Chapter 29: THE PAST

ISABELLA’S P.O.V. I stayed away from Antonio. He was in the house almost every day and although I didn’t want it to seem like I was avoiding him, I wanted to stay out of trouble as much as possible. I had talked to Matteo maybe two times after he saved me from getting choked to death and he seemed like a decent person. What I couldn’t understand was how someone like him ended up in the mafia. I was in the kitchen taking a pack of chips that I had found in one of the cupboards when Matteo walked in. He walked up to me and took the bag right out of my hands. I narrowed my eyes at him and tried to take it back but he held it up and out of my reach. “I’m sure you can get another one, the cupboard is right there.” He winked and I narrowed my eyes. “If you know where it is then why did you have to take my own?” “They belong to your husband and while he will not bash your face in, I don’t think I have that same luxury,” he made a show of taking a bite out of the chips before running his