Infatuation Of Darkness

At home, it would be an all-out war.

That was the first thing Isabelle said when she sat in the car after the party was over. They were in a limo as the three of them were travelling together to the same place.

Alexis didn't reply. For her, she wasn't at fault here, so she won't be talking.

"Nikolas is going to be furious that his wife and daughters-in-law were involved." She sighed. "For tomorrow kid, my only advice to you would be to stand your ground."

She nodded.

Nikita spoke up after some time, "I don't have a good feeling about tomorrow."

"Nothing major would happen." Alexis shook her head, she had been thinking about it. "As far as I can imagine it, bridges in this family are already there. So, they would just widen more and then for tomorrow, there is going to be a lot of yelling involved."

Everyone understood and knew what Alexis was talking about. The rest of the drive was silent.

When they first arrived, no one was waiting for them but the guest house was heavily guarded. Alexis saw a man standing on the balcony as well.

That meant one thing, Angelo and others had heard about the incident and protection were being given to Helena and Juliette. That was something Alexis appreciated even though the thought did cross her mind that it had not even been an hour since they came back and the incident had occurred and Angelo already knew about it.

His giving protection to them without her or Isabelle asking about it made one thing sure that he even had people around her when she was least expecting it. somehow she had expected him to know about what had transpired between her and his grandmother in the bathroom but to be honest she was not ashamed of it and no way she was backing down from here she stood.

She shook her head. He had already gone to bed by the time she had arrived in the bedroom. It didn't mean good and she knew that. He was always waiting for her. 

So she silently changed and got ready for bed. Lying down next to him for the first time, none of them touched each other.

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Dressed and ready to go, Alexis was dressed for the day which was in the afternoon after having a good rest. The only thing left to do was give the final touches to herself. She took a nude lipstick, opened the cap and twisted it, applied it to her lips, closed and placed it back in its place looking at herself the final time in the mirror.

Her husband came behind and she noticed him through the mirror. "No matter what happens," he looked at her through the mirror, "even if you are in the grave wrong, do not let anyone throw you down." 

Hope flooded through her. He cared.

"Because I would hate to have a weak Donna." He whispered.

She gulped. Lowering her eyes she nodded pretending to be interested in the piece of jewellery on her wrist. She understood what he meant. It was a warning to not lose. 

They walked downstairs and everyone was there. And by everyone, she meant everyone was there. Even the grandfather and Matteo had flown in the previous night and had just arrived. 

They all were waiting for the power couple.

"Now," His grandfather announced in mockery as the couple arrived late. "May we begin your highnesses?"

Angelo did not reply. Taking his wife's hand in his he walked forward and they took their seat are the couch that was placed in the middle of the sitting area.

With no emotions in his eyes, he waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "now you may." He mocked back. 

Alexis watched the feeling of humiliation crawl his grandfather's spine.

He looked at Alexis and pointed at her. "Would your darling wife explain what happened at her party last night?"

Angelo didn't reply but Alexis took the lead.

"I guess it might have slipped from your memory and at that age, I guess you have the advantage. Whatever happened last night was between your wife and your daughter-in-laws. If I speak as a witness and the Donna who attended the party last night, it was your wife who has been at fault her entire life to have received that much amount of humiliation last night."

"And your opinion matters why?" He retorted. "To me? Does it seem like it does?"

Fear crawled up Alexis's spine of the unknown of what Angelo would do if she failed to achieve this task.

"I don't care if it does not," she spoke in and loud voice. "but after the commotion and humiliation that I have received last night on behalf of your wife, I would tell you that it should."

He scoffed looking at her with his mouth open. He clicked his tongue and took a step forward as he kept his hands on his waist. "My wife did not cause humiliation to you. My daughter-in-laws did." He corrected. "And I apologize for what happened last night," he practically spat the words out, "but I would make sure that this never happens again."

"No need for that." Alexis waved her hand at him. "and you are wrong. Your wife has committed many heartless and violent deeds for which she was called out last night and I am going to make sure that she and only she, is punished for it. Your daughters-in-law are not at fault here and they will not be punished for someone else's."

He raised his eyebrows and Alexis knew that it was all in mockery. Even though he had acted in front of everyone that he was taking her words as the authority she had she knew that that was not the case.

He mocked her at every step.

"My dear girl," insult thrown at her, "I understand that right now you will not know how these things wor-"

"You've heard her." Angelo's voice rang out.. "And that's it."