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CHAPTER 1: MARRIAGE

MariannaMy black hair tripped over my face as I carefully walked into the already filled class with my head bent downwards. I held my books firmly to my chest and avoided the lecturer's eyes."Miss Marianna," the lecturer's voice halted my steps. Turning my back slowly, I brushed my hair backwards to face him."Yes Mr Alceo?"He removed his glasses from his eyes, burning his stares into my skin."What time does it say on your watch?""I'm sorry Mr Alceo, I had some things which kept me late," I bit my lower lips, the memories from last night which made me late flashed through my head. "Fine, don't let it repeat itself. I'm not very tolerant of late coming, go have your seat," he said, moving on with his lecture.I settled in my chair, in the far corner of the class. The class went by so quickly and I could barely grasp what he was teaching. My attention was returned back to earth when the class became rowdy, the other students stood up, dropping the assignment he asked for. I reache
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CHAPTER 2: CAUGHT IN THE ACT

MariannaStill confused about the whole news my father just sprung on me, my gaze trailed from my father to everyone in the room one by one.Their son—Javier—sat beside his parents, still wearing the ugliest smile I had ever seen. I spent a few more minutes accessing his physical features, his stature was small, smaller than Alceo's. He wore a white shirt and a black trousers, his tiny arms being obvious in his clothes. I compared his with Alceo's arms, they were enough to wrap me in. Alceo was home, my home and even since we've been together I have never pictured myself with another man."Clearly you're joking, father," I said, releasing a short laugh afterwards. "You expect me to marry him," I pointed to Javier in a disgusting manner."What's wrong with him? He's a good boy," my father looked at him and the smile on his face disappeared."You told me to go for men, that I could see you in them and I definitely do not see you in him."My father—Santo—held my shoulders, rubbing my ch
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CHAPTER 3: APOLOGIES

Marianna"Papa," I jumped from the bed still holding the blanket that covered my nudity. "It's not what you think, I can explain.""Alright then, I'll give you a benefit of doubt. What exactly is going on?""Papa, this is the man I'm in love with. I don't want to marry whoever you choose for me, I want to live my own life. Mama would have wanted that," I purposely brought my mother into the issue, knowing fully well how much he loved and cherished her.I saw my father's face taken aback with pain, I could bet that memories upon memories were busy swimming in his head."You don't know what your mother would have wanted," he said between gritted teeth and I knew that I had crossed the lines. He faced the guards. "Take him, I need to teach him a lesson of not messing with Del Vecchio's daughter."I gripped my father's clothes tightly, my tears were flowing freely by then."He didn't do anything to me papa, it was all me. I lured him to bed," I couldn't live with knowing how much pain my
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CHAPTER 4: THE RUSSIANS

AlceoAs soon as the party was over, I was flung back into the basement I was once picked out from. My body came in contact with the untitled floor, I whined in pain and helped myself to the wall, resting my back on it.Santo's head popped through the door, our eyes becoming 4."You should be glad that my daughter is in love with you or else you would be dining with Satan in hell already."I chuckled, wiping the blood at the corner of my lips. "You think you scare me, Santo Del Vecchio?"I guess it was the first in a long time someone had called him by his full name. The shock in his face was evident, his brows creased and his lips twitched to the other side."You don't know who you are dealing with, you this old scared little man. I know everything about you, I know your secret," I continued."Let's see how you would get out of here alive, I'll make sure to kill every form of love in my daughter's heart.""Not even the devil himself can make that happen," I said and the blood in his
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CHAPTER 5: DOOM

MariannaThe deafening sound from the gun had me wondering who was shot again. I swiftly turned around and I saw my father, still standing with the gun pointed at Alceo. He had fallen with his back to my father's feet.I raced down from the step, in twos, trying to get to the last landing quickly."Nooooo, Al," I shouted on top of my voice, running towards him, not caring about the commotion that was happening at that point.I reached his body and met the beautiful blue eyes that I had always fallen in love with, sealed shut."Al, please don't do this to me. I love you, please wake up. I believe everything you say," I took his face in my hand and immersed my pajamas in a pool of his blood. At intervals, I kept tapping his face, pleading with him to wake up.I zoned out from the room, my tears made a huge mess on Alceo's face, the flying bullets and gunshots made no difference to me. I buried my face in his body and sobbed loudly, begging him to wake up if it was a dream. In less than
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CHAPTER 6: PREGNANT MARIANNA

MariannaIt's been a long time since the whole saga happened and I had no idea how much time had flown by. Javier kept me in the basement, locking me up like a prisoner. He called me his prisoner, he wasn't exactly lying about that.The basement lid might not open for days and sometimes I was grateful for that. Grateful that I had the peace to myself, even though I starved badly most times.His abusive nature was one I could never deal with, I would have killed him if we ever lived together. I had to mind my words around him, knowing how angry he got the last time I asked for a better type of food.I had lost a reasonable amount of weight. My glowing beautiful skin had become dull, it cracked and drew white lines anytime I itched my body.Javier had been merry-go-rounding all over the house. Sometimes, I could hear the voices of him and someone else, a lady to be precise, making out.I was restricted to the basement, chained at the feet and one hand. My dry skin was filled with bruises
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CHAPTER 7: HATCHING AN EVIL PLAN

Javier It's been a few days since I went to check up on Maria. The house has been doing a lot of work for the past few months, cleaning up the entire mess the Russians created and making sure the police are not involved. Knowing how much I desired Santo's position, if they ever found out that Maria was still alive, they'd never transfer the properties to me. She had been throwing up lately and lost a lot of weight. Her beautiful face now drooped, her glowing skin faded. The only thing she does to me now irritates me. Deciding to find out why she was throwing up so much lately, I drew a portion of her blood without her knowledge. Taking it to the lab, it was confirmed that she was pregnant. I could feel myself tear into 2 mentally and emotionally. Not now that I sought a greater purpose, a child is coming into the picture. The child of the enemy at that. Determined to clear anyone who stood in my way, I made up my mind to kill that thing sprouting inside her. I found my way home a
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CHAPTER 8: ONE STEP FORWARD

Javier Wearing an apron and gloves, I held Marianna's customized bracelet in my right hand, standing with Lanco over the dead girl's body. My face ruffled up on its own, Lanco shouldn't be among the living, he was a brutal man. The dead girl's face was beyond recognizable, while her dark hair fell back in the tub, few bruises and cuts were logged on both sides of her arms. He turned to look at me, pausing the things he was doing. His yellow unarranged teeths flashing at me, saying hi. "Do you want to know how she was killed?" "No I do not want to know," I snapped. He wasn't even reading the room, I wasn't interested in knowing. Even though my conscience pricked me a lot, I assured myself that I was sacrificing for my goal. "You are no fun," he said, stretching his bloodied hands out for me. "The bracelet." Passing it to him, he wore it carefully on her. "Done," he smiled, looking satisfied like a child who had just been given candy. Taking a final look at her, I didn't even know
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CHAPTER 9: FINALLY IT'S MINE

Javier The entire house went still for a moment, it felt like I could see what they were thinking. It was a sad period for them, not me. "That is a very heavy accusation on the Russians. They are our rivals doesn't mean that every Italian being killed is from the Russians," my father said. My anger boiled from the depths of my stomach, he was supposed to be supporting me but he had the guts to be putting out a word of hope for the Russians. "Dear father," I bowed. "Before Santo was killed by the Russians, we knew that Marianna was in an affair with the son of the Russian leader, Alceo Romanov. I think her death was a form of revenge knowing that Alceo was killed that day too." I muttered a prayer under my breath that all my explanations would be bought. "Since we all know that the late Santo Del Vecchio wedded you to his daughter before she died, it is your turn to sit on the chair," the forefather said after a long silence. "The Del Vecchios properties will be transferred to yo
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CHAPTER 10: HOPE FOR MARIANNA

Marianna I lowered the food from my hand and looked at the intent burning gaze he offered me. It wasn't flinching and I wasn't in any mood to cower at that point. Anger replaced the blood flowing through my body, coursed through my veins. What had he gone to do? That was the only question that was running through my head. The fear I felt was replaced by the instinct of survival, I just needed to find a way to get out. Get out of this hellhole. "What exactly did you do, Javier?" I asked, waiting for him to tell me the exact stunt he pulled at the house. No one was just going to give my father's seat away, without knowing my whereabouts. "So simple, Maria," he relaxed back. "I gave evidence to the house that you are dead. Knowing that I'm your husband, they didn't dispute me at all." Disappointed at the entire house, most especially the forefather, I dropped my head. "No one asked for any sort of test for the body you showed to them, to confirm that it was really me?" "Let's
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