Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

Arielle pretended to be sleeping but she couldn’t help listening in on their conversation, they were talking about Lily, they knew she was an evil person, and from what they were saying, Arielle realized Lily might be the one who killed Don which means she had lied when she had told her she wasn’t the one that killed him, what can’t that woman do?

Arielle couldn’t lie, she felt relief and safe now that she was with Luciano, plus he told her he loves her, she knew she would be a fool to just believe him and forgive him after everything he put her through but he was right about her being safer with him, that’s why she had come with him, not because he had said he loves her, she was putting her safety first. the fact that they knew just what Lily was told her all she needed to know, she was sure Lily knew they know about her which was why she wanted her to get through to Luciano and get what she needed for her, or maybe she is not aware yet and was just trying to use her, if only she knew nobody can use her.

“Arielle? Let’s go home,”

Luciano said and she realized he must have finished what they came for, she hadn’t even realized she had fallen asleep until he woke her up, she stood up and rubbed her eyes to clear sleep off.

“Sure,”

she said as she started walking away.

“Arielle,”

He called holding her hand, she removed his hand from hers and turned to him.

“Please don’t touch me, we are not that close,”

She told him before walking away, she knew her words to him were hurtful but compared to what he did to her, it was nothing.

“Yeah, I am sorry,”

He called out after her but she ignored him and walked out of his office towards the elevator, Yoey already left, at least he and Luciano were loyal to each other, not like she was jealous of their relationship but she couldn’t help wondering why he never stayed away from Yoey, he kept him close while he was jailed and even though he was having a hard time now, he still had time to make joke with Yoey and they still teased each other, why didn’t he do that with her? Why did he have to hurt her and push her away from him when he claimed to love her, she hated how he left her out and pushed her away like she meant nothing to him.

They got into his car and like when they had driven to the office, she make sure to sit far away from him, looking away from him so that he will not try to talk to her, he didn’t even try, it was like he was in his own world, maybe thinking of how best to catch Lily and make her pay for what she had done. Arielle wanted Lily to pay too, the woman has been nothing but a nightmare to everyone, if only Don had not helped her, maybe he would still be alive today, how he used his money and time to help someone who turned out to be the reason for not just his downfall but also his death, people like Lily do not deserve good things.

“Where are we going?”

Arielle asked when she realized they were not going in the direction of the mansion, so much for not talking to him.

“To the penthouse, I figured you won’t want to be at the mansion,”

He told her and she glared at him before looking away, the mansion didn’t have many good memories for her anymore so she didn’t mind but then she remembered what happened the last time she had gone to see him at his penthouse, she had gone with the hope of comforting him and she did, only that it was the last time they were ever truly happy, everything fell off after that and it has been a nightmare since, she didn’t know if she could handle it there but she didn’t want to talk to him anymore either so she chose to endure whatever going to the place would bring that talking to him.

They arrived in no time and she went ahead of him, only waiting for him to unlock the door after they got upstairs, once the door flew open, she went inside and sat down.

“You can use that room,”

he said pointing at the room he was talking about, she nodded and got up to leave.

“Arielle,”

He called, stopping her movement, and she turned to face him.

“Are you okay? Do you need anything?”

He asked, coming close to her but she moved away from him and saw the hurt in his eyes, good for him, she wanted him to feel the kind of pain his rejection made her feel.

“Don’t come close to me, don’t talk to me,”

She told him and moved further away from him.

“I am sorry, I won’t do anything you don’t want,”

He responded and moved back too.

“Just stay away from me, that’s what I want, and once this is over, I am leaving for good, you no longer have anything to hold me with, you no longer own me because I paid my debt already,”

She let out and walked away, leaving him standing there, she made sure to lock the door to the room she chose to use and walked into the restroom, she knew she would not be able to fall asleep again tonight, it was almost morning anyway, she laid on the bed, turned on the tv in the room and just sat there watching the movie until she was able to fall asleep at about five am.

A knock on her door woke her up from her shallow sleep, she knew who it was but was reluctant to open the door, she didn’t want to see his face so early in the morning but he kept knocking and she gave up and got out of bed grumpily, he should just leave her alone and stop trying to have a conversation with her, he doesn’t get to force her to interact with him when he left her broke in that huge house for one whole week without looking back or coming to see her, she wanted to give him a full dose of his own medicine but he was making it hard by seeking her out every minute, she already told him what she wanted was for him not to talk to her. Men never listen.