Raffael knocked twice on the door and heard Daphnee’s voice. Opening the door. He looked her way and smiled. “You look terrible. How are you feeling?”Daphnee wasn’t okay. She wanted her child and who knew that even though she made up her mind, a bond between a mother and child that started in the womb, nothing could replace it.Glaring at him, she asked, “Is there anything you need?”He shook his head as he walked up to the bed. “No, I’m just checking in on you. You were in labour for almost a day.”She sighed inwardly, but nodded her head. Looking at him, she saw he was staring at the bassinet, but the look in his eyes was questioning.“If you want to hold her, you can. Just try your best not to wake her up,” she said.It’s like he was waiting for permission because his feet moved so fast.As Raffael picked the baby up, he asked, “Have you decided on a name for her?”“Dante wanted to name her Angel, but the name reminded me so much of Angelica, so I have yet to decide,” she answered
Madam Bardi stepped up to the door, and before she could knock, she heard humming. Smirking as she listened to the tune, she thought, ‘Not bad, little girl, but I wonder how long you can keep this up.’She knocked on the door and opened it. Looking ahead, she locked eyes with Daphnee.Daphne’s eyes widened in surprise, then confusion. “Can I help you with something?”Madam Bardi walked in and closed the door behind her. She smiled at Daphnee, saying, “Oh child, don’t be so on guard. I’m just here to visit my granddaughter and her mother.”Daphnee was holding her daughter, and she almost slipped out of her arms. She didn’t expect to see her mother-in-law this time of the night. She placed her daughter down between her legs and sat up. “Madam Bardi? I thought you weren’t coming?”Madam Bardi was beautiful with her long salt and pepper hair, more salt than pepper. The smile on her face was mysterious and cunning and her eyes told no lies, she knew too much for any human. She wore a long
Sitting in a cafe with casual clothes on and a hood covering his head, Raffael stared out of the window with a profound look on his face. His gaze trailed back to the documents in front of him about Daphnee. ‘I don’t understand this. How is she capable of doing all of this with no background in this life? She’s become capable so soon?’ He thought. The door to the cafe opened, followed by a bell. Looking up, he saw it was Dante, dressed in casual wear as well, and he made his way over. Dante stopped beside the table and looked at him. He was about to speak, but his gaze drifted to the paperwork on the table and he saw a picture of Daphnee and Angelica together. Picking the picture up, he frowned and stared at it. This picture shouldn’t be more than a few days old, as Daphnee had gotten her hair cut into a bob after she was discharged from the hospital. And Angelica? Isn’t she supposed to be dead? “Dante, have a seat before you ask me questions,” he said. Dante took the seat in
Alessandro arrived, and he looked like he had aged quite a bit. Stopping in front of the table with food on it, he looked at his buddies. He had been wondering what this was about, but now it seemed like all they were here for was to eat.He sighed as he sat down. As the two looked at him and he said, “You called me out here to eat?”Dante nodded his head, “The two of you have been working hard, so I thought I’d treat you to lunch.”Alessandro looked at the burger that was brought over and the drink. He nodded his head and placed a fry in his mouth, then forced a smile, “If you really want to treat me to something, I want to go back to working for you.”Dante's, and Raffael’s eyes met, wondering why he would say that. Raffael was the one who snapped out of his thoughts and asked, “Why, what’s going on?”Picking up his drink, he looked at his friend and said, “Why don’t you try working with Daphnee for a week? She’s worse than her husband.”Dante raised a brow. “What is she doing that
Dante arrived with the two at the park Daphnee and her children were at. In the parking space, they could see Daphnee playing with the two children by the seesaw, laughing to her heart’s content.The world around him seemed to slow down as he watched them. The son he never met before knew Daphnee so well, but yet him?He knew nothing.“Mommy?” Giovanni suddenly called his mother.“Yes, baby?” She answered.“Who?” He asked, pointing behind her.Aurora squealed when she saw it was Dante. Jumping for joy, she almost made a run for him, but Daphnee grabbed her arm.When Aurora looked at her mother, the look in her eyes warned her to stay put, and she couldn’t understand it. She was with Dante every day; he wasn’t a stranger to her.Her eyes started tearing up and she looked at her brother for him, but Giovanni was hiding behind their mother.Daphne sighed when she saw Dante, but expected this, especially since Alessandro told her she was with him.She looked down at her son, then at Gabri
A/N: I messed up around chapter 50. So the twins are 3 in age and Dante and Daphnee have known each other for 7 years. Dante meets the children a few months before their 4th birthday. So Raffael has been investigating Daphnee for almost 3 years after seeing her at the hospital’s back entrance. (I’ll fix this on a later date)—Dante snapped back to earth as he heard a little voice speaking to him. He looked to his left, where Giovanni was standing beside him.“Uh, what did you say?” Dante asked him.Giovanni stared at him for a moment, then repeated, “Open, please.”Dante looked at the packet of chips, then took it. Handing it back to him, he watched as Giovanni went back to his mother and plopped down in between her legs.Daphnee kissed him on the cheek, then went back to eating the chicken salad she bought.Feeling a stare on her, she turned to Dante and asked, “Aren’t you going to have anything?”“I ate before coming here,” he answered.“Daddy, you not hungry?” She asked as she han
“It’s laughable seeing you just sleep like that,” Dante said.Something had been assaulting her nose. It was a strange smell. She knew the scent but couldn’t pinpoint where she knew the smell from. She was slowly waking up when she heard his words.Opening her eyes, everything was hazy. Her head was pounding and as her gaze focussed on her husband before her, she saw he was shirtless staring at her and the look in his eyes wasn’t friendly at all.‘When last did I see that look in his eyes? Ah, it was back then when they caught me,’ she thought.“What did you do to me? My body feels like shit,” she asked him.His jaw ticked. He made his way behind her and sat her up on the bed.Daphnee looked around, figuring out that she was in the guest room from the decorations.Looking down at her hands, she saw they were tied together. Sighing, she asked, “What are you up to now?”Dante knelt between her legs, spreading them apart, and looked up at her. “What am I up to? Why don’t you try guessing
An hour before Daphnee woke up…“Where’s mommy?” Giovanni asked.Dante was sitting on the living room floor with the children, watching them play with Aurora’s toys.She was showing her brother all the toys she had here and speaking to him with excitement.Giovanni didn’t seem phased because he didn’t like none of the pink stuffed toys and doll houses along with all the babies and dolls.“Mommy’s sleeping,” he said.Giovanni stared at Dante, unsure. He understood he had a ‘daddy’ but now to see him and be with him for so long, he didn’t know what to do or how to act, especially with his mother not being around.“Can I go home now? I’m tired,” he said.Aurora looked at her brother, then at their father and found it confusing. Their mother would never leave Giovanni here.She got up and went to Dante, who smiled at her, “Daddy, are you and mommy fighting again?”“Fighting? No baby, we’re not,” he said.She looked at her brother, then looked in the room for Alessandro or Gabriele, but th