All Chapters of THE MAFIA KING’S ADDICTION: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

VALENTINA’S POV I knelt in front of my parents and elder brother’s graves with tears rolling down my eyes as I reminisced about how life was when they were still alive and we lived happily. We were the Di Maria family living peacefully and minding our business. My brother Taviano Di Maria would always take me to a river on the outskirts of our city telling me that we'd get to see a mermaid because he knew I loved mermaid tales. My Dad was a businessman who was benevolent enough to show my uncle, his younger and only brother Santiago Di Maria his way of business and they both excelled together. When I was 5 years old, we were all going on a holiday when armed men ambushed us on the same bridge my brother Taviano used to take me to, and the armed men began shooting at us. My mum Rosalia Di Maria pushed me into the river to save me before they shot her. Luckily a woman saved me and took me to my Uncle Santiago when she saw the news on TV that they were searching for me. My

RICARDO’S POV The person I saw sitting on the chair being mishandled and roughly tied to the chair was none other than Valentina, the woman who saved me. “Boss, isn't that the lady whose house we came to pick you up from earlier today? I mean the one who saved you?'' Angelo whispered to me. Angelo also recognized her, so that meant I wasn't just imagining things. Before I could order my men to wait before removing the blindfold from Valentina, they removed it. Her purple eye which I liked a lot popped open but she squinted trying to adjust her sight. I stood rooted where I was, utterly confused and not knowing what to do, but still, not even for a second did I remove my eyes from her. Her eyes widened with realization when she made direct eye contact with me. “ Mr?“ She asked as she scanned everyone standing around me with a gun and her gaze lingered on my bloodstained hands and shirt with fear. She then turned, seeing blood on the floor and the dead men with their brains shot ou

VALENTINA POV When I looked to see who it was while I struggled to set myself free, I wouldn't say I was surprised to see that it was the lady with a lot of piercings who was trying to strangle me. As far as I was concerned I couldn't trust anyone in this gang that kidnapped me. So It didn't come as a surprise to me to see the lady looking at me with hatred written all over her face as she tried to strangle me. I tried to shove her away from me but she was stronger than me. I began to gasp for breath as her grip on my neck became tighter, and my sight began to get blurry. I guess this was the way I was supposed to die, I stopped struggling with the lady whom I didn’t even know her name yet. I gave up and just let her choke me. Before I finally embraced Abyss, I saw Ricardo running towards me with blood stains on his shirt and then I blanked out. ************** My eyes fluttered open but due to the bright light which illuminated the room, I closed them again and waited a few seco

VALENTINA’S POV I didn't like how Ricardo suddenly left my room after giving me the pasta which he dished out for me by himself. I wondered what was so important that made him dash out of my room when we were in the middle of a serious discussion. Then I gasped when realization dawned on me. Could it be that my uncle had come to take me home? I literally jumped out of bed in happiness and walked to the door of my room. In movies and books which I read in the past about Mafia gangs. When a person was kidnapped, they were always locked in a room. I became discouraged when I thought about that but then again, those were just books and movies. So I decided to try my luck and turned the doorknob in a bid to open the door. My eyes widened when I heard the shrieking sound the door made and I slowly opened the door. For him to have forgotten to lock the door means he must have really been in a hurry. I peeped outside to be sure none of his men were in sight. When I saw no one in the hall

VALENTINA’S POV When the guy and two men came to carry Ricardo up, Ricardo began gasping for air. As if that wasn’t enough we heard noises coming from the side of the house. I was too focused on helping the wounded to pay attention to what was the cause of the noise. So I rushed inside the house with the men who helped carry Ricardo’s body inside. Ricardo was still gasping for breath and I was worried that he might go into a coma or he might even die. So I told them to place him on the table in his sitting room. His men laid him on the table and I rushed to his side. “Calm down Ric, you’re not gonna die today. Not while I’m here. Just try to take calm breaths okay?“ I said to him and he nodded his head frantically as he tried to take calm breaths. “I am Angelo. Thank you for what you did out there. Please let me know whatever you need right now to stabilize him,“ The guy who came to pick Ricardo up from my house said to me with a look of gratitude on his face. So that was his nam