Chapter 16"You can't kill me." The words slipped out of her mouth, and she blinked.Did she really say that? No, that wasn't her.Was it because she saw him kill someone?"What did you say?" He glared and she stood up slowly.Her legs shaking as she did."Are you deaf?" He half yelled.She didn't even know the kind of confidence that was seeping into her body.It was one she had never felt before, as if she could do whatever she wanted to and get away with it."Why?" She raised her brows."I'm not deaf, neither I'm I dumb. I just hate it when someone tries to control me." She hipcupped again.She didn't want to be there. Her sister was suffering wherever she was.Chelsea was not just any kind of child. She was so small me fragile."Don't test my patience belissima." He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards himself."Why? Is your patience as thin as a needle. Don't tell me the almighty killer is not patient enough..."He grabbed her neck, pressing hard that she was choking."Leave...
Chapter 17Brian smiled.He was wrong. He was so wrong. He didn't play games, neither was he a saint. He grew up the hard way and made sure men and women respected that.Before he had given Peter Maxwell his money to squander, he had done a background check on him.Runaway wife, two children. One daughter was Twenty one and they other was Nine.He didn't care about his kids, he needed his money.Months went by and so did a month and the fucker was not back with his money.He didn't do charity, and he was never a saint.Running his hand through the background check, he smiled when his eyes caught the girl again.Earlier the year before he had gone to Russia to visit his Uncle Shen, he discovered a secret.To get his entire empire. To make the Russian and the Spanish Mafia under his legs, he had to get married.And that was one thing he never saw himself doing.Marrying a good for nothing woman, that would inturn betray him was not something he was looking up to.He didn't do love, nei
Chapter 18After the disastrous dinner, Ralda retired to her room.Her belly was full and her eyes felt dizzy.It was the first time she had eaten to her satisfaction.The dinning table being filled up was disastrous but also..nice.Her room was dark as she walked to the bed.Turning to the bed lamp, she switched on the lights and jerked up with a full force and knocked the lamp down."What... what... What are you doing here?" She asked, blinking as if she wasn't seeing him right there leaning on the wall close to her bed, at the right side where she drops her eye pinkie."I..how did you get in?" She asked again.Ralda was so sure she had locked the room before going out."It's my house. I go anywhere I want to go." He glared and she moved back.Why was he moving closer to her?"There's one thing I hate and you have to know about it. I wouldn't want you to disobey my number one rule bellisima." He began, glaring at her little figure as he moved closer and she scooted to the bed."I di
Chapter 19When Ralda woke up the next morning it was already past Twelve in the afternoon.She stood up and stretched her body. Walking to the bathroom, her eyes widened when she saw her face through the mirror. It was horrible.Her hair was messy, her eyes were puffy, her face was swollen probably due to the cries.She couldn't even sleep well last night, she had been dreaming all sort of things and in all those dreams Chelsea was either cussing her or about to stab her to death.Sighing she washed her face and took her bath.She was hungry, very hungry.She didn't want to leave her room, and let that motherfucker hurt her sister.He had told her not to talk to any of his friends but would she just keep quiet like a dumb person when they were talking to her?Walking to the window, she began to hear noise coming from the other side.Few minutes passed and the hunger was taking over her thinking.She walked to the small table beside the other side of the bed, she picked a pen and a pi
Chapter 20The party had ended and Brian was seated in his office.He flipped over the many files that was gathered on the table.Earlier when he had woken up only to hear the loud music and noise, he wanted nothing but to put Matt six feet under.The fucker had turned his house into a party. A fucking pool party. He had nothing against parties but never his house!He had wanted to stay upstairs and get some work done but the thought that his little Gattino would be out there in a pool party, splashing under water made him go down.He wanted her to disobey him. God! He had wanted to see her there with those ladies so he'd punish her to his heart content.Walking down the stairs after taking his bath, he frowned when he saw her little frame talking to two of the women in bikinis as she grabbed her maid's hand.He had wanted to see what she would actually do to take the maid away but then he had gone down the stairs and made them leave.She couldn't even talk to them but she had the gut
Chapter 21"So are you sure that was the only thing you saw Miss Ralda?" Matt asked.Ralda sighed. The man was a funny mess! Although all he did was flirt around, he was funny.She couldn't even recall what she was doing in her room before she had been dragged out to the pool to drink with him."You don't want to say it?""Are you always like these Mr Matthew?" She asked, chuckling as she recalled what they had been fighting over for the past few minutes.They were talking about some stupid shows and she had bet on Sofia Vergara only for her to lose."You lost, admit it.""I lost but if I were to take another chance, I'll still bet on the woman. I mean who doesn't love Sofia Vergara?" Ralda bursted into another fit of laughter."Well, you sure do." Matt said again, pouring wine into her glass.There was no way she'd be able to drink such an amount of wine. She was no alcoholic."I don't take much wine Mr Matt, and besides why are we even drinking? Got anything to celebrate?'"When did
Chapter 22Turning around to meet the other guy that had arrived that day with Matt, she gave a slight bow."I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were there." She coughed as she scurried away.Going to the multi shelves, she began to pick out novels she would read. Novels she would travel to and come out again.Picking the books and the genre she loved, she walked to the table and took a seat.She had never expected the library to be this huge!Who built this? It was fabulous!Grabbing the first book that had it's name printed boldly on it. She read out loud."Oath Bounded To A Mobster by Evelyn Mba."Turning around, she looked down at the other person that was curled up behind the door of the room reading as if his life depended on it.She had never seen a guy read like that? And it seemed interesting.Flipping the pages open, she began to read."Damn! He did her bad there. She isn't the one at fault. If you want Tim go get him, rather than use her as a collateral!' She yelled, rolling h
Chapter 23"What?"She was still processing the words. It was so hard to process that she stood there looking at him as if he'd spoken a different language she couldn't understand.If words made people crazy, then she was sure those words were making her crazy. She felt like sticking her palm on his face.This was not real, this was all just a sham.He was a kidnapper, a killer, a murderer, a good for nothing stupid, arrogant and foolish jerk!'You came here yourself, you owe him Five whooping million dollars.' My subconsciousness hit again."What do you mean by that?""And what do you think I mean by that?'"That's never going to happen.""It will. It will happen bellisima." He smiled, walking closer to her.Ralda took a step back. This man was surely a devil.How could he mutter those words as if they were so easy.She was going to marry him and become what? The Queen of some Mafia gang?She wasn't interested in money. Hell! She just wanted her little sister and her freedom.They co
SIX MONTHS LATEREsmeralda"I don't know what I want." I mumbled, biting hard on the Doritos Jerry had gotten me."Please just eat the Doritos and stop bothering the hell out of me." Jerry said, and scoffed.. slumping down on the couch.Tears filled my eyes as if I'd been stabbed with thousands ofn needles.How could he yell at me?"Brian!" I yelled at the top of my voice and he instantly ran down the stairs."What's wrong?" He frowned, nearing the table where I sat."Jerry yelled at me. Called me fat and plumpy, he insulted me." I cried, staring at Jerry who didn't even bother to look at us."Jerry." Brian called darkly."Don't tell me you believe whatever she says." Jerry chuckled and hissed loudly."What did you say to her?""Nothing." He mumbled and walked out of the living room.I giggled and stood up immediately."Baby." Brian gave me a weird look."I just did all that to piss him off." I sighed. "He keeps telling me to go cook with this..." I patted my belly. "Wi
Chapter 65EsmeraldaWhen we got closer to the location, Brian and they rest stopped a block away from the location.They got out of the car and Dave took me there... making it seem normal."Don't fret." Matt said, through the small listening device in my ear.When I and Dave got to the location, I stepped down and dialed the line she had used in calling me."I'll call you when I need you, Dave." I said, waving my hand and he nodded, zooming."Hello, Mom?" "You still call me Mom." She said."Well, I can't blame God for giving me a mother like you...And remember." I mumbled. "This is only for Chelsea." I said, looking around."Where are you?""I'm looking at you, a man will come up to you right now...follow him." She said."Follow who? I'll leave right now..if you don't fucking come down here." I scoffed. "After all these years, you wanna send an assistant to come bring me up?" I chuckled. "Seems like your writing business is really paying off, for you to even have a writer." I mumble
Chapter 64EsmeraldaI froze.The fuck did he just say?"My mother?" I asked to be sure Brian wasn't playing with me. "She called me? How the hell did she get my line?" I asked."That's what I'm suppose to be asking baby, how the hell did she get your line?" He walked back to his seat."And how would I know about that?" I glared at him.And then they began to speak in Italian again.Brian said less, his eyes on me the whole time he spoke..he didn't bat a lash as he watched me with his beautiful eyes."We believe that your mother may have gotten involved with the mafia and she's just a tool to get to you and then to me." Brian said, flipping the cover of the iPad that he placed on the table.Wait...what?Was Brian on crack or eggnog? The guy had been acting so weird...and I was thinking it was not only because I had slept in the tub."That's impossible." I chuckled. "My mother left my Dad and joined a writing team in Texas. Never heard from her ever since but she always sent letters t
Chapter 63EsmeraldaBrian didn't say a thing, his eyes fixed on me as his left thumb kept brushing my hair.Should I have said that?I swallowed.What if he didn't feel the same way?He had told me several times about how he cared about me.I laughed."Are you hungry?" I asked, but he said nothing."Are you?" I slowly crawled out of his arms."I'm not." He mumbled."Oh..okay. I am." I said, picking up the phone.When I was done requesting for what we wanted, I headed to the bathroom...the duvet wrapped around me.When I got into the bathroom, I shut the door close and sat on the floor, not after arranging the duvet on the counter so it wouldn't touch the watery ground.I turned on the shower and settled myself in the tub.Had I been too fast in telling him about my feelings?We were happy.Wasn't it because of love? 'No. He cared for you. Caring for someone doesn't mean love.' My subconsciousness woke up Instantly."No." I shook my head, feeling the water Cascade down my little body
Chapter 62EsmeraldaWe stood outside the balcony for hours,till the party ended, till it was midnight and till everywhere went calm and silent. Brian's hand never left my back as he pulled me closer to himself."Did you let Chelsea know that I wasn't kidnapped?" I asked."I see that you've been so happy to come here. Look how you've been smiling." He kissed my nose."I've been missing you as well and yes." I nodded. "I enjoyed staying here, you know. Nice food and quiet..""You can always stay here, you know." He cut me off, before I could even finish. "I'm sure Father would love you to stay here and help him water his garden every now and then...the old man is now weak and that's now a problem for him." Brian said."You're taking about your Father, Brian. I'm going to spank some sense into you if you don't learn how to talk...""You'll spank me?" He raised a brow. "I see that you've grown some wings just a night here." He chuckled and then added. "He's not my Father but Uncle.""Bu
Chapter 61EsmeraldaThe bright morning sun shone brightly in the room as I opened my eyes.I was missing home so badly. I was missing those arms around my body when I wake up, only to be present a creature God had taken time to create.A knock on my bedroom door made me sit up."Who is there?'"It's me, ma'am." The maid I had met yesterday said.Her name sounded weird,so I didn't recall it all."Oh.." I yawned and stood up from the bed.Today was the party right?"Come in dear." I said, pushing the duvet off me and I placed my feet on the cold ground."Ma'am." She gave a slight bow."Please... Ralda would do." I said and her eyes widened before she dropped it back to the ground."I can't Ma'am. There is a punishment that follows that." She said."Ohh." I nodded."Okay. You can call me anything that won't get you into trouble, outside but when we're in here...call me Ralda." I said.She frowned, contemplating about it before a smile brightened her face."Okay, Miss Ralda." She said."
Chapter 60BrianThe unsettling feeling crept to my guts as I watched Ralda ran out of the mall."She's going to be fine." Matt said, and shrugged as he picked Chelsea up and placed her on the counter.I glared at Matt away walking away and out of the mall to our car.When I got to the car, there was no sign of Ralda... neither was she nearby.My eyes trailed down the floor, and there was her floppy slippers and my wallet.Fuck!I took out my pocketed phone and dialed Jerry's number."I need you to track Ralda right now. She was taken." I ordered, and disconnected the call.Ever since I was little, I was trained to be a beast. A beast created and nurtured by his own family.Although my Mama was a sane woman, always did the right thing... she couldn't save me from My father.I didn't blame her when she had began to distance herself from me, cause I'd only bring her pain...when Papa would figure out she was feeding me when he asked her not to.He would beat her with a belt, gag her and
Chapter 59EsmeraldaThe car sped out of the highway to another lane.I could feel my heart thrashing in my small body.My legs and my hands were both tied together.I groaned, sitting up at the back of the car.A man was in front of me, a black mask covering his face."Sleep." Was all he said, and looked away."Please.." I whispered. "My husband can pay you whatever you want, doing this isn't what you really want and...""Another word from you Regina and I'll gag you." He said curtly.I swallowed. My knee was aching me so badly with the way I was sitting, and my back? Words couldn't even describe how much it hurts, probably because of the metal behind me.Didn't they know that I am a woman?"We're here." The emotional man said, as he leaned down to untie my hands."Don't try anything stupid sweetie, if you try to run... I'll put a bullet into your head." He said. "We wouldn't want our dearest husband to find us with a bullet between our eyes, no?"I nodded, as he untied the strong ro
Chapter 58EsmeraldaI breathed in Russia's fresh early morning air and rubbed my feet in the sand.We were leaving Russia tommorow and I was relishing the time we spent here. It was amazing, it was nice.Although Russia had many Ill memories for Brian, but I knew he was overcoming them little by little."What?" I arched a brow as he kept watching me, stick my feet into the mud."You're Twenty Three years old now, right?" He asked and I nodded."Yes, what's the point?" I asked, clearly knowing where this was headed."No, it's okay." He waved his hand in the air. "I didn't say anything." He said.I rolled my eyes.He was calling me childish."I am your child." I said."I'm Twenty Eight, I don't think it's possible to have a child of Twenty Three baby." He said curtly, taking a chair on the lawn."Flamiyo bitches.... flamiyo." I whined and gasped as if realization dawned on me right there. "I didn't know you were this old and senile." I said.His eyes flew open and met mine before a sm