LOGINTHREE DAYS LATER….Raina hadn't stepped out of her room for three days and she didn't eat or talk to anyone. She just stayed locked inside with the curtains closed, like she wanted the whole world to disappear.Lorenzo and Michael tried everything they could. They knocked, begged and even left food outside her door, but it stayed there until it got cold and someone came to take it away, untouched.On the evening of the third day, Lorenzo sat across from his father in the dining room, his food untouched too. His mind was only on his sister."Father, I can't keep doing this," Lorenzo said, rubbing his forehead. "If she doesn't come out by tomorrow morning, I am breaking that door down."Michael sighed heavily, his hand tightening around his wheelchair's armrest. "Give her a little more time, son. She just got divorced and is heartbroken.""It's been three days," Lorenzo said, his voice sharp with worry. "She hasn't eaten anything. Do you know what that can do to her body? I am not going
Bailey's cheek was burning. She could taste blood in her mouth and her head throbbed where her wound had reopened. But the pain in her body was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.She looked at Carlos like she didn't even know him anymore."You are heartless!" she screamed, pointing a shaky finger at him. "You know I love Maxton! You know how long I have loved him! But instead of helping me, you are helping that woman! You are helping Raina, the same woman who stole him from me!"Carlos's jaw tightened. "Bailey, that's enough.""No, it's not enough!" she shouted, tears mixing with the blood on her lips. "You don't care about my feelings at all! You never have!"Carlos's hand rose again, faster this time.SLAP!The third slap landed hard across her face. Bailey stumbled back, her cheek now swollen and red. She held her face, breathing hard, but she still didn't look sorry. She only looked angrier."I am sending you out of the country," Carlos said, his voice low and cold. "You w
As soon as the plane landed in the Valente estate, Raina got down with Angelo in her arms. He was still sleeping and was totally oblivious to everything that was happening around him.She looked up and saw her father and Gerald, who were obviously waiting for them.“Princess, you have suffered” Michael held her hand with a look of heartache, as soon as his wheelchair stopped in front of her.“Father, uncle Gerald” Lorenzo greeted them with a nod.Raina didn't say anything, she just stood there with an absent-minded expression.“Let's go in, we will talk after you have all rested” Michael said with a sigh.They all went into the villa and Raina took Angelo to the room opposite hers. She didn't even have time to reminisce about being back to the Valente family, after leaving because of Maxwell's cruelty.She carefully placed Angelo on the bed and covered him with the blankets. When she was sure that he was in a deep sleep, she slowly stood up and walked to her room.As soon as the door
After leaving the VVIP ward, Raina went directly to the resting area, where Lisa was seated with Angelo in her arms.“Raina, are you okay?” Lisa asked when she saw Raina's red eyes.“I'm fine” She replied with a calm voice and squatted to check on the little boy.As soon as her hand touched his face, he quickly opened his eyes and his body trembled subconsciously.Raina felt a tightness in her heart as she couldn't even bring herself to imagine what he must have gone through, when he and Xander were in Evan's clutches.When he saw that Raina was the one that touched him, his eyes immediately filled with tears and he stretched out his hands towards her. She quickly held him in her arms and hugged him tightly.“Mommy…Mommy” He kept crying and calling her his Mommy repeatedly.Raina didn't bother to correct him as he was just a child that needed comfort. She also remembered that he had also addressed her as Mommy the first time she met him.She hugged him and continued patting his back g
The hospital hallway was quiet, but it didn't feel peaceful at all. Raina sat on the hard, cold floor outside Maxton's room. She had been there for almost half an hour now, just mindlessly staring at the opposite wall.She was initially sitting on one of the chairs in the hallway, but she felt awfully uncomfortable and the cold ground felt like a better option to calm her mind. She told herself she was just tired and needed a cold place to sit, but that was a lie. She was waiting….She didn't want to admit it, but every time she heard footsteps coming down the hall, she looked up, hoping it was him coming to find her.Lorenzo walked out of the room and she instantly recognized his familiar footsteps. His expression was tense and slightly upset, but when he saw Raina sitting on the floor, his face softened. He knelt down in front of her and sighed. He didn't want to tell her, but he knew he had to."Raina," he said, his voice very soft. "I tried and talked to him for a long time, but….
As soon as Raina finished speaking, she walked to a nearby seat and sat down, then she closed her eyes.Lorenzo stared at her for a few minutes and his heart clenched painfully as he couldn't do anything to make her feel better.He sighed and knocked on the room door, and didn't wait for an answer before he pushed the door open and walked in.Maxton was sitting up on the hospital bed, his eyes open, staring at the window and clearly lost in thoughts. When he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, he slowly turned to look but he didn't look surprised to see Lorenzo and seemed to have expected him to come. If anything, he looked like he had been expecting it.Lorenzo closed the door behind him, pulled the chair from the corner of the room, dragged it directly in front of the bed, and sat down. He didn't rush to start speaking, he just crossed one leg over the other, rested his hands on his knee, and looked at Maxton the same way two people look at each other when they both know exactl
The heavy door to Raina’s bedroom clicked shut, and in that single second, the man who had been gentle with her disappeared. Maxton Retroferd stood in the hallway, but he didn't look like a husband anymore. He looked like a nightmare.His eyes darkened until they were like two pits of black ink. Th
The black car roared through the gates of the Retroferd estate. Maxton didn't wait for the guards to open his door, he quickly stepped out with Raina still cradled in his arms. She looked like a broken doll, but the way she held her head showed she was far from finished. Maxton’s face was dark and
Raina remained standing at the altar and some of the guests stared at her with pity while others had mocking expressions on their faces and were gloating over the fact that she wouldn't be acknowledged as the Don's wife by the Retroferds.Steps suddenly echoed on the stone floor and Lorenzo walked
The cathedral was a monument to old blood and older sins. Its towering stone arches and stained-glass windows usually spoke of peace, but today, they felt like a cage. The pews were filled with the elite of the underworld, men in tailored suits with bulges under their jackets, and women whose diam







