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Standing at the archway between the kitchen and the living room, I sense Stefano’s tension the instant he steps through our front door. He closes the door a little too hard behind him, and the sound echoes through the quiet house. I stop what I’m doing and carefully slide the towel from my hands, my breathing catching at the weight of him. My husband’s shoulders droop under a burden I cannot see, and already I can feel the tight, anxious ache swirling in my chest.

“It’s been a long day,” I whisper, though I don’t even have to say it. I know the weariness in the slump of his shoulders, in the way his tie is undone and his jacket hangs limply from his forearm. I reach out to brush a fingertip over the stubble on his cheek. He stands motionless in the hallway, eyes unfocused and distant. I imagine the ghosts of the day’s battles swirling in his mind. Even before he speaks, I know I need to reach him—now.

Slowly, I close the distance between us. Before I can even think, my arms slide arou
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  • The Don's bargain    151

    BELLABella found the safehouse just before sunrise. Tucked behind a row of abandoned apartments, it was barely more than four concrete walls, a creaky door, and a mattress on the floor, but it was a shelter. She stepped inside, her clothes damp with sweat and fear, and let the door fall shut behind her. The silence that followed felt like relief.Her limbs trembled. It wasn’t just exhaustion. It was the pressure building from within, the weight of what she had to do. Bella curled into a corner, pressing her forehead to her knees. Her breathing slowed. The pain was familiar now. So was the guilt. But beneath the exhaustion, something else stirred: purpose. A quiet, burning resolve. She’d promised to come back. To make things right. To finish what she had once tried to burn.Two days passed.She stayed low. Changed the SIM card on her burner phone. Ate very little. Slept even less. Her mind stayed busy, haunted. On the third morning, a message came through. It was Amelia."Lisa finally

  • The Don's bargain    150

    A coy smile played on his lips the moment he said those words and I could tell that he was having the best moment of his life. I didn't say anything yet because I wanted to hear what Stefano had to say about his estranged brother. I wanted to know whether he believed he was at fault with their relationship or not. Although he had told me he knew he was at fault but I just wanted to see if he was going to apologize to his brother. His brother had been kind to him and the least he could do was to actually apologise to him regarding eveything that had happened.A few minutes later, he put the call on loud speaker. I don't know why he wanted me to hear their conversation. Maybe he wanted to do something that would seem as if he was seeing that you can see why I'm the best option for you?I could hear my husband's voice now and I couldn't believe my eyes. I had missed him alot, i bever knew that this day would come so soon. I have always imagined hearing his voice once more since I was tak

  • The Don's bargain    149

    You know the kind of songs that played during those masks party. That was what started playing and the waiters started sharing masks during the parties and then me ans the strange man grabbed our masks and we wore them ans started dancing with the people were saw and it was nice. After a while of dancing people started swapping partners but I made sure I didn't loose track of partner and no matter how much we faced we still found out way back to each other.After I had danced to the left direction away from him, he came closer meeting me and we had to dance together. As we danced I avoided having any sexual talks with him. Even if it were two days ago I would have probably imitated one but since we were getting closer to the our goals of escaping I had to reduce all those talks so that he would know that I wasn't even interested in him in that way so that when he would learn of my husband it wouldn't be as if I had betrayed him when I was simply to just playing to according to wjat wa

  • The Don's bargain    148

    As she spoke, I tried to search for any hint of mockery in her eyes but I couldn't find any. She was damn serious and I knew I had to take her seriously because I had never seen her behave this way because and it scared me. I had this whole plan mapped out and now she was telling me not to follow through with it. Did she know how long I had been searching for this kind of support and now that I had seen it, I couldn't afford to let it go. What if she was jealous of me? In cases like this anything could be a possibility and it would be unwise of me to throw this help away. It was something that I desperately needed. I stared at me with tears brimming in my eyes.I couldn't hold it anymore. I needed an escape and I couldn't bear the thought of my escape being cut off. It was too hard to bandle. I shook my head and her eyes held a look of suprise.“Bella are you seriously crying?” She asked. “Have you fallen so deeply for him?” She asked.I shook my head with tears in my eyes. “This was

  • The Don's bargain    147

    A sense of relief washed over me as soon as I saw him. I hit him playfully now growing comfortable around him.“What took you so long?” I asked him and he sighed. “I almost thought you weren't going to come here anymore and that made me scared. I was thinking that maybe you had changed your mind and I don't even have a phone nor your number, I would have called you.” I yapped and he listened to me with keen interest and he shook his head pulling me closer to himself, and pressing kisses on my neck.“There was no way I would have left you here. You know you mean alot to me.” He assured and I didn't know what I had done to make him say those sweet words to me. Sometimes it felt like he was blown away by the sex. I didn't even why he liked me like this. Was this genuine or it was because of the sex. It was unbelievable the way he spoke about his love for me. Sometimes it was scary but I guess I would use it to my advantage before I would tell him that I had a husband.I was tired and I d

  • The Don's bargain    146

    The preparation was soon, and we were all ready for the party. We had spent hours making sure we were perfectly glammed up for the party, and although we were scared for what tonight holds, we managed to be happy with the whole event before us and what the night would hold, but we just prepared accordingly. As we waited for tonight, I was scared. I knew this was a perfect time for me and this strange man to execute our plan.It wasn't going to be easy, but we would do it. I'm pretty sure this wasn't the first time he was expecting something like this because of how confident he was. I looked at my friend Lisa and how happy she was for tonight's activities. I couldn't even be happy if I wanted to because I was scared. Anything could happen to me right now, and I wouldn't even have backup because I decided to escape with some man who I didn't even know.When Madam Livia entered the house, she told us that neither of us would be serving today and we were all going to entertain the men. S

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