AUTHOR'S POVThe Next Day"There has been no response from her still." Giovanni shook in his rage before palming his face and taking in a shaky breath. "With every second and minute that passes, there's a risk that Rio is going through hell. There is a chance that he is dying or that he is dead even. How many texts have you sent?" He asked, letting his hands off his face. "Five texts in total now, sir and there has been no response to any of them""I see... Clearly, Rosaline Massimo is just as stubborn and cruel as her uncle. Is there a way I can meet her without Russo knowing about it?""About that, I cannot be too sure sir.""Send her another message. Be pathetic as possible, don't hold back. I am in this pathetic situation right now so don't hold back, I don't need the honour and the pride, I just need my son. I can do with the humiliation this time.""Yes sir. I will send another text""Soon, I won't be the one in this pathetic position. Russo will also feel the pains I am feel
ROSALINE Russo had gone out. He had something to take care of and he said he was going to be back soon. Something told me that Russo didn't go out for official business. He had gone out to take care of some personal business and while I understand fully well that an adult would have personal business to take care of, I could not help my curiousity. Had Russo gone out to see the woman from the charity event? Would he give me a response if I asked him about her now? I mean after the whole misunderstanding thing happened, he would probably not want more misunderstandings between us so he would tell me who she really is, right? Or was he out for something else and I was just here thinking to that woman everytime? I don't know why I found it so hard to forget that woman. To forget her, I had to know her who she was first. And the thoughts that kept getting into my head about Russo recently were... Were thoughts I was a bit scared of. I tucked my hair behind my ears and fo
RUSSO EL MASSIMO"Russo El Massimo?" Mr. McAllister gasped my name on seeing me, seated on his couch in his room. "Hello, Mr. McAllister" I gave him a grin I wasn't so sure he liked. Well, he clearly wasn't going to be liking a lot of things tonight. His gaze dropped down to the gun in my hand and he took a step back. "Oh, c'mon now. You aren't afraid of a gun, are you? I mean, it's just a gun." I flipped the gun in my hands. "Sit down." I ordered, letting go of the fake grin. "Al... Alright" he pulled himself together and sat opposite me. "So you sent Rosaline some messages and a video clip, right?" I asked, starting the seeming interrogation. "I... Did she tell you about this?" He replied and I groaned. "I don't want to have to use the gun on you, McAllister. Don't ask me questions, just respond to my questions.""Y-yes, I did." He replied to my earlier question. "Good. And what was your aim?" I asked even though I knew already what it was. "To... To get her to become CEO
ROSALINE 'I will never fall in love with you, Rosaline' those words stuck to my head. Did I really hear them from him? Or was it just in my sleep? Was it a short dream?It could not be a dream though cause I know Russo had carried me into his bed right after that and had tucked me in, to sleep. Right now, I was awake in the middle of the night. I could feel Russo beside me, holding my body to his. Slowly, I opened my eyes and glanced up at his face.Of course he would never fall in love with me because it would make no sense for him to fall in love with me. No matter what, I can't clear away the fact that Russo is my uncle and I am his niece. Of course, love would never work between us and of course, I wasn't in love with him too. I... I hoped so. But it just didn't feel right to hear him tell me that he would never fall in love with me. Perhaps I had somehow got entangled in the delusion that there could ever be more between us. Somehow, a delusion had grown in me that Russo lik
ROSALINE I was very busy at work. Though the leave had been an official leave and it had been properly filled in for, there was still a lot to do. The CEO and the manager being off work for a week had sure left its impacts. For the past few hours, I had been busy with my head buried in work. I had attended two meetings and I had gone through loads of documents. Taking a short break, I picked my phone up to play some relaxing music but decided against it as I thought of Russo. After he had answered me about his step sister, he had not said any other thing to me. Throughout the ride to work, he said nothing to me and I had remained quiet too. And we went out separate ways immediately we alighted from the car. He had seemed suddenly distant and cold and I knew that was definitely because I had made him talk about a topic he had probably been burying for a long time. He probably didn't want to think about anything that had to do with his step sister but I had made him. I sig
ROSALINE Hell! We had been caught! And Rick was the one who caught us! Oh no! Oh....My thoughts cleared off when Russo curled his fingers inside my pussy at the same time he reached my clit with his thumb. What the fuck was he doing?! Rick was right in front of us! "I... Ru..." I tried to speak up but hell, I could not... Not with those fingers and not with my clit being stimulated at the same fucking time. My vision of Rick dimmed as I felt the familiar feeling of my climax. Fuck! I was going to cum!No... No! I could not...I threw my head back and as much as I tried not to fucking moan, I still did! "Daddy!" I moaned as I came on his fingers. Past my hazy sight, I could see the angry look on Rick's face as he stormed off. I wanted to call him back, tell him things weren't as he had seen it but only moans left my quivering lips until I finished cumming. Fingers pulled out of my pussy as my feet settled on the ground. Few seconds passed and I watched as Russo licked his finge
RUSSO EL MASSIMO 'Keep it in check, Russo. Keep your anger in check. Hold it back.'"Fuck!!" 'This is just stupid' 'I am regretting this' those words were haunting my head right now. I could hear it being repeated over and over again and no amount of me trying to push it out of my head was working. Caramia was regretting US.I was so furious at the moment. I hated the pain that seemed to come from my chest, I hated how angry I was. Our relationship was stupid?! Us fucking was stupid?! It should have never been?!Why the fuck should we never have been?! We were fucking perfect together!Fuck! I should have known better. "You called for me, boss" the door opened and Matteo walked in. "Ensure no press releases any news of any scandals about me or Rosaline. And the Rick guy, monitor his social media accounts. If he makes an attempt to reveal something there, have it taken down immediately and let me know about it." I ordered. "Yes, boss. But may I ask a question?""If that question
ROSALINE I walked in, with slow steps, my eyes still a bit puffy from all the crying. I was so tired and so exhausted. It was more of a mental and emotional exhaustion though and I knew. I just wanted to go get in my bed right now, rethink my entire life and fall asleep and hope I sleep for long. But getting to the living room and finding Russo waiting for me there was evidence that my night wouldn't be as simple as me crashing in my bed and going to sleep. Or maybe he would ignore me and let me simply walk away, after all I had told him that I regretted us ever being together and he had looked quite hurt that I said that. "You are finally back. How did your meeting with your best friend go?" Russo questioned. He wasn't ignoring me. Somehow, I found relief in that. I am fucked up, I know. "It was good " I responded simply and was going to walk past but he called me back. "Pick the documents on the table and sign them." I glanced at the table and found some documents there. I
PIETRO GIACOMETTI I hated the noise. No matter how quiet they tried to be, they could not be quiet enough for me. I didn't just hate the noise, I hated the smiles on their faces and I hated how free they were, running around. If there was anything I wanted to do right now, I wanted to tie them all to a tree and drench them in fuel and watch them shake in fright while I played with a lighter. The children of the workers in our home. My mother was the reason they were here, she was the only one who thought it was a good idea to have a home built for all our workers, where they could live with their family. I shaded the drawing I was making. A drawing of a dying man with his toes chopped off. The inspiration for the drawing? Watching my dad chop toes off a pathetic man last night. "Who are you?" I heard the children ask in one loud voice. I raised my gaze and saw them gathered around a tree. A little girl was sitting under the tree, a drawing book in her hands too. I had never not
The Wedding ROSALINE MASSIMO With gentle and steady steps, I walked down the aisle. Every step I took was calculated. The wedding organising had included the aisle walk training. My dress flowed down and with every step, the several yards of dress flowed after me. A sparkly white dress, with red roses splashed all over the flowing part of it. My gaze was fixated on Russo who was standing at the altar, waiting for me. He was staring at me with a loving look on his face and I couldn't stop the smile on my face too even though my smiles could not be seen under the veil I was wearing. In the past, if I ever pictured a wedding, it would be Russo walking me down the aisle to another man but it was the opposite now and I couldn't be happier. The venue had been beautifully decorated to specifically match my taste. A warm golden light lit up the place and the aisle, long and spread with rose flowers. I was holding a bouquet of Juliet roses. I finally got to Russo and he reached a
ROSALINE "She's so adorable, isn't she? I had so much fun today. Making her happy made me happy too." I giggled as we walked into our room, Russo's hands on my waist. "Seeing you this happy makes me happy too, fairy godmother" Russo said with a chuckle. I was still dressed in the fairy godmother costume and still had the wand in hand. "Come, come over here" I motioned him to come stand in front of me.His hands slid, changing position until he was in front of me, holding my waist still. The fact that he wasn't letting go of my waist made me feel sweet. "This sweet fairy is going to bless you" "Hmm, and how am I getting blessed?" He asked, a hint of smile on his face. "With a beautiful sprinkle of happiness" I waved the wand all over him. "The wand isn't enough to give me happiness""Really? Then what will make you happy?""The fairy herself" he replied and picked me up from the floor. I laughed softly as he lifted me and didn't let go until he dropped me on the bed and got ab
AUTHOR'S POVRick sat at the diner, phone on the table and a bag by his side. It took only about a minute of waiting before Melinda walked in the diner door. Her eyes looked around for a second before they settled on Rick. She walked over to him and sat opposite him. "Are you okay?" Was her first question. She had a worried expression on her face. "Well, quite so" Rick shrugged his shoulders lightly."You've been distant for the past few days and you don't look too good" Melinda noted out, referring to the bruises on his face and Rick simply pressed his lips into a thin line for the next few seconds. "Should I have remained close, then?" He finally spoke, directing his gaze to her. "Tim is no longer with me. He... He is unwilling to let go of what happened." Melinda sighed softly. "As it should be. You ruined whatever was left of this entire friendship, Melinda." Rick accused. "Don't put the entire blame on me" Melinda shook her head lightly. "Then whom do I put it on? Tim? Fo
ROSALINE I was frozen against the wall, my ears ringing and my heart thumping at the words I had just heard. I knew it. I just knew that it wasn't supposed to be a date only! "You..." I found my voice under his searching eyes. "You were going to ask me to marry you? Not just become your girlfriend officially?" I asked and he pressed up against me, making me feel the hard on from his completely drenched trousers. "I know what I want, Cara. And you also want me, there's no need to take the longer route, is there?"My heart was pounding. He was right. I was never going to let go of him so why in the world should we take the longer route?!"I... Well, you said you wanted to ask me to marry you. Do you still want to ask me to marry you? I mean, is the proposal still valid?" I asked, my words a jumble. My brain was turning into a mush at this point and it wasn't my fault!"You know that proposal is forever valid" he lifted my chin up with a finger. I couldn't take the burst of joy in m
ROSALINE I pulled my blood stained shirt off gently and looked at Russo who was getting rid of the blood soaked shirt he had on. I hadn't let him go back in there to finish up like he had said he wanted to. I had insisted that he come home with me right away because I needed him and I was glad he came home with me. Diane was still asleep and I wanted us both clean from the blood before the little girl would wake up. "Cara" Russo's hands gently touched my waist and I shut my eyes lightly at the feel of his fingers. It made me feel at peace and I didn't hesitate before leaning in to his bare chest and feeling the warm of him. He wrapped his arms around me."Russo" I whispered his name. "Let's take a bath together" I whispered and he took a step back almost instantly. I grumbled the loss of his warmth around me. "No, Cara. You go take a bath first and I'll go in after you or I'll go use another room." He said and my brows furrowed. I turned back to face him, the look of confusion
ROSALINE “Russo, pick up the goddamn call!” I yelled at the phone but again, my call wasn’t picked. There was no doubt that Russo was ignoring my calls. He intended to kill Rick and he didn’t want to be stopped by me. But I needed to stop him. “Get a car” I puffed out, a hand returning to my waist. If Russo had said he was going to be back in an hour, then that meant he was very close by. He definitely had to still be in the estate. In some other building entirely, in one of those buildings that seemed more like ornamental buildings cause no one ever lived in them. “The car” I mumbled as a car pulled over in front of me. I pulled the door open and got into the car, feeling slightly dizzy. I groaned and held my forehead for a second before getting an idea. “Where are we off to ma’am?” The guy in the driver seat asked. “Every notable building in this estate until I find Russo but before you start driving, let’s try something out. You are going to have to do something for me.” I s
NOTE: This chapter contains elements of violence. RUSSO EL MASSIMO “Where is Dark Caster and Rick?” I asked the first question as I walked into the torture chamber. “They are yet to be brought here, boss. However, the men contacted me few minutes ago and they know the precise location of Rick. It is only a matter of time before he is brought in.” Sian explained. “Fasten things up. He has to be dead before the end of today. None of them are going to be alive by the end of today.” I let my gaze travel around the tied down men. I undid the first two buttons of my shirt and rolled my sleeves up. “You and you…” I pointed at two of my men who were standing in the torture chamber. “You are yet to perfect your chopping skills, right? Get to it but pull out each of their teeth first. I want to hear every scream that comes from each tooth being pulled off. Then you sew their mouths close and proceed with the chopping. Learn well from using these lab rats.” “Yes, boss” They chorused in r
ROSALINEI was more than surprised to see that Rick was calling me after the fight we had had the last time. He had made it quite clear that our friendship was totally over. Had he heard about what happened to me somehow and decided to check up on me? If he had heard about it, then the call was definitely valid because the Rick I knew would call to make sure I was okay no matter how huge the fight we are having. Still unsure of the exact purpose of the call, I picked the call and put the phone to my ear. "Rick?" I called his name. "Rosa" he mentioned my name like he was out of breathe. "Are you okay?""No, are you okay?" He shot the question back to me, an indication that he somehow knew what had happened to me last night. "I am fine. How do you know about what happened?" I asked because I was pretty sure that Russo didn't do things for the public to find out. And I hadn't called any of our mutual friends to inform them about this either. "Listen, Rosa. I am very sorry" he ap