*Warning. This chapter contains a little bit of smut.**Isabella Russo's POV*I was walking down to class when someone yelled my name from behind."Hey Bella! Wait." Pretending like I didn't hear the person, I increased my pace, hoping to avoid whoever didn't want to leave me alone."Bella. Stop" He placed his hands on my shoulder and unfortunately I couldn't fake being deaf or unable to feel his hands on me so I stopped and turned."Hey Charlie. What's up" I say with fake euthusiasm. Charlie is one of my classmates, who apparently likes me since first year. But I've been avoiding him my whole time since then because why not?Everyone expected us to date because apparently the 'queen' and 'king' has to be together. But no thanks. Don't even know why they tagged me as that."What do you want Charlie?" I ask again when I notice he has been staring at me without saying anything. My cheek hurting because of the fake smile I had on for too long. He shakes his head snapping out of whatever
"Disneyland!!" I shriek excitedly, bouncing up and down in the car seat. Finally we would be going to see Disneyland, after I had begged daddy and promised to be good."Be still you, let me put your seatbelt on" Mom holds me in place before she buckles my seatbelt. "There, all set" she ruffles my hair. I swat her hand away pouting. "Mom" I whine trying to fix my hair. She does this all the time . "What?" She laughs as I glare at her "What will all the princesses think if my hair isn't pretty" I huff, folding my hands across my chest. "Now who cares what the other princesses think" Daddy gets into the driver's seat, turning to look at me. "You're my princess" I smile at his words showing my missing tooth. "That means you're a king, and Mom is a queen" "Of course" Daddy nods and mom gets into the passenger seat. "Ready?" She asks. "Ah ah, seatbelt ma'am" I wag my finger, giving her a stern look. "Ooh, I'm sorry" Smiling she buckles her seatbelt and we drive out of our mansion
I slowly walk to my aunt cautious of the men with guns. She holds me. "It is okay dear, don't worry" But I am very worried right now. "Who is he?" I ask not taking my eyes off him. He's staring at me too, so we maintain eye contact. I ignore my heart beating so fast. Not now you. Don't fall for a stalker. He's hot. But a stalker. "I'm here for what's mine" He answers my question, eyes still on me. "What's yours?"I ask because I am confused "No one here belongs to you... Not my daughter. Not my neice" Aunt Sofia spat. "Bold of you to assume I want your daughter. What would I possibly want with that spoilt brat?" He raises a brow directing his question at Aunt. I stifle a laugh, covering it with a cough. Alessia glares at me. Not the right time to laugh. "You don't seem to be aware of this. But my Bella.. " "She's not yours" Aunt Sofia cut him off, but he ignores her. "My Bella was used as collateral for the death of one of our people when she was eight " What? "I don't beli
"Nico" I whisper. His eyes widen, before going back to its blankness. Happened so fast that I doubt it even happened "What are you doing?" The old man who I am guessing to be his father yells. "What the contract says" he shrugs not caring in the slightest."You!" His father says, His face red with anger. Oh, Daddy seems angry. "Don't forget I am the capo now. Know your place" I sense the threat in Nico's words. That means the mafia is his? Like really his?.He hands some papers to me. Marriage certificates. "Sign" He pushes a pen into my fingers, letting me go. Do I have to? Can I escape? I look at his father who is currently glaring at us and that answers my question. I have no escape.With shaky hands I sign it, his words ringing in my ears. You are mine "Isabella Perez now belongs to me. I expect you to show her respect as you would to me. That includes you father" Nick warns them all.His father grits his teeth, banging his walking stick against the floor. "You take th
Taking a shower, I dress up. I peep out of my room. No one. Tiptoeing out, I quietly go down the way I came back. The smell of waffles hits me and my stomach grumbles. I'm hungry. I follow the smell getting to the kitchen. I see someone sitting on the kitchen island and I pause. Maybe if I slowly walk back I'd go back unnoticed I back away slowly almost getting away, then he looks up. His face scrunches in confusion before realization settles in. He smiles at me beckoning me to come closer. Damn. He's good-looking. "Come" he says. What's it with these people and one word? I shake my head taking a step back. "Are you hungry?" He askI shake my head one more time. My stomach grumbles loudly. Betrayer. He laughs. I like that sound. "Here" I look at the plate of waffles he's giving me "Just take it. I don't bite" I quietly walk to him taking the plate off his hands. Might be poisoned. I stare at the plate suspiciously "It's not poisoned" "Thank you" I say quietly. I tur
"Mind explaining what is happening here?" He is standing at the doorway, glaring at us with cold eyes. More like glaring at them. The temperature in the room drops by a few degrees due to his icy stare.When no one said anything, I tried to explain"You see.." I start but he cut me short before i said much."I wasn't talking to you. You both. Explain" He ordered them."Little Madam wanted to play games" Matteo answers, head low.Little madam? They called me by my name few moments ago. Why so formal now?"Is there a reason why you're acting so casual with her?" He asks again. Ohh he's jealous. I try to explain to him once more"You see…" he shoots me a look that shuts me up. I shiver cause of how cold his eyes were. Scary."I asked a question" "No boss" Matteo and Antonio answers."Leave" He orders and they both scurry out fast.No, don't leave me. Maybe if I run with them…I was about following them but he's eyes pinned me to the spot."Where. Are you going?" He asks me the temperatu
Matteo standing behind me is trying not to laugh out loud. Everyone staring at us at the door makes me feel awkward. I really don't like people staring at me this wag "Your seat is beside Boss" Matteo whispers and I search for Nico. I see him at one end of the table and his dad at the other end.I see that man from the kitchen, who I kindly named waffle boy, sitting by Nico's right and a red head sitting by his left side and I'm certain that's my place. With my chin up, I gracefully walk, well as graceful as one wearing a Donald duck tee shirt and matching shorts with no slippers on could. I ignore the judgemental stares and whispers keeping my head up. Everyone wore fancy dinner clothes, to them I don't fit in the circle. Andrea would be so proud of me for not running off. I walk till I get to Nico stopping next to the redhead, I glance at Nico and he has his eyes fixed on me already, like he is waiting for what I'd do. Waiting to see my reaction. He had the nerves to let some ot
I turn around restlessly on my bed, thinking about what Nico said last night.'I will never belong to you'.For some reasons his words are still stuck in my head and I am unable to get rid of them. And for some other weird reasons his words really hurt me and I think back to our conversation last night Flashback"Why?" I ask, trying to hide the hurt in my voice.Why did he say that? To hurt me?"Simply because. You and I belong to two different worlds. You are desperately clinging to those fairy tale delusions of a happy ending. There is no such thing as a happy ending. Especially not with me."End of flashback.I am confused on what to do and I scream into my pillow in frustration. Blowing a stray piece of hair off my face, I decide to call Andrea. She picks on the third ring."Look who decided to call" She says sarcastically. She would probably give me an attitude, and I know I deserve it. Because what kind of girl goes M.I.A on her best friend?But I can't really explain it all fo