FORTY-THREEHe hated her.He hated everything about her. He hated the fact that he cared or that he was feeling this helpless. Something he had never felt since his mamma’s death. But this woman was wrecking everything since she came here and it made him wonder if she was worth keeping at all.If she was actually the one in control and not him. Pacing up and down his office, he threw a glass towards the wall in anger. There had never been a time he felt enraged like now. He fumed with hatred and his heart boiled with great anger. Even the Lord couldn't save Domenico from kissing the dust.He had touched her even when he warned him not to. His little firecracker tied to that frame like some prisoner waiting for their reckoning. She was half naked and Domenico was enjoying doing this. And yet here he was waiting…waiting for Luciano to get back with the only lead they could possibly have on Domenico. He had half of his army scouring the city for her. And Marco was trying to track the loc
⚠⚠⚠⚠FORTY-TWOHe smiled as he fisted his hand yet again in her hair and yanked her head back. His tongue slid up the side of her face, the stale stench of cigar overtook her nose, and she had to refrain from gagging.“Now the real fun begins,” she heard him mutter. “I’m going to mark you…to tell everyone that you're mine and mine only. To send a message,” he added.At this point, she didn't know what it meant but rather than think about what he meant, her senses were more on alert because of the lighter. Domenico kept flashing it on and off before her eyes. It was enough to terrify her, and enough to make her wonder what was next.“I’m not yours. I've never been and I never will be,” she murmured, but close enough for him to hear clearly.And after, he raised the lighter towards her legs letting the heat pool towards her skin as he trailed a path for himself. She screamed, tried struggling her way out but he held her still. The flame hadn't even touched her but it still hurt real bad
DISCLAIMER: Sexual Abuse⚠. Readers discretion is advised.FORTY-ONE“I want to go home, Domenico. Find someone else and let me be, please,” she urged further.Before she could take another breath, his hand was wrapped around her neck. For a revolting, older man, his grip was surprisingly powerful. He pressed his hand hard enough to disrupt her airway but not hard enough to leave a mark.“Watch what you say, Isabelle. I bought you fair and square,” he warned, his breath against her cheek. “Is Alessandro the one giving you the boldness to say this to me?” he added, accessing her thoroughly. “Has he been touching what's mine?”And Isabelle’s body shivered in immense fear. She had heard things about Domenico and always prayed never to meet such a man. But now, she was in his clutches with no escape.He didn't kiss her. Although it looked like he would. One of the things she had heard was that he didn't kiss his women. In fact, he hated it. He preferred to hurt his women in sick, twisted w
FORTYThree days.It's been three days being in this dimly lit room. Right now, she felt suffocated. She must have passed out a lot because why was it difficult to remember how many times it was.Why did she feel like she had been drugged?Her head throbbed as she struggled to keep her eyes open. She did feel like she was having a hangover too. It was just so many feelings at once. The rumbling of her stomach reminded her of her fate. Was Alessandro coming to get her at all?She was beginning to doubt the possibility and that only scared the hell out of her. She couldn't stay here even for a minute. There was every possibility that she could die a minute after.Bile burned her throat.Isabelle looked down, surveying her situation, which was when she realized that she was still in the same dress but it was extremely dirty. She felt all icky and itchy. She wasn't sure but she was going to plead for at least a bath. Her knees were scraped. Her wrists and ankles were bound together with
THIRTY-NINEFor some sick twisted reason, Domenico Lombardi, still thinks Isabelle,belongs to him and that she was taken away from him forcefully. And this realization only sounded even more ridiculous to Alessandro. If only Domenico knew she was never his in the first place. There was no way to track the bastard because apparently he had not been in his abode for weeks now.Taking his phone off his ear, the realization that he had just been threatened, an act that tried to potray him as weak, annoyed him. He had no idea where Isabelle could be neither did he know where they had taken her. And honestly, he didn't like feeling helpless. The thought of being at the mercy of another man sickened him. Yet, the urge to kill the man who had fucking dared to touch her—take her, burnt through him eagerly like a bomb waiting to explode.Alessandro hadn't spoken to any of them in the car yet. Another thought roaming through his head.How had she left the room in the first place?How was she abl
THIRTY-EIGHTWith the air filled with tension, lurking danger, suspense and everything related, Isabelle could feel her heart pound furiously against her chest as she was ushered out of that room.Mabel softly closed the door behind her, her eyes darting across the hallway with immense curiosity. And just like she had said, most of Alessandro’s trusted men were nowhere to be seen.“Are you sure about this?” Isabelle whispered. “I'm really nervous. What if he catches us?…”“No one will. The plan is solid. We've got this.”She took a deep breath. She had nothing else to say. She had to get out of this place—away from him. “Okay.”Mabel smiled as she led them both, walking down the hallway until they came to a small store room.Isabelle knew at this point that even a year could not get her accustomed to how this place had been built. Once they got inside, Mabel moved a metal shelving unit out of the way and pushed a brick in the wall, and surprisingly, it opened to reveal a hidden passag