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His Collateral

"That is not your place. From now on, this is where you will sleep." Alessandro said, his gaze fixed on the couch. I had a lot of questions on my mind. I wanted to ask why? I was his wife, wasn't I? He knew she was burning for answers but he didn't spare any emotions. "This marriage, means nothing to me. You mean nothing to me. So it would be better if you knew your place." ********************* Orphaned at an early age, Bella now lives with her uncle Aldo, his wife Theresa and their children Luca and Marion who abuse and mistreat her. When faced with mounting debt, they trick Bella into a marriage with business mogul, Alessandro Rossi. Unaware of the lies, Bella is filled with a new hope for a life far away from her abusive family but instead of finding solace she finds that her husband treats her no differently than the others, that is until he discovers that he too has been deceived into this marriage. As secrets start unraveling fast, both discover the harsh reality of their situation and what brought them together. Soon dark truths are revealed about their families past and how deep these debts truly run. Now, how far would everyone involved go to protect themselves from getting exposed? DO NOT PLAGIARIZE MY WORK. Copyright © 2022 All Rights Reserved. DISCLAIMER: •This book is purely a work of fiction. All the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are a product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. •I do not own any rights to the graphics used in this book. All pictures, videos, songs, etc belong to their original owners.

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Chapter 11

***Half of this chapter is going to be a flashback explaining everything leading down to the marriage of Alessandro and Bella.***

Alessandro's POV:

(6 months earlier)

"What do you mean by dead end?" I asked feeling my anger rise. Marco, my best friend and PI, was seating in front of me in my office.

"It's a dead end Sandro! Ferrera is clean, there is no concrete evidence tracing him back to murder of you brother."

"Then you aren't looking hard enough!" My fists connected with the hard table.

"Vincenzo was murdered and I have reason to believe that Aldo, is the culprit."

"You can't be so sure about that Sandro. Your brother knew lots of people that could have been out for his life." He replied

"Not like Ferrera. He had the motive and means don't you understand? My brothers last words were Aldo Ferrera. He was trying to tell us something, something that you clearly can't figure out."

"Okay then. Let's assume Aldo is indeed the culprit-"