Hey guys! So there's a song at the top and I'll tell you later on when you start playing it. Don't start it now please cause it's kind of a spoiler, thank you, and I hope you enjoy!
"You're pregnant?" Dante asked, with his eyes wide open.
"I didn't know how to tell you, I'm sorry" I said.
"Ella-" Dante said, but I cut him off.
"I'm sorry, you're probably mad I kept this from you for a whole month" I replied, holding back tears.
"Why would I be mad? I'm very happy that we're starting our own family" Dante said, hugging me.
"Can we please talk now?" my dad asked.
"Sure, I don't feel like arguing with you anymore" I said, as Dante helped me to the couch.
"I'll leave you two alone so you can talk, whilst I go and get someone to clean this up" Dante said, kissing my forehead and leaving.
"So, start talking" I said, crossing my arms, as he took a seat on the couch next to me.
"Ella, I don't expect you to forgive me at all, because I made your life a living hell and I'm to blame for all of it. I should've never blamed you for your mother's death, because it definitely wasn't your fault, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for abusing you, for hitting you every time you tried helping me when I came home drunk as hell, I know you just wanted to help and I have no clue why you wanted to help me because I ruined your life, I abused you, I sold you and made your life hell" my dad said.
"You never spoke about maman" I said. (mum)
"What do you want to know about her?" he asked.
"What did she look like?" I asked.
"She was extremely beautiful, she had long curly black hair, and crystal blue eyes, she reminded me of an angel every time I looked into her eyes. I never regret anything about running to France with her or getting her pregnant because then we had another angel, you" my dad replied, with a smile on his face.
"You never told me how she died" I said.
"Yeah, I never did" he said, looking away from me.
"Why?" I asked, making him look back at me.
"Because it was too brutal and to tell you, it would've broken you" he replied.
"Dad, I'm twenty-two, I can handle it, please, tell me" I said.
"Fine," he said, taking a deep breath in. I could see his eyes well up with teas already. "She was kidnapped by an Italian mafia leader, she was abused and raped many times and then the leader killed her after a month of abuse and rape"
"W-what? Which Italian mafia leader dad?" I asked.
"I don't know, I never met him or saw him, all I know is his name, the man's name of who kidnapped her" my dad said.
"What's his name dad?" I asked again this time with spite and anger.
"Rodrigo Rossi" he replied.
"R-Rossi?" I stuttered.
"Yeah, why?" my dad asked.
"No reason. Listen I need to go and talk to Dante, you can stay or leave, I don't really care!" I said, as I ran off to Dante's office.
"Dante!" I yelled, running into his office, trying to catch my breath.
"What? What's wrong?" he asked, looking up at me, from the papers on his desk.
"I need to ask you a very important question!" I said, taking a seat across from him.
"Okay? What is it?" he asked, giving me his full attention.
"What was Marco's father's name?" I asked.
"Um weird question but ok, his name was Rodrigo Rossi. Why? Is something wrong?" he asked.
"O-oh mon Dieu-" I said, covering my mouth in disbelief. (Oh my god)
"Babe are you okay?" he asked, taking my hand in his.
"No, I-..." I stuttered as a tear rolled down my cheek.
"Okay, something is wrong, no one cries for no reason. Babe, what's wrong?" he asked, with worry all over his face. He stood up from his chair and made his way over to me and took me in his arms and hugged me tightly.
"I-... He k-killed my m-mum" I stuttered, with tears rolling down my cheeks.
"What!?" Dante shouted in disbelief, pulling away from me.
"My dad-" I said.
"Okay, calm down and start over, because I'm confused and in complete shock" he said, caressing my cheek and drying away my tears.
"Well I asked my dad about my mum, and I asked him why he never told me how she died, he said that it would've broke me if he told me, and I told him that I could handle it. He said that she was kidnapped by an Italian mafia leader, she was raped and abused for a whole month before he killed her. I asked him who kidnapped her, and he said that he only knew his name and nothing else, his name was Rodrigo Rossi..." I explained.
"Oh my god- Ella I'm so sorry" Dante said.
"I- it's fine, it's not your fault" I said.
"Marco's father killed your mother, that is not ok" Dante raised his voice.
"But he's dead, so it doesn't really matter" I said.
"Wait, my father and your father were 'brothers', what if my father knew about what Marco's father did to your mother and that's why he wanted me to kill him, but then why would he make me kill his mother too?" Dante asked himself.
"Can't we ask him?" I asked.
"We can, let me call him" Dante said.
"And I'll go and see if my father is still downstairs, so he can join in on the conversation too" I said, leaving his office.
I slowly made my way back down to the main lounge, with my head still trying to wrap around the fact that Marco's dad killed my mother. Tears were still rolling down my cheek when on my way downstairs I bumped into someone, I had no clue who it was. I looked up to see a middle-aged man looking down at me. He had dark brown hair and a beard to match his hair and dark eyes as well, everything about this man seemed dark.
"Sorry, I uh didn't see you there" I said, wiping my tears away.
"It's fine, what's a pretty girl like you doing here all alone?" he asked, grabbing my arm, and pulling me towards him.
"I'm looking for my dad, now if you would please let me go" I said, trying to pull my hand away, but he was a lot stronger than me.
"Oh come on, leaving so soon?" He asked, with a smirk, pushing me against him.
"I really need to go" I said, trying to push him away.
"Are you one of Dante's sluts?" he asked.
"W-what?" I asked, widening my eyes in shock.
"How about I show you that I'm much better than him" he said, dragging me away from my arm.
"Wait, no- I don't want to go anywhere with you!" I shouted.
"Oh I'm sure you will be begging for more" he said.
"No- DANTE!" I yelled.
"Shut your mouth!" he yelled.
"What is going on here?" Dante asked.
"Dante!" I yelled. "HELP!"
"Boss" the man said.
"Let her go right now!" Dante yelled, pulling out his gun and aiming it at the man who was holding me from my wrists.
"Oh come on, we can share her boss" the man said.
"Let her go, I won't warn you twice!" Dante yelled.
"Why? Why do you even care?" the man asked.
"Because that's my wife and she's carrying my child!" Dante yelled with fury in his eyes.
"W-what? But you never even had a girlfriend" the man said.
"LET HER GO, YOU ASSHOLE!" Dante yelled.
Finally the man let me go, and I quickly ran to Dante, and he caught me with his free hand and still had his gun pointed at the man with the other hand.
"Boss, listen I'm sorry I didn't know, if I had known I wouldn't have done anything, I swear. Plus she didn't tell me that she was your wife" the man said, raising his arm in defence.
"Even if she wasn't my wife, you don't treat any girl that way! You're fucking fired, leave and never show your fucking face around here ever again!" Dante yelled, making the man run away in fear. My dad and Dante's dad came walking from around the corner when the guy ran away.
"Wow, Dante" my dad said, walking up to us with Dante's dad.
"You two are finally here" Dante said.
"Let's go and talk about whatever you wanted to talk about" Dante's dad said. My face was still buried in Dante's chest, and he was still holding me tightly to him.
"Ella, if you don't want to talk and you want to go and rest that's completely fine" Dante said.
"No, I want to talk about it, it's my mother after all" I said, wiping my tears away again.
"Okay then let's go and talk in my office" Dante said, as we all followed him to his office.
"So, what are we talking about?" Dante's dad asked, as we all sat around in a circle, I sat next to Dante and our fathers sat across from us.
"Is this about what you told Dante this morning?" my dad asked me.
"No, but we can tell Antonio that as well, so we can give him some good news before the bad news" I said.
"What is it?" Antonio asked.
"Ella's pregnant, dad" Dante told his father.
"Wow, that's amazing news, congratulations you two" Antonio said, with a huge grin.
"Thank you, Antonio, now the bad news" I said.
"Of course, what is it?" he asked.
"I uh found out something today about my mother's death that you may or may not know" I said.
"Oh okay, which is?" he asked.
"Ella's mother was kidnapped by an Italian mafia leader, and she was raped and abused for a month before the leader killed her and we know who did it, his name was Rodrigo Rossi" Dante explained.
"What?" Antonio said.
"And I called you here to see if you knew about it and that's why you asked me to kill his parents" Dante said.
Dante's father simply nodded in response.
"So it's true, that's why you made me kill his parents?" Dante asked.
"Yeah, I found out about it, and I didn't want to tell you the reason at the time, that he killed a woman in cold blood, that he raped and abused a woman for no reason, so I came up with the excuse of the mafia to kill them, you were only a child at that time" Antonio replied, crossing his arms.
"But then why did you make me kill his mother as well?" Dante asked his father.
"Because she's as bad as her husband was, they deserved nothing better than death, both of them" Antonio said.
"Okay but you still didn't tell us why you made Dante kill her as well" I said.
"Because she was my ex" Antonio replied.
"W-what?" Dante asked.
"We dated when my parents abused me when I was sixteen. I told her everything, I trusted her with my problems, and my family issues. But she cheated on me with Rodrigo, she called me pathetic for not being able to stand up for myself, for being weak, for not being enough for her" Antonio said.
"I'm so sorry, that's horrible" I said.
"It was, I never thought she would do something like that, but like people say sometimes betrayal comes from someone who you least expect it" Antonio said.
"So when you asked me to kill Rodrigo, you just asked me to kill her, you killed two birds with one stone" Dante said.
"Exactly, I wanted them to suffer and pay for their mistakes, so I wanted you to kill them both" Antonio said.
"That's smart and cruel" I said.
"But it's the mafia sweetie, nothing is nice about it" Antonio said.
"I know trust me, being the leader of a mafia for a year now hasn't been easy" I said.
"It never is easy to lead a whole mafia by yourself, especially when you never had anything to with a mafia, so consider yourself extremely intelligent and cunning" Antonio said, as he stood up.
"Thank you" I said, with a smile.
"I should get going" Antonio said.
"Me too, it was nice seeing you two again and congratulations on the baby" my dad said, as he stood up as well, they both made their way to the door before I stopped them.
"WAIT!" I yelled, standing up, leaving everyone in shock. Our fathers turned around and faced me.
"Mhm?" Antonio asked.
"Thank you, both of you. Thank you, dad, for being honest with me and thank you Antonio for killing them" I said.
"I didn't kill them I just gave the orders, your husband killed them, so you can thank him" Antonio said, as they both turned around and left.
"Thank you" I said, pulling Dante into a deep kiss.
"Welcome, cara mia" he said. (my darling)
* * * *
It's been another three months now and Camilla and Alessandro were still in New York on the hunt for Marco, but we still haven't found him.
"Speak!" Dante yelled.
"I'm not telling you anything about Marco!" the man replied.
"Ugh" I huffed, walking towards them. "Listen here connard, talk or I'll make you talk!" (Asshole)
"What makes you think I'll listen to a girl?" he asked.
"Fine, don't listen" I said. I made my way towards the table with the weapons and grabbed a small knife and headed back to the tied man on the chair.
"No matter what you're thinking of doing, I'm still not going to talk!" he shouted.
"Let's see" I said, jabbing the knife in his lower abdomen.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" he yelled.
"I told you, now talk before I pull it out and stab you again" I said, still holding onto the knife.
"I know nothing about Marco, the guy never told anyone about where he was going, I swear. He just left without telling anyone, I only found out that he left a few months after" the man said.
"Thank you, but you were no help" I said, pulling out the knife and slitting his throat.
"So he was no help" Dante said, crossing his arms.
"This is getting us nowhere! I'm losing hope at this point, this is like the hundredth guy we've talked to and nothing! We're never going to find Marco!" I said.
"I'm sure we will" Dante said, as his phone started ringing.
"Who is it?" I asked, as he answered it.
"Ciao" Dante answered. (Hello)
"Che cosa?" Dante asked. (What?)
"Finalmente!" Dante said, with a huge grin. (Finally)
"Who is it?" I asked again, as Dante hung up the phone. But instead of answering me, he grabbed my hand in his and started leading us out of the warehouse.
"Babe!" I said.
"Come on" he said, as we got into the car.
"Dante, can you please tell me what the hell is going on!?" I snapped.
"They found him" he said, as he drove off.
"What?" I asked.
"They found Marco" Dante said.
"Seriously!? Oh my god, that's great!" I said.
"Yep, now when we get back to the mansion, pack a few things you need and we'll leaving immediately" Dante said.
"But we haven't even booked the flights yet" I said.
"Ella, you do realise I'm the most powerful mafia leader, right? I have about ten private jets" he said, as he pulled up to the mansion.
"You mean ex-boss, right?" I said, with a smirk. We got out of the car and walked to the mansion.
"Right" he said, taking my hand.
"I'll go pack, while you call the pilot to get a jet ready" I said.
~~~
"Sì" Dante said. (yes)
"How much longer till we get to New York, I'm getting tired sitting on this stupid jet" I said.
"A few more hours and we would've landed" Dante said, as he scrolled through his phone.
"Yeah, because you're not the one who's four months pregnant!" I said.
"I'm sorry babe, but I don't know what to do to help you" Dante said, placing his hand on my thigh.
"I know! You can get me some chocolate!" I said, looking up at him, with a smirk.
"Fine" Dante said, standing up.
"Thank you" I said, as he handed me chocolate.
"Now are you satisfied?" he asked.
"Mhm" I nodded, with a grin. "I'm going to go to sleep, just wake me up when we land"
"Okay" He nodded.
~~~
"Babe, wake up, we're here" he said, shaking me awake.
"Hmm" I groaned.
"Come on, let's go or do I have to carry you?" he asked, standing up.
"That would be really great, but I can walk" I said, standing up and rubbing my eyes in the process.
"Wow, New York is amazing" I said, looking around.
"Yep, look there they are" Dante said, pointing to a direction.
"Who?" I asked, looking to where he pointed.
"ELLA!" Camilla screamed, running up to me.
"CAMILLA!" I yelled, catching her hug.
"Hey Dante" Alessandro said.
"Hey, could we get going now?" Dante asked us.
"Yeah" I said.
"So, where did you find him?" Dante asked, as we got into a car.
"We tracked him in a club" Alessandro replied.
"So, how's Italy doing?" Camilla asked me.
"It's good, but the real question is how are you finding New York?" I asked.
"It's amazing, so many nice sights, the food is delicious, and the people are extremely welcoming" Camilla replied.
"That's nice," I said. "Babe how much longer till we get to the apartment, I don't feel too good"
"About ten minutes" Dante replied.
"Are you okay El?" Alessandro asked me.
"No, I feel like I'm about to throw up" I said.
"Could be because of the long flight" Alessandro said.
"No, it isn't" I said.
"Oh fuck, we didn't tell them" Dante said.
"Didn't tell us what?" Camilla asked.
"You kind of left exactly when I told Dante and with the search for Marco, I completely forgot to tell you" I said.
"Okay, can you please tell us, I'm dying of curiosity here!" Camilla said.
"I'm pregnant" I said.
"AHHHH!" Camilla shrieked.
"My ear drum" I said.
"I'm sorry. Oh my god, I'm going to be an aunt!" Camilla shrieked.
"Congrats you two" Alessandro said, as the car pulled up to the apartment.
"Thank you" Dante said, as we all stepped out of the car.
~~~
"So, everyone just stick to the plan we made, Alessandro and I will go in to get Marco, and Ella will wait outside by the car, just in case he gets back up, and Camilla stays here and makes sure everything goes well" Dante explained, as he was tying his tie.
"Got it" I said, strapping a knife to my thigh.
"Please be careful, you're pregnant" Camilla said, hugging me.
"I'll be fine, I swear" I said.
"And you two too" Camilla said to the guys.
"Yeah, now we should get going" Dante said, taking my hand.
"Bye babe" Alessandro said, kissing Camilla before following us to the car.
Dante POV:
"Remember you stay here and don't come in no matter what" I told Ella.
"Yes, I'll stay by the car and communicate to you by our earpiece" Ella said, leaning against the car.
"Good, come on Alessandro" I said, walking up to the club.
"So, just stay low key and when we spot him, don't make a scene and pull out your gun, just leave everything to me" I said.
"So, why am I here again? To be your emotional support?" Alessandro asked, rolling his eyes.
"You're here to help me in case he has back up with him here" I said, grabbing a drink from a waitress walking with drinks in her hand.
"And please don't get drunk" Alessandro said with an annoyed tone.
"Who said I'm getting drunk, it's only one drink. Plus I need it if I'm going to have to see the face of a dick again" I said, taking a sip.
"Hey there, do you come here often?" a girl asked me.
"Get the fuck off of me!" I yelled, ripping her hands from my neck.
"Oh come on, how about we get us a room" she said, with a wink.
"I have a wife, cagna" I said. (bitch)
"W-what? B-but-?" she stuttered.
"Dante!" Alessandro said.
"What?" I said, pushing the girl away and walking to him.
"I think we got our bastard" Alessandro said pointing to a man.
"Bingo, Marco" I said, with a smirk.
"Come on, let's go have a friendly chat" Alessandro said, with a smirk.
"Hey there, asshole" I said, punching him.
"What the hell!?" He yelled.
"Marco, buddy, how are you?" Alessandro asked.
"H-how did you find me?" he asked.
"Oh, if only you knew what we had to do to get to you" I said, grabbing him by the neck.
"Listen bro, I'm sorry for making your life hell, but I had every reason to, you killed my parents in cold-blood!" he yelled, trying to get my hand off his neck and catch his breath.
"Cold-blood? Your father was a cold-blooded murder, and your mother was a fucking slut!" I yelled, tightening my grip around his neck.
"What the hell are you talking about!? I think you're mistaking my parents for yours!" he said.
"So you never knew that your father kidnapped a woman, raped her and abused her for a whole month before killing her for no reason at all!" I yelled.
"My father never did that, you asshole!" he yelled, pushing me off of him with the strength he had left.
"Yeah, because your father was a bloody angel!" I yelled, rolling my eyes.
"My father isn't your father, my father never hated me, neglected me nor abused me!" he shouted.
"Yeah, maybe he didn't abuse you, but he abused and raped a woman and killed her in cold-blood!" I yelled.
"Maybe this woman wasn't innocent!" he shouted.
"Not innocent! She had a three-year-old daughter! She had a normal life, married to the love of her life and with a beautiful daughter, but your father decided to kidnap her and kill her!" I yelled, punching him.
"And what makes you think I believe you?" he asked.
"Because that woman was Ella's mother, you bastard!" I yelled, with fury in my eyes.
"I still don't believe you!" he shouted.
Suddenly he pushed me and started running away, Alessandro and I quickly ran after him. Everyone started pushing to let us through.
"Ella, he's running outside, don't let him escape!" I yelled, through my earpiece.
"I see him!" she yelled back.
Ella POV:
I could see Marco running out the door and I don't think he saw me because he just kept running down the road and I quickly ran after him. He made a swift turn to the left, and we were in an alley way, I hid behind a wall, keeping my eyes on him.
"Boss, I thought they got you" a man said.
"They wish" Marco said, with a chuckle.
"Let's go home" another man said.
There were about another three men with Marco. I guess Dante was right, he had back up. Should I risk it? Should I try and fight them? But how? It would be four against one, and it wouldn't end well if they shoot me, I'm four months pregnant. But I can't let Marco get away, I have him right here, after months of looking for him! I slipped my hand under my dress and held my knife tightly as they started walking out of the alley way.
"Dante, I have Marco, but I can't fight him, he has three other men with him!" I whispered in my earpiece.
"Where are you?" he asked.
"In an alley way, a few blocks down from where the car is" I whispered back, when suddenly someone grabbed my hair and dragged me out of my hiding spot.
"Look what we have here" the man said, who was holding me.
"Ella, last I saw you was at your wedding. How have you been?" Marco said, with a smirk.
"Let me go, connard!" I yelled. (asshole)
"Sorry, he can't do that" Marco said, walking towards me.
"So, how is the married life with the most powerful mafia leader?" he asked.
"He isn't the leader anymore, I am!" I said.
"Funny joke, now how about you tell us where your husband is" he said.
"I'm not joking and why would I tell you where Dante is!?" I yelled, kicking my legs so the man would let me go, but it didn't work.
"Or I'll kill you" he said, pulling out a gun. I still haven't lived up to my promise to Dante" he said, with a smirk.
"You can't kill me!" I yelled.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because she's pregnant with my child, asshole!" Dante said, shooting the guy who was holding me.
"Ah, Dante congratulations. Am I invited to the baby shower?" Marco asked, with a smirk.
"Burn in hell!" Dante yelled as he shot the other guy and Alessandro shot the last one.
"Woah, calm down bro" Marco said.
"So, you didn't know what your father did to my mother!" I yelled, pulling out the knife that was strapped to my thigh.
"He never did that, you lying bitch!" Marco yelled.
"He did, your father was a murderer and a psychopath!" I yelled, pushing him against the wall and holding the knife to his neck.
"Don't you dare call my father that!" he yelled, pushing me off of him and throwing the knife to the floor.
"It's the truth and you're just like him!" I yelled.
"I'm not a murderer nor a psychopath!" he yelled, pointing a finger at me.
"You are, you tried to kill Dante and I so many times I lost count at this point!" I yelled.
"That's because I'm avenging my parents for Dante killing them both!" Marco yelled.
"Yeah, maybe he did the right thing in killing them because they deserved nothing better than death!" I yelled.
"You fucking bitch, I hope you and your fucking unborn child die!" he said, slapping me across the face, as he tried to run away but Dante shot him in the leg.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going!" Dante yelled, grabbing him from the collar of his shirt.
"Let's get going" Alessandro said as we walked back to the car.
~~~
"I missed Italy way too much" Camilla said as we stepped out of the car together.
"It's good to be back, that's for sure" Alessandro said.
"Come on let's go and get settled in and I can send someone to take this asshole to the warehouse" Dante said, when three men were making their way towards us.
"Boss" the three men greeted me.
"Could you take Marco to the warehouse and please make sure he doesn't escape this time" I said.
"Of course Boss" a man said as he took Marco from Dante.
"Drug him actually" I said.
"Of course" the man said as he did what I asked, and Marco collapsed in his arms.
"Let's go inside now!" Camilla shrieked, as she ran inside the mansion.
"Boss, did you get him? Did you get Marco?" a man asked me.
"Yeah, he's on the way to the warehouse right now" I said.
"You should tell them" Camilla whispered to me.
"You're right I should" I said as I walked to the centre of where the men were sitting and Camilla, Alessandro and Dante took a seat on the sofa as well.
"No one's going to believe it" Camilla said.
"I'm giving back the title to Dante, from today on Dante is the boss again. And you might be asking why, well there's two reasons why I'm doing it. Reason number one is that he's the better boss and he's your real boss, I was just the boss whilst he was recovering, and reason number two is because Dante and I are expecting a baby in a few months. It was truly an amazing experience to be your leader and to see how the mafia works, but it's time for Dante to take back his title, so Dante get ready, because you're back to being the big boss" I said, as everyone clapped, and Dante stood up and walked towards to where I was standing.
"You've out done yourself again cara mia" Dante said, pulling me in for a kiss. (my darling)
"Well, you are the boss and I'm pregnant, so I shouldn't be working,
toi idiot" I said, with a smirk. (you idiot)
"Are you ever going to stop calling me an idiot?" Dante asked me.
"No, I like it" I replied, kissing his cheek.
~~~
"So, how are you feeling today Mrs Romano?" the doctor asked me.
"Not that good actually" I said.
"Well all this will be over, and you'll be able to hold your baby in less than two months now" the doctor said, applying the cold jelly on my belly.
"So, how's the baby?" I asked.
"The baby looks completely healthy, you two have a very healthy baby, Mr and Mrs Romano" the doctor said as I got off of the bed.
"Thank you, so this was the last ultrasound, right?" I asked.
"Yes, good luck to the both of you" the doctor said.
"I still think it's a girl" Dante said, as we walked out of the hospital.
"Yeah, well we made a deal, if it's a girl, you name her and it's a boy I name him" I said as we got into the car.
"I know so what are you naming the baby if it's a boy?" Dante asked as he started driving us back home.
"I was thinking Jordan" I said.
"That's nice and if it's a girl?" I said.
"If it's a girl, I'll name her Lia Romano" Dante said.
"Oh my god, I love it!" I said.
"Thank you, it has a nice ring to it, you know" Dante said.
"Mhm. How close are we to getting home, I'm starving!" I groaned.
"In ten minutes" Dante replied.
"Well hurry up, toi idiot" I said, rolling my eyes and crossing my arms. (you idiot)
"I hate your mood swings" Dante said.
"Well, I'm sorry but you're not seven months pregnant at the moment, toi idiot" I said, turning my head to the window. (you idiot)
"I'm sorry, please forgive me" he said, pouting his lips.
"I forgive you" I said, kissing his cheek.
"Good, because we just got home" Dante said, pulling up to the mansion.
"Yes, finally" I said, stepping out of the car.
~~~
"So, do you have any meetings today?" I asked, munching on some chips as Dante sat at the table drinking wine.
"No, why?" Dante asked, looking up at me.
"No reason, just asking" I said, as Dante took a chip from my plate.
"Hey, give it back, toi idiot" I said. (you idiot)
"Here" he said, opening his mouth.
"That's disgusting!" I said, standing up and washing my hands.
"What? You asked to have it back, cara mia" he said, with a chuckle. (my darling)
"Can I have the remaining chips?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to take a shower" I said.
"Hey, wait for me I want to join" Dante said, stuffing his face with the chips.
"I could've waited" I said, facepalming myself.
"Capo, abbiamo un problema" a man said. (Boss, we have a problem)
"Che cosa?" Dante asked. (What)
"Dai" the man said. (come on)
"I'm sorry cara mia, but something just came up" Dante said, kissing my forehead and leaving with the man. (my darling)
"And I'm alone again" I huffed.
* * * *
"Push!" the doctor shouted.
"I-... I'm tired!" I yelled.
"Come on, you're so close, I see the head, you're that close, just one more big push and you'll have the baby in your arms Mrs Romano" the doctor said.
I gave one last big push and after an hour of pushing the baby and a lot of crying and sweating later, it was over.
"There she is, it's a baby girl, Mrs Romano" the doctor said, as she handed me my baby girl.
"What would you like to name her?" the doctor asked.
"Lia Romano" Dante said, with tears in his eyes.
"What a beautiful name, congratulations you two," the doctor said. "Would you like to cut the umbilical cord Mr Romano?"
"Yeah, sure" Dante replied as he was handed the scissors and cut the cord.
"Look, she has your eyes" Dante said.
"Yeah, she does" I said, with a huge grin.
"I love you so much, cara mia" Dante said. (my darling)
"I love you too, toi idiot" I said. (you idiot)
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Dante POV:
"So, that's settled, we'll pick them up next Friday" I said.
"Yes, I'll go and take five men with me" Alessandro said.
"Thank you, Alessandro" I said, taking a sip of my drink.
"DADDY!" someone yelled barging in.
"Lia" I said, catching her in my arms and lifting her up.
"I'm hungry!" she whined.
"Can you go and ask mummy to make you something or the chef, because I'm working at the moment" I said, placing her on my lap.
"No, I don't like the chef and mummy is asleep" she said.
"Well then, what would you like to eat?" I asked.
"Chocolate!" she screamed with a huge grin.
"No, it's too early for chocolate, how about a sandwich?" I asked.
"NO, I want chocolate, daddy!" she yelled.
"Fine you can have chocolate but don't tell mummy because she'll kick my butt" I said, with a chuckle.
"Yay, you're the best daddy in the whole wide world!" she shrieked, with a huge grin as she jumped off my lap.
"Meeting dismissed" I said, as I walked out of the meeting room and followed Lia into the kitchen.
"Chocolate, give me chocolate!" she started singing as I handed her a bar of chocolate.
"There, now as we said, mummy doesn't find out about you eating chocolate, promise?" I said, giving her my pinkie finger.
"Pwomise daddy" she said, giving me her pinkie and taking a bite of her chocolate.
"Bye daddy!" she said, running out of the kitchen.
"Wait, where are you going!?" I yelled.
"To play with aunty Camilla and uncle Alessandro in the main lounge" she yelled back.
"Who said having a three-year-old was this hard?" I mumbled to myself.
Ella POV:
"Hey babe, have you seen Lia today, because I can't find her" I said, walking into Dante's office.
"I don't know, last I saw her was this afternoon, I was giving her a snack, because she got hungry, why?" he asked.
"I need to give her a bath and I can't find her" I said.
"She said she was going to play with Camilla and Alessandro maybe look for them" he said.
"And where were they playing?" I asked, opening the door.
"In the main lounge" he replied.
"Thank you" I said, walking out.
I made my way to the main lounge to see no one there. I carefully looked around but still couldn't see anyone, so I shrugged it off and turned around to go look somewhere else. But when I turned around, I heard muffled screams and crying, I quickly turned back around and saw someone I thought I would never see again.
"Hey there Ella" Marco said, holding Lia in his arms with a gun pointed to her head.
"Mummy, help!" Lia screamed, with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Lia, hold on. Let her go!" I yelled.
"Dante, good to see you too" Marco said, as Dante walked down.
"Let go of my daughter you asshole!" Dante yelled, aiming his gun at Marco.
"But why would I do that?" Marco said, with a chuckle.
"Because she's only three and has nothing to do with anything between you and Dante!" I yelled.
"I don't really care how old she is" Marco said.
"I thought I was the one you wanted to kill, not her!" I yelled.
"I changed my mind, taking your daughter from you, would be much worse than taking Ella away from you Dante" Marco said.
"Let her go, please" Dante said.
"I can't do that, because I'm going to kill her" Marco said.
"I don't want to die... Mummy, daddy, I don't want to die...pwease..." Lia stuttered.
"Don't worry honey, you're not going to die" I said.
"But why make promises you can't keep?" Marco asked, with a chuckle.
"Because you're going to be the one that dies tonight, not her!" Dante yelled, shooting Marco in the arm, making him let go of Lia.
"DADDY!" she yelled, running to us and Dante caught her.
"Take her to her room, now!" Dante yelled, walking towards Marco with his gun still pointed at him.
"Come on Lia, let's go" I said, taking her shaking hand.
"Is daddy going to kill him?" Lia asked me, as I lifted her in my arms.
"Come on Lia" I said, making my way to our room.
Dante POV:
"How dare you come into my home and threaten to kill my daughter!" I yelled.
"I made a promise to you, and I'm going to keep it. Whether I kill your wife or your daughter, it doesn't really matter, as long as I kill someone you love dearly" Marco said.
"I fucking hate you!" I yelled, shooting him in the chest.
"You can't kill me!" he yelled.
"Try me, asshole" I said, shooting him in his leg.
"F-fuck you" he stuttered, collapsing to his knees.
"No one threatens my daughter and lives!" I yelled.
"They say before you start a war, you better know what you're fighting for... well my family is all that I adore" I said, pulling the trigger one last time and shooting him in the heart.
"This isn't over yet, Dante, I'll find Lia and I'll kill her!" he said, before closing his eyes.
"Someone get him the fuck out of here!" I yelled, rushing to the bedroom.
Start playing the song from here...
I ran into our room to see Lia fast asleep and Ella, with her in bed. I walked over to them and stood by the bed, over them. They looked so sweet and cute sleeping in each other's arms, like two angels sent to me from above... but I'm a devil... I'm a horrible person and I've done horrible things in the past and angles and demons don't mix... I'm a devil and you're an angel, cara mia, we don't mix, and we should have never fallen in love. I don't regret ever meeting you nor falling in love with you, because you have made me the happiest, I have ever been, but I ruined your life, you could've died so many times, because of my mistakes. You never deserved this life, you deserve nothing of this and neither does Lia, and if you stay here with me, you two will be in so much more danger... that's why I'm making the decision of letting you two go...
It breaks me having to let you two go, but it's better this way, it's better I let you go, and you live a normal life with Lia with you, then you stay here any longer and keep putting your life in danger because of me, you'll be safer without me in your life. I love you both so much and promise to never forget you...
I guess the devil made the mistake of failing in love with an angel...
I removed the two single tears that escaped my eyes and pulled out a box from my pocket. I shook Ella awake and she immediately opened her eyes and looked up at me.
"Hey, babe, is everything okay?" she asked.
"Yeah,everything's okay, but we need to talk..." I said, as my eyes welled up with tears again.