Chapter 63
Alessi Guzman
I continued staring at him as he spoke again. “Please don’t make me go.”
he connection.
He removes one of his hands from my wrist to cup the edge of my jaw, so softly. I whimper at the
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Leonardo bundled me into his embrace, my head resting against his chest, right above his heart so I could hear it race through his shirt.
He clasps a hand around the back of my head and cradles it, keeping me close as my hands fall around his lower waist. The smell of him has my nerves calming for the first time since the incident.
“I thought I hurt you” He says so quietly I almost missed the last few words. “I thought I shot you.”
I grip onto his shirt until Leonardo rests his forehead on the tip of my head. He inhales slowly and smoothes his hand over the back of my neck and across strands of my hair.
My body melts into his and I close my eyes, allowing myself to have this moment.
Soon, he sweeps me up into his arms and I don’t protest. I’m too tired to do anything. He carries me towards my bed and rucks rue inside. I expected him to throw the covers over my body and leave, but he didn’t. He kicked off his shoes and slid. into the bed beside me.
He’s taking care of me when he should be mourning the loss of his brother but I couldn’t deny that I’ve missed him being bed beside him.
He pulls me into his arms and I rest my head in the crook of his neck. His fingers brushed over the skin between my pajama trousers and shirt.
My eyes fluttered shut and I felt more content between Leonarda’s arms than I had anywhere else.
Leonardo De Luca
I’ve been downstairs on the patio for the last twenty minutes. The sun has just risen over the horizon and is lighting up the trees in the far distance with a golden glow. But despite the gleaming sun, it’s still beyond freezing.
I didn’t sleep much. I probably didn’t sleep at all.
The kitchen has been cleaned and Matteo’s body taken care of. pulled away his phone reminding myself to give it to Alessandro later so he could inspect it for any more information
The call home to Italy wasn’t as pleasant as usual but this time, more intense than expected. We’re the mafia and my father understood that I did what I had to do. It was either Matteo or me.
I did not doubt that Matteo was ready to shoot Alessia just to spite Russo or me. And I would rather die than let that happen.
His jealousy was like I’ve never seen. A man who couldn’t grasp his overriding emotions in the real world. He might be my brother but no way I’d ever do what he did and he got what he deserved.
I could still feel my heart pound in my chest when I wondered my bullet hit her or Matteo.
That’s why when Russo said that she wanted to be left alone, I jul couldn’t stop myself from going to check on her. I had to make sure she was okay. But obviously, she wasn’t. She has experienced another death and this one took a huge toll on her.
When I carried her to her bed and tucked us both beneath the sheets, I didn’t fall asleep with her. I decided to wait until she
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fell asleep in my arms. I listened to her breathing as it slowly began to even out, her hands gripping my shirt with an iron
I had to leave before morning came to clear my head and that wasn’t something I could do with Alessia in my arms,
I don’t think I’m ready to address the way T’in beginning to feel about her. Not when I’ve got a lot of work to deal with from Matteo’s death to Alfonso’s plan with Landon. This isn’t the time to start slacking off and getting distracted.
Theard footsteps echo against the floor and I turned away from the banister on the patio. My eyes fall on Russo as he walks straight towards the coffee machine.
I walked into the kitchen and shut the behind
or me. “Morning, I say and Russo stared at me from the comer of his eye. I was expecting this. He didn’t dare do it yesterday knowing how fragile Alessia was but it’s obvious he’s furious that I risked a shot at Matteo when he still had his gun pointed at her.
“Are you seriously going to ignore me?”
“How about the fact that you could’ve gotten my sister killed? Stie’s here for your protection as you never fail to remind me but you could have killed hert“
His hand slams down the mug he was holding and I close my eyes for a second, breathing through my nose. “Russo. You know I would never have done that if I didn’t think it was worth the shot on Matteo. You and I know that if I hadn’t acted then, he would ve buried that bullet in her neck. You saw the look in his eyes.
Russe’s dark eyes were not bulging. “You still took a chance that could’ve taken her from me. I made a promise to her that I’d Let p her safe too. What would I have tokl Anthonio? You know bow close they are
My body recoils from his words.
“You think I want her to die? Are you fucking crazy?”
He stares at me for a few moments until I sigh and step closer. “Alessia knew what I was going to do. While Matteo was busy talking to you, I was telling Alessia to kick his balls and I pulled my gun from my waistband. She was prepared. She was ready. I didn’t just shoot at him without her knowing”
Something like appreciation glittered in his eyes. “Have you checked on her?” I ask.
Russo nods once and turns back to making his coffee. “Yeah, but she’s still asleep,”
1 lean into the counter trying my hardest not to imagine Matten hody against the floor and the pool of his blood around him, covering Alessia
He’s not the first to die here and I had a feeling he won’t be the list. This is my life.
Unfortunately
“Do you think we could move her out of the house?” Russo asked as he took his coffee and perched on the edge of the stool.
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