~VITTORIA~I watched Tiziano lay unconsciously later that night in his room. The doctor had said his head injury was severe and he would take some time before regaining consciousness soon so we just had to wait. The house was heavily guarded and his wingman and most trusted soladatos were there as well."You don't have to be so worried." Uncle Quinto said passing me a glass of alcohol.I gulped down the whole thing in a flash and handed it over to one of the housekeepers to take away. "As if. I'm not going to act like I care that much honestly. Plus it's his fault for making this stupid business deal with that family. Merging territories? Expanding businesses? Of course, they'd want to kill us off and take everything for themselves."Uncle Quinto sighed. He looked exhausted and he still had his clothes from the wedding earlier. While I had changed out of my wedding dress immediately after I got home into a more comfortable dress and had even had a couple of drinks before deciding it w
~ROMAN~I observed Zaed Stokes as we discussed business. He was composed, thought before he spoke and most importantly the perfect person for the kind of work I wanted to do with him. I was impressed I couldn't lie and the aura of authority that surrounded him lived up to his name."That would be all," I told him, gulping down the remaining alcohol. I stretched out my hand and Diego handed over some documents to me. "Look into it and let me know if there's something you find unfavourable," I said setting down the envelope in front of him.He nodded, blowing out some smoke from his cigarette. "I see the Argenteros really don't go well with the Bratva. That can be fixed with one meeting. Leave it to me."I smiled at him. He did know how to rub people the right way. "That would be appreciated," I answered as I checked the time before standing up. I had two other appointments to meet up with, first to go see my mother and secondly, to pick up the woman who wanted to make herself a widow s
~VITTORIA~I stomped out after I was told Roman had come to the house to see he was still in his car. He had come with Diego, who was leaning on the car, arms folded as the sun rays hit the windscreen leaving a blinding reflection on it.Roman came out of the car, then proceeded to take out a large bouquet from the back before walking towards the front porch where I stood.He was dressed casually, in an undershirt and a jacket thrown on top with a pair of jeans and boots. It was the first time I was seeing him dressed in anything that wasn't a shirt neatly tucked into his trousers or a suit. And as much as I hated him and hated to admit, even to myself, he really looked good.He beamed while waving at me and I rolled my eyes at him. "Hey, Mrs Argentero!" He called out, walking past Tiziano's men who were scattered at literally every point of the house."It's Vittoria Belluci." I corrected as he stopped in front of me, smirking."You still holding a grudge huh?" He asked, handing me th
~VITTORIA~"Says who, babydoll?" He asked, making another turn nonchalantly as my eyes scanned every corner of the road."I'm not bad with directions. This wasn't where we were at last time." I replied, suddenly alert."I'm taking you to my house." He said stressing out the 'MY'. My eyes went back to him just as I felt the car come to a halt. All these while I had thought that I was going to be at his family house because I assumed he lived there and that was what I had prepared myself for. But I had never imagined I would have to live with him. Differently. Alone."Don't worry, I wouldn't kidnap my wife." He said with a wink.I rolled my eyes away from him and looked to see we were now in front of a different gate. Some dudes opened the gate and we drove in.We stopped in front of his house and he got out. I did the same too, not waiting for him to get the door for me. He came to me and shook his head. "Already in a haste to see what our bedroom looks like?" He asked putting his hand
~VITTORIA~The next day, I sat in my car outside the nightclub owned by Roman where the Cosa Nostra meeting was going to be held. It was something I never thought I'd be attending this soon and as much as Tiziano had always prepared me for it, I still wasn't prepared. The Belluci curse had never favoured me in the Cosa Nostra and one thing I knew was that men in the Cosa Nostra had Misogyny for breakfast every morning and were ready to spit it whenever the chance jumped out."So I'd have to wait in here for you?" Scout asked from beside me. I mentally face-palmed myself on how I had totally forgotten about him being there and somehow ended up bringing him all the way here.Scout was someone I had slept with like thrice in the past with. He used to work for Tiziano until he started working for me, and started doing more than just work. It was a secret we both kept from Tiziano, knowing that if Tiziano found out, he was going to be a goner that instant."Wait in here with no trouble and
~VITTORIA~Yes, Bianchi was dead."Anyone else have something to say?" Roman asked, observing the bosses.There was silence. And that silence meant that the meeting was over as well because the next thing I knew, Roman was standing up and grabbing my hand."We shall continue this later. The invitation will be sent out once I'm ready." He instructed.I tried to hold back my hand, indirectly telling him that I could stand by myself and leave the room by myself as well. But his hand was firmly on mine and his pull was rigid. He was determined to make me leave with him.The bosses watched as we left the room together with Nicola and Cleto who had stayed back earlier when I had entered the room. If I thought the hate stares were much when I had walked in earlier, the ones I got now were a double fold of it. Now, with me being the cause of Bianchi's death, I could swear they were ready to kill me at the slightest chance they got.I reluctantly walked with Roman past Biachi's body which was
~VITTORIA ~The sun seemed to have awoken at the same time as I did because the next thing was the sun's rays hitting my face harshly. Usually, Nicola would have been the one to shut the blinds whenever I slept off but with her staying at the quarters which was a fair distance from the main house, it was a hassle altogether for the both of us.I sprang up annoyed, hissing and cursing Roman under my breath, ready to walk into his room and stab not only his hand to the table but his neck as well. Because why the fuck would he kill Scout? What did Scout ever do?I dashed out of the room, banging the door and making my way towards the direction of the staircase, when I heard chattering and laughter coming from the kitchen. If there was one thing I noticed in the past few days of being here, it was that none of the guards usually came into the house, probably Roman loved his privacy or something. So I was genuinely curious to know who was allowed into the kitchen.I reached there and the s
~VITTORIA~“I think you’re misunderstanding, Miss Lilith Belluci. I honestly, like from the depth of the organ that pumps my blood, dislike you. Bitterly. Why do you always come here?” Yara, the most welcoming person I know said as she poked her head through the little open space of the door she held.I smiled at her, “Oh... If it isn’t Yara the angel whom the whole nation finds to be so kind and full of love. Imagine they finally find out you’ve been putting on a facade.” I said to her. “And your little princess business comes down to nothing.”She owned ‘YARA shoes’ which was the most popular shoe brand out there and the prettiest too. Although I had never admitted that to her and would never either. But I did get a whole lot of them whenever there was a new launch and something told me she secretly loved it.She also did some model shoots every now and then and all I could say was she had the stress free perfect life which I lowkey envied.She rolled her eyes at me as she opened th