جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

In the middle of the night, I felt thirsty. I got out of bed to go downstairs to get myself a glass of water, only to see Leo taking a call on the balcony. He spoke softly, but I could hear his conversation clearly. "All right. Be good. Just bid for whatever you fancy at the underground auction tomorrow. Don't worry about how much it will cost. Be a good girl, all right? I'm a little busy during this period, and I can't be by your side all the time."What a loving tone. It was a tone that used to belong exclusively to me, but not anymore. I listened for a while as I stood behind him quietly with the glass of water in my hand. I listened as he spoke gently to the woman on the other end of the call, cajoling her and telling her to be good, just like how he used to say to me.After a while, I found it pointless and turned away, but he suddenly called out to me, "Bella? When did you come downstairs?" He had hung up. "I was just…" He attempted to explain."I was thirsty and came down for

I walked right past them to return to Leo's side. Leo looked down at me approvingly. I could smell Sophia's perfume on him and wondered what they were doing while I was in the washroom, but that was not important. I looked at my phone and saw that there were thirty minutes to go before 10 pm.Leo leaned close to my ear and said, "We'll have the wedding next month. I've visited a few potential locations. I'll get my underboss to email you the information tonight. You can pick your favorite venue."I looked up at him. "I've said before that we can forget about the wedding."Leo's tone started to get threatening. "There should be a limit to your temper. I've said before that you'll be my Donna. What else do you want me to do? Do you want me to get on my knees to beg you?" He was getting a little annoyed as he translated my indifference as an attempt at creating a scene."I don't want you to do anything," I replied. "I just don't want to marry you.""Enough," he snapped coldly. "Do I

My phone continued ringing crazily after that, so I decided to turn it off. That night, I turned on my phone again only to see it receive several messages. The first two messages were from Leo.The first message read, [Pick up the phone, I'm begging you.]As for the second message, it read, [I've read your diary, Bella. I'm a jerk. Please pick up the phone.]The rest of the messages were from his three buddies.Luca asked me, [Where have you been? Leo turned Novena upside down looking for you. Hurry back or we're doomed! We shouldn't have said all those things to you. Please come back.]Marco said, [You should respond to Leo's messages even if you don't want to come back. Something's wrong with him. I'm begging you. I'll do anything you want.]Nico said, [Please come back. Leo isn't even taking care of his family business now. All he does is look for you. His security even threw Sophia out when she went looking for him. He'll get into trouble if you don't come back soon.]It f

"What do you want?" I blocked his way at the door as I did not plan to let him into the house. He looked past me and into the house. "Leo messed up Luca and Marco pretty badly. Luca's family's smuggling route has been taken down, and Marco has been sent off to the wild jungles of Adamo. As for me…" Nico pointed at the wound on his face. "I'm not doing that great either. I'm here to beg you to put in a good word for me."To be honest, you're the first person to turn Leo this way. You're the only one who can help me out of this." "There's nothing I can do. It's none of my business." I took a step back.Nico took a step forward. "How is this none of your business? You were the one who caused all of this. Leo went crazy on the day he realized you were gone. He almost beat Luca to death.""So what?" I looked back at him stoically.Nico continued, "You've seen it for yourself. He went crazy trying to find you. Even that necklace around Sophia's neck was forcefully pulled off by Leo's m

Sophia no longer looked like the beauty she was before. Her hair was extremely messy, and her eyes were red and swollen. Even her dress was wrinkly. There was no longer any necklace around her neck. All that was left were several wound marks that looked like scratches.She cried uncontrollably and lunged at Leo when she saw him. Sophia grabbed him by the collar and questioned, "How can you do this to me, Leo? How can you do this to my family? Why must you be so cruel to me?" Leo pushed her to the ground with one hand, the same way he pushed me back then. He was calm, and the contrast in attitude only made Sophia look even crazier. He lowered his head to stare at her intimidatingly, looking completely different from how he was with me these few days. He had become the terrifying Don once more. "I remember warning you about things."Sophia took out a wrinkled piece of paper from her purse. "I told you I was pregnant! Look! It's your baby. How can you abandon your own child?"I sat o