FABIANOHis lioness was back.He smiled.“You can roam the island today.” He bent down and picked the box from her feet. Straightening, he flicked the box open and took out the ring, twisting it in his fingers before he snatched her hand and shoved the ring in her finger.The big, sapphire diamond glinted back at him, surrounded by three small diamonds on each side.Aria stared down at the ring in her finger as Fabiano stared at her.Her eyes were missing the element of shock and awe he had seen in the eyes of my whores when he gifted them with expensive necklaces.That was the difference.Aria wasn’t them. Fabiano smiled, eerily impressed by her. She didn’t care about his money. She hated him.But as long as she was with him, he was okay even with her hatred.“Go do whatever you want.” He stepped away from her, “Roam the island or whatever.”She looked at him but he turned his back on him and moved towards the balcony.“We leave tomorrow, wife.”He didn’t need to look back to know th

ARIAHe was going to kill my daughter.Fingers trembling, I looked over my shoulder. I stepped back and whirled around, slapping the large vase off the small table.It fell on the floor, shattering into tiny pieces. It was like I was seeing it in slow motion.“Aria.” I heard him roar.I paid no attention to him and bent down to pick the largest piece of broken glass I could find.Tiny shards of glass pricked my hands, tearing the skin and embedding into flesh but I didn’t care.I snatched a piece from the floor and turned around.“What are you trying to do?” He stopped in his tracks when he saw what I was doing.I lifted my arms up in the air, holding the broken glass against my wrist. The sharp side cut my skin, dug into my flesh and a trail of blood started to flow down my arm.“Tell the doctor to go.” I whispered, aware of the eyes on me.“Put it down.” He spoke, slowly and calmly, his hand disappearing behind him.I shook my head, my chin started to tremble in fear. I was afraid t

FABIANOShe was small.So tiny.She was so small that she could’ve been mistaken for a little doll if not for the tubes that were attached to her.Venus.Fabiano stared at the little baby in the incubator, a myriad of feelings stormed his chest.She was asleep.Fabiano kept staring at her as if he had seen a miracle. He tilted his head to a side and studied the little creature.How could a human be so tiny?Squinting his eyes, he took a step towards the incubator.“Is she alright?” He asked without looking back, knowing that the doctor would answer him.“Yes.” He heard the doctor reply, “She’s premature. It’s normal for her to be small. The babies born at this age, their normal job is to sleep, grow and become medically stable.”He swallowed the uncomfortable feeling that surged within him.There were so many tubes connected to her. Some of them were going inside her.Surprisingly, concern rose in him for the little girl.“The tubes.” He asked, “Will they…” He cleared his throat, forc

FABIANOWARNING: MENTIONS OF TORTURE AHEAD. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.“She tried to kill herself.”There was a moment of silence after his reply.“What did you do to her?” Nono’s voice was a mixture of anger and pity.Everything a gentlemen wouldn’t do to her, he held back the words.“I wanted to kill the baby.” He admitted, caressing her pale, sunken cheek.She had been unconscious for more than a week. When she had fainted, he had immediately called for a team of doctors.For the first time, he had done something she had asked him for.He had the doctors cut the baby out of her by surgery.“Why would you do that?”“The baby was a girl.” He huffed out a chuckle, his insides twisting at the words he had uttered.“So what?” Her voice was enraged, “Do girls not have the right to live?”He shook his head, “You know what happens to the girls in our world, don’t you Nono?”He looked at her for the first time after entering the room. He watched the emotions filling his Nono’s eyes at the mention.

ARIA“Where’s my daughter?” I fixed my gaze at Lina.She knew the answer to my question but she kept her back to me.My fingers shook. Panic and hysteria flared inside me making me shudder.“My daughter.” I barked, trying not to wince at the pain that uncurled in my abdomen.“Where is my daughter?” My voice was full of raw fear.She turned and moved towards the door, trying to run from me.A woman searching for her heart and flesh.It took everything in me to ignore the pain as I hurried off the bed and towards her. She was so close to escaping when I grabbed her by her arm and whirled her around.Eyes shining with tears and pity, she took one look at my panicked self before she looked down at the floor.“I—”“WHERE IS SHE?” I shouted; spittle flew from my mouth as I dug my nails into her flesh.She flinched, eyes wide as she opened her mouth.“WHERE?” I screamed in her face, “WHERE?”“Dead.” She blurted out before she paled like she had seen a ghost, “I…I am sorry.”She shoved at me,