VALENTINA’S POVWhen the guy and two men came to carry Ricardo up, Ricardo began gasping for air. As if that wasn’t enough we heard noises coming from the side of the house.I was too focused on helping the wounded to pay attention to what was the cause of the noise. So I rushed inside the house with the men who helped carry Ricardo’s body inside the house.Ricardo was still gasping for breath and I was worried that he would go into a coma or he might even die. So I told them to place him on the table in his sitting room. His men laid him on the table and I rushed to his side. “ Calm down Ric, you’re not gonna die today. Not while I’m here. Just try to take calm breaths okay? “ I said to him and he nodded his head frantically as he tried to take calm breaths.“ I am Angelo. Thank you for what you did out there. Please let me know whatever you need right now to stabilize him, “ The guy who came to pick Ricardo up from my house said to me with a look of gratitude on his face. So that wa
VALENTINA’S POV“ Please can I ask you for a favor? “ Angelo asked me suddenly after he tilted his head and thought for a while. I wondered what favor he wanted to ask of me. “ Sure. If it's within my power I'll help, “ I found myself saying to Angelo. I didn't know why I couldn't say no to him.“ Can Mrs D’Arezzo stay here with you while I go get things back in order at the estate? I'll leave some of the men here to stand guard and don't worry they won't be caught unawares ever again, “ Angelo said to me.“ First I need to know her condition before I can let you leave her here with me. I need to know what I'll be dealing with, “ I said to Angelo. This was the perfect opportunity for me to know what happened to the beautiful woman and there was no way I was gonna miss the opportunity now that it had presented itself.“ I can't go into details because it's my story to tell. But all I can tell is that she has never said a word ever since her husband's demise, and she began to show sign
VALENTINA’S POVWhen I turned and saw that Ric’s mom was the one who just spoke, I was dumbfounded and tongue-tied. I just continued staring at her.“ Would Cardo be okay? “ She asked again with worry evident on her face. That was when I regained my composure.“ Uhmm, yeah, yeah. He’ll be fine, “ I lied to her with a smile and a look of assurance on my face.That was all I could do at that moment. I didn’t want to make her more worried because I didn’t know for sure what was wrong with her yet.I couldn’t possibly just tell her that her son was in a coma and we weren't sure when or if he would wake up. That would devastate the poor woman.“ Alright, “ She said but didn’t look convinced. She went back to how she was before she spoke. Not wanting her to be that way, I decided to check on Ric a little later. For now, I needed to strike up a conversation with his mom at least every day to get her back to her normal self. So I walked over to her and sat down on the chair across from where
RICARDO’S POVI saw Valentina being dragged away from me while I was in chains by Santiago. Valentina was crying and begging me to help her while she was being dragged away by Diego and his men.I tried to set myself free but I couldn't. I was scared and frustrated. I had to do something. I had to help Valentina. That was when my eyes fluttered open only to realize that it was just a dream.I woke up in a room that looked strangely familiar. IV fluids were connected to my veins and the life support machine was beeping steadily.I tried to move my hands for a while but I felt numb. An artificial ventilator was on my nose which I so much wanted to take off. After a series of trials, my hands moved and I removed it.It took all the strength in me for me to sit up on the bed. I looked pathetic and this aggravated my anger. Diego and Santiago Dimaria were the cause of all this.“How many days did I pass out?“ I muttered as I turned to check the wall clock on the wall.I gasped when I reme
RICARDO’S POV My phone began ringing while I was driving back from the secret mental health care hospital my mom was in. I didn't want anyone to know that she was even still alive, so far only Angelo whom I trusted the most among my men in the gang knew and swore to keep it a secret.That's why my men and my escorts didn't follow me, besides I never go out of my residence alone. It's too risky given that I'm the mafia king.I checked the person who might be calling me and saw that it was Angelo, the guy I trust the most in my gang, Angelo began working for me when I was newly made the king of all mafia gangs after my father passed away.Hoping he wasn't calling me because of a problem I picked up the call with one of my hands still on my steering wheel.“ Speak, I'm listening “ I answered the call with my not-so-obvious Italian. Angelo doesn't normally call me unless there's a valid reason behind it and I feared there might be trouble that why he is calling.“ Boss, one of our shipme
VALENTINA’S POVI knelt in front of my parents and elder brother’s graves with tears rolling down my eyes nonstop as I reminisced about how life was when they were still alive and we lived happily.We were the Di Maria family living peacefully and minding our business. My brother Taviano Di Maria would always take me to a river on the outskirts of our city telling me that we'll get to see a mermaid because he knew I loved mermaid tales.My Dad was just a businessman who was benevolent enough to show my uncle who is his younger and only brother Santiago Di Maria his way of business and they both excelled together.When I was 5 years old, we were all going on a holiday and armed men ambushed us on the same bridge on the river my brother Taviano used to take me to, so that we'll search for mermaids and the armed men began shooting at us.My mum Rosalia Di Maria pushed me into the river to save me before they shot her. Luckily a woman saved me and took me to my Uncle Santiago when she saw
RICARDO’S POV When I got into the car Argo pulled into the driveway and drove off with my men in the other jeeps following suit.It hurt me to see my men hurt this way, especially Angelo whom I have taken to be like my younger brother, but the Mafia's code as a leader was never to show emotions in front of your men.So I buried all my emotions and kept my usual cold face as I asked “ Give me situation report “ I spoke, directing the question to Angelo.“ When you left that day at exactly 2 pm our alarms began blaring notifying us that someone had broken into our estate, before we even had the chance to check who, we began hearing gunshots, many of our men were killed but we fought them till we killed each one of them “ Angelo explained sadly.“ What happened to you, boss? “ Angelo asked and I discovered we were already pulling into my estate.“ We'll continue this discussion in my study, “ I said and we kept quiet till we reached the main house and got out of the car with Angelo follo
RICARDO’S POVThe person I saw sitting on the chair being mishandled and roughly tied to the chair was none other than Valentina, the woman who saved me.“ Boss, isn't that the lady whose house we came to pick you up from earlier today? I mean the one who saved you? '' Angelo whispered to me. Seems like Angelo also recognized her, so that means I'm not just imagining things.Before I could order my men to wait before removing the blindfold from Valentina, they removed it. Her purple eye which I oddly liked a lot popped open but she squinted it trying to adjust her sight.I stood rooted where I was utterly confused and not knowing what to do but still not even for a second did I remove my eyes from her. Her eyes widened with realization when she made direct eye contact with me.“ Mr? “ She asked as she scanned everyone standing around me with a gun and her gaze lingered on my bloodstained hands and shirt with fear. She then turned, seeing blood on the floor and the dead men with their b