Semua Bab MAFIA’S SURROGATE MISTRESS: Bab 71 - Bab 76

“Miss? Where are you headed?” The cab man asked for what seemed like the fifth time since the drive started, eyes glancing back at her from the rear view mirror. Louisa didn't give a response right away, she maintained the same seated position she’d been in since she got into the cab—back leaned into the leather seat, face turned sideways and staring into space as the world rushed by from the car’s window. Her phone chimed and she glanced across at it to see Bianca’s text notification; her response to the last text where Louisa said she’d landed safely in Vegas. The flight had been eleven hours long after a whole lot of back and forth trying to book something fast. Another text came in from Bianca, she stared at it and her heart skipped from the mere sight of Alessandro’s name. He had no idea she had left yet, probably too caught up in meetings and it was for the best but his sister wouldn't stop asking if she’d told him. She dropped the phone into her bag and exhaled. S

“She did what?”’Alessandro bellowed in a low voice, sudden dread overtaking his senses as the air around him went stiff with ice. Where had he been when she left? His facial muscles locked as he backed away from them, ready to go look for her. His eyes went red with blinding rage and his chest squeezed tightly, stealing breath from his lungs. He walked a few feet away and retreated to Bianca with some sort of restlessness in his movement, his face flashing with hurt and disappointment—a foreign look she’d never seen in his cold eyes.“What do you mean by she left?” He asked in a deadly echo, the words tasting like poison on his tongue. For the first time in a while, his mind was spiraling out of control at where she could be or what was going on with her. Bianca’s lips parted to say something but he beat her to it. “She left and you didn't think it was wise to tell me? You kept quiet the entire time …”“I tried talking her out of it but she wouldn't listen. Her mind was made up”

She kept flagging down cabs but each one only seemed to increase its speed limit faster than the last. What the hell was going on? She just wanted to go back home. She didn't care if her father would have her sleep right outside the door, as long as she was home. Colin wouldn't dare step into her father’s house if he didn't want to die. But the heavens were against her this night. It all felt like a planned work against her. To torment her and make her regret why she left without Alessandro.Speaking of Alessandro, she reached for her phone and almost cursed when she saw how red her battery was. She willed her legs not to give way and slump to the ground. Every force from the universe was really hell bent on making her frustrated. She did nothing to deserve this much hate from everything and everyone.A tear rolled down her face, she let it and kept moving, switching to her phone’s map to search for some other hotels nearby and as if the heavens were beginning to smile down on her