His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

The gates slid open as a Toyota Camry drove in. It parked a meter away from the gate and the people in it alighted.

Bella sighted her brother stepping down from the car, and she rushed towards him.

Don tried to walk past her thinking it was still about what they discussed earlier, but she stopped him by holding unto his wrist.

He turned to her with a weary look and raised a brow without saying a word.

“Where the heck did you put your phone?” She groaned out, looking frustrated.

“What is it, Bella?” Don said instead.

“Where did you put your phone? I’ve been calling you for the past few hours.” She groaned out loud.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“I was busy dealing with business and all” He replied nonchalantly.

“So busy that you had refused to answer my calls?” She asked, glaring hard at him.

“You and I know I don’t joke about anything that has to do with business, everything else can be sorted out later on.” He answered sternly.

“Really?” She scoffed out and exhaled sharply.

“Anyways, your wife has been……”

“Can we discuss whatsoever it is some other time?” He expressed wearily before proceeding his journey into the house, and his partner followed.

“You don’t even care if your wife is kidnapped!” She yelled out after him, and he halted in his steps.

“What did you say?” He asked quietly as he turned back to her.

“You heard me. She called to inform she was kidnapped, I tried asking her about it, but the call was disrupted. I called her back severally, but it was no longer reachable.” She explained and bit her lower lip.

Don took a few steps forward and said, “Have you tried other means to reach her?”

“To begin with, I don’t even know where she is.” She half yelled.

A car drove in speedily, diverting their attention. It parked randomly in a spot and Fred stepped out, walking towards them.

“Hey!” He said as he got to them.

Bella let out a silent groan as she lifted her gaze to the sky, which was already getting dark.

“I’d like to see my sister.” He said again, staring from Bella to Don.

Don stood rooted to his position as if in thoughts, then suddenly he started walking into the house.

Bella turned swiftly to him and rushed after him. Fred furrowed his brows confused as he also followed suit.

They all followed Don to his room upstairs and watched as he brought out a laptop from his drawer.

Thankfully, Eva wasn’t in the room and nobody bothered to know where she was.

They watched him typed on it and not too long, someone appeared on the screen.

“Mark?” Fred called out in shock, averting the others’ attention.

“Who is he?” Don asked, staring keenly at him.

“He’s my sister’s only childhood friend. But, what is he doing on your laptop?” Fred asked, taking a few steps closer to him.

Don turned to Bella and said, “Get the boys ready.”

Bella nodded and rushed out of the room.

“What is happening?” Fred asked frankly as surprise crossed his face.

“He has your sister, and you’re taking us to him.”

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She shook her head, trying to get rid of the stupid imagination she just had.

“Wait!” Lillian said, and he turned back to face her.

“Why are you doing this? What exactly do you stand to gain after doing all this?” She asked softly this time. She was trying to see if she could reason with him.

“You’ve asked that before, and I’ve given a reply which I find suitable for the answer.” He replied casually.

“With all these you’re doing, you don’t stand to gain anything, instead you might lose everything.” She uttered affectionately.

“See?” He said out of the blue.

“You still have feelings for me. I knew you still cared, it’s evident in your eyes.” He stated ecstatically.

“What are you talking about?” She asked, tilting her head quizzically.

“You still love me. It’s so obvious, you just don’t want to admit it.” He replied, taking a step forward.

“Goodness, Mark! I’m married for heaven’s sake and I don’t have intentions to cheat on my husband.” She groaned out.

“The same husband who doesn’t love you one bit?” He said more or like a question.

“I know you both were forced to get married, but I still don’t understand why he married you though.” He uttered in a scoff.

“We’re trying to make our marriage work.” She replied, staring elsewhere.

“Oh! Please, cut me that crap.”

“You can’t even look me in the eye to say that. You’re here defending a man who doesn’t care the least about you, while he’s probably out there, not bothered to know your whereabouts.” He continued.

“And how do you know that?” She queried sitting up.

“I believe so.” He admitted.

She closed her eyes and a soft sigh escaped her lips as she opened her eyes. She was beginning to think Don had said that to him directly.

“You’re such a detestable person.” She remarked getting pissed again.

He punched the wall beside him hard, and she flinched back in fear.

“Really? I’m detestable?” He asked, turning back to face her.

“You left me to marry a drug lord, and yet, you made it sound like I’m the only bad person!” He yelled out in anger.

“Don’t make it sound like we had anything going on between us!” She yelled back.

She paused for a moment, catching her breath as she grabbed some words in his statement.

“And, what do you mean by I got married to a drug lord? Who told you my husband is a drug lord?” She asked lowly this time.

“You don’t even know?” He scoffed out in an angry smile.

“What do you mean?” She asked back.

“Your so-called husband is a drug lord, and he kills people to get wealth. Even the people you call family.” He stated, smirking at the end of his statement.

“You’re joking, right?” She asked sternly, even when she was beginning to break internally.

“Try to compare everything that’s been happening around you, then you can confirm whether I’m lying or not.” He said with a slight nod and left the room without further words.

She fell back weakly on the bed trying to do what Mark suggested, and that was when it dawned on her that she’s been a fool.

She’d been seeing the signs, yet she avoided all of them. Beginning from when she used to follow Don out down to the video she argued with her brother about.

Everything were all true!