They were talking and for a few minutes it was like she wasn’t even at the table but Mr. Montero tried to add her into their conversations a few times to which she politely brushed the both of them off.‘Don’t speak when men are speaking!’The voice was faint in her mind but soon it’s presence reared its ugly head and became louder...More prominent.Then there was that feeling in her chest again. Like something heavy sat on her chest and happily restricted her breathing.“I...” she choked out, “Please where’s the ladies room?”No...Not here, not again please!“Down the hall, the door on the right,” Mr. Montero said as his eyes took in her appearance.“Are you okay?” he asked, his brows furrowed in concern while Alexander looked at her with a blank expression.“Yes I—” she almost choked again, “I’ll be right back!”Was all she could manage before she practically bolted and headed for the bathroom.It was easy to locate, as soon as she got in, she shut the door behind her and
The drive back home was oddly quiet. Alexander just sat in his own corner, brooding, jaw clenching and he tapped his foot impatiently. There was so much tension in the car that it created an illusion of Rain not being able to breath properly. It was just the two of them but yet she felt choked up. Was it really the tension or was she having another panic attack?“Why’s your face so blue? Are you okay?”Oh. So he could actually show concern for another human being.Rain nodded with a forced smile and then rolled down the window and inhaled deeply as the fresh wind touched her face and cooled her skin.“What else are we doing today?” She asked him in an attempt to distract herself and not just because the pressure had eased as he finally said something to her.Definitely not.“We were going to go straight back home after the meeting with Montero but there’s somewhere I have to be, you’ll go straight home after they drop me off,” He said with a low voice. Whatever Enzo had said t
“So, you like him?” “What? No!” Rain exclaimed in horror. “I don’t fucking like him or anything like that,” she said to Yuki. “You only asked a question and now I have given you an answer!” Rain rolled her eyes when she heard Yuki’s melodic laugh on the other line. “I don’t like him!” Rain said again, sounding so defensive that it irritated even her. “I only asked you one question, is he hot?” Yuki began with a laugh, “But putting into consideration how you’ve just described the man to me…how could I not think that you like him?” Rain scoffed. “I do not!” Another laughter rang out, it was beginning to annoy her. “Yes, yes. I believe you. I have to go now but we’ll talk later tonight yeah?” Rain nodded even though Yuki couldn’t see her. “Yes of course, take care,” There was a click and the call was ended. Rain blew out a frustrated breath and flexed her legs without moving them in an attempt to stretch her legs. She was still in the car and being in one position for so lo
The scent of roses was the first thing that registered in her mind. It made Rain tense up because she knew that she hasn’t fallen asleep in the cabin the previous night. Her alarm kept ringing, urging her to open her eyes…face what the world wanted to bring. Am I in the cabin? Her hands reached for her phone and turned off the alarm before her eyes even opened. It was bright outside, so fucking bright and it seemed like she had forgotten to shut the curtains yesterday and now her eyes were paying the price for it. She was still in her room in the mansion. Rain almost couldn’t remember getting here last night because of how tired she’d been. Her and Alexander had talked all night. Holy shit. They talked all night. Alexander didn’t look the least bit tired but Rain kept embarrassingly dosing off and sometimes even drooled in front of him. When he finally told her to go get some rest, she didn’t even have the strength to argue, she just walked back to her room, eye lids heavy and
The city was at least beautiful. Rain hadn’t been to this part of Italy before, she could safely assume that they were in Palermo City because the car slowly pulled to a stop.Now, she could’ve asked Alexander about where they were going and who they were going to see but he had been brooding all morning just like the previous day, looking like he’d been wronged and like he was out for someone’s blood.He wore his hair in his usual style although a few stray locks kept slipping out of the hold and tickling his face. He brushed it away a few times and the sight of it made Rain’s fingers twitch.She wanted to be the person to do that. Maybe she would finally know his hair was as soft as it seemed…maybe run her fingers through it a little.He wore a black suit, looking just as deadly as he always did…heavens with a daily dose of such a visage daily, Rain was pretty sure she would die a happy death.Sure enough even after she had carefully picked out what she wore so that she wouldn’
Everyone was already outside their own assigned cars waiting for Rain and Alexander to step down. After he was out of the car, he offered her a hand so she could come out through his own door. She hesitated for a few seconds before taking his hand because this was the first time he’d ever done something of the sort. “How nice of you both to join us,” Luigi said in a low voice without humor while Romeo avoided her gaze and then muttered a few words under his breath that Rain couldn’t hear, it earned him a glare from Alexander though because the words were in Italian and it was obviously directed at Alexander. We’re the friends having issues? Once she was balanced enough in her heels, she muttered a low thank you to Alexander and he let her hand go that very second. Well, that was sort of expected. Her palms felt like they were ringing, missing his warmth. Stop that shit! She berated herself. They were at a mansion, not as big as the one they lived it but just as magnificent. Th
Vlad was glaring and his finger was just above the trigger, hovering, teasing and probably considering and weighing his fucking options. Rain scoffed at his hesitation, she was also surprised at how calm she felt in the moment. She expected her heart to beat faster because just a few days ago, the thought of being on the opposite side of a nuzzle almost gave her a panic attack. “Go ahead, prove to me that you aren’t a pussy,” Rain said with a challenging shrug, she smirked smugly at him…of course he wouldn’t be able to do shit to her. No matter how menacing he looked at that moment and how veins bulged out of his forehead. She wasn’t afraid, because of that asshole that his moods change like the fucking weather. He wouldn’t let anything bad happen to her, he made that promise and Rain was half sure that his men knew that they weren’t supposed to hurt her as well. They did…right? For a split second, Rain’s heart skipped a beat and she began to wonder if she should be afraid. “Th
Few Years Ago… Yaakov Guerriero stared at the destroyed pages of his research note book in front of him, his expression grim and his hands clasped behind his back. “You’re the person planting these thoughts in your sister’s head!” His last small but thick research book that had not been destroyed was then flung at his face and hit him square in the jaw. He inhaled deeply, his fists clenched at his sides as he tried to quell his anger, his anger wouldn’t do him any good when it came to their father, he had to stay silent just so he wouldn’t be given a much more severe punishment that might separate him from his sister, again. “Father please! Yaakov didn’t do anything wrong, I was the one who asked him to read and learn all about it!” Voila said with a shaky voice, her fear evident in her tone. Their father, Davide Guerriero’s hair was just as long as his son’s, some stray grey locks were on his face because of the strength he used to destroy every book he saw, he was breathing heav