Matteo De Luca's Pov
Have you ever been in a house full of people but still be lonely because that's how l've felt in the last 13 years ever since Alexandra was born
Being a father of 4 boys l was so excited on finally having a girl my little princessa and l was so sure she was going to be a daddy's girl by the way she would react when she was still in her mother's womb everytime l touched jrh mother's stomach she would kick so bad that Selena would complain everytime
Selena and l met at a small restaurant were she used to work while l was there for a business meeting and of course it was love at first sight ,l proposed 5 months after we met and we had our first born Elonzo who is currently 22 at the moment after him came the twins Leone and Leonard who are both 20 ,then came Alexander 16 and 3 years after Alex my wife was pregnant again and we found out it was a girl we had decided to name her Alexandra
My brothers and l were pretty excited about having a girl in the De Luca family after having 12 boys and even Padre was excited because he never had a daughter but he was finally having a granddaughter
I can't even explain the excitement l was feeling the day she was born but it only took one look at her eyes to turn that excitement into sadness, betrayal and hurt
In my whole family we all possess our type of eyes that almost everywhere we go people instantly recognise us ,our strikingly blue ocean eyes but imagine my surprise when my only daughter is born with hazel brown eyes and a bit of red hair
I couldn't hold her that day but l couldn't question my wife either because I feared her answer could destroy our whole family so l tolerated it
At first tolerating it was okay because somehow l hoped my the baby will get some of my or my family's features but instead she grew more and more different each day
Alexandra never possessed any De Luca feature even her attitude was different neither mine or all my brothers kids behaved like her from a young age she was always rude towards other people, disrespectful and above all spoilt because of the attention her brothers gave her
My parents hated her attitude but for me Madre tolerated it but Padre never failed to show his displeasure because as a former Capo Padre obviously hated being disrespected but he kept quiet and as for my brothers they kept their distance from Alexandra just like me
That was all until 3 years back when Alexandra accused my nephew Xavier of touching her inappropriately and her brothers and mother obviously supported her but my brothers and nephews believed that Xavier could never do something like that and l also new that my nephews and sons maybe in the Mafia but they can never touch a girl without her permission and definitely not their on sister but unfortunately all evidence pointed to him
From that night all of the relationships were broken and from that day my sons and nephews never got along and l was so frustrated that l finally took that DNA test with my wife and my son's knowledge but my brothers, parents and nephews were there with me
The DNA test proved that Alexandra De Luca was not my daughter and even though l always knew the truth deep down l was heartbroken ,l gave my wife everything even if she asked for the world l would have given it to her then why would she do this to me
Me being distant from Alexandra drove a wedge between mine and my sons relationship because they thought l was being unfair to their sister
Seeing my wife everyday was a constant reminder of her betrayal so l worked most of the time to avoid seeing her and her daughter but l never failed to be there for my boy and even my nephews because they were always like my sons
Being the leader of the Italian Mafia and also running the De Luca Group kept me occupied that l thought less about my wife cheating or Alexandra's tantrums and focused more in on making my company and the Mafia the best
I was busy with my work when my PA called me to tell me that l had a call from the Mater Dei hospital concerning my daughter
The hospital had called to inform me that Alexandra was in an accident and was hit by a car so l quickly called Elonzo and the twins as they all work here along with some of their cousins
"Is something wrong" Elonzo said as the 3 of them entered my office
"Yes it's about your sister" l Tod them and they instantly just stood up and started talking altogether
"Is she okay"
"What did you do"
"Tell me who l should kill"
"ENOUGH" l raised my voice so that they could stop talking
"I got a call from the hospital your sister was in an accident and they need us there so let's go" l said
"Couldn't you have said that already we would have been on our way by now" Leone snapped at me but l let it slide because it's about their sister
Time skip
When the boys and l reached the hospital Selena was already there and she was crying
Selena hug the boys as they comforted each other while l just stood there watching them nomatter how much l disliked Alexandra at the end of the day she wasn't the one who cheated on my so l really felt sorry for her because even if it wasn't my choice legally she was still my daughter
Alex came in the hospital running probably and hugged me and l comforted him telling him everything was going to be fine no matter how big my boy was he still needed his father and l was always there when he needed me
"Mr Dr Luca l am doctor Mineshri Gonzales and l am your daughters doctor"l heard a woman's voice say
I hadn't noticed the doctor had arrived until l heard her speak ,Selena and the boys instantly started questioning the doctor
"Your daughter suffered a blunt trauma on her back which am assuming was caused due to the direct hit from the car and due to that both her kidneys were damaged " the doctor said and for a minute there was complete silence among us
"No you have to save her please" Selena wailed and l felt her pain nobody deserves what Alexandra is going through she is just 13
"Mrs De Luca l don't your frustrati-"the doctor couldn't finish when Selena interrupted her
"Don't you dare tell me you understand because if anything happens to my baby girl l won't spare you" she glared at the doctor'
"We have to find a kidney donor for her as soon as possible"the doctor said
"I can donate am her mother"
"Even we can donate " the boys said in unison
"The nurse will come to take you to your blood test to test if you could be possible matches" the doctor said walking away
As soon as the doctor left Selena turned to face me fuming in anger
"You must be happy, you are finally going to get rid of the person you hate so much" she said while pointing a finger at me
"I don't have time for any of your nonsense Selena and you are definitely not the one to point a finger at me" l told her while taking her finger down
The nurse came to take everyone one by one to go for the test and when everyone was done including Alexander ,the nurse asked if l wanted to check if l am a possible donor and l agreed but only as a formality because deep down l knew l was not a match because me and Alexa are not related but anyway there's no harm in trying
Time skip
After 3 hours of waiting my parents, brothers and their wives along with my nephews had also joined us despite the hostility my sons bear for their cousins family always supports each other
The doctor came frantically looking like she had seen a ghost
"Is something wrong with Alexa doctor"Selena stood looking worried upon seeing the doctors pale face
"No it's not about Alexandra Mrs De Luca"the doctor said but she still looked nervous
"Then what's wrong"l asked
"Mr De Luca can l talk to you and your wife in private, it's very important"
"You can talk here doctor it's not like Matteo cares about our daughter" Selena glared at me
"Mrs De Luca it's n-" l cut the doctor of before she continued
"Just tell us already "l said suddenly feeling frustrated
"When your daughter was admitted to the hospital she wasn't alone , another girl her age was also involved in the accident "the doctor couldn't finish his sentence when Elonzo interrupted him
"Listen doctor my sister should be your priority her-"he said
"Just let him finish speaking Elonzo"l used my Capo voice on him so that he knew l was being serious
"We checked the girls DNA in our system in order to find her parents quicker and the results matched yours"the doctor said and in one swift move a had her by hers neck
"Listen doctor l don't know what game you are but l do not have a daughter"l said menacingly to her
"What are you talking about dad have you forgotten about Alexandra" Alexander saird while looking at me in disbelief
"Alexandra is not my daughter l am sorry but l can't hide it anymore" l said as l let go of the doctor
"Mr De Luca l swear l am telling the truth and not only that but both girls were already in our system because they were both born on the same day " the doctor said wiping her face
"Could it be" Arabella my brother Bernardo's wife said probably thinking what we were all thinking
"No no Alexa is my only daughter someone must have paid you to say this , Matteo don't believe her she's lying" Selena said holding my arm but all l was thinking about was whether or not l had a daughter
As we were all still lost in our thoughts the nurse who took our test came and gave the results to the doctor
"Like we suspected none of your blood matches with Alexandra's and infact they show no sigh of oa possible genetics but you are free to take a DNA test of course but as for the other girl your DNA matches hers 99.9999 percent and of course you can also take another test if you have doubts" the doctor said
"Can we see her "Padre said pulling me from my thoughts
"Of course but she is still in the ICU so l'll have to ask you to go one at a time" she said
"I'll go first , l'll know if it's her "l told her as she told me to come along
I entered the girls room and l could feel my heart pounding and when l looked in her face l felt tears flowing down my cheeks because with no doubt l saw a mini me but of course the difference is that she is a girl and the most beautiful girl l have ever met even with her body and half her face was covered by machines she was still beautiful just like who l had imagined she would be before she was born
I left the room suddenly overcome by emotions and my whole family excluding Selena were standing at the door and Madre immediately embraced me and l cried for the first time in years
"My daughter is alive ma ,my little girl was right here and l didnt even know"l said while getting off my mother's embrace
"Are you sure she is our sister dad" Leonardo looking disheartened and confused
"I am sure Leo she is like a mini me and l can't wait until she opens her eyes"l said smiling through my tears
"We finally have a girl in the De Luca family "Massimo my other brother said while looking like he couldn't contain his happiness
"Dad what about Alexa she's still our sister and we can't abandone her because we found our biological sister"Elonzo said
"I know son ,go look after your sister and as soon as l know the girl's condition we'll start looking for Alexandra's family because they are possibly the only ones who can be potential donors for her"
Elonzo, Leone and Leonardo left to go find their mother
"Is this real or am l dreaming" Padre said
"You are finally going to have a granddaughter " Madre told him as she shed a few tears of happiness
"I just hope nothing goes wrong with both her and Alexandra "l said looking at my little girl's room
Matteo De Luca's PovLooking at the girl on the other side of the door through the glass l had so many unanswered questions , how could they have exchanged them at birth and why couldn't me and Selena notice that the child we had wasn't ours ,l was so caught up in thinking that Selena cheated that l didn't think to notice that Alexandra wasn't anything like Selena eitherI was so blind this whole time and my daughter was somewhere out there being raised by someone else and l couldn't even bear the thought of her calling someone other than me dadI feel like l am dreaming and this isn't real because l had given up all hopes of ever being a father to a baby girl and today l finally got my wish and l just feels like a dream come true and if am really dreaming then l don't ever want to wake up"Feels pretty unreal right, we finally have our tesoro Matteo and it's not a dream" my youngest brother Lorenzo said as he patted my shoulder"Is it so wrong tha
Matteo De Luca's PovI was in my room getting all my things so that l could leave for the hospital when l heard a knock and my 4 sons entered"Dad can we talk" Elonzo said"Is everything okay guys" l said motioning for them to continue"Yesterday before the doctor spoke about the girls being exchanged at birth you said that you knew Alexa wasn't your daughter"Leo said and that's one of the things l love about my sons they always come to me when they have questions or when they are confused"Yes l've known for a couple of years now"l told them honestly"Why didn't you tell us dad we also had a right to know" Leone said"At that time l thought your mother had cheated on me so l thought she was your half sister and l didn't want to ruin your relationship with your sister""You know us dad ,we wouldn't have treated her differently because at the end of the day she was going to still be our sister you hid such a big isais from u
Rosabella's PovMeeting the nice man and his family was fun l really enjoyed their company but the elder ones had to leave so the younger ones stayed behind with meThe ones that man introduced as his children seemed to talk less and they stayed away from me but l didn't know why they were all here in the first placeThe other one Xavier also kept his distance from me but the others were so good to me and even if l knew it was only for a while l enjoyed my time with themI wonder where my so called parents are ,they didn't even bother to visit me and check if l am fine or not l guess they were probably praying that l died but l didn't expect anything less from them anyway"Did you hear anything about the girl l was with" l asked the nurse who had come to check on me suddenly remembering the rude girl who was dragging me with her"Yes she's actually doing good" the nurse said and left but the boys remained"Did you kn
Matteo De Luca's PovI couldn't wait to tell Rosabella the truth and take her home with me ,l finally had her here with me and l would never let her goWe went to the hospital canteen after our talk with Ronan l was furious and l didn't want Rosabella to see me like this when l told her for the first time that l was her father ,l could barely contain my excitement about telling her and that quickly melted my anger"It's now or never fratello " Bernardo said seeing my anxious state"She will love you and accept you figlio " Padre said agreeing with my brother"Jeez l never thought l would ever see the die Matteo De Luca was worried of how a 13 year old girl will think of him "Arabella said as the ladies broke into a fit of laughter but l was just going to let them tease me today l had a lot of things to worry about other than their ends teasing"I'll let you have your fun today ladies" l told them shaking my head"But l don't get why y
Alexandra's PovEveryone was acting really strange since l woke up from the hospital and you know what's weirder is that dad visited me in and he looked happy and all his actions seemed totally not like himMy brothers barely look at me the eye and they always find an excuse to leave just as soon as they come in and that is not like them eitherMom on the other hand rarely leaves my said it's like she's become obsessed with me because she's always there wherever l goI've also had strange visitors whom mom introduced as her old friends and l like their daughters Valerie and Valencia are so cool to be around they are just like me from the coolest clothes, to the coolest shoes ,the newest trend and not to forget the celebrity scoop and gossip l love those girls no one would really think they are older than meThe girls may not come from a rich family like mine but they totally get me and l them but mom is not very fond them but l really don't
Alexandra's PovI've always planned everything in my life to avoid suprises but for the first time in my life l have received the biggest shock in my lifeI have so many unanswered questions about about this girl that is rumoured about being the De Luca princess and mostly who she is and why didn't anyone tell me about herCould she be the reason why dad is constantly in the hospital or why my brothers are barely looking me in the eye and mom's strange behaviourI can't let this happen l was born to be the only girl in the De Luca family and whose daughter could she be dad's ,uncle Massimo ,uncle Lorenzo or uncle Bernado's but the last time l checked none of my aunt's were pregnant and my uncles wouldn't cheat on their wives and that would mean that dad cheatedI cannot lose this name that l've worked so hard to keep and no girl will ever be able to replace me , l've always had what l wanted except my father's love and l won't let some
Rosabella's PovI woke up in a car and l was on the back seat while in the front seemed to be a man and l woman initially l was confused of how l got here but now l understandMy mother did this to me ,my biological mother gave me away without any second thought, she chose her other daughter over me but why did l expect anything less who would ever choose a broken , skinny and ugly girl like me over anyoneI was a fool to think that maybe if l found my biological father then he love me after all if the woman who gave birth to me didn't want me then how could my father want meThe good thing about all this is that l know that the man and woman who abused me all my life are not related to me ,the people who ruined me and destroyed my whole life are just strangers who were paid to keep me and l don't blame them for not liking me ,they probably didn't know what their real daughter was going through then how could they treat me fairlyI silently cried
Matteo's PovI so badly wanted to know what was going through her mind ,l could see the pain her eyes and l just wanted to take it all awayMy only daughter didn't deserve to be in pain or to see how cruel this world actually is ,she deserved to sheltered all her life and l was going to make everyone who dared to touch my princess pay for every unshed tear that l see in her eyes but firsty l needed to keep her safe because it's pretty clear that someone is trying to mess with me by taking my daughter out of the hospital and l am going to make sure they know the consequences of messing with a De LucaI drove Bella to one of my apartments because l couldn't take her home without knowing who took her in the first place as it was pretty clear who ever did knew pretty well who she was so l needed to know who among the people who knew backstabbed me and whyBella was quiet the whole time but l just wanted her to talk to meWe entered the apar