chapter 22

Next day, as it was Saturday and there was no school for Bella, so she went with Alessandro and Francesco to their office.

Valencia family has gone to Russia due to Mafia business, so only Moretti family was there for the weekend.

On Saturday male clan will still be busy with work and Bella usually spent the day with Damon and Damien.

They were not here, that's why Alessandro decided to take her to his office, so he can spend some time with Bella after so many days.

When they entered the office, employees started greeting Alessandro and Francesco, who only replied with a nod and Bella who wished them back and smiled at them.

Everyone there knew about Bella's identity as she has been coming here with her Dad and brothers since she was a baby.

After entering their floor, Alessandro went to his office with Bella while Francesco glared at his son's back but said nothing. Alessandro entered his office, sat behind his desk and Bella went to her little desk which was placed inside the office for her.

After sometime, Alessandro's assistant Mrs.Ruby who was a woman in his late 40's  came with coffee for him and juice for Bella.

Bella on seeing her greeted her, which she reciprocated with a smile and gave her the apple juice.

Bella thanked her and went back to coloring her books.

Mrs. Ruby told Alessandro about the meeting which is in 30 minutes with the board of directors and the rest of the schedule was cleared as instructed by him.

In response, he told her to ready the conference room and he will be there before the meeting.

She went back to cabin and Alessandro after checking on Bella, started doing some paperwork.

After 20 minutes, Mrs. Ruby knocked at the door and entered the office, she reminded Alessandro about the meeting.

Alessandro told her he will be there in a minute and she went away.

Alessandro then, rose from his seat and went to Bella who was busy in coloring and her tongue was sticking out in concentration.

He told her,"baby I have some important meeting and I'll be back in some time. After that we will go out ok and if you want something you can ask Mrs. Ruby."

Bella responded positively and gave him a peck on the cheek and a sweet smile.

Alessandro kissed her forehead and straightened his jacket and went to the  meeting room.

When Alessandro entered the meeting room, gone was the brother who was speaking softly and smiling with his sister, there was a ruthless business man who doesn't show any emotion in his eyes or face, who has rumors going on about him being involved in some gang. Little they know he is not only involved in some gang but it is the Mafia Don of the biggest Mafia in the world.

When he entered the meeting room, everyone became silent and were trembling from inside.

He discreetly nodded at his dad who was sitting there, who returned his nod.

On the cue of Alessandro, meeting started and went on for  2 hours.

Meanwhile, Bella after coloring for some time got bored, went outside of the cabin and started exploring the office.

She went to lift and went a floor down as the upper most floor was only reserved for the family members.

Alessandro and Francesco were in the meeting and Domenico has gone to another company's building which needed their attention but will be joining them for lunch. Nobody was on their floor and it was empty.

Although, Francesco is retired from his position in the company but he goes to the company to help his son because he wanted to lessen his burden a lil by helping in business.

Bella reached the floor and was wandering here and there. The old employees who were there, took a single glance and got back to work, because they didn't want to overwhelm her with all the attention. A few people who were passing by, exchange pleasantries with her to which she responded with a sweet smile.

After roaming on that floor, she went to another floor. Nobody dared to say anything to her or try to stop her as she's their bosses' sister/daughter and they didn't have any death wish.

On another floor, she was wandering here and there, when she accidentally bumped into a new employee.

The new employee whose name was Brittney was coming with coffee in her hand and was gossiping with her two minions. She was hired a few months ago so she didn't know about Bella.

The coffee fell on the dress and she started screaming like a banshee, so did her minions, Nina and Lia.

Bella who fell on her butt, looked at the lady and immediately got up and apologized,"I'm sorry miss, I didn't see you"

Instead of forgiving or speaking politely to her, she started screaming at Bella, "Who the f*ck let the child enter this building? Whose b*stard child is this? you know who I am? I'm the girlfriend of Alessandro Moretti?"

Her minions started giggling but the employees who knew about Bella and witnessed the commotion were horrified. They know no one can save her from the Moretti family.

Bella who still thought that it was her fault that Brittney dressed got ruined,"I'm again really sorry miss. I can get you a pretty dress from my mumma and you know Aless prince. But he no tell me about you."

"How dare you take my Alessandro's name and call him prince. He is only me prince. Do you even know who he is? I bet your family can't even afford to see him. And I don't want your cheap dresses. Do you know how costly this dress is? You can't even afford it if your father worked for a year by cleaning this floor?" Brittney grabbed her jaw harshly which brought tears in her eyes and pushed her hard on the floor.

Bella fell hard on the floor and started crying.

(A/n: she is strong but still she is a 4 year old kid remember this)

Brittney's was going to slap her when a hand grabbed her wrist.

Brittney was going to insult that person who grabbed her wrist but when she saw it was Domenico she immediately changed her demeanor.

Domenico who came there for lunch with his family, saw Brittney pushing her baby sister on the floor which brought tears to her eyes. He saw red at that time. When she was going to slap Bella, he rushed to them and immediately grabbed her wrist.

Brittney extra sweetly said to him,"sir I was just going to throw this child out of the building for disturbing the employees. Don't worry I will get her out of this building. After all this is our company and I know how to take care of it."

Domenico grabbed her neck and started choking her.

He growled at her,"what did you just say you will throw her out of here and your company?"

After starting this he starting laughing like a maniac which sends shivers to everyone's spines.

He said in a sinister way,"she is my sister you b*tch, what were you saying her father can't afford this cheap dress even after cleaning the floors for a year? Her hair pins are more expensive than your entire existence. She is the heiress of the Moretti family and you were going to throw her out of her own f*cking company."

Brittney's face turned purple but Domenico was not in mood to let go.

Francesco and Alessandro also came there looking for Bella after their meeting. They saw Bella on the floor with unshed tears, controlling hard not to cry and Domenico choking a pathetic excuse of women.

Francesco ran to Bella and hugged her. Feeling the warmth of her father, Bella burst into tears and hide her face in the crook of her Dad's neck.

Meanwhile, Alessandro controlled himself not to show his beast side in front of his Stella. He shouted, "Domenico stop, you will scare Bella."

Listening to this, Domenico left Brittney and clenched his fists to control himself.

Brittney fell on the floor and started gulping air and tried to steady her breath.

Francesco signaled Alessandro that he is taking Bella with him and to handle the matter.

When Bella went with Francesco, Alessandro asked Domenico,"why was Bella crying?"

Domenico then told him that he was coming to have lunch with everyone and when he entered the building he saw Bella on the ground with unshed tears in her eyes and this b*tch was going to slap her and her minions were laughing.

Listening to all this, Alessandro's eyes turned a darker shade of blue and brown but he controlled himself not to kill this pathetic excuse of a woman in front of everyone. He signaled his guards to take three of them to their basement.

Guards started dragging Brittney and her minions who were screaming in their holds to free them and crying bitterly.

After this, Domenico and Alessandro went to their father's cabin.

When they entered they saw their little sister curled up in their father's lap who was whispering sweet nothing in her ear and running his fingers through her hair to make her calm.

Their hearts clenched at the sight of Bella's whimpers and cries.

After some time, Bella's sobs subsided, Bella looked at her dad with her big doe eyes,"daddy,It's not my fault, I bumped into her and coffee fell on her dress. I said sorry to her but miss not accept it and push me on the floor. Am I a bad girl, daddy?"

"No, princess you're not. It was a mistake that you bumped into her and you said sorry to her. She may be was in a bad mood that's why she didn't accept your sorry but never thought you're a bad girl,ok." Francesco softly tried to make her understand.

"Daddy what is a ba-bastard child?" Bella asked Francesco.

"Baby this is a no-no word, never say it again and where did you listen to this." Francesco inquired.

"That miss from earlier said to me." Bella replied.

Listening to this, they all were enraged and wanted to kill her this instant. They were controlling themselves not to lash their beast in front of Bella as they didn't want to scare her and fisted their hands.

After some time, Bella drifted to sleep.

Domenico got up from his seat and cleaned Bella's face which had dried tears.

He cleaned it with utmost tenderness and kissed her forehead after he finished cleaning.

Alessandro picked her from his father and made her lay down in the room attached to his office. He tucked her in and gently kissed her forehead. He turned on the portable baby monitor and went back to his dad's office.

When he entered, Francesco was sitting behind the desk with the most calm expression, which indicated the calm before the storm and Domenico sitting on one of the chairs and his veins on neck and forehead were bulging due to anger.

He was also barely controlling himself. He sat on the chair beside Domenico.

His dad said in his cold voice,"how dare she push my baby on the floor. I never laid a single finger on her and she dared to slap her and b*stard child. I want you two to personally handle this matter or call your mother she will gladly assist you, when you will tell her the whole incident. I want you to make her beg for death that she will curse herself for hitting my daughter. Understand?"

Listening to their dad's suggestion involving their mother, a smirk formed on their faces. They might have shown some mercy to Brittney but no one can save her from their mother's wrath.

After this, they all went back to their respective cabins and decided to meet at lunch.

1 hour later

After doing his work, Alessandro saw the time and thought to wake Bella up for lunch.

He went to the room attached to his cabin and sat beside Bella who was sleeping peacefully after so much crying.

Alessandro kissed her hair and started to run his fingers through her hair to wake her up.

(A/n: Don't know about waking up, I sure might have slept peacefully.

Who feels peace when someone runs their fingers in your scalp?)

Feeling familiar beside herself, Bella subconsciously laid her head on Alessandro's lap. Seeing this Aless chuckled a bit and said in a soft voice, "get up baby, it's time for lunch and you have to eat something."

After some attempts of waking her up, Bella opened her eyes and saw her big brother looking at her as she is the most beautiful thing in the world.

Bella smiled at him and hugged him to which Aless reciprocated.

After helping her to freshen up, they both went to Francesco's cabin to have lunch.

When they entered the cabin, they saw Francesco and Domenico already sitting there. Bella ran first to Domenico hugged him and kissed him on his cheek. To which he kissed her forehead.

Francesco complained looking at them,"what about me princess, you forget me."

"I no forget you daddy." Bella said to her dad and ran to him to give him hug and kiss as she doesn't want her dad to be sad.

Moretti brothers rolled their eyes at their father's jealousy and ways to get Bella's attention.

After this they all have lunch together with playful banter, them feeding Bella and a lot of giggles of Bella which brought a peace to their heart.

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