LOGIN“I’m sorry, I just wanted to.....”he cut me off again, “just shut up and get out, “ he said through his gritted teeth to show he was angry. Tears were already in the corner of my eyes threatening to fall. I held them in. My mind is always in chaos whenever someone raises their voice at me. It kind of scares me. I actually don’t know why. “Daddy” I heard Vincent call his father which made both of us look at him but his dad was glaring at him asking him to shut up and the father immediately looked back at me telling me to get out, his voice cold as he stared at me dead in the eyes. I looked back at the kids, holding my tears back perfectly. “Bye Vincent, bye Xavier,” I choked out and walked away as fast as I could. My way home was a blur as I viewed the world with eyes filled with tears. I should have known that was the last time I would see them. But fate wasn’t done with me yet. Can love soften a man hardened by power? Can Marina survive in his world of secrets and shadows? Read this novel to experience a story of heartbreak, healing, and an unexpected love that neither of them saw coming.
View MoreMARINA The living room was a mess of Lego pieces, sketchbooks, and the unmistakable sounds of Xavier and Vincent arguing over who had the better superhero. Again.I lay on the couch, my swollen belly proudly rising beneath Alexander’s old university hoodie, which I’d practically stolen as my own. One leg tucked under me, the other stretched, my feet resting on Alexander’s lap. He was absently massaging them with one hand, eyes on a file he was pretending to read.“Vincent, if your brother hits you with that cape again, I will personally turn into Super Mum and confiscate all gadgets for a week,” I warned half-heartedly.“I didn’t even touch him!” Xavier yelled.“I SAW YOU—” Vincent began, but Alexander raised a brow, and somehow silence followed.Victory.“Your children are wild,” I mumbled to Alexander.He chuckled, brushing his thumb along my ankle. “Our children, mia cara. You’re the queen of this madhouse now.”I smiled, letting my head fall back onto the throw pillow. I loved th
MARINA Pregnancy was nothing like I thought it would be.Some days, I felt like a goddess, glowing skin, hair full and soft, a kind of calm I’d never known settling in my bones. Other days, it was like my body was a battleground. I cried over burnt toast. I fell asleep sitting upright. My back hurt in ways I didn’t think possible, and I swear the baby had chosen my bladder as its personal trampoline.But more than anything, I felt new.Not just because of the tiny life growing inside me, though that was miraculous on its own, but because I was becoming someone else. A mother. A woman loved and wanted so deeply it almost scared me. I used to think love was reckless and selfish. But this? This love, this life Alexander and I were building, it was patient. Intentional.He was there for everything. The nausea, the cravings, and the mood swings made me question if I was losing my mind. He rubbed my feet when they ached, brought me toast at 3 a.m., and learned how to braid my hair when I d
MARINA I sat in the living room with my phone clutched to my chest, the house quiet, Alexander had taken the boys out for ice cream to “celebrate the heartbeat.” His words, not mine.Kayla peeked her head in. “You gonna tell them now?”I nodded, my stomach fluttering.My parents answered on the second ring.“Mamma, Papa… are you sitting down?”The conversation that followed was laughter, tears, a few dramatic gasps from my mother, and more tears. My father, in his typical quiet voice, simply said, “You’ve always had strength, Marina. I’m proud of you.” That alone nearly broke me.After I hung up, I got another call, this time, video. Katie.“Don’t tell me… you’re glowing, aren’t you?” she grinned, eyeing me suspiciously.I smiled like an idiot and turned the phone to my ultrasound photo sitting on the table.Katie gasped so loudly I had to pull the phone away from my ear.“SHUT. UP.”“I cannot.” I laughed. “I’m pregnant.”By the next morning, Katie was on a flight to Ireland. Sh
MARINA The hospital was quiet that morning, too quiet for the buzz of emotions tangled inside me. My palms were damp as I sat on the padded bench outside the ultrasound room, trying to control my breathing. Alexander was next to me, his hand wrapped around mine like a grounding wire.He hadn’t let go of me since we left the house.“You okay?” he asked quietly, leaning closer.I nodded, though my stomach was a riot of nerves. “Just… scared.”Alexander turned his hand over and brought mine to his lips. “Whatever it is, we’re in it together. All the way.”The nurse stepped out and called my name.“Marina Torricelli?”I blinked. The name still jarred me. It wasn’t mine. Not legally, not yet. But it was how Alexander had registered me in the hospital system, as if I already belonged to him.My eyes flicked to him as I stood up.“You did that?” I whispered.He looked at me like I was slow for only just noticing. “Of course I did. You’re mine.”Something about the way he said it, not posses
MARINAI woke up warm. Warm in the kind of way that had nothing to do with the sun.Alexander had tucked the sheets around me at some point during the night, even after we’d tangled them in the throes of everything. I turned my face into the pillow, breathing in the scent of him, citrus and somethi
MARINA After the walk, Alex proposed I come stay with him at the beach house where we had our first date, I don’t know how I accepted immediately, I jutted wanted time alone with him to make up for the lost times. We dropped the boys at the penthouse with Carlos for the night. I stared at myself
MARINA Three days after the beach dateI wasn’t expecting anything, and maybe that was why it caught me completely off guard.The knock on the door came just after noon on a Wednesday, my day off, and I was still in my robe, hair wrapped in a towel, trying to convince myself to start the laundry.
MARINAThe morning light filtered in softly through my curtains, brushing against my skin like a warm whisper. I lay still for a long time, cocooned beneath the duvet, my fingers curled loosely beneath my chin. My lips still tingled his kiss etched there like an unshakable memory.Alexander.I turn
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