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Alexia Skylar HaleWe made our way to the cell where Mason was being held. Tied to a chair, Mason was almost unrecognisable. He was covered in blood and the sight of Mason beaten badly was such a... Sight."Mason," Ace spoke, "I hear you're causing trouble? Why my friend? Isn't our hospitality amazing enough?" He joked, heading towards a table containing different kinds of knives and guns."Son of bitch!", Mason spat blood out of his mouth."I take it you're not liking it here?" I asked, walking over to Ace. Grabbing a small but sharp knife, i turned to Mason. I walked to him and placed the knife on his finger."Go to hell." He said, not showing any sign of fear."Listen—", i started, "I'll ask you a question and if you don't answer, your finger goes. Deal?"From the corner of my eAlexia Skylar Hale"Ready." I breathed out, looking at myself in the mirror. I wore a black plain dress, revealing my right leg, with black heels.Heading downstairs, i saw Ace waiting for me while doing something on his phone. Guy looked hot, not gonna lie. He wore a black suit.Hearing my heels clicking on the ground, he lifted his gaze from his phone to mine. "You look beautiful." He complimented."Not so bad yourself." I replied as he took my hand in his and we walked to his car."Guys, let's move." Ace yelled and some men entered the four black SUV which were going to follow us for safety measures.Within a matter of minutes, we finally reached the house. After parking his car in the garage, we made our way into the house."Son!", Ace's father exclaimed, bringing him into a hug. "Dad." Ace smiled, returning the hug. "Alexia, sweetheart. Thanks for coming." Vincenzo turned to me, giving me a hug and a smile
"Hey, baby!" Arielle squealed before standing up and picking up the little boy.As if noticing my confused face, Arielle gave me a smile. "Meet my son, Liam."I returned the smile and looked at the little boy, "Hello, Liam." Instead of replying, he smiled at me shyly and hid his face in his mother's neck. "Liam," Arielle warned, "Be nice. She is mommy's friend, okay?" Liam nodded before turning back to me. "Hi, What's your name?""Alexia." I smiled"Mine is Liam," he replied and held up 3 fingers infront of me, "Im 3 years old.""You have a beautiful name." I stated and his cheeks went red as he smiled while me and the others let out a chuckle."Thank you. You're soo prettyy." He trailed off as i muttered a quick 'Thanks'As soon as Arielle put him on the ground, he looked up at me, grabbing my hands. "Will you play with me?""Sure," I smiled and took his hands in mine after standing up. "Let's go." Once
Alexia's POVI woke up to a bright light hitting me on my face. I turned in the opposite direction and was hit with a hard thing. I groaned and slowly open my eyes only for it to widen at the sight infront of me. The hard thing was Ace's chest. His arms were around mine and my head were on his chest. I quickly got up from the bed and was met with a very wide awake Ace. I took a quick glance at the clock. It was still 5:30.He seemed slightly amused at my distressed. "Morning, Amore." He smirked.I gulp at his morning voice which was hot. "Why am i in your room? What happened last night? Was i drunk?" I mentally facepalm myself remembering i was not drunk last night. I didn't have any drinks. Last thing i remember was watching sponge bob with Liam and falling asleep on his bed.I almost smiled at the thought of Liam being such a nice kid when my eyes met with myself in the mirror beside me. "Who the fuck changed me?" I asked, freaking out on the inside
Alexia's POVAfter doing my business in the toilet, i returned back to an empty bed. Ace was gone. To say i was disappointed would be an understatement. But then again, this was very much expected. Yesterday and this morning, he was someone i barely recognised and i really liked that side of him. Kicking the thoughts about Ace out of my mind, I went to take a shower and changed into black top, a pair of denim shorts then made my way downstairs. I was greeted with the whole family except Ace who was not sitting at his usual seat around the table. Even Zayn was here. My eyes wandered around the kitchen and stopped on someone i never saw before holding Liam. "Xia—", Liam yelled as i earned everyone's attention and smiled at his nickname for me. "Goodmorning." I greeted while entering the kitchen and received a bunch of 'morning' in return."Alexia," Arielle walked to me, ".Meet my husband, Mike." She pointed to the guy holding Liam.I looked
Ace's POVI fucking hate myself. I was rude, I know. I had to be rude. I can't let myself develop feelings for someone. For some reason, Alexia made me feel things I've never felt before with a girl. Never have I slept as good as I did last night with her by my side. I smiled at the memories of her in my arms but then frowned as soon as i realise i just fucked everything up.I can't let myself care for her. I hate her, despise her but do i really?Of course you do. Just stay away from her.It's been about 30 mins since that happened. I was currently in the car driving back to the main house. Once reached, I made my way to the meeting room where Zayn gathered everyone. Apparently like he said before, someone stole one of our crates which contained the guns. I paid millions for those shits. I cannot let whoever did this get away with that. I entered the room and everyone was already in their seats. My eyes looked for Alexia but s
Alexia's POVI was so pissed with Ace right now. I wanted to shoot him. I wanted to kill him. I fucking hate that bastard. Everytime he comes close to me, my body reacts like crazy. I fucking hate that feeling. It makes me feel like someone is controlling me and i cannot do anything about it. I should find whoever that motherfucker who has been messing with me and Ace and kill whoever it is once and for all. Then, i won't have to deal with Ace and his fucking mood swings. I left that meeting with all eyes on me and i couldn't give two fucks. He knew i was pissed, yet, he snapped at me infront of his men. All i did was return the favour. After all, i also have a reputation to uphold. Laying on the bed, i took out my phone and went on social media for a bit. I don't really use that shit but when im bored, i do. Suddenly, i was interrupted by a knock on the door. Getting off the bed, i opened the door to reveal a nervous Zayn who was scratching hi
Alexia's POVI stood infront of the door leaning against it as I watched Ace talking to Zayn, Alex and Harry while the others guys were getting the car ready."Alexia." Alex acknowledged me a little too loud which made everyone's gazes snap on me. Some of the men were whispering probably thinking i could not hear them. "Damn she looks sooo hot""She'd look good on my bed""I want her""Look at that perfect body" "Fucking sexy" I looked at Ace and saw him staring at me with clenched fist and jaw. I raised a questioning eyebrow at him.What the fuck is his problem?"Ready?" I asked as i approached Zayn standing next to him infront of Ace. "When do we leave?" "What the fuck are you wearing?", Ace questioned with a clenched jaw as his eyes roamed around my outfit. I rolled my eyes at his question. "An outfit. What else? Are you blind?"*******************************Ace's
Ace's POVAfter about 30 minutes, we reached the docks. It was indeed a long ride, according to Zayn."Are you all in position?", i asked through the ear piece earning a 'Yes boss' from everyone. "Yup." Zayn, Alexia, Harry and Alex said beside me. We were all hiding behind the crates, waiting for that guy to come and steal them. After waiting for about 10 long minutes, a man dressed in black picking up a crate caught our attention. "That's our target," i whispered loud enough for them to hear me through the earpiece. "Circle him. Now." And as ordered, the man was circled in no time. "Please don't kill me," He pleaded, "I'm just doing what I'm told to do.""Boss, what do we do?" One of my men asked through the earpiece. Without replying, i walked out from my hiding area and stood infront of the unknown guy."Take him and lock him up," i shrugged, "I'll interrogate him later." Nodding, he grabbed the man by hi
Alexia's POVIts been 3 days since i returned home from the hospital after giving birth. Everyone loves Alec, specially Liam who is spending all his time with him."Hey, come with me." Ace said, grabbing my hand, leading me to the garden. I raised a questioning eyebrow at him before asking, "What's wrong?" Instead of replying, he asked me to stop and handed me a blindfold. "Here, blindfold yourself." I decided not to question him considering my previous question was left unanswered and put the blindfold on. "Now what?"He placed his hands in mine and guided me through i don't know what cause im not seeing anything. "Where are you taking me?" I asked and again, he did not answer. He stopped walking and said, "Remove your blindfold." I sighed before removing the blindfold. To my surprise, everything was well decorated. Candles were placed around the pool and i was standing on rose petals. Everything was absolutely breathtaking. I turned a
Alexia's POVIt's been 8 months. 8 months since I found out Im pregnant. We were having a boy and I was due next week. I have had a lot of support. My parents were so happy when I told them and Ace has been supporting me and dealing with my cravings. I don't know how he didn't become mad as I was mad at myself. Right now I was laying on the bed with Ace next to me. "What should we name him?" I asked and turned to Face Ace. He thought for a while and suggested "How about Alec?" "Alec De Santis" I trailed off. "I like it" "You do?" He asked and smiled"Yeah." I assured him and he placed a kiss on my lips. "I love you" "I love you too".5 days passed since we chose our baby boy's name. I was in his room which zayn, Alex, Harry, Arielle, Mike, Vincenzo and Grace decorated for unborn baby. "Its beautiful" I stated as they smiled. They were all happy. We were one big happy family. I'm sur
Alexia's POVI came out of the bathroom and was met with an extremely impatient Arielle, walking around. "So?", She almost screamed but immediately stopped when i glared at her. I sighed, "It's positive." She let out a squeal and brought me into a bone crushing hug. "Oh my god!" "Keep it down!", i whisper yelled, " I want to tell Ace first." She nodded, grinning."I have an idea." Arielle snapped me out of my thoughts on how Ace will react. I looked at her, waiting for her to continue, "Ace's birthday is tomorrow. Plan a birthday party for him even though I know he hates it but he won't say anything to you. Then surprise him with the news." She suggested with a grin. "What if he doesn't want the baby?" I frowned thinking of the possibilities."I know my brother. That's not who he is and he loves You, Alexia. I've seen it in his eyes. For the first time in years, I've seen a light in his eyes. A light. You, you are th
Alexia's POVIt's been two weeks. Two weeks since the Lebanese and Australian Mafia attacked us. Two weeks since we merged our mafias and everything have been going on perfectly. I groaned as i looked the clock, showing it was 8:02 am. I placed my hand over my mouth as i felt nauseous. Without wasting time, i got off the bed and ran to the bathroom, kneeled down by the toilet and threw all the contents of my stomach out. I looked at it in disgust before flushing it. I washed my mouth and sighed before going back to bed. "Sweet Jesus.""What's wrong?" Ace asked in a hoarse voice, his eyes still closed. "Nothing you should worry about." I assured him and tried to sleep again but couldn't. I decided to go take a shower and go downstairs to prepare breakfast for everyone. I was bored anyway. Once in the kitchen, I started making pancakes before they all wake up which should be at 9:00 am sharp. At least, that's what I noticed for
Alexia's POVIt was finally the day. The day when we tell everyone that we will be merging our two mafias. The day we make more enemies ever. "Ready?" Ace asked as i wore my dress. "Ready". "Let's go downstairs, everybody's waiting for us to go together to the main house. Zayn said your guys are already there, waiting for their queen" Ace said with a smirk. "Lets go then." I said as we both walked together downstairs."Are you ready?" Grace asked with a smile earning a nod from me.We were all in different cars heading to Ace's main house. For now, we had to manage to fit them all in only one house. It was large but not large enough for two mafias. Ace had another house under construction. It's huge, ive seen the picture. ~The house was packed. There were men in every corner of the house. The second Ace and i entered the house, all of them stopped whatever they were doing and looked at us."Al
Alexia's POVIts been 1 hour since the meeting. I was now on my way back to Ace's house. He called me earlier saying that he already spoke to his men for the party tomorrow. Once i was home, i made my way directly upstairs where Ace was waiting for me, laying on the bed. Once he saw me entering the room, he patted the space next to him. "Hey, Amore." I shook my head, "I need a shower first." He smirked and asked, "Want company?" "Nope." I gave him an innocent smile before slamming the bathroom's door shut. After 10 minutes, i came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around me. All my clothes have been moved to Ace's room as he asked me to stay here from now on."Quite the view here." Ace said, amused. I rolled my eyes at him with a smile playing on my lips before opening the cupboard to find something to wear. While choosing my outfit, i felt a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist."You know you're so f
Alexia's POVI was now at Ace's house, in his room, getting ready to go the my main house. I still can't believe this is happening, ive been preparing my whole life to take over the mafia. My father never wanted this but he had to fulfil his duty as a leader. He always wanted to lead a normal life but you know, it was his responsibilty and now its mine. "Are you good to go?" Ace asked as he looked at me. I wore a black outfit. Black is my favorite colour and i felt like wearing it. "Yeah" i nodded. "I'll tell them about the party we'll hold to become one.""Italian/American mafia. Do you realise we'll be the most powerful mafia in the entire world? We'll have tons of enemies and i already have many enemies. We'll be in constant danger... You sure you wanna do this, Amore?" Ace asked. I know what we were signing up for. I nodded and said "we're in this together, right?" "Always, Amore." He replied, leaning closer to kiss me w
Alexia's POVMy eyes widened as i saw Daniella with a gun pressed against my mom's head. Our mom's head. "Daniella?" My mother sighed sadly. "Daniella what the fuck do you think you're doing? Let your mother go!" My father snapped, glaring at her. "Go and stand there where the others are standing or i'll shoot her." Danielle hissed and gestured towards me, where everyone was standing. My father walked to us then turned to face Daniella again."Daniella. Let her go." I demanded. "It's all because of you. You were the perfect daughter. You are famous. You ard loved and now you will be the mafia leader when this should have been me. I should be the one leading with Ace, Not You!" Daniella hissed angrily."Then take me and let mom go." I suggested, making her stop talking. She thought for a while and ignored me."You passed every fucking training. You were good at it. I sucked at everything. And now, you'll be m
Ace's POVShe loved me. After everything i did, she still loved me. I can't lose her, i just can't. We arrived in the hospital, my hospital shortly after She lost conciousness. Right now, she was in the middle of getting the bullet removed. She lost a lot of blood, i was covered in her blood. I sat on the chair outside the room she was in and waited. I was waiting for the doctor to come out and tell me she is going to be fine. "Oh son—" My mon came and hugged me. She has been crying, just like everyone else, including myself. My eyes were probably red by now. "We're losing her—" One of the nurses yelled from inside. No, this can't be happening. She can't give up. "Mom, I love her. If she dies, i won't be able to live with myself." I admitted to my mom who came to sit next to me. "She's a fighter, Ace. She won't give up." She assured me. "That stupid bullet was meant for me. She saved me. I should have been the one