Valentina's POV

Alessandro's words rang in my numb head like a drum.

He is my elder brother.

The old Mr. is actually my real father.

I have siblings--8 to be precise.

And they are waiting for me in Italy.

"Valentina--"

"No ! You are lying." I said but the grave face of Alessandro clearly told me he wasn't lying to me.

"I am not lying." Alessandro said, sternly.

"No ! You are lying to me. I-I am not your s-sister." I said but a shiver ran down my spine when I saw Alessandro's dark warm brown eyes going dark.

"I am saying the truth. You are my only sister." Alessandro exclaimed sternly yet darkly with clenched jaws and I moved back, away from him.

He is scary !

Leonardo grabbed onto Alessandro's right shoulder and like something hit Alessandro he blinked and his eyes went back to normal dark brown eyes.

"H-How do I believe that what you are saying is the t-truth Alessandro ?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.

"You have to believe me, Valentina. I am only saying the truth here. Truth about who you really are. Truth about your real family which is us." Alessandro said while staring deep in my eyes.

"And what's my real identity ?" I asked but his reply shook me to the core.

"You are the only principessa of Moretti's. You are the princess of Italy. That is your real identity."

"Princess ?" I whispered still not believing his words.

"Yes princess. My princess--Moretti's principessa." Alessandro said while looking at me so preciously.

"Valentina.." Leonardo called me and I looked up at him but I don't find much similarities between us.

He has dark brown hair while I have light brown hair. He has black eyes whereas I have hazel eyes.

"You are my biological father ?" I asked, dumbly while staring at the old man who nodded his head, quickly. Alessandro got up and Leonardo took his place on the stool.

"Yes mia figlia. I am your father. Real father." Leonardo whispered as he gazed at me like I am his most important person in the world.

(my daughter)

He called me 'mia figlia' which means my daughter. I am his daughter ?!

"Your Daughter ?" I whispered and after hearing me Leonardo & Alessandro raised their eyebrows. "You understand Italian ?"

"Si. so parlare anche italiano." I mumbled while nodding, slowly.

(Yes. I can speak Italian as well)

I observed as both of them smiled widely hearing me. They seem to be so glad to hear me speak in Italian.

"È così bello. È bello sentirti parlare nella nostra lingua madre, tesoro." M-my biological father said, smiling.

(That's so good. It's lovely to hear you speak in our mother tongue, sweetheart)

"Yes princess. Dad is right." Alessandro agreed as well while passing me gentle smile.

"If you are my real father then why did you leave m--" Mr.Moretti cut me off. It's weird to call him by his name considering he is so older from me and I never disrespect elders.

Yeah I was calling him an old man before because--first I didn't know who he was, second I didn't know he would turn out to be my biological father.

"I never left you, tesoro."

(Sweetheart)

"But you never came to meet me. You never came to check up on me and this means one thing only that you left me." I said, coldly and he shook his head as he grabbed my hands in his. I wanted to pull away but something stopped me so I didn't.

"Mia figlia, I never came to meet you because I didn't know where you were actually."

(My daughter)

"What do you mean by that ?" I asked and he glanced at Alessandro and I watched as they talked with their eyes.

"If I explain the whole matter to you--will you not try to run away from me ? and will you come with us to Italy ?" Mr.Moretti said or I can say offered me a deal.

I took my hands back from him and folded them over my chest and narrowed my eyes at Mr.Moretti before saying.

"It depends on what you are going to say to me. I want the whole truth of why you were away from me or why I didn't know about you & my brother's existence." I said as I ended my words while glancing in Alessandro's direction.

Both of them looked stunned for a second before they nodded.

Good ! That they agreed or else I am not going anywhere with them.

"Start speaking. I am listening." I said or more like I ordered and they stared at me with raised eye brows.

Well I am kinda amused by my behaviour right now but ducking I deserve to know the whole truth about me & about my life which is kept in the dark for so long.

Valentina's POV End's

Leonardo's POV

My daughter wants to know the truth about her real self and even though I do want her to know everything but how do I tell about her real mother's death ?

How do I tell her ? that the woman she considers as her mother from past years isn't actually her mother.

And that her real mother is already dead.

How do I bring myself to tell my daughter the cruel truth ?

I took a deep breath and looked into my daughter's hazel eyes which are duplicates of my wife's

So beautiful & enchanting.

"Valentina.." I called out, feeling a heavy lump in my throat. I never knew I had to tell her about the terrible truth these earlier but seeing the determined eyes of my daughter who was looking at me with full attention I knew I had to speak right now.

"Dad." Alessandro called out and I knew he was asking me if it was too hard for me then he could say the whole matter to his sister.

My son is always ready to help me. My Nora blessed me with an amazing son indeed.

"No. Alessandro lasciami parlare. Posso farlo. Devo farlo, figliolo." I said while staring at my daughter who didn't wavered her eyes from me.

(No. Alessandro let me speak. I can do this. I have to, son)

She was just like her mother. Whenever Nora wanted to know the truth she would stare so deeply that the other person had to tell her the truth in the end.

That trick of Nora had worked on me numerous times in the past.

After all, she was the Donna of the Italian Mafia and the Princess of the Russian Mafia.

"13 years ago, when you were around 2 years old Valentina you were kidnapped." I said and watched Valentina's eyes widened but she didn't say anything and just stared at me, telling me to continue.

"And from the last 13 years we were finding you Valentina and yesterday I got a call from New York police station that they found you and here I am with your brother to confirm that you are my daughter & his sister who we were finding from the last 13 years." I vocalized.

"And indeed you are mia figlia & La sorella di Alessandro." I ended up with a smile.

(My daughter & Alessandro's sister)

"Kidnapped ? Do you mean my mother & your wife--Elina kidnapped me ? and take you away from you, from my real family ?" Valentina asked looking at me & Alessandro with unbelievable eyes & tone.

I bit my lips hard as I tried to control my fury listening to my only daughter.

"Elina isn't our mother Valentina. She is the woman who kidnapped you from us, from your real family." Alessandro answered instead of me when he noticed my fury.

I expected a shout or an unbelievable face from my little girl but instead I got to hear a chuckle, a mocking one to be precise.

I frowned along with my son and we both stared at our princess who shook her head before mumbling to herself.

"Now that makes sense why Elina treated me like that."

Alessandro and I shared a dark look.

How did that bitch treat my daughter all these years ?

"Why do you mean ?" I asked as I tried to keep my voice calm.

But Valentina didn't answer me as she kept silent and I grew more tense.

What the fuck ? Did that Elina do to my daughter ?!

"Valentina--" My daughter cut me off.

"Nothing. Now tell me how did I get kidnapped ? You told me I was 2 right ? Then an adult surely must have been with me. So who was it ?" Valentina asked and I gulped, hardly.

The most dreaded question my daughter finally asked me.

"Was it some nanny or a family member ?" Valentina asked while glancing at me & Alessandro.

"No. We never hired a nanny for you." I replied, quietly.

"So a family member it is. Who ?" She nodded and asked.

It's like my tongue is tied now. I can't give an answer to my daughter.

"It's your..." I trailed off while avoiding the stare of my daughter who narrowed her eyes at me.

"Answer me please. I want to know." Valentina said, calmly yet politely.

"It was your--" I got cut off by Alessandro.

"It was our mother, Nora."

I watched as Valentina blinked and nodded her head but a frowned appeared on her face.

"Where is she now ? Why didn't she come to meet me ?"

I looked at Alessandro who looked at me back with sad eyes but nodded his head, telling me to tell his sister the truth about their mother who is no longer in this world.

Leonardo's POV End's

Valentina's POV

I looked between my father & elder brother. Yes I believe that they are my father & brother. I know I shouldn't believe them that easily but something inside me told me that they weren't lying to me.

That whatever they said till now was the truth which I should know from the beginning but sadly I got to know it now.

Alessandro was looking at our father with sad eyes making me dive into confusion. I just asked about my real mother right ? Why are they behaving like I asked them something really terrible.

"Why aren't you answering me ?" I asked and they both snapped their heads in my direction making me worried a bit for their necks.

"Valentina about your mother--she.." Father trailed off while avoiding my eyes and this action of his made me go alert.

Guess what ? I have this ability to sense something is wrong beforehand most of the time.

And right now seeing my father's hesitation. I know whatever he is going to tell is bad.

"I-Is she o-okay ?" I asked, quietly and the silence they gave me made me realise one thing that my mother isn't okay.

"Please, a-answer me." I begged with my eyes and my father opened his mouth to speak.

"Your mother, my Nora is dead. She is no longer in this world."

I froze. My mind went entirely blank but I realised something.

My real mother is dead.

She is dead b-because of m-me.

I am the reason behind her d-death.

I flinched back when a hand culped my face. It was my father's hand.

"Non piangere figlia mia. Non mi piacciono queste lacrime nei tuoi bellissimi occhi." My father, softly said as he wiped the tears that were rolling down from my eyes.

(Don't cry my daughter. I don't like these tears in your beautiful eyes)

I was crying and I didn't even realise that. I looked into my father's eyes and saw nothing but pure love.

He should hate me !

"I can never hate you my daughter." My father said while caressing my face so gently with his fingers.

"Y-You should hate me. B-because of me y-your wife die--" My father cut me off, sternly.

"No. Don't you dare blame yourself for Nora's death, baby." His voice ended up soft in the end.

"You aren't the reason for her death. So don't blame yourself hm." Father said while wiping my following tears.

"Dad is right princess. Do not blame yourself. Our mother will be upset knowing her only daughter is blaming herself for her death." Alessandro said while patting my head, gently.

"B-but..I mean how did s-she die ?" I asked while looking at them with blurry vision.

"Nora had taken you with her for your monthly check up as you were born earlier but while returning back to home a truck hit the car that led to an accident and the car got blast while N-Nora was still inside." Father explained but I noticed how he was trying to stop himself from shaking.

I pulled his hand from my face and held them in mine and he passed me a small smile.

"And till we reach there to save you both, the car was already burned so much that.." My father couldn't complete his words but I didn't want him to complete as I understand everything and I just hold his hand, tightly in mine.

"We thought you died as well but when we didn't find your body we knew that you were alive but you went missing Valentina." Alessandro said as he caressed my head.

"From that onwards we were finding you like crazy but there was no sign of you until now." Father said and I nodded.

A silence took over the whole room as I digested everything that my father & brother told me.

"So Elina was behind all this ?" I asked, greeting my teeth.

Now I wished to kill that bitch with my own hands.

Because of her I suffered so much and I-I lost my mother as well.

My father and brother just nodded in return but a question raised in my mind.

"But why did Elina do all this ? Who is she ?"

"She is our aunt actually." My elder brother, spit out in disgust and I widened my eyes.

"Our mother's biological sister ?" I asked in shock.

"Yes. Elina has always been jealous of Nora as long as I remembered but your mother genuinely cares about Elina and always forgiven her but we didn't knew she can be this evil to kill Nora and kidnapped you." Father said with greeted teeth.

"But we never knew that Elina has you with her until now." Father said and I frowned.

"What do you mean ?"

"After mom's death we got to know that Elina had fled away with her lover but only if we knew that she ran away because she wanted to take you far away from us." Alessandro explained with cold voice.

"We should have hunted down Elina but we didn't and that's a regret we will always carry with us." Father said with clenched jaws.

"Dad is right. Only if we catched Elina sooner we would have you with us way before." Alessandro agreed with our dad but I shook my head listening to them.

"No. Don't blame yourself because Elina & Jack used to change the house every 6 months and the house they chose used to be illegal with no proper registration." I explained, calmly.

It was true and I got to know this after I heard them accidentally last month when they were going to change the house, again.

When I was younger I thought they changed out house because of their work but now I get it why they kept changing the house because they were afraid that my real family will find me.

Both of them hummed listening to me and once again a silence took over the whole room.

Father kept caressing the back of my hand with his thumb and Alessandro gently played with a hair strand of mine.

Right now at this moment I felt so warm & safe which I never felt in the past.

What I felt in the past was only pain & agony which Elina & Jack and Zack and his minions inflicted on me, brutally.

But as I stayed in my real father & brother's presence I felt so protected like no danger can reach me & hurt me.

I was safe with them.

I was safe with my real family.

"Valentina." Father called and I looked up at him.

"Si ?"

(Yes ?)

"Now you know the whole thing. So will you come with us ?" Father asked and I can see hope in his black eyes.

"Tesoro, your real family is waiting for you in Italy. They want their principessa back which is you, my love." Father voiced out, tenderly.

(Sweetheart)

"Yes princess. Your real family is eagerly waiting for your arrival. In fact, whole Italy is waiting for your arrival." Alessandro said while caressing my right cheek, warmly.

I stared at them, carefully and both of them stared back with only love & hope in their eyes.

And I realised what my answer will be to my father's question. I took a deep breath and said.

"Okay, I will come with you both. I want to live with my real family."

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Hey you beautiful & handsome people this is Chapter 5. Hope you like it.

Our principessa got to know about her real identity and also about her real family and now she agreed to go to Italy.

Let's see how her brothers will react to see their long lost princess.

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