CAUGHT.

ITALY (SICILY).

Aria's POV.

"Who are you and what are you doing on my bed?" A deep voice resounded in my ears as I felt myself being shaken violently.

I flicked my eyelids open only to be greeted with a bright sunlight that made my head ache; it felt like a hammer was being pounded on my head.

I struggled to sit up, my thighs burning with pain as I looked around the room, confused.

'Where am I?' I pondered, lost until I felt another rough tap.

"Are you deaf?" The harsh tone came, and I shuddered unconsciously, turning to see Don Lucien Moretti, the terrifying head of all Mafia leaders, glaring down at me with his icy, blue eyes.

A huge lump formed in my throat as I reared backwards in shock before looking down to realize that I was naked, with just a duvet covering my body.

I looked back at him to see that he was butt-naked too, with the sheet in between us covered with blood.

My heart skipped a beat in panic as memories flooded my head.

Last night, Don Luciano, Lucien's father, handed me a drink with a welcoming smile. I wanted to refuse him since I wasn't yet of age to take alcohol but I didn't have a chance to.

As soon as I drank it, I became dizzy and somehow ended up in this room, weirdly desiring a man's touch. Not long after, someone barged in here and ravished me.

That was all I remembered. I gasped, my lips parting in realization.

'Could the man have been Don Lucien? But he was married.' my mind screamed at me.

"You little whore!" Don Lucien cursed as he reached to grab my shoulders, his nails digging into my flesh.

"What did you do? Did you drug me?" He accused as he threw death stares at me. I winced in pain, knowing right then that I was doomed

What was going on? How did this all happen? Yesterday was supposed to be my 18th birthday but the party got cancelled because my family and I had also been invited to Don Lucien's wife's birthday party.

His wife, Ria Moretti, was a distant cousin of mine, so there was no way we couldn't attend the occasion.

"I d-do-yo.." I tried to speak but only ended up spewing gibberish as Lucien wrinkled his nose at me in disgust.

I jerked away from his hold, wanting to get out of the bed and out of here before someone finds us together. I have had enough publicity in my life.

Just as I was about to slide off the bed, the door burst open, revealing not only Ria but my father, brothers, and mothers. 

Their eyes widened and I felt like the ground should open up and swallow me as my cheeks burned from embarrassment.

"Impossible." Ria half-yelled as all colors drained out of her face.

Lucien looked like he had seen a ghost as he wrapped the sheet around his body and tried walking towards her.

"Baby?" He called gently, his voice and eyes softening. He looked nothing like the scary monster who had attacked me this morning.

"I can e-explain." He tried reaching for her but Ria slapped his hands away, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"So the rumors were all true?" She whispered as she scoffed in disbelief.

I froze, my heart pounding heavily against my chest.

Rumors? What rumors?

"Oh my God! Aria, are you okay?" I felt my eldest brother, Ryan, wrapping his hands around me while my other brother, Kelvin searched my body for any form of injuries.

Dad stood at the doorway, stunned, his hands trembling as he wrapped them around my mother who was now wailing in his arms.

"No baby, you have to believe me, I don't know how we ended up like this." Lucien pleaded desperately as he dropped onto his knees in front of Ria who looked away as he held her gown.

"You could have just told me you wanted her too, Lucien. I wouldn't have been mad but knowing you slept with her behind my back is just too much for me to take." Ria cried as she tore away from him, running out of the room.

"Ria," Lucien called sharply as he dashed after her while I stood in the room, feeling like I had just ruined things.

Everyone in the city knew how much Don Lucien cared for his wife, their love story was so beautiful that I envied Ria and might have even wished for a man like him for myself because you rarely see a Mafia man, a leader at that, who would cherish and love you the way Lucien did to Ria.

But then I couldn't have stooped this low, to drug Lucien. He belonged to another so how could this have happened?

Tears stung my eyes as I felt my father's disappointed gaze on me.

"Get dressed." He ordered and walked out of the room after giving my brothers a signal to follow him.

"Oh, Aria!" Mum hugged me immediately after they left and I broke down into her arms as she stroked my hair.

"Mum, I don't know how this happened, honestly," I told her, hoping she would believe.

"I know sweetie, you are not cruel enough to hurt Ria like that." She patted me on the back as she removed the duvet from my body so I could get dressed.

"I will make sure this stays buried; no one except those who saw this would know what happened here." Mother assured me and I sniffed, hoping she was right because if this got out, I would bring disgrace onto my household.

I was my parents' only daughter, and they treated me like a princess, so I was untainted, until now.

As mum led me out of the room, I heard a gunshot and shivered, burying myself into her chest as yells and screams surrounded the environment.

"What is going on?" My mother sneered, surprisingly calm in such a crisis. The house was suddenly scattered as Dad, Ryan, and Kelvin cocked their guns and ran out.

"Aria, stay here, I will go and confirm what is going on," Mum told me, and made to leave, but I grabbed her sleeve.

"I w-want t-to follow y-you." I stuttered when she narrowed her eyes at me.

She looked like she wanted to hesitate so I instantly clung to her, my palms growing sweaty at the thought of staying in this house alone.

Mum led me outside and I jolted every second as guns were being fired, blood splattering everywhere.

I saw Ryan shoot a dude's eyes off and felt bile rushing to my throat, my stomach clenching tightly.

I was about to bury my head into mum's chest again when I heard a loud roar. I looked to see Lu

cien on his knees in the midst of the gunshots, his hands holding Ria, who was coughing out blood.