After a dose of heavy shocks, I am here to give you one more here while clearing some doubts.

And many of you had been guessing about Adele’s involvement with Luca Martinez. In the last, I have revealed a major shock regarding it... I am sure each one of you would be surprised with it because no one was able to guess that twist... grinning evilly*

There are chances for grammatical mistakes.....

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“You are Luca Martinez?!” I asked him, utterly shocked.

I couldn’t believe my ears. If he was Luca Martinez, then what about his identity as Albert, by which I had known him till then?

Was it fake?

“Yes, baby. I am Luca Martinez. The biggest rival of your dear Ermanno D’Amelio; his cousin. Son of Cesare Martinez,” he further revealed to me.

I felt like someone had electrocuted me. I stared at him with my eyes open widely.

He was the one whom Ermanno wanted to catch since so long?

He was the one who killed Alessandro?

I couldn’t believe the person whom I thought to be a saint, turned out to be a devil in disguise, who killed his own grandfather.

“Y...You killed Al...Alessandro? Why? He was your own grandfather. Your own blood!” I exclaimed in horror.

He glared at me murderously, “He maybe be related to me by blood, but he was never my grandfather. He had taken my father away from me. He deserved to die. I wanted revenge from him for what he did to me.”

I tried to reason with him, “But your father had killed Ermanno’s parents to get that awful title. He used to torture your mother too and had killed her in cold blood. Alessandro did all that because of it.”

“My father did nothing wrong. Those D’Amelio’s deserved that. The title should have been passed down to my father. But he gave it to his beloved son. So, my father killed them. And my mother?” he scoffed and continued, “That woman always supported her father and brother. Although being married to my dad, she always took stand for the D’Amelio’s. She was not loyal to the Martinez’s. So, it was only right for her to die.

“How could you say like that? She was your own mother! She gave birth to you,” I yelled at him in disgust.

He yelled back at me, “She was more of a mother to that Ermanno, than to me. She always praised him and compared me to him, as if I was inferior to him.”

“You have gone blind in the thirst of revenge and power!” I shouted at him.

He scoffed at me and said, “And soon I will become the king of the underworld, after killing your beloved Ermanno.”

My heart hurt at his words and I immediately denied him, “No! I wouldn’t let you do that. I would never let you harm him in any way.”

“And how are you going to protect him sweetheart, by being my captive here, in my clutches?” he asked me, amusedly.

My heart clenched in my chest at the thought of Ermanno getting hurt. I didn’t knew what to do. His phone began ringing and he received it.

I was praying with all my heart for Ermanno to be safe. I didn’t care about myself, I just prayed for no harm to come near him.

Luca ended the call with a satisfied smirk on his face and spoke, “It seems like your beloved is too eager to die from my hands. He is joining you here.”

My heart stopped beating for a moment. Doors of the room opened and 2 men came inside supporting an unconscious Ermanno. As soon as I saw him, my heart skipped a beat. I realised then, how much I had missed him, even if a very little time had passed since all that chaos had happened.

I called out his name, but it was useless. He didn’t respond. The men made him sit on the chair and bound his hands and feet. I thrashed violently and screamed at the top of my lungs from my place, while Luca witnessed all of it from his place, amusedly. As if he was watching a television show and enjoying it thoroughly.

I wished wished at that moment to beat him to pulp with my heels!

After both the men were done with securely tying Ermanno to the chair, they left the room. Luca lifted a jug of water kept there and splashed the water on him. The action brought Ermanno to consciousness and he opened his eyes, coughing badly.

Luca laughed loudly at that and spoke, “So finally the king of the underworld is here, in my clutches!”

Ermanno fought against the restraints and coldly spoke, “Open these ropes and we will see who is under whose clutches.”

Luca tsked at him and spoke, “Uh...huh! You loose your temper really fast, dear cousin. Be patient. Let me show you the little gift I have for you.”

Ermanno looked at him questioningly.

Luca motioned towards me and said, “Look there.”

Ermanno followed his gaze and his bluish-green orbs clashed with mine coffee-brown. His gaze instantly softened and a sob erupted from my throat.

He called my name with so much tenderness, that my heart lurched in my chest, “Rosa!”

Sniffing, I called him back, longingly, “Ermanno.”

“Enough with this emotional drama and reconciliation. I don’t like it. It is so cringy,” Luca interrupted us, while shuddering in disgust.

I spoke to Ermanno, “Ermanno! He...he is Luca Martinez. He pretended to be Albert all the time.”

Before Ermanno could reply, Luca again spoke in between, “And won’t you like to know, why I did that love?”

Ermanno growled at him at his use of endearment for me.

Luca chuckled at his reaction, while I asked him, “Why?”

Luca revealed, “Because even though Alessandro tried his best to hide from the world, to whom his beloved nipote was betrothed to, I got the whiff of it. You know family talks. Alessandro had disclosed it to his beloved daughter about you and she being the stupid woman, told it to my father and I happened to overhear it, fortunately.”

I was looking at him shocked while Ermanno was looking at him with a neutral expression. But the rage storming inside of him was clear in his magnetic orbs.

Luca continued,“I knew that the D’Amelio’s put their women before everything. So, I tried to trap you in my fake love, and you being a fool fell for my lies so easily. I just had to pretend a goody-two shoes, and an abused, poor boy, and you were quick to sympathisize with me. You never even tried to cross-check it. But I won’t blame you. You were so naive, afterall.”

He further revealed, “I knew that one day or the other, Alessandro will contact your father to fulfill the promise of the betrothal. And I had planned to use that opportunity against him. Afterall, you were so in love with me to share each detail of your life with me.”

Ermanno again growled at his words, while I desperately wanted to confess to Ermanno that I loved him only and no one else.

But Luca continued glaring at me, “But your father played smart. He forbade you to tell any of it to anyone. And you being the obedient daughter you were, followed his command, quietly. And it ruined my plan.”

He smiled maliciously, “But I had other sources too. I used plan B and my lovely wife helped me in it.”

“Your wife?” I asked him curiously.

He dropped the bomb, “Let me introduce you to my beloved wife, Mrs. Adele Martinez.”

What?!!

Adele was Luca’s wife?!

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Hello my lovely readers!

How was the chapter?

So... Adele is Luca’s wife!!! Whatttt?!!! Shocking! Right?

And he knew about Lia betrothed to Ermanno!

Luca is really a psycho!

I will eagerly look forward for your thoughts in the comments...