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Leonardo opened the car for Arya to step in but she stood where she was. She avoided him all night and even spent extra time in the bathroom.
She only stayed in the bedroom with him because there was no way she could clean up the other rooms by herself without fainting first. She was a princess after all.
A princess of the underworld.
"Can you get in the car?", he asked.
She ignored him.
"Arya…..".
She walked to the front passenger seat and opened the door herself.
The driver looked between Leonardo and her.
"What are you looking at?", she snapped at him.
"Sorry ma'm", he said as he started the ignition and Don sat at the back passenger seat alone.
Leonardo sighed but keep himself in line. The worst thing he could do was to force her to do anything she didn't want to. The honeymoon was cut short because of his selfishness.
He had his tech company trace the anonymous sender but they haven't gotten back to him.
He sighed again.
He had been distracted, too distracted and he let the rats in. Arya had ultimate power over him and for the first time in his life, he felt helpless.
The thing is; he needs her to have that power over him. He felt like a person for the first time. His childhood was not something to write home about.
Not even smoking or drinking had this effect over him. He was completely and utterly addicted to his wife and he would kiss the earth the she walks on everyday of his life just to have something of hers.
He wondered if his obsession with her will ever end or get worse. Their eyes met briefly in the side mirror and in the moment, he knew his obsession with her has barely begun.
Her amber eyes glowed with anger, her eyes were literally flames. She let her wavy hair and it framed her face. She looked like an angry goddess ready to wreak havoc on his pathetic human life.
He sighed in defeat.
Almost everyone thought he was crazy, including himself. But crazy was a complete understatement of how he felt about her leaving.
He smiled bitterly.
It shall be known that this was the exact moment Leonardo Marcello became a psychopath.
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Amelia rushed to envelope her in a hug.
"Arya we missed you, welcome home", she said with a motherly smile.
If only they knew the bomb she was about to drop. She couldn't sleep all night and this morning, she scrubbed her body till she turned pink.
That's why she's currently wearing a hoodie and jogger. She was sick of the mafia dictating her life but she was more sick of her husband's lies. Nothing could beat that on her list.
"Thank you, ma", she said and Alfredo enveloped her in a hug.
He was a man of few words but she understood what he meant.
Leonardo watched as his parents smiled at Arya but barely looked at him twice. Not that he cared though.
"So how was the honeymoon, are we expecting an heir soon?", Bianca asked.
Everyone gasped in shock at her words, except Leonardo.
Arya felt her stomach turn. This was harder than she thought. She couldn't go through with it.
Bianca smile with mischief.
"Possibly", Leonardo answered and everyone turned to him, even Arya who had been avoiding his gaze.
"Well, that's good news", Amelia chipped in.
How could she tell them about the divorce? She had contacted one of the top lawyers in Italy but they haven't finalized anything yet. Yes, she was divorcing Leonardo but she would not return his card. Not that he'd ask for it back anyway.
The divorce news can wait. She needed to work on other things first. She'd show him never to mess with her or any other woman unjustly.
"Is this true Arya?", Alfredo asked her.
She smiled. "Yeah, possibly". Even though once sweet memories were now painful ones she couldn't bring herself to regret it. She felt her body reacting to the thought and she cursed inwardly. She hated his power over her body. She hated her body more because it constantly betrayed her.
Amelia elbowed her husband and they smiled at each other. The older couple had definitely been gossiping about them.
"I should freshen up", Arya said.
"Yes, you should. I'll come along, my brother has been hoarding you for himself a lot these days", Bianca said and pulled a smiling Arya out of the situation.
Oh Bianca, what a life saver you are.
Leonardo was about to followed them but Rob reached him in time.
"Boss, you have to see this", Rob said to him.
Leonardo nodded and followed him to the study.
One of the tech guys was already seated there.
"Give me good news, Junior", Leonardo said, going straight to the point. He sat on his chair across Junior.
"We couldn't track the IP address. Seems like the sender already destroyed the phone", Junior replied.
"Okay?".
"But we do have the last known location and it's not far away from here", Junior answered.
He handed Leonardo the laptop.
"That is Maria's house address", Rob pointed out.
Leonardo was shocked.
"What did you say?", he asked.
"I am one hundred percent certain that is Maria's house address. It's part of security protocol to keep up with the address of everyone who is in relation with this family", Rob answered.
Of course, Leonardo knew. They had normal looking guys in streets that get the job done. He was shocked that Maria had the audacity to do something so malicious to his relationship.
He admitted it was his fault but her intentions behind it was not good.
"Thank you, you can leave now", he said to Junior.
Junior hesitated for a minute but did as he was told.
"Might I point out that you just told someone 'thank you'", Rob said in shock.
Leonardo slapped his forehead. Even subconsciously he was trying to become a better man for Arya.
He hated it. It only led to more mistakes like this one. People must be thinking he has gotten soft.
"It's time to come back, Don. Let me back in" a voice said in his head.
The voice in his head was always quiet whenever Arya was close. In those times, she clouded all his thoughts and senses.
"Prepare the car".