Natalie's eyes flew open as she surveyed her surrounding. She had to pretend to be drunk so Dante wouldn't pay much attention to her.Grabbing her jacket from the wall hanger, she grabbed her shoes and her favorite weapon—a frying pan—she had sneaked into her room earlier on from the kitchen.Tip-toeing out of her room, boots in hands she got to the sitting room. Everywhere was pitch dark and there wasn't a single sound heard from the house.Cautiously, she walked towards the garden using the brightly light sky filled with stars as her guidance till she heard a voice behind her."Leo, Is not gonna be happy about this."For a split second, Natalie, the girl who has survived being murdered years ago froze. At that moment, she believed in a haunted house but that was only for an instant.The next second, she whirled around and glared at the intruder."Why are you follo

"What were you thinking?!"Natalie frowned as she was rushed after a fuming Dante, Chloe hot on her heels."Dante, hold on it was just a joke?"He spun around so quickly she almost bumped into him."A joke? You call lying a joke."The look on his face forced tears to fill her eyes. He stared at her with the same look her father gives her each time he was summoned to her school."It wasn't Natalie's fault," Chloe said in a tiny voice.She swiped furiously at her tears-filled eyes. Chloe held onto her hands and continued."Daddy, I don't mean to get into trouble but most times I'm the victim here and I didn't want to drag you here because I don't like the way you stare at me."Dante furrowed his brows at her, surprise evident in his steel-blue eyes."How do I stare at you, Chloe?" He queried.Chloe sh

"Oh, Alpha male can't take his eyes off you."Natalie chuckled waddling in the water as her friend ranted off a list of things she was sure Dante is going through."I'm just here to have fun, Lexi," she chuckled, "I'm not interested if he comes to join us or not.""Well then you wouldn't mind if I take your spot," Lexi said wiggling her brow.Natalie chuckled again. She wanted to have fun and not care that there was a sociopath out there who wanted to kill her, someone Jared had blatantly refused to reveal to her.He had only warned her to be careful and he left. Such an odd behavior from him considering he loved spending time with her in a perverted way."Do what you want, Lexi but I didn't come here to tease Dante," she shrugged as she went underwater and came up splashing Lexi."Oh, I'm so gonna get you!" Lexi growled playfully scooping a handful of water and com

Dante was on the verge of going crazy as he dialed his grandfather's number. The first time Alaric decided not to pick up his calls was when Dante needed him most."Daddy, where are they taking Natalie to?"He had been asked this question for the tenth time tonight and he didn't have a clue as to what was happening."I don't know honey, but I'll bring her back," he replied.Chloe was already in tears and he was having a hard time pacifying her. What he couldn't understand was why Lee hadn't come out when all this fiasco was going on.He headed to the butler's room and found him handcuffed to his bedpost. His mouth was gagged and his ankles were tied securely too.Gently, he untied the old man and helped him out of the handcuffs—the keys were left on his nightstand."Dante, you guys are safe," he heaved a sigh of relief."It's alright, Lee. You're ju

Natalie woke up with a start as she looked around her surroundings. Her gaze landed on Dante and she sighed in relief. She must have fallen asleep in the car, she mused. She took a look at the back seat and saw the kids were all asleep. Smiling happily, she glanced at the rear-view mirror. "Aren't we home yet?" He squeezed her hand lightly. "Not yet, my love." Her heart swells with pride. He had called her his love, she mused happily. Her heart was over the moon and the feelings she got felt strange and nice at the same time. Nodding her head, she drifted off to her thoughts. Her biggest worry was how to tell Dante who she truly was and how he would react when he finds out. Dante took a quick look at her and smiled. He noticed she was biting her lips and thinking about something. This little action of hers turned him on. He wanted to rip