands together in front of him, "and turned it into Lola, from Shark Tale." Ed completes the sentence."That's not what I was going to say, but yeah, whatever," Faviano says, raising an eyebrow. He returns his gaze to me and smiles once more
Alessandro's POV I fix my suit again, despite the fact that I just did it two minutes ago. I'm a nervous wreck right now, which irritates me because I don't get nervous.Della is the only person who can make me feel this way, and I don't like it, but I'd go through it all for her because she's worth it.I try to straighten out my suit as much as I can.I quickly wipe my sweaty palms on my pants before anyone notices.My eyes immediately meet hers as I raise my head. I can't seem to look away for some reason. It's almost as if I'm in a trance.She starts walking down the aisle with her arm interlocked with my father's. We both keep our gazes fixed on each other the entire journey, neither of us looking away.As she gets closer, my gaze spans her entire body from head to toe. Her beautiful white dress complements her perfectly, as does the makeup on her face and her curly hair. Her high heels make her appear taller, but she doesn't need them because she isn't short."Thank you, dad," s
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