After the ceramic store, they went to buy dresses and other clothes for her at one boutique after she made a ruckus of them not having clothes that fit her.
They returned to the apartment after a long day and Daphnèe was unusually silent, and it worried Alessandro.
“Anything to eat?” He asked her and she looked over at him.
Nodding her head, she asked, “Can you go buy groceries for me?”
Alessandro smiled and suggested, “You have the best chefs in Italy at your disposal. Why not get one to move in here?”
“I want to cook my own meals, Alessandro,” she said, almost demanding.
Alessandro held his hands up and said, “Type out a list on the phone I have for you and send it to your assistant. He’ll make sure it is done and sent here,” he said.
She picked up the phone and asked, “I have an assistant?”
<Daphnée stood in a towel in front of her clothes that were set up and just couldn’t decide. She wanted to wear them all, but today was just one day. She shook her head and pulled out pale light blue jeans, a white blouse like crop top, white matching underwear and white open toe heels.As she was getting dressed, someone knocked on the door and Alessandro opened it and it was Mario. He frowned and asked, “What are you doing here?”“Queen sent me a message saying she couldn’t get all her shopping done yesterday, and she also wants me to handle the plans for the club while she goes to her hair and nail appointment, as well as the body massage I booked for her,” he answered as he walked in.He looked around the apartment and yelled, “My Queen, I’m here!”Daphnée was busy doing her hair when she heard the unfami
“You should have fucking thought about that before you forced this on me. I am your wife now and I can’t let what you build crumble because you think with your dick and not your head!” She told him.Dante’s jaw ticked and his hands clenched into fists at his side. He frightened Daphnée, but she did not let it show. She continued looking at him and said, “I know you saw it when you looked at the posters that I plan to change the name of this club and I already sent the application in this morning. Once it is approved and drugs are moved in here, your name will be linked to it and no matter how much money you have, being linked to drugs is never a good thing. If you are not happy with this, then send me elsewhere because I will not lower my standards to accommodate you.”Dante opened his mouth to speak, but Mario knocked on the door and said, “Queen, the representative from the adult store
“Dinner?” Daphnée suggested.Dante looked up at her from his phone and processed what she said. “What about dinner?” He asked her after thinking it through.“Weren’t you listening? I asked if we are still going out to dinner,” she repeated herself.He nodded his head while he texted someone, “Yes, is it time already?”“I wouldn’t have asked,” she said and turned around. Dante had been sitting in her chair since he arrived and been on his phone with a mischievous smile. She figured he was dirty texting someone he fucked and left him to do his thing while she sorted things out.She held out her hand when she reached Alessandro and he took it, interlocking their fingers, which made Raffael frown. Dante soon stepped out of the office and walked ahead of Raffael behind Daphnée and, as they were walking down the steps, he sa
Daphnée needed to use the toilet, but when she got to the female toilets, all of them were occupied. She went into the men’s toilet and heard a familiar voice in one stall and silently crept into one of the free stalls.She quickly used the toilet and went to the sink to wash her hands. Out came Dante, placing his phone into his pocket and it surprised him to see her in here. She didn’t even bother to look up at him, but he said, “I thought this was the men’s toilet.”Daphnée looked at him through the mirror and could not focus on his face. She turned around after switching the faucet off as she replied, “The ladies’ toilet was full and I can’t hold it in. What’s that on your neck? It looks like it hurts.”Dante frowned and looked at himself in the mirror. He walked over to wash his hands as Daphnée disappeared and saw that it was Emilia’s
Alessandro walked into Daphnèe’s office and placed a box down on it. She looked at it and it was wrapped in red and gold gift wrap. She smiled up at him, asking, “What is this?” As she reached for it.“When I saw it, it reminded me of you,” he said and sat down on the chair.She opened it and pulled out the box inside it and looked at the packaging. It was a box with a set of vibrating pills in it.She smiled as she looked at him. “Did you take this from the merchandise downstairs in the volt?”“No, on the day the rep came, you were in here arguing with your husband when I snatched it. She said it’s on the house,” he explained.She waved the box in her hand at him and said, “Thank you very much. I will put it to good use.”After that horrid day with Dante, things went smoothly for Daphnèe, but currently, she
He licked his lips and lowered his head. He kissed her gently on the lips, sucking on her top lip, which created an awkward silence between them. Daphnèe looked up into his green eyes and just couldn’t figure out what was happening.Dante’s hands slid down her body, over her cheeks and to the back of her thighs. He grabbed her firmly and hoisted her up, making her yelp. Daphnèe caught his neck and looked down at him, confused.Dante walked over to the wall with her, he could feel how fast her heart was beating. He stopped with her against the wall. “Wh, what are you doing?” She asked him.Dante just stared up at her, then asked, “Why are you just looking at me?”“What am I supposed to do?” She asked, confused.Dante raised his arm and cupped her face. “You are supposed to kiss me,” he said, and he did just that. Daphnè
Dante woke up to the sound of something falling and found himself planted on the floor. He frowned as he got up and saw Daphnèe fixing the mattress.“What did you do?” He asked her, sitting back down on the bed. He noted she was fully dressed and looked good with her hair tied back, wearing a black maxi dress that shaped her body.“It’s already late, I’m going to work now, breakfast is on the table and since you don’t want to get up, make sure you make up my bed,” she said and made to walk out of the room.Dante quickly shot up from the floor and grabbed her, hugging her to himself. He dragged her back to the bed as she struggled, saying, “I do not have time for your games right now!”Dante chuckled into her ear and pressed his lower body against hers. She immediately felt his length poke at him and went silent. Dante kissed the back of her neck to
The music was blasting loud throughout the club as she stepped out of her office. Looking down at the dance floor, she saw people walking around and with the strobe lights on, she couldn’t tell who was who.Making her way down the steps with Mario at her heels and her assistant manager. Mario’s assistant walked up to them and said, “All our VIP guests have arrived on expected arrival, including your husband. We have twenty minutes until opening.”Daphnée accepted the glass of champagne from Mario, who took it from a passing server and asked, “Is Emilia here too?”“No, we have her waiting outside, but I think Mr Bardi has someone fetching her right now,” he answered.Mario looked at Daphnée who was looking toward the VIP area and asked, “What are your plans, Queen?”“I am the owner here. If they want to see me, they need to come find me,” she said and made her way back up the steps and went to the break room that overlooked the club.“Queen?” Alessandro called to her as he entered. She
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