~ANTONIO~"Where are they, Andrea? Are you sure that I would be able to find her and bring her home?" He nodded. "Yes, but only if you go there on time. Tom has his people lay an eye on me. I think they've told him of my coming here since I was supposed to be moved to a new place after getting my things at my house. You need to hurry." "Are you sure that they've been following you?" "Tom is a very smart man. I don't think that he would release me back here and not keep an eye on me. I made a deal with him that I would keep quiet about their whereabouts if I wanted to see my daughter again. But I've risked everything by coming here because she's better off with you than with him.""Thank you, Andrea. I was starting to lose hope of ever finding her again. I'll arrange my trip to Brazil as soon as possible," I said as I turned to go to my office to make a few phone calls when Andrea stopped me in my tracks. "When she comes back, I'd like to offer you the 37.5 million dollars that you
~ISABELLA~Just as I suspected he would, I woke up and couldn't remember the last thing that I did, which meant that the motherfucker drugged me. I didn't know how long I had passed out when I woke up in another different room, except this time, he was right next to me sleeping. I looked around and knew that he had moved us and we were somewhere else again. Probably in another country or continent. My stomach sank when I thought about Antonio. I thought of how he might have been looking for me but couldn't find me after Tom moved us again.I got up from the bed and went to have a look outside the window. There was all snow, causing my heart to skip a beat, and I felt like I was suddenly hyperventilating. "You're up," his voice echoed behind me. I turned around and looked at him, my face covered with tears and my heart hurting that he moved us way too far. "Where are we, Tom? Was this your plan all along? To separate me from all the people that I know and keep me hostage somewher
~ANTONIO~"I think we've found them. I know someone who provided me with inside information and confirmed that they left for Canada late last night," August informed me on the phone after booking in at a guesthouse in Mendoza for the evening. "They're in Canada? Where? I need specifics, August. It will take me the whole year if I look for her in every Canadian province," I sighed as I opened my hotel room and headed inside. The guys with me also booked double rooms for themselves so that they would share. There were 8 men in total.We were exhausted and had been looking everywhere for Bella and Tom without any luck.Now that August had a lead on them, there was a little hope that I was going to find her. But I also didn't want to get my hopes too high. It had been a long week looking for her, and I was close to giving up the search altogether."I'll call the guy and confirm with you. He helped them get passports and fake identity cards. If there's anything else he knows, I'm sure h
~ISABELLA~A week after Antonio had brought me back home, I spent it in the garden, my mind wandering and not a clue of my next plan. I was expecting myself to be excited to be home. To be with Antonio after almost a month, I had been taken by Tom. But after finding out that I was pregnant, things changed for me, and I didn't know what to do if the father happened to be Tom since I slept with him also. I was so afraid of staying with Antonio and raising Tom's baby with him. Even though I was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, I felt like I had cheated on Antonio and didn't know how to tell him that I was pregnant and wasn't sure if we should continue living together.My father gave me the money that Antonio's contract stated that I would need to pay him to free myself from him, but I didn't know if I needed to use it or not. A week ago, before Antonio found me and rescued me, I was so sure that I wanted to be with him.I was so sure that I wanted to start my life afresh with him a
~ISABELLA~ After slamming the door behind me, I rushed to the change room, took my bag from my locker, and headed towards the front entrance. I was so angry that I wanted to push anyone who got in my way. I wasn't in the mood to ask people to get out of my way, especially now that the club was crowded, and people were already drunk. I bumped shoulders with people who were coming inside and those who were just too drunk to watch their steps while I rushed for the front door. "Where are you going?" Sarah stood in my way. I rolled my eyes and stopped walking. "I'm going home." Her eyes almost popped out of her eye sockets when she heard that. "What? Are you insane? The boss is here, remember?" She exclaimed. "He can suck his own dick, I'm out." I clutched onto my bag, shoved my way past her, and left. Luckily, I found a taxi outside and took it and went home. On my way back home, I kept thinking about my father and what he was going to say when he saw me coming back hom
~ISABELLA~ A FEW HOURS AGO... "What happened to that boyfriend of yours? I never see him come around anymore." Sarah asked during our shift at the club. Sarah had been working at the club for over a year while my father found the job for me 5 months ago so that I'd be able to help around in the house, and because of that, Tom Creed, my boyfriend, had been distant. "He's a douchebag that got cold balls when he saw me cleaning the floors the other night when he came with his friends," I rolled my eyes. "So, he stopped coming because you weren't working behind the counter anymore?" She exclaimed. "Can you believe it? I’m still surprised." "His father owns a bakery downtown. He could have at least got you a job there if he thought you were embarrassing him by working at a club.” “He’d rather watch me stay at home with nothing to do than help,” I huffed. “So selfish of him to turn around and be a control freak, yuck.” “I know…” My heart broke a little because I was in l
~ANTONIO~ A FEW HOURS AGO... When I saw that lowlife humiliating my angel, I had to intervene. I couldn't stand there and watch as he talked down to her as if she was his object. I decided to take her home since I knew where she stayed. Her father and I were acquaintances. "Who is he to you?" "My ex-boyfriend." She answered. I looked at her through the rearview mirror and our eyes met. I felt a slight twitch and my dick threatened to erect. Her eyes were the most beautiful I had ever seen. She had blue eyes and black hair that made them stand out. "You will work in my office tomorrow." "Oh, doing what, Sir?" She asked, puzzled. "Tidying it up. I saw that it is a bit disorganized." I hoped that didn’t make it too obvious that I was trying to get her away from the crowd in case one of her ex-boyfriends showed up at the club again. "Alright, no problem." She responded. I looked at her one more time through the rearview mirror and thought of how much I wanted her.
~ANTONIO~ My mind was racing that night as I headed home. I could not believe that Isabella walked out on me and pretended as if she was the only girl who looked beautiful enough to get attention from me. She had the audacity to talk to me as if I had no power to pin her against the wall and make her beg for me. I wanted to teach her a lesson so that she would never think of herself as special enough to refuse when I decided to spare a minute of my life looking in her direction. My phone rang inside my pocket, and I quickly slipped it out and answered the call without looking at the caller ID. "Yes?" "Mr. Rodriguez, this is Andrea Albero. I don't know what my daughter did, but I'd like to apologize on her behalf, and I assure you that tomorrow she will be back at work." "Uh yes, Andrea Albero..." I pulled up on the side of the road with a mischievous grin. At that very moment, I knew just what to do and how to get Isabella to be mine. Oh, how I'd love to see the look