YULIA She couldn’t believe her eyes when she found out that the man who had purchased her was Dante, her long-time crush. He was the one who had tried to make her life miserable. She wouldn’t have thought that she was with him all along.Despite the fact that he was still Dante, she had no reason to hate him for all the things he did to her. She was going to do it back, and she was going to multiply it. She was already discharged from the hospital, and he was carrying her in his arms as they headed for the car.She found Alessandro already sitting behind the sterling, and when he spotted them, He smiled sweetly at her, and as soon as he saw her, Alexander opened the car door and placed her in it. She moved towards the window, and he got in with her.“Sofia, would you like me to call you sister-in-law now that you met my brother?” Alessandro asked.Sofia glanced at him and frowned at him. “No way, I hate him; I can’t get married to him. Never!”Alessandro peered at his brother through
YULIAAlexander opened the car door as they reached the pet store, and Sofia surveyed the environment. If it wasn’t for the pet store, she wouldn’t think about going out. A middle-aged woman appeared by the front door as soon as Sofia and Alexander pushed the door and walked into the store.“You are here!” The woman beamed as her gaze shifted from Alexander to Sofia. “You didn’t tell me you have a girlfriend, and I also haven’t seen you with any lady.”“She is a friend.” Alexander muttered, and she could feel the hesitation in his voice.“Even still…” The woman hesitated. “You never have female friends."Sofia glanced at Alexander; he shrugged off the woman's words, brushed past her, and walked inside the store.“Where are the pets that you need help with?” He questioned.A cat walked closer to his feet and meowed. Alexander peered down at the car. A smile appeared on his face, and he bent down to scoop the cat into his arms. He rubbed the cat’s belly while the cat squirmed under his
PADRINORestless, he tossed and turned in bed that night. She told him that she still loved him. He recognized the telltale signs—her slurred words and unsteady gait—confirming that she was not in her right state of mind. Alcohol had blurred her senses. After she said that, he paused and glanced back at her, but she had drifted off to sleep. He didn’t want her to love him; he was literally the last person in the world she should fall in love with.He was only going to hurt her feelings, and he knows it. The only thing he could do now was to be nice to her and make up for his past mistakes. He closed his eyes and reopened them; the sleep didn’t seem to come.The next morning, Alexander was up and, just as he had his bath, dressed in his office clothes. He quietly slipped out of his room and made his way to Yulia's, his footsteps echoing in the silent corridor. He opened the door gently and peeked at her. She had the sheets tousled around the bed and was lying on her back. The cat was l
YULIAAfter waking up and dressing, she walked to the bed to pick up Mocha when she saw a card laying on the table. Her brows rose in confusion as she studied the card; she didn’t have a card, and she wondered how the card got to her room. Then she found the name of the owner written on it.“Alexander Dante Volkov?” She turned the card around. “Why would he give me his card?”A frown found its way to her face. She lifted Mocha into her arms and hurried out of her room. She headed straight for Alexander’s room. She turned the door knob when she got to the door, but it wouldn’t bulge.“Alexander.” She called out. “Alexander!” She banged her hand against the door. “Come out of there.”After waiting for several minutes and not getting an answer from him, she hurried towards the elevator. Soon she was downstairs, running towards the living room. The pain in her legs was no longer hurting like it was, and she glanced around the living room. There was no one in the living room, so she headed
YULIAThe purchase of the jewelry went smoothly; she bought two rings, both for Alexander. She couldn’t stop admiring the ring as Alessandro drove back home. She wondered if Alexander would love the ring she got for him. She pushed the ring into the shopping bag and looked out the window.She had bought it with his money, after all. He was going to accept it whether he liked it or not, especially since Alessandro said Alexander does not wear birthstone rings. She couldn’t wait to see the look on his face.As soon as the car came to a halt in front of the building, she grabbed the bag and hurried inside the house without waiting for Alessandro. She rushed up the stairs, even though the stairs were farther than the elevator. It didn’t matter since she was using the stairs already.She turned the doorknob as soon as she got to the door. Inside her room, Mocha was looking at her and meowing softly.She stroked the cat. “Did you miss me?”Soon, she was pulling out the bags and inserting her
YULIA/PADRINO“I will get your dinner upstairs; wait for me.” He said this before turning around and leaving the room.Sofia sat quietly on the bed. She glanced around her room and onto the bed. Mocha was still sleeping on the bed, and she reached for it and stroked it. The cat’s eyes opened, and it slowly climbed on Sofia’s leg. Sofia stroked the cat and waited.A few minutes later, Alexander returned with a tray filled with dishes. He placed it on the table in the room and pulled out a chair for her. She stood to her feet with Mocha in her arms and walked over to the table. He waited for her to sit before turning around to leave the room.“I bought you something.” She found herself saying: “Do you want to see it?”Alexander paused and turned around to look at her. His lips stretched into a smile. “What did you get me?”She got off the chair and headed to her bed. She placed Mocha on the bed and picked up the shopping bag. She glanced inside the bag; the ring was lying in the bag. Sh
YULIAAlexander took his seat beside her, and they began eating in silence. After a few minutes of eating in silence, Sofia eventually came up with something to talk about.“Where did you go for business?"Alexander peered at her. "In Germany, I went for an exchange.”“What exchange?” She asked. “You wouldn’t want to know about it, and I am not ready to share it with you.”“That’s fine. It’s not like we know each other.”That was the truth; she knew everything she could probably know about Alexander, but now that he had changed, She wondered if she knew anything about him.“Yeah.” He agreed. “You know a lot about me, but I don’t. Alessandro knows a lot about you; how come you both were friends?”She shrugged before answering. “We met in college; we were course mates and partners, and we were practically neighbors since we didn’t live in the college dorms.”"Interesting. How happy were you then that you were friends with my brother?”She shot him a glare, but on second thought, the gl
YULIAShe could hear their voices as she asked down the stairs, holding an empty tray. Two similar dark hairs were sitting opposite each other at the dining table. They were talking about something, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying properly. It was like they were whispering; she couldn’t hear. Things they were saying.Alessandro was the first to raise his head to glance at her when he had just been handing over the tray to a maid. She glanced at them, and Alexander stared at her.“Would you just stand there and look at us?” Alexander asked.“No.” She replied, “I’m going to the room.”She had avoided calling it her room; it was just a room they kept her in.“If you say so.” Alessandro muttered.She went back upstairs without knowing what to do there.The next morning, when she woke up, there was no one in the house except her. She wondered where they had left; no one had told her anything before leaving. Her brows furrowed as she made her way downstairs after a long time in