As I stepped out of the dressing room I saw Matthew standing with his back facing me as he put his hands in his pocket rocking his heels, "are we going or not? I asked to get his attention, and just as expected, he turned to me, it felt like I physically saw his eyes fall out of his socket, the first thing that had to come out of the idiot's mouth is "will you marry me?" I couldn't control it as I burst into laughter, if not for my dress I would have sat on the floor,When my laughter finally calmed down I turned to him to see him smiling at me, "you know you look good but something was missing and I had to get it, you were frowning so you weren't fully dressed, and had to get a smile," he said,...cheesy I thought to myself.He bent his elbow for me to put mine but I just rolled my eyes and walked away, I heard him laugh before he followed behind me, we got into the car and drove off, we still had time to get to the party before it started, the time was showing 6:30 pm.We arrived at
Dante Lorenzo"You are telling me a whole week has gone and you haven't been able to find a single woman, are you trying to tell me that she is smarter than you all put together, you incompetent fools," Dante said as he threw everything in front of him on the ground, one single woman and his idiot men couldn't find her, he'll have to take matters into his own hands,"Bring me every footage you got from the hotel and get your incompetent selves out of my face," he said in anger, he couldn't believe he always thought he had the best men, but right now he was rethinking that belief, he gave them a week, and they couldn't give him any reasonable information, all they could tell him is that they haven't been able to recognize the face, what a waste.All the footages was brought to me and I settled in my office to watch them carefully, I had a glass of whiskey in my hand as I focus on the screen, the first footage was just a short clip of her turning her face but revealed nothing as her fac
GabrielThe Don has become more cold If that was even possible, the only person ever deserving of his attention and smile was know where to be found, as his right hand man I am not proud that I haven't been able to find his daughter, she really did a great job at hiding, or perhaps could it be that someone was helping her hide, could her friend know something about her where about but refused to tell me, maybe they've even been in contact with each other but in secret.These past few weeks I've been avoiding the boss in whatever way I could, only coming to his presence when he demanded I see him, because I knew that who ever I was to him wasn't as important as his daughter, I knew that any of these days his reserve would break and I or anyone could be at the receiving end.We had checked everything we could, and all traces and records of her ended in London, it felt like there had never existed a Cara Elena Santiago, I wonder where she was hiding, could it possibly be that she is stil
It's been two months away from the home I knew, away from my dad and everything, I would be a fool to think I've gotten away successfully, it's either they've found me and was waiting for the right time to pounce on me, at this point I didn't even give shit about anything, I was just living life while I still could.I finally got a job through Matthew, although I didn't want to accept a job that came through his help, but he wouldn't even let me complete my statement before telling it's an argument I'll lost, Matthew was like an angel sent to give me light when I was lost, I didn't want to believe that people like him existed because of the time we met, I was running away from the Italian Mafia and I just met him like that, like everything was planned out.We actually became best of friends just like he had said, he is a good looking man and I thought he was kidding when he said we were gonna be best of friends, when people ask if we're in a relationship both our reaction gives them a
After dropping her at the hospital, we made sure she was okay, we called her family and they were so grateful for helping their daughter, we said our goodbyes promising to check on her again before we left."What were you thinking?" Matthew suddenly asked, I looked at him in question because I didn't really understand what he was talking about, "don't act all innocent on me, what were you thinking acting super woman?"Oh that, I didn't know saving someone is a crime, no wonder he had been quite all this while, was he expecting me to wait till that man kills her before I did something? "So what? I shouldn't have saved her?" I asked him....."no, that's not what am trying to say," came his response, I looked at him like he was crazy then I said "then make me understand what you are actually implying,""What if something had actually happened to you before anyone arrived? he asked......I could definitely take care of myself, it's not like I was surrounded by hundred men, it's just one ma
I woke up to the sound of beeping, the sound was so annoying, "turn it off" I grumbled, I didn't know what happened after I passed out but I had an inkling of where I am, stupid hospital, damn, I hate hospitals, the smell of drugs and having to see people suffering, it just isn't a good place to be.I made an attempted to sit up, but someone held my shoulders holding me down, "rest, the doctor said you shouldn't stress," I heard Matthew's worried voice before I even attempted to open my eyes, as I pry my eyes open I was greeted by the blinding light in the room, so I quickly closed them back, "turn off the lights" I said as I opened my eyes again gently till I could adjust to the light before fully opening them."Hey," I said to Matthew, but instead of answering he took me into a hug, he worries too much, am fine now, there's nothing for him to worry about."You always like to make me worry, don't you?" he asked as he patted my head like a kid,......"first you acted super woman last n
"So what you are trying to tell me is that your mother who you thought dead for the past thirteen years just reappears out of nowhere, and you think she's pretending she doesn't recognize you and you also think she's up to something," Matthew said as he looked at me in pure shock.When I called him that I had something to tell him, he sounded very worried, when he arrived I told him to take a seat because he was gonna be needing him, I still remember him asking if I was pregnant, that he would be glad to be an uncle, I didn't have to worry about the child's dad rejection, I fell into a fit of laughter even though I was feeling nervous. He always thinks the worst.His reaction when I told him part of the truth I wanted him to know about my mom's death and all that, without mentioning anything related to the mafia, his reaction was of total shock, he didn't talk for three minutes straight and I didn't bother his silence, I wanted him to process everything."So how do I come in?" he asked
Dante Lorenzo"How could you allow that being still roam the face of the earth? she should be long dead, what do you think you're doing?" Marcus girlfriend Alecia asked, I don't know who she thinks she is to question me, I don't give a fuck what she thinks, she acts like she loves Marcus when clearly she was only with him for his money, I feel sorry for her if she had actually thought that Marcus was faithful, the idiot had his fair share of women. I don't even know when she became part of our business."Open that stupid mouth of yours one more time and I'll be filling it with bullets," I said to her daring her to do otherwise. I saw the fear in her eyes and it pleased me, that's more like it I thought darkly to myself, she knew I wasn't joking and I would have loved nothing more than for me to wipe her miserable life off the face of the earth,These past few days she has been nothing more than a nuisance, going around my house like a mourning wife, when I know it was all for show, sh
Just as he was about to stab my fingers, Mathew hit him in the head and I didn't waste time. I took a dagger from the table and plunged it into his heart and the man's eyes went round, surprised at the turn of events. “ I warned you," I said with satisfaction before the man fell to his knees and then he fell facing his side with a thud and I just moved back. “ Mathew," I said in relief as I ran to him and hugged him. “ You're burning up, let's go sit down," I said as I held his hand and we walked to the corner of the room and sat down. “ We have to look for a way to get out of this fucking place," he said with a groan as he rubbed his head. I really don't know what to do right now, these people didn't give two shits about what happens to us and right now Matthew was getting sick. I don't know what they must have done to me. “ You'll be alright, we'll surely find our way out of here," I sounded like I was actually trying to convince myself rather than him. “ There has to be…” I p
“ What is it?" The Don asked, his voice sharp and piercing like he was promising death if what he had to say wasn't worth his time.“ We know where Miss Cara is,” he said and for a minute the room became quiet like everyone was trying to process his words.“ Where is she?" The Don asked, breaking the silence as Angelo walked to him and dropped the laptop in front of him and I quickly got up from my chair to see what he had to show. “ According to one of our sources, Dante, brought in two people to one of his warehouses, a man and a woman and he was able to identify the woman as your daughter.” Angelo said."Then what are we waiting for? We have to get my daughter from that man because believe me if he does anything to hurt my daughter all hell is going to break loose,” The Don said and immediately we all took our seats so we could discuss a plan that would help us rescue Cara without any casualties. Because the Don wasn't joking when he said if anything were to happen to her hell wo
For some minutes it felt like my ears were ringing as everything my mother just said came rushing back in my head. She never really loved me, she wanted to kill me. All because of what? Could I really believe the story she was telling me? Life could be funny sometimes, imagine the woman I spent years crying over, missing her every single day thinking that she was dead. Never did I know she has been wandering this earth planning her revenge.“ Hey, hey," I heard Matthew's voice bringing me out of my thoughts.“ She's not worth it, believe me, don't let her bother you, the only thing we should be concerned about is how to get out of this hell hole, don't think too much," Matthew said and I nodded. He drew me to his chest as his arms protectively wrapped around me.“ Everything will be alright Shorty, everything will be fine," he said, dropping a kiss on my head. It didn't seem to me like things will be alright. I felt like I've been lied to all my life and I was scared to find out who
Matthew!!!Just in time before the knife could reach Matthew, I hit the button just below him. I didn't even notice there was one before, it just happened at the last minute, and it was a fifty fifty decision. How the idea to hit that button came is beyond me, but I just knew something told me to try. The bastards knew what they were doing when they told me to pull out the knife or my friend dies at the given time, they just wanted to keep me occupied with trying to to pull out the knife from it hold rather than try to look for a way to free Matthew from his chains, they were just playing me, they knew I didn't have enough time to figure out how to remove the knife, my focus should have been on freeing Matthew from his chains before the time up. Matthew tried to catch his breath and I could just imagine what was going on in his mind, I just couldn't believe I was mere seconds from losing my best friend and it was right before my eyes but luckily I could do something about it. Those
It's your mother.I looked at Matthew in shock, I didn't understand what I just heard."I understand that we were supposed to do some finding on her before we found ourselves in this mess, so how did she end up here?" I asked him in confusion,"That I cannot answer, but what I have to say is that your intuition was right all along, she was just pretending not to know you, she's was planning something all along" he said as he flexed his jaw, "those cowards practically used me as their punching bag, bunch of morons,""Am really confused Att, why do you think she's working with him, what is she aiming at?.....This also means he already knows my father is the Mexican Don, the more reason for him to keep me, am sure he thinks my father sent me," I said as I exhale in exhaustion, am so hungry, now am thinking back to all the times I've deliberately not eaten even though food was just in front of me, I was currently facing "appreciate what you have till you have it no more."At least I had
I think as I saw the man in front of me no matter how strong I've been holding up my facade grumbled a little, as I felt tears gathered in my eyes, I wasn't wrong when I said addressing him as Dante was too human a name to call him, evil beast was just perfect.The man in front of me, the only man who had shown me what having a real friend felt like, the one man I promised not to get involved in my mess was laying on the ground in front of me, his beautiful blonde hair a mess,Matthew didn't deserve this, I was the enemy not Matthew, he could do what ever he wanted to do to me, but he should count Matthew out of this, if I had been a good friend I would have tried every means possible to reach him, all these while I just concluded that he was busy with work, I should have known that something was wrong, but like the stupid friend I was, I didn't notice, how can I call myself a friend, Matthew was my family, he became a shoulder for me to lean on, never letting a tear drop from my ey
I was a trembling mess inside but there was no way I was going to show that, I would keep my sass till I die, I wouldn't die a scared cow,"Why don't you go ahead and start the fire?" I asked, that was a stupid thing to even say, but I wasn't even thinking at the moment so am not sure what was even coming out of my mouth,I suddenly felt a tight grip on my jaw, it hurt as hell coupled with my uncomfortable position,..."I didn't come here to have a chit chat with you, so mind what you say, the reason I haven't granted your wish is because I see that as being merciful to you, so watch your tongue or I might as well take it off your mouth and send you to hell," he threatened, you can say I've lost all sanity because after being warned not to talk I still opened my mouth to speak,"Not like I wanted to have a chit chat with you, if you had just died like you were supposed to, we wouldn't be here right now," I said, I think I striked a nerve with that because I heard him give an order to s
I haven't heard any news from Matthew in three days, I wanted to worry but told myself that perhaps he was just very busy, there's isn't a day we don't speak to each other, but when I called his brother Derek he told me he haven't heard from him too, he told me it was normal because sometimes when the work load get too much for him, he takes some days away from everyone and everything that could distract him and until he was done with his work he wouldn't come out.I took the day off from work because I caught a cold and didn't want to be sneezing around at work, I'll just chase all the customers away.Since the day I met my mother at the grocery store, I haven't been able to go back to buy the remaining things I couldn't get, I wasn't even in the mood to go shopping, I just needed fresh air, I think the beach would do me good.I went inside my room to get myself ready as I packed everything I would be needing for the beach, my swim suit and mat to lay on, I also packed some snacks,
"Don we have him,"That message was enough to take me back to sleep as I couldn't wait to return back to Italy, each day was drawing closer to when Cara would finally pay for what she did.The next morning, I woke up and got myself ready as I instructed Marshall to tell the pilot to get the jet ready, my business here was already settled, I have to take care of other things.We got on the plane as we flew back heading to Italy."When did they bring him in?" I asked Marshall,........."yesterday morning sir," he said to me as he adjusted his seat belt.Yesterday morning, which means he had spent a day with my men already, I wonder if they already know he is missing, but I guess not, the asshole has a crazy work schedule that when he disappears for days they all think he has taken time of to finish his pending work, they need not worry though, he is safe with me.When we arrived Italy, we drove straight to my warehouse and again I head to the dungeon, well I call it that, what do you cal