Novels by Amy Robert

Arielle's POV "Why do you want me to be with him?" I asked my aunty immediately we stepped into our house."Luciano has been through a lot more than you can imagine. I see you as a light in his life. You're chatty, you're fun to be with. You can make him smile," she replied, putting up that pleading look that made me always listen to her.I shook my head in disagreement. "I can't, Aunt Linnie. He's rude. I can't even imagine being friends with him. I mean, he is so arrogant," I spoke with disgust."Why did you even agree to do this with him?""I bashed into his car this morning and since then, he hasn't let me be. He said it was a way to pay for the damage. Do you know that he insulted your car early this morning?""I don't know why you still carry that car around, making everyone think we can't afford anything.""It's my favourite, Aunt Linnie," I whined."That car should go to the scrap." She sighed and held my hands. "Don Marcello believes you can change his grandson. He dotes on

Arielle's POV "Aunt Linnie?" I called.She was shocked to hear her name. She looked up to see me. "Arielle? What are you doing here?""I... I..." I stammered."You two know each other?" Luciano's grandfather asked while dropping the cigarette on an ashtray."Yeah. She's my niece. I'm surprised she's here," she replied."I think she's of importance to Luciano. Luciano, why don't you tell us who she is to you?" His grandfather asked.Luciano held my hand firmly. "She's my girlfriend.""What?" Aunt Linnie exclaimed. "You two are together? You didn't tell me you had a boyfriend, Arielle."I kept my face to the ground. "It's... complicated. What about you? What are you doing here?""I work here. I'm his nurse," she said while moving a plate of medicine to the old man."Oh." I recalled when she told me a rich man had employed her as his personal nurse, and I was happy about it. But she never allowed me to go with her or to find out who she was working for."Join us for dinner, dear Arielle

Arielle's POVI rounded up my talk, took my pay, and it was finally time to end this disaster of a day. As soon as I got out of the gallery, the lights went off. Darkness and silence overwhelmed the environment around me. The only sound that could be heard was the clicking of my heels on the floor as I made my way to my car. I wasn't scared though. It was 9 pm. The night was still early. It wasn't the first time I'd be going home after everyone else.I was inserting my car key into its lock when I saw a reflection on my car window. Someone was at my back. Not just one person. They were two.My self defense instinct picked up. I fumbled into my bag and brought out a can of pepper spray. I always had my self defense kit in my bag, and was ready to defend myself anytime. With a quick turn, I sprayed it on their faces. I tried to unlock my car door and get in, but one of the men was quick to grab the car keys from me.I didn't bother struggling with him, and took to my heels, running

Arielle's POV What's going on? I mean, how did we get to this? The same man who claimed not to give a damn about me had his lips placed on mine.I gently disconnected our lips and tried to push him away, but he held me tighter. "What are you...?" "Shh," he hushed me. "Play along. This is a little way you can pay back for my car."Then he kissed me again. Much to my surprise, my lips slowly began to move in rhythm with his.Oh goodness. I let a stranger have my first kiss. I didn't just let him. I was actually kissing him back.When he finally let go of me, I was breathless, gazing into his eyes with shock. I was drowning in those deep blue eyes of his that reminded me of the ocean."Luciano!" A high-pitched female voice rang behind me.Turning back, I was surprised to see an elegant lady staring at us with tears streaming down her cheeks. The man finally let go of my waist, and I regained my breath, although the thudding of my heart didn't cease.Now I get it. He was using me to mak

Gabriel's POV Sighing as I held my mother's frail hand in the hospital, I wished she could wake up, look directly into my eyes and talk to me. The moment she was awake, she only said incomprehensible things.Growing up in a wealthy home where peace and love were just luxuries I couldn't afford, I had to watch my father's constant physical and emotional abuse on my mother. "She sustained a skull fracture leading to an increase in intracranial pressure and an internal bleeding. The outcomes could be dementia, seizures, disability or the worst possible fate; death." I could still recall the doctor's exact words the first day I took her to the hospital. That was after she had a serious head injury during one of her traumatizing incidents.Dealing with my troubled past and my damaged self, I knew I had to build a wall around myself by putting up a facade which was effortless because of the power and affluence I had. My involvement with the mafia was the perfect escape. It was much easie

Arielle's POV I knew my day was already off to a bad start as I impatiently waited in the crawling traffic. I sighed multiple times, my mind preoccupied with my aunt's urgent package delivery.As soon as the traffic congestion eased, my hands tightened on the steering wheel while I attempted to get back into the flow of traffic. A sleek gray car made a sudden stop in front of me, and before I could swerve, I ended up colliding with it. My heart sank as the sound of crunching metal filled the air. "Oh no!" I mumbled. The car looked really expensive and I knew I couldn't pay for such damage.The driver, a tall blonde haired man, dressed in a perfectly tailored black suit came out of the car. His eyes blazed with annoyance as he inspected the damage. He muttered something in Italian, then his sharp eyes fell on my scared form inside the car. I leaped out of the car, apologetic. "Oh no! I... I'm so sorry," I stuttered an apology as I took in the sight of his damaged car."What is wron