His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

It was finally the day when Antonio was to be lowered into the ground. All of his burial rites were performed, and the last one was going to take place today.

The hustling and bustling in the mansion was clear as different cars were brought into view in the compound. Guards in all black trooped into some cars, leaving a few empty cars for their boss and his family.

Shortly after, Don walked out of the house with Draco and Rex trailing behind him in all black attires, just that Don’s was a lot fancier.

“…. His body was found near the ocean by one of our source, and it seemed like he was killed by a gunshot.”

They stopped in front of a Black BMW XUV Jeep and Don turned to Draco, who just finished talking. “So, Ricardo is dead?”

“Yes boss.”

“Where is his body?” Don asked, his left eyebrow wrinkled up in a frown.

Since Ricardo betrayed the clan, he didn’t stop searching for him, so hearing this news made him pissed. He’d wanted to be the one to end his life.

“We burnt it.” This was what they did to the bodies of the likes Ricardo who betrayed the clan.

No words were said again and not long after, Bella stepped out of the house, but she was alone. No trace of Lillian.

Her attire was no different color as she made her way towards a white Porsche which was behind the Black BMW XUV Jeep.

A few seconds passed, and Don began to find it strange that Bella came out alone.

“Where’s Lillian?” He asked loudly just when Bella was about to shut the driver’s door where she sat.

She glanced at him and replied, “She isn’t feeling too well, so she would be staying back at home.”

Earlier, before Bella came downstairs, she had gone to call Lillian in her room, but Lillian wasn’t feeling well, just as she told her brother.

Though, there were already signs since she came back from Brazil, but it seemed it grew even worst this morning.

“Is it serious?” Don’s brows raised in worry as he turned to face Bella completely, and she stepped out of the car.

“She’s been vomiting and complained of feeling tired.”

“Then you should stay at home to look after her. What if she needs your help later?”

Bella exhaled sharply as she paused for a while. She also didn’t want to go without Lillian, but she insisted.

“I offered to do that, but she asked me to go ahead and said she would go to the hospital later on. But don’t worry, I’ll join her at the hospital later.”

“Besides, I’ve assigned a maid to accompany her until I’m back.” Bella continued.

Don nodded slightly then turned to Rex, “Dispatch some guards to go with her to the hospital.” He ordered, then emerged into the car with Draco while Rex left to do as instructed.

Until he came back, that was when they all drove out of the compound.

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Lillian walked out of the house, looking fully dressed to go out. Her face was looking tired, that it won’t be difficult to tell. There was a maid behind and she helped with her purse.

She halted when she saw a few guards around, including the one standing near her car. The back door was already opened by him.

The maid had already informed her about the guards Don assigned to her, so she wasn’t surprised.

She resumed her journey and went to the driver’s side instead, “I will drive myself, you can drive with the others in another car.” She would prefer not to let the past repeat itself.

The guard didn’t argue, he just walked to join the other car behind Lillian’s, and they all drove out after some seconds.

A few minutes later and something strange happened, all the guards in the other car all began to feel sleepy. They tried to fight it, but it overpowered them and they fell asleep. Their car stopped only when it clashed into a nearby tree.

Lillian observed this from her rearview mirror, and she also stopped her car, then alighted with the maid. Confusion raised on her face as she walked to the guards’ car only to find them all unconscious.

Just then, three cars stopped right in front of Lillian’s car. Boys trooped out of the cars and this alerted Lillian immediately as she attempted to run but was pulled back by the maid who was already standing beside her by now.

Lillian glanced at her with shock written over her face, and before she could do anything, the boys had already grabbed her from the maid’s hold.

The maid didn’t do anything, as she just gave way for Lillian to be pulled away. Lillian thought to scream immediately for help, but the scream got stuck in her throat when Mark stepped out of one of the cars.

He had a deadly look on, different from the last time she had seen him.

“Mark?” She stuttered out aimlessly.

He shot her a few seconds glance before he said, “Knock her out.”

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In a spacious room, Pablo was seen sitting with the maid from earlier.

“I must commend you, Mara, you’ve done an excellent job.” Pablo commented with a small smile playing around his lips.

Mara nodded and bowed, “Whatever that pleases the boss is also what makes me happy.”

Mara had always been a part of Pablo’s goons. She was trained and raised by him. Just like Eva, she was also a helpless orphan on the streets until Pablo took her in.

She was sent to Don’s mansion as Pablo’s spy and now, she had done her first big operation in the mansion; the reason she was sent there.

She was the one who made the guards fall unconscious as she had added Benzodiazepines – a powerful sedative to the food she was supposed to serve them.

She rose to her feet immediately and bowed her head, “I’ll head back now, to avoid raising suspicions.”

“Make sure to play smart and don’t forget, they must not suspect a thing yet.”

“Sure.” Mara left the room and almost immediately, Mark strolled into the room.

“So, what’s next?”

“Your job is done. Leave the rest to me.” Pablo took out a cigarette stick and lighted. Then he smoked from it.

“What do you mean?” Mark gave him a weird look.

“I thought you were helping me out, so what’s with this?”

“Yeah and I helped you to this level, so it’s now time you also help me by leaving the rest of the job to me.”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Mark scoffed, “What the hell are you saying? This wasn’t part of the deal. You promised to help me get Lillian back and now, you want me to leave her under your custody?” He was already looking pissed.

“Point of correction, we never had a deal where you’ll have Lillian to yourself. The deal was that I’ll help you destroy Don, which I did to a certain point.” Pablo corrected as calmly as ever, puffing out more smokes from his nostrils.

“Now you’ll listen to me. Lillian is mine to take care of. I’ll help you get out of the country, where you’ll go and start a new life there, no one would ever find you.” He added, but this only got Mark angrier.

“How dare you try to stab me in the back?” He yelled out in anger as he made advances towards Pablo, but the tough-looking men in the room were quick to stop him with their guns.

Mark, who in turn saw the guns pointed towards him, retreated but didn’t stop fuming on his stand.

A smug smile appeared on Pablo’s face after seeing Mark’s helpless look, “Take my offer while it lasts and leave Lillian to me.”