MARIO'S POV"I will give you 48 hours to get here, or I will kill the last of the men you sent to take my daughters away," she answered. I was about to speak when she hung up the call on me. "FUCK!" I snapped and punched the steering wheel. I slipped my cell phone inside my pocket and thought of what to do for a second. It was true that Charlotte had outplayed us. We underestimated her and now, we had lost men to her. Andries was one of my best men, I had to find a way to save him. But first, I had to go and get Gia. So, without thinking or hesitating, I pushed the key into the ignition and drove to Milan. I didn't know where or how I was going to find Gia, but I knew in my heart that I could not go any longer without her. It was a long and tiring road trip to Milan. I was alone in the car and just thinking about how I was going to feel to see her and our baby. I was, of course, going to be mad at her for leaving without thinking that I had every right as she had to be in our chi
GIA'S POVI was up all night. Contemplating the idea of going back to Mario. It sounded absurd that I came all this way to keep Bella and me safe, and yet, I found myself wondering every single minute if it was the right thing for me to do. I didn't want to keep Bella away from her father, even though that meant keeping her safe. I wanted him there. I wanted him there with me. It bugged me every single day that we were miles away. And so, I needed to make a choice. To leave Milan and go back to him."Well, after everything you've told me about your baby daddy, I think you should stay as far away from him. For Bella's sake, of course," Aurora voiced out her opinion after I ran to her to ask for her advice.But I knew that was just going to be impossible. I loved Mario. I don't know why or how, but I fell in love with him and could no longer be far away from him. It felt like I was being torn from the inside when I had to imagine my life without him. "He needs to see Bella," I shrugge
MARIO'S POV"Where is she?" Gia asked beside me. "We will find her," I took her hands, trying to get her to calm down and not panic. "Someone took Bella, Mario! What are we going to do?!" Her eyes looked terrified and were filled with tears. "I need you to trust me. She's still in the house," I answered her. "Is it Charlotte? Is she back?" She cried. I kissed her forehead. "She's not going to take Bella from us, okay?"She gave me the tiniest of nods. I turned towards the door and ran down the stairs and was stunned when I saw a woman holding my baby in the living room. The guards had guns on their heads. We were surrounded by Charlotte and her man. I could only wonder how she was able to get inside the house and hold all my guards at gunpoint. "Charlotte." I said her name as I walked slowly to where she was sitting with Nella in her arms. She chuckled when I said her name. "Surprise, surprise, Mario. I told you we would meet."I walked closer to her. Bella was sound asleep. Oh
GIA'S POVI woke up from Mario's chest and looked at him sleeping. He looked so peaceful and beautiful. I remembered the first night we spent together, and I could not get over how peaceful he looked when he looked angry and annoyed almost all the time. I wanted to touch his face and lean up and kiss him. "Why are you not sleeping?" I almost jumped out of the bed when he asked me. He startled me. "Why are you spying on me? I thought you're sleeping." I got off the bed and put on my gown. He grabbed my hand and pulled me back to the bed. "Where are you going?" He asked. I giggled. "I'm going to bathe and then go and check up on Bella.""I didn't hear Sofia complain that Bella needs you to check up on her," he kissed my neck. "I'm sure she misses me and trying to be a good girl to Sofia!" I giggled while Mario turned me on with his neck kisses. "Then let them bond!" He stripped off my gown and covered us inside the sheets and then whispered. "I have plenty of surprises for you t
GIA'S POVA week later. I was asleep in my bed, still mad at Mario, for carelessly ordering his man to kill someone else when I thought that he was changed. I didn't want to utter a single word to him even after we moved to the new house.When I heard a door knock early this morning, I groaned and sat up on my bed and told the person outside to come in. It was Mario. "I hope I didn't wake you up." He said when our eyes met. I didn't want to pay attention to the pace of my heartbeat. So, instead, I looked him in the eye and pretended that I was still mad at him. That seeing him did not make me want to jump out of bed and bury my face in his neck, and let him kiss me until we were both out of breath and lusting for one another."No. But what do you want? Are you here to ask me when I am leaving your house?" I folded my arms across my chest. "No. I am here to give you this," he came forward and handed me a document. 'Conti Logistics' was boldly written on top of the document. I took
~GIA-Mario Montez... He was my nightmare. He was a ruthless mafia king who killed for fun and didn't care about anyone's feelings but his own. He had two little sisters whom he protected with his life, and when my father killed one of the sisters as a failed assassin job meant for Mario, he came after my family and took everything that my father owned. He made him pay for his sins, and my father was stripped of everything that belonged to him. Including me. "I'd rather die than marry you," I said firmly, looking him in the eye. "We will see about that," he replied as he sat down and looked up at me with a smirk on his face. I gritted my teeth, got up from the couch, and went to my room. He kept me hostage in his house for 6 months, and then all of a sudden, he wanted to make me his wife. It sounded absurd to me that he wanted to marry the daughter of the man who killed his younger sister. I thought that he was going to kill me by now instead of keeping me alive just to torture
~GIA~Anna was right. Mario didn't hate me. But he also didn't like me. "To my beautiful wife, everybody. The daughter of Conti the Assassin!" Mario said, raising his wine glass in the air for everyone to see in the ballroom hall. We had just gotten married, and already, my nightmare was starting. "To Gia Conti!" Everyone chanted and raised their wine glasses in the air. We all sat down for dinner, and I sat down next to Mario. When I was about to eat my food, Mario leaned close to me and whispered in my ear, "You are now a Montez, my love, you are one of us. And these are now your people." "I will never be part of you," I whispered back. "Oh, yes, you are," he smiled at me, and I returned the smile with a frown. "Martinez, come forward with the documents," he instructed the minister, who had just gotten us married. Martinez came rushing to his side with documents. Mario took them and placed them in front of me with a pen. It was a marriage certificate and a formal document t
~GIA~When I got back to my room, I found Anna waiting for me. She looked surprised and concerned at the same time. It was as if she knew what I had to endure inside Mario's bedroom. I fought back tears and pretended to be unbothered. I just didn't want to cry anymore. I was done crying. It gave Mario satisfaction to continue torturing me just to see my reaction. "Gigi, what happened? I saw the last girl leave a while ago," she asked. Concern in her voice. "He made me watch as he made love to her," I answered. "What? Are you serious?" She came towards me, took my hand, and sat down with me on the bed. I chuckled, "I watched everything as if it was a movie." "I didn't know he was going to do that," she answered, pitying me. I didn't want her to pity me anymore. "I am going to get away from him, Anna," I said, looking at her. "I'll help you," she answered. "No, I don't want you to get into trouble!" I looked at her. Scared that I might lose her too if Mario found out what we w