LOGINChiaraThere’s chaos around me as everyone rushes to get me onto a bed. Nurses dart around, calling for a doctor."I'm fine," I say as I catch the hand of the nurse closest to me.“Yes, you’ll be fine. How far along are you?” She gives me a concerned look as she puts on her gloves.“I’m not having a miscarriage, okay? I’m not really bleeding. Well, not like that. Can you please send everyone away? I need your help.” I’m breaking all Matteo’s rules, but he’s not here.He’s out there, and he doesn’t know what I’m doing. My acting was good enough to convince him that I was too worried about my babies to try anything, but now the most important part of my plan needs to be put into action. And Matteo can’t find outabout it.Will I succeed or have I just made the biggest mistake of my life? I hope it’s the first, and the latter turns out to be true for Matteo.My panic and cries confused him. He hadn’t expected something like that, and he wasn’t sure what to do. But since it’s turned out th
MatteoTaking Chiara to a hospital is a huge risk, but I don’t have a choice. If she loses the twins, my plan will go to hell. Not just because there’d be no heirs I could steal from Adriano, but also because it would get harder to control Chiara.I need her to stay obedient and compliant. She’s sitting right next to me in the back seat of the car. There’s blood on her dress and legs. Is it already too late to save the twins? I’m not a doctor, so I don’t fucking know.She's getting pale, her eyes still wide and tearstained. Her trembling hands are clasped over her lap. She keeps sobbing and groaning.At least she looks messed up enough not to say anything to anyone at the hospital. I wish I had somekind of deal with someone, but I don’t. There was no time to set that up because my father controlled everything. I haven’t even thought about it.Fuck. I haven’t thought about so many things. I only wanted to get as far away from him as possible. Once I’m done with Adriano, I’ll handle it
ChiaraI stare at the door long after Matteo closes and locks it behind him. Did I hallucinate the whole thing or did this really happen?What would he gain? Adriano would be very pissed off. That’s for sure. But why would Matteo want to raise the children of the man he hates?Maybe it’s all part of the game he thinks he’s playing with Adriano. He’s toying with all of us. It’s the only explanation I can think of.The good thing is that Matteo wants me alive. Atleast I’ll be safe... until he changes his mind. There’s no way I’m taking his offer.Because he cares about me too. I’m sure of it. Matteo would’ve killed me a long time ago if he thought his plan wasn’t working. Adriano must be looking for me, and I hope he doesn’t fall into any of Matteo’s traps.Not knowing what’s going on is driving me crazy, but there’s nothing I can do about that. Matteo will never reveal his plan to me, and there’s no way I’m marrying him.But maybe I can use this somehow to get free. If I want to escape
MatteoA message pops up on my phone screen.They’re in the house.I roll my eyes. Of course they are. My fucking father told his precious golden child where I might be, just like I expected. It’s a good thing my plan counted on my father’s predictability. By now, I know him too well and the way he thinks.But he’s not going to find my new house. No one knows about it except my closest and most trusted men. None of them have worked for my father, only for me. And they haven’t been anywhere near him, so that should be enough to keep him from finding me.He and Adriano will be looking for me, probably together. If Adriano thinks Chiara is pregnant with mytwins, then that's just perfect. And if not, it doesn't matter. I have an even better plan.In this house, Chiara’s room is just down the hallway, so I head there. When I unlock and open the door, she lifts her gaze to me. The room is very similar to the one from my last house. Only a bed and a bathroom. No way out.It’s important that
I motion for my men to hide behind the trees. Matteo’s guards have no clue what’s coming. They’re just casually strolling around, and there aren’t many of them, probably so they wouldn’t draw too much attention.Excitement rushes through me. Is this really it? Is he here with my wife? I motion to my men, and they swiftly move forward.A few moments later, I see one of the guards fall to the ground. The other one is no longer in sight, but one of my men waves at me.I hurry forward, keeping my gun up in case more of Matteo’s men pop out from somewhere. Just because we can’t see them and couldn’t detect them earlier when Rocco was checking out the place doesn’t mean there isn’t a hidden exitsomewhere.I race through the open gate. My men are at the front door, which is wide open.“Sir, all the guards are down. The house is empty.”Empty? My heart sinks. She’s not here. My wife isn’t here.Fuck! I kick out at the empty air, cursing under my breath.“I think they were here recently,” one
AdrianoMeeting with Gennaro wasn’t on the list of things I ever planned to do again, but here I am. I’ll do anything to get Chiara back, and if that means I have to negotiate with my adoptive father, I’ll do it.He sits at one of the tables at the restaurant where we’ve agreed to meet. His guards are standing not too far away behind him, and mine are right behind me.It’s strange to see Gennaro after all this time. He looks the same, just older. His cold gray eyes regard me carefully as I take a seat at the table across from him.“It’s good to see you,” he says.“Is it?” I don’t think I can say the same.“Of course. You’ve done really well for yourself.”I raise an eyebrow at him. “I’m not here to chitchat.”“Then why are you here? What are you boys up tonow?” He waves over a waitress, who brings us a bottle of whiskey and two glasses.But I’m not here to drink, so I wait until the waitress steps away from the table.“Matteo and I aren’t boys anymore.” I glare at him. “Cut it out wit







