All Chapters of The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

MAY 2022 ~LANA~ "You have coronary artery disease. It causes the blood vessels to your heart to narrow and limit blood flow..." The doctor's voice echoed in my ears as I sat there and saw my life flash right before my eyes. I was 24 years old and barely had anything in my name to leave a legacy behind. "What do I do?" I gathered all my strength and looked at the doctor, trying so hard not to shed a tear. "You will need a heart transplant. Or else, you have a year or less than that to live." A year to live? "Oh, so how much is that transplant?" I swallowed. "It is a very expensive procedure, Lana. You will need donations, or perhaps a sponsor. There is no way that you will be able to raise this money all on your own," he answered with worry on his face. It was just so funny how I always imagined my inevitable demise every time I remembered my parents' death anniversary. It always crossed my mind that I might not live past the years they had lived. They, too, had nothin

~LANA~After I met with Dax, he took all my contacts, and my house address and said that he would contact me as soon as his lawyer and financial advisor went through the contract and sent me all the terms and conditions before I commenced as his 'Fake Wife'. I was giggling inside when I left his office. "So, did you get the job?" My very nosy work friend asked during our shift at work. I remembered that I informed her a few days ago that I applied at Dax's Club to be a stripper. I sounded very enthusiastic and made her believe that I would be leaving the underpaying job very soon. "You would not believe what I'm about to tell you," I led her to the passage so that our boss would not scold us for talking during working hours.I looked both ways before I whispered to her, "I got a good deal. 10 million dollars for just being his fake wife."She looked at me and gasped. "What the hell?!""Shh... Ben will hear us," I whispered to warn her to get her voice down. Ben was the manager of

~LANA~The next morning, I woke up as usual and prepared myself for work. I dressed up and put on a jacket because the weather was a little bit chilly. I tied my hair into a bun, and when I was satisfied with my look in the mirror, I headed to the kitchen to have breakfast. After I was done and had had breakfast, my phone beeped. A text from Dax. Dax: "Be ready in two hours. I'm going to pick you up. I have a meeting that I need to attend with you.""He got to be kidding," I rolled my eyes, shaking my head as I read the text. But then again, I didn't tell him that I had a job at the coffee shop. As I was contemplating whether to go to work or not, my phone beeped again. Money transfer of $5,000. And a text from Dax.Dax: "Get yourself a nice dress." 'Did he just send me my monthly salary to get a dress with it?' I muttered to myself as I looked at the bank notification. I sat down on my kitchen chair, and it then started to sink in that I signed a contract with Dax to be his

~XAVIER~ After my father threw the bomb for Lana and Dax to have a baby before he could sign 100 percent of his shares to Dax, Lana got up from her chair and excused herself. It took everything in me not to follow behind her because I did not really want to see her having a baby for my brother. Dax looked at Father and me before he followed behind Lana. I never wished to have the ability to read minds like I did at that moment. I wanted so badly to know what he was thinking about the whole situation and that he too thought it was absurd to have a child with Lana because of some shares! "I could never understand why you boys fear commitment and building a family so much." My father commented as he sat down on his chair. I cleared my throat. "You were in your late twenties when you met our mother, Father." He scoffed. "And I knew that I wanted a family with her!" I shook my head. "What you did was overwhelm Lana about bearing you a grandchild within a year. How will they en

JUNE 2022 LANA'S POVA few days later, I was now an official member of the Salvatore family. I was sharing a bed with Dax (although he used the couch in the bedroom most of the time, and I was happy there. The house was so big that I got lost a couple of times trying to find my way back to the bedroom. Moving was not a hustle. I didn't have enough furniture and almost all the things that I held dear to my heart fitted only inside a small little box that I kept inside the closet that Dax assigned to me. And at that moment, moving felt like a good thing to get a different scenery. To make fresh and new memories even though I knew deep inside my heart that they were either going to tear me apart between the two brothers, but I wanted to take my chances and see how far the ride was going to take me.One afternoon, I sat by the window and took out my drawing book to clear my mind a little and let it wonder off with my imagination. I had vivid memories of my father drawing me when I was l