Standing by the elevator, Mariana closed her eyes for a minute remembering her Father's words.
' always take your ears as your number one weapon, they can do more than what your eyes can ever do "
She silently listened attentively, her breathing rugged. Silent cries and sobs but then something else caught her attention. She could hear the safety being changed, pointing out the gun in the direction.
She remembered the man she saw earlier, his position and height then raised her gun in that direction and shot.
She hid back as a loud groan was heard all over the room, grabbing Marco's arm she started pulling him towards down the hall as the lights came back on making them both freeze.
Mariana stared at the Mansion in front of her as she got out of the car, the large compound full of trees sculpted into different shapes beautifully.She closed the door of the car behind her, moving around lightly taking in the beautiful fresh air. The mansion painted brown gold colours bigger than anything she had ever seen.She looked at the double doors then knew this was it, how was she going to manage to leave with Di Martino brothers after all that happened a while ago and all the secrets she held in.They were going to know who she really was and then kill her, a shiver rushed down her spine while her palms started to sweat making her wipe them multiple times on her dress. There's one thing she was so sure about, she really needs to find a way out of here."You okay ?" Marco's voice broke through her train of thoughts, she looked his way nodding lightly.He held out his hand to hold her chin b
Mariana stared at herself in the mirror adjusting the white apron around her waist, She had wanted to talk to Marco about this whole thing but all the men were locked in Antonio's office for a certain special meeting "Aveline and Stephanie had helped out a lot in getting her this black dress and apron, now this was it. It was time to pay a debt.Marco had given a house to stay, protection, fed her and saved her life several times now the only the thing she could do to pay him back was to work as a maid in this mansion and be more helpful at least.Or maybe it was the guilty in her for all that happened today, maybe it was the only reason behind this.She wondered why the Cobra's were after the Di Martino brothers if there target was only her. It was all very confusing now so where her own thoughts, she wondered if Valente also knew where exactly she was or did he forget about her since she was just another slave he had used.Shaking her head
Mariana stood up grabbing her plate along and walked over to the sink placing it in then turned around to face Marco.He still stood by the door, his muscular arms folded around his chest, he still wore the Armani suit he had on in this morning. His hair was more disorganized."Mariana " he whispered lightly walking over to where she stood, he didn't give her much time to process what was happening next but acted on impact.Marco pulled her in his arms hugging her as tight as he could like all his tomorrow depended on it, his arm wrapped around her back and the other holding onto the back of her head.Good enough she was far more shorter than him getting an easy access to his heart beat, wrapping her arms around him. She could fe his pain. Some how she wanted to take it all away and make it disappear through thin hair and maybe see his smile even if it's just this once.She held onto him tightly, it felt so good to have his arms wrapped around her.
Mariana stood in her room, Stephanie had ordered for her many clothes but none of them seemed to be comfortable for the night.All the shirts Marco had given her where left back at his house, yet she was used to his cologne. The smell of dry wood and danger he held was addictive.The silk night gowns didn't seem like a thing for her, her eyes moved over to Marco's coat then back at the night dress but her mind seemed to have already decided on a night gown.She moved towards the bed and stripped out of her uniform then placed the coat on top of her white lingerie before getting under white and dark green duvet.A sense of comfort and peace savoured her, as her eyes closed. It felt like Marco was here with her, his arms wrapped around her.Unconsciously she didn't realize she was smiling, now that's something she rarely did.Marco was crossing all the borders and walls around her, he was starting to form a place for himself in her heart
10 : 35 amThe car arrived at the ware house as Artur stepped out of the building, Gaetano, Marco and Gianni stepped out as the two other cars came to a halt.Aveline, Piper and Mariana stepped out of the second car and walked in behind the guys so where the other men.They all walked in to the office, Gianni threw everything off the table as Artur and Viktor walked in with a map in hand.They knew they had to make a plan only with hope of things not going down the drain.****"Ana " Davin spoke up earning Mariana's attention as she set up her gun, looking up at him he handed her the phone.Mariana's eyes moved up staring at Davin confusingly then back at the phone screen.' Stay Alive Gift ' She smiled knowingly then handed the phone back to Davin, her eyes settling on the gun once again.
"Shit " Davin cursed as he shot forward making way for them as they ran down the stairs, he pushed Mariana back as a few bullets flew there way.More bullets kept coming as they managed to make there way out to the car that was parked and got in placing the bag on the floor as Gaetano drove off, he looked through the rear view mirror at Mariana.Marco may had trusted this girl easily but why was it hard for him to trust her, it seemed there's more to her than the cover picture she gave off.As they drove off a few cars started to follow behind, Davin and Aveline shot a few tyres with Mariana until they reached an open ground where the two jets were.They all stepped out of the car running towards the jets, Gaetano helped Mariana and Aveline up then he did the same for him self."Fucking shit ! " Marco swore as he removed his jacket then painfully unbuttoned his shirt, Mariana sat by his si
The house was silent as they walked in, Mariana held on to Marco's arm as he took the stairs to his room."Davin get Fernado as fast as you can " he ordered following Gianni who was carrying Adriana in his arms to her room. Marco felt Mariana's hesitation, she didn't know if she was allowed up stairs.Her room was down the hall not up here, she hoped Marco would understand but he didn't.He looked down at her, his eyes coming in contact with hers taking in her doubt. " it's okay just follow me " he assured her.Mariana silently followed Marco upstairs to the third door down the hallway on the left then stepped inside.The lights turned on as Mariana took more steps inside, her eyes looking around the room which was twice the size of hers. With the office side and bedroom mixed together.A shelf of books in the corner. An office desk in front of it with files which a well arranged and a lamp on it, Next to the window sat the magnifi
Mariana walked over to Marco's bed, this was the first time she was going to share a bed with another man other than Valente.Though Marco wasn't just any man but a man that made her heart race off.A man that made her mind blank with his kisses."Come here " he whispered cutting through her thoughts while tapping the space besides him under the duvet, his arm was dressed and bandaged properly though she knew that won't stop him from using it.She threw the duvet aside and got on to the bed, crawling towards him she laid down slowly pulling the covers over them. Placing her head on the pillow she watched him, his eyes were closed.He had sweat on his forehead, a few strands falling over with a hand behind his head. Her eyes moved over to his lips making her lick her own remembering every single one of his kisses.She didn't realise that he fallen a sleep, his whole body and face