All Chapters of THE LIES THAT BIND: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Massimo’s POV. “What the hell do you mean she’s been abducted?!” I yelled on the phone while I stepped off the vehicle. Rome watched me closely and observed I wasn’t myself at all. His hands were clenched together and I could tell he was getting ready for battle already. I was so furious, not because she’s actually been kidnaped, but because of the reaction the Russian Pratva would have in line to this. I imagined the looks on her fathers face when he uncovers that his daughter who just got married to me a few days ago is kidnapped in America, he could drop down the sun on her stead and a possible friction between the Cosa Nostra and the Russian Pratva wasn’t one I was ready for. We had to do everything possible to have this under subjection and on time before it gets worse. “Sister, where are you now?” I said as I walked down to meet the inspector who was already standing close to some of his men while the blockade was made on the walkway into Kyle’s house. I imagined fighting on t

Massimo’s POV. “How the hell would he even talk to me like that, I guess he doesn’t know me,” I reacted vehemently as I drove into my premises with Romeo. We left the crime scene and I needed to be at home. Work was over for me that day because I had so much on my shoulders right away. Anastasya wasn’t the kind of person I’ll have to worry about if she’s truly kidnapped, but her dad was a nightmare. Our marriage was built on the rock my family had with her dad since he was a baron. Someone who was feared by even most governors in Russia. He didn’t need to know about his daughter's disappearance for any reason till she’s found and that wouldn’t take long, I was so certain of that. Whoever took Ana in the United States would do that because of me, I wasn’t sure she had an enemy already in the States.“Calm your nerves boss, you’ll have to take things easy, you know what we’ve been through in such a situation before, we’ll just have to pray that kyles killers made away with the phone,

Massimo’s POV. Rome and I walked into the station and just as we entered, I discovered the inspector with a phone in his hands wrapped in a transparent envelope. ‘That’s it boss,’ Rome whispered as we both had our eyes on the piece in his hands. The inspector who had a slight argument with me at the crime scene smiled and kept a close stare at Rome and I as we walked close to him and this time stood before the rest of the officers there. I was greeted but never took those seriously, all that mattered to me was making sure that the mobile phone in his hands didn’t last long, no matter what it took. “Hmm, I can see you’re so interested in the object in my hands, aren’t you?” “Inspector, we received a call to come down here, why?” I said, staring at him. My hands collided while I turned to Rome and whispered. “Told you we should have gunned him down when we had the chance,” “Hmm, well, the problem here isn’t about the phone I’m holding in my hands, is it? Something within tells me

Vanessa's POV. He was so lucky I shot at the roof right away, else he would have been a dead man. I wondered what even gave him such an aura to come up against me in such a manner. Everything about me changed the moment he took that second step and I felt maybe I would have the blood of the Russian don in my hands. I wasn’t even trying to let go as my sister Isa kept on pleading while I felt raged. I frowned and kept a mean look at him while I pointed the gun straight to his forehead now. “Wait a minute, are you even serious right now? what the hell is wrong with you?!” he yelled and gestured with his hands spread across. “You shouldn’t have doubted me Nikolei, maybe next time you’ll be able to adhere to simple instructions, don’t underestimate the words of a broken girl,” I replied and bit my lips. It was indeed so frustrating at the moment and I stood in fear as I watched him stare back at me. I wasn’t ready to go into a gun battle with him though, he was so experienced and would

Massimo’s POV. It was so disheartening that she wasn’t still found. At least the kidnappers should have been able to give a call to ask for a ransom. The money wasn’t going to be a problem at all, all I needed was for her to be in good health. I was in the room with her elder brother, Nikolai, and we both needed to have a personal man-to-man discussion concerning this. Nothing was as fruitful as two men with able guards and resources, teaming up to achieve a goal such as this. With him by my side I believed we would find Ana and bring her back home, maybe without a scratch. I tried to take a drink from the champagne bottle and all of a sudden Nik pulled out the drink and poured it into my cup. “I was only trying to make you understand that I needed this drink more than you do, but at the same time, I’ll have to make sure you get this first before me. You’re the man of the house, Massimo,” Nik said as he poured and smiled. I was astonished at how he did that even without me tenderin