Taken By The Mafia Lord

[Dear Adele,

I know by the time you're reading this, the truth is out and you already know my true identity. I am really sorry and didn't mean to hurt you, and although my goal had been to get Arianna for my own selfish reasons, my mission's changed and now, I must bring her home to her mother. I get that you won't forgive me but you should know that those moments we spent together were real to me.

Yours apologetic, Aziz]

"What the hell?" Adele gasped as soon as she was done reading the note, her mind going a mile an hour. What did she just read?

Her mind began to work and it finally made sense to her. Elijah left her a note and she wasn't able to see it because Marcel got to it first. And the letter couldn't be fake because she knew Aziz's writing and no one could fake that, in case one decided to play a twisted prank on her.

In one word, Adele was utterly disappointed in Marcel, how could he have done this to her? Weren't they partners and to think that she trusted him?

It was heartbreaking.

Marcel had been forcing her to get rid of the baby when there were chances that Elijah would accept her child. It said here in the paper that those moments they spent together meant something to him. Wasn't that hopeful?

How could he do that to her? Adele felt betrayed. And to think that it was Marcel of all people that hurt her. If there was someone that she felt could understand her the most, it was Marcel because he loved Arianna too. He knows what it means to love someone and the pain of losing that person that mattered to you.

But it seems that in the end, he was merely a selfish bastard like the others and she has had enough selfish people in her life!

First, it was her mother who for the sake of the Luciano family's wealth kept her around instead of never giving birth to her in the first place.

The second was her father's family who had never done anything good for her and Adele had to fight and work hard for everything she wanted today. However, the instant she became Marcel's underboss, they all began to come close to her with their own selfish motives as if she was dumb or what. Not even her father was entitled to her! All he did was contribute sperm to her creation, nothing else.

And the next was Aziz aka Elijah, the one who broke her the most. His crime was even worse than her father's because he made her feel for once that she mattered to someone without ulterior motives. That she was special only to realize that it was all a scam or maybe not - Adele didn't know what to believe anymore.

Even if Elijah somehow ended up having feelings for her, it didn't make up for what he had done to her. They couldn't be together, even with the baby between them. God, he gave her a baby! What was she going to do with it?! Adele was so overwhelmed that she felt like ending it all. It was all too much.

And then, Marcel.

She knew never to trust him fully knowing that they were from different sides of the family. But to think that he would use her in this moment of weakness was quite low of him. She had high hopes for him! Trusted him!

Adele's fists were clenched because she was so mad at Marcel at the moment. All the negative emotions she had piled up all this while had finally reached the bottleneck and was ready to explode.

She has had enough!

Adele planned to confront Marcel the moment he stepped into the room. However, before she could accomplish her plans, a phone started to ring and she turned, only to find out that it was Marcel's.

She ignored it at first until it stopped ringing. However, the caller was persistent and Adele picked up the call with vexation, curious to know who was calling as well since it was an unknown number. If Marcel could butt into her private life like that, surely he wouldn't mind if she answered his calls too.

"Hello?"

"Marcel!" She heard the voice from the other line and for some reason, it felt oddly familiar.

It hit her.

"Arianna?" She was stunned.

"Who…? Adele?" She too recognized her, "How? Where's Marcel? I need to speak to him right now before it's too late. I don't have much time."

Wait a minute, Adele laughed inwardly as she came up with an idea. was this karma or what because it sure came early. She was going to give Marcel a taste of his own medicine? He should know what that feels like.

"Why? What do you want to say to Marcel this time?"

"W-what?"

"Aren't you done with the damage you have done already?"

"Listen, Adele, I know that I'm not in the best position to request anything right now, but I'm held against my will here. Moreover, there's something that Marcel needs to know -"

"Yeah, don't bother. We already know that Aziz is Elijah, hence is not exactly news anymore." She added, "And if you happen to see Elijah, tell him I'm giving him the middle finger."

"Look, I'm sorry for what happened between the both of you, but this is not the time for this and I don't have enough time right now. There's something else Marcel needs to know about his -"

"Listen up, Arianna, right now you're nothing but a traitor to Marcel and you shouldn't worry about him, but your safety. You betrayed him, what do you think Marcel would think about that? If I were you, I would never bother him ever again!"

"No! You don't understand - shit! They are here. Adele… !"

And suddenly the call went static and it hung up on her.

It was done, and Adele felt a lot better.

Adele was about to delete the call record when she heard movements from outside. She quickly placed the phone where she had seen it and sat down quietly as the door opened and Marcel came in saying,

"I'm sorry for… wow," He looked around at his once messy office and Adele noticed that.

"I thought that I could do a bit of cleaning up since I had a lot of free time while I was here. You know, kill time and all." She sighed, "Can I go now?"

"Sure," Marcel had no choice but to dismiss her, gesturing for the door, "I guess I'll call you later when I need you."

"No problem," Adele said to him with a smile, but when she turned, it vanished entirely from her face.

No bad blood, but he betrayed her first. And revenge was best served cold, indeed.