"Too bright!"
"Too shabby!"
"Too fancy!"
"It's my wedding I get to decide!" Natalie snapped finally at the horde of women staring at her and refusing to her every demand.
She was sitting down in the office of a well-known wedding designer and after knowing she was getting married to Dante Rodrigo, all dresses Natalie had chosen to wear was rejected.
"You're also a Christmas bride, baby!" The woman exclaimed like she was the only one getting married on Christmas day.
Problem was that Trish shared her excitement and it infuriated her more because she couldn't stop wishing that Lexi was still alive.
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Sean dropped his binoculars on the sand and smiled. Dario might think he had the upper hand by always being with his son all the time but that only made him a perfect little victim.His wife was rubbing a sunburn cream on her body and she wasn't paying attention to him neither were Ava and Daniel as they were focused on finishing their sandcastle."I need your help, honey," Lisa gestured towards him holding out the cream. He smiled and hurried to help her apply it to her back.He checked his wristwatch and smiled. It was time to get the ball rolling.A few more minutes later, there were gunshots and everyone on the beach dispersed running around and screaming at the top of their lungs.More th
Lisa stared at the exchange her husband had with Dario silently without saying a word. She knew there had to be an element of truth in what was being said but no one was willing to explain to her.Sean had barged out a few minutes later after Dario had left and she hasn't seen anyone since then. She couldn't help but feel that something was happening and she was in the dark.A few minutes later, when she saw neither of them, she headed towards the lodge where her kids were securely locked in.She saw Sean and Dario whispering in low tones, for some odd reason she didn't want them to see her so she crept towards them hiding."How could you do this, Sean? He's your son your blood!" Dario yelled suddenly.
Dario arrived at the airport and raced straight home trying to get to Dante's house on time so they could figure out what to do.He was already at loss of what to do having scanned the entire place but all to no avail. He couldn't understand how or where they had taken the boy to but it was time to break the news to Natalie.He pulled into the parking lot and saw his sister crying with Natalie, nobody had died yet and they were already in mourning so typical of the female species.He went directly to Dante who had left the ladies to have a good cry and beckoned him. He left quickly deciding that it's best if they can go directly and tell Natalie then they can easily see Don.Natalie saw the two men as they walked back inside and frowned. "Please tell
"Hasten up!"Grumbling under his breath, Noah headed out of the private jet and got into the waiting car with his father. He still had no clue as to their destination and he wasn't so excited to find out either.He leaned on the glass of the car looking out as the car speed past different places. He still had no idea of where he was and his father has refused to speak with Natalie.The trip was making him feel very nervous and his father's excitement wasn't doing anything to help him.The car pulled into the driveway of a 5-star hotel. He barely caught a glimpse of the beautiful surrounding of the hotel before his father grabbed him in.Noah was fuming silently as they were checked into a suit
Noah yawned and stretched—or rather tried to stretch but he realized that he was on some kind of restraint. His eyes flew open at the thought of perhaps, his father must have tied him up.However, when he opened his eyes he was in for a big shock for he was no longer in the bedroom at the hotel but was strapped to a recliner chair.He was in a dark huge room with no sign of a window, his hands were strapped tightly to the chair and he was having serious issues trying to move around.He looked around the room trying to make sense of it or see anything but everywhere was just darkness."Dad?" He whispered.He heard a groan beside him followed by the scrapping of a chair. He looked beside h
Dario stared back at the old man as he grinned happily. He was having a hard time controlling his joy and it seemed like he was going to burst from it.He sighed. It had taken the man quite sometime before he had finally figured out who he was. He still wasn't sure this was a good idea especially since he had wanted to stay away but had come only for Natalie's sake."You're Flora and Douglas Esposito's, children!" The man exclaimed with wide eyes then he looked around for his secretary, "Go and get the camera, Ricco."His secretary nodded and scurried out of the room while the man returned his attention to him. He seemed pretty focused on him, Dario noted."Well, am I wrong?" The man prompted.
Sean growled lowly at Frank as he hit him hard again with the rod in his hands."Where. Is. Noah?!"Sean scoffed. It's been a while since his son left and the security guards had noticed, alerted Frank and he had been able to throw-in some blows at them before he was restrained again."Stop hitting me and just kill me, bastard!" Sean glared at the man."Killing someone like you is so fucking easy," Frank replied."Well, keep doing whatever you're doing I've told you that I don't know where he is," Sean replied with a smug grin."You motherfucker! You must have told him to do something," Frank growled.
Ricco stared at the woman before him as she bawled her eyes out. He wanted to tell her he could help find her brother but at this point, it was gonna take days and only God knew what would have happened to them by them."Natalie, that's enough we are going to find your brother," Dante said to her hugging her.Ricco opened his mouth to say something when he noticed the locator app was working at full speed and was back online."Oh my gosh! Guys, I got a location," he exclaimed happily.He could vividly hear the voices of the men as they ushered Noah away."What happened?" Natalie asked happily."Your brother is damn smart, looks l
"Dante?"Her husband stared at her with a confused expression."Na—ruff!"The next thing that followed was utter chaos as she stood mortified.Natalie blinked. Maybe if she closed her eyes and opened it, the horrible scene would disappear but the shrill voices reminded her that it was real."He is crazy!” someone exclaimed."Call the asylum!" Another added.Natalie watched as her husband tore at people's trousers and skirts barking like a dog.Like an actual dog! A real dog!She looked around mortified as she tried to stop them from racing out of the house screaming their lungs out.
“Doctor, what is wrong with my husband?” Natalie stared at Dante as he lay down peacefully on the hospital bed, a small smile playing on his lips. She caressed his hair and kissed his cheeks softly. “He’ll be asleep for a while, Ma’am,” the doctor answered. “Did you find out what's wrong?” Natalie asked. The doctor nodded and she heaved a sigh of relief. She had worried that everything wouldn't go according to her plans and she would have to start afresh after ruining Dante’s image. “This is the document of Dante’s hospital reports,” the doctor said, handing her some papers. Natalie went through it and a smile formed on her lips. “Thank you so much, Doctor,” Natalie smiled. The doctor nodded, “You’re welcome, Ma’am. I wish you success.”Natalie nodded as the doctor left. A few minutes later Lee stepped into the hospital room, panting. “Reporters... Outside... Wolves!” he panted. Natalie shrugged, “Calm down, Lee. Did you get it?”Lee handed her a box and nodded, “Everything i
Natalie stared at Dante as she saw the speech he had written and she chuckled."What's funny?" Dante asked with a frown."You are writing a speech like you aren't a businessman again," she chortled.Dante's frown deepened. "What is wrong with that?"Natalie smiled. "I just don't think it would be necessary for that. You can do that without the speech."Dante furrowed his brows at her. "It's an impromptu speech, Natalie. I need to be prepared."Natalie noticed the way his muscles were tensed and she sighed. She knew he was nervous but she didn't know what was going on in his mind.She stood up and touched his biceps. He smiled at her touch and she smiled. "Why are you so tensed?" She asked.He shrugged. "What do you mean? I'm not tensed."Natalie smirked. "You are, Dante."Dante sighed and took a seat beside her on the bed. He massaged his throbbing temples and sighed again."Out with it!" Natalie exclaimed."I'm scared, Nat," he whispered.Natalie froze at the tone of his voice. Her p
She tried connecting the dots but at each point, she came up blank. Nothing made any sense whatsoever and Sophie had agreed to accompany Dante. It was only out of jealousy that she had decided to go with Dante. Could it be that this whole thing had been a trap to ruin her trust with Dante? What more can break a relationship except when they've lost trust in each other? First, she was made to lose faith in Dante by finding out about his affair with Sophie which wasn't so much of a big deal if she had just sat down to think about it. She massaged her temples as she felt the headache beginning to form. She needed to stay focused because that was what Sophie was trying to disrupt. For some reason, she knew that her coming here would do no good for either her or Dante. How could she have let this slip by so quickly? She picked up her pen and went to the board, there was a time when she had defeated Jared and Sophie, now was the same time to do just that. She examined the things that
Dante stepped out of the police van as he followed them to the cell where he would stay. "You will have to cool off here for the night, sir. Someone called us and suggested you spend the night here before you strangle your wife out of anger." Dante ignored the policeman as he thought about what Natalie had done. He knew he shouldn't be upset after what happened with Sophie but he was. In this frame of mind, he was willing to kill someone preferably Dario for touching her. And he has said he tasted his fucking wife! Those words alone had set his blood boiling with anger. He waited as the inspector opened the door and he entered his cell. His mind was reeling with lots of thoughts as he thought about what to do with Natalie. He didn't know if he should believe her when she said nothing happened. But the pictures... They were just too damn intimate for his liking and he wanted to strangle Dario for touching her the way only he could. How could she be so heartless and betray him li
He jerked away from her touch. "You've already embarrassed me before the media I don't care!""What nonsense are you talking about?" Dario asked."I'm talking about this!" Dante yelled shoving his phone in their face.Natalie gasped when she saw the pictures on his phone. It was when Dario had kissed her and when he had slipped her dress off her shoulder."Dante, this isn't what it looks like," she cried.He glared at her. "Yeah, then what does it look like?"Dario ran a hand through his hair. "Would you believe me if I say that I have no idea of how this came about?"Dante glared at him. "Try lying to someone else!""I swear Dante. The last thing I remembered was blacking out on the grass in the cliff before this whole kissing scenario after that blacking out everything is a blur," Dario stated."Are you trying to tell me that my wife is the one..."Dario interrupted him sharply. "Natalie would never do such a thing. I don't know what happened but it's not what you're thinking."Natal
His eyes narrowed into slits when he saw that she was still cuddled up with Dario while the media took pictures.How could she be asleep in this noisy environment?!Maybe because she had been so busy with something else, a malicious voice said in his mind.He noticed Natalie stirring and he glared at them trying to control his temper. "Get away from here!" He yelled at the media."She's waking and him too!"The media yelled ignoring him. He whirled around to see Natalie stretch and wake up before she froze at the flash of cameras.He saw the wild and confused look in her eyes and then she shook Dario awake. He saw how confused Dante looked and for some weird reason, he didn't believe a thing of what he had seen.Suddenly, the flashes of her naked body with Dario flashed in his mind and he gritted his teeth in anger."Mrs. Rodrio, are you trying to get back at your husband by cheating on him with his best friend?" One of the reporters asked.Natalie's eyes widened as he saw her grip Da
She froze. "Sorry for what, Dario?""Maybe if I hadn't encouraged you that day to go after him, If I had just slept with you that day then we would have ended up together," he murmured.Natalie frowned. "What are you talking about, Dario? Why are you bringing up the past?"He was looking at her but she was so sure he wasn't seeing her. She was sure he was in a reverie, probably transported back to ten years ago when she had gone to seduce him in his room."Dario?""If you had married me instead you won't be going through this pain. And I'm rich also just like Dante. Why did I ever push you away," he continued talking like he wasn't seeing her."Dario, what is wrong with you?" She asked sitting up.He ignored her and continued talking. "Perhaps, I can redeem that situation by making you mine. It's not too late."Her eyes widened. "The fuck are you talking about? It's fucking lat..."Her eyes were huge as she felt his soft lips on hers and his hands roaming around her body.She tried to
They stepped into the board meeting where the entire board of directors was waiting and the news playing on the television was the same news from earlier."Good day, Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigo," the assistant board chairman smiled at them.Natalie nodded as they hurriedly turned off the television.Quickly, they took their seats and she sat down beside her husband."The shares are falling drastically, Mr. Rodrigo!" one of the board members exclaimed."I think this video of you and your wife has gone viral!" Another added."Oh my gosh! This is a scandal associated with this company," someone chirped in."You need to address this matter as soon as possible, Mr. Rodrigo," someone added.Soon everyone was talking and he couldn't hear anyone again. He tried to calm them down but they were in full panic mode.Natalie wiggled out of his arms as she headed for the door."Where are you going, love?" He asked surprised.She shook her head. "I have to leave this place. I can't stay here any longer.""B