“I am three months pregnant, we are going to be parents too, I told him last night and Luca is so excited about being a dad again,”Nora told Rose. It was Rose’s turn to tear up. “Oh, baby, I am so proud of you, congratulations my love,”Roseline said, hugging her again. “Thank you, Roseline, it feels so good to have you here with me at a time like this, it makes it even more special,”Nora told her. “You know that I won’t give up an opportunity to see a place like this, this house is a literal castle and Luca said I could take a tour around and he even agreed to be my tour guide, payment for stealing you away from me, he also agreed to one more thing but I am not telling,”Roseline cheered; “Both of you are crazy but I love you guys, let’s go up to the room that you will be using,”Nora said and they both walked upstairs to the room she had prepared for Roseline, they spent the whole day chic-chatting, and even when Luca came back, she didn’t leave Roseline. They had dinner toget
“Hey bestie, I just arrived at the airport and got cleared, I wanted to let you know, just so that you won’t be worried.”Nora moved her phone from one hand to the other as she collected her luggage and started moving out of the busy airport, there were so many people around as it was the holiday season, people were either returning home for the holidays or going on vacation, but she wasn’t one of them though, she wasn’t here for a vacation but for work, in fact, she couldn’t remember the last time she has had a vacation, that was years ago. Not like she didn’t want a vacation but she was too busy setting herself up career-wise to think about a vacation. “Baby, have fun and make sure to grab your Italian man, I heard they are mostly hot men and they are rich too, put those good looks of yours to use, I want Christmas baby news, wedding news, and more,” Roseline, her best friend babbled on chattily, Nora rolled her eyes, the last thing on her mind now is finding a man, the last man s
“Wow, a limo?”Nora asked when she saw the car that was waiting for them. She didn’t know what she had been expecting but a limousine was beyond anything that she would have imagined. She has only ever ridden in a limo once in her life and that was for prom. Her dad had gone out of his way to make the day special for her and she could still remember how she felt till this day. “Get in,”The unfriendly man stated in a rather harsh and heavily accented voice that almost made Nora change her mind about getting in the car, she didn’t like the energy that the man was giving at all but against her will and resolve and yelling at her overthinking side who was telling her not to get in the car, she entered the car and the door closed almost immediately. “Don’t fucking overthink this Nora, he is just doing his job,”Nora scolded herself as she brought her phone out of her bag and call the research center just to be sure she was on the right ride. She should have done it before she got in. “
Nora opened her eyes and everywhere was dark, she couldn’t see anything. Her head hurt and she felt restricted. She tried to shake off the feeling she was having and tried to get herself off what she thought was a nightmare but no matter how she tried, it just didn’t work. It felt so real, like she was really being restricted. Slowly, her body started waking up and she realized she was indeed being tied to something and the banging of her head wasn’t an imagination. “Oh god no,”She cried softly when she remembered what had happened before she passed out, that man, she hadn’t been overthinking when she thought he was bad. She should have listened to her guts when it told her not to get in the damn car. Nora forced her eyes open again and pain shot through her. She tried to adjust to the darkness but she couldn’t see anything. She was practically blind without her glasses anyway and they were not on her anymore, she couldn’t feel them.Nora knew she was in big trouble and it would on
“So? You are the one that messed everything up?”One of the last two men that walked in asked, walking towards her. He looked not much different from the rest but his body was leaner compared to the other three and he was the only one not holding a gun. “What did I do?”She recoiled in fear as he got close to her. He smelled of alcohol and cigars. She turned her face away from him but he didn’t let her as he forced her to look at him by placing his hand on her chin and turning her face to him, she lowered her eyes in fear when their eyes met, and his gaze held pure hate for her and she just couldn’t get why, they literally have never met before. Why would he look at her like that when she doesn’t even know who he was? “You little witch, you thought you could get away forever? It might have taken so long but it is time,”He let out and the smell of cigarette and alcohol hit her again. “I don’t know what you are talking about,”Nora said, which turned out to be a big mistake on her s
Luca's phone buzzed in his pocket as he got out of his car, he had just arrived in Italy from Spain and wasn’t in a hurry to do anything just yet, he had plans and he was sure they were finally going to push through after two years of setbacks. Days ago, he found out the bitch who took out his family would be coming back to the country and if everything goes as planned then he could finally get even and he had no plans of showing mercy. “Hello?”He called out as he walked towards the elevator. “Boss, we have been trying to reach you, we finally got her,”Nicho's voice echoed over the phone. Luca knew who he was referring to, the wench who had caused him so much, he knew she was going to be in Italy even though he had first thought it was another bait but it was confirmed and he had sent his men to lay ambush, he didn’t expect them to have caught her just yet with how good she has been hiding for years. “Where?”“We got her at the airport, it was pretty easy, we brought her back to
Nora didn’t need a prophet or a fortune-teller to let her know that the person who just walked into the room was the biggest devil of them all, whatever she thought the others were paled in comparison, she was only able to open her eyes for a moment and saw him just enough for her to give up all hopes that she would make it out of here alive. He was ready to kill and he wasn’t going to listen to her so she might as well give up trying to explain and just face her fate. Death. It cannot be helped. “I want her moved to my house and the dungeon this minute, I will deal with her myself.”His voice was commanding, husky, and harsh. The shiver that ran through her vein at his words was justified because he was terrifying and they were going to move her to a place where it would only be them. He was going to kill her himself and she didn’t even know who he is. Couldn’t even see him properly because she was almost blinded by the tears and the pains from the slaps she got from his men. But sh
“AHHHHAAAAAHH!!!” Nora yelled as the fire from the cigarette he held sunk into the skin on her shoulder. It hurt so much and she struggled to get away from it but there was nothing she could do with her hands tied but cry. “Please, please, stop,”She cried. “Stop? Do you want me to stop? You didn’t think of stopping when you took out my family? You didn’t think of stopping when they begged you to,”He barked out and she recoiled in fear and pain. “I didn’t do it,” She managed to say before his fist settled in her face. She saw stars and almost blacked out from the intensity of the pain. “What? You didn’t do it? Then who did?”He questioned as he slapped her hard across the face. “I don’t know,”she cried out. “You don’t know? You don’t know? You dare tell me that?”He yelled in her face. “Yes, I didn’t do it. I told you already that I don’t know what you are talking about, I didn’t do anything wrong, I am innocent,”Nora cried. She barely had any strength left, she wanted it