CHAPTER SIX
Alexander POV I catch her in my arms before she falls face flat on the floor, “Elena, wake up” I tap her shoulders, the driver pulling the door open “We will get you to the hospital in no time,” I tell her unmoving body, the elevator door pings as a man walks in, closing it as we drive away, we are almost at the hospital when her groggy voice fills my ears. “What, what's happening” she stammers, her eyes pulling open, rubbing her head as I try to help her up. “Are you okay Elena?” my fingers grab her chin, my face close to hers “I’m fine I think” she backs away, “what happened? Where are we going?” “You fainted,” I say as the car comes to a stop in front of the hospital She frowns “Yeah, everything turned white and I just fell” she winches turning to the hospital building “I don't want to go there” She turns to me eyes wide in panic. “That's fine, but you need to rest” I make her comfortable, my forehead scrunched in worry. “The wedding, we still have to do it” She rises staring at me, confidence on her face. “Are you sure?” I say to her, my voice deep and low. “I’m sure” she sends me a small smile easing my worry. “Let's go to the registry” I turn to the driver my eyes immediately moving back to her in concern. Soon we reach the registry and I pull out a few things for her. “What's that?” she frowns peeking into the paper “These are documents for you, affidavits and some important documents to allow this to happen” the driver pulls the car door open prompting us to step out and into the courthouse. “How did you get it done without me even knowing?” she frowns pushing herself out of the car and standing next to me. “I have my ways, Elena, I'm quite a powerful man” I turn slightly to her, the wind blowing in my hair. “How powerful are we talking here?” she turns to me, the wind blowing her luscious hair and her pink lips looking at me and begging for a kiss. I hold that thought back, “Enough to get you anything you want in the world” We step forward entering the courthouse. She frowns deeply, “What if I want a man dead?” she raises a brow I shrug, “We are in a courthouse, we can't discuss this, but give me a name and you will have their head” I turn away from her, a smirk pushing on my lips as I witness her shocked face. I think she will fit into the Mafia family really well. ELENA POV “I Elena, take you, Alexander Bianchi to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish and obey, till death do us part and there so I pledge to you my faithfulness,” I say the words, he pulls out two beautiful rings, they seem old and ancestral, the emerald wrapping the gold band delicately I grab his band placing it on his fingers waiting for him to continue his vows “I Alexander Bianchi, take you, Elena, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, till death do us part I pledge to you my faithfulness,” he says fixing the emerald band around my fingers “I now pronounce you Husband and wife” the priest calls out “You may now kiss your bride” My heart races in my chest as Alexander moves closer, his face hovers over mine, his breath touching my face, his lips hang over mine, and slowly like a feather, they touch mine, I can almost feel the blood in my veins burst, his lips mesh with mine, and like a stronghold they unite, soft, wet and possessing. His fingers grab my waist pulling me closer, the cough from the priests separates us. “You can get the marriage certificate from the desk out front, thank you” he nods at us. My eyes wide I turn away from him, what did I just do? Kiss him with my entire soul just now? “Let's go, we have a dinner to attend” Alexander grabs my wrist in his finger delicately and we walk towards the booth. “We didn't take any picture, now who is going to believe you just got married?” I turn to Alexander as we walk out of the courthouse. “We have a marriage certificate” he raises a brow at me, stopping and dusting off his suit. “Alex” I call out his name, I have to get comfortable with him if I'm going to deceive everyone into believing we are in love. “Hey!” he calls a man passing by us, “Can you take a picture of me and my wife? He hands him his phone “Please” I add, turning to look at Alexander who doesn't care if we were polite or not. “Yeah sure, say “Happy married life” he yells out but we keep quiet posing for the picture. “We need to print this out,” I say as we settle in the car, staring down at the picture, for as well as I know, this is the only picture I have, a new memory made. “Whatever you want Elena” he sends me a nod with a smile turning back to the window, his phone rings and he gets engrossed In a call. I turn to the window, “Wait we are not going back to the hotel, where are we going? I turn back to him “Family dinner with my family, I'm going to introduce you to the Bianchi and the Bianchi Cartel” he drops the phone giving me his full undivided attention. “Bianchi cartel?” I say shockedELENA POV “Bianchi cartel?” I say shocked “Cartel, what do you mean cartel?” “Drango, stop the car and step outside,” he tells the driver and immediately in front of some house, the car comes to a stop and he pulls the door open heading outside in a flash. “What's happening? Why did he have to step out?” I turn to him a deep frown on my face to express my worry. “My family, we are not as simple as we turn out to be, I’m Alexander Binachi and I am the Don of the Mafia group Red Fang, the Binachi cartel” he pauses “My family started it years back and my marriage to you today, solidifies my inheritance and my claim as the Don” “And this is why we had to rush the wedding so fast?” shock courses through me, “have you.. have you killed someone?” I whisper leaning forward, interested in what his reply would be. His eyes fill with concern but he nods, “Yes, but I promise this to you Elena you will be safe forever in my care, even after the marriage contract ends, you will be highl
Elena POV“I’m Elena, but I guess you already know that “ I send her a smile grabbing her fingers in mine in a handshake.She raises a brow at me, “You are all I have heard about for years” She giggles but her words are halted by Alex approaching us from behind.I frown at that, ”For years what do you mean by that?” I ask confused as we have only known each other for barely a few days.“Sophia” Alex taps her shoulder, “Your mother needs you” he raises a brow at her“Fine fine, alright” she rolls her eyes standing up “Congratulations on your wedding you two, I would love to have brunch with you tomorrow” She turns to me fingers pointed and a wide smile on her face, she turns away her eyes meeting with her mother and her smile immediately drops “What did she mean by that?” I raise a brow at him as he takes a seat beside me, the entire room goes back to whatever they were doing, occasionally turning their eyes to us and going back to gossip about whatever“It's nothing, Sophia can be qu
Elena POV “Hmmm” my eyes open but I'm blinded by a bright light, I frown, my voice coming out as I call out for Alex. “I am right here,” he says immediately his cool hands enveloping mine. “What happened?” my eyes focus on him, I look behind him to see we are in what seems like a hospital room, “what happened?” my eyes move back to him “Where am I?” “You fainted in my room, I brought you here to a private clinic, it's not a hospital dont worry,” he says reassuringly I've known him a few days but he already picks up on my annoyance of being around the hospital, after being in a coma for years, you wouldn't blame me for hating the atmosphere. “What happened?” he frowns helping me up. I frown deeply, “I dont know, Sophia had to go and see your mother and I walked into your bedroom, I picked up a picture” my voice halters with an even deeper frown “Everything got blurry and I fainted” my voice falters. “Did you know Mr Bianchi when you were younger?” a female voice calls f
ELENA POV “And this is our Home” he spreads his hand at the grand mansion in front of us. “Mr Bianchi, I think I will enjoy being your wife” I send him a smile walking into the door with him at my tail. “If you are okay with everything, I can show you our bedroom” he follows me inside, a line of maids and butlers forming. “Everyone.” he walks towards their middle with a proud look on his face, “This is the new Mrs. Bianchi, my wife, you must listen to her at all times, anyone who refuses to answer to her, will face my consequences,” he says, his voice deep and stern enough for everyone to hear “That’s enough uh. Honey” I walk forward placing my fingers on his shoulders to make our act more believable, “I am Elena, you might find me passed out at corners of the house, don’t lose your senses, just call my doctor, she will now be apart of the emergency lines, including mine” I wave my new phone in the air with a smile, hoping I call their nerves since they looked very scared aft
ELENA POV “So what do I have to say or do?” I turn my head to him as the guard closes the door behind me. “And isn't it too sunny to do these sorts of things?” I raise a brow at him, confused about his game plan. “You ask a lot of questions, Elena, why dont you just let it happen?” he pauses sending me a cocky grin “And then you see for yourself” “I am a woman with no memory, yes I will ask a lot of questions” I shake my head at him turning to the window. “I’m sorry, I didn't think about it that way” he places his fingers gently on my shoulder to turn me to him “It’s fine, now can you answer me?” I send him a small pout pulling a small smile from his lips “Fine we are doing it now because it just looks like business if we are not attacked” he shrugs “It's less suspicious to do it during the day” is all he says ignoring the attacked part altogether. “What do you mean attacked? You didn't tell me anything about an attack, you just grabbed your French speaking memory loss
ALEX POVAs we walk further into the ship, my face becomes more stoic with no emotion as I had shown earlier during the greeting.My eyes turn to Elena, who has a different smile on her face than all the other women I have ever been with.The only woman who could stomach my job and the life I lived was Scarlet, and now Elena, but with Elena, she looked happy to be here.‘Maybe she just needs to be a part of something; it doesn’t mean she likes you.’ my mind replies to my thoughts.The Frenchman walks us towards the large blue container; another is stacked on it. The two men accompanying him pull open the crate, revealing wooden crates stacked on each other.“Damn straight out of a Hollywood movie,” Elena mutters beside me, eyes wide.“La’ Belle, we have barely begun,” Mr. Leroy says with a cunning smile, escorting us inside the crate.He clicks his fingers, and his men pull out three hand gloves; they drag the first crate towards us, removing the wooden top and revealing the first pac
ELENA POV “I did it!!” I yell eyes wide, my heart racing at what I had just done.My celebration is cut short when a loud gunshot fills my ears, coming from the top end of the ship, my heart pumps in my chest and the men are fast.“Alex grabs me by the waist, easily carrying me up so quick before I can barely scream, his fingers cover my mouth my eyes wide, his feet picks up and he starts to run, his feet hitting the floor-boards hard, the gun hanging from my grasps, barely clutched tightly.Marco runs behind us, two guns with him, and right behind him are the French men.I turn my eyes to the scene one more time, one of the French men dropping to the ground, blood gurgling in his throat, he grips his neck gushing with blood where a bullet hole has been made, and falls to his knees, his face slamming on the floorMy eyes widen at the sight, heart racing, lips quivering and body trembling, my chest rises and falls, and my body stills in shock as we come to a stop when three men in sui
ELENA POV“Do you know how worried I was? Who were the men who attacked? What was that?” I turn my head around, the environment changing as we move further He frowns deeply, “This is why I asked you to remain home for now, because sometimes things get dangerous” he shrugs but turns to me fully“It’s like this, the more weapons we have, the more we take over, so of course we will have a few people trying to stop us here and there” he shrugs like it’s nothing, “Or sometimes it could be someone who just wants revenge” he raids a single brow at me, “Do you understand now?”I nod taking in his words, “If that were to happen again, what do I do?” I raise a brow at him, so these things happen only at moments like this?” He bit his lip nervously turning to me slightly, “Yes they do happen at random, but you have me to protect you, and you will get training from my mother” he turns back around like that’s the most normal thing to say.The car comes to a stop in front of the house and we are
ELENA POV I look around me confused, is he speaking to me? “Yes dear you, I was just wondering when God sent an angel to come watch me” he smirks leaning on the mirror In front of me with his arms crossed over each other. “I can assure you, I am not an angel” I whisper spinning around and ignoring him. From how he is dressed I can already tell the kind of man he is, a rich and pompous playboy who thinks the world revolves around him. “Are you ignoring me?” He turns to me, a brow raised, “You can’t possibly ignore me” he spits his eyes in slits. “Don’t you know who I am?” He frowns, turning around to confirm from the waitresses from before but they both look on, laughing and gossiping between themselves. He sighs turning to me, “Since you don’t know me, I am Dante Smith, heir to the Smith Enterprise” he smirks pulling out his hand for a handshake “I am not interested sorry” I roll my eyes tucking my hair behind my ear, where is Alex, he should be here anytime soon. “Excuse me?
ELENA POV “Where did you learn to race like that?” Alex pants running closer to me a confused expression on his face. I laugh loudly, “I absolutely have no idea, but I won clearly, fair and square” I turn my eyes to meet his He nods, “Well what do you want? I will grant you anything” he smirks folding his arms across each other, the muscles bulging, distracting me for a bit. I lick my bottom lip, “I will think about it” He nods walking closer to me, the smell of his perfume filling my nostrils. “Alex” I call out his name, my eyes narrowed at him, the closer he gets to me, the more I get attracted to him. My heart pounds as he steps into my personal space, his fingers grips my chin, turning my eyes up at him, “Let’s have lunch okay?” He raises a brow at me with a coy smile playing on his lips. I heave a sigh of relief as I walk backward, I thought he was going to kiss me again and confuse all my thoughts like he did this morning. I nod, following behind him. We take a short
ELENA POV “How was your appointment?” Alex walks towards the door pulling it open My eyes meet with his, my heart drumming in my chest, his sweet smile and need to protect me, always did something to me, he makes my heart pound in ways I never thought it would. But at the same time, I’m scared this will all be temporary, what will happen when I get my memory back, what if I have a family? A husband? Children? I sigh removing the thoughts from my mind, turning back to Alex. “Are you okay?” He frowns raising a brow at me I nod quickly, “So what is this plan you said you have for us after my appointment?” I send him a smirk following him outside “It’s a surprise Princess” he smirks pulling open the car door for me I smile sweetly pushing myself into the car, he turns around, sliding into the seat next to me. “Where to sir?” The driver turns to us. “The tracks” Alex's face turns cold again, giving him more instructions My eyes move to him noticing his features, he is quite
Elena POV “Madame Bianchi, and what do I owe the pleasure of your visit today?” I send her a short cautious smile but still annoyed by the stunt she pulled yesterday. “You will be attending a very important event with Alex soon, either you take Sophia with you for shopping or I can direct you to some boutiques the women in our family visit, the event is going to have in attendance very important people that you need to impress” she spits out the entire sentence in one breath, rotating around me as she speaks. “I think I can figure out my own clothing choices” I grip her arm stopping her rotation, “I don’t think that’s the only thing you came to tell me all the way here though, am I right?” I raise a brow at her, my eyes filled with questions. “Hmmm” she shrugs, looking at me from top to bottom, “That will be all” she mutters walking away, her guards by the door joining her. “What a strange lady” I fold my arms across each other Alex comes up behind me as he pulls on his dark
Elena’s POV “We need to get rid of the baby” a muffled voice calls into the darkness “What?” I frown trying to pull my eyes open from the dream but I can’t seem to get out of the darkness “We will not be doing that Elena!!” The deep voice rings in my head, still echoing from the darkness I shake my head confused, “I don’t know what you’re talking about!!” I yell into the darkness, holding my head as the words echo over and over again, piercing into my eardrums I’m jolted awake by the dream, sweat dripping down my back and my heart racing in my chest. “Fuck!” I wince at the sun, blocking my eyes from the view. “Did I sleep all through yesterday?” I frown looking around the bedroom. Right beside me, the duvet is pulled back a bit signifying Alex did sleep here, I frown turning my eyes around the bedroom but I don’t spot him at all. “Where did he go?” I narrow my eyes turning to the clock, I need to tell him about my dream, “-wait” I sigh shaking my head realizing the dream has
ELENA POV “Argh” I yell out one more time, Heather pinning me on the floor, my ankle in her grasp turned towards my back “Give up!!” She yells bending more while Madame Bianchi seats on her throne, staring at us with happiness in her eyes “Nooo” I yell using all the strength I have left, I overthrow her, my knuckles meeting with her face in a hard punch. She immediately turns us around, this time holding both my hands behind my back tightly, she bends my arms and I feel my muscles strain when I hear a woman yell “What in the hell!!” Sophia yells pulling her off me immediately. My arms loosen in relief and I hesitantly sit on the floor, sweat dripping down my back and forehead, panting heavily I turn to Sophia who is yelling at her mother. “Train her?? For what? World War Four!!” She yells, “And of all persons with Heather?? A professional assassin? Mom for goodness sake how can you do that to someone new?” She continues “No..No-it’s fine” I stutter taking breaths in be
ELENA POV“Do you know how worried I was? Who were the men who attacked? What was that?” I turn my head around, the environment changing as we move further He frowns deeply, “This is why I asked you to remain home for now, because sometimes things get dangerous” he shrugs but turns to me fully“It’s like this, the more weapons we have, the more we take over, so of course we will have a few people trying to stop us here and there” he shrugs like it’s nothing, “Or sometimes it could be someone who just wants revenge” he raids a single brow at me, “Do you understand now?”I nod taking in his words, “If that were to happen again, what do I do?” I raise a brow at him, so these things happen only at moments like this?” He bit his lip nervously turning to me slightly, “Yes they do happen at random, but you have me to protect you, and you will get training from my mother” he turns back around like that’s the most normal thing to say.The car comes to a stop in front of the house and we are
ELENA POV “I did it!!” I yell eyes wide, my heart racing at what I had just done.My celebration is cut short when a loud gunshot fills my ears, coming from the top end of the ship, my heart pumps in my chest and the men are fast.“Alex grabs me by the waist, easily carrying me up so quick before I can barely scream, his fingers cover my mouth my eyes wide, his feet picks up and he starts to run, his feet hitting the floor-boards hard, the gun hanging from my grasps, barely clutched tightly.Marco runs behind us, two guns with him, and right behind him are the French men.I turn my eyes to the scene one more time, one of the French men dropping to the ground, blood gurgling in his throat, he grips his neck gushing with blood where a bullet hole has been made, and falls to his knees, his face slamming on the floorMy eyes widen at the sight, heart racing, lips quivering and body trembling, my chest rises and falls, and my body stills in shock as we come to a stop when three men in sui
ALEX POVAs we walk further into the ship, my face becomes more stoic with no emotion as I had shown earlier during the greeting.My eyes turn to Elena, who has a different smile on her face than all the other women I have ever been with.The only woman who could stomach my job and the life I lived was Scarlet, and now Elena, but with Elena, she looked happy to be here.‘Maybe she just needs to be a part of something; it doesn’t mean she likes you.’ my mind replies to my thoughts.The Frenchman walks us towards the large blue container; another is stacked on it. The two men accompanying him pull open the crate, revealing wooden crates stacked on each other.“Damn straight out of a Hollywood movie,” Elena mutters beside me, eyes wide.“La’ Belle, we have barely begun,” Mr. Leroy says with a cunning smile, escorting us inside the crate.He clicks his fingers, and his men pull out three hand gloves; they drag the first crate towards us, removing the wooden top and revealing the first pac