New problem
Luca's POV
The next few days passed by fast.
Or maybe I was the only one who thought that way because I was confined to my damn bed.
It wasn't because of the doctor's prescription. If I could stand up straight without wobbling and eventually falling, I wouldn't be in bed... And that was the exact reason I was in bed... Because I couldn't.
The old doctor visited a few times to remind me to take the medications.
Previously, I wondered about our use.
I was going to die in 6 months anyway, so what was the use of taking them? But whenever the pain got too much to endure, I usually remembered them..
They helped to subsidize it.
I hadn't gotten to them in time that was why I fell. And now, despite taking the medicines diligently for almost three days... I still wasn't able to walk.
If there was anything I was afraid of, it would be lying in a hospital or confined to a bed for the remaining 6 months of my life.
That would be worse than dying.
I asked the doctor just this morning.
If that was going to be my case, it would be better for me to just die now. Because my reputation would be at stake.
It would be hard to cover if the news leaks and something like... Luca Morretti, the mafia don and the only living Morretti heir spends his last months in a hospital battling an illness... Is's published?
I would be ashamed.
The old doctor said as long as I took my medications, I wouldn't feel it up until the last breath.
It was an exaggerated sentence. He knew it.
Despite how many painkillers I took, the pain was still there... Although lesser.
A sigh left my lips.
I knew this wasn't what I ought to be thinking about, but... I had no choice but to think about these things, it was either this or Aria.
The lady I had imprisoned in my house who had refused to visit me... Even once.
I had no problems with it.
Actually, after Viola left my room the day I collapsed, I had ordered Payson not to let Aria in... Ever.
I didn't want her to see me in such a manner.
Weak.
Helpless...
Sick.
No.
I wanted her to retain the terrible image she had of me in her head, because it wasn't wrong.
What annoyed me... Or better yet, what felt a bit weird was that, although she would have never been able to... Aria didn't even bother to check on me.
She didn't bother to ask how I was doing.
She was probably wishing I was dead already so she could return to her life... To the idiot she was about to marry, to her father who didn't give a fuck about her well-being.
I scoffed, staring at the ceiling... A habit I had been getting used to lately.
"Why am I thinking of her?"
I wondered shutting my eyes.
Ever since that kiss, something inside me broke loose.
I had kissed and been kissed by countless females before, some even prettier than she was, yet Aria...
She never left my thoughts after that night.
I wanted her.
It was as though that kiss was just a teaser of what I could get from her, and I wanted the entire thing.
I wanted to make her scream under me, I wanted to see her flushed.
I wanted to hold her thin waist in my hands as I dominated over my enemies, I wanted to break her so much... To turn her into a submissive, docile little dove.
Not the pretense she did whenever I was around, I wanted it to be real.
For her to be completely mine in all aspects, for me to be in all her thoughts.
I wanted her to let go of all thoughts of running away and to only think of me.
Now...
When I had eventually achieved all those things, she wouldn't be able to eat or sleep without me... Then, only then would I let her go.
After I've invaded her thoughts, completely taken over... Then I would return Diego Bellani's daughter to him... A broken person.
If I could achieve those wants... That would be the best revenge to give to a man like Aria's father.
His very own daughter... In love with the enemy who took her, and worse... She wanted to return to him, but it would be a disaster.
Maybe not to him since the man was heartless, but his reputation would be damaged.
Destroyed.
Diego Bellani's daughter... In love with her father's enemy.
He would be socially broken.
Another sigh left my lips.
Thoughts like this had filled my head the entire day.
I had nothing better to do.
Payson was handling the office matters and other related things.
Viola was still in the house. She said she was going to be living here now... I had frowned and disagreed when she said it at first.
I didn't want to unionize anymore.
As much as I would love to leave a legacy behind, an heir to continue the Morretti family name... I didn't want it to be through her.
Not just any woman could be fit to bear my child.
But after giving it a second thought, I agreed.
Viola being around could be nice.
Viola was a domineering type of person, I knew from just the few interactions we had.
She loved things done her way and she hated anyone standing in her way.
Those were her rules.
Aria... Although she was trying to pretend, she was also a strong, independent, and domineering person.
Once their energies were mixed, one had to bow to the other. In this case, Aria for Viola because she was trying to pretend.
Viola was going to help me break Aria.
To bring out her true colors so I would be able to know where, how, and when to start erasing them.
A knock came from the door and I drew my attention towards it.
Aria?
"Come in."
The door opened and revealed Payson, walking in with a document in his hands.
A disappointed sigh left my lips.
What was wrong with me?
"Boss..." Payson greeted with a bow.
I brought a hand to my head, pushing my hair back. "I think the medicine the doctor gave me is making me delusional," I said straightforwardly.
Me...
Luca Morretti.
Thinking of a woman so much like that?
And not just any woman, my enemy's child?!
No...
It had to be the medications. I shook my head before returning my gaze to Payson.
"What is it?"
"Boss, we've go
t a bit of a problem." He said, his voice sounding a bit anxious, then he handed me the envelope.
I raised a brow at him.
Problem?
Then looked down at the envelope.