Chapter 98
Leonardo De Luca
Never in my life have I gotten on my knees to beg for anything!
The gun is pushed roughly into Alesssa’s skull again and she peeks her eyes up at me, subtly shaking her head, telling me with her gaze not to do it but I dragged my eyes away from her pleading gaze.
Landon is still glaring at me. “Get on your fucking knees or FIl blom her lirains out right now!”
I stared at him for a while. He’s challenging me and knowing Landon, he’d kill her if I didn’t do as he said. My pride burns but I know that if I don’t give in to his sick games, I won’t be able to live with myself if Alessia dies in front of me
My knees slowly started to bend and I noticed how Russo was staring at me in shock. The old Leonardo wouldn’t have sacrificed his pride for anything whatsoever. Alessia changed me.
I’m kneeling in front of Landon and I’ve never seen his face light up with so much pleasure before
“Now beg”
1 didn’t want to do this.
I don’t think there’s any man alive that would want to be in this position but Alessa is worth everything to me. I’d destroy my entire empire for that woman without a second thought
“Don’t hurt her1 say
Landon nuts, “I didn’t hear the magic word, Leonardo.”
I feel my nostrils begin to flare but I kept myself in check “Please don’t do anything to harm her.
You know this isn’t about her. S
- r. She doesn’t deserve to be brought into this mess
“As soon as you decided to mess with me. Leo, you brought her into this. And from what I can see right now, she’s the most valuable person here. She owns your heart and she’s Russo’s blood. I’m going to fucking enjoy this. He laughed. So beg harder, Leo. Because that didn’t exactly con i
I took one look at Russo and he’s still looking at me puzzled. Esucked in a silent breath and looked back at Landon.
“Please, don’t hurt her.”
Landon breathes through his nose heavily before snapping his fingers. Alessia is dragged upwards from her spot. I lost my breath for a second at the state of her bruised face.
She whampered as they pulled her away and dragged her towards the door of the warehouse before pushing her to a room behind the wall, out of
sight from our eyes
Then I noticed Landon nodding at one of his men who retrieved a gun and fired off two shots in the direction where they just put Alessia.
The gunshots were incredibly loud.
My stomach twisted in a painful knot and before I knew it, Russo gave out a loud growl and began shooting in the direction of the man who just shot at Alessia. The whole warehouse erupts in chaos. I reached down for my gun and started aiming at Landon’s men, ducking behind the boxes for added protection.
I tried to aim for Landon but it was next to impossible as he was heavily protected by his men as he managed to exit. Alfonso shouted something. trying to get a shot at Landon before he escaped completely
The warehouse was riddled with chaos and the deafening sounds of gunshots. Bodies lay on the ground, my men, Landon’s men, Alfonso’s men.
My eyes clock Alfonso as he runs out of ammunition. He rushes to reload when a bullet flies into his leg and he falls to the ground, groaning in pain. I grit my teeth, looking around for who shot him and placing a well–deserved bullet in their head.
Slowly, the gunshots died down and the warehouse became silent.
I lifted my head above the pile of boxes and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Russe staring back at me. We nodded at each other before scoping
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out the warehouse for any more of Landon’s men who may sull be alive or hiding
Alfonso was groaning on the ground and I approached him, gun in hand in case I needed to make use of it again,
He’s bleeding from his leg but he’s already putting pressure on the injury so I left him and rushed towards the door of the warehouse with Russo, both of us staring down at the spot where Landon had Alessia shot
I stare at the pool of blood on the floor
or but it’s no bigger than a small cup. If he shot her twice, the floor would be covered.
“He fucking shot her.” Russo’s strained voice echoed in my head as he gave out a scream. “She’s alive.
Ruso’s eyes turned to me. “What are you talking about? We saw him shoot her?”
I shake my head “Technically, we didn’t. I mean think about it. Why would Landon give up the chance to shoot Alessia in our presence! Why did she hide before shooting her? Knowing Landon, he’d never want to give up that pleasure. I think Jes playing some mind games with us. He’s trying to trick us into thinking she’s dead. That’s why he took her again. There just isn’t enough blood to prove that she’s deal. He’s just trying to toy with us to make us sloppy but this time, he’ll fail”
Out of the corner of my eye, Russo began to pace and run his hands through his hair. “How can you be so fucking sure? This is Landon we’re talking about! That guy is a freaking psychopath
“Because I know Landon. This is far from over. We just need to focus our energy on finding her before he does anything to hurt her again. This time, I’ll fucking skin him alive!
Russo stops pacing and walks towards me, his expression softening a bit. “You love her, don’t you?”
I clenched my jaw, “With every fiber of my being?
I stepped away looking everywhere else but at Russo’s face. Admitting my feelings is difficult as it is and I don’t warn him looking at me with that weird expression on his face,
I placed my gun in my waistband as we both headed back toward Alfonso. He was trying to shuffle himself towards the wooden boxes to rest his back. We were both at his side within a few seconds.
“Im sorry.” He heaved out. “I honestly thought we had him.” “Don’t be. It’s not your fault”
“Russo helps Alfonso to his feet. “We’ll get him for this and we’ll get Alessia hack” I met Russo’s eyes
“Definitely will, even though it’s the last thing I do”
