All Chapters of Desire And Revenge : Chapter 231 - Chapter 240

Varos POVVictoria and Isabella sat across from us at the table in the bar. Victoria was dressed up in a red dress with her hair big and curled.She wore a lot of makeup, and she was attracting attention with every passing second.Isabella was of the opposite nature. In jeans and a t-shirt, she was dressed too casually for the bar. The only reason she got inside was because she was still pretty no matter how sad she looked. She didn’t wear makeup, and her hair was pulled back in the same bun she’d worn the other day.My cousin wasn’t happy about the girls tagging along, but he didn’t make a fuss about it. He enjoyed his beer, his eyes scanning the room for a possible woman to take home.Alexei went through women with the same efficiency I used to possess. He had good looks, lots of money, and he had the kind of confidence women were innately attracted to.It was surprising that I’d settled down, but the possibility of that happening to him was nonexistent. He would never be a one-woma

Varos POV“I never would have loved a woman who wanted to kill my family.”The words came out firmly and I couldn’t imagine willingly loving someone who wanted the people I cared about dead. “You say that now, but you don’t know.”She shook her head, almost frustrated that I couldn’t understand. “Trust me, I tried not to fall in love with Cassian. I really did. When he told me he loved me, I took off. I ran because I knew exactly how complicated everything would become.”She paused, her expression softening for only a moment..“But it was impossible, Varos. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t stop loving him.”Her eyes held mine. “It was just as impossible for you not to love your girl.”I clenched my jaw but said nothing. “Even so, you aren’t giving Father the respect and compassion he deserves.”Her voice became more serious. “We’re both damn lucky that we have a family. Mirabel has no one. You have a father who’s willing to protect you, even if protecting you means you end up hat

Isabella POVI arrived at the house early the next morning, wearing a nice dress that I had to have taken in because it was too big. I walked into the house and ran into my mother first. She stopped in the entryway, and her smile faded away almost instantly, her eyes suddenly reflected the sorrow in my heart. She felt my pain, felt it just by looking at me. “Sweetheart…” She wrapped her arms around me in the entryway.I let my mother hold me and accepted the safe place she offered. I hadn’t seen her since Dante left because I preferred my bubble of isolation but I knew she’d been thinking about me, “Hey, Mama.”She ran her hand down my hair, feeling the soft strands along my back. She rested her head against mine, her natural smell surrounding me, reminding me of my childhood. I didn’t want to make today about me because my heartbreak was irrelevant and my brother would normally be harsher with me, but since he knew I was struggling, he let a lot of my behavior slide.When I’d taken e

Isabella POVMy father clenched his jaw and his eyes darkening. “What’s the damn difference, Father?” I couldn’t keep my voice down as my rage escalating. “It’s okay because Varos is the one committing the crime? He’s guilty of exactly the same thing, but you look the other way. Mirabel is an innocent, kind woman, and she’s marrying the man who locked her up in his house for eight months and you’re okay with that?”“Isabella....”“You’re a fucking hypocrite.”My father’s face hardened because I’d never cursed at him like that before. Speechless, he couldn’t think of anything to say. “It’s okay because Varos changed and hee fell in love with her then he became the man she deserved that’s exactly what Cassian did. He’s a new man now because of me but you can’t approve of this wedding and tell Cassian he can’t be with me. It’s wrong and you know it.”When his fingers pulled together and made a fist, I knew he was pissed. He rested his hand against his jawline, his furious eyes glued to m

Varos POVIt was a beautiful day. The roses in the garden were bright and the olive trees were in full bloom. The grass had been neatly trimmed the day before, and the shady spot beneath the oak trees was the perfect place to marry my love.It was just me standing in front of the gazebo, in a black suit with a matching tie. Mama pinned a flower to my jacket, a soft pink that complemented the beautiful day. Mirabel was so pregnant that she couldn’t wear heels anymore, so Gabriel hemmed her dress a little shorter so she could walk barefoot across the grass covered in pink rose petals.She’d wanted to get married sooner, before her stomach became too big, but I thought the timing worked out perfectly because she’d never looked as beautiful as she did now.Mama was dressed in a blue dress with the same flower pinned to the front. She walked up to me, her eyes wet like they were earlier that day. She’d never been an emotional person, hardly ever shedding a tear as the years passed. Strong