His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

Don opened his eyes gently as he protected it against the sun. He sat up, checking for Eva beside him on the bed, but she was nowhere to be found.

He breathed out softly as he turned to the other side and saw a neatly folded paper under the nightstand on the cabinet. He took it out, unfolding it as he read it.

He sighed again as he squeezed it, tossing it aside. He dropped his legs to the cold floor, just then the door opened and Rex came in.

“Good morning boss.” He greeted with a bow, but Don didn’t reply.

He stood up, walking towards his dressing table, he paused when his eyes met with some papers on the table. He took it up as he opened it, studying them quietly.

Rex glanced at him and said, “We found those papers with the real culprit behind your attack and….”

“Who is responsible?” Don cuts in coldly as he stared at the papers in his hand with a deep frown.

“A maid.” Rex replied, fixing his gaze on the floor.

“Where is she now?” Don asked, flinging the papers back to the table in annoyance.

“She was found dead in her room last night.” Rex replied.

“According with what we know, she poisoned herself.” He continued, still bowing.

Don scoffed out, turning to him. He leaned on the table as he folded his hands on his chest.

“Was there other things found in the room?” He asked in a deep frown.

“Nothing else for now, boss.” Rex replied with a negative nod.

“Find out and get back to me.” Don replied.

Rex bowed and left.

Don went into the restroom as he pulled off his nightwear. He entered into the shower, letting the water touch every part of his body.

He took his towel from the stand and tied it round his waist.

He stepped out and went to his closet to pick out his clothes.

Within a few minutes, he was done dressing up. He left his room after seeing there was nothing left for him to do again.

He climbed majestically down the stairs as he stole glances at the duo sitting at the dinning, already having their breakfast.

His gaze suddenly met with Lillian’s, and she let out a small smile. He ignored her stares and smile as he tried to walk past them.

“Breakfast is set, hubby.” She announced, surprising everyone there.

He halted in his step but not for too long as he resumed his steps again, but he was stopped yet by the discussion going on.

“I wonder who refuses to join their family for breakfast.” Lillian said as she turned to Bella, feigning a pitiful face.

“Only an irresponsible husband.” Bella replied with a nod, deciding to go with the flow.

“And an uncaring brother.” Lillian also finished with a nod. He turned slowly to them, taking slow strides back to them as he sat down beside Lillian.

She couldn’t help but to chuckle within herself while Bella kept a straight face.

He took a few bites of his meal as he gulped down water. He stood up without a word and left.

Bella and Lillian did a high five immediately he left as they busted into laughter.

“Nice job girl!” Bella said in a smile and Lillian giggled, turning back to her food.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“This is undoubtedly what you should be doing.” She said again, gulping down water.

Lillian chuckled, clicking her tongue.

“Maybe I will if he stops acting all grumpy and arrogant.” She muttered lowly, and Bella shook her head in a smile.

“Least I forget, there’s this rumor going around the house. I mean, I overheard it from the maids in the kitchen.” Lillian said, glancing at her.

“What’s that?” Bella asked, wiping her lips with the serviette.

“It was about a maid’s death or something like that.” Lillian stated.

“Oh, yeah. A maid was found dead last night. Turns out she was the one who framed you and seemed like she killed herself to avoid facing the consequences of her action.” Bella explained in a sigh.

“Oh my goodness!” Lillian exclaimed. She was already looking shocked by the time Bella finished.

“But, why would she do that?” She said again in a pained voice.

“Which of them?” Bella asked back, glancing at her.

“Why would she frame me when she knows she couldn’t bear the consequences?” Lillian said lowly.

“The heart of men.” Bella replied simply with a shrug.

Lillian let out a sigh. She was supposed to be angry at the maid for what she put her through, but she found herself feeling pity for her.

“Don’t let that get to you, she got what she deserved, besides, no one killed her. She killed herself.” Bella said, noticing her sad expression.

“But still…” Lillian tried to say.

“Still nothing, it’s just what she deserved.” Bella chimed in. By this time, they were both done with their breakfast.

“Now come on, I’ve got something to show you.” She said again as she stood up.

“What’s that?” Lillian asked, lifting her gaze to her.

“You’ll know when we get there.” Bella said and dragged her up.

The both of them left the dinning, going out of the house to the garage.

“What are we doing here?” Lillian asked, glancing at her before staring back at the cars parked.

There were lots of them, making her wonder what they were used for.

Bella made her way to one of the cars as she dipped her hand in her pocket and brought out a key.

“This is yours.” She said, tapping on the bonnet.

It was a 2022 Tesla model 3.

Lillian widened her eyes in surprise as she walked towards the car.

“You got this for me?” She asked, running her hands through the bonnet.

“Yeah. Since you now know how to drive, I decided to get you a car you can call your own.” Bella replied in nod.

“Thank you.” Lillian said in ecstasy.

“You’re welcome.” Bella replied smiling.

“Here are the keys.” She said again, handling the keys to her. She collected it in all smiles as she went to over to the driver’s seat.

*******

“Girls, I brought us something.” Delilah cheered as she dropped the tray containing a bottle of wine and glass cups.

“What are we celebrating?” Eva asked as she and Aria diverted their attention to her.

“Your return.” Delilah replied simply.

“My return?” Eva asked to be certain.

“Yeah, you know we didn’t have the chance to celebrate it yesterday considering how you rushed out again immediately you arrived.” Delilah replied with a shrug, crouching down to the chair as she poured in wine into the glass cups.

She handed the cups to the girls, taking the last one to be hers.

“She is right, we didn’t have the chance to even know how your trip went.” Aria agreed with a nod.

“You guys wouldn’t blame me, would you? I needed to make sure that girl doesn’t rant me out.” Eva defended with a shrug.

“Speaking of that, how did it go? Were you able to shut her up?” Aria asked.

“Yeah, I did.” Eva replied plainly and smirked, making the girls stare at one another.

“What did you do, Eva?” Delilah asked in a knowing smile and she chuckled.

“You wouldn’t blame me when I say I shut her up forever.” She whispered the last part.

“Hell no!” Delilah exclaimed in surprise.

“That was the best idea, you know. If you hadn’t done that, then your life would have been in danger.” She continued.

“I know right.” Eva agreed with a proud smile.

“What about you, Aria? What do you think?” Eva asked, turning to Aria, who was unusually silent.

“I also think you did the right thing, I mean, it wouldn’t have been nice if you were exposed.” Aria replied, and Eva nodded in return.

“But, what if Don tries to go further into this case?” Aria continued with a worried face.

“I made sure to do it in a way that no one would suspect she was murdered, not even Don.” Eva justified taking a sip of her wine.

“Everyone would believe she committed suicide because she feared the implications that came with what she did.” She said again, and Aria breathed out in relief.

“But what about him? The one who helped you. Do you think he would keep shut?” Delilah suddenly asked out of the blue, gulping down her wine.

“Yeah, what if Don traced the attack down to him or something, and he blows your cover?” Aria added.

Eva remained mute for some seconds, as if thinking about what they just said.

“I don’t think he would blow my cover. We both had a deal, and I would rather not think that a Mafia lord like him would go back on that. Besides, Don would never know he was behind it.” Eva said, trying to calm her nerves, goodness knows she was beginning to get nervous.

Aria scoffed and said, “People like them wouldn’t waste a second to spare themselves, even if it means betraying those who puts their trust in them. A signed contract isn’t enough to hold them back.” She finished with an eye roll.

Eva stood up, walking towards the dinning with her left hand on her waist.

What her friends said was beginning to sound true to her ears. There might be complications if she doesn’t do anything about it.

“Okay, then what do you both think I should do?” She asked, staring into thin air.