Mag-log inI walked toward Ella’s bed and sat down beside her. She pulled herself up with much difficulty and looked down at our daughter. “She’s so small,” I said, my eyes filling with tears. The wait, the pain and everything were worth this—this joy and the deep love I felt in my heart. I met Ella’s gaze a
[FOUR YEARS LATER] EROS I was panicking more than Ella was. But I couldn’t take her screams, let alone look at her. She was covered in sweat from head to toe and her entire body was shuddering. This was partially my fault, I could say. She buried her head back on the pillow and let out another lo
Even in my absence, I had been sure that Mariella was okay. She was upset, which was understandable, but she was safe. Adonis had ensured it. I hurried into my wing and up to my room, unable to control the burdening feeling in my chest. I needed to let out all that I had been holding inside, to tel
Both Mom and Adonis scanned the room. I didn’t know why, but I didn’t have a good feeling about this. Ella was running away. Or perhaps hiding something from me. I sincerely wished it was the prior. Adonis took a deep breath and spoke. “Ma, I need to speak to Eros.” I was dumbfounded. I widened my
EROS With all the men guarding me, I felt like a child being carried to the principal’s office. Every fucking one of them had a brooding look on their face. And I had been seeing them every day for the past two months. No more. I was finally returning home. To my family. To my wife. I wondered ho
As I pushed the door, I noticed the girl sitting on the ground, holding a grey shirt to her chest. Eros’s shirt. Had she been holding onto him in this manner? Crying herself to sleep holding that one shirt? Consoling herself that he was alright? “Mariella?” Her eyes widened and snapped toward me.
“You said this is a family matter?” Adonis’s gaze shuffled between me and Papa, and he went on. “I’m involved in this because it is my damn family. And you’re not taking my sister-in-law anywhere.” This was the first time he had mentioned this out loud, that too, with so much pride. Papa’s eyes wi
“How did this happen, anyway? I mean Rocco, of all the people, it could’ve been.” “It was at a party. I really wanted to go, and he was the only one I trusted, who could sneak me out, drive me there and drop me back at home safely.” She sat at the edge of the bed and slumped, exhaling a ragged brea
“I would much prefer if you do not enter my wing,” Adonis’s voice beamed in the air. Ara’s jaw dropped as she watched him walk out of the left-wing, his hands in his pocket. “Wha—” “Yeah, that’s why.” From what I had gathered, Eros loved surprising, amusing, and befuddling people. “You’re related
“What?” She jerked my hands away and stepped aside. Licking her lips, she questioned, “Do you really expect me to sit tight after everything you just said to me?” My chest heaved as I breathed in and out, the only fear I had clutching my heart. I didn’t want to lose her. I couldn’t lose the last pe







