Chapter: Chapter 38ChiaraMy birthday used to be a sad day.I avoided any show of celebration, and my grandparents respected that; however, they always gave me books as gifts. It was the thing I looked forward to most every year, the surprise book I least expected.That year the situation was completely different.My grandmother was dead, and my grandfather was hospitalized to improve his health.I had to call Grandpa to let him know I was okay.“I miss seeing you; please try to come. I need to give you your birthday present; I have been saving it for months,” my grandfather said, and I couldn't help the tears.“I'll come soon, just be patient, please,” I asked my grandfather, and he sighed. “Are your father and brother treating you well?”“They are treating me wonderfully,” I told the lie with some difficulty.“I hope so, Chiara,” my grandfather said before hanging up.I sighed, and Loreta knocked on the bedroom door and then calmly walked in.She was carrying a large box and frowned.“This came from
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Chapter: Chapter 37Alessandro“What the hell are you doing, Luca?” Shouted Chiara briskly and got in the middle of her brother and me.That annoyed me; she had promised me that she wouldn't get between me and a gun.Her promise seemed to be in vain.“You told me you were going to take care of her. I gave her to you precisely because you said her safety was going to be your priority, and you lied,” Luca said briskly.Loreta had an annoyed expression on her face.My guards surrounded Luca, but I just motioned for everyone to leave us alone.Chiara watched as everyone, including Loreta, walked away from the room.“But what are you guys doing?” asked Chiara, and I pushed her away.“What you should be doing,” I said to her.“I'm not leaving; you are going to kill each other,” Chiara said, and I looked Luca in the eyes.“Your brother isn't going to kill me, and he's going to put the gun down to stop his tantrum,” I said right away, and Luca growled before putting his gun away.“You think I can't kill you?” qu
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Chapter: Chapter 36AlessandroI realized that everything had been misunderstood.Chiara looked at me with annoyance, but mostly with disappointment.That feeling was not something I wanted to deal with. I could take her hatred, not her disappointment, so the mere thought of it made my blood boil.“No,” I said immediately. “If I had wanted to destroy your father, I would have long ago done it with his business, with what really hurts him.”Chiara looked at me with wide eyes, and I knew my words had struck her.You're a fool, Gregory said before growling.“I didn't mean to—”“You're right,” Chiara said with a sad smile. “That wouldn't hurt my father.”“I didn't mean to be cruel,” I said honestly.“I know, and that's what doesn't make me want to hit you right at this moment,” Chiara said sadly. “Was anything about our meeting real?”“Everything,” I said immediately. “I didn't know who you really were when I saw you at the party. I knew Lorenzo would introduce his daughter, and I knew about the threats his
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Chapter: Chapter 35ChiaraTraining had to stop because of problems with the new fence.That started to drive me crazy.Three whole days of only seeing Alessandro in the evenings was bothering me. I didn't know exactly why, but he would just go to bed to sleep and come out very early in the morning.I concentrated on working again, although it didn't work.My mind was dull, and I wanted more of Alessandro's scent.So I went looking for more clothes in his closet.I couldn't find a strong smell to calm my anxiety, so I rummaged through everything in his closet; that's how I stumbled upon a box. I couldn't help but take it out of the closet and look through it. I didn't know if Alessandro might be hiding any secrets, but I did know that if he had dared to pry into my affairs, I had the right to do the same.I never imagined what I found when I lifted the lid of the box.Inside the box were many papers in Italian, papers that must have been important; however, what really surprised me was to see a picture o
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Chapter: Chapter 34ChiaraThe days passed quickly.The ointment left by the healer was not only magical but also incredibly effective. By the fifth, the wound had closed, and the scar was beginning to lighten. I had no idea what it was that turned out to be so good, but I didn't complain about the results.Alessandro was much more anxious about all the repairs they had to do to the house, not because of the expense, but because of the fact that they had to accept the presence of strangers. That had him on edge, and because of that, I wouldn't leave his room. I had stayed with him so that he could control himself sufficiently.My smell calmed him down.It was something I could tell; every time he came close to smelling me, his body stopped tensing up completely.“How long will the repairs last?” I asked him on the morning of the sixth day after I woke up.“Until three days from now, according to what the contractor indicated,” Alessandro said. “Past those days, we'll adjust a training area at home. And t
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Chapter: Chapter 33AlessandroThe doctor and Loreta urged Chiara to sleep again.“You must try,” Loreta said. “Early we'll check the wound again and clean it. Right now it's wear and tear for you to stay up all night; you're going to change your circadian rhythm, and it's going to affect you. Get back into the rhythm.”“I'm just not sleepy,” Chiara said sincerely.“Then do it for Alessandro,” the doctor said. “He hasn't been able to sleep since he brought you in. He needs rest, and he won't if you don't.”I looked at the doctor with a frown but was surprised by Chiara's reaction.“Haven't you slept at all?” She asked with concern and moved to the side of the bed. “Come, sleep with me. Can she do it?”“No,” I said, and Loreta smiled.“Yes, he can sleep next to you,” she said confidently.“As long as you take care of your wound, yes,” the doctor said.Chiara opened the sheet and made room for me on her bed.I sighed with embarrassment but didn't hesitate to climb into the bed.It was small, but the mattre
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Chapter: Epilogue IIThat was what I loved about her, so when the cake came, she got up she took our princeessa. We sang happy birthday in all three languages, we laughed at everything and even encouraged her to dream of a wish, to believe in the future, in what was to come, so I carried her and with all the love in the world I said:“Juliana, you are the most beautiful thing in the world, the most sacred thing I have, and I promise you that I will take care of you, love you and encourage you throughout my life, in the greatest possible way, so that you can be whatever you want, realize your dreams and become the most special person in this world” dije entre lágrimas y eso la hizo abrazarme con fuerza.He loved her more than anything, all of them.We finished the evening and after dealing with a lot of games, we put the kids to bed and Hani said he would keep an eye on them to make sure everything was okay, so we could have that night of escape we needed. One that served to give me a surprise to the very
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Chapter: Epilogue ISurviving a gunshot wound to the damn liver had to be some sort of Guinness World Record or something, what I did know was that I was grateful to God for all the good things He gave me after that. Watching my wife suffer was the worst feeling, so I didn't want to see him, so I swore he would be the best husband, the best person I could be.The process was painful, but it was worth every damn sacrifice to get to the best point of all, to have my family reunited, happy and without wars in between, only peace and happiness, we deserved it more than anything in the world.How do we reach them?Ima was arrested by the FBI, Nyoko could not carry the blame, but the fact of being killed by her own daughter must mean something, it must mean something beyond the nefarious part die, something that undoubtedly did not wish my worst enemy, however, the world was the world, Life was life and the twists of fate could put everything in place.Together with the FBI we dissolved the corrupt clan of the
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Chapter: 144. Amaya"No... You just used me," I accused him with anger welling up in every bit of my system, "I was just one more transaction for your revenge and now, if I'm pregnant... I have to live this pregnancy in the middle of a disaster, in the middle of stress, in the middle of the constant fear that my baby will be known to be a target," I told her with a cascade of tears rolling down my eyes. Nothing is right, I didn't want to bring a child into the world in these conditions, I didn't want to have a child with you, I didn't want to...I alone could not take it anymore and the accumulated, the stress, the compendio collapsed me to a level that I fell on the floor and I started crying long and straight. He, against my will, bent down to box me into his arms, in an attempt to give me a comfort that I was late and that he was torturing me in a way far worse than everything else."I'm going to protect you; I'm going to protect them."I hate you," I said in response to his empty promise despite bein
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Chapter: 143. AmayaTwo full days passed before my brother came to bring me news about what was happening. After seeing what happened to the Russians, I couldn't help but feel completely out of sorts, deeply concerned, and imagining the great disaster that had occurred after the Russians."Father had a heart attack," he said, and I felt like my heart was going to stop. "He's stable, but he needed open-heart surgery because he had valve complications.""Oh, my gods, he...""He didn't send you to be killed with Paola," he admitted, and I felt immense relief and shame simultaneously. "Believe it or not, you are that man's greatest treasure, so much so that it seems like he doesn't care about us.""I...""Our father loves you, and he tried to do something to win your mother back because she left him," he continued sharply, and I felt like the world was spinning, the puzzle pieces scattered randomly on the table. "Pamela left him; she told me during a moment when she felt terrible and drank like she hadn't in
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Chapter: 142. Alessio"What the hell is that about?" My father-in-law asked when he saw his daughter.He saw me and realized my surprise, then he looked at Dante who saw him with a frown, totally annoyed to the point of losing his patience completely, as if more than rage in anger, he was at a point of complete pain, of total anger with which he did not want to deal, but which touched him given the events.In these meetings they made agreements in which they arranged several, things and unfortunately only they have the knowledge of what they did, but it is obvious that the Yakuza had direct or indirect participation with it.—Kore wa fukanōdesu, machigai ga aru ni chigai arimasen..."I'm afraid there isn't Hiroshi, your daughter has a hand in this, but only they can answer us," Dante said earnestly. We want to know exactly what they collaborated on and where the girls who were moving along the routes came from.The Chechens drew their weapons on the spot, that made all the rest of us draw ours in response,
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Chapter: 141. Alessio"You're not going to get away with this. You've done the worst to keep her safe, and you've exposed her in the worst way possible," I snapped angrily. "But you'll have to deal with it; you'll have to face the damn consequences of your actions.""I won't be the only one. I'll make you pay for everything, absolutely everything, and there won't be a trace of you left to bury," I threatened, and she easily broke free from me.She pushed me away and positioned herself to leave as if nothing had happened. When I walked out minutes later, the mafia bosses were gathered to make a toast, the cream of the underworld, people who did very bad things for their own benefit, people who needed to be reminded of the rules so they wouldn't dare to go against a foundation that provided us with certain advantages. Dante was a fair man, but very deadly, so being on his bad side was not a good thing, not at all, and that was why everyone pretended to be calm."Welcome, everyone, to this charity gala, a gat
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Chapter: Hanna's StoryEmma's BirthHannaI was tired of fighting.I had to do it for the child I was carrying in my womb because otherwise, I had no reason to continue. I was weak, discarded, and with my soul in pieces, without the consolation of saying that no one had told me. My whole family was at pains to remind me how foolish I would be if I let myself be carried away by the love of a man who wasn't worth it.They were right.The result was to run away with him, leave my house like a thief, and travel with the thought that my love story would have a happy ending. It didn't—quite the opposite. What would be a life away from a controlling father and siblings, where I could do whatever I wanted and no one would force me one more day to do what I didn't like, became a dark hole that swallowed me up without letting me get out of it.It was scary and very disturbing.Bruno was just the bait that someone else used to kidnap me from my life, my roots and origins in Britton. After a twenty-two-hour drive to Ne
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Chapter: Extra Love Months later...EmmaWe went for Aurora.I was a little girl who was abandoned at the entrance of a church, she had a terrible story, but she was one who told me she needed all the support in the world. She came from a family of Latino immigrants, she was a beauty of a creature, but she was afraid of people, of the world, of people.And rightly so.I couldn't blame her for it, it was just a matter of trust.She was eight years old when we met her, isolated from the rest while drawing fairies and magical creatures. The first one who saw her was Luc, when I looked for him, I ran into her and I just fell in love and even more so when they told me that she went through many shelters where she ended up with some kind of problem because people had no patience for her silence. That caught my interest and when I found out that she was aware of how a family member left her, pushed her aside, I just wanted to do all the paperwork right away.She was hurt, lacked confidence, and deserved all the
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Chapter: EpilogueThree years later...LucianoWe would finally have our happy union.She, as an adventurer, decided that she didn't want a big gala or celebration, but wanted to have a quick and fun meeting in Las Vegas, that's why we were there, in one of the most iconic chapels on The Strip.Emma seemed like a goddess in every sense of the word.Seeing my wife walk towards me in a beautiful champagne satin silk dress and with a long neckline that incited all my desires, was not only what excited me, but my biggest dream more than fulfilled. I felt in the clouds because of the beauty she gave me, because of the immense love she gave me and because she agreed to be with me, before that, I could not avoid some tears, it was something automatic that not only touched the audience, it touched her much more who also let some tears slip from her eyes and when she arrived at the altar, Bruce gave it to me with great love."Here I give you my granddaughter, live to make her happy, don't break her heart again
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Chapter: 86. LucianoPresentOctober 1017"Well, Luciano, you can start exercising, soft things, nothing high-impact, you must recover your previous condition, but yes, I give you my blessing to have intimacy.”We burst out laughing, I saw my sister typing mischievously and I asked her:"Did you write to my girlfriend?""No, I wrote to the one I want to be mine, but it's very hard to crack, I have a feeling it's going to be a very difficult ninja path to travel," he blurted out solemnly and I shook my head over his nonsense."Take it easy, Alice has a past that hides beneath that noble heart, be careful and don't pressure, she must have her time...""Well, I'll drop you off at home and then I'll go to the academy, so...""No, I need to go to the headquarters of the companies, I have something very important to do there and I'll take one of the cars I have there," I asked and he looked at me suspiciously."Well, let's go.”When I got to my office, I looked at the person who was filling in for me, a person
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Chapter: 85. EmmaPresentAugust 2017Luc was still the same, a little more stable for passing the critical stage, but the same.I spent the day with all of them, Diana left early to be with her baby and me, Giulia, Enzo and Lilly went to the cafeteria for dinner."What do you want to eat? I talked to the manager of the cafeteria and juggled to get something decent," Enzo said and I didn't even know what to say."I'll just eat some fries and a soda, today is the day to break the diet," Giulia said and her brother shook his head, but didn't say anything."I'll eat a hamburger, thanks," Lilly said.Both she and Enzo saw me and I had no choice but to lie to them, so I sighed deeply and said:"Like Giulia, I don't have much of an appetite and I don't know if I'll be able to eat anything else.”Then a man not so old, perhaps about Uncle Ismael's age, appeared and Giulia got up to go and hug him tightly."Who is it?" Lilly asked and I shook my head."I don't have the slightest idea about it," I admitted.I s
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Chapter: 84. EmmaPresentAugust 2017"I wondered if you would follow the route of the road, but no, I thought that the best thing you could do was to seek help," Adriano said mockingly as the six men around us laughed."Don't do this, Adriano," Luc muttered clemiciously."Of course, I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it very well, so well that I'm not only going to go get you, but I'm going to make sure that Giulia and Enzo suffer a lot," he blurted out angrily, and I watched as the dogs we heard came out from behind the trees."Put me down so I can help you," I said softly to my beloved, and he ignored me."Separate them," Adriano ordered, and that made Luc squeeze me much tighter.The men came over and the dogs growled, that's when I knew it would all end badly, so badly that my tears came out without any filter. I was thrown at the feet of Mr. A, who bent down to see me with a wicked smile."What I'm going to do with you will be the funniest thing, Emma.”I swallowed hard and restrained myself fro
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