LOGIN"Tigrotta." "Mariano. Please we can't do this." "And why is that?" "Your nephew. My fiancé. He is literally downstairs." "We both know exactly what he thinks of you." "It doesn't matter." He kissed her slowly and pulled back just enough to speak against her lips. "It matters to me. You are mine. You have always been mine." **************** Gabriella Hale has spent two years as the perfect obedient fiancée. She kept her head down, followed the rules.Then she caught him with his own friends. Laughing and taunting her about virginity. Then she made a decision. One night in Vegas was all she allowed herself. One night with a stranger who was older, commanding and treated her like she was worth slowing down for. She gave him everything and slipped out before sunrise telling herself it was over. A secret she would carry alone while she went back to stomaching a marriage she never wanted. She did not expect to walk into the Castillo family home and find him standing at the top of that staircase. Mariano Castillo. The new family patriarch. Her fiancé's uncle. The man she spent one unforgettable night with in Vegas. Now he is the most powerful man in the room and he is looking at her like she was never Davis's to begin with.
View MoreGabriella POV Raphael was quiet for a very long moment. He looked at my face, processing the depth of my isolation. Then, he stood up from the bed, reached his hand deep into the front pocket of his pants, and pulled out his leather wallet. He opened the wallet, pulled out a solid black credit card, and held it out toward me."What is this?" I asked, staring at the plastic card in his hand."It is my personal credit card," Raphael said firmly. "I want you to leave this house today. I want you to go out into the city. Go shopping for clothes. Buy something very nice for yourself. Eat lunch somewhere expensive and nice. Do something today that is entirely for you and no one else.""Raphael, I cannot take your money," I said, shaking my head and pushing his hand away."Yes, you absolutely can," Raphael insisted. He grabbed my right hand, placed the black credit card directly into my palm, and folded my fingers tightly over it. "You desperately need to get out of this dark house. You nee
Gabriella POV I woke up and did not move a single inch. My body lay completely flat against the soft mattress. I kept my eyes fixed on the ceiling.The morning light was shining brightly through the small gaps in the bedroom curtains, casting long yellow lines across the wooden floorboards. The entire house was completely quiet. Through the closed glass of my window, I could hear the high-pitched chirping of birds sitting in the trees outside. A few seconds later, I heard the distant, steady sound of a car driving slowly past the front gate of our property. Everything outside my bedroom was entirely normal. Everything in the neighborhood was peaceful and ordinary.But I did not feel peaceful at all. I felt completely hollow inside my chest. I felt entirely empty.I rolled over onto my side, reached out my hand, and grabbed my cell phone from the top of the wooden nightstand. I unlocked the screen and called Mariano.He answered the call on the very first ring."Gabriella," Mariano sa
Gabriella POV "That is completely insane!" I yelled, standing up off the couch. "That is the most insane, twisted plan I have ever heard in my entire life!""It is proper strategy, Gabriella," my father said, standing up to face me. "It is thinking several steps ahead. It is protecting yourself from future harm."My hands were shaking so hard I had to clench them into fists. "I cannot do this. I cannot lift a finger to help the monster who tried to destroy my life.""Then you are making a massive mistake," my father said. "A very big mistake."I turned my body away from him and began walking rapidly toward the doorway."Gabriella!" my father's sharp voice rang out through the quiet room. "I am saying all of this strictly for your own sake. I am not saying it because I have any affection for Davis Castillo. I am saying it because I love you more than anything."I stopped walking right at the edge of the doorway, but I did not turn back around to look at his face."I love you too, Dad,
Gabriella POV The living room was completely quiet when I walked back inside the house. My father was standing directly by the large glass window with his back turned to me. His hands were clasped tightly behind his waist and his shoulders were rigid with tension. He did not turn around or shift his weight when my footsteps echoed across the floorboards as I entered. "Sit down, Gabriella," he said. His voice was low, flat, and thoroughly tired. I walked over and sat down on the soft fabric of the couch. My hands were trembling violently in my lap. I pressed my palms flat down against my knees to force them to stay steady. My father turned around slowly on his heels. His face was entirely pale and his eyes were dark and heavy with fatigue. He looked like a man who had been carrying an unbearable weight on his back for a very long time. "I know you are extremely angry with me right now," he said, taking a step toward the center of the room. "I know you think I am actively betraying
Gabriella's POV"—and then Darius came along to claim the proposal but I beat him to it and got the patent." Davis droned on"Nice." I said half-heartedly "Nice? I just told you how I worked hard during my travels and all I get is 'Nice'?" He turned to me annoyed that I was fawning over him like b
Gabriella's POVI woke up to a knock. Groggily I tossed around the bed, swinging my arm to the space beside me. I patted it twice but didn't feel the figure that should have been there.I opened my eyes to see an empty room. Where was Mariano?The knocks came again. I sat up searching for my dress
Gabriella's POVIn one swoop I was in his arms as he walked towards a different door. I helped him open it and there was an inner room with a more simple yet luxurious decor.He dropped me on the bed, towering over me as he threw his shirt to a corner of the room and then his hands moved to his bel
Gabriella's POV "Excuse me?" His voice snapped me out of my daze. "Huh?" I looked up at him. God he was more handsome up closer. His eyes were deep like whirlpools slowly dragging me in. "I believe you must be in the wrong place." He said, his voice was deep but the sound slid through m












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