Sebastian's PoV

I sat in my office in my home just thinking about yesterday. She looked so relieved when she realised my true intentions behind it all. Behind my relationship with Isabella. Behind everything.

I wasn't gonna kill Jordan, I'm not that much of a heartless fucker. I thought I'd just go and find him and shut him up. Plus, Isabella pissed me off so I thought I'd go and sort that problem out.

I was pulled out of my thoughts as the door opened and she walked in. "We really need to talk."

I nodded my head. "Yeah, we do that's why I called you over here.

"What if Isabella walks in?"

"I'll deal with her. Don't worry."

"In that case, I think we should start from the beginning because I have a feeling you're still probably pissed at me," Liliana spoke.

"I'm not," I sighed out. "I was at first because I thought you were dead and now you're alive. That's fucking crazy but I've had time to get my head around it."

"So there's no hard feelings from the beginning?," she asked. I shook my head.

"You know staying dead for six fucking years takes skills," I complimented her. She rolled her eyes.

"Isabella?," she questioned, wanting me to tell her the full story from the start.

"Fuck," I sighed out as I shifted in my seat. "Where do I even start?"

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"So that's why I'm with her for you," I finished. Liliana sat in front of me across my desk, listening to me intently. Obviously, I left out some stuff and kept the details to a minimum. "I need to get revenge. I need her to feel hopeless and alone just like how I felt after I thought you were dead but a thousand times worse."

"This is fucking crazy," she breathed out as she pushed her hair away from her face. "Why couldn't you just kill her? That would've made life a lot easier."

I shrugged my shoulders. "If I knew she was gonna get pregnant, then I would've killed her before that could happen."

"The only thing that really counts is that the baby isn't yours," she shrugged. "So you have no links to that bitch other than the marriage."

"What about us?"

"There is no us," she chuckled. "I'm pretty sure you were the one who said that first."

"Lili, come on," I said, stretching the last word. I watched as a small smile grew on her face.

Liliana's PoV

This is the first time since I've returned that someone other than Valentina has called me 'Lili'. A smile grew on my face at that.

I shook my head firmly at him. "You're in a relationship with someone else. I'm not gonna be the other woman."

"But we know that relationship isn't real," he said trying to persuade me. I shook my head once again.

"Plus, I don't just date strangers."

"I guess I'm gonna have to not be stranger then," he decided.

"Have fun with that." I let out a sigh.

"I can't believe you've been trying to get justice for me for six fucking years and only now, your plan is going ahead," I breathed out in disbelief.

"I'm a patient man," he shrugged. I let out a chuckle.

"You're dying inside, aren't you?"

"Fucking hell, I want to jump off a fucking cliff. Everywhere I look, she's there."

"Just forget about revenge," I suggested. "I'm back. I'm alive so there's no reason for you to need revenge now."

"What about those six years we were kept apart?," he asked. "Those 72 months?"

"Did you count that in your head or did you already know?," I asked, genuinely curious.

"I searched it up earlier. But that's not the point," he said. "The point is that in those six years we could've done a lot of shit together. We could've gotten our dream wedding. We could've started a family. We could've travelled the world. But we didn't get to do it because of her. She is the reason why so she deserves everything she's got coming to her.

"I get it. One question though, where does your mother come into all this?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea but I'm guessing I'll probably need her for something when it's time to end that other bitch."

I let out a sigh. "Until your thirst for this revenge is over, we can't be together," I said, making it clear for him. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "We can be friends but we can't date."

"Why?"

"You're with someone else. I don't care that you're not with Isabella for love and that it's fake on your side but you can't cheat on her." He let out a sigh. "Remember when we first got married?"

He nodded his head. "Yeah I do and I know that you thought I was with other women because I was out all the time. But I promised myself I wouldn't cheat because you were my wife regardless of love and I probably would've felt guilty if I did."

I nodded my head. "Exactly. I'd feel guilty if we were together. I know she's a bitch and a murderer but I know I'd feel guilty," I spoke.

"Okay. You know, I wasn't actually gonna kill Jordan," he said. I nodded my head. "Is he-?"

"He's fine," I shrugged, cutting him off. "He'll be out of the hospital in a couple of days."

"Honestly, I didn't mean to-."

"I know," I said with a small smile, interrupting him again. "I better go." I stood up from my seat.

"Alri-," he began to say before the door was pushed open. I turned to see Isabella. She always looked so perfect before but now, she looked a mess. Her hair wasn't done, she had bags under her eyes and her clothes had stains on them. She looked sickly pale.

"Isabella, get out," Sebastian said flatly.

She ignored him and turned to face me. "I really envy you. You managed to escape," she spoke. Her eyes looked lifeless.

Escape from what? The mafia world?

"Isabella," Sebastian cut in sharply before I could get another word out. "Shut your mouth and get out!"

"You stupid, stupid bitch," she spat out. "Why would you come back? You didn't love him. You were free."

What is she talking about?

"Free from what?," I asked.

"Isabella, I'm warning you now," Sebastian said threateningly.

"Free from him," she spouted out as if it had been a weight lifted from her chest.

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Seb, what is she talking about?"

"I forgot to mention something earlier."