BITTER BETRAYALS

" I'll miss you." Shawn plants a kiss on my forehead.

" I'll miss you, too." I sob, hugging him more tightly.

" Are they done? We're getting late." I heard Mrs.Romano groan for the hundredth time.

" Take care," Shawn whispers.

I nod, stepping back from him with tears pouring down my cheeks.

" I love you. Take care." Elliot winks at me.

" I love you too." I sob, looking at my best friend.

I looked back at my family, Enrique was standing at the very back, looking at me sadly.

He didn't hug me like the others, he didn't say goodbye to me like the others, he didn't even congratulate me like the others.

I turned towards the black limo, waiting for us to leave. Before getting in the car I turned around and looked back at the house I've spent so many years in.

The window of my room on which I sat on many sleepless nights.

The garden where I planted flowers and had mini picnics.

The playground where I used to play as a kid with Shawn.

And finally our secret hiding place, behind the oak tree in the garden. The place where Elliot and I planned our next victim to prank.

And finally, my family. Each and every one of them holds a special place in my heart even though most of them hate me, but that doesn't change the love and care I feel for them.

Hades opened the door and helped me get in.

He walked in after me, closing the door behind him.

" You good, sweetcheeks?" he questions, handing me a bunch of paper towels.

" Yeah." I nod, looking out at everyone.

Hades, pulled me into his arms when I began sobbing loudly at the sound of the engine coming to life.

I didn't know it will be so difficult to leave home.

" We can stay if you like." Hades whispers.

I shook my head, placing my head on his shoulder as we drove away. At this moment, I honestly don't know what to feel.

I'm happy that I'm not with my father now, he won't be able to taunt me anymore but it feels like I've left a part of me behind. A part of me that is still there and denies to come with me.

I know I've left a lot of memories behind, memories of Enrique, those memories which I thought I'll cherish forever. But not anymore, I've left Enrique and his memories behind deliberately. From today, I will make new memories. Memories with the love of my life, my husband, my sassy mob boss, Hades.

I'm ready to embrace my future. Please give me enough courage and patience to step into this new life, God. Please don't make it any more difficult for me, I can't bear any more pain.

" I'm gonna marry her anyway

Marry that girl, marry her anyway

Marry that girl, yeah, no matter what you say

Marry that girl, and we'll be a family

Why you gotta be so rude?

Can't live with her." Hades sings happily causing me to giggle.

" What? Can't I sing in happiness?" he growls playfully.

" Your singing is terrible." I throw my head back, laughing.

" And I thought you'll compliment me." he pouts, tickling me.

" Where is your mom?" I gasp, realizing that we're alone.

" Giving privacy to us." he wiggles his eyebrows.

" Privacy for what?" I whisper, looking at him playfully.

" For this." he groans, smashing his lips on mine.

I smile against his lips, pulling his hair as he groans. Hades plants kisses along my jawline, pulling down the straps of my dress to reveal my cleavage.

" Hades." I moan, closing my eyes.

A little scream escapes my lips as the car jerks stop and I nearly fell off his lap.

" What's happening?" I whisper, looking outside the window.

" You didn't think that we'll go to France in this car, did you?" he chuckles, pulling the straps of my gown, upon my shoulders.

" France?" I didn't hear anything about France from him.

" I heard you wanted to visit Paris as a child. Coincidentally, I have two mansions there." he chuckles, kissing the tip of my nose.

" Two?" I question him.

" Yeah, one for us and one for my family." he shrugs, pulling me to stand up.

" Why can't they stay with us?" I ask as he opens the door, guiding me outside.

" Because I don't want my mother's bitter words to spoil these beautiful days of our lives that we'll never to get live again." he winks, wrapping his arm around my waist.

I gasped, looking at the black jet in front of me with 'Romano' written on it.

" This is yours?" I ask like a child, visiting Disney land for the first time.

" Well, it has my name on it so I guess, I do." Hades mumbles with a laugh.

" You have more?" I turn back towards him.

" Yeah," he shrugs casually.

" How many?" i giggle.

" I'll take you there a few days later and you can count them yourself." he smiles, placing his coat on my shoulders.

" Thank you." I smile at him.

It is cold but I was way too excited about this jet to pay attention to that. Hades guides me inside as I kept asking him about every little thing.

" Welcome, Mr and Mrs.Romano." A girl standing near the door smiles at us.

" Thank you." I smile at her.

Hades doesn't even acknowledge her, he walks in with me completely ignoring all the other staff smiling at us.

" I want the window seat." I scream when we walk near the seats.

" As you like." Hades chuckles.

I sit on my seat, smiling at my handsome husband.

" Why were you so rude to them?" I mumble, pouting at him.

" I wasn't rude, that's who I am. I'm just sweet to you, that's because you're my darling but not everyone gets treated the same from me." he shrugs.

" A smile won't hurt." I protest.

" To maintain fear in the hearts of my people, I have to appear cold, my baby," he mumbles.

" I'll tell everyone that you just pretend to be cold." I smirk at him.

" Then get ready to say goodbye to these luxury jets and mansions. We both will have to work in your asshole father's drowning company then." he chuckles.

" Hades, how many times do I have to tell you to not call my daddy an asshole?" I grumbled, glaring at him.

" Babygirl, how many times do I have to tell you that I'm your daddy now?" he whispers, kissing my cheek.

I giggle, falling back on the seat. The rest of the journey goes with Hades working on his laptop and me taking small naps in between them. Hades even pulled my legs up on his lap, massaging my aching feet when I complained about them, he is so sweet.

At last, we arrived in Paris. The atmosphere itself screamed the sweetness flowing in it. The bright sunshine and people bustling around already had me excited to explore more but Hades said that he is tired and he will bring me out some other day for shopping.

My jaw dropped on the floor the moment I saw Hades' mansion, it was beautiful and twice the size of my house. This man is loaded!

He hooked his arm with mine as we walked in. The inside was lavishly gorgeous, I could slide on the marbled floor all day long!

" Sage, I'll be back in a few minutes. You can look around." Hades mumbles, looking down at his phone before he walks out of the room.

I shrug, pulling my gown up into a fist before I walked through the halls. There were huge portraits all over the walls. Portraits of Mrs.Romano, Leo, Sofia, and Hades. Surprisingly, Giana wasn't in any of those portraits, maybe she was studying overseas when they took these.

My eyes kept roaming over the pictures lazily when suddenly my blood froze. My breath hitched and my knees began buckling up with fear.

" Sage, are you there?" Hades' voice echoed into the empty room.

I turned towards the door, slowly to see him standing there, watching me with grim expressions.

" So you saw it?" he glared at me.

" I told the maids to remove it but those dumb bitches can't do anything properly." he grits his teeth in anger.

" What is Ss-sean doing in you-your f-family pot-portrait?" I stutter, barely able to hold myself up.

Hades' lip curved up into a smirk, his face suddenly changed so differently that I couldn't believe if he was the same man I was cuddling a few hours ago.

" Because he is my brother, sweetcheeks."