His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

Don’s face expressed shock, but it was only for a split of a second. What she said was true, he needed to eat, so he could take his drugs and get out of this bed.

He badly wanted to find out who did this to him, and he just couldn’t wait to lay his hands on whoever it was. He sighed and managed to put his legs down from the bed.

“You shouldn’t stress yourself, I’ll put the…..” Lillian tried to say, but he stopped her by raising his free hand up.

“Don’t bother.” He cut in as he finally put his legs down, and Lillian properly helped to place the table in front of him.

She uncovered the meal, and he started eating while she stared at him.

“Will you continue to stare at me that way or go back to your room?” He said, noticing her stares but didn’t look at her.

“I would stay here as per what the doctor said.” She replied with a slight nod, and he scoffed but didn’t say a word.

“You know, you look more handsome when you take that cold look off your face.” Lillian said again after a while, and he paused for a few seconds.

He took his gaze to her, but she was not staring at him, so he took his gaze back to the tray and continued his food, ignoring her words.

“You should try to smile more often, it might also help you heal you faster.” She continued, forming a thin line on her lips.

“And since when did you become a medical practitioner?” He asked, glancing at her with a frown.

“I heard from the aspiring medical practitioners in college.” She said in a shrug.

“You can keep that to yourself.” He mumbled as he finished his food and gulped down water.

She took the table aside, making sure not to meet his gaze, which was as always hard on her.

She took the drugs on the table and started opening each of them, bringing the tablets out according to the dosage. She stretched it out to him, and he hesitated for a while before collecting it.

He poured all the tablets into his mouth and collected the glass of water from her as he gulped it down. He gave the glass cup back to her, and she dropped it on the tray.

“You’re good now?” She said, but he didn’t reply.

“I’ve taken it, you can now leave.” He said after a few seconds had passed.

“Aww! I feel so honored he took it because of me.” Lillian said as she pouted like a baby.

“Young lady, I….” He started by saying as he raised a finger.

“Can you stop calling me that? You should know what my name was before you got married to me, but just in case you might have forgotten, I am Lillian.” She cut in with a sarcastic smile.

“I don’t care to know. Now leave, you’re no longer welcome here.” He said in a deep frown.

“Ouchh, that hurts.” Lillian said, feigning pain as she clutched to her chest. He fixed his gaze on her in a glare, and she comported herself immediately.

“Okay. Like you said, my job is done here, but I will only go on one condition.” She affirmed, tilting her head to her left.

“What is the damn condition all about?” He said growing inpatient.

“I want you to lay back on the bed while I call the nurse to connect back the blood bag. You quite lost a lot of blood.” She said the last part with a nod.

“And don’t try to say no because that’s the only condition I’m giving, so it’s left for you to make a choice.” She said again adamantly and he scoffed.

“Is that what will make you get out of my room?” He asked, taking his gaze away from her.

“Yeah. So, do you accept?” She said in a questioning look.

“Do what you want.” Don replied with a glare as he made to lay on the bed, and she assisted him, hoping he won’t push her away or something of the sort.

He didn’t blame her after all, it was all Bella’s fault for making him accept the damn deal and Lillian was unknowingly using it against him.

She tried not to touch his bandaged arm as she assisted him to the bed.

“I’m not disabled, I will do that myself.” Don said, stopping her as she was trying to place his head properly on the pillow.

“Don’t know why you married me in the first place.” Lillian muttered, but he heard her anyway and didn’t reply. She left him when she was done, but didn’t leave the room.

“Have you reported this to the cops?” She asked, staring at him with a worried look, but he still didn’t say a word.

“You know, I think you should report this to the cops if you haven’t because whosoever did this has to be punished.” She told him with worry laced in her voice.

“And who are you to tell me that?” He asked, staring at the ceiling with his two hands joined on his stomach.

She scoffed, looking taken aback by his question.

“As your wife, I have every right.” She blurted out, and he turned to her with a plain look.

“You might not care, but I’m still young to be tagged a widow.” She continued in little yell.

“You don’t yell at me, young lady.” Don said coldly as he glared at her.

She took her gaze to the floor in a sigh, getting a control of herself. She was beginning to lose it, even if she didn’t want to. She returned her gaze to him on the bed, and he was still glaring at her.

“I’ll call in the nurse now.” She said, taking the tray along with her as she left the room.

The door opened shortly, and the nurse entered, going straight for her duty.

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Bella still had a worried look on, even though Drake had already assured her brother was fine and well taken care of.

She tried to shrug the thought of as she rested back on the chair. She should be rest assured since according to Drake, Lillian was the one taking care of him, and she knows how strong her brother is, so this little thing won’t kill him.

She continued scrolling on the photos on her phone as a smile appeared on her face. She giggled when she saw the one that caught her attention. It was a photo of Lillian smiling at Don.

Don’t get confused, she’s been keeping tags on the couple since she travelled, but it wasn’t for evil. She had asked Drake or Rex to always send her photos of the couple, and she was already seeing some good signs.

On a normal day, she wouldn’t spend more than a week on this trip and her brother knew this, but what can she do? She just wanted the best for her brother.

This trip was just an opportunity for her to leave the couple, so they could get along well. That was why she made a deal with her brother in the first place, as that was the only way she knows her brother would treat Lillian well and maybe get to love her as his wife.

She just hopes it won’t turn out to be futile after all the efforts she’s put in, even if it wouldn’t be so easy.

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Don sat down on the bed, with Rex and Draco standing with heads bowed in front of him. He just finished taking a nap as the nurse and Lillian instructed.

“Has any of you found out who did this?” He asked with his eyes roaming round the bed.

“We haven’t, but we searched everyone’s room to see if we could find any traces and…..” Draco paused for a moment.

“we found something.” He finished and Rex nodded in agreement.

“Is it related to what happened to me?” He asked with his voice lower than before.

“Yes boss, you’ve got to see it.” Rex answered and stretched out a file to Don. He collected it with his expression neutral as he opened it.

“Where did you find this?” He asked, scanning the file in his hands with his eyes as anger began to build inside him.