"Answer me, Gypsy!" Enzo bellowed.Gypsy's heart was beating twenty miles per minute as she slowly sat up, taking in the murderous rage glimmering through Enzo's eyes that'd turned his normally green eyes into a dangerous shade of grey.This couldn't be happening. God, no!It'd been so long. These scars had been with her for so long that she'd literally forgotten about their existence or cared about their existence, as if they were already part of her skin.Scars caused by cigarette butts and other hot burning metals.It hadn't occurred to her that Enzo would never see these scars and think she was born with them or something.Fuck, the scars didn't even come to mind."I'm asking you something, Gypsy!" By now Enzo was breathing hard, his jaw ticking furiously.He shifted her breasts around to see more scars and shot to his feet, glaring down at her. "Who the fuck did these things to you, Gypsy? And don't fucking tell me that it's no one. Because unless you have some kind of self-harm
AUTHOR'S POV“It's going to be alright, princess.” Enzo said as he drove. He took one hand off the steering wheel to give Gypsy's hand a reassuring squeeze along with a small smile.Gypsy allowed herself to smile back even though she didn't feel the lightness of the spirit to do so. Because her heart was racing.Today was the custody trial. Today she was going to fight to keep her son. And she couldn't get rid of the gloomy thought that something was going to go wrong today.She nearly jumped out of her skin when Enzo suddenly stopped the car and she realized they were already at the court.“Mrs. Russo. Please remember everything we talked about.” Mr. Saenz, Enzo's lawyer who was representing her, told her from the front passenger seat where he was sitting.“They'll do everything they can to provoke you. They'll try to present you as a bad mother and a bad person. The way you'll react will tell the judge a lot so be careful.”Gypsy nodded, determined to do just that. She wasn't going
SIX YEARS AGOWham!The thunderous slap echoed through the room. Gypsy clutched her stinging cheek, staring eyes-wide at the woman who'd just slapped her. The woman who was supposed to be her mother."You whore. How dare you? How dare you make such stupid allegations? After willingly lying down for him to enjoy you, you dare come here and try to accuse him of rape? How dare you?"Her mother's eyes flashed hot with fury and hate. Linda Mathews had always blamed her for the fact that her father left them and Gypsy was used to the hate in her eyes. But today, it seemed to have gone ten notches higher.A tear slipped down her face. "Mum, please believe me. He...""Shut the fuck up!" A slap was delivered to her other cheek. Gypsy stumbled in shock and pain."After everything he has done for you? After everything he has done for us, how can you repay him this way. How can you try to do this to ME?"All of a sudden, her mother grabbed her her by the hair, causing Gypsy to scream in pain."
GYPSY'S POV"Am I going to lose my son?"Mr. Saenz sighed. "Things are very complicated, Mrs. Russo. We don't have any witness or evidence. I'd been hoping your son's father wouldn't have a strong enough case to actually get custody of your son. But your mother's testimony ruined everything and made Mr. McArthur's claims much more solid even though they may all be lies.""May be?" My mouth dropped open in disbelief. "You think they're telling the truth?""What I think doesn't matter, Mrs. Russo. It's what the judge thinks." Mr. Saenz said. "That's why we came up with a plan. It's our chance to build a case.""What plan?" "Princess," Enzo said, getting from behind me to kneel beside my chair. "You see the earrings you're wearing which I gave you this morning? The one on your left ear is a recorder. A video and voice recorder. We're hoping these wretchs will approach you after here and gloat. Try to make them talk as much as possible. All you have to do is touch the earring and everyth
ENZO'S POV“This is gold!” I exclaim after Saenz, Gypsy and I have finished watching the recording from the recorder that was built into the earring I gave Gypsy.The recorder captured every bit of Gypsy's conversation with those idiots perfectly, both sound and video. And the things said in the recording are extremely incriminating.There's no way the judge will watch this and still rule in favour of that bastard Patrick. Unless Patrick bribes the judge, in which case we'd have an even stronger appeal and have the judge sued as well.“Really?” Gypsy questions, her doubts obvious in her voice.“Of course.” I assure her.The air gets knocked out of my lungs when she suddenly throws her arms around me, pulling me tight into a hug.“Thank you. Thank you.” She says repeatedly.I hug her back, loving the feel of her warmth. Having her in my arms brings me an uncanny sense of contentment. I could hold her like this for hours.“It's like we've really hit the jackpot.” Saenz chimes in. “This
GYPSY'S POVMy heart is beating so hard against my ribcage that I'm afraid it'll burst out any moment from now.I'd been so close. So fucking close to leading Enzo outside and telling him the whole truth about who I truly am.If only someone hadn't rang the doorbell. Speaking of which, it's been about ten minutes since Enzo stepped outside, and my courage is slowly fizzling out.I jump in my seat when the door clicks open. Enzo enters, his eyes pinned on me as he closes the door and walks towards me.There's no warmth on his face unlike earlier, causing ice-cold fear to run through my veins. Why does he look so off? Like he's trying hard to control his emotions.“You said you had something to tell me?” He asks, his voice cool. Way too cool. And he doesn't even bother to sit down first.“Uh...yes, I...” I lick my lips nervously. Should I tell him?He doesn't look like he's in a good mood. Whoever came to ring the bell obviously pissed him off. Maybe I should wait till he has calmed dow
“How could I have been such an imbecile? How the fuck couldn't I see through her fakeness? She was lying to my face all this time and I adored her like an idiot.”Dante watched without a word as Enzo rambled on, sitting across the table from him in the bar where Enzo had made him come to drown his sorrows.Enzo brought his bottle of beer to his lips and took four long gulps all at once. Dante winced, knowing gulping that much mustn't have been easy.Or maybe Enzo was in too much pain to actually feel the sting.It'd been a long time since Dante had seen his best friend like this; so messed up, so broken. Three years to be exact.If Gianna's betrayal had broken him so much, Dante could only imagine how this second betrayal was making him feel. All thanks to that cursed Gypsy.After polishing off his beer, Enzo set it back on the table and turned his head to the bar.“Hey, you.” He yelled at one of the bartenders. “Another beer.”Dante cursed under his breath and sighed. “Dude, you've h
GYPSY'S POVA loud groan stirs me awake, making me realize that I finally did fall asleep after spending several restless hours in the couch in Enzo's room.Yawning, I blink my eyes open to find Enzo getting into a sitting position on his bed. He stiffens when he sees me and then glares at me, but obviously his headache is stronger than his need to glare at me because he lets out another groan while holding his head.I quickly rush to his side. “Enzo, are you...”He slaps my hand away when I attempt to touch him. I step back with a sigh and watch as he gets up to his feet. He stumbles a bit but finally manages to study himself enough to rush into the bathroom. Seconds, later, I hear retching sounds.He's obviously having a hangover. He must have drank a whole lot last night.Rummaging through his bedside drawers, I thankfully find an Advil. After going to get some water from the kitchen, I make my way back into the bedroom.Enzo is still puking into the toilet bowl when I step into th