CHAPTER 36 Lily’s POV
“My angioletto wakeup. It’s dinner time.” Salvy whispered.
I opened my eyes and saw something amazing, It’s Salvy looking like an Italian God. He is smiling at me with swollen lips and bruised shoulders. All the memories came back to me, on how he cleaned me up and how we cuddled after what we did. Oh God it was not a dream.
He confusedly looked at me and then smiled. “Yup. It was not a dream. Let’s go. They’re waiting for us on the dinner table.” he winked and kissed the tip of my nose. I slapped my mouth. Why do I keep saying things out loud?
I stood up and followed him to the dining area. He helped me sit down and the helper started serving the food. I’m still worried about why Salvy looked upset after we did it. I sighed and grabbed the edge of my sweater.
My train of thoughts was interrupted by Enzo’s fake cough. I looked up and saw that ev
CHAPTER 37 Lily’s POVAndrea and I are on the bed, resting after our first training. William had been too jumpy since we got here.William sat on the edge of the bed. “I have something to tell you guys.” he whispered. We both sat up and he showed us the phone I found in the garden.“Why do you have this? I gave it to Salvy the day I found it.” I asked and quickly hid it under the blanket.“Fck William. What if it has a tracker on it?” Andrea scolded and pushed William.“That hurts. I heard Enzo and Salvy talking about this. The tech guy told them that it was not bugged. They used this last time to lure Matteo out. It was hidden in Enzo’s vault and I took it out before we left” He explained while rubbing his shoulder.“What are you planning to do with it?” I curiously asked and checked the phone.“I actually don’t know but maybe we can
CHAPTER 38 Lily’s POVI will be okay. I can do this, This is for Salvy and Enzo. Valerius and Mariella promised me that they will never let him hurt me. I sighed and dialed his number on the phone. After a few rings, he answered the phone.“You finally called.” He said on the line.“I miss y-you. Please p-pick me up.” I said on the phone.“What should you say Fiorellino?” he taunted.“I-Im s-sorry fo-”“Stop fcking stuttering b!tch. It ruins my mood” he interrupted.Tears started flowing from my eyes. I swallowed hard and looked at the view outside the coffee shop. Please Lily, don’t stutter. He is not yet here but he is already mad. “I’m sorry for defying you and running away from you last time.” I slowly said.“That’s it? That was not the magic words”He wants me to say that I love him, every tim
CHAPTER 39 Lily’s POVWarning: ViolenceIt’s the girl on the video, the one who kissed Salvy. I covered my mouth and swallowed hard. I don’t want to vomit. She looks so different. She is wearing a collar and the collar is chained on the desk. She has bruises all over her body and her hair was a mess, some of it was even shaved off. She is staring at the ceiling lifelessly. I look at her chest for any motion and thank God, she is breathing but she doesn’t even blink. Valerius mentioned to me that they lost contact with her before the attack happened. That’s one of the main reasons why they don’t know where the brothers were and what the brothers were planning.Matteo sat on the chair and pulled me on his lap, he forcefully moved my face to look at him.He sighed and hugged me. “She is still alive, I just drugged her. You see. I tried to replace you by using her but no one can give
CHAPTER 40 Lily’s POVI woke up on someone lightly slapping me. I opened my eyes and saw William and Andrea worriedly looking at me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. Where am I? Oh God, I remembered all the events before falling asleep. I hurriedly stood up from the bed and I immediately fell down, I forgot I twisted my ankle.“Where are you going?” he asked while helping me back to the bed.“B-bathroom. I w-want to take a sh-shower.” I harshly rubbed my lips and skin.William grabbed my hands. “We already cleaned you up Lily. Calm down.” he softly said.I looked at my clothes, I’m already wearing a sweater and jogging pants. I sat back on the bed and hugged my knees. “Th-thank you.” I whispered.Andrea hugged me and I flinched. She released me from the hug but I held on to her hand, she understood what I wanted and hugged me tightly again. “The Old Don is asking
CHAPTER 41 Lily’s POV“What did you do Andrei Emilio?” Valerius cold voice echoed in the room.Andrea lowered her head while William instinctively pulled me closer to him. I hid my face on his chest, not wanting to see Valerius face.“I uh I th-think I’m the reason wh-why they were kidn-nap.” Andrea stuttered.“What?” William and I said at the same time.“You have 1 minute to explain before I personally kill you.” Valerius threatened.William tightened his hold on me. My heart started beating fast and I am worried that he will really kill Andrei.“I-I thought her mom is a good person and she w-wanted help on getting t-to know Lily’s life right now. I sw-swear I did not k-know. Fck sht, this i-is all my f-fault.” Andrei explained.My entire body is shaking now, That was a lie right? My mother never cared because if she did care, she wo
CHAPTER 42 Lily’s POV“You did good Lily, I’m proud of you.” Dad said while smiling. We are currently video chatting Dad while Anthon and Valerius are busy tracking the witch.“She is so proud of herself. I hate her. She said that she misses you but doesn’t even ask how you were doing and only asked for a gift from you.” Andrea rolled her eyes, anger evident on her face.“An item personal enough to have your DNA? So what should we give her?” William asked and gently stroked my back.“Your lingerie?” Andrea suggested.Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at her. Even Dad on the phone looked at her weirdly.“You really are stupid. Yes Andrea, Let’s give Lily’s lingerie to her evil mother.” William mockingly stated.“Sorry, that was a stupid suggestion” she whispered.“How about a replica of your
CHAPTER 43 Salvy’s POV“Do you want our chef to cook any other food for us?” Orla asked while pouring wine on my glass, making sure that she leaned towards me so she could display her fake breast.I stared at her forehead to avoid seeing some nauseating sight. It’s been four days since she visited me on the cell. One of her men asked us to take a shower and gave me a suit to wear. I guess a male escort is better than a prisoner.“No need. Just the sight of you is enough to fill me” I smiled. Yeah. Fill me with vomit. I mentally cringe, who would have thought I’ll end up having a romantic dinner with Lily’s biological mother.She sat back to her seat and drank some wine. I also started eating, purposely dripping some sauce on the side of my mouth. I licked the sauce on my mouth lewdly and maintained eye contact with her. I saw her swallowed hard and subtly adjusted herself on the seat. I smir
CHAPTER 44 Salvy’s POVWarning: ViolenceI closed my fist and put my mask back up again. Keep your cool, don’t let your emotion slip.Someone brought her a chair. She was pushed on the chair and harshly untied. All my worries were lifted when the bag on her head was removed and our eyes met. She quickly sat straighter and rubbed the bruises she got from being tied.She’s not Lily. She’s Arah, the doppelganger I produced for Lily. It’s a secret tradition in our family for the Don’s lover to have a substitute, only the current and the former Don is allowed to know the real identity of the doppelganger.I personally trained and molded Arah to have the same mannerism with Lily even the stuttering of Lily was perfected by Arah. No one will be able to know for sure that she’s not Lily except me. Even William and her father might have a hard time identifying the difference. The ma