Taken By The Mafia Lord

Arianna underestimated her excitement. At the prospect of being friends with the lion, she had gone down to her room and performed her morning rituals as quickly as possible. Arianna wanted to find Marcel to begin her lessons immediately.

Having been stuck in this mansion with nothing to do, the prospect of having to do something challenging thrilled her. She had been bored to death now and the thought of learning how to be friends with a lion would be satisfying.

Hence, she hurried down to Marcel's office without even drying her wet hair because she was eager to know his secret on how to tame Samson.

She was prepared to barge into the room only to discover that it was opened halfway and Marcel was deep in conversation with his cousin, Victor. She could recognize that voice anywhere.

Feeling awkward about eavesdropping, Arianna was about to leave when she heard her name, and her interest was piqued immediately. Who knows what they're planning now? She had to know.

"I have no right to demand that Arianna reciprocates my feelings until Clara is out of the picture. Having Arianna to myself while engaged to Clara is a huge disrespect to her and my mother taught me better. That is why we're getting my sister out this week, the faster this ends, the better for me."

Aww, so sweet, Arianna would have melted if they were in a different circumstance. Yes, she was stunned by the revelation, Arianna was not moved by it. She was not going to be with Marcel.

As much as the sexual tension between them was so thick it was almost suffocating sometimes, that was all there was to them. Marcel was not in love with her, he was just lusting after her.

Just like a child excited over his new toys, his obsession would not last for long and would definitely die down after he gets what he wants from her.

Sex.

They don't love each other and even if they did, she can't be with him.

Arianna knew if she stayed here, all of her dreams would be forgotten. Look at this, she can't even move freely all because she's a prisoner of war. And to be honest, being the wife of a Mafia Lord scared the shit out of her.

She would be in constant danger and have to be wary of enemies and did she forget to mention law enforcement as well. She was at risk of prison!

Arianna often wondered how the police haven't been able to crack down on their organized crime activities when it was so obvious.

But from what she's heard so far, like most crime families out there, the Luciano family has firm control of the police and of course, politicians. With their power and resources, they could even influence elections in their client's favor.

Also, there was another thing she heard. This place wasn't really their base of operation and the main base was located on an impenetrable island where they made all of their weapons and the law enforcement can't even go there. All who attempted didn't live to tell the story.

Also, she never wants to train her family in this kind of background. What would her children become in the future? Criminals?

No, she can't do this knowing that if she had a child with Marcel, he or she would have to take over from where he stopped. It was a family thing.

Having heard the kind of relationship Marcel has with his father, Daniel, didn't encourage Arianna as well.

What kind of father threatens his son and tortures his sister? Although Marcel would probably be much better than his father had learned from the experience, she still couldn't risk it. People change, and Marcel probably wouldn't continue being considerate down the years with this type of occupation.

When you stare at the abyss for far too long, it stares back at you. Darkness can only begot darkness. She can't be with Marcel and not regret it later in the future. So she would do her future children a favor by marrying a better, responsible man.

Also, she cannot fall in love with her captor. That would only confirm her fears of Stockholm syndrome. She was better than this. Hence Arianna didn't leave and continued to eavesdrop. Thankfully, none of the guards had followed her here else they would have disrupted her already. But Arianna was sure they were watching her through the cameras.

"Then what do you suggest we do? Are you saying I should abandon Chloe and marry that bug of a woman called Clara to suck the life out of me?" Arianna heard Marcel ask. She had to admit, she admired his love for his sister that wasn't even biologically related to him. He could go to the ends of the world for her.

"We could send outsiders,"

Send outsiders? Arianna thought over it.

"Exactly? Who?! My paranoid father has a visual count of all the men in the organization. What makes you think whoever I send wouldn't be recognized and caught? Then he would hurt Chloe to teach me a lesson!"

That was when it hit Arianna, she could do this. She hasn't seen this father of his but the tales about his crudeness scared her already. But even at that, her desire to be free was greater than dying.

Hence, before she even knew what she was doing, Arianna stepped into the room announcing, "Then send me,"

They looked confused at first until they turned around to see who interrupted them and surprise filled him - at least on Victor's side. Marcel looked like he was going to murder her if she had as much as to say a word.

"Are you kidding me right now?!" His tone was so rough and harsh that she almost got intimidated, but Arianna stood her ground. This was her chance now.

"Of course, I'm not doing this for free," She pointed out, hoping that would make him consider but she should have known that Marcel was simply unreasonable.

"Trust me, sweetie, I don't even want to know what's going on in that head of yours." His voice was firm and final.