Massimo entered the bedroom with Violette still intact in her arms, but immediately the door closed behind them, he placed her down, and the smile cleared off her face. "Goodnight, you can now—" Her throat was already in the middle of his palm before she could finish. He grabbed her, pushed her to the wall and caged her in the middle of his broad arms, his eyes boring into hers as his palm continued lodging her throat, not enough to hurt her but enough to keep her in place. "Mas!" She talked in a choky tone, and his palm squeezed harder, making her eyes close a bit. "Don't call me that, or I'll kill you" he threatened, letting her go roughly. Violette coughed twice before facing him, her head tilting. "Why? That's just a short from of your name I improvised to look romantic in front of your kids, and I got choked for it?" Massimo left the room with a glare but without an answer to her. Violette kicked her legs after him as if he's still in sight, then she fell in bed, sitting
The hatred in Antonio's eyes intensified with each passing second, and the longer he held eyes with Violette, the longer the tension in the air stretched.Violette knew not everyone would like here here considering the fact that she took the place of an important person, but this man is taking it too far.He might be the father of the late Teresa, but she didn't beg for this position. She was brought here by The Boss himself, so there's no way she's letting this slide.She tucked a little smile into her face, refusing to blink as she spoke casually. "If she held such special place in your heart, why not find someone to murder you so you'd go meet her up there?"That was followed by Antonio's hand raise, but before he could give her the hit, Massimo stepped in their middle, preventing that."She killed her groom! They dated for years, Massimo, but she killed him for a slight mistake! And you brought her in with the kids? What if she harms my grandkids?" Antonio spat."I will never harm
It's a warm summer morning, and Violette looks stressed, restless as she watered the flowers in the garden. She has taken it upon herself to wet the flowers every morning even if the kids don't appreciate it. So far they like it, it's her duty to protect the flowers and prevent withering. She's a great lover of flowers too. When she was still at the La Rosa mansion, the madam of the house was obsessed with flowers, and she grew likeness for the plants through that. A deep sigh left her nostrils as she finished watering, but she kept standing in the middle of the garden. It's been a week since the 'thing' with Massimo, and she has been trying her best to keep away from him since them. She knew he had a dark side—it'd be strange for a mafia boss to be plain, but she wasn't expecting him to dig it out on her face so soon. Her trials at avoiding him were always fruitless though. Massimo intentionally shoves himself on her face to make her uncomfortable. He slept in her room
Getting blamed for what's not your fault is hellishly hurtful. Violette knew from when she got accused of stealing at the La Rosa mansion.Tears and helplessness follows, and it'll be worse if no one believes your innocence story.As she carried the tray containing the cup refills of the beet juice out of the kitchen, her steps were slow with contemplation.If this goes the wrong way, it'd be entirely her fault, different from the stealing incident.This time, she won't be able to defend herself, and claiming innocence would be harder.That made her reconsider, and she whirled, turning back into the kitchen."Mum?" Lucia's voice stopped her. Her hands tightened on the tray, and her eyes widened.Mum?Did she hear wrong?She turned around, facing the kids at the dinning who're staring at her."Did you just call me...mum?" "Aren't you?" Luca replied, making a joyous smile descend on Violette's face. The way her heart leapt made a lone tear of joy leave her left eye.She's not even acti
Violette kept wiping her tears, but they kept raining out of her eyes as she paced the front of the mansion.The time is some minutes downside 6pm, and Massimo is still not back from the hospital with the kids.They should better be ok, or she'll never be able to forgive herself for life.She had asked Marie for the hospital address, but Marie wouldn't tell for the fear of Massimo, so she's left in suspense as she paced the porch.Massimo can return and shoot her down like he promised, but so far the kids are ok, her death would be worth it.She's not going anywhere till she confirms their wellness.She rolled the ring on her finger, sitting and backing the wall as another tear rolled out."Wear it, that's the ring I gave Teresa on the alter."Those wore Massimo's words when he gave the ring to her before bringing her here, but too bad she won't get to wear it for longer since she's dying anyways.Maybe she's not meant to have a home, maybe she's jinxed.--[Peruzzi Hospital]"They'll
The echoing sound of gunshot penetrated into Violette's ear, and she expected the bullet to pierce into her skull and make a hole then send her to her death, but she felt nothing.Her body is not numb, so it's impossible to bleed without her knowledge. It only means the bullet didn't get her.He was definitely aiming at her directly before she closed her eyes.What changed?Her lashes parted as she opened her eyes only to see him standing in front of her already, gun down.She tried to move back with a gasp, but his large hand held her chin, keeping her in place, the grip so rough that she gulped."I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't want to give them, but they insisted on getting refills, and then they called me mum. I was overly elated, and I just...I gave in" she explained."Do you know what would have happened if they didn't get quick medical attention?" He gritted out, his words hitting her tearful face with impact."I'm sorry" she whispered, his hold on her chin tightening. She couldn't
Massimo came in after the kids went up, and Violette rushed to him too."They went upstairs, they wouldn't let me touch them." She said, her eyes showing concern.Massimo didn't reply before going upstairs, and Violette let out a sigh, panicking."Stop it" Paolo spoke up, and she faced him."Huh?""The panicking, it doesn't suit you. You look better when you're feisty" he said, and she didn't know when a smile appeared on her face.It's his way of calming her down, and it surely worked, but he didn't wait for her appreciation since he left before she could reply."Paolo is nice, just doesn't talk much" Marie said."I know" Violette's smile widened.Massimo finally came back downstairs with the kids, and Violette quickly pulled chairs for them at the dinning.They took their seats on their favorite spots, and they must have indulged Massimo to eat with them because he took his seat too.Happily, Violette served them the meal. Ossobuco with a side dish of creamy risotto parmesan."How's
Violette has always known Matteo La Rosa is a bastard, but the thing is; she never expected this level of evilness.The La Rosa family is a snobbish one, starting from the madam of the house—Madame Dora, who's Matteo's mother.She's obsessed with flowers. Anything else is secondary to her, and that includes Matteo the son who ended up growing into a thick drunkard.The man of the house—Sir James, is never around as he's a business tycoon who travels far and wide, and that only worsened the son.Matteo tried to take ten years old Violette in many places at the time. He once tried taking her in the bathroom, but thanks to Marietta who saved her from the scoundrel.That was the last attempt he made before he framed her for theft—hiding Madam Dora's expensive wristwatch in her room and causing her to get thrown out.He must have raped Marie to revenge for how she stopped him from taking Violette, and as Violette pondered over everything in front of the residence, she couldn't help but fee
Kaito and Izumi weren't lucky to go too far before karma in human form caught up with them.In form of Massimo and the other two.They caught up with father and daughter at the fountain, and when they both saw it's a dead end for them, they stopped.There are no passing cars around right now, it's like something held them back on the main road ahead."You're the worse boss Cosa Nostra has ever received. You'd ruin the peace of your empire for a woman? Even during Teresa, you weren't this ruthless!" Izumi shouted."I told you, Violette is mine! Mine!! There have never been a record of me toying with what's mine and this isn't gonna be the start. After killing you, I won't stop, cos your subordinates in Japan will go down too! How dare you mess with me in my territory! How dare you collude with Giovanni to steal my signature just to get my fake approval for marriage!!" Massimo yelled, blood gushing out of his nostrils again."You're poisoned anyways, and it's obvious. I know the poison,
"What the hell are you talking about!" Niccolo shot, hot sweat falling from his brows immediately he saw Massimo's eyes."Don't fake innocence, it's tiring! We were four, we drank the coffee Nelson made, and we all slept off. I'd have concluded that it was Nelson, but you were the most excited this morning as if expecting something. You entered the kitchen even when Nelson didn't invite you. Nelson loves using same cup for us all anytime we went to his house to meet, cos he believes in one root, but you took the cups from the hangers this morning, and you didn't only sedate us, but you also poisoned Massimo" Marina replied.Marie and the kids gasped, including Ellen and Antonio who's still by the door."What!" Luca swallowed."Daddy? Poisoned?" Lucia's eyes widened.Niccolo took a step back, speechlessly like he was dumbed as another sweat line fell down his brows.He attempted to run out, but when he took the front, several members of the mob blocked him.He tried entering a washroom
Arriving at Peruzzi Hospital, Massimo was already looking normal.The bloody lips and nose is gone—he had wiped the redness with napkins when he was in the car, not wanting to add to the problem at hand.His poison can wait no matter how powerful it is.And then...if it's that powerful, then it should have killed him in his sleep.Definitely, it's a slow poison, and the mole wanted him to suffer in pains first before dying.Massimo took off his shirt which is complete wet with sweat, then he threw it in the car, entering the hospital shirtless.Ellen came out of Antonio's ward with Antonio himself, and they were both smiling as they stared at him from the door, obviously thinking what they want is finally happening.Fools.Well they still have more hours to think that, till he's gonna take down the thorns.The curious eyes of the nurses and doctors on him makes him want to kill everyone of them right now, but for the sake of the needed peace at the moment, he kept his cool, even if it
The La Rosa mansion isn't what it used to be.After the death of Matteo which didn't even affect the man of the house — sir James, in any way, Dora took it upon herself to chase revenge.Sir James has always loathed Matteo for his filthy lifestyle, so they didn't even have the slightest father-son relationship.Dora never expected James to partake in the revenge since his death was probably a breath of fresh air for him, so she went the only path she knew was sure—colluding with Carla.Carla's baby was making slow movements in his cot with his small fists folded as Dora came into the room.Carla got discharged from the hospital today, and Dora brought her here from the hospital.She'd be staying here onwards."He has the face of his father" Dora said, smiling at the little baby."I know, right? He's Dominic's son after all" Carla replied from beside the baby where she's sitting at."But Dominic's parents are animals, how could they abandon you with their growing grandchild inside you?
Fear comes from unexpected sources, and sorrow is a rude bitch who doesn't need permission before descending.Violette felt her chest squeezing in mad fear at first as she watched Paolo crumbling to his knees, then tears ran out of her eyes when he went from his knees to his face.He's the one who got shot, and blood is leaking from his chest, surrounding his body.The kids backpack fell from Violette to the ground, and the other kids began running around as the sound of gunshots came consecutively."Paolo!!!" The twins shouted, running towards his body.In no time, another bullet hit another kid, and another kid.Even the teachers went low and kept their lives intact without waiting to save the kids.Another bullet hit the third kid, and that was when Violette got over the shock.She ran to Paolo's body, removing the gun from his pocket and standing straight again, pointing at the spot she could think of as the target spot.She began shooting, crying as each bullet flew out of the ba
Massimo stepped into the office, and Giovanni adjusted as he dropped on his seat in front of him."To what do I owe this unexpected visit?" Massimo rested back on his seat, his fingers rubbing his stubbles as he spoke."I managed to talk Kaito into it, so you don't have to go extra miles to talk to him anymore" Giovanni replied, and Massimo held back a grin."You expect me to believe you resolved the issue just like that? Without a fight from Kaito who proposed the war himself? Without a finger lift from Izumi who's obsessed with having me inside of her?""Maybe it's hightime you start respecting me as the oldest member of this circle. It's hightime you start acknowledging me as wiser" Giovanni stood."And if I find out that it's in anyway related to me, or my family, you'll go six feets. I promise to give you a befitting burial, grandfather" Massimo said from his seat, his eyes riding up to Giovanni's face."Wait for the announcement of peace between the Yakuza and the Cosa Nostra" G
Massimo initiated the first kiss they had in her room last week, so he had no idea it'd be this intense to have a female dominate him.All his life, he has always been the dominator, even with Teresa, but now?He found a new thrill, and he's gonna explore it till the end. No loose ends.He threaded his hand into her hair, slightly lifting her from the bed as she intensified the kiss, giving him her tongue which he took, sucked, flicked and allowed down his burning throat.She was on fire, burning for him alone. Blazing for him.She fisted his shirt tighter, pulling him closer to herself as their lips tangled, dancing a dangerous tango which got them lost in the moment, both breathless.His stubbles pricked her lips, and is it sick that she likes it?But what she likes more is when his hand slipped under her uniform, cupping her breast.She moaned before she realized, and that made Lucia stir in her sleep on the second bed.The stir made Violette break the kiss too, licking her lips as
Violette was already feeling super alone in the big ward, and even after she got her phone with hopes of playing candy crush or something else to take away her boredom, it didn't interest her.At the same time, she doesn't want sedatives, she wants to carry herself along throughout her healing process, so she stayed still in bed till the boredom ate deep into her.She got her phone and gave Massimo a call, then she released a long breath after dropping the call.A minute later, he came in, and her face brightened immediately."Mas!"She tried sitting up, but a faint pain from her head stopped her, and she groaned, making him rush to her."Told you to stay down" he said, not losing the sternness in his voice."Was just too eager" she replied softly, her eyes darting to the food package he's holding."You brought me food?"He set the pack on the eating table then brought the table closer to her bed."I instructed Marie to make something tender" he replied, opening the dishes.It didn't
Luca and Lucia looked at each other, a glad smile appearing on their faces as they watched the scene unfold in front of them.Paolo stood neutrally behind them, but the shift in his eyes is obvious as he watched his boss pour affection on Violette.Even if this is part of his plan, it's too much, and he of all people knows Massimo more than anyone else.This isn't an act."How're you feeling?" Massimo asked after he lifted his lips from her forehead.She's still holding him."Tell me everything, I'll have the doctor fix it or fix it myself if I can" he said, and she smiled again."It's not very painful, I'll be fine" she assured, lovin' this side of him so much.Her eyes caught the kids where they're standing, and she tried sitting up, but pain came from her head, causing her to groan."Stop fuckin moving" he frowned, and the twins finally came closer."Mum" they chorused, taking their father's place beside her."Babies" she rubbed Lucas cheek before rubbing Lucia's."Who did this? I