[XVI]

The rape scene in the story broke some reader's heart and I extremely apologize for it. But the story will go on with various heart breaking scenes along with it so please adjust yourself! But there will not be any force scene in the chapters ahead, only love...

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Arielle's POV:

It's been a whole month since Mrs. Romero left this mansion and had shifted to her parent's house along with her grandmother. Many things had changed along with her departure from this house as well as Mr. Kayden's life. 

They aren't divorced yet and neither they can be because Mrs. Romero is least aware about his critical health condition. Somewhere a huge part of me wants him to get hurt how he hurt her that terrific night which also made me remember my terrific past which still haunts me like a nightmare. 

The day following that gloomy dark night was extremely aweful. Mrs. Romero was lying naked on her bed with her eyes wide open but hollow, continuosly staring at the ceiling with her dried tear stained cheeks again getting stained with her salty rivers. 

The sheets underneath her body was marred with her blood. For the next five days, she didn't spoke a word with anyone, not with the doctors itself. Only she used to sleep or stare out of the window blankly or just cry silently hugging the pillow but nor a whisper escaped her lips. She also started screaming at midnights probably due to the nightmares and many times, I had to give her sleeping pills to make her sleep soundly.

On the sixth day in early morning, she came in my room directly and for once, I was really shocked finding her in my room. Before I could muster up courage to say something,she spoke rather in an emotionless void and distant tone,"Will you help me to runaway from this hell? If not than give me some insecticide!!"

She was too desperate to meet her grandmother and escape from here that I helped her in her escape. I couldn't see her in tears anymore. They were like a wound to my already healed memory. 

When I agreed on helping her, I was internally fearing, what if Mr. Romero found out. But much to my surprise, he already knew that she was going to her home and he didn't showed any resistance. But for the external safety, he already ordered Andrew to replace the driver. Afterall, though they're not lovebirds but the rivals won't spare her life. For the world, she's a mafia's wife and that's enough for enemity.

I thought that after all this, she'll probably hold me responsible for her miserable state somewhere but my all queries were resolved when she called me yesterday. Yes, I dropped my phone number in her luggage.

She talked about many random things, about her grandmother and her and also about me but she didn't mentioned his name for once. She hates him and doesn't want to listen anything related to him. I also didn't pushed her to go back to something which is painful to remember. 

But little is she aware about how he actually is. He potrays himself as cold, heartless and devilious monster but for me, he's not less than an angle who rescued me from being sold in the Brothel. Little part of me doesn't want him in pain...Not only me, several other girls and now they're kept under his protection and schooled at home.

The slaves whom he torments are the ones who has deceived their life partners and for money, sold their bodies outside. He is a man of secrets who has various shades and one of which is that he hates greedy selfish women specially the ones that are deceptive. He infact doesn't trust womankind at all except her mother who is his only world but I don't know how he ended up marrying such beautiful creature and also ended up ruining her? 

One thing I'm sure of is that he doesn't love her but I guess he's started falling for her or maybe he's repentant after assaulting a woman who's his wife because I've never seen him this stressed and distant from his mother as before. Even I've noticed several burn marks and bruises on his knuckles and the shirts I used to give for laundry were all torn up with blood spots on them. He used to leash himself everyday as the sound of the whipping was too loud to be heard from the living room. 

But his repentance is of no worth now! I guess she'll never forgive him even when his body is slowly dying!! 

"Have you searched for her contact number or her address?",Ms. Bellice asked while fumbling through some files kept on Mr. Romero's desk in his office. I shook my head in negative not wanting her to approach Mrs. Romero. 

"Does anyone know her address? Isn't there a single soul that can give her location? Where has she suddenly disappeared,huh? In the black hole!!",she yelled throwing away the files on the floor in fury while glaring at me with anger.

"I-I really don't know miss bellice nor Andre...I mean no one knows about her whereabouts",I instantly bit my inner lips to cease my mouth from rambling something I'm forbidden to.

"Arielle, don't try to act smart in front of me otherwise girl, I'll send you to to the same dustbin from where my brother has picked you up!",she sneered, her gaze falling on my trembling hands which I instantly clasped together but I knew that she noticed it!! I'm not good at lying and that was a negative point for me.

"So you know, right?",she inquired, taking long strides towards my direction causing me to abruptly step back,"Spit!! I don't want to witness anymore dramas"

"M-Mrs. Romero...",she instantly cuts me off with her loud bark", I'm not asking about Kayden's mother, I'm asking about that girl who came here few weeks ago!! That girl Aurora! She came here with Kayden, my agent told me."

"Ms. Bellice actually M-Mr. Romero is m...married",I can say that the look on her face was beyond shock. She didn't said a word further and grabbing her clutch, she strode downstairs and left the mansion all at once.

I finally exhaled the breath I was holding for so long and turned towards Mrs. Romero's room, I mean his mother's room who was for most of the time quite after she came to know about the rape thing confessed by none other than Mr. Romero who earned repeated slaps from her mother and from that day however hard he tried to approach her, she never responded.

Somewhat deep in her heart, she was holding herself responsible in her miserable state as well as her solicitude towards her monstrous son. Even after Alzheimer's, she wasn't able to forget her daughter in law's face as well as her son's criminal act which was internally killing her every day and to find peace, she chose to keep quite.

"Mrs. Romero, it's time for your medicines",I spoke softly tapping on her shoulders and she nodded turning her face towards me. I gave her few pills along with water and then finally turned towards my room.

I noticed the screen of my phone flash which was kept on my bed. Opening it, I noticed eight missed calls from Mrs. Romero. I frowned and without wasting a second, I called her back.

"Mrs. Ro...",I gasped after hearing her breathless tone.

"Arielle, I'm-I'm two weeks pre...pregnant!", I forgot how to respond to her words when she added almost in a whisper,"My baby isn't safe here so I'm coming back as long as my baby isn't delivered. But don't tell him anything about this,please...!! He's a monster...he'll kill my baby too"

She's coming back??

Hola lovelies,

Happy Mafia Friday,

So finally Aurora is returning back in the mansion but what do you think? Is this her genuine concern for the baby or is this baby drama and everything is fake? Or she's plotting something big this time?

Stay tuned till next update and don't forget to drop your veiws, I welcome all types of veiws but it should be constructive!

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