Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

“Are you okay?”

He heard Arielle’s voice which brought him out of his troubled thoughts, the thought of his parents and how everything had ended always leaves a bitter taste in his mouth, and no matter the years that has passed, he still couldn’t forget, he couldn’t forget that one call that changed his life forever, that one call that came just an hour after his mom left home, he couldn’t forget the chilling cold that he felt when he looked at his grandfather that night, they sent him to bed without telling him what was going on but he knew, he knew something bad had happened, he couldn’t sleep that night, he tried calling his mom a couple of times but her phone was unavailable, the next morning, they had broken the news to him at breakfast as if it was anything normal, as if it wasn’t news that could change his life forever.

“Luciano? Are you good?”

Arielle asked again, this time pulling at his hands, he looked down at her to see a worried expression, she was worried for him. That can’t be it, right? She hated him and would not care enough to worry about him, being delusional was something he has never been.

“I am good, Deda, we will leave now, I have something to take care of, we will come by some other time,”

Luciano said to his grandfather whose attention has been on his new woman.

“Not before I introduce you to Lilybee,”

He said as the older woman smiled at him, for many reasons, he didn’t like her. There was something off about her smile that just sent all the alert bells in his head ringing. Outwardly, she looked just like a normal fragile woman but he couldn’t put aside the feelings he had.

“Good to finally meet you,”

She said and he forced a smile.

“You too, we will be leaving now,”

He said pulling Arielle along with him, he didn’t wait for his grandfather to say another word, and they walked away, he could hear his grandfather tell her that she should not take his attitude personally because that’s how he was with everyone, not like it wasn’t true but he didn’t trust her at all.

“That was so rude,”

Arielle said when they got into the car.

“You are just finding out that I am rude? I thought you knew,”

He said as he brought out his phone and sent a text message to Yoey.

“You could have at least smiled, she was being polite even though she is older, you don’t treat people like that,”

She scolded him.

“And you don’t tell me how to behave, have you forgotten your place? You are nothing and you should not try to talk over me, need I remind you who the boss is? You don’t have a say and you certainly have no right or grounds to question my attitude, you forget I own you?”

He questioned harshly, he watched as her face redden as if he had just slapped her, she looked like she had more to say but the hurt in her face took over and she kept quiet, they drove the rest of the way in silence, he knew he shouldn’t have talked to her that way but she got on his nerves.

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Arielle walked towards the main house without saying a word to Luciano when they got to his house, what had she thought they were that she could talk about his affairs, serves her right for forgetting her place, maybe now she would mind her business and not talk to him about things that do not concern her, his choice of words were demeaning and no matter how she tried not to let it get to her, it still did. He didn’t try to talk to her after what he said either, if he had been remorseful, he would have apologized, but it was clear that he wasn’t remorseful, he still didn’t see her as a human but something he got.

“I am going to the office, we will talk when I get back,”

He said as she was about to enter her room, she half expected him to say more, but he didn’t, so she unlocked her door and got in, she sat on the floor against the door.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“You are such a fool,”

She told herself as she dropped the bag she was holding she rested her head in her folded arms.

“Know your place,”

She added, she got up, made sure her door was locked and walked to her bed, and laid there, still wallowing in self-pity and disgust, and that’s how she spent the rest of the afternoon, she fell asleep after a while and was woken by a knock on her door, she checked the time and it was already nine pm, she knew who was at her door but she didn’t want to talk to him.

“Arielle? Open the door, we need to talk,”

Luciano said from outside her door but she chose to ignore him even though she knew he might have the keys to her room. She got off the bed and went to the restroom to wash her face to clear off sleep, she didn’t even know she had slept for that long, as she walked back into her room, she heard his voice again.

“Arielle? Open the door yourself or I will, come on, stop acting like a child already,”

He said, she could tell from his voice that he was getting pissed, well that makes two of them, he just called her a child, she ignored him and went to sit on her bed, waiting for him to open the door himself, it didn’t take long for that to happen and he walked up to her in anger.

“What is wrong with you woman? Why do you act the way you do? You make things so hard for yourself and everyone around you,”

He barked.

“Get used to it,”

She answered.

“I will, once we are married, I won’t have to deal with your shenanigans anyway,”

He fired. Well if he hoped to be able to deal with her till they got married then she got news for him because she plans on being unbearable till the end.

“Anyway, on to what I wanted to say, you should be ready, we will be married by the end of the month,”

He announced and she stared at him calculating the days till the end of the month. It was too short of a notice, the end of the month means in two weeks. How did he expect her to be married to him in two weeks?