Infatuation Of Darkness

SEVERAL-YEARS -LATER

[Sequel- Chaos in darkness; Salvatore's salvation.] 

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"What after that?" 

"Maybe another branch of Lexus over LA." She answered the question of her father. "The reaction to the first one was overwhelming. So naturally, another one would do us good."

Alexander hummed. "Yes, yes. But LA?" 

Alexis laughed. The old made had retired and taken over to the countryside. He hated anything modern now, simply chose to not understand it. "Yes. Prime locations matter the most. Anywho, are you coming over this weekend?" Xavier had vanished and the son of his sister had taken over. 

Her father had retired happily. 

"Naah, Gabrielle and I are going fishing. We catch none but the silence and good beer are appreciated." 

Alexis tsked, "That lake is Man-made." It was about time they knew. 

"So?" 

"It has no fishes it in." She revealed, biting back a smile. 

She heard nothing from him and wondered if he was still on the call when she heard him yell, "Damn it, kid! It's been six years for us trying to catch something!" He hung up. 

She laughed loudly as she looked at the contact picture of him. She would somebody bring a lot in and for them to catch. 

"We are done." Lucas and Salvatore came down from their morning workout with their grandfather. It had been a routine that had made her children stronger, both mentally and physically.

They were doing good.

She watched Salvatore's walked away, out of the kitchen and to the gardens. He now looked a lot like his father. The same cold look in his eyes with others but with family, she could see it cracking.

At least there he was better.

"Mommy!" Rosie screamed. "You might want to hurry!"

Alexis growled at the girl from the kitchen. Rosie has grown up for sure but her sass had grown with her.

"Go on kid! I'll be there." She screamed back. Her daughter's habits had rubbed off of her.

Bella Rosa de'Alessandro was a wild girl who had driven Angelo mad.

So much so, she had gotten arrested at the age of fifteen with had nearly given the forty-year-old man a heart attack inside the jail.

For the past ten years and Angelo still had been a virtual presence in their lives. Because he talked to the children daily and with her too. He knew what happened in their lives. 

He had been true when he said that jail got nothing on him because he called them whenever he wanted. Not only that Angelo had maintained his business from inside the jail and no one had even questioned him. It was like he was quarantined.

What made her a bit wary was the fact that he knew she was the one who had destroyed in the papers and that she had found another copy of the same papers in the shredder. She had found them the day he had gone to jail and she was having second thoughts but she found out that he was the one to shred the next set of paper that he had. Alexis was more firm in her decision than ever because he knew he deserved the punishment.

As he said he had to atone.

Angelo had his eyes all around them, he knew what his children were doing and he knew what his wife was doing. All in all, no one has ever felt his absence.

She prepared the charcuterie boards, one for cheese and wine and the other of junk food and as she was done she moved out knowing that the maid would get it out along with the other food.

Her children were playing tennis along with their cousin Dante. Two against two.

After knowing that had been Alexis that had shredded the papers and had been through the files Angelo had decided that she was not going to be as involved in the business. So she has just been given all the legal businesses to deal with in his absence.

She knew that she had lost his trust in many fields but the end had been worth it. She felt better knowing that he had been punished.

He was humiliated in front of the entire world. Everyone knew and it was known that he had been in jail for something as petty as selling drugs that even a teenager could do.

"Hello you," arms wrapped around her and her back was against a hard chest. "How are you?" He whispered in her ear making her smile a bit.

They had been better.

He took therapy in jail where no one knew because Alexis had refused to stand by and watch his health deteriorated even more in the jail. At times, she could feel the coldness in his voice over the phone. 

"Fine. Thank you." She turned to look at him, craning her neck up. "How are you?"

"I came from a long vacation sweetheart. I'm the best right now." He smiled. "However father and Silvano are buried deep in paperwork." He laughed as the two men were still working hard than ever.

Even in jail, his empire had grown.

Once again, like years ago, they stood, side by side with each other watching the children they loved.

"We'll be moving to Italy. Permanently." He revealed.

Alexis frowned immediately and turned to look at him while being in his arms still. "What do you mean?" She said concern laced her voice. "Your empire is in New York." She stated.

"And it still is." He confirmed. "But now, I want to go home. Rule from home. The original throne." He kissed her forehead. "There you are a true Queen." His smile was full of love. The darkness he once talked of was now buried deep inside him which he has never revealed to anyone.

It was there but he could suppress it better.

"Do we have to?" She asked. A small part of him was angry that she was defying him but his love won.

The separation had won.

"Yes," he kissed her forehead and held her hand which still had the sapphire ring. "Long way to go, huh?" He huffed a laughed and touched the ring. "I fucking regret the idea of this ring." He grumbled. 

She nodded and with glossy eyes, she looked at it, "Yes. A very long way to go." She confirmed. It was a new journey now. 

"I have made a lot of mistakes and shitty decisions when it comes to our relationship but I will make sure that we will have a happy ending." He promised as he held her cheek and his thumb caressed her skin.

"There is no such thing as a happy ending." She shook her head holding his hand that held her cheeks. "No one ever has it. Especially people like us who have so much history. No trust and no love."

"Trust love," he tapped her nose. "Trust is what we don't have. You don't trust my behaviour and I don't trust you with the business. But we will work it out. Better than before."

She didn't know what to say. The future was always going to unknown.

"Yeah." She just agreed as he pulled her closer. "Maybe."

"Not maybe." Through the separation, he had known that he did love her the most. "We will have a happy ending and this time, I won't mess up."

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