eleanorah's eyes opened and she stared at the sky but couldn't see it as she was in a room, shroud in darkness even though it was morning and she had heard the crowing of the chirping birds.
the room was dimly lit and had no sunlight coming in because of the curtains that were covered.she noticed that they had been changed while she was asleep.everything in the room had been changed from the multiple colours that had been used to design it.most noticeable was the curtains that were changed to a thicker and black material unlike the light flowery former that had been used on it.she also noticed that the wardrobe had been changed too, everything has been changed except the bedsheets she laid on, which were still brown and the only brown found in the room.she stood up and went to the window and shifted the curtains to allow the sunlight into the room.turning back she was startled by what she saw.dmitri was still in the room. he had stood by her side near the bed throughout the night. she noticed that he was sleeping while standing, trying hard to keep himself awake but being won over by nature and the sleep that filled his eyes."dmitri?" she called out to him."yes signorina, i am here for you" he answered immediately, fighting back the sleep that was in his eyes."didn't you sleep last night? why are you still standing?"" my duty is to protect you signorina, i can't take asleep" he replied, making way to use his hand to scratch his eyes as if doing so would make the sleep go away.not wanting to probe further, she allowed him be fearing that she might hear things that would make her more afraid than she already was from the events of the other night."i am hungry, lead the way to the kitchen so i can make something to eat"but he did not move" signorina, the chefs are in the kitchen already. i will inform them to make a light breakfast for you to eat" he put forward." don't bother doing that, just lead the way to the kitchen, i'd make my breakfast by myself" she said again." i'm sorry signorina, but i cannot oblige your request. if you have any other thing you need, you can ask me for them, as long as they fall accepted by the rules the don has set out concerning you" he said.rules, rules, rules. she muttered under her breath." lead the way to the dining then, i'm almost starving" she said indignantly, feeling defeated.*******"what? i am only having one apple for breakfast?" she asked horrified." i'm sorry ma'am, but we were instructed by the boss not to overfeed you today before the wedding. he needs you to appear the prettiest during the wedding that would happen later today"" wedding? he told me nothing about it. what business does the wedding have to do with me eating only one apple as breakfast?"" ma'am, he needs you to fit into the dresses that'd be tested on you soon. also, he doesn't want you to disgrace him during the wedding because of your troubled stomach. it was written in your medical records." the head chef replied again.her month dropped in utter bewilderment. he had not only found out everything about her father, but he had found everything about her as well in the space of a night.if not , how did he get to know that she usually had an upset stomach and visited the toilet many times any time she overfed or ate a new diet that her body wasn't used to.she felt a wave of embarrassment run through her. the chefs were all makes but she could still feel herself getting embarrassed by them.looking up to take their attention away from what he had said last and the awkward attention it had garnered, she asked."what about the don? where is he and why didn't he tell me anything about the wedding he had planned for today. why hasn't he come out yet?"" ma'am, the don is currently not in. he hasn't returned yet but i'm sure he would do so soon before the wedding"" what a self conceited mysterious shrek he was" she thought.it was still very early, where might he have gone. she wanted to guess but shrugged it off.it was none of her concerns anyway. whatever he did was none of her business and she didn't want to make it any of her business because she didn't want to cross paths with him anymore.she had decided within herself that she would resign herself to her fate, obey whatever he said so she wouldn't get into troubles with him while she waited for the year to be over and for the contract to end.she picked the apple and began to chew at it angrily.she hadn't eaten the other night and her stomach growled angrily as they hustled for the crushed pieces of apples she was eating.the don was very wicked and heartless she thought. not just was he ruthless and mean to people, he was also heartless in the way he treated them because if not, why would he command only one apple to be served her as breakfast, then the wedding that was going to happen later in the day, how was she going to cope with one apple being in her stomach while she went through with all the activities that were associated with weddings..she raised her head when she noticed the doors of the mansion being opened.she thought it was the don that had returned but she saw a woman being accompanied by men who pushed a trolley containing hanged dresses with them.she was surprised.she recalled that dmitri once told her that the don did not allow females enter his fortress, even though she had began doubting him after she was taken to his hidden room, her thoughts had began changing after all the workers she saw were males only and with no traces of a female amongst them."be quick ma'am so she'd check the perfect dress that'd size you. the don had allowed her come to try the dresses on you, but he would be back anytime soon and if she is still here when he returns, we might all pay for it with our heads" the head chef said to her.that explained it. that explains the reason, she snapped.but why would he allow a woman come if he hated them, why allow her come into his fortress to help her dress up. it was odd. why propose the contract to her in the first place when he hated women. thoughts and more like this roamed through her head with no direction not answers."Hold the chair properly ma'am!!!" The lady shouted as she kept dragging the ropes of the dress she had picked for her."Aren't you done tying it yet?" She asked in between sighs."It's already too tight on my body, it's already too much. You need to losen it up a bit" " I'm sorry ma'am, but I was instructed to make all your features be in highlight" she said and continued to drag the ropes of the dress making it to be tighter and tighter, almost choking Eleanor and making breathing hard for her.The lady seemed to carry a resentment towards her and she could not tell why. But she kept her peace enduring the pain, lest she gets reported to the Don and she has herself to blame for it.The lady continued to tie on the rope before she stopped knowing that it could not be tightened anymore.She hated everything and anything about the Mafia boss. And now that he was getting married, she thought that picking on his wife was the best thing to do since she couldn't show her hate to the Mafi
"Have they sent the complete payment now?" Vincent asked the only man that sat in the plane with him."Yes Don. They've received the drugs as well" he said and the plane went into a period of stark silence again.A lady clad in semi-nude clothes walked out of one of the bathrooms.She was thick and her waist was a sight to behold.Her breasts were also pushed out of the satin short top she wore, which were almost tearing because of her breasts that seemed too big to fit into the clothes.Only a button was what held the top and prevented her nipples from shooting out of them.She walked into where he was carrying coffee to give him and the underboss.The two of them were the only ones in sight in the plane. His soldiers and men were out of sight but were in the plane as well." Who let you into the plane?" The underboss asked when he saw her making way to serve him coffee.Vincent did not budge nor move, instead he kept his face forward, leaving the issue to his underboss to handle."T
It is said that one's wedding day is the best moment of their lives, the day they voice their vows of being together for better or for worse, on sickness or in death, and till death did them apart.But for Eleanorah, she felt as if she was being forced to the altar to accept a fate she had never in her life imagined she would have to live.Staring at the Mafia don who stood in front of her facing her and with blood stained suit, she couldn't help but imagine whom he had killed and how many of the people he had killed for him to be stained with blood, and for him also not to bother about changing his suit before arriving at his fortress.Her gaze drifted to the priest who seemed more scared than she was.He seemed to be in a a haste and was reading the Chapters of the Bible with speed as if someone had been chasing him."Do you Vincent Vincenzo, take Eleanorah Cortessi as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to..... "he wanted to complete but stopped immediately when he saw
Dmitri opened his eyes. He found himself on the bed of a dimly lit Ron and he immediately got down from the bed, confused about how he got to be on it.Looking around the room he could not find Eleanorah. His heart skipped a bit. Where could she have gone, what did she do to him the night before that had made him fall asleep, surely she couldn't have fed him anything because she wouldn't know how to get anything to feed him.Recalling, he remembered that he had tucked her into her bed and has began massaging her swollen ankle while standing and she had asked him to sit on the bed while helping her out. He had refused knowing what the Don's wrath was like , especially if he were to walk in on them and misunderstand the situation. More than anything, the Don hated people trespassing their boundaries, and hated it more when people tried coveting what belonged to him. He was a possessive man, and possessive terror was felt whenever someone tried stealing from him.He had grown up without
"Is the Don falling in love master?" A chef asked the head chef who was beside him. "He seems to. But the Don is not one to fall in love. He is a stone hearted human. Can this girl be able to break the shackles?" He answered and asked at the same time. Dmitri heard them and turned to look but they immediately went on with what they had been doing. The head chef watched as the others dished out the food while also arranging what she had scattered. He knew the Don. He was one of the oldest people of the fortress and he had lived in since when his brother had died, so he knew most things about him and about how his world had been shaped because of his upbringing. But in all the years he had been at the fortress, he had never allowed anyone else make the Don's meal. Even though he seldom ate and was always out and about with his businesses, the little times he ate at home, it had always been whatever he made. No one had tried taking up the cooking from him. She seemed not just trying
"Run Vin, run!! Do not allow your father see you, run and hide!" She screamed as she took her first son, heading out of the door to return, rushing to return him to the dark room she had brought him out of, against her husband's orders.Vincent did not know what to do, his legs were shaky as he stood watching his mother run away with Martin his elder brother, rushing to return him to the dark room before his father, whose car engine sounds could be heard, would return to the fortress.Vin's brother, Martin was the heir. His father always drummed it into his mom's ears but she never wanted to hear of it.She never wanted to watch her son go through a tumultuous childhood all in the name of raising him to become a ruthless Mafia, but she could do nothing no matter what brutal training he was subjected to. sometimes when her husband was out of town, she occasionally brought him out of the dark room and made him interact with his brother, while also feeding him from dishes she made, sinc
Eleanorah Cortessi's heart raced with anxiety as she sat by her younger sister's bedside in the small town clinic. Her sister's condition was deteriorating rapidly, requiring expensive medical treatments and the doctors had made it clear that without immediate treatment, she was at the risk of giving up the ghost. Sad thing was that they refused to commence treatments on her if an installment was not paid. She might not survive the night, she knew and in the desperation of the moment, Eleanorah's father had left with the promise of returning with the money needed for the treatments, but hours had passed, and there was no sign of him.Eleanorah got apprehensive. Her father was not one to waste hours going to borrow money from his "friends and co-workers" like he had told her before he left.It was almost midnight, it didn't feel right. He couldn't leave them for hours in the hospital when his daughter's health was in the hands of fate. She stood up and meant to walk out of the clinic
The car turned onto the winding road leading to Vincenzo's fortress, she couldn't help but feel a mix of fear and nervousness. This was her first time visiting a big city like Italy, and to top it off, she was about to step into a grand mansion that seemed to emerge straight from a fairy tale,a contrast to the life of poverty she was born and raised in.She couldn't contain her awe as she approached his fortress. The grandeur of the mansion, resembling a castle, left her speechless. She made sure to hide her astonishment, not wanting to appear too overwhelmed in front of his men. As Eleanorah stepped out of the car and into the fortress, trailing his and his men's footsteps, she couldn't help but feel a wave of apprehension.The beauty of her surroundings contrasted sharply with the heaviness in her heart. She was now a married woman in name only, but bound a captive to a man whose reputation preceded him.The feeling of being trapped in a world she didn't belong to, surrounded by pe