Chapter 72
*POV: ANTONELLA*
I stared at Amanda for a long time, I couldn't believe that girl was still trying to torment me, she had to be sick, I looked at Ivan in disbelief, and he laughed at me. And that made me even angrier, I wanted to punch that bastard.
"I'm sorry little angel, I had a blood debt with her father, and I had to do it!" Ivan said, "I fell in love with you, but it's a matter of honor that I had to help my niece, I promise that when it's over, you'll be my princess.
"You bastard!" I shouted angrily "And what do you want with me Amanda? What did I ever do to you to make you chase me like this? I don't understand you girl, I've never been your friend, I've never spoken properly to you, why this gratuitous hatred towards me?
"You don't know, blonde!" she approached me and slapped me across the face "Your four males disappeared with my father and I'm going to disappear with their blonde.
"Hey, Amanda, you're not going to kill the little angel, I said I'd help you, because of the debt I owed your father, but..." Ivan looked at me "I want her for myself, take revenge and leave, she stays!
I looked at Ivan in disbelief, he was insane, how could I stay with him, I'd rather die than stay with that disgusting Russian.
"There you go, another one for that girl's list of males!" Amanda grumbled "She's my uncle's business, don't meddle!" she shouted angrily
"I did meddle, don't hurt her too much, this little angel's face can't be damaged!" he touched my face, and I turned my face away furiously.
"Take those clothes off her, leave only the ones underneath, and take her to the basement!" Amanda ordered, my eyes going wide
"No... I'll freeze..." I said, terrified of the cold.
"If you're lucky, yes!" she laughed
The guards started tearing at my cold clothes and I struggled.
"No, no..." I shouted, already feeling the cold cutting into my skin "You slut..." I shouted, my body aching from the cold.
"Sorry, little angel..." Ivan said
"You bastard!" I screamed as I was dragged away by the men.
I was taken to the basement of the house, it was a horrible, smelly place and it was used as a place of torture, I was thrown into a place that looked like a cell, cowering in a corner.
It was so cold that I couldn't even cry, I was going to freeze to death there for sure, that bitch wouldn't even take revenge, because I couldn't stand the cold, my jaw was already trembling beyond my control.
I closed my eyes, how I wanted a hug from my four crazy brothers, that hug, so warm and so good.
I rested my forehead on my knees, I couldn't stand the cold, everything hurt, hurt
"You're weak, Antonella, you haven't even been there ten minutes and you're almost dying," Amanda said laughing out loud.
"Go... fuck yourself..." I said, quivering my lips incessantly.
"Naughty girl!" she walked over to me and bent down next to me. "They killed my father!" she said, pushing my hair out of my face.
"You... almost... killed... their... sister... "I mumbled with my lips trembling non-stop, my voice barely coming out, what the hell was that cold?
"Fuck it, it was an accident, I didn't want her to fall, and when I saw the chance to accuse you I did it and I don't regret it, but you with your honey that wins everyone over, you made all four of them stand on your feet, right!" she said visibly angry.
"I... love... them..." I said shakily
"How beautiful! I don't give a shit, you know I'd like to say that I hate you because you stole from me, or did something to my family, but that's not why, it's the usual cliché that you rejected me and I hated you for it!" she said, putting a blanket over me.
I clung to the blanket, desperate to get warm. That blanket was such a relief that it felt like I was receiving something valuable
"I...already...said...I...don't...like...women..." I said, almost crying with hatred for that girl, trying to warm up quickly.
"Then why did you kiss me at that party at the university?" she said, looking at me.
"I...was very...drunk...I could...have...kissed...a...dog that...I...wouldn't...know... " I said, remembering a party I went to with Julia in my first year at university, the two of them got so drunk that they didn't remember anything, and they only found out about the shit they did the next day and me kissing Amanda was the biggest one, and I always made it very clear that I didn't like girls and I did it because I was so drunk, I regretted it so much that I never drank like that again.
"Yeah, but you kissed the wrong person because I liked it and I liked it a lot and since then I can't think about the hatred I feel for being rejected and you getting involved with those four old men!" she said furiously.
"They're not... old..." I said, already shivering, it was still cold but the blanket helped a lot
"They are to you! They're probably twenty years older than you, they're perverts!" she said.
"I don't... care... I love... them..." I said and she laughed
"Forget about them, because you'll never leave here again, I'm going to have a lot of fun with you!" she laughed "You could have accepted me, Antonella!
"Never... I could... accept any other woman... even... if I didn't like it... but you... never... slut..." I said and Amada pushed my head hard against the wall.
"Wrong answer blonde!" she was furious.
I felt blood dripping from my nose and I groaned in pain.
"Amanda, I told you not to hurt her!" Ivan came in and lifted me off the ground, took a handkerchief, and put it on my nose.
"And I told you not to get in my way, you know that if you die I'm the one who takes over the mafia, right, you don't have children!" she said seriously.
"Are you threatening me, miss?" he said nervously, turning angrily to her.
"I'm not!" she took out a gun and shot Ivan in the head.
"-Amanda you crazy..." I shouted seeing Ivan on the floor
"Oh, shut up!" Amanda started scratching herself and came to hit me, I fought back, the lessons with Jonas had prepared me even more, I'd already hit her once, and now a bit more trained I could kill her
She started screaming like crazy, I was just immobilizing her, I had no reason to scandalize her, that woman who lived with Ivan everywhere came in with some men, she looked at Ivan terrified.
She ran up to Ivan saying things in Russian, I was held back by the men with her.
"This girl, she managed to take my gun and shoot my uncle, I tried to stop her and she immobilized me!" Amanda said, feigning despair
"What?... Amanda you bitch, I didn't do anything..." The woman came at me speaking in furious Russian, pointing a gun in my face
"Hanna... I'll take care of her!" Amanda said seriously "We'll take care of my uncle's wake and two days later I want my coronation, I'm his only replacement!
"That girl has to die, she killed Ivan!" the woman said in a furious accent.
"I said I'll take care of her! I'm your boss now, you owe me obedience!" Amanda said
"She's the one who killed Ivan, I didn't do anything, it was that crazy woman..." I shouted angrily
"Hanna, take care of everything related to the wake, I want it to be worthy of the great man my uncle was and let allies and enemies know that I'll be his replacement and that I'm not as kind and nice as my uncle, some things are going to change around here!" Amanda said
"Ivan has built important alliances, I hope you don't destroy his empire and if it was this woman who killed him, you have to serve her head at his coronation or they'll think you're weak!" Hanna said
"She's my business! Don't meddle!" Amanda spoke and gave some orders in Russian to the men holding me "You go to a room, take a shower, and then wait quietly or you'll have severe consequences, Antonella
"I didn't kill anyone... I didn't..." I screamed as I was dragged away by the men.
Amanda really was the worst of all the crazy people who had come into my life, this girl was a cunning snake, accusing me of killing Ivan, and I felt like an idiot, I had to do something, I had to get away from there or I was going to die, at her hands or at the hands of that Russian woman who was looking at me with such hatred that I could feel her intentions towards me.