Ariana’s pov~
“We can’t let him marry Luna off to that murdering psychopath, we need to find a way to get her out of Italy” I replied, disgust in every tone as I comprehended the marriage between a young girl and a man old enough to be her father.
“I don’t know if we have much of a choice here, he has Luna locked up in her room, he is not taking chances with her like he did with you, you messed up his plans Ariana” she said.
“Yeah, he didn’t fail to remind me,” I replied.
Serena gestured for my phone and I handed it over, “Fiona has been calling here a lot, last time papa threatened to have her thrown in jail, she was worried about you when she heard about the Argento home” she said punching in her number.
“Yeah” I sighed under my breath, ” I guess she must have been scared, not knowing if I made it out”
“Papa will soon come searching for me i have to go, you have my number call me when you are free to talk” she said before stepping out of the room.
She looked both ways before taking her right.
I waited a while before stepping out too, I met my stepmother coming out of Thomas’s room and I respectfully waited for her to pass.
As she approached she had a very terrifying look, she grabbed my hand, “I know what you lost to save my daughter, and I could not thank you earlier because of your father” she started.
I was startled, my stepmother?
“But now he wants to give away my precious Luna, and this is because of that husband of yours Fix it! Fix it! Or we will have problems for a long time” she retorted.
I sighed, and we were back, a glimmer of hope now dead on arrival.
She walked away, Julius appeared just as she was about to descend the stairs, and as usual, she gave him a condescending look.
“We need to leave Ariana” he started, he walked towards me his eyes peering side by side and I knew danger lurked.
He grabbed my arm and pulled me with his gun firmly in the other.
“Julius, what’s happening?” I asked peering into the corners.
“I just got a call from my contacts, the nanny got tomas out, but she had to kill the other nannies to get him out.
I gasped in horror, what monstrosity have I created? I can’t let Cayenne out ever again.
He pulled me down the stairs his eyes still peeled to every corner we passed.
“The agents are in pursuit of tomas and his nanny, we need to leave, I saw guards whispering in the back, news is on the way to meet your father,” he said.
“I’ve got interesting news as well, but not here let’s get out of here first” I said.
Quietly he led me out of my father’s mansion but fleetingly I saw something rather it was a feeling.
I decided to follow it as I looked to my side, in a brief moment I felt myself familiarise myself with the face in the partly open room we had just passed.
Those lips.
They looked like Silvio’s!
Am I hallucinating? Pregnancy hormones perhaps.
Or am I subconsciously missing him?
Soon we were inside the car and we zoomed out before I turned to see guards coming out from all sides.
As we headed home I filled Julius in on what my father demanded, “What are you going to do Ariana, you are the new party in this mix, a surprise into the mafia game, what’s your strategy now?” he inquired.
I sat there in disbelief. “my father didn’t care I was his daughter, he tried to capture me in a place I’ve always called home, he made me an enemy” I mentioned.
“Well you women always wanted into the game, well here it fucking is princess, welcome to the bloody side” he laughed.
“Fuck you, Julius, you got a problem with me say it!” I exclaimed.
“You see that right there, that talking back, you don’t care if the other party is holding a gun to your face you just let it rip” he laughed again before driving past the intersection.
“That’s not funny” I chuckled.
“If im to place my bets, im always going to bet against Becky, you’ve done something to the boy I can’t seem to understand what, but it’s sure as hell going to get us out of this shit you both put us in” he paused.
“So fix it, he is weak and he needs us right now, i will not let my brother’s son look weak in front of these bastards,” he finished.
“Mateo is your nephew ?” I asked, surprised altogether.
“Yeah but he doesn’t know that, to Mateo, im his father’s friend but I was the bastard outcaste of the Donatelli family, but his father treated me like a man when he became Don and made me his caporegime” he said before pulling into our driveway.
“Mateo can’t know yet, he will think im trying to take his power and money,” he said.
“But you are not, im sure he would understand” I replied.
Just before I could step out he held my arm back.
“Mateo is many great other things but understanding is not one of them, I love him but he has a dark side” With that he let me go “I will get back to you on the other mission, go in and rest, for the baby” he finished.
As I climbed up the stairs of the mansion I heard giggles in the living area, I wondered what was happening as I moved closer I saw Becky sitting on my husband’s leg.
I was shocked, what the hell is going on?
“It seems whatever you went to do paid off, guess who’s back” he laughed happily before giving her ass a little squeeze..
“Hi Ariana, im back, back home to what belongs to me” she laughed.
“Hear that? I belong to her,” Mateo smiled happily and Becky laughed happily.
“Yes baby tell her,” she mocked, she got up from his thigh and walked towards me.
“Im the real Mrs Donatelli bitch and this my house! Don’t you ever think I’ll leave Mateo to you, you are just a placeholder” she cried.
I was quiet but I could see occasionally Mateo putting on an amused look.
“Do you understand!” she cried again.
And I got tired of it.
“No you are not, you are nothing, and dear beloved Mateo will sit there and watch it happen” I replied sternly.
“Guards, take her outside not to the guest lodge, to the working residence, she will stay there until I say she can come back to the main residence” I declared.
I watched my husband’s face drop, not so funny anymore, is it?
“Yes Mrs Donatelli” they replied before grabbing her family.
“You can’t do this to me! Mateo baby tell her!” she cried.
“Yeah you can’t, let her go” he responded.
The guards held firmly, “im sorry Don, but Mrs Donatelli is Capo now, we do as she says” one of them replied.
He was quiet as he watched them take her away, the doctor came in unexpectedly and watched in bewilderment as they escorted out a screaming woman.
“A good afternoon Don and Mrs. Donatelli” he greeted.
I nodded but Mateo was already on his neck.
“I don’t need it anymore because earlier today, the missus and I got into it and I retract my statement” he grinned.
“Huh Really” the doctor asked in bewilderment before looking again at the file in his hands.
“Please, do go on doctor, nothing of the sort happened” I stated.
“I thought I was losing it Because that would be physically impossible sir,” he said.
“What? Explain dammit” he cursed.
“This is what I was trying to explain to you earlier on when that old man kidnapped me” he replied, his tone now very scared.
“Not all miracles come without a price, i’m afraid to tell you sir, but your penis was the price, your spine though miraculously aligned, forgot one little nerve, and it controls everything from the waist down” he paused.
“So even though you feel and look okay but without surgery, I’m afraid it’s going to stay that way,” he started.
“Though it’s barely attaching, I don’t see another likely solution” he finished.
“But earlier, I had an erection,” he stated.
“Barely attaching sir barely attaching” he repeated.
“Shit!” he cursed again.
“Thank you, Dr. Alonzo, we will need some time to think about it” I smiled.
The doctor hurried out as Mateo started a cursing rage.
“Fuck!” he roared, then he turned to glare at me in annoyance and a hint of vengeance lurked in his eyes.
Now who’s laughing Don Mateo?