LOGINOLIVIA“You’re crazy,” I snarled at Nelly. “Why would you want to claim my baby as yours?”I didn’t believe she’d want Alix as hers. Wanting Axel was understandable, but my baby?The same one she’d tried to take out against my will?She snickered. “Call me whatever you want, but I’ve got Alix. And he’s mine now.”I struggled with the ropes. “Get your hands off my baby. Where is he? I want to see him. Now!”She approached me swiftly, yanked my hair and slapped me hard across my cheeks. I groaned frustratingly, but it didn’t hurt as much as I wanted to see my baby.“Consider yourself as a surrogate mother,” she sneered. “You just helped me carry him, and now?” She grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled it tightly. “Watch me take over everything you’ve ever owned.”She pushed me back against the wall with both hands gripping the chair tightly. It felt like history was repeating itself all over again.Like we were back in the room of her father’s hotel.Except that this time, I wasn’t ac
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSINever had I imagined Rosa doing that to me. We’d formed a bond that was close to a mother-son relationship.Yet she’d turned around to stab me in the back?My vision blurred, Leonardo stepped forward, mischief glinting in his eyes. I knew he enjoyed this, he was having the time of his life watching me struggle.“What did you do to Rosa?He snorted at my question, and threw his fist at my neck again. I fell back, grunting hard and gasping for air.“I didn’t have to do anything,” he said. “You did everything.”My throat tightened. I coughed dryly and saw the blood that followed my saliva. The excruciating pain overwhelmed me, but I struggled to keep my eyes open.“I did nothing to Rosa.”“That’s what you think?” He got down on one knee and forcefully lifted my chin to face him. “You didn’t just take Fiona away from her, but you fucking killed her grandchild and wiped out her family.”I spat in his face and he slapped me hard across the cheek. I didn’t groan, didn’t
OLIVIA“You’re supposed to be dead,” I whispered, my voice barely audible as my body vibrated with fear.Celyn, or Nelly, rather, gave a scoff and tapped her fingers slightly against her chin.“That’s what you wanted to happen.”My head flooded with flashbacks. I recalled Nelly falling to the ground after being shot by someone else.What had happened?Why was she still alive? Standing right in front of me with the deadliest glare in her eyes?“Why are you here?” I asked, scraping my chair against the floor as I pushed myself away from her. “And why did you disguise yourself as someone else?”Her face was different. I knew nothing about the real Celyn De Luca, but she had the exact face I was staring at.Nelly smiled. “Disguise? Did you expect me to come back with the same face you almost got rid of?”“Let me go right now,” I winced in pain at how tight the ropes were on my wrists. “I’ve done nothing wrong to you.”My words irritated her, and she stepped forward to retaliate. Nelly gr
OLIVIAMy head was pounding. I tried to move my hands but they were… stuck. When I opened my eyes, the bright light threatened to blind me so I shut them temporarily again.Then I felt it… the restraint, the pain around my wrists and the way my body remained stayed still.I’d been tied to a chair.It was a dimly lit room. The windows were closed, and the space was suffocating. My breath hitched as I struggled with the ropes that held me bound to that chair.Cold sweat instantly broke out on my forehead. I couldn’t recall what happened, but I felt the sharp sting on my arm, and it made me shiver.“Where is this place?” I whispered, my eyes staring for anything familiar.Nothing was familiar.And with the migraine I felt, it was difficult to keep my head up, and eyes open. I didn’t stop struggling to break free. I tried all I could to get out of those ropes, but my efforts were futile.“Fuck,” I groaned in frustration.My mind drifted to Axel. He was still in the hospital, and he’d pro
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI“You fucking—‘’“—Save your breath, Salvatore,” Leonardo cut through my words like a blade. “You’ll need it when I slit your throat open.”Staring at his hands, he had a pen knife which he brushed slowly against his fingers. He’d actually have to hold something more dangerous if he wanted to scare me.I clenched my jaw, staring at his figure through the dim light. He stepped closer, a snarl etched on his lips.“What the fuck have you done?” I growled. “And where’s Olivia?”I knew without a doubt that he had her somewhere. She couldn’t just disappear without a trace.He was the last person I expected to see in Willow Creek.Leonardo chuckled, his body gently leaning closer to me.“You don’t have to worry about her,” he said warmly, flashing me another toothy smile. “I’m very good at protecting what’s mine.”My chest tightened at his words. He had no right claiming her. And I felt the strong urge to smack that dirty smirk off his lips.“Bring Olivia to me right now.
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“Ace!” Rosa shrieked, desperately trying to hold me down from leaving. “You can’t go anywhere in this condition.”I refused to listen. Nelly was somewhere waiting patiently to strike, and I couldn’t risk having Olivia get hurt.What if she’d been the one behind the whole attack?From capturing Alix to attacking Olivia that night and ever since she stepped foot in Willow Creek?I stared at the IV drip and ripped it out of my hand, shutting my eyes tightly as I winced in pain.Viper rushed to my side. “Ace! Cosa stai facendo?” [Ace! What are you doing?]“I need to find Olivia,” I said worriedly, ignoring the blood trickling down my wrist. “She’s in trouble.”“Trouble?” Rosa furrowed her brows, while Viper held onto me tightly. “How do you know she’s in trouble and—‘’“—I don’t need to fucking explain myself!” I thundered, panting heavily. “Nelly… Nelly is alive.”The look on their faces conveyed the fear that coursed through their bodies. Rosa staggered back; Viper
OLIVIA“Darren… Darren, please wait." I ran after him as he walked briskly down the hallway.My heels clicked on the marble floor as I tried to catch up with him, already tired from storming after him.He refused to bring his feet to a halt. And he’d been ignoring me since we left Rossi’s estate. I
OLIVIAI almost forgot how good sex was with Axel. I slept off the second we were done. And for the record, I reached climax twice.Twice!Yet Darren made it a struggle to do anything properly. I was tipsy, so the alcohol wasn’t the problem like I’d always blamed. Even with the migraine I had, eve
OLIVIA“So this is it now?” Darren asked as he stormed after me, his voice cracking. “You’re cheating on me with Axel?”I halted in my tracks, my fists clenching while I tried to release the tension in my chest. Slowly, I turned around to face him, ignoring the way his eyes glistened with tears.I
OLIVIAThat sounded bad. Too bad.My lips parted into a whisper. “What?”Axel stepped closer, trying to reach for me as I shook my head vehemently, tears brimming in my eyes.“I had to do something,” he defended, making gestures with his hands as he spoke. “He was cheating on you.”My eyes widened.




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