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
Daphnée stared at Dante with a heated gaze and asked, “What the fuck do you me, I have to stay here?”Dante involuntarily shuddered inwardly as he stared into her gaze that was almost as if he were staring at his late father.Rubbing the chill away against his neck, he turned his back to her and said, “There are servants at every corner. Dr Marino is putting you on bed rest FAR away from the family and any activities that might cause you and our daughter harm.”Daphnée clutched her phone, then threw it at the back of his head, so hard that the screen broke.Dante turned around as he rubbed his aching head and looked at her confused, “What was that for?”“What makes you think you can tell me what to do or where to stay? I’m not your fucking prisoner!” She said.Dante stepped forward, stopping right in front of her with his chest and said, “I don’t think you remember the position you are in. Just because you have my name and bear my child doesn’t excuse the fact of why you are here toda
“She just left,” Alessandro reported.Dante’s brows furrowed as he looked at the time on the laptop. He was up late working. It was around eight in the evening. Daphnée phoned him two hours ago asking if she could go for a drive and he agreed, but why would she be leaving now only?“Is she alone?” He asked.Alessandro was driving a black car behind the white SUV transporting Daphnée in. “I have a bad feeling about this, Dante. Why am I reminded of the guard I sent out after her that still hasn’t returned?”Dante sighed and rubbed between his brows. “Follow them. You’re usually right.”“I’ll contact you later,” Alessandro said, ending the call.Dante placed his phone down and pulled out the tab from the desk drawer. Switching it on, he went to a special app that tracked Daphnée’s location. After she first ran away, he had the doctors implant a tracker on her body and although he didn’t want to track her every movement; it seemed like he needed to now. The tracker stopped at an unknown
Raffael knocked on Alessandro’s door.“Come in,” Alessandro answered as he rubbed his chest with a towel.Closing the door behind him, Raffael looked at him with a raised brow and asked, “You’ve been home for two hours. Why haven’t you reported to Dante?”Sitting down on the bed, he looked at his friend and didn’t know how to answer him, really. Taking a deep breath, he said, “I’ve had a long two days. I’ll report to him once I rest.”“Cut the bullshit. You’ve had a long two days? We thought you went missing. There was no communication from you and Donna arrived home before you did. What happened?” Raffael asked, annoyed.Looking at him, he shook his head. “She knew I was following her and had me jumped. I don’t even know who those men were, but she is definitely up to something. I was dumped on the side of the road and had to find my way back to my car. So excuse me, it’s hard being betrayed by the same person twice.”Raffael frowned. Pacing around the room, he couldn’t fathom what w
Dante was snoring loudly beside Daphnée. When he fell asleep, she didn’t know. As she switched the t.v off, she went to the bathroom and when she returned; she saw Dante lying there on the bed, and oh my, but that man looked handsome and sexy.Walking up to the bed, ‘Look at you, you’re vulnerable. I could kill you at any moment.’Stopping beside him, she recalled the last time they made love, and her body was telling her she needed him right now.Slipping out of the pink silk nightdress, she walked up to the drawer where Dante put the handcuffs, took it out of the drawer. Running the cold metal across her stomach, she smirked.‘Oh angel, don’t worry, we’re just going to have a little fun while your daddy plays dead,’ she said, speaking to her son.She cautiously lifted his left arm and cuffed it to the headboard post. She looked down at his face to see if there were any signs that he would wake up soon or discomfort, but he was okay and still asleep.She climbed on the bed with a sm
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