Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

Arielle spent the whole of the day in her room after Luciano left for work, she was too tired to do anything and slept for most of the day, only waking to eat when the chef came to her, after eating, she went right back to sleep until the evening when she had to eat again, she checked the time as she sat in the dining room alone, ur was past seven pm and Luciano was nowhere to be seen, her first thought was maybe he went back to finish what he couldn’t finish the previous night because of her, she ate in silence but her mind didn’t let her have peace as it kept going back to the event that took place last night and also made up images of what Luciano might be up to tonight, she couldn’t help but feel a little jealous but she brushed it off after only a second.

“Thank you for the food,”

She said to the chef who walked in as soon as she was done eating, he smiled at her and nodded.

“Is Luciano not going to be back soon?”

She couldn’t resist asking.

“No, he has something to take care of and won’t be back today, do you need anything? We are here to serve you,”

The chef said.

“I really don’t need serving though, and is there anything I can do around here to help? I can’t be eating for free,”

She said looking around the large dining room, the chef laughed as he removed her used plates and cutleries.

“Why do you laugh?”

She asked a little kind of offended.

“Ma’am, you are a guest here, what would you possibly do?”

He asked.

“Well, anything, I can help do the dishes,”

She responded.

“I can’t let you do that, you are to rest and not worry yourself about anything, there are people paid to do everything in this house and guests don’t have to do anything, plus I can tell you are a special guess here,”

The chef said and Arielle shot him a look, he was out of his mind if he thought she was special with his Luciano has treated her since she got here, plus he must know the number of times she tried to escape unless he was dumb.

“I am not a special guest, I am more like a prisoner here, my parents owe Luciano a huge sum of money and I am here because I can’t pay it back,”

She informed. even calling her evil stepfather and mom her parents felt like hell, they sold her off and never looked back.

“Well, I don’t know about that, only that we were giving strict instructions to get whatever you want for you,”

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“Well, what I want the most is to be let out of this place,”

She replied and watched as some color washed off his face, she let out a little sad laugh.

“I guess I can’t have that,”

She added as she stood up.

“Thank you for the food, I will just go and sleep some more,”

She said as she headed to her room, she made a stop by her door, and instead of going into her room, she went in the direction of Luciano’s room, she expected it to be locked but to her surprise, it was left open, she looked back to see if anyone was behind her and entered the room when she saw no one. The room was surprisingly simple and super clean, just your regular masculine room but it was huge and had a walk-in wardrobe, she looked around, there was no family portrait or anything, Luciano had none of those in the mansion, at least she hasn’t seen any, it was like he didn’t have a family, which was wild because mafia families were known to be closely kitted and look out of each other, maybe he was the black sheep of the family, but even that didn’t sound true to her because if he was the black sheep, he would not be running the family business.

“It’s none of my business,”

She said to herself as she made to leave the room but something caught her attention and she quickly went over to the small table to take a look and yup, what was staring at her was her purse that she kept her IDs, the same purse she has gone back to get that she never found, Luciano had it, she opened it hoping her IDs were inside but her hope was crushed when she saw the purse was empty, she didn’t need a prophet to tell her that Luciano had her IDs with him, she looked around the room trying to find it but she saw nothing, she gave up after about thirty minutes of looking around the huge room and went back to her room with her purse in hand, she would confront him and ask him to give her back her IDs once he returns tomorrow, she placed the purse on her bed and lay down, she couldn’t get any sleep and just lay staring at the ceilings, she knew there was no going about it and she had to wait till Luciano returns probably by tomorrow night, but she would wait for him, she needed to know what he wanted from her, she needed to know what she should do for her freedom, she couldn’t keep living blindly with him, he either tells her what he wants or just let her go, she finally was able to fall asleep to the thought.

Arielle didn’t hear from Luciano for the whole week, it was as if he vanished into tiny air, after spending a whole week in the mansion, she sort of got used to being here and it was so much better without him and she wished he never returns.

The chef, Lydia, and Naomi whose child was sick were really nice people, they made sure they fed her and asked if she was good, the only people she hated were the security at the gate and the men that usually comes to check on her to make sure she hasn’t left, their presence was the only reminder as to her real situation, other than them, she was doing just fine, through the whole week, she never had thoughts of leaving the mansion, not even once, his could she when he had her IDs with him, but that wasn’t the only reason though, she felt at peace, she knew it wasn’t going to be peaceful forever and Luciano wasn’t going to stay away from his home forever, she still had no idea what his intentions towards her were, no way did he spend so much money to acquire her just to keep her in his house and treat her like a guest, yup, she had the best treatment ever since she was born, not having to do a thing but eat the best food and wear clothes she could never have afforded.

Arielle had tried asking questions but even though they had been nice to her, they avoided all her questions and even told her they had no idea, she couldn’t blame them for not saying anything, they all work o earn a living for their family and she couldn’t bear to be the realm they lost their source of incomes so she stopped asking any questions and just choose to wait for Luciano, even though she wished he won’t come back.

Today, she decided to take a walk around the mansion, she had no other intentions other than to feel the fresh air on her face, that’s how safe and shielded she now felt at a place that was supposed to be her prison, plus she has gained weight too from all the good food that she was being fed with. It was past seven pm and the evening winds were blowing gently as she stepped out of the mansion into the open area, she took a walk to the part she knew led to the flower field enjoying the feel of the even winds against her face, she removed the band she used to tie her hair up and let it flow down free, dancing to the winds, it didn’t look like it was night as the whole place was light up, she spotted a bench and took a seat, just admiring the beauty of the evening.

She sat there for almost an hour just enjoying the beauty and silence, her mind was completely blank.

“Hey, sweetheart?”

She heard his voice and frowned, why was she thinking about him, way to ruin the beauty of the night by thinking about the dumb man, she shook her head and tried to go back to enjoying the moment.

“Are you really ignoring me, baby?”

He said again and she wiped her head in the direction of his voice, there he stood, smiling like a fool, she thought she had imagined his voice but no, he was back.