Chapter 77 Ava Martinez ~•~ I had already decided to leave for good. I had already taken my time to think about everything. It didn’t make sense for me to keep on doing the same thing that made my family shut me out. I even told Bonnie that I was ready to leave. But everything changed after I heard that Carla wasn’t actually pregnant. I felt so relieved and it was as though a heavy weight had been lifted off my chest. Maria was the one who broke the news to me and I couldn’t stop smiling. Carla, on the other hand, hastily left the house after Ruiz confronted her. So for the past month that she had been staying in the house, she was lying to everyone. She was so good at pretending like she was pregnant. It was a good thing that they finally caught her lie. Now, one of my problems has been solved. I just needed to find a way to convince my family to accept Ruiz. I tried calling them a few more times but they didn’t respond. I didn’t want to lie to them
Chapter 76 Ruiz Giovanni ~•~ “I have something to tell you.” Maria stopped me when I was on my way downstairs. “I’m in a hurry, can we talk about it later?” I asked but Maria shook her head firmly. “This better be good, spill,” I said, glancing at my watch. I couldn’t get any sleep the previous night because I kept thinking about what Lorenzo had done. I decided I couldn’t live like that anymore and was on my way to confront him. “Carla isn’t pregnant.” “What?” I asked, my voice tinged with shock. “What do you mean?” My expression turned serious. I hope Maria wasn’t playing games with me. “I overheard her conversation one day, she was talking to her friend but she had no idea I was there.” Maria continued. “She just lied about being pregnant to stay in your life?” I let out a scoff. “What about the baby bump and the pregnancy test?” I couldn’t help but ask because Carla’s stomach was protruding. Maria brushed off my concerns with a dismissive wave. “The b
Chapter 75 Ruiz Giovanni ~•~ In the space of two months, so many things had happened in my life. I finally emerged as the Don of the Spanish Mafia Group. But I couldn’t do it without the help of my Uncle Raffael. My relationship with Ava was also strained because somehow, Carla claimed that she was pregnant with my child. I knew I was always careful even if I barely used protection while fucking her, but she was certain that I was responsible for her pregnancy. That was even the least of my problems. Being the Don of the Spanish Mafia gave me access to certain information. Since everyone now answered to me, they wanted to be in my good books, so they always provided me with any information I needed. I had finally gotten information on my brother’s killer. I was devastated at first and couldn’t believe it. But I reached out to Ghost and asked him some questions about something that happened a while back. When Ava was taken captive by Ghost, he hinted that
Chapter 74 Ava Martinez ~•~ TWO MONTHS LATER “So my family isn’t speaking to me anymore and Carla is pregnant with Ruiz’s baby.” Bonnie gasped in disbelief as she heard those words leave my mouth. I had the same expression when I found out about it too. “Wow, you weren’t joking when you said things had gotten so complicated.” She said, her voice filled with sympathy. “So what are you going to do?” What could I do? My family wasn’t speaking to me because they found out about my relationship with Ruiz. They found it offensive that I was with someone who took our parents away from us. I tried my best to make them see my reasons but they weren’t having it. Whenever I tried to call or visit, they always ignored me. I felt so terrible and was confused about what to do. The same person that made my family shut me out was about to be a father. The crazy part was that I wasn’t the one having the child. I wasn’t ready to have a child for anybody but it was em
Chapter 73 Ruiz Giovanni ~•~ My father snorted. “The only family you have here is Rafael.” I held back a scoff, it wasn’t the first time he was saying something like that. Papa and I had a strained relationship ever since he realized I was following Raffael’s footsteps. He always blamed Raffael for everything that happened. Including my brother’s death. I still hadn’t forgotten about Marco and I was getting closer to finding his killer. Ever since Marco died, my Papa stopped talking to me completely. He didn’t even want me close to his house. ‘Everyone around you will eventually end up dead.’ His harsh words replayed in my head. I also didn’t want to be around the house because I was preventing the rival gangs from knowing where my family lives. But somehow, they still managed to find out the location. “He’s about to have a lot more,” Rafael responded before I could even utter a word. My papa glared at Rafael. “What do you mean?” I let out a deep breath b
Chapter 72 Ruiz Giovanni ~•~ I woke up and saw that I had missed a couple of calls from my mama and sisters. I had slept for longer than I intended to. Pushing aside the duvet, I climbed out of the bed and made my way to the bathroom. After a couple of minutes, I was done getting dressed and ready to leave. I grabbed my keys from the table and headed downstairs. “Are you going out?” Maria asked me when I got to the living room. “Isn’t your injury hurting you? Don’t you need to rest?” I knew her questions were from a place of genuine concern but I wasn’t in the mood to answer all her questions. “I’m fine.” I lied. My injuries were still hurting but I could manage. Plus, I didn’t want her to worry about me or try to convince me to stay at home. “Is Lorenzo awake now?” I asked with a sense of urgency as I glanced at my watch. Without waiting for a response from Maria, I walked over to the room. A small smile was plastered across Lorenzo’s face as he saw m