A few months later…Daphnée sat by her desk, staring at the pregnancy test she took.Wiping her tears away, she thought, ‘Why am I so weak? Is it because I’m afraid? What am I going to do with a child? I don’t even love Dante. The only thing good about him is his manhood.’Rubbing her temples, she sighed and let her tears fall.Alessandro was in the office looking at her and could see that she was troubled. He might have warned both Daphnée and Dante to not get involved, but Dante always got what he wanted and Daphnée? She fell prey to him.The door to the office opened and in walked Raffael. Daphnée’s head dropped against the desk, knowing very well that Dante must want something from her or else he wouldn’t have sent Raffael all this way.Alessandro looked at him and stood up. “Why do you look worried?”Daphnée looked up at him and could see that he looked uncomfortable.Turning to Daphnée, Raffael said, “We have a problem.”“And this involves me?” She asked.“The madam wishes for
Dante woke up feeling uncomfortable. Opening his eyes, he looked around, but he winced in pain.He tried to rub his head, but he couldn’t move his hands. Frowning as he looked above him, he saw that he was tied up.Looking around the room that was small, he heard a seagull’s call making his frown deepen.Trying to pull himself loose, he couldn’t. “Is there anyone out there?”The door opened, and an unfamiliar male face appeared. He gave Dante a once over then closed the door. They were on a yacht in the middle of the ocean where they wouldn’t be disturbed. The man walked up to the second deck and bowed to the woman. “My lady, he is awake.”The woman he spoke to was Angelica Bauer. A German woman who had fallen for his charm a few years ago and she was his occasional fuck when he was in Germany.She stood up excitedly and placed her hand on her stomach as she made her way down the steps and to the room.When she stepped through the door, Dante was surprised to see her, then frowned w
Angelica shuddered as Dante came inside her. She ran her hands up his stomach as he pulled out of her.Dante flopped down onto the bed and stared at her as she climbed on him. She slowly slid down his length as she moaned, and as she sat herself down on his balls, she said, “You’re so deep inside me.”Dante thrust sharply up into her, going deeper and smirked, “Not deep enough.”Angelica gasped as she felt him move deeper. It felt as though he had pierced right into her body.Looking down at him, she smiled. It had been tough, but she finally convinced him she was carrying his child, not that it was a lie or anything.She lifted his hands and ran them over her belly, saying, “It feels nice to have you all to myself like this.”Dante nodded his head. He had nothing to say to her. He could sympathise with her.He wasn’t the sort to keep a woman by his side because of his life. That’s why he thought having Daphnée as his child’s mother would be safer. She could fend for herself.Angelica
Raffael and Alessandro grabbed Dante and held him in place. Daphnée stood in front of him and pure disgust was written on her face.She raised her left hand and slapped him across the face. Unsatisfied, she slapped him again and when Dante wanted to tell at her; he saw the pain in her eyes followed by tears.Daphnée had so much to say, but all it would souls like was excuses and complaints.She wiped her tears away and turned to Angelica. Looking at her, she asked, “Did you really think that you could do what you want?” “Get away from him?” Angelica said, standing up while she held her stomach.She glared at Alessandro and Raffael, saying, “He is your boss! Have you no respect?”Daphnée slapped her across the face and licked her to the ground, saying, “You days of holding him captive are over.”Angelica glared at her, then looked at Dante and pleaded, “Dante tell her to stop. Why are you letting her do this to me?”He was conflicted.Confused.Humiliated.“Don’t bother speaking to hi
Daphnée was sitting on the bed, staring at nothing. Dante was being attended to in another room by the doctors and she had to wait for her obstetrician.“How could you shoot him?” Alessandro asked, but received no response.He placed his hand on her shoulder and asked, “Are you okay, Daphnée?”She snapped out of her thoughts. “What did you say?”“I asked, are you okay?” He said.She sighed and shook her head, “I’m in pain Alessandro, can’t you see that?”“Why did you kill her?” He asked.Raising a brow, she said, “Getting rid of my enemies.”“She was carrying his child,” he said.“That is what she said,” Daphnée said, nodding slowly.He raised a brow. “You don’t think it is?”“Whether the child was his or not has nothing to do with me. I don’t want this child, but when it’s born, it has to grow up competing against Angelica and her child? Please, I’m not that stupid,” she said.Alessandro still couldn’t believe that she didn’t want the child. He’d thought that her mind would change ov
Raffael walked into Dante’s room and said, “Boss, Daphnée ordered for Angelica’s body to be cremated.”“What?” Dante asked, astounded.He nodded his head. “Yes. Alessandro went to her home to find out why, but I think we all know the answer to that.”“That woman is stubborn! It’s already been four days since my return, and she’s still refusing to speak to me. What about my child? I don’t even know what the situation is and that damn Marino is silent!” He complained, frustrated. He slammed his hand against the table he was beside and immediately regretted it as he felt pain shoot through his leg.Rubbing his thigh, he said, “I need to still thank her for shooting me in the leg.”Raffael smirked.As a thought came to mind, he asked, “Why in the hell did she shoot me in the first place?”Raffael stared at his boss. Sighing, he said, “They’re sending the results over to her home. Are you going to find out if you were drugged?”He sighed, “I wasn’t drugged, I know it.”“What about Angelica
Dante frowned. Why was she bringing this up now?Daphnée scoffed, “Don’t act stupid. I know you had sex with her. There is no way you would have kept your hands to yourself for two weeks.”Dante’s frown deepened, “Even if I did, what does that have to do with you? Strip out of your damn clothes and come here.”“You don’t have any shame, do you? I am carrying your child, and it’s like you don’t even care. You didn’t ask me how she is? How I am? Have I been getting enough sleep? Is there anything you can do? All you give a damn is about yourself! Why the fuck would I sleep with you, knowing very well that you were inside someone else? I’m not trying to get an infection, nor do I want my child suffering,” she said as she wiped her tears away.Dante slowly moved to the edge of the bed and sat up, staring at her. When she was done speaking, he asked, “How are you doing, Daphnée?”She was confused. Calming down, she said, “I’m fine.”“Are you sure? Because to me, it seems like you have a lo
Dante woke up to the sound of knocking. Opening his eyes, he looked around the room and saw Raffael standing at the door. “Boss, we’ve caught Andrea,” he said.Dante nodded his head, and Raffael closed the door.Dante moved and realised that he was still inside Daphnée. He brushed her hair back and moved in between her legs and started thrusting as he shoved his face between her breasts that smelled of sweat.Daphnée woke. Her body was exhausted. She didn’t know how long they did it a few hours before and now again?“Dante, Dante,” she called to him, but it came out as moaning instead.Dante grunted beside her ear, letting her know how good she made him feel.Daphnée’s head sunk into the bed, then lulled from left to right as she took all of him in.Dante climbed out of bed after he came inside her. He covered her with the blanket and said, “Go back to sleep. I have work to do.”“Why did you wake me up, if you were just going to go work?” She asked as she drifted off to sleep.He chu
A few months later…Giovanni and Aurora climbed into the back of a limo. Facing Aleksandr, the twins could tell that something was wrong. Aleksandr looked at Aurora, “Aren’t you going to greet me?”She smirked. “Do you seriously want to do this in front of my brother? You know he doesn’t like you.”“Cut the crap Aleks, why did you call me here? Wouldn’t it be better if it was only Aurora?”“Well, I wouldn’t call you for anything. You know we don’t get along, but I’m doing this for Aurora.”He looked at her and saw that she was confused. “So I know the story and I find it strange that your father doesn’t want to talk about it, so I did my research.”Pulling out an envelope, he handed it to Giovanni.Giovanni took the envelope cautiously and opened it. Aurora placed her hand on his. Her heart was beating incredibly fast, and she was unable to fathom what was on those papers. Looking at her brother, she shook her head. “I thought you didn’t care.”Staring at his sister, he hook his head
Aurora felt guilty from the depths of her soul and heart. She could feel that her brother was staring at her and she didn’t know if she wanted to look at him or dig a hole and die. “Why are you staring at me?” she asked as she finally got the courage to look back at him.To her surprise, Giovanni wore what seemed to be a bored expression on his face. He should be freaked out by this information, but he didn’t seem to be bothered at all. “Why do you look like you don’t care?”“It’s not that I don’t care. You’re just making a big deal about nothing. I already told you that you shouldn’t listen to those girls, but it looks like you’ll jump into a fire if they mentioned it a bunch of times.”Aurora sighed. “It’s not like that. I don’t know why, but it’s like something told me to look into it.”“And what did you get out of it? A broken heart, red eyes and me glaring at you? You even made momma cry with your stupidity! Just because you have the resources to do shit doesn’t always mean that
Aurora walked into the house with heavy steps. Suddenly, it felt like there was a heavy load on her shoulders with all the information she now knew.‘Don’t worry about it. Just forget it,’ Aleksandr told her before he dropped her off, but how could she? I dug my grave. How am I going to face them now? “Oh, you’re here?” Giovanni said as he walked out of the living room, snapping her out of her thoughts. She looked at him and saw that he was typing away on his phone as he walked round shirtless and in green socks. “She’s got presents again for us. You took so damn long. I want to find out what she got us.” Walking up to him, she asked, “Why didn’t you just open yours?”“Did you forget? We always open our shit together. What’s wrong with you? Forgetting your own rules like a damn idiot.”She nodded her head as he walked away, following behind him as she put some distance between them.From head to toe, she looked at her brother. ‘How did I not see it? But how am I going to live witho
“So when are you going to be my girlfriend?” Aleksandr Novikov said as he stared across the table at Aurora, who was picking at her plate of food.Aurora glanced over at him and smiled. They had been going on dates for the past three months, getting to know one another. He was three years older than her and somewhat of a hostage in the Bardi Familia. It wasn’t a secret that Aleksandr had a thing for her. He made sure everyone knew she was untouchable.Pouting, she said, “Aleks, you know I’m not allowed to date.”He reached over the table and moved her plate to the side. Taking her hands in his, he looked into her beautiful hazel orbs saying, “And I want no one but you. I’ve spoken to your father already–”“But has he agreed? I also told you I’d consider it.”He raised a brow and squeezed her hand firmly, minding not to hurt her. “I know what we spoke about.”She smiled weakly with a shake of her head.“So tell me, what’s bothering you?”Aurora stared at him, and immediately her eyes
Ten years laterAurora stormed into the living room where fifteen-year-old Giovanni was lying on the floor eating popcorn.He looked over at his sister and saw that her eyes were red, her cheeks were swollen, and so was the skin under her eyes.He quickly sat up, asking, “Who should I kill?”She shoved her bag on the floor and walked up to him. She sat down in front of him. “Why don’t we look the same?”“What?”“Isabella said we don’t look like twins,” she said as she broke out in tears. She had been crying for so long already that her eyes were burning, but the tears just wouldn’t stop.Her heart was broken and if what they were saying was the truth–what was she going to do?He shook his head, annoyed. “Why do you still hang out with those idiots? All they do is bad mouth you when an opportunity arises and make you spend money.”“That is not the point!” She took out her phone and went to the gallery and showed a picture to him saying, “Giovanni, you look so much like daddy and I do t
Giovanni was sitting on the staircase watching his mother walk, or you could say waddle up and down the steps. Her stomach had grown over the months, but the relationship between his parents was dour.His father was home every day. He made sure to give them enough attention too but just wished things would go back to the way it was before he met his father but then again; he liked his father too.“You’re making me dizzy.”She stopped next to him and glared. “No one told you to watch me!”“I missed you,” he said.Daphnee chuckled, “You’re supposed to pay attention at school, not miss me.”Giovanni rolled his eyes. “Whatever mommy.”“Where’s your sister?” She asked.He groaned inwardly, “I left her in the playroom, she talks too much.”Daphne chuckled. She worried about him, especially the relationships between Giovanni and his father and him and his sister.Dante had told her he saw what happened that night and for about two months, his relationship with Aurora wasn’t good. They suspec
“What do you mean?”Daphne chuckled. Rolling her eyes, she walked towards her with the sound of heels clicking against the cream tiles. Backing Emelia into a corner, between a cupboard and pillar, she said, “So, there was this woman, and she decided she was going to kidnap my dear husband and take care of him in her own way. So, I killed her.”Emelia’s eyes widened. She recalled the chaos that occurred many years ago and, come to think of it, but the details, “An, Angelica–you killed Angelica?”Daphnee nodded her head slowly with a calming yet canning smile, “I did and I don’t regret it. She played so much in getting me to where I am today, but you—”Emelia pushed her away. “Oh, don’t lie. I know all about you. You killed all those men a few months ago, and that’s why Dante’s here with me. Thanks to you, I am going to b
Daphnee wiped the edges of her mouth as she came up from the toilet—disgusted and nauseous. Walking to the sink, she stared at herself in the mirror—glaring, not at herself but at the future awaiting her.Her gaze slid down to the pregnancy test tube she had just took ten minutes ago. She recalled how Dante man handled her a few weeks ago.Since that night, he didn’t show his face–never even called.The children asked about him and all the lies she spoke. She was slowly starting to believe, living in delusion.Wiping her mouth, she left the bathroom, throwing the test tube in the bin at the corner of her desk.Sitting down behind the desk, she leaned against the chair and closed her eyes as she rubbed her stomach, thinking about the little rat growing inside her womb.Her week had been miserable. She even lashed out at her children for wanting her attention
“Are they going to be okay?” Dante asked her as he watched Daphnee stroke Aurora’s hair. They ended up laying the children down on their bed because they didn’t want to leave Daphnee’s side. She gazed over at him contemplatively, asking, “What happened between the three of you?”His nostrils flared up as he took in a deep breath, recalling what the conversation was about. Rubbing his nose as he paced around the room taking off the clothes, he said, “They can tell that things aren’t okay between us. Aurora said they wanted to go out together as a family, hoping we would make up.”Daphnee raised a brow. She looked down at her children and sighed. She tried her best to not make it obvious that things weren’t well between them, but how was it possible when she herself wanted nothing to do with Dante and he–all he knew was not to come home. “Are you staying or leaving?”“Leaving,” he answered and froze. Turning to Daphnee, he looked at the children and realised that it was because he a