{The next few chapters is the catalyst for a big change in Reyna’s personality and the start of a twist in the story… Hope you like the new Reyna 😊}
Diego nudged Rodrigo’s shoulder, noticing that Rodrigo was frozen on one spot. He knew the history between Reyna and Rodrigo. Even thou he had never met Reyna, he was overseas studying when Reyna and Rodrigo were a couple, he knew every detail of their relationship and how it ended. Him and Rodrigo always kept in touch, they had grown up together, Diego’s mother had died when he was very young, and Rodrigo’s mother had practically raised him. Even though they were cousins, they were more like brothers. He knew Rodrigo was head over heels in love with Reyna, he even stood up to his parents for her when they found out she wasn’t from their “circle”. We were raised to understand we could only marry from among those who our parents saw fit, but the minute Reyna came into Rodrigo’s life he refused to even look at another girl and so his parents left him to do what he wanted.Reyna was his world and the day she left him, everything came crashing down around him. He changed, he was always st
“Seriously Rey, we have a past…”, his voiced laced with malice, “we don’t just have a past, she was my fiancé till she decided to ditched me for another guy, if you call that having a past”, he spat the last words out, scowl on his face, he glared at Reyna. Both Grace and Fay’s eyes went wide in shock, they looked at Reyna and then back at Rodrigo but rather kept quiet, not daring to speak. “So, you can leave her with me, I will take her home”, not giving them a chance to say anything, he grabbed Reyna’s arm and practically dragged her towards the exit. Fay realized she still had Reyna’s bag and ran after them to give it to her. She caught up with them as they were leaving the club. “Reyna, your bag girl”, she screamed over the loud music, Rodrigo turned around, still holding Reyna’s arm in a vice grip. He waited for Fay to reach them, took the bag from her and walked out of the club, dragging poor Reyna along, she didn’t even put up a fight, she just allowed him to pull her along.
As they sped towards Rodrigo’s place he kept looking over at Reyna, she was dead quiet and still staring out the window. He was wondering what she was thinking about, she seemed lost in thought. He remembered the time when she would have been talking to him non-stop as he drove. She would always lean over to his side, resting her head on his shoulder, snuggling her head into his neck. He missed those times, he missed her smell in his car. She had destroyed all the good times, he clenched the steering wheel, he drove faster, he wanted to get to the penthouse and out of the car, her scent was intoxicating, and he wasn’t sure how long he could control his urges, his dick was still semi hard. He pulled up to his apartment complex, he drove into the underground parking. He pulled into his parking spot just outside the elevator. He had his own private elevator to his place, the whole 20th floor was his, he had designed this apartment complex with that in mind. He wanted privacy, when he des
They stayed like that, looking at each other, when suddenly Rodrigo’s eyes darkened, Reyna wasn’t sure what was happening, in a split second he took his hands and wrapped them around her neck. He applied pressure, his face contorted with rage, Reyna grabbed his hands trying to pry it lose, but she wasn’t strong enough. She was losing consciousness, she hit his chest, pushing him, she didn’t know what to do, she raised her hand and slapped him across his face in a last attempt to get his attention. Her hands fell by her side, her eyes were rolling back in her head. Rodrigo felt his cheek sting and snapped out of it, he let go of her neck. She gasped, trying to take in as much air as possible. He was still on top of her, looking at her reddened face, he clenched his fist, he closed his eyes. He realized what he nearly did, he almost choked her to death, he looked at her scared face, she had tears running down her face. He was furious, how did she always manage to get under his skin. He
SIX MONTHS LATER….Rodrigo POV“How the fuck did I get to this point”, he mouths to no one in particular, as he gulps the remains of the vodka in his glass. His alone in his study, tonight is his last night of freedom, tomorrow he marries the twisted bitch, the wife of the late Lucas Hernandez. The Mistress of the Hernandez clan. Everything went to shit after the night I spent with Rey, like karma was coming back to get me with a vengeance. I stared out the window of the penthouse, the same one I left Rey in that night, crying like a baby, the night I lost any chance of ever having her again. My rage consumed me, my hatred drove me and while I was focusing on that I forgot to listen to my heart, now it’s numb.How I wish I followed my heart, I wish I had run up the stairs and engulfed her in a hug, I wish I hadn’t made the choice to be a monster that night, I wish I had made love to her, I wish I had told her how much I wanted her back. I wish I had begged her to forgive me. I can wi
FLASHBACK CONTINUESRodrigo POVI’ve only ever meant the Hernandez brothers once in the few years I’ve been in charge of the Mafia organizations in the States. They were not to be trifled with, Luca was the worst of the two, Carlos was at least sane but just as short tempered. Everyone knew what Luca was, he was a deranged psychopath, who loved torturing his victims even woman and children. He was thankfully dead, killed by his own brother. Story goes that he got into a fight over a woman and Carlos managed to kill Luca, Luca was injured from a previous ambush, so it wasn’t a fair fight. The woman in question they were fighting over was none other than Luca’s wife. The faceless wife no one got to see. She was his shadow, just as deadly and just as evil. No one knows anything about her, except that Luca married her 5 years ago, for a year she was not seen and then on their one-year wedding anniversary he introduced her to the mafia world, the only kink was, she wore a mask, so no one e
FLASHBACK CONTINUESRodrigo POV“Yes, dad, I’m listening”, I clenched my jaw, he was holding me up, and I was getting anxious. The more I thought about her the more I needed to get back. “How the fuck did I do that”, the same thoughts playing over and over again in my mind.I took a seat across from him. “Just want to bring you up to speed regarding some info regarding the internal politics within the Hernandez clan. Since Luca’s death, Carlos has been running things as Luca’s wife disappeared the same day that he got killed. The internal powers that be are having an issue with Carlos’s way of ruling the clan. Most of them have been insisting that he reveal the whereabouts of Luca’s wife, which he refuses to do. He made a vow to his brother to always protect his sister-in-law and his been keeping his word.” My dad drinks from his class, I swear he was pausing for dramatic effect. I tap my fingers against my glass waiting for him to continue. Everything he is saying I’ve had an idea of
FLASHBACK CONTINUESRodrigo POVStaring at the note and the two rings on the bed, my stomach is in knots, felt like there was a heavy weight pressing on my chest, I couldn’t breathe. Reading her note, shattered my heart that I thought was damaged the first time she left. I though that what I felt last time, was devastating but this time around it was 10 times worse than the last. I felt the way Rey felt when she screamed earlier in the evening, a scream of hopelessness and such agony.Reyna’s note{I’m returning to you the two things that symbolized our relationship. The promise ring you gave me for our 6-month anniversary, you swore you would never let anything bad happen to me, that you would protect me with your life, and you promised that I would always be the queen of your heart.I also return the engagement ring you gave me, that night I wore this dress, the night I gave myself to you completely. You swore on your life you would never love anyone the way you loved me, that you b