His Redemption

Chapter 20: Attack

Narrator's POV

"MARIGOLD" Valentino shouted as she fell to the ground in shock. He quickly crouched down inspecting her body for any injuries in worry but sighed in relief when he found none. He quickly ran to his drawer and took out his gun and ran back to his wife. "Love, listen to me carefully, I want you to stay low and behind me you understand?" he said firmly while she nodded in slight fear. "Stay low" he said. He slowly walked to the window leaning against the wall with gun raised up near his face. 

He quickly pointed the gun towards the window but saw no one there. He sighed and ran back to Marigold. "I need you to go into closet and lock yourself and stay there until I come for you" he said. Marigold breathed heavily in fear. She grabbed Valentino's arm "Don't leave me please" she pleaded. Valentino grabbed his wife's face with his palms. "Shhh my love, nothing will happen, I won't let anything happen to you, just lock yourself in the closet baby, I'll be back for you ok?, I promise I'll be back" he consoled her rubbing her back. He kissed her forehead and led her to the closet. She walked in "please be safe" she said and closed the door, locking it from the inside. 

Valentino slowly walked downstairs to see glass shattered everywhere. "Boss" Nathan called out. Valentino's face hardened as he stepped down. "What the f**k just happened, who dared to attack us?" he gritted out in rage. "Leonardo boss, it was his men" Nathan said. "f**k" Valentino muttered running his hand through his hair. He was in the mafia, of course he has enemies but they were all cowards to attack him but Leonardo wasn't and Valentino was so ready to kill him. "Get the jet ready we are leaving today" he ordered coldly. "Yes Boss" Nathan said.

Valentino rushed upstairs into their bedroom "Love, you can come out now" he said and saw his beautiful wife walking out. "W-what happened?" she said with tears in her eyes, body shaking. He wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks "It's okay my love, I'll explain everything later but we need to leave now" he said. Marigold nodded at her husband and held his hand as they both walked out of the mansion. 

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Now in the plane Marigold felt much better and safe. "Val, what happened back there?, why were we attacked?" Marigold asked in curiosity and fear. Valentino sighed and held his wife's hand. "Love, tell me who is Leonardo Deluca to you?" he asked looking at her. Her face became blank hearing that man's name. Valentino understood her relationship with him wasn't good based on her expressions. "That man is my step father. My mom re-married him and since then they both have been neglecting me for years" she said with no expression. 

Valentino gritted his teeth, not only did he ruin his life but also his wife's. "but how do you know him?" Marigold asked him. "He was also my step-father" Valentino gritted out in hatred. Marigold looked at him with shock "What?". "Yeah, he was also my step-father. My father died when I was only 4 years old and then my mother married Leonardo when I was 10 and from that day I respected him and loved him like he was my own father. Mom, me and him were so happy together until I turned 22" he clenched his jaw as images flashed in front of my eyes. 

"Val you don't need-" "No, love you need to know how filthy this dog is" he gritted. "When I turned 22 that's when everything turned upside down. The man who I loved, the man who I respected like my real father betrayed us. He was using my beloved mother for her money. My mom was rich and her parents handed over their properties and businesses to her before they died. He used my mother for her wealth. She trusted him so much that she named some of the businesses on his name" Valentino said trying to control his anger. 

Marigold looked at her husband with sadness and shock. "When my mother found out the truth about him she confronted him but he killed her without remorse. He shot her right in the head in front of me. She screamed and cried out for my name but I was so f*****g weak to do anything" he hissed as a tear fell out of his eye. "I was so f*****g weak to do anything so I ran away like a f*****g coward and became homeless and from that day I vowed to ruin that bastard, to make him beg for forgiveness, for him to beg for death and from that day onwards my journey begun from becoming a weak coward to the most ruthless man in the country" he said wiping his tear in frustration. 

Tear after tear fell out of Marigold's emerald eyes. 'He has been through so much, he even saw his mother get killed by that fucker. No wonder he was like this'. Marigold thought to herself. She hugged her husband's tall form. "You are strong, your so strong Val and not only you but we will both ruin that bastard together" she said with determination. She held her hand out waiting for him to hold it. He looked her and then at her hand. He held it tightly and gave her a confident style. "We will both ruin him for ruining us and our families" he said with a smirk.