Betrayal was only the beginning. Aurora Vitiello thought her world ended the night she caught her husband in bed with her best friend—and lost the baby she was carrying. But her nightmare was just the prologue. Sold to the infamous Cavallaro twins, Nestore and Nevio, Aurora becomes a pawn in their dangerous game. The brothers are ruthless, possessive, and dangerously alluring, ruling their mafia empire with iron fists and darker desires. They demand her complete submission, but Aurora refuses to break. As secrets unravel and passions ignite, Aurora discovers a shocking truth: her past is tied to the brothers in ways none of them could have imagined. But with enemies closing in and trust hanging by a thread, the line between captor and captive begins to blur. In a world of lies, power, and forbidden desire, one woman will either destroy the most dangerous men alive—or become their ultimate obsession. And the stakes get even higher as old secrets begin to surface.
Lihat lebih banyakAurora's POV
"Congratulations, Mrs. Diego, you're two months pregnant," the doctor said, handing me my test results.
I heaved a huge sigh of relief, my face widening with a smile.
Pregnant. I was pregnant.
The weight of the word settled in my chest, accompanied by a rush of emotions—joy, nervousness, excitement. I had been hoping, and praying for this moment, and now it was real. A tiny life was growing inside me.
"Thank you, doctor," I murmured, running a gentle hand over my still-flat stomach. Diego was going to be so happy.
"So that explains why you've been feeling nauseous, and dizzy, they're the early signs of pregnancy," the doctor explained again, and I could only nod absentmindedly as I imagined the thought of how Diego's face would light up at the new.
He had always talked about having a family, about raising kids together. This was everything we had ever wanted.
Clutching the results close to my chest, I practically floated out of the hospital. The world around me seemed brighter, the air fresher. I imagined how Diego would react—his dark eyes lighting up, his strong arms wrapping around me as he lifted me off the ground, laughing with pure happiness.
I couldn’t wait to see him. To tell him that our dreams were finally coming true.
Hailing a cab, I gave the driver my address and leaned back against the seat, unable to wipe the smile off my face.
I hummed softly to myself as I stepped out of the cab, my fingers tightening around the small envelope in my hands.
My heart fluttered with excitement, a nervous kind of joy bubbling in my chest.
I'd replayed this moment over and over in my head during the ride home—the way I would tell Diego, how he would lift me in his arms, spinning me around in pure delight.
I was pregnant—our baby—our family.
The thought of a small human made me grin as I unlocked the front door
The house was silent, eerily so, but I didn’t think much of it. It was late in the evening, and Luca was probably in bed. Maybe he’d fallen asleep waiting for me.
"Diego," I called, softly, hoping my voice wouldn't startle him awake.
Still smiling, I kicked off my shoes and made her way upstairs, already picturing the look on his face when I told him the news.
But as I reached the bedroom, the door was slightly ajar. A hushed giggle reached my ears, followed by a low murmur.
I shook my head to rid myself of whatever thoughts that were creeping in. Diego wouldn't do that.
"I cannot believe that I could feel that way today with you, I fucking enjoyed it." A female voice reached me again, sending a shivering rack through my body. But the sound was familiar. Too familiar.
"Calm down Aurora, it is probably the excitement of the news that I'm going to break to Diego," I said softly, reassuring myself that it was all an hallucination.
"Yes... dizziness, the early stages of pregnancy," I muttered, standing up straight with a smile, deluding myself that what I heard was just the baby's doing.
I walked close to the door, my hands trembling with an hesitant push, as I opened the door fully—the view before me made my world crash into ruins
There, tangled in the sheets of our marital bed, was Diego, His bare body intertwined with another’s. My—best friend.
“Aurora—” Diego called, his voice was hoarse with shock as he scrambled to sit up.
My eyes darted to Lillian, who was stripped naked beside him clutching the sheets to her chest as if that would somehow shield her from what she had done.
My feet wobbled, losing it's strength as I fell to the floor, gripping the door knob to offer myself support.
The room spun around me with my breath caught in my throat, and I felt like I was drowning, gasping for air that wouldn’t come. The envelope with the test results slipped from my trembling fingers, fluttering to the floor.
Diego was saying something, his voice frantic, but the words were muffled, as if I were underwater. My vision blurred, and I blinked rapidly, trying to clear the tears that threatened to spill over. But they came anyway, hot and relentless, streaming down my cheeks.
“Aurora, I—I can explain,” Diego stammered, his voice shaking. He reached for me, but I recoiled, stumbling back until my back hit the wall. The coldness of it seeped through my clothes, grounding me in a reality I didn’t want to face.
Lillian—my best friend, the woman I had trusted with my deepest secrets, my joys, my fears—sat frozen on the bed, her face pale and stricken. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. What could she possibly say? What excuse could she give that would make any of this okay?
“Get out,” I whispered, my voice barely audible. My hands clenched into fists at my sides, nails digging into my palms. “Get out of my house.”
“Aurora, please—” Diego tried again, his voice breaking. He looked so different now, his face twisted with guilt and desperation. The man I had loved, the man I had dreamed of building a family with, was gone. In his place was a stranger, someone I didn’t recognize.
“GET OUT!” I screamed, the sound tearing through the silence like a knife. My chest heaved with the force of it, and I felt like I might collapse under the weight of my own pain.
Diego flinched, his eyes wide with shock. He opened his mouth to say something else, but then thought better of it. He grabbed his clothes from the floor, his movements hurried and clumsy, and fled the room without another word. Lillian followed suit, clutching her clothes to her chest, her face a mask of shame.
I slid down the wall, my legs giving out beneath me. The tears came harder now, great, heaving sobs that wracked my body. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to hold the pieces together, but it was no use. I was shattered, broken in a way I didn’t think was possible.
Aurora's POV Expression was unreadable, but their gaze was fixed on me, piercing and unrelenting.I tried to swallow, but my throat was dry and raw as if I’d been screaming.Something felt… wrong.I shifted slightly, and a sharp pain tore through my abdomen, stealing the breath from my lungs. A strangled sound escaped me before I could stop it.The doctor took a cautious step forward. “You’re awake,” he murmured, like he wasn’t sure how to proceed.But my gaze had already dropped, trailing down to where the sheets pressed against my stomach.And then it hit me.A flash of memory—blood between my thighs. Diego, Lillian, the weight of hands pressing down on my body. A voice, cold and final.“She was fed drugs to induce an abortion.”A hollow ache spread through my chest, deeper than the pain in my body. My fingers curled weakly into the sheets as my breath came faster, shallower.No.No, no, no.Tears trickled from the corner of my eyes, burning and nerve-wracking.I opened my mouth,
Aurora's POV My body jerked awake, with a splitting headache, a terribly aching body, and blinding lights."Mr. Cavarallo," The steady voice of a man filtered through my ears."Quit the formalities, I need you to do everything you can to make sure she doesn't die," One of the men who...My head spilled again, the nerve-wracking memories of how I got here made my stomach tighten and I could feel blood trickle down from between my legs again.Wait! Wasn't I supposed to be dead"You're covered in blood Mr Cavarallo..." "Save her and quit asking stupid questions," another one of the men growled."She cannot make it, Mr Cavarallo, she's already dead and it'll be just a waste of time to have her taken into surgery," I wanted to scream, to tell them that I was still alive, but my throat was raw, and my body refused to move. Panic surged through me as I struggled to make a sound—anything to let them know I wasn’t gone. My fingers twitched, but it wasn’t enough."Save her or I'll make sure
Aurora's pov I crawled over to the floor, hoping—wishing that it was just my body that was bleeding, to seek help.My hands fumbled with the door handle, trying desperately to get it open."Almost there..." I muttered, reassuring myself despite the trail of blood that trickled down from my body.A sharp, hard, kick from outside the door resounded against my body, throwing my body violently against the glass table that carried the food I was poisoned with.The glass shattered beneath me, slicing into my skin as I hit the floor with a strangled cry. Pain exploded in my ribs, my vision blurring from the impact. The metallic scent of blood mixed with the lingering aroma of the poisoned food and metals made my stomach churn.Soft, dangerous thuds of boots filled my ears as I struggled to keep my eyes open, followed by a frantic run of Diego and Lillian."What a spectacular scene," A voice thick enough to send another wave of panic threw me resounded in the room, followed by a low and dead
Aurora's pov "Diego," I called, crawling after him, my knees scraping the jagged floor of the house."Please let me keep this baby, I'll do anything you want, derive it if everything you own, I—I won't make any noise about you and Lillian, please just let me keep this one..." I begged, my throat clutching at the desperate plea to him.He stared down at me, running his eyes considerably over my already ragged body before speaking."Okay.""Okay," That one word sounded like he was giving me a lease on life, to let me keep our child...his child."T—thank you," I muttered, grabbing his feet as I bowed down to him.He yanked his feet from my grasp and turned to me, staring down at me."I'm bringing Lillian back to the house with me tonight, I need you to make her favorite broccoli and sausage, if she makes one complaint, you won't lose that baby but I'll make you wish that you did," He threatened before walking out of the room.I dragged my battered body up from the floor, taking in frant
Aurora's POV "I'm pregnant, Diego," I said as he moved to walk out of the room.He stood still, turning slowly to look at my crumpled figure on the floor."You're what?" He asked, walking back to me."I said I'm pregnant Diego," I added, watching the reaction on his face."That was a joke right?"He asked again, crouching to my level. My insides clenched with pain as I stared at Diego, not willing to believe that the look on his face was pure loathe."It is not a joke, I was coming from the hospital to tell you that I was pregnant when I met you and Lillian...." I whimpered as he grabbed my arms, his fingers hard enough that I could feel my bones crushing "Abort it."I stared at him, my breath catching in my throat."What?" I whispered, my voice barely audible over the ringing in my ears. His grip tightened, his fingers digging into my arms like vices. "I said, abort it."A cold shudder ran through me. I searched his face for something—anything—that would tell me he didn’t mean it
The pregnancy report lay on the floor in front of me, a cruel reminder of the life I had imagined, the future I had dreamed of. I reached for it with trembling hands, clutching it to my chest as if it could somehow protect me from the pain.But it couldn’t. Nothing could.I didn't know how long I sat there, crying until I had no tears left. The house was silent again, but it was a different kind of silence now—heavy and oppressive, like a weight pressing down on my chest.Eventually, I forced myself to stand, my legs shaky and unsteady. I walked to the bed, staring at the rumpled sheets, the evidence of their affair.My stomach churned, and a gurgling feeling to retch filled my insides and I turned to the bathroom, my stomach twisting even more at the sight before me.Condoms, panties, drugs...Everything was in full display before me, and I could only close my eyes, throwing up everything inside me. Before walking back into the bedroom.I grabbed the sheets, yanking them off the bed
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