Chapter 8: Always has been mine

"Papa, I'm totally pissed. Why would you be so kind as to give Ravenna to Don Diego. You know how much I wanted him." Mariana cried angrily.

"Mariana, you need to calm down. I never thought that you liked Don Diego. I thought I was doing you a favour."

"What favour? You took her there as his wife. He took me as his captive. That is the difference, Papa."

"You know Don Diego is very gruesome,  everybody hates him, and I was scared of what he would do to you. I thought he was mistreating you. And look at you, you don't really look good staying with him."

"Papa, that is because you he took me to him as a captive. But gave Ravenna to him as a wife.  Why did you do that? I thought you said you hated her, but it turns out it's me you actually hate."

"Hey Darling Mariana,  don't say that. You know I hate Ravenna so much, and you and Carlos are the only ones I really live for."

Papa, I find it hard to believe you because didn't you see when Don Diego's men took her in, that part of the mansion is exclusively reserved for Don Diego, non of his captives or men stayed in that part of the house. If you got the chance to stay there, that means you must be special to Don Diego. How on earth is Ravenna special to him?"

"Hey Mariana, get a grip of yourself. It might not be what you're are thinking of. What does Ravenna have that is comparable to the kind of beauty that you exude?"

"Papa, are you serious? Do you mean that I look more beautiful than Ravenna?" She blushed as she tried to hold her smile in.

"You are more beautiful than mere words can even describe. My darling Mariana... when you were born, you brought me the most insatiable joy that my heart could ever fathom. But when that evil child was born, she brought only sorrow to my heart. When she was born, she took my wife, your mother,  and the only woman I have ever truly loved. It still hurt me so badly because I remembered when the doctor told us we couldn't carry the pregnancy up to term, and even when we do, she might likely not survive it." He turned looking at Mariana with so much vulnerability written all over his face.

"And now all I have towards that evil child, that murderer is nothing but hate...I wish her more than death. I pleaded with her to terminate her, but my pleas met deaf ears she was even eager for her more than she was for you and Carlos."

"I'm so sorry, Papa, for opening up these wounds you're trying so hard to bury."

"No, my dear, you didn't open up anything. The wounds are still as fresh as yesterday. Every time I think about the fact that she is alive and my wife is dead, my hatred for her intensifies. So my dear, you did nothing her presence always brings bad memories."

Sorry Papa but don't worry, I will make sure that she doesn't get to experience what true happiness is in Don Diego's mansion.  I will make sure I seduce Don Diego and enjoy everything that a billionaire Don can ever have to his name. Look at me..." she said as she spins around in admiration of her voluminous curves. " I  am way sexier than  she could ever be...Don Diego has no choice but to fall for me over her."

"Wait, Mariana, if you can do that, I will be supporting you 100% because she can not have Don Diego, if you want him. Go for him and do whatever you must to get him. I will be solidly behind you."

A few hours later, Mariana goes over to Don Diego's mansion in pretence of wanting to see her sister Ravenna.

"Hey, Mr. I am here to see my sister. She will be pleased to have me."

"I am so sorry you can't get into the mansion,  Lady Ravenna didn't say she was expecting a visitor today."

"What do you even mean? Can you let her know that I am waiting here?"

"Did you call her?"

"Ermmm no... I actually tried, but her number isn't connecting," She lied, itching an imaginary discomfort in her scalp.

The guy by the gate dialled  a number. It was Don Diego's number. He picked after two tries.

"Hello Don, there's  a lady by the gate. She said she is lady Ravenna's sister. Can I let her in?"

"Let her in."

Came his voice.

"Next time, let her know you'd be coming. That way, we get clearance  that you're coming."

Mariana gave no response to what the man said and only chewed the gum in her mouth frantically while she was escorted into the mansion by another guard who was on standby.

"She is nothing like her sister. "

"No wonder Don Diego picked interest in her sister instead. "

The guys by the gate gossiped as she walked away in her ridiculously revealing clothes. 

Don Diego was just sitting in his wing drinking wine as he smoked. Wearing nothing but a pair of shorts and sleeveless polo that revealed the black mamber snake tatoed on his upper arm.

"Good evening, I mean, good afternoon." Mariana mumbled, a confused chicken. Don Diego looked at her from her head to her feet without a word, only beckoning her to sit on a vacant seat next to him. After smoking off the stick in his hand, he laid the remains in the ashtray. Before he broke the silence.

"Why are you here? What do I call you now?"

She gave him a little wink suggestively.

"My name is Mariana Nickolas." She said, forcing her deep voice to sound sensual, walking towards him. Mariana was, without a doubt, drop dead gorgeous. For guys who fancied ambiguity, she was in no way as portable in size as Revanna. Her large breast was seductively packaged, making it impossible to ignore. She bit the tip of her lips as she went close to him.

"So, why are you here, Revanna is not home at the moment. Seeing as you're here to see her."

"Don't worry, I can wait... I already have company." She said, moving towards him.

"Who might that possibly be?" He asked as he looked at her in an inviting manner.

"You of cause." Came the shocking response.

"Me? Show me."

Even though Mariana didn't make his heart fluster the way Ravenna did without any effort, he still wouldn't say no to a delicious meal set before him.

"I have always wanted you from the very first day I heard about you. Then when i saw you, I was caught off guard by how appealing you look."

Mariana leaned forward to take his lips for a kiss, but he adverted it by grabbing her volumcious ass that was held tightly by the dress she wore. It was evident that she had no panties on.

"I won't kiss  any other woman with the same lips I kiss my lady with." He whispered into her ears with what sounded like a boast. He smelt her scent and then pushed her to the couch that she was sitting on moments ago.

"So aren't you  going to take me into your bedroom as well?"

"No, that is exclusively reserved for my woman, not just any one." He took out a condom from his cupboard and wore it, and without further ado, he had a rough sexual intercourse with Mariana radically. In a few minutes, he was done.

"Ahhh, that was such a good sex... a quick one, too."

"Really? Was I good enough for you to take in as your wife and discard Ravenna?" Don Diego's countenance changed, and he began to wear his clothes in a hurry.

"Look at me, Mariana. You have absolutely no right to mention my wife's name with your accursed mouth. That I had sex with you gives you no right to think that I will leave my beloved Ravenna for you. Look at me even if you use a spell on me, I will still sleep in the arms of my lady."

"So this means nothing to you?"

"Absolutely not. It means nothing to me. You aren't even half as good as my beloved wife. You gave me a free meal, so I ate. It has nothing to do with my feelings to me." Mariana covered herself in shame as she sat on the coach trying to dress herself up. Don Diego went into his room and came out with a buddle of money and tossed it at Mariana.

"I trust this is why you came? Now you have it, you can now leave."

Mariana picked up the money that landed on the floor and threw it into her bag.

"Ortega, I deserve you, not Ravenna. Ravenna is a murderer she killed our mother, she could kill you."

"I actually wanted to let you know how beneath Ravenna you really are. You're no match for her she moves with class and grace. You, you move like a whore."