MARIA MARIA

“Let me go! We just had sex, nothing more”, a brunette girl tied to a chair said. She had blood all over her from the beating she had received earlier.

“Well that’s the problem! I warned you to stay away from my Leonardo didn’t I?”, a blonde woman said to her.

“But he ordered me. I couldn’t refuse the Don. We’re all his mistresses and he calls on us when he deems fit”, the brunette said.

Maria, the blonde, slapped her and she coughed out blood.

“You won’t stay away so there is only one thing to do”, Maria said, menacingly.

“Maria listen to me”, the brunette said desperately and continued, “I am not the enemy here. Don is getting married and if you want him that bad then ruin his plans. You’re wasting your time by killing me, I am not a threat”.

“Oh, poor Emma. I know what I must do, I do not need you to tell me. By the way, nobody is a threat to me”, Maria said as she pulled the trigger.

The sound of a single gunshot echoed through the room.

“Nobody dares cross my part, get ready for war, Arya”, Maria said as she watched Emma’s lifeless body.

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Leonardo walked into the mansion with Rob at his side. He has had a tiring night and the last thing he needed was drama. Just as the had the thought, Maria slides out from a corner. Immediately Rob saw Maria, he walked to his room.

“I have been waiting for you, Don. Congratulations on your engagement with Arya”, she said with a smile.

Leonardo looked up and started to walk away but Maria wouldn’t let it slide so she followed him to the dining area. She took the only seat close to Leonardo and flashed Amelia and Alberto a smile.

Amelia rolled her eyes and Alberto placed his hand on hers to pacify her.

Shortly after, Bianca entered the room and as soon as she set her eyes on Maria’s dark ones she let out a loud laugh.

“What the fuck are you doing here? Are you really that shameless?” Bianca threw at Maria.

“Shameless? Why should I be ashamed? I’ve had breakfast here before now. What do you mean?” Maria threw back.

“That’s enough!” Alberto said.

“Bianca take your seat”, Amelia said calmly. Bianca rolled her eyes and sat down.

“Leonardo, how was your night?” Amelia asked.

Leonardo took a second to answer and Bianca chirped in a comment.

“Judging from the rat at the table I’d say he had a fun night while his wife-to-be slept alone in the cold, in a new environment”, Bianca commented, rolling her eyes.

“Who the fuck are you calling a rat?”, Maria retorted.

“Not that I care what you think but if it makes you two shut up I spent my night working and killing rats”, Leonardo said in a stern voice causing Bianca to back down.

The only person she fears is Leonardo. Not that he’d hurt her but she looks up to him and respects him………sometimes.

Maria frowned because she liked the thought of everyone thinking she spent the night with Leonardo.

“Everyone is here why aren’t we eating?” Maria asked, trying to change the topic.

“We are waiting for my daughter-in-law”, Amelia said sternly causing Maria’s smile to disappear.

Immediately, Arya enters the hall. She was wearing a pale blue silk dress that covered her lithe frame delicately. Her dress flowed on the floor as she walked towards the table.

“Buongiorno”, Arya said to the table and took the seat next to Bianca.

“The princess is finally here”, Maria snickered.

“Good morning Arya, how was your night”, Amelia asked.

“It was quite nice”, Arya said with a smile. She let her wavy luscious hair down today and it gave her an angelic glow.

“Arya you look like a Greek goddess”, Bianca said as she began to eat.

“Thank you, Bianca”, Arya said eyeing Leonardo who has already started eating the moment she sat down.

Arya wondered who the woman sitting close to Leonardo was.

As if reading her mind, Maria interrupted her thoughts.

“Hi, I am Maria”, she said looking at Arya.

Arya could not help but remember what her maid told her. She wondered if Leonardo spent his night with her. She pushed those thoughts aside, maintaining her poised demeanor as she smiled at Maria making a mental note to question Leonardo later.

“She’s Arya, Leonardo’s wife”, Bianca said to Maria.

“To be”, Arya retorted, getting upset at the thought that Leonardo planned the wedding and still went to another woman at night.

“Leonardo you have to give your wife a tour of the villa before the wedding tonight”, Alfredo said.

“I’d like that very much but with Bianca”, Arya said politely.

“I’ll give you the tour”, Leonardo said calmly wondering why Arya is refusing to be around him.

“Leonardo we have to finish our conversation”, Maria said hoping he’d hear her out.

“I’ll be busy”, he said as he ate the last of his food and stood up.

Arya stood up as well and both her and Leonardo walked out of the dining hall. Maria couldn’t help but frown and Bianca laughed at her.

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Leonardo watched intensely as Arya made her way to the table. He has always been mesmerized by her looks and the simplicity of her dress made his eyes dark. It accentuated her curves perfectly, from her round perky breasts to her narrow waist down to her curves hips.

He wanted to refuse the idea of him giving her the tour only because he was tired but he chose to spend time with her instead of Maria. He didn’t want drama.

They walked around the villa in silence and for a moment, he forgot she was next to him until she dropped a bomb that shook him.

“Did you plan our marriage?”, Arya asked with anger in her eyes.