A While Later
MONALISA"You are really pregnant" Mum whispered, holding the pregnancy test result in her hands."You are really pregnant " She said yet again and I bowed my head slightly, turning my gaze to the bed sheets.How could I be pregnant?No, I didn't want to believe that I was pregnant amidst all of these chaos. But it was clear I was. We just had an urine test and my blood has been drawn for a blood test too.I don't know why I had lied to mum that I didn't have sex with Lucius when I had done so, countless times. Maybe it was because I believed I could not be pregnant."You told me you didn't.... You told me you didn't have sex with Mr. Devine! Then what is this?" Mum asked, her eyes frustrated and her facials tensed."Is this wrong too? Do I have to get the blood test results before you admit it?" Mum asked and pushed her fingers into her hair."I... I don't know what to do. I really don't know what to do" she leaned against the wall and slipped down slowly. She sat on the floor and palmed her face.I took a step towards her and paused. I was pregnant for Devine. Pregnant for the man I loved. That would not have been so hard if that man wasn't the same man I was supposed to hate."Mum" I called and took the remaining steps to get to her.I crouched down beside her and called her once more."Lisa" she grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug."I don't know what to do" she cried, hugging me tightly."I am sorry. I am sorry, mum" I cried too."I am really sorry"Three hours later."You are in love with him?" Mum asked, holding my hands gently and I slowly nodded, looking at her face and looking for her reaction.I had told mum that we liked each other at first glance and we had fallen in love during the time she was absent from home. I had of course held a lot of information back."Lisa" she caressed my hands gently."Do you realize who he is? The man you say you are in love with. Do you understand the kind of man he is?" Mum asked and I slowly nodded.It didn't make sense at all, even to me. The fact that I was still loving and wanting Devine after finding out all of these didn't make sense but I couldn't help it.I could not stop wanting to see him. I could not stop wanting to be in his arms. And I couldn't see myself hiding from him the fact that I was pregnant for him."He is in the mafia. No, he is a mafia boss now. He killed your father. He has enemies. Dangerous enemies. You will not be safe with him. He killed your father....""I know, mum" I said softly, cutting her off."Then if you know all of these, how can you still want to be with him?""I don't know, mum. I just can't... I just can't let go of him and I am pregnant for him too. There's a child now""A child we can take care of ourselves. We haven't gotten the house. We have more than enough to leave this country and start afresh""Leave the country?""Yes, Lisa. I know... I understand that you fell in love with him and if I had found out about this relationship on better terms, I would have agreed to it. I don't really mind the fact that he... That he is much older than you are. But I will never see him like I once saw him. I will always and always hate him in my heart. You... You don't know how much I loved Sebastien. I loved him so much.""Mum. Dad was also in the mafia just like Lucius and Lucius was lied to. He was deceived into killing Dad""The point here is that he killed him. No matter what he says, it doesn't change the fact that he killed Seb!" Mum took in a deep breath."You will get over him, I assure you. You still have your entire life ahead of you. You will find someone better, someone who will love you better and someone you will love better""It's been seventeen years since Dad died. You haven't found someone else to replace him, mum. How sure are you that it won't be the same for me too?" I asked and mum looked away from me."It won't be the same. You are still very young and this entire relationship hasn't been that long. You will get over it in no time.""I...""Lisa, let's put it at that. No more on this. I won't let you get yourself entangled with all these mafia shit. Your safety is important. I will think about which decision we will make. Buying a house or leaving the country. I will decide on one" she said, getting up from the chair she was seated.I watched with a sigh as she walked out of the room. I took my hand to my still flat stomach and felt it with my hand.I could barely believe that I now had a human growing inside of me. I understood mum's hurt but I wished she would understand mine too.DIANE SEBASTIENI pulled the bracelet out of my pocket and stared at it."Seb" I called and kissed the bracelet."This is hard on me. Please help me if you can hear me. I... It's been 17 years since you left but I am just finding out that you were in the... In the mafia. You were the perfect man for me and I thought you kept nothing from me. But this?"I shut my eyes tightly and gripped the bracelet tighter."But don't worry, I am going to protect our daughter from all of these. I know the last thing you would have wanted was for Lisa to get into any dangerous situations so I am going to protect her from this situation. I will try my best, Seb. I will stay safe and keep Lisa safe. I am not going to lose her like I lost you. Never.""We now have a grandchild on the way too. And I am going to make sure our grandchild too is happy and safe."LUCIUS DEVINE "I want to know how she is doing " I whispered the words, looking at the iPad in my hands. I could see her location. She had left the hospital and was now in some residential area. I had some of my men follow them and put a tracker on Diane's car. I had to know where she was at every second. And also, Sandro was still out there so I had to make sure Lisa was safe. "I wonder if she feels good enough to leave the hospital already." I mumbled. "Boss" Bella spoke behind me and I shut my eyes for a few seconds. I groaned and then opened my eyes. "What do you think, Bella?" I questioned. "I have hurt Lisa so much and I badly want to do everything I can to have her completely forgive me. I need her." I swallowed hard. "You are deep in love with her, boss""I know that fact already. I didn't call you here to tell me things I already know" "My apologies""You are a lady" I got up on my feet, dropping the iPad on the table in front of me. I turned to face Bella. "Lisa
MONALISA "How did you find us?" Mum hissed out the second she laid her eyes on Lucius. "Please leave" mum added, not giving him a chance to say a word. "I am here to see Lisa" Lucius stated, unmoving. He had a firm and almost stern look on his face. He was bent on seeing me. That was very obvious. "Mum, please let him in" I quickly said, hurrying towards the door. "I am here to see Lisa and I won't be leaving until you've let me speak to her" Lucius said. "I am going to call the cops on you" mum threatened. "Alright" Lucius didn't budge a bit. "But once they see who is standing at the door, you can be sure they are going to turn back and leave" he added as I got to the door. The hard look on his face softened immediately his gaze rested on me. "Lisa""Lisa, get back into your room" mum said authoritatively but I remained by her side, not leaving the door. "Cupcake, come here" Lucius took a step into the house, ignoring mum who was fuming with rage. "Lisa, you heard me" mum
MONALISAI was pacing about my room, wondering what they were talking about and wondering if I should walk back in there and go listen to what they were saying but I held myself back. After some time, the door of my room opened and Lucius was the one standing by it. "What... What did she say?" I asked as Lucius walked into the room. "She has agreed to let you come with me." Lucius replied and I felt a heavy weight being lifted off my chest. Finally! I could be with Lucius now. Lucius spread his arms and I pressed myself into his arms to hug him. "Do you want to go back home with me now?" Lucius asked, his hand gently patting my hair. "Y-yes" I agreed and pulled back. "What about my mum? Is she moving back?" I asked. "I don't think so" Lucius replied and I pressed my lips into a thin line. Mum was letting go of me reluctantly. I don't know what Lucius said to make her legs go but I knew she wasn't willingly letting go of me. I stepped away from Lucius and walked out of my roo
AUTHOR'S POV "You are finally awake?" Sandro dropped the cup of tea he had been sipping and looked at Irene whose eyes were just opening. "I... I am still alive?" Irene whispered almost inaudibly. "Of course, you are still alive. What do you think? That you died from the gunshot?" Sandro asked with a grin on his face. Irene shut her eyes for a few seconds, hearing Sandro shuffle around, getting up from the chair he had been seated on. "You were close to dying though. But one of my men saw Lucius leaving the room. He rushed in and saved you. I was going to just tell him to dump your body somewhere but you seemed to have a little life inside of you" Sandro uttered the words. "And now..." He turned to face Irene who was now staring at him. "Your life belongs to me. I have saved you. You would be long dead if it wasn't for me. Your body, this pretty body of yours would be decaying right now if it wasn't for me so you owe your life to me now. But don't bother too much. I am a very ni
LUCIUS DEVINE"Here, beautiful" I whispered as I pulled the chair for Lisa to sit. "Thank you" she raised her head slightly to look at me as she lowered herself to the chair. I kissed her on the cheek before walking over to my chair and sitting down. "Do you have to call me beautiful and all sort of adorable names like everytime?" Lisa chuckled. "Of course. When you have the prettiest, loveliest and most adorable woman who radiates beauty like the moon itself... No, more than the moon itself, you know you have to remind her every moment about how precious she is""Lucius" her face flushed red as she giggled at my words. "You look up at the moon" I said to her and she raised her head up.We were having dinner at a rooftop restaurant. I had wanted to book the entire restaurant but Lisa had been against it. She wanted to have a dinner with other people around. I would have rather had it the other way but whatever my Cupcake wanted was what she got. Her wants were supreme. "Now, don
MONALISA"Do I look unattractive?" I asked myself, walking into the room and clad only in my shower robe. I stopped in front of the mirror. Geez, I am used to doing that but then, I had to look at myself. Did I look less attractive than I was a few weeks ago? I could not understand what was wrong. Lucius was everything I wanted and even so much more than that. The perfect date this night was a confirmation to that fact. And he was everything he had always been but there was a slight difference which was not too slight. He was no longer all over me. The Lucius I knew was a man who was obsessed with my body. And fuck! He still was, he still told me how beautiful I am and how pretty I looked in literally everything I put on but there was still that difference. He would not grab me and kiss me like he used to. He would not give my ass a little squeeze like he used to at every chance he got. He would not even take baths with me. Just like tonight. I had proposed us taking the bath t
DIANE SEBASTIANI took in a deep breath, thinking my actions over. A part of me was telling me to just let it go. To let things be this way and let Lisa be with Lucius while I maintained a bit of distance from them. But the bigger part of me could not allow that happen. I could not let Lisa continue to be with Lucius and I could not forgive Lucius too. The more I thought of it, the angrier I became. The more I recalled my moments with Seb, the more my rage grew. The more I looked at the bracelet that Lucius had kept hidden from me for years, the more pissed off I was. I could not let Lisa be with Lucius. Never. And so even if it could cost me my life, I was willing to go to Sandro and ask him to let go of Lisa. As long as he wasn't after Lisa, I could get my daughter back and be assured of her safety still. I wouldn't have to leave her with Lucius just to keep her safe. "I have to do this. I didn't come this far just to turn back and leave" I said to myself and taking in a deep bre
MONALISAA private jet! A freaking private jet was what I was on right now. This was my first time flying one. I had thought we would probably fly first class but flying a private jet was just another level of wealth on its own. Just what exactly was the net worth of this man?But that wasn't the most exciting thing, the exciting thing was the trip itself. A vacation mean Lucius would mostly be with me, right? It meant that he didn't have to work as much, right?If that was it, then this was going to be the perfect time for me to find out why he was suddenly not interested in my body. I had no idea where we were going yet but I was already planning for some coffee date. And a library date would also be perfect. And walks in the evening too. The vacation was going to be just perfect! But right now, I was feeling drowsy. I had been sleeping more than usual these days. "You look sleepy." Lucius immediately noted out. "Are you perhaps living in my head?" I squinted my eyes at him. I