DANTE
That girl literally raised her hands on me. First was bumping into me and next she slapped me for saving her from thugs that could have harrased her.She is so daring. She didn't even mind the fact that I was with a gun.My capos were stunned at the fact that I let her walk scot free without teaching her a lesson. I wouldn't blame them for thinking that way.I am Dante Morelli. My years of training right from childhood has shaped me into what I am now--a fearless and dangerous mafia boss who shouldn't be mess with. And yet today, this puny girl raised her hands at me and I was left too speechless to even react.I was intrigued by her. She was daunting, vibrant and she clearly didn't give two fucks about my personality.I had never met a woman like that.A woman who could stand in the midst of hardened men and speak without any atom of fear at them. Minutes had flown by yet I couldn't stop thinking about Alina.Right here in the house of my adversary, Nikolia Fedorov, I still couldn't get the image of her slapping me out of my mind. Neither was I paying attention to what sprewed out of the mouth of Nikolia.Only my capos were.All I wanted was to settle scores with her. Brave she was but she slapped me and I badly needed to teach her a lesson for that.I was stunned, intrigued but at the same time enraged and in disbelief at how daring she could be. "Dante what do you think?" The groggy voice of Nikolia cut into my maniac thoughts.I was snapped out of it and connected my eyes to Nikolia's."What were you saying?" I asked, adjusting my self on the soft cushion.I glanced at my capos and back to Nikolia. "Would you like to see my daughters?"I let out a suppressed laughter and turned my attention at the stormy weather.The storm seemed to only grow fiercer. Alina would have been offered a ride by me if she had not been so irritating and stubborn.I doubt she was even back home. At least I got the chance to see my feisty cat today."Cut the chase Nikolia. What do you really want?" I asked, eyes glaring at him."Dante can you for once stop thinking that I'm after your life" Nikolia shot back."Well please be my guest and tell me what to believe about you. My parents are late because of you and your family yet you expect me to suddenly forget all that and be friends with you?" I sarcastically asked.Nikolia sighed and sculled down on the glass of tequilla placed before him."I'm sorry about the loss of your parents. Even if I apologise a million times, it won't bring them back. I can't change the past, I can only alter the future and create a better one for both our families. Which is why I proposed this visit and a peace treaty between our families""And how do you hope to achieve your peace treaty?"Stefano asked for me.I smirked."By a marriage alliance. If you could get married to one of my daughters then our families would be eternally in union together" Nikolia offered."Are you being serious?" I almost laughed.Marriage wasn't even in my dictionary nor in my plans any time soon. I wanted to quickly turn his proposal down but I decided to hold myself and check out his daughters, this time in person."I am very serious. Let's end the endless bloodbath once and for all""Fine" I agreed superficially."Let me see your daughters"A wide smile spread on the crooked lips of Nikolia. I watched him send one of his men to go bring his daughters. In a few minutes, the guard returned with two ladies closely following him.The girls ambled over to their father and stood next to him, each on both sides."Meet my daughters Dante, Leila and Vanessa Fedorov" Nikolia proudly stated.The girls flashed me sensual smiles and I returned it back with a smug smile.Accessing their features, there was no doubt they were very pretty and also sexy. "Nice to meet you Dante" One spoke. "And also a pleasure to have you and your men in our home" she added. "The pleasure is all mine" I replied."Where is Alina? Isn't she around" Nikolia suddenly asked them.They shook their head at him.Ofcourse she wouldn't be back now. Such a stubborn lady."Dante, Alina is my youngest daughter. It seems she's not around" Nikolia told me, his eyes roving around."Well anyways..."I immediately upheaved my hands at him."This discussion is over. I want to see all your daughters before we talk any further" Nikolia didn't object to it. I could see he was trying to control his rage at the absence of his third daughter."Fine. We will have this discussion when all three of my daughters are present" Without another word, I bolted up and exited with my capos.* * * * * * * *ALINA I shambled into the living room with my cloth heavily drenched by the rain. I could have come home earlier than this but the rain wouldn't subside so I decided to take shelter again. My father and my sisters were seated in the living room, discussing in hushed tones when I walked into them. "And where are you coming from with your cloth so drenched?" My father's harsh voice made stop in jet tracks. I gulped and spoke. "I went for a jog father and the rain drenched me when I was returning" I purposely left out the part of me meeting Theodore and being almost attacked by thugs."Is it that you are just so disobedient Alina?" My father slowly stood up, his dagger eyes glaring at me.I swallowed some breaths in and spoke. "Why did you ask the guards to lock us in today father? I mean why do you always do this to me?""Alina!"I stopped my questions and adverted my gaze from him."How dare you speak to me in such manner? Have you forgotten your manners?!" He raged."I'm sorry father but I don't think I was rude" I lowly replied in a whisper loud enough for my father who stood inches away from me to hear."Dante was at our house today and because of your absence, he couldn't finalise the deal we had"Because of my absence?Of what relevance was my presence anyways?"Why is it important that I am present? After all you have always told us to be wary of Dante" I inquired. My father at this period seemed tired of entertaining my questions.His knuckes were balled up so tight it could turn white."Because there is a marriage alliance going on! And you Alina are the one whom I have in mind for him" he uttered the last sentence slowly. I felt the ground beneath me shook and my knees almost buckled to the ground.The air was sucked out of my lungs, my fathers words resounding in my ear."What? That is not fair! Are you trying to get me married to Dante?" I asked again, my lips quivering. "Yes. And you better sit up and don't bring shame to my family" he warned before exiting the leaving room.My eyes followed my father's moving profile before diverting towards my sisters."You are lucky. He seems like he is going to be so fun in bed" Leila came to whisper into my ear before erupting into fits of laughter with Vanessa. I stumbled backwards and my chest heaved repeatedly.How could father make this decision so abruptly without consulting me first? I let out muffled sobs and I rushed to my room.ALINA Father's word still resonated in my ears every passing second.This was the height of it all.I had no issue in him taking away my freedom of movement but this concerned my future. His insane idea was going to be lethal to my life. How could he just decide to get me married to Dante without consulting me?Not anybody else but he was forcifully putting me up with his rival!Didn't he care for me!?This felt like I was on a death row. I know how cruel Dante is. I have heard countless stories about him and I don't need any sooth sayer to tell me that my future and my life was in danger if I went ahead to get married to Dante. I screamed through out the entire night, thrashed around my room and cried for hours in a bid to relieve the pain but it only seemed to get worse. Not only did I get a throbbing migraine, my worries only grew worse.Why is father doing this to me?My tears know no boundary and my eyes are weak from sobbing incessantly and uncontrollably.Why am I always at
ALINA The beautiful burgundi lit church hall was affluently decorated to match the class of elites in attendance. Soft classical music was emanating from the hall as hundreds of people sat in expectance of the union that was bound to happen. The lightening and decor was superb. Father must have paid a great deal for this. Hand in hand, Father walked me down to the alter.My steps were slow and yet graceful.My eyes roved around the hall, sparing glances at all those who were in attendance before finally locking with those formidable orbs.Dante. He looked very handsome in his tuxedo which hugged his impeccable muscles and showcased how perfectly carved they were. His black hair was slicked and let to cascade. A devilish smile crawled upon his face on seeing me. His eyes took in my entire appearance. He didn't touch me but his eyes touched my entire body and it seemed to even unclad me. My mermaid fitted style wedding gown had done justice in bringing out my slim curves. My hair h
ALINA I shambled myself into the back seat of the limousine, a sigh escaping my lungs.The sun was gradually setting, the sky in a plethora of orange and pink colours. Everything had finally been done. My wedding had gone through with ease and the reception was a success.Father had made sure there was banquet of delectable cuisines bountifully made available for the guest.The reception hall had been spellbindingly ornamented and beautified. One would think this union was a happy one.I watched everyone with a plastic smile on my face. I hated it all. I never imagined to ever get married in these circumstances especially not to Dante Morelli but I just had to.Now, we were on our way back to what was my new home. I stared at the window, my thoughts bedevilling. I would either die in the course of this marriage or live a miserable life. Dante took of his tuxedo and removed the buttons of his shirt. From the corners of my eye, I noticed he had his eyes on me."Don't you talk?" He hus
ALINAMy eyes slowly peeled open to the soft rays of the sun which found its way into my room through the partly opened curtains. I dragged myself out of consciousness and yawned. It took a while for my vision to adjust to this foreign environment as everything seemed blurry. For a split second, I had expected to see myself cuddled up in my room and my mind wondered on whose room I laid in until it slowly dawned on me that I was in Dante's Mansion and this was the bedroom allotted to me by the maid who had helped me settle in last night.Now with enough lightening, I was able to fully access the room.No doubt, my bed was huge and ostentatious. Though I was very drowsy last night, I had managed to observe the room but faintly. Now in the day, I had full access to marvel at the room I was in.My scarlet red bed was a four poster bed with white and gold patterned sheets, having a caramel canopy thereby providing a rectangular roof over the bed.Two long windows were situated at
ALINA Before they all left, one of the maids had taken the liberty to show me all around Dante's gothic yet heavenly mansion.The brilliantly lit hallways stood awe inspiring in illuminating our paths. I couldn't keep count of how many doors I was being led into. From Dante's study room, to the room which had all the cleaning supplies installed in them to the laundry room, the magnificent spacious library with beautifully designed shelves that looked like they were carved from the finest of woods. They were arranged alphabetically in rows and different books were stacked in them. The library had this aura of ideas, imagination and knowledge oozing all over as a result of the different antique of books stacked in the shelves. Dante even had a mini game room stacked with game equipments which got me surprised. I never knew he had a fun side. Now, I was in the kitchen in preparation for the arrival of his guests.I wondered who Dante was inviting over?Could it be women? I woul
ALINA "Are you so blind that you mistook my legs for the table Alina!" Dante raged, bolting up from his seat at once."I'm sorry I'll get a napkin right away" I pleaded and attempted to turn away when an iron grip dragged me back. "Are you mad Alina?" Dante asked rhetorically in a surprisingly low tone this time.I had already apologised so what was the fuss then? "You did this on purpose didn't you?" He added with a raised brow."No, I would not. I didn't do it on purpose. Allow me to go get a napkin" I defended myself."Do you think I'm a fool to not recognise what you are doing huh Alina!?" Dante raged at me.I glanced at the other men and they all had slightly confused expressions rocking their faces."Dante why would Alina purposely pour syrup on you? It was just an accident" Enzo stood up for me."This is between me and my maid. I want no ones interference on this. She knows what she did. This lying bitch knows what she did" Dante's bitter tone retorted back at Enzo whilst kee
ALINA I pondorously walked down the stairs and towards the kitchen to prepare dinner. Ever since Dante kissed me so roughly yesterday night, we hadn't spoken again which I was honestly grateful for.My night was terrible. I had series of dreams in which Dante tried to force himself on me. I would always wake up with a fright whilst screaming out my lungs. Only heavens knew what Dante had against me that even in my sleep he tormented me. I pushed the double doors of the kitchen apart and checked the cupboards.We were running low on groceries and diary products. I guess I'll need to ask Dante to take me to the supermarket. I hadn't spoken a word to him through out the day.He stayed home which got me a tad uncomfortable at first but our silence and distance was refreshing to the core. The only time I saw him was when I brought breakfast and lunch to his study room. And I didn't say a word. I just dropped it and left whilst he continued on whatever he was doing. Now I'l
ALINATrue to Dante's words, signs were conveniently placed around the area, showing directions to different places. This place was defintely a posh, gated community.I followed the directions and sign boards. I spotted a lot of gated houses on my way, few individuals walking and lone mansions.It took a while but after few turns and signs, I had approached a nearby grocery store. I was defintely in the urban open area of the community, away from Dante's secluded mansion.People moved about like a tide chattering, the serene sound of children playing and mild car horns graced the air.The name of the grocery store, 'Foodies' was bodly written in red italics. Its painting looked chipped and worn out but overall it looked like a dainty shop. I walked inside and picked a basket but not before texting the tyrant of a husband that I had arrived.Like every other super market, there were indications above each aisle which showed its content.I briskly walked towards the dairy aisle becau