What Do You Want?
Vinizzio was a much younger man than Sonia, and the surprise that he had a daughter excited him.
Sonia arrived in Dubai, but without an invitation, she couldn’t enter the palace. She had to find a way to get closer to her daughter. She had called Caroline several times, but she refused to answer. Little did Sonia know that her daughter was already aware that she was the cause of her believed father’s death.
“Honey, we need to talk. I’m in Dubai. I’ll be waiting for you this afternoon at the Burj, room 45. If you don’t come, I’ll come for you. I don’t mind causing a scene at the palace. How do I know you’re there? I have my contacts,” Sonia sent a wink at the end.
Caroline hesitated to open the message, but when she did, she couldn’t believe the audacity and cynicism of her mother. She decided to give her a large sum of money to make her disappear from her life. She didn’t want her mother showing up at the palace.
Later, she left the palace without telling her sister. She knew that if she did, they would go after their mother, and she would be tried under the laws of the country. Caroline wanted her to be punished according to the laws of her country, although she pretended not to know that she was a murderer to avoid warning her.
Upon arriving at the Burj, Caroline went straight to her mother’s room. Sonia greeted her with a big smile.
“Hello, dear.”
“What do you want here?” Caroline asked coldly.
“Is that the right way to greet your mother?”
“I just want you to leave me alone. Take this money and disappear from my life,” Caroline said, handing her a check.
Sonia received it, and upon seeing the amount, her smile widened. She hadn’t come for money, but she gladly took it.
“I’ll leave. Never come looking for me again,” she said as she turned to leave. But a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
“Since this is the last time I’ll see you, let’s toast to our farewell. You know that some drinks are prohibited here, but I managed to sneak in this bottle.” Sonia asked, offering a glass to her.
Caroline hesitated, but after looking sadly at her mother, she accepted the glass.
“Alright, let’s toast to our farewell,” Caroline said, quickly drinking the contents of the glass and handing it back empty. Then she turned to leave.
“Goodbye, mother,” she said, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Sonia remained silent, a strange smile on her face as she watched her daughter walk away.
Caroline hurried and entered the elevator. As the doors were about to close, two tall men in black stopped them. They entered the elevator with her, and she found them strange. Suddenly, she felt very dizzy and leaned on one of the men’s arms. Everything around her turned completely black.
Hours later, when she woke up, she realized she was in a strange place. Sonia approached her when she saw she was awake.
“Well, you finally woke up.”
“Where am I? What have you done?” Caroline asked.
“I brought you with me. If I had asked you nicely, you wouldn’t have agreed.”
“You’re insane.”
Caroline stood up, feeling a strong headache. Sonia tried to support her, but she pushed her away.
“Let go of me. Don’t touch me,” she said, pushing Sonia’s arm away.
“You spoiled brat. If you don’t behave, I’ll put you to sleep again,” Sonia said, holding a syringe containing a clear liquid.
Caroline sat down and remained silent. She looked around for her bag but couldn’t find it. She needed to call her sister for help. As she surveyed the place, she realized she was on an airplane.
In Dubai, Aisha was worried. She couldn’t find her sister, and Raccha informed her that the employees had seen her leave the palace.
“I need to talk to Ahmed. My sister might be in danger. I’m afraid Carlo has harmed her,” Aisha said.
“Try to calm down. We’re investigating what happened,” Raccha replied.
Aisha entered Ahmed’s office. The Sheikh was in a meeting with some men, dealing with a problem concerning the wife of one of them who had fled the country. The man wanted the Sheikh’s help to bring her back, and the other men were the girl’s father and brother, along with Zafir, who usually accompanied the Sheikh.
“Sorry for the interruption, Ahmed. I need your help,” Aisha said, crying. The men in the room turned to look at the Sheikh with serious expressions. How dare this woman interrupt them?
“Gentlemen, my assistant Zafir will handle your case. Please accompany him,” Ahmed said, and the men reluctantly left the room. They looked at Aisha with disapproval as they passed by.
“Ignore those men. What happened?” Ahmed asked, seeing her distressed state.
“My sister left the palace and hasn’t returned. I’m afraid Carlo might have harmed her. I’ve called her, but her phone rings, and she doesn’t answer.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll have my men investigate right away.”
An hour later, the Sheikh’s men entered his office. Aisha had been given a mild sedative by the doctor and was sitting on a chair with a lost look in her eyes.
“Sir, we’ve investigated. Miss Caroline requested a taxi service and left the palace. She went to the Burj Hotel and visited a woman in room 45. We checked the camera footage, and a few minutes after entering the room, she left. Once she entered the elevator, she fainted, and two men who were there took her. The woman who was in the room went with them. We found Miss Caroline’s bag abandoned in the elevator and retrieved it.”
Aisha began to cry even harder. Who were the people who took her sister?
Ahmed handed Caroline’s bag to Aisha, and she took out the cellphone to check it.
“It was Sonia, Sonia who took her!” Aisha exclaimed after going through the messages and calls on the phone.
“That should ease your mind a bit. It’s her mother, and I don’t think she’ll harm her. We’ll investigate where she took her and why.”
“I feel sorry for you. You already have too many problems here, and I’m burdening you with mine.”
“I want you to understand something: your pain is my pain. As long as I can, I’ll protect you.”
“Thank you.” Aisha approached and kissed him, and the Sheikh’s men who were still there quickly left.Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.
In Italy, the plane landed, and before anyone could exit, a man entered and asked two men to hold Caroline as she resisted. He took a blood sample and left.
After getting off the plane, Caroline was guided by her mothers and the men who were watching her. She tried to stay calm, and Sonia held the syringe in her hand, not wanting to be drugged again.
Vinizzio observed her from the car, but he didn’t approach. He didn’t want to get his hopes up until he was sure she was his daughter. But upon seeing her, his heart raced; she could pass as a twin of Alessia. How was it possible for them to look so alike?
One thing was clear: this girl and her mother didn’t have a good relationship. His men had informed him about everything that had happened and how Sonia treated her daughter. If the test results were positive, he would protect her from her own mother.
He ordered that Sonia and her daughter be given separate rooms and that neither of them be allowed to leave the mansion. He locked himself in his room, and since Sonia had started giving orders in the mansion, he had his staff obey her-for now. He would make her understand that she was nobody to give orders in his house, but for now, he would tolerate her until he was sure Caroline was his daughter.
Meanwhile, Aisha feared that Sonia had handed Caroline over to Carlo. They had discovered that they had left Dubai for Italy. Ahmed arrived at the palace in the evening.
“I’ve investigated, and the plane doesn’t belong to Carlo; it’s registered under one of Vinizzio De Vincenzo’s frontmen, an Italian mafia boss.”
“Could Sonia have been capable of selling my sister?” Aisha felt even more distressed.