Chapter 1
Johnny’s POV
I was driving home after a business deal went wrong. I'm pissed off and mad at the little fica {Cunt} who betrayed me. If there is one thing I can’t stand, it’s a rat. When I get my hands on him, he is going to wish he was dead. Just my luck, it started to rain, big, hard drops falling from the night sky. As I turned onto the next street, all the streetlights were off. Great, even better. The only light visible was my car's lights.
"Fanculo la mia vita"! {Fuck my life}. It started to rain heavier now that I couldn't see anything in front of me, so I pulled over, opened the window slightly and lit a cigarette. Could this night get any worse? I thought. My thoughts were interrupted when I saw a van pull into the alley. I slowly got out of my car to inspect who it was. I have a lot of enemies and maybe someone followed me. I started walking towards the alley where I saw the van pulled in when I heard someone scream.
"Nooo! Please someone help!" It sounded like a girl, but I'm not sure since it was raining hard, making sure my gun is on my waistband. I started walking faster towards the alley. Looking down, I see a girl surrounded by men in suites down the alley. The girl was struggling to get a way from them; she was kicking them, but it didn’t change much.
Tough one. I thought as I watched her trying to take them on. I continued to walk until I was behind the men. The girl hasn't noticed me yet; I'm too busy kicking at the guy who tries to get closer to her. "Piscio di vio stronzi!" {Piss off, you fuckers} she screams at them as soon as they try to get close.
I'm impressed by this girl’s fighting spirit; even though the men are two times bigger than herself, she still tries to put up a fight.
"Ahem". I cleared my throat, grabbing their attention as they turned towards me. "Now, boys, you had your fun, but as you can see, she's not interested in going anywhere with you." I said
"Who are you to tell us we have enough?" One of the men asked me. "The boss wants her; now if you don’t want to lose your life, I suggest you leave.” Another one said he was walking closer to me with two of his friends following him. I pulled my gun out and shot the first one in his leg. He went down with a scream.
"Kill this motherfucker!" He shouts at the others. They ran towards me; one tried sending me a punch, but I grabbed his wrist and gave it a twist as he groaned loudly. "Suka!" {Bitch}. He yelled at me in Russian. I understood it because I had dealt with the Russian mafia. I twisted his arm again, hearing a cracking sound, breaking his hand. I started to beat the other one to a pulp as he fell to the ground, bleeding. When I looked back up to where the girl was, one of the others was busy dragging her towards the other side of the alley.
I start to walk towards the guy and say, "That’s no way to treat a lady; didn’t your parents teach you any manners?" I shot him in the head.
I went over to where the girl was lying, her body shaking and soaked. She looked at me with fear written all over her face. "Please, don’t take me back.” She pleaded.
"I'm not going to hurt you." I told her softly. She looked at me, trying to speak, but before she got anything out, she fainted. I picked her up and walked back to my car. Opening the back door, I gently lay her down and close the door. I take my phone and dial Stefano, my right-hand man.
"Send someone to this address and have them clean up the mess. I will explain everything once I get home and call Samuele and tell him to go to my house." I ended the call before he could ask any questions.
You seriously had to put her in your car? She's trouble.
Ignoring my thoughts, I took her to my house.
Chapter 64 Johnny's POV The church was filled with our closest friends and family. I was standing at the altar talking to Ciro. "Are you ready to make her your wife?" he asked with a grin. "I have never been more ready." My mother walked up to me, "Your bride is nervous," she whispered. "I will talk to her," I said, walking away to find my bride. I knocked on her door when Camilla opened it. "Thank God you are here she's freaking out!" She said pulling me into the room leading me to the bathroom door and I can't help laughing at how stressed the girls look all because of my wife-to-be. "Alessia baby?" I knock on the door. "Johnny? What are you doing here?" She asked frantically when she heard my voice. "I'm here to talk to you. I was told you were freaking out." "I'm afraid you will leave me once I get fat," she sniffed, and I wish I could take her in my arms and tell her that she will never get fat in my eyes. "Baby you know that will never happen I love you for you, not f
Chapter 63Alessia’s POVIt's been three weeks since I found out that I'm pregnant. Bella is the only one who knows I'm pregnant. I asked her not to tell anyone until I had told Johnny. Mason and Stefanie have already left, saying they need to take care of a few things back home. The last week, Johnny has been acting strangely; he always seems to not want to spend time with me, which is beginning to bug me. That's one of the reasons I haven't told him about the pregnancy yet. He would come to bed when I was already asleep and be gone before I woke up. Every time I text or call him, he says he is busy with some important meetings and that he will talk to me later. That's why I was surprised when he texted me this morning, telling me to go shopping with the girls and to treat myself to something beautiful to wear tonight because he wants to take me out.“Girls, I'm hungry and tired," I moaned as we went into the sixth shop for today."We will get something to eat after we finish shopping
Chapter 62Alessia’s POV"Mamma, pappa?" I said as I entered their room. We came to the house where Johnny's mother is staying, seeing that the house back in Rome needs some repair, or rather a makeover, after what happened a few weeks ago.All of us were exhausted and took a few days off. Many of our men were injured, and some are dead. The Russians withdrew from the fight after Sergei gave them the order to stop. Lorenzo lost many men, and the others ran away, seeing that they were losing against our people and the Americans.Luckily, the Americans only had people injured. Mason got his fiancé back safely, and they will be heading back to the USA in a few days. Stefanie is a down-to-earth girl; she has long black hair and blue eyes. When I saw her and Mason together, I knew that they loved each other just by the way they acted whenever they were together. She has been kidnapped for six months and tortured every day, thinking no one will rescue her after Lorenzo told her Mason thinks
Chapter 61Alessia’s POVWe stayed in the office. No one spoke, and no one moved. We waited. This is it; this is what was supposed to happen, but we didn't think it would be this soon. We didn't plan for them to attack first. My gut feeling says Carter told them about our plans. Thinking about him makes my blood boil.If I find out he sold us out, I will be the one dealing with him!I can tell Viona is scared I know I am scared shitless. What if they find us?Will Johnny be in time to rescue us? I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I turned my head around to look at Viona."We are going to be okay." She tried to comfort me, but I could hear the fear in her voice. I knew she was trying to be brave.I smiled, squeezing her hand in return. "I know your brother won't let anything happen to us."That's when we heard the gunshots. This is it. I don't know how we are going to protect ourselves against these mafia men.We were holding on to each other now. I can only imagine all the bodies lying
Chapter 60Alessia’s POVThings were going quite smoothly the next few days after the Americans arrived, and everyone was settled in their rooms. I didn't think these men would get along, but they proved me wrong, and somehow I think Bella has something to do with it.She is a tough bitch and doesn't take shit from anyone. It's amazing to think that they are actually gang members, but once you are in their company, you can tell they are nice people. I never thought that I would get attached to them, but life has shown me that I can't judge a book by its cover. I never thought that people like them would be the ones who saved me from my so-called parents. Speaking of parents, I can't wait to see mine after all these years. Just thinking about them brings tears to my eyes. Who would have thought that my life would change this much?I haven't seen Johnny all day. He and the rest were busy in the office going over the plan that's going to end Lorenzo, Sergei, and his father in a few days.
Chapter 59Johnny’s POVI pressed my lips to Alessia's. Her lips were so sweet and addictive that I never wanted to stop kissing her. I poured all of my feelings into the kiss. I want her to know how much I love her. Gasping for breath, we separate from each other. I looked at her, smiling like I had just won the jackpot, and she was smiling at me, watching me. I wonder what she's thinking about.The thought of her always has me smiling. I can't believe that I'm head over heels in love with this amazing woman. I won't show it to others because my enemies will know she's my weakness, and I won't let them hurt her to get to me.I know that I used to be a player, but ever since I met Alessia, I couldn't hook up with someone else because Alessia was always on my mind and I wasn't able to focus on anything or anyone. She consumes my mind every second of the day.I can't believe that I opened up like that in front of Bella; it's something I would have never done, and I knew I had shocked Bel