032

~ISABELLA~

"Did you want to kill him, Antonio?" I turned to him after Tom had been taken away by the security guards.

Even though he was no longer one of the people I wished to see again, he was still a very important part of my life.

"You did not expect me to let him leave with you, did you?" Antonio retorted as he closed the small gap between us.

"He had every right to come here to claim me just like you did after you and my father drugged and auctioned me."

"Wasn't I the one who defended you when that boy wanted to humiliate you in front of his friends? I think I did you a very good favor to take you from him, Bella, and you should be grateful," he sneered.

"I will never be grateful that you bought me against my will, and because of you, I am stuck here like a prisoner who has to get permission from you to even breathe!" I snarled.

"What is it that I haven't allowed you to do in this house, Bella?! I treat you as I would treat my wife!"

"But I'm not your wife, Antonio! I wi