The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 47

Joud’s POV

As I looked at Moretti’s daughter and her ailing mother, I could understand why he had decided to hide them and pretend that they were dead. They were vulnerable and a dangerous vulnerability and liability for him as well. He should have hidden them well enough though, but like Xander loved to say… there was no place in the world you could hide where an Adamos couldn’t and would not replace you.

I didn’t know what Xander had planned for them but in the line of business that we were in, family members were always caught in the cross fires of wars and revenge…just like Ajana and I were at this point, what Sofija had done would affect my daughter and I. We were just about to land, it had been very easy to convince Isabella that this private jet belonged to a friend of her father’s since she didn’t seem to know much about him.

Xander had asked that I take them to a secure apartment building that we owned in town. As we drove there, my mind wondered to Sofija, I also had no idea what Xander had planned for her. I was so angry with her, she was laying in the ICU and I couldn’t bring myself to go and visit her.

What would make her think that I could ever go along with her betrayal. Because of her Xander and Soraya had lost their baby and she had put the entire family through so much. I had hoped that my love for her would be enough to love her through her childhood insecurities of always feeling like she wasn’t good enough or couldn’t do much, I had also tried to involve her in some of the things I did just to show her that she was capable and strong but all it ever seemed to do was make her greedy.

It wasn’t like I didn’t know that she had no maternal instincts for our daughter, from the moment the doctor had told us that we were having a girl I had seen her lose interest in her pregnancy so fast. When Ajana was born and placed in her arms, she had been quick to shift the little bundle into my arms and say that the next baby would definitely be a boy. She didn’t understand that for me all this was enough, Ajana represented so much love and happiness. Something I hadn’t gotten from my own family, what I had with Sofija meant more than anything to me. Watching Ajana’s light dim just because she could not get the affection she needed from her mother had slowly gotten to me.

When we reached the apartment building, I walked Isabella and her grandmother up to a fully stocked apartment then I took out a video camera and asked them to stand in the lounge for me.

“Isabella I need you to speak into the camera and tell your father that you are safe so that I can show this to him.” I smiled at her.

“Well when is he going to come and see us?” She regarded me warily.

“I don’t know Isabella, I just do what I am told. I’m sure he will come soon.” There are guards outside so you are safe but you can’t leave until he comes. The place is fully stocked with anything you may need.”

“Well what about my doctor’s appointments, I’m going to need to see a OBGYN you know.” She said with so much attitude, rolling her yes and folding her hands above her chest. I was not in the mood.

“I’m sure your father has thought of all that my dear, let’s just wait and be patient. Let’s do what the man says.” The old lady looked at me and smiled.

“There you go, listen to your nonna girly.” I smiled at her but I knew the smile didn’t quite reach my eyes.

She stood in front of the camera with the old lady and smiled then started to speak into it.

“Hi daddy, we are here at your request. Nonna and I are doing okay, just waiting for you to come and see us. Love you.” She finished off then I stopped recording.

After double checking that all the windows were bar’d and there was no way to escape out of the apartment, I took off, letting the guards know that they had to keep an eye on them.

After a lot of deliberation, I finally decided it was best to go to the hospital. Ajana had been to see her mom, if she could do it then what was stopping me from doing it.

As I walked out of the elevator, Simon was standing there with some guards, I presumed they were there to keep an eye on Sofija.

“Simon, hi. I didn’t expect to see you here.” I said to him.

“I’m here with Xander, he’s in the room with Sofija.” He explained.

“Oh, is she awake yet?” I wondered if Xander had changed his mind about punishing her. Was he going to forgive her? From what Dorian had told me, Sofija had tried to help Soraya in the end. Knowing my wife it had probably been for self preservation but maybe it would count towards her favour.

“No, still unconscious. It’s been almost a week now.” He said. He didn’t have a look of sympathy in his eyes at all. In fact he looked loathsome like just talking about her disgusted him. I understood how he felt, Sofija’s little stunt had put him in quite a predicament. He had almost taken all the blame for the security breach and he had lost his brother.

“I’m going to go in… get a word in with Xander. Simon, for what it’s worth I’m really sorry for what happened.” I smiled grimly at him.

“I’m sorry too, you are caught in the middle of all this.” He looked at me like he understood but how could he. His wife hadn’t betrayed the entire family and put the life of the Don’s wife at risk and used her own husband to do it. I just nodded and walked in the direction of Sofija’s room. I was about to enter the slightly opened door when I heard Xander speaking to Sofija.

“I don’t give a f**k whether you wake up or you don’t but let me promise you this little sister, I don’t care what every one thinks or says. In my book, you are as good as dead to me!” He snarled out silently like it was just between him and her. “Sleep peacefully in this state for now knowing that when you finally wake up I have worse waiting for you Sofija. You were willing to take something so precious away from me, you were willing to let Moretti harm my wife and for that I will never forgive you Sofija! You of all people should have understood my loss with Hera and what it did to me! She was your best friend. You knew what losing Soraya would do to me and you went ahead with your plotting and scheming.”

My heart sank as he spoke, she was my wife at the end of the day. I loved her and it pained me. I knew Xander meant every word that was coming out of his mouth, he would make sure she didn’t get away with what she did.

“Xander, ehhmm.” I cleared my throat and he turned his cold eyes towards me. There was a shift and then he was fine, the deadly look was gone.

“Joud, you’re back. How did it go?” He asked in his business tone.

“I didn’t experience any trouble, they are at the apartment and are well guarded.” I tried to maintain some sort of composure but he could see I was struggling.

“You want to ask me to forgive her?” He asked quietly.

“I know you won’t, Xander this is difficult for me. Just like you love your wife, I love mine. She didn’t just betray you, she betrayed me too but I can’t shut down my feelings as easy as you do.” I said.

“You think this is easy for me?!” He barked out. “My own family! This isn’t even about saving face Joud! I’m way past that, I’m wondering how she could want something so greedily that she would be willing to sacrifice my happiness. Have I not given Sofija everything that she ever wanted?”

All I could do was just stand there because I knew he was right.

“You are still apart of this family, that won’t ever change. Ajana will grow up with Kai and Jovan and all the other kids in this family and I will punish anyone who might think it’s their duty to tell her of her mother’s sins. She is innocent and I won’t let this taint her. But you cannot expect me to ignore this betrayal.

I couldn’t help but let the tears in my eyes fall.

“I’ll leave you with her. From what I hear from the doctors, she’s going to take some time to heal.” He said and he walked out.

I walked towards the bed and looked around the room. There were flowers and a card on the one side of the bed. I walked there and took the card to read it. They were from Ajana, she didn’t deserve a mother like Sofija, she deserved way better. There was only one thing left to do… I turned to look at Sofija, at that moment her eyes opened. She blinked a few times then her eyes settled on me.

“I told you Sofija, your greed got in the way and now look what you have gotten yourself… into. I can’t protect you. There’s nowhere in the world I could hide you where Xander won’t replace you eventually. In fact he would know what I was trying to do the moment I tried to get you out of this hospital.” I said to her in frustration.

She reached out for my hand but it looked like the effort was too painful for her. She still had on a oxygen mask, I removed it from her face.

“Joud, I’m sorry.” Her voice was barely audible.

“You heard every word that Xander said didn’t you?” I asked her. She nodded as tears started to run down her eyes.

I switched off the machines that displayed her vitals. “I’m sorry too, I love you. I’m sorry Ajana and I were not enough for you.” I said as I pinched her nose and covered her mouth. “Ajana deserves better, I deserve better.” Her body started to writhe as I held on tight. I couldn’t think of any other solutions to save her, to save Ajana, to save myself from watching her suffer. Heavy sobs escaped my body, I couldn’t let my emotions get in the way. She kept her eyes opened the entire time and I forced myself to look into them. After a while she stopped moving. It was done, she was gone.

I placed the mask back on her face and switched the machines back on. The monitors started beeping. Nurses and doctors rushed in as I allowed myself to breakdown. I had killed my own wife, when I turned around to walk out…Xander stood there looking at me with so much sympathy in his eyes. He knew what I’d just done.