Adriana’s POVI stared at the phone in my hands with panic creeping up the length of my spine. I couldn’t believe my eyes; I couldn’t believe that Caden would resort to something as crazy as this just to have me under his shackles.At first, I didn’t want to check his text but then curiosity had gotten the better part of me. I had been worried that he was about to threaten me, seeing as I had left the last time after almost killing him, but then I hadn’t expected this.I hadn’t expected to see a folder, and I hadn’t expected to click on it only to find a picture of my naked self in it. The picture was from a few days ago, probably around the time he had drugged me into passing out.I was on a bed with the bed sheets and my clothes scattered all over the place. Caden on the other hand lay next to me, he was also stark naked and his hands were wrapped around my midriff while his lips were around one of my nipples.Tears leaked into my eyes as I thought about how implicating this picture

Massimo’s POV“We are all gathered here today to pay our solemn tributes to this lovely family, the family of Mr and Mrs George Greyson for the painful demise of their son…” The priest’s deep voice spoke loudly through the microphone, sending shivers down my spine.He was rudely interrupted when Michael’s father raised his hands into the air, causing the entire crowd to turn to look at him.When he was asked why he had interrupted the priest, he said; “you didn’t mention my daughter,”“Your daughter?” The priest asked incredulously, whilst eyeing Michael’s only sister, Patricia skeptically. Patricia noticed this and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.“I mean my daughter-in-law, Gina.” He supplied, pointing at Gina’s coffin.As soon as the priest got a whiff of what he was trying to say, he sighed, nodded his head, and with an impatient flick of his wrist, snapped;“I know! And we’re coming to her!”I wasn’t sure exactly what it was; whether it was the fact that Michael’s obnoxious fat

Adriana’s POV“I can’t do that! How heartless can you be?!” I yelled into the phone and pressed it to my ears while my hands shook in panic.“Do you think it’s that easy for me to raise such a huge amount of money all the time? When exactly did you turn into a charity organization that I have to donate some money to regularly?!” I spat angrily, feeling more infuriated than ever with Caden’s excesses.Right now, he was trying to threaten me into giving him the two million dollars he asked for, and no matter how many times I told him that I couldn’t raise it now, he just wouldn’t believe me.“Don’t test me, Adriana, I have his contact, and the more time you take to send me that money, the more I get the urge to click the send button.” He answered instead, choosing to ignore the part where I said I didn’t have the money.I huffed, blowing out my chest to relieve myself of the tension I was feeling in there but somehow, it seemed as though the entire universe was against me today because

Adriana’s POVThe next few days fleeted past uneventfully. Ever since that misunderstanding with Massimo happened, I haven’t seen him. It was as if he had disappeared off the surface of the earth, leaving nothing but an eerily quiet house behind.Truthfully, I missed him, way more than I had expected to and I wanted him to come back from wherever he must’ve gone but no matter how many times I tried to reach him, I couldn’t. I was frustrated.Caden on the other hand had stopped calling but I didn’t know whether to be happy about that or be afraid. What if he had shown the pictures to Massimo? Thus the reason the other had refused to come back home?All these and many more thoughts flew around my head, making me confused and afraid at the same time.I contemplated calling Caden to reach an agreement with him but knowing how crazy he was, I quickly thought against it.Caden was one of those people who would use your weakness against you for his selfish reasons, and if he by chance finds

Adriana’s POVI smiled forlornly as soon as I had successfully withdrawn the exact amount of money I needed to pay Caden off from Massimo’s banks but then I hesitated to send them off to Caden because somehow at the back of my mind, I couldn’t help but think that he would still come back to ask me for another sum.Unfortunately, I had become his new money bag, the new way he had devised to make some money for now, and if I didn’t do anything about it now, he would continue to blackmail me until I am caught.“I have to find a way out of this!” I snapped aloud to no one in particular.Deep down in my heart, I wanted to tell Massimo about my predicament. I wanted him to know that these things were not my doing and make him see the reason I was in such a mess but I couldn’t reach him.No matter how much I tried, or how many times I tried to call his numbers, it just wouldn’t go through. It was obvious that he was still very mad at me and there was nothing I could do about it.Just as I pic