ARIANA’S POV~
He killed him like he was target practice, what kind of a monster am I married to?
I couldn’t believe Alessio was dead.
I cried into my pillow as they bolted the bedroom door behind them, I boiled with anger.
Still clenching the object he put into my hand I thought of his gentle smile, he never complained and he was a wonderful caporegime.
With heavy tears in my eyes, I looked at my hand, and I wiped my tears away before reading its contents.
It was a keychain with an inscription that said ‘Royal Phoenix Casino’.
I held on to it dearly before placing it close to my chest this meant something and I had to figure it out on my own.
I took my phone out and googled it, it’s located in Vegas where Becky and Mateo met.
The dark gentleman from earlier must have left it before escaping, but how did he escape? There was no window and only one door.
This is the only evidence I had against Becky and I had to guard it with my life, ill make that bitch pay for what she has done to Alessio!
I remembered Alessio again and fresh tears streamed down my face, I needed to talk to someone I needed my friend Fiona.
I dialled her number and it started to ring, as soon as I heard her soothing voice, I broke down again.
“Fiona I can’t take it anymore!” I cried
“Ariana, what’s going on? Where are you? Oh my God are you okay?” she asked over and over as I bawled my eyes out.
“Fiona I need to get the hell out of here, mateo has gone crazy! I need you to come to get me, I can’t live like this anymore, this bastard he killed..” before I could finish my statement I started bawling my eyes out.
“Ariana, im sorry, are you back at the Donatelli estate?” she inquired.
“Yeah” I sobbed, “come and get me, Fiona, please, I need to leave”
“I’m coming over right now, maybe we can reason with him..”
“There’s no reasoning with Mateo, he is a maniac, i want out, im not having a baby by this monster” I replied before sniffling.
Suddenly the door flew open and Mateo wheeled into the room in this mechanical wheelchair.
Guards stood close by as well, I quickly put the phone away, as they all came in.
“Who the hell did you just talk to? Another one of your lovers?” Mateo asked, before gesturing to the guard to get the phone from me. “You bastard!”
Becky came in shortly after but she stayed by the door, “everyone out! I need to talk to my wife” he roared, the guards left immediately but Becky lingered, waiting to see how Mateo would handle me.
“Get out Becky” he instructed, she started to protest but after seeing the seriousness on his face she flashed me a smile and I flashed her my middle finger before leaving.
She closed the door behind her and I was left in the room with my bastard husband.
“You called another lover didn’t you, it seems you have grieved the loss of the first one enough, keep them coming, I’ll send them to their graves!” he exclaimed sharply.
I was quiet, uncontrollable tears streamed down and I kept wiping them away, “he did nothing wrong Mateo! You killed an innocent man” I replied, before moving away from him as he moved closer.
“An inch further away and I’ll ask the guards to tie you to the bedpost” he declared.
“You were fucking a soldier under my roof? Is that why you got rid of my dick? You don’t want me to touch you anymore?” he asked.
The question was perplexing, and it annoyed me all at the same time, “everything that I did up until that point was all for you! You and Julius made me do it! I was protecting you” I cried.
“By riding someone else’s dick? You were spotted! And you are still wearing his shirt! What if my peers had seen you and not Becky? At least have the decency to cheat on me with some sense!”
There was no use defending myself, the odds were stacked against me.
How do I get myself out of this one? Do I show him the key chain, would he believe me?
Had to give it a try, I took out the key chain and tossed it at him, “Alessio and I traced your fucking precious fiance to the edge of town, we saw her meet up with a man and he…”
“Lying won’t get you out of this Ariana!” he thundered before looking at the keychain, he took a much closer look.
“Are you digging through Becky’s stuff? Is that how jealous you are of her? Is that how low you can go to prove your lies!” he exclaimed.
I leaned back on the bed in defeat, she had won, and there was nothing else I could say anymore.
“Where the hell is Julius and what have you done to him? I close my eyes for a few fucking days and you spiral out of control! I can’t believe this, you know I put more of my faith in you and I don’t even remember you much, it’s crazy” he said before pausing.
He wheeled his chair closer to me until he was in front of me.
He slid his hand up my thigh and clenched it tightly.
“You betrayed me Ariana, and im going to make damn sure you pay for it” he declared.
He watched as the tears streamed down my eyes and he touched my wet cheek before licking it.
“This is nothing compared to what im going to do to you in the coming days, ill make sure every punishment you endure for this dick that you have damaged, was worth it,” he pulled my hair closer to his face and bit my lip before letting it go
“I’m not going to take it easy on you, ill make sure i use your body for every fucking experiment i want to engage in” he mentioned before sniffing my hair.
“you are sadistic fucking bastard” i replied amongst sobs, “i dont care what you do to me, you can rot in hell for all i care” i added before yanking my hair from his grasp.
“im going to enjoy making your life a living hell as my wife, im make you regret the day you thought of cheating on me, ill never forgive you for what you did to me” he smiled.
“get yourself ready, i dont care that you are carrying my child, ill make you pay” he said before turning his wheels towards the door,
” you will wish you never met me when im done with your body”
Soon enough he had wheeled himself away from our room leaving me scared, wondering what horror awaited me in the coming days.
I placed my face in my hands and wept.
I heard a loud thud above me and then a light chuckle.
“It seems the devil has set his sights on you” the voice mocked.
I was startled but then I recognised the voice.
“Estella?” i exclaimed jumping up from the bed and looking up.
i heard her laugh again before it faded away.