Victory would be ours

When the first kidnapping attempt was made, Ari was barely one. One of Alonzo's men had infiltrated our team of guards and was undercover for months. It wasn't difficult for him to sneak into Ari's room, hidden from the cameras. Miraj had expected it though so he had less obvious cameras installed as well and a separate team of guards that was personally handpicked by him monitored those cameras. The guard was caught before he could walk out of Ari's room with him, his suspicious walk down the corridor before he got to the room, gave him way.

I was livid when I got to know and ready to cut up everyone who came in between me and my goal to kill my father-in-law. Milo and Miraj held me back. They had to imprison me for a day to let me calm down and think it through. I was still too green and I had just settled into my position in business. I was a trained killer with exceptional skills but I wasn't a leader yet. My men still had doubts though they never voiced them and I myself didn't know how to lead them in a war. And it would be war. I knew what I would do but I didn't know what I should make them do. So, I decided to wait. Wait till I was ready to lead and wait till Miraj grew balls of titanium.

Miraj couldn't just change his name to Moretti and take over his family to prevent them from taking our son. We still had that option till they attempted to take our son. With this mistake, they had made themselves an enemy of the Giovanni and the De la Cruz families. We were officially enemies and I would never let him take over the Morettis without making them pay. If I did, I would lose everything I had worked for ever since I was a kid. I would still give it up for Ari, to avoid putting him in danger. But Morettis would still be the enemies of the other two families, Miraj and I wouldn't be the leaders of our factions and Ari would still be in danger. Our only option was war.

I had been angry at Miraj and feeling betrayed after being locked up for a day when the first attempt was made. Angry because his actions implied he thought he could undermine my interests. This alliance would never work if I let him think that. I felt betrayed because Milo was in on it. I understood his reasons but I was still his boss. He shouldn't have sided with my husband on this.

After being released, I gave Milo the silent treatment for a couple of days till he got his brain straight and apologized. I made him swear a blood oath to never take orders from anyone but me before I forgave him. He was the easy one to deal with.

Miraj had noticed it all. He had been busy combing through our guards for any other mole. It took a week. We didn't have a single conversation that week. Even if we needed to speak, we did it through our men. There was too much ego between us for either one of us to initiate a conversation.

After that week was over, Miraj came to my bedroom one night. I was still working on my laptop when he knocked. He had a little too much to drink. He had decided to apologize because he accepted that locking me up was the wrong move. It was effective but wrong. We were both on an equal footing in this relationship and he had exercised more authority than he was given.

That night he had confessed to me why he didn't instantly kill his father. His reluctance to take over the Moretti family and his fear of being unable to kill the people he grew up around; he confessed it all. I think it was because he was drunk. I didn't see any other reason why he would trust me with his doubts and fears. A sincere apology would have been enough to end the stand-off between us.

But his confession had stopped my blood thirst. I knew I wasn't ready. But this conversation had made me realize he wasn't ready either. And we could not take on his father if we weren't sure victory would be ours.