Chapter 67
*POV: ANTONELLA*
"There are some clothes of mine here, I'll get them for you."
Gabriel took the clothes and gave them to me, I took them and put them on.
"You look beautiful in anything!" Gabriel said as he hugged and kissed me, "We're going home to pick up Fanny and we'll see you there, my love!
"Okay, I'm going, the driver's waiting for me "See you there! You crazy people!"
At my birthday party, I was walking around with Arthur, saying hello and meeting people I'd never met before.
The party was so luxurious and crowded, that I didn't know most of them, they were all Arthur's allies or possible allies.
They were taking a long time to arrive, I was even a little worried that they would be the first ones there.
"Looking for my children, Antonella?" Arthur said
"They're taking too long!" I said and he laughed
"For someone who wants to run away from them, you're very close to them, don't you think?" he said.
"I like them, I'm afraid of what my life would be like with their crazy jealousy, that's why I want to get away from them!" I said sincerely and smiled when they came in with Fanny.
They smiled at me and came towards me, I was hugged and picked up off the ground by Gabriel
"Congratulations my blonde!" Gabriel said and smiled when he saw that I still had the ring on my finger. "I love you!"
"Come here, little blonde!" blonde Daniel took me out of Gabriel's arms and hugged me, held my face between his hands, and kissed my forehead "Congratulations, my love!"
Antonni lifted me off the ground, placing me high above him, and smiled, then lowered me down to his height and squeezed me tightly in a hug with his giant arms.
"I love you, I love you, hot blonde!" he said
"Congratulations, my beauty!" Adrian said and I let go of Antonni and hugged him, almost being crushed by those arms that were just as big as Antonni's.
Fanny hugged me back, and I hugged her back.
"Congratulations, Antonella!" she said in sign language
"Thank you!" I said in sign language "You took your time!" I said, turning my attention back to the brothers.
"Did you miss us, blonde?" Adrian said
"What?...No, I just..." I crossed my arms, not wanting them to know my feelings, the four of them hugged me laughing
"My little blonde!" Daniel said, stroking my hair. I smiled and returned their embrace.
"Can I hug the birthday girl too?" we heard Ivan's voice.
The brothers closed their faces and stood next to me
"Lay a finger on her so you can see what we're capable of!" Gabriel said and I rolled my eyes as these idiot males were about to start having a row.
"Happy birthday, little blonde angel!" Ivan handed me a large blue velvet box with a bow on top.
"Thank you!" I said, smiling and taking the box. Gabriel even took a deep breath of anger when I took the gift.
"Open it, it suits you perfectly, I think!" I opened the box and in it was a beautiful princess tiara with matching earrings and necklace.
"How beautiful!" I said sincerely, and the four of them snorted together in anger
"If I may!" Ivan took the tiara and put it on my head "A crown for a beautiful princess!" he said "It's just as I imagined, extremely beautiful, my princess!" he said
Antonni took the tiara from my head and threw it on Ivan's chest.
"Don't call her a princess, don't even say she's yours! She doesn't need it and if she wants it, we'll give it to her!" Antonni said, glaring at the Russian
"Antonni, stop it, it's just a present!" I said nervously as I went to pick up the tiara from the floor, Gabriel held me back.
"It's not just a present, blonde, this Russian is trying to win you over and you're ours!" Gabriel said
Ivan laughed and picked up the tiara from the floor, cleaned it, and put it in the velvet box.
"You're audacious, I admire that!" he laughed darkly "It's yours, little blonde angel, use it whenever you want!" he turned to me
"Thanks, I like it!" I said
He looked at Fanny and smiled, analyzing her
"That's your daughter, Torres, she looks like you!" he said
"Yes, that's my daughter, Angela!" Arthur said
"How are you, miss?" he said, and the brothers walked in front of Fanny.
"She can't speak or hear properly and stay away from her!" Daniel said with fury in his voice
"Oh yes, sorry!" Ivan turned his gaze to me "Are you friends?" he asked
"Yes, we are!" I replied, not understanding the question.
"I see, I'm going to talk to some acquaintances, could you come to my table later and we can talk, little angel!" he said, the brothers laughed sarcastically
"You can talk to us as much as you like!" said Gabriel
"I'd accept, but you don't have that adorable face, let alone that hot body!" Ivan said, glaring at me
"You son of a bitch!" Antonni said, going over to Ivan, and I stood in front of him.
"Stop it, you two!" I said angrily
"But blonde..." he shut up when I hugged him
"Stop being such idiots, I like you bastards, you crazy sons of bitches!" I said and saw the three of them turn to me in surprise.
"What did you say blonde?" Gabriel asked, crushing me in his embrace
"Bastards, crazy motherfuckers!" I said back laughing.
"Blonde, what did you say?" Adrian asked
"I fucking love you, stop being so jealous!" I said nervously "I can barely handle you, why would I want another one making my life hell!" I said and was hugged by them
"You don't know how long we've waited to hear this, my blonde, I love you, I'm crazy about you little one!" Antonni said
"I do not doubt that you're crazy!"
"I love you, you don't know how happy I am to hear that, my little blonde!" Daniel said
Gabriel picked me up put me at his height and looked me in the eye
"You're the love of my life blonde, I can't live without you anymore and if sometimes I'm inconsequential it's because the mere thought of you leaving us for someone else or any other reason scares me to death!" he said and I smiled and kissed him.
"It's not going to happen, not least because you've left me traumatized and I don't want another relationship ever again in my life!"
"So you mean we're in a relationship, my little blonde?"
"No God forbid, I only like you!" I said laughing.
"Do you think that now you've confessed that you love us, you have any choice but to stay with your men?" Antonni hugged me and smiled happily, his eyes shining with satisfaction.
"I didn't say I loved you, I said I liked you, it's different!" I said and Adrian bit my lower lip lightly, smiling at me.
"Don't be like that blonde, you love us, just like we love you!" he said and I laughed, letting go of Gabriel and walking over to Fanny.
"Let's walk, Julia's outside where the buffet is, let's stay with her!" I said in sign language to Fanny, who nodded and smiled.
"I love you and you're going home with us today!" he said and I laughed.
"Dream on!" I said and left with Fanny. We went outside to look for Julia and saw her chatting animatedly with Jonas.
The party went well, I hardly saw the scary Russian, Arthur and the brothers were together and Arthur introduced them to everyone as their replacements, I hardly got close to them but whenever they looked for them there was one of them with his gaze on me, like a watchful lookout
I didn't know whether to love or hate all that zeal for me, not to mention the sick jealousy.
Julia Fanny and I made the most of the party.
Since it was for me, we drank and ate and danced, while everyone else was making alliances and doing business, we just had a lot of fun. We made Fanny drink and she was already feeling a bit merry. When her brothers saw us, they'd get very angry and I didn't mind at all.
When I went into the bathroom, I was dragged in by Ivan, I don't even know where he came from, he closed the door and I panicked and started screaming, I was already a bit drunk too
He held me down and put his hand over my mouth. I stared at him wide-eyed as fear overwhelmed me.
"I just want to talk, I'm not going to hurt you, I swear!" he said, and I looked at him, frightened "Aren't you going to shout?" I nodded.
"What do you want from me?" I asked nervously, I couldn't stand these crazy situations happening to me all the time.
"I want you!" he said calmly and serenely, looking at me intently.