Her Mafia Lord

CHAPTER Fourteen

Everyone at the round table gasped upon hearing that one single word. Giovanni bowed his head in shame as he looked on to his father who was already staring at him. He thought Bianca was going to keep up with the lie but her sudden revelation would mean his father taking him off the position as the leader of the Mafia squad.

“Can you explain in details what you mean by the phrase NO” Marco asked her in a low tone still trying to recover from the shock.

“When Giovanni approached me, he offered my uncle a contract that I be his wife for a period of time. All through those months, I stay faithful as a wife would, obeyed his instruction and before the time could elapse, I kinda started having feelings for him” Bianca was rudely interrupted by Priscilla

“Leader of the round table, Marco, I hail you, this woman here is a con artist and I had been right all along; she was never worthy of being part of the round table” Priscilla looked on to everyone seated and watched as their face morphed into one of realization.

“Leader of the round table, Marco, I hail you, regardless of the fact that I offered her uncle a contract, it is pertinent I say that I had fallen in love with her and at this very moment, she holds my seed in her hands. That is enough reason to show that she is part of the round table and also enough reason to show that she is my bloody wife” Giovanni stated the last statement looking at Priscilla with rage in his eyes.

“Leader of the round table, King, I hail you, I must say that Giovanni is a man of his own shadow, he is egoistical and does not care for people’s feelings. Now I must say this very minute that all through the years that she was with me, I never had seen such a woman in my entire life. She was charming, loving and has this sense of humor. I must at this time state categorically that Bianca belongs to this family regardless of the marriage or not and oh! Giovanni, I want you to know this very minute that she isn’t your wife” Amore mentioned with a smirk on his face which Giovanni would be so proud to smack.

“This issue is quite complicated than I thought; Bianca, the bone of contention here is the fact that you should not be on the round table having revealed to us that your marriage with Giovanni is a scam” Marco pointed out to Bianca.

“Leader of the round table, Marco, I hail you, I must say this very minute that I had the opportunity to lie to you all and stick with the script that Giovanni had always given me by lying to be his wife but I knew that eventually, one day you will all find out and that day I would be stripped without explanation from my side off the round table. I bare Giovanni’s son Alonso and his gene is evidently strong thus the resemblance between Giovanni and him. That single fact alone is evident to prove that I should stay with this family” Bianca explained.

“You do know that Giovanni has a baby mama prior to your coming and having a son doesn’t make her part of the round table regardless of bearing the son?” Marco asked her.

For a moment Bianca looked at Giovanni in disbelief. All through the times he had conversations with her, they never talked about his past relationships.

“She might have bore him a son but then she still isn’t eligible to be part of the table” Bianca pointed out. Giovanni smiled on, being impressed by the way she held herself before her father. He turned and looked at his beloved father, who was about to pronounce his judgement.

“So at this time, having heard from everyone on the issue once again, I hereby state that……..” Marco was about to pronounce a decision when he began to cough incessantly causing Priscilla to rush to his side while one the guards came inside and was ordered to go get some water.

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There was panic everywhere and as Marco was carried by one of the guards up on his shoulder while everyone paved way for the guard to head out to the car. Bianca waa panicking; she knew Marco was an old man but regardless of this fact, she had been told by Giovanni on several occasion years back that Marco always loves to monitor his health.

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Marco had been taken to the private hospital of the Elites; the hospital was built by Andrew Diego the father of Marco and had declared to be the hospital that his kids would go whenever they were ill. The hospital’s facilities were top notch and one thing that Bianca noticed was how the nurses as well as the doctors are always active about regardless of the fact that it was built specifically for the Elites.

“I need to see the oldest person of the family right now please” the doctor had arrived after few hours of leaving all of them in suspense.

“That will be me” Xavier announced and followed the doctor to his office as the rest of the members went back to seating and waiting for Xavier to come and announce the news. After close to Thirty minutes, Xavier was back with a gloomy face causing everyone to panic and they pleaded with him to say the result.

“The Elite’s leader Marco has been pronounced dead” Everyone gasped upon hearing the words of Xavier who had a hard time in saying it. Priscilla was crying on the shoulders of his son Amore who was consoling his mother.

“As the law of the Elites would have it, it is pertinent we give him a befitting burial in seven days to come” Xavier declared.

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Bianca was staring at her son as he slept peacefully by her side on the baby’s bed. He had added few weights causing Bianca to believe that there is every tendency that the boy could also inherit his father’s structure. She was in deep thought about the death of Marco which was rather surprising. She believed that the death of Marco was not because of age and in her theory, Marco was indeed old but not too old to die. She had read up the historical background of the family she was joining soon as the book had been given to her by Amore and had discovered that by record, Marco is the youngest person to die as a leader. All previous leaders had stayed up to their late ninety and even early hundreds too. While she was still in thought, she heard the knock on the door and went on to check up the person.

“Hello Bianca” Amore’s voice came through upon opening the door “Can I come in?” he asked

“Sure” Bianca extended the door for Amore to enter. He was putting on a long black thobe; the Arabian male robe which made him look rather handsome.

“How are you getting along in the house” he asked leaning down to touch Alonso cheek.

“It has all been thrilling and fun for me” Bianca responded with a smile on her face upon seeing how Amore admired her baby.

“Anyways, I am here for something more crucial” Amore said and sat down on the bed so he could face Bianca face to face.

“I wish to know something Bianca” Amore stated looking her in the eye. Bianca couldn’t match that look so instead she looked through the window.

“Do you still love my brother” Bianca knew the question would come considering she had talked mostly about Giovanni on the day Marco had interrogated her.

“Your brother is the father of my child” Bianca stated firmly.

“Doesn’t answer my question Bianca; do you still love Giovanni” He asked with every word pronounced slowly so she could know how serious he was.

“Amore, why the question? I mean you haven’t asked me something of this nature before, why now?” Bianca asked.

“Because I love you!” Bianca swiftly turned around to look at Amore’s face and saw the seriousness matched in the face.

“Love me?”

“Yes Bianca, I love you. From the moment you stepped into my life there has been this change I have experienced and I must say that I am influenced by you in many ways you could possibly not have imagined” Amore explained.

“Amore, you are a good man and perhaps most ladies would die to just get a moment to speak with you but the truth remains that Giovanni and I have come a long way”

“So what about you and I Bianca! You and Giovanni didn’t spend two freaking years together but we did! You stayed with me and I watched Alonso grew from just a small baby to a child” Amore interrupted by pointing out a fact which Bianca couldn’t ignore.

“Look Bianca, I am not saying you should deny Giovanni access to his son, all I am saying is that let us be together, you and I” Amore held her hands and Bianca stared at him in the eye. Amore drew closer slowly and Bianca seemed to be charmed by him as she couldn’t resist till he was only inches away before kissing her slowly. While they were kissing, the door opened and Giovanni who had just seen his wife and Amore kissing was horrified. He was about to leave when Amore called on her but she didn’t answer him and ran after Giovanni. Amore stood up and checked her room out, admiring the beloved child Alonso once more and smiling to himself. He knew that Giovanni would be coming over to her room and he had a perfect timing to execute the plan of kissing her before his arrival. He needed to prove to Giovanni that Bianca was no longer his wife and will someday be his.