LOGINSerena's POV I stared at Adrian with wide eyes as he began to pace, waiting for Jack to retrieve the videos. Jack was still fiddling around inside the car. After a while, he came back out with a laptop in hand. He walked straight to Adrian and handed the laptop over."I've downloaded most of the videos for today's events. I'll go through them to see who it was that bumped into her." Jack explained.Adrian snatched the laptop from his hands, instead."Not you, you're fired." He barked.Jack looked at him in confusion. He didn't seem to understand what was going. Then, his gaze slid to me and he finally understood."Dur, I...please...you....""I said you're fired!" Adrian cut in. "Since you let an inexperienced pregnant girl get past you, that .means you're shut at security and if I leave you around, who knows, she may eventually get kidnapped.""No, sir. That would never happen." Jack said."Get the hell out of my sight." Adrian retorted.There was no point arguing., so he turned to l
Serena's POV "What are you not telling me? I demanded.Gabriel chuckled nervously and stood up."I just don't want you to get yourself in trouble. Adrian is the head of the Mafia family in Sicily which means he's a very dangerous man. He's got eyes everywhere and will not be happy to find you looking in his business. So I don't think you should keep sniffing around." He explained.I exhaled in frustration."But if he knows something about my father's death, then I want to know it too." I protested."You father died in a car crash, Serena. It was an accident. I don't want you putting silly ideas in your head."I looked down and but my lip trying to hold back the tears that were starting to pool in my eyes."I just don't want you to get hurt." He said softly and tapped my back gently, calming me down.I sniffed and stood rubbing my palms against my jeans."I should go." I stated.Gabriel's face scrunched up in confusion"But you just got here." He whined. "Stay. I was just about to hav
Serena's POV By the time I took a shower and changed out of Adrian's shirt, I felt better about the events of last night and this morning.I also noticed I felt somewhat nauseous but I chalked it up to the pregnancy and ate a lot of mints to tamp it down.It was almost noon so I decided to go sit in the library and read.The minute I opened the door, it felt like I had teleported into a different universe. There were guards everywhere and I started to wonder why Adrian had installed all of them inside the house.I shut the door softly behind me and stepped out."Ma'am..." A voice cut through my subconscious and I whipped around to see who it was.Another guard. He had been stationed outside my door."What is it!" I asked.He cleared his throat and looked at me nervously."I'm sorry, but you're not allowed to go anywhere without permission." He said.I scoffed in disbelief."You're kidding, right?" I asked.He just stared at me.Angrily, I turned around and stormed down the stairs."M
Serena's POV Adrian's eyes moved between Bianca and I. Her hands were still tangled in my hair. Her nails digging in my scalp like she wanted to rip me apart. I refused to cry and give her the satisfaction of seeing her break me.The moment Adrian's voice interrupted, Bianca's grip loosened. Fear crossed her face, but she masked it immediately. Then, she let me go like I had burnt off her flesh."Let. Her. Go." Adrian demanded.Every word dropped slowly with venomous poison dripping out of them.I felt Bianca shiver at his tone. The fear she was trying to hide was now very evident. She laughed nervously."We.....we were just goofing around. That's all." She said "It's nothing serious"Her tone was laced with uncertaintyAdrian moved so fast, I didn’t even see it coming.One second he was behind us, the next his hand wrapped around Bianca’s wrist, yanking her away from me so hard she stumbled forward and almost fell"You don't ever fucking touch her! Am I clear?" He growled in a low t
Serena’s POV I walked back to my room on shaky legs with his scent wrapping all around me. It felt like my senses were on hyper alert. I stared at the ceiling for the next few hours, tossing and turning. Sleep was not forthcoming. I groaned and got up again, pacing the length of my room."What the hell just happened?" I asked myselfWhy was my body reacting this way to a man I barely liked? I shook my head trying to shake off the naughty thoughts running through them."Fucking hell" I sighed and went out of the room going straight to the kitchen I pulled out a bottle of water and drank it, hoping to drown the butterflies flickering in my belly.Next, I pulled out a giant tub of ice cream and plopped myself on the sofa to watch some TV"Hey," a voice said from the doorway.I yelped and turned around, Luca was standing in the doorway with a smile.I rubbed at my chest trying to calm my racing heart. I thought I was alone."Hey," I greeted back."Mind if I join you?" He asked.I shook
Serena’s POVAs I shut the door, my back stayed glued to the door. There was a tension in the air that I couldn’t ignore. The scent of him was everywhere—a dangerous mix of musk and citrus, and a dash of spirit. My eyes locked on his and my heart did a million backflips. He was leaning over his desk, and his body resembled a work of art. My eyes drew immediately to the tattoo from his neck covering his left arm…and that just made him even more sexy. And then my eyes travelled to his rock hard abs, and his v-line was carved to perfection and his—"You should be sleeping." he said, drawing my eyes away from his body. I cleared my throat, "I couldn't sleep," I whispered, hoping that my drooling wasn’t so obvious. "Come here." As he said those words, a current surges through me. He didn’t bark, he didn’t shout. His voice was so calm, yet it caused a storm to rage inside my belly.Against the loud voice screaming in my head that listening to him was a grave mistake, I walked toward
“So,how did you two meet?”The matriarch's voice broke the silence, drawing all the attention to herself.My head spun in pain. We hadn't rehearsed an answer for that question at all. I looked at Adrian with fearful eyes. If the matriarch found out about our transaction,she could kill me. “We met
My heart hammered in my chest as the low hum of the car outside filled the silence. My palms were sweaty and my eyes had lost focus.I didn't even have enough time to prepare for this. Adrian said I didn't really need to talk much as he'd handle most of the questions. All I needed to do was smile a
The biggest mistake I've made in my whole fucked up life is getting into that car with Adrian. I'm very sure if I disagreed, he wouldn't dare lay a finger on me.The things I'm seeing in this house, I can't deny, it's crazy.“1. You must dress only how I tell you to.2. You only appear when called.
She looked right into my eyes and spat the evil words. The itchy liquids escaped her lips and found my face.“Uhm, I'm sorry, I'm here on a contract…”A loud hiss escaped her lips as her feet echoed against the floor loudly, the anger brewing in her chest hit the roof. I was really trying to mainta