☠️ UNDERWORLD
WHISPERS 🩸
{SECRETS OF THE DARK}
THEME: segz AND POWER 🔞
WRITTEN BY NOORIE Q
CHAPTER 40 🦋41
Oh, please stop crying, baby,” Mirabella said as she kissed her little angel. “I just don’t get it. I got pregnant, carried you for nine months, and you decided to look like Vincenzo? Really?” She shook her head.
“What? Are you hungry already?” Mirabella teased as she kissed her again. “You’re so pretty,” she said with a pout and placed her on the bed.
There was a loud knock on the door, and Mirabella went to open it. “Jacqueline?”
“Hey, congratulations, sweetie,” Jacqueline said as she entered the room. “Oh my goodness, she’s so darn pretty. What’s her name?”
“Her name is Hailey.”
“Aww… so cute. She doesn’t look like you; I bet she looks more like her father,” Jacqueline remarked, and Mirabella chuckled.
“Exactly,” she replied as she lifted Hailey. “She’s just a carbon copy of him,” she muttered, and Jacqueline smiled.
“I got you a gift,” She said, lifting the fancy black bag.
“Really? That wasn’t even necessary”
“Girl, come on. That’s the least I can do” She said, rubbing Mirabella’s back
“You’re the sweetest”Mirabella said, and stared back at her little angel.
SALVATORE’S MANSION^^
Are you seriously kidding me right now? Another round?” Lorenzo exclaimed, and Adriana nodded dramatically.
“Please, please, my body just feels so darn horny,” she pleaded, adding an exaggerated pout. Lorenzo let out an exasperated sigh.
“Look, I’m off to work.”
“Do you prefer I sleep with someone else?” Adriana asked with a mischievous grin, and Lorenzo scoffed while putting on his white shirt.
“If you can,” he retorted, adjusting his tie.
“I’m not afraid of you, Lorenzo. I didn’t beg you to marry me; I was pretty much not interested in you!” She yelled, then dramatically threw a pillow at him. “For heaven’s sake, look at me when I’m talking!” She shouted and took a dramatic breath.
“You’re such a headache, Adriana. Please, stop this early morning madness!” Lorenzo said and threw the pillow back at her.
“Oh, is that how it’s gonna be?” She asked, dramatically coming down from the bed. “I’m going to work with you,” she declared, grabbing her dress from the wardrobe.
“What? Hell, no!” Lorenzo exclaimed.
She folded her arms, and Lorenzo rolled his eyes.
“Seriously? You don’t have to act this way, not like I’m having an affair with my secretary,” he protested, and Adriana gasped dramatically.
“You’re having an affair with Elisa? You’re having an affair with your secretary?”
“I didn’t say that, okay!”
“Well, you just did!” She shouted and theatrically stormed out of the room.
“What is wrong with this woman? Goodness! I might go crazy if this keeps up!” Lorenzo muttered to himself.
*******
“Been thinking a lot lately,” the doctor said, packing his bag.
“Kinda,” Vincenzo replied, and the doctor raised his eyebrows. “Okay, yes, I’ve been thinking a lot lately,” he admitted.
“Stay away from stress,” the doctor advised. Vincenzo nodded.
“Thanks,” he said as the doctor left.
Bruno, leaning on the door, sighed. “Thought we talked about this!”
“About what?”
“Mirabella, right? You’ve been thinking about her, that’s why your heart pains returned! It’s been over twenty years since the attack!” He yelled. Vincenzo rolled his eyes.
“I can take care of myself, Bruno, it’s nothing,” he replied, sipping his orange juice.
“Father wants you to take over the Titans project,” Bruno said, surprising Vincenzo.
“What? You’re joking, right?” He asked, dropping the juice. “Bruno, you know this is my dream project. Why such an expensive joke?” He hissed.
“I didn’t say I was joking, you assumed that,” Bruno replied.
“Hmmmm. I’m glad he knew that I was the only one suitable for such a project”
“You’re sounding sarcastic,” Bruno said and Vincenzo shrugged.
“Am I? Devi fare attenzione al tuo tono, sono il presidente di un progetto da un milione di dollari.”
{You need to watch your tone, I’m the president of a million-dollar project”}
“Oh, my apologies, Mr. Million Dollar President! I’ll be sure to treat your tone with the utmost reverence.”
“That wasn’t necessary” Vincenzo rolled his eyes ,making Bruno smile.
“I don’t want to see you hurt, you need to take care of yourself big man!”
CITY HOSPITAL ~ PSYCHIATRIC ZONE
“No!! get away from me!!!” Isabella cried, moving backwards as images of Mr Leonardo played in her mind.
Isabella continued to sob, her tears mixing with the dirt on her face as the haunting image of Mr. Leonardo tormented her. Her burnt half-face twitched, and her long, filthy nails scraped against her scalp.
“Please, just leave me be,” she whimpered, her voice trembling.
The nurses grew increasingly frustrated. “Keep it down already!” they scolded, patting her on the back.
Isabella’s eyes darted around the room in desperation. “I’m not crazy! Mirabella is! How could she?” she muttered, scratching her tangled hair.
“She’s way crazier than I thought,” one nurse muttered, rolling her eyes at Isabella.
“Yeah, can’t believe she’s a billionaire’s daughter,” another nurse commented with disdain.
“I heard her father was into drugs, human trafficking, and all sorts of terrible things,” another whispered.
Isabella’s eyes widened in fear as she cried out, “Stay away from me, Diego! I didn’t ki|| you!” The room echoed with her anguished cries, painting a grim picture of her traumatic ordeal.
A sympathetic nurse crouched down beside Isabella, trying to comfort her. “Isabella, there’s no one here. Diego isn’t here, and you didn’t hurt him,” she said gently.
Isabella’s eyes darted to the nurse, her face contorted with anguish. “But I saw him… right here,” she whispered, clutching her scorched cheek.
The other nurse sighed. “She’s really lost it.”
The sympathetic nurse continued to speak softly to Isabella, “We’re here to help you, Isabella. We want you to get better.”
Isabella’s sobs continued, and she muttered to herself, “I didn’t ki|| him… I didn’t.”
The nurses exchanged worried glances. “Did she ki|| anyone? Or is this just part of her madness?” One of the nurse asked, dropping her coffee on a nearby table.
“Seriously? Veronica, let’s leave her alone!.. she’s crazy for all I know” Another replied and pulled her off
“No!!… but I’m not crazy? Am I crazy? Someone please say something? Mummy? Mummy is that you?” She muttered and started crying, while hitting her head on the wall.
The door opened and a masked lady walked in, she pushed a tray of food and Isabella turned to her and smiled slowly.
“Hey sis” She said, crawling to the lady, as she quickly dashed out.
SAN FRANCISCO ^^
Mirabella stared at herself in the mirror before she heavily exhaled. She picked up her phone and dailed his number.
She swallowed hard putting the phone on her ear, thugs of guilty filled her heart as she wondered if Vincenzo doest h@ťě her by now
“What if he has already moved on?” She muttered and dropped the phone.
She stared at Hailey and exhaled as tears rolled down her eyes.
“I f-__-king missed him!. I miss him so badly that I want to run into his arms and tell him just how crazy I am without him. He doesn’t even know his a father”
♧♧HAILEY’S DISAPPEARANCE 1♧♧
FIVE YEARS LATER~SAN FRANCISCO^^^
“I don’t like carrots,” Hailey complained, pushing her salad away. “I’ve told you ten times already!”
“Angel, you have to eat them. They’re delicious,” Mirabella said, eating her salad. Hailey made a face, and Mirabella sighed and put down her fork.
“Come on, we have to go to school,” she said, putting the dishes in the sink.
“I h@ťě school. I don’t wanna go,” Hailey muttered, pretending to frown.
“That won’t work on me, honey. Get up!” Mirabella said, grabbing her backpack. “This is unfair, Mom,” Hailey groaned.
Mirabella couldn’t believe how much Hailey copied Vincenzo, talking and behaving like him, and, most importantly, not eating carrots.
“Who doesn’t like carrots? Just Vincenzo and Hailey,” she thought.
“All set,” she smiled.
“Why are you putting on lipstick?” Mirabella asked, noticing Hailey’s lipstick.
“I have a crush, and I’m gonna tell him I like him,” Hailey said, smiling.
“No, baby, no,” Mirabella said, bending down to her level. “That’s not important.”
“But he’s mine!” Hailey insisted, and Mirabella chuckled.
“Okay, he’s yours, all yours,” Mirabella agreed. She cleaned Hailey’s lips with a wipe. “Be a good girl.”
“Mummy loves me,” Hailey said, kissing Mirabella’s forehead. Mirabella returned the kiss.
“Easy, baby girl,” she said, rushing after Hailey.
They hailed a taxi, which took them to Hailey’s school, not the best in San Francisco, but decent.
Afterward, Mirabella rushed back to the taxi, which drove her to work. She checked her watch and gulped. She was two hours late, as usual. A year after giving birth to Hailey, Mirabella had found a job at an e-commerce company as an assistant to a billionaire named Riccardo. They had met at a nightclub, and she got the job.
“I’m so—”
“Save it!” Riccardo’s voice cut her off, both harsh and soothing. He turned toward her, and she looked away.
“Do I look like I run a charity? You come to work whenever you want, and to make it worse, you owe the company a lot of money,” Riccardo scolded, making Mirabella bite her lip and close her eyes.
“I’m sorry. I had bills to clear,” she replied.
Riccardo scoffed, loosening his tie and unbuttoning three buttons, while Mirabella watched.
“Your sorry isn’t going to pay the bills, señorita. You are!” he said, and she furrowed her eyebrows.
“I don’t understand.”
“Oh, please don’t play dumb. You know just how I would worship you, you know how crazy I would get just to get in between your legs” He said, rubbing his lip.
“Excuse me!?”
“Oh, please. You’re not a Virgin, save the act” Riccardo scoffed
“Be mine or….
“I choose the other option, do you know how disgusting you sound, Mr Riccardo?” Mirabella asked, anger evident in her tone.
“Disgusting?” Riccardo repeated and stood. He walked towards her while she moved backwards. She stopped when her back touched the wall
He moved closer to her, dropping one hand above her head and the other, on her waist.
“Say that one more time!” He said,his voice demanding but yet calm.
Riccardo was one of the leading gang leaders in San Francisco. He runs a dirty underground business, which Mirabella found out,not long ago.
To be on the safer side, she looked away.
“I thought as much,” He muttered.
He held her chin,lifted it up while he brought his nose close to her neck.
“You’re so beautiful Mi amor!, just let me take care of you” He muttered and Mirabella pushed him back.
“I quit!!… I’m not working for you any longer!” She said, taking her bag to leave but the door was locked.
“Oh, what about the money you owe me? That alone should be able to buy your dirty Mõ@ɲs!!” He said with a chuckle.
“Tell me Señorita, how good are you at giving a b|__wj_b? Can you take it perfectly?” He asked and Mirabella ruffled her hair.
“I’m gonna be gentle, stay away from me and tell your security to unlock the door” Mirabella said and he scoffed.
“Or else what? What are you going to do? Beat me??” He asked removing his skirt
“Yes, Riccardo. I would ki|| you if you try something funny and when I’m done, I’m gonna send your f-__-king body pieces to you father!” She replied, gaining a deep frown from him.
Let’s see how this plays out,” he said, grabbing her hand.
Mirabella swiftly kicked him with her heel, and he scoffed. He forcefully pushed her against the wall, slamming her head and causing her forehead to bleed.
“f-__-king Ɓîtçh!” Riccardo half-yelled, but his outburst was silenced when Mirabella grabbed a pen from the table and stabbed it into his eyes.
“Ahhh!!!” He screamed in agony.
Mirabella kicked him, and he tumbled to the ground. She went to his drawer, retrieved a gun, and coldly stated, “I warned you,” before firing two shots into his head.
Thanks to the office’s soundproofing, the gunshots were muffled, but Mirabella knew she was now in grave danger, not just her own life but also that of her precious child.
She pulled Riccardo into the inner office room, laid him on the bed, and groaned softly while covering him with a duvet.
“I have to leave before they find out,” she said, rushing out of the room.
She exhaled and inhaled before leaving the office.
She tried maintaining a straight face as she walked by..
“Hey Bella” One of her colleagues called but she ignored it.
“Hey” Another colleague called, as she rushed out of the company.
“What the heck is wrong with her?”
“Maybe she got fired, I always h@ťěd her” Another of her colleagues replied with a chuckle.
*NIGHT WALKERS EMPIRE*
“Aghh!!” An agonizing scream tore from a man who was chained to his seat. His face had bruises, while his lip bled from the excessive beating.
“It’s so good watching people pay for their ignorance, don’t you agree, doll?” Vincenzo asked, and the little girl, probably at the age of eighteen nodded.
“Words honey, words” He spoke, tracing invisible lines through her thighs.
“Yes..Yes master” She stammered.
Keep your distance from my daughter, you monster!” the man shouted through clenched teeth.
Vincenzo replied coldly, “Oh, please, I have a soft spot for innocent dolls,” as he kissed the girl’s neck, his smirk unwavering as he glared at the man.
For the last time, where’s my money,old man?” Vincenzo asked, staring at the cup of whiskey he held in his hand.
“I already told you, I used it for my mother’s surgery!”
“She’s not my mother? Why did you dare to use my money?” Vincenzo asked, aiming the gun on his face. “Why don’t we try something new?”
He looked at the girl, and she swallowed.”Get up” He said and she slowly stood.
“Take it,” He said.
The girl looked at her and then her father, she shook her head and moved backwards.
“Do it!!.. Do it Mary, do it!!” The man shouted and she shook her head as tears rolled down.
“I can’t…please have mercy on us, please.”She begged, kneeling on the floor.
“I don’t believe in that, you only have two options, get my money back or….pay the price”
“I will get the money, just give me time” She pleaded
“Even if I give you a hundred years, honey you can’t pay for it” Vincenzo said and gulped down the whiskey in his glass.
“$h00t” He muttered, handing over the gun to her.
“Do it, Mary I love you and I will always love you honey”He said and shut his eyes.
“No!!… please” She cried, whilst Vernon pointed his gun on her.
“Be quick” Vernon said and she looked at Vincenzo, and he smiled evilly.
“Go on baby girl,show me what you’ve got” He muttered and she shut her eyes before pulling the trigger.
“Argh!!..no!! Papa!!” She cried, running to him.
“Oh, come on. He chose his path. If you are a good girl, I promise to take care of you” Vincenzo said, patting her hair.
She had long blonde hair, small eyes and dry pink lip, obviously due to dehydration.
She exhaled and looked at Vincenzo, as a drop of tears rolled down her eyes, and Vincenzo smiled at the sight of it.
“Clean her up. I’m sure she would make a good bed warmer”He grinned, touching her hair.
SAN FRANCISCO**
“Keep running!!” Mirabella shouted as little Hailey ran as fast as her leg could carry.
“Stop there!!” Two men dressed in black suit said, double crossing Hailey.
Mirabella eyes widened as the carried Hailey into the black van and drove off speedily.
“No!!!” She shouted, running after them but couldn’t catch up.
“$h|t!! f-__-k!!” She cursed, ruffling her hair in frustration. “Damnit!!”
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