It was a few days after the funeral. Rain had grown accustomed to waking up to the scent of freshly plucked roses at her bedside. Elisa came by every once in a while to help her with some things she might need and they sometimes had long talks before Rain had to leave for work. In the past few days, Alexander has been cold to her…not in a rude way but it somehow seemed like he was trying to create some sort of distance between them or raise a barrier and by the heavens…it was fucking working because Rain was already getting sick and tired of his hot and cold attitude. One second he was nice and then the next he was acting like a mafia boss… Rain hated the fact that she’d forgotten who he was just because of those fleeting smiles and exchanged breaths. A man like Alexander wasn’t soft, he didn’t make friends with people he planned to benefit from. She was nothing but a rule being followed to him, he was using her to set an example to everyone just so they would know that if they t
The table was already set when Rain entered the dining room. Elisa was seated at the table and so was Aldo and Enzo. Rain was beginning to suspect that lived in the mansion along with everyone because she’s never really seen him leave or go a day without seeing him here. He's a very loyal man. Alexander sat at the far corner, not at the head seat…maybe in an attempt to hide himself or take the attention off him? If that were the case, it wasn’t actually working because he was the first person she noticed as she began to walk toward the table. He wore a plain white T-shirt that did wonders for his skin. Rain realized that she hadn’t seen him in such a bright color before. It was refreshing to see, what was also refreshing was the way the shirt hugged his biceps and pecs so wonderfully that she had to catch herself from drooling. She could see the outline of his abs beneath the shirt and damn! That was definitely a sight she needed to know that her day would be a good day. “Good m
Not all dreams come true. Some dreams can just be what they are, which is just dreams. Never to change from that state of nothingness… Just something you witness in your slumber and then the harsh realities of the real world pulls you out from that dream world, the beauty—or the fear—of that reality is gone and is replaced with something much darker. The rising of the sun, the singing of birds and, your body leaving the bed.Nicholas Coleman stared blankly at the dilapidated ceiling over his head, wetness touched the side of his face and he silently wondered if it was the dripping ceiling or if it was just the tears from the dream he’d just had.It wasn’t real though, because in that dream, he was more happy than he’d been in a long time. Sure enough the dream had it’s bad moments where he was chased by a killer, an unending circle that made him feel like he would be caught.Then, she was there, the brightest thing in the entire dream, she pulled him out of his dark hiding place
Alexander was impressed but that didn’t mean he would show it.He knew Nicholas was here to see his sister and he definitely wouldn’t deny him that chance.It wasn’t like he knew the guy was coming today and intentionally agreed to Elisa’s suggestion.Ha.Yes he did.He stared at the duffle bag that Nicholas had set down in front of him, his lips twitched in response because he wasn’t sure what to think of it.Where did Nicholas get all that money from?He’d once seen the guy as a younger brother, he’d wanted to introduce him to this life while making sure he didn’t get into any serious trouble. He’d wanted to raise the bastard’s rank but he’s clearly decided that he is better and bigger than everyone else.“I…I will keep paying in installments until I can get everything to you,”But he no longer had that haughty air around him. He looked tamed, his eyes were down and he wasn’t trying to argue with Alexander at every single sentence.Something else has happened while he was
Alexander wiped the blood from his hands with a gruff sigh. Enzo pit a cigarette in his mouth and proceeded to light it for him. Alexander wasn’t a smoker, but at times like these, the urges became too intense to ignore and he had to feel that tobacco at the back of his throat, something to remind him why he was standing in the pool of another man’s blood… I’m the Don of the Guerriero family. Shit. Sometimes, it got so tiring that even the sound of that title and the responsibility that comes with it becomes a reason to feel frustrated and angry. He was born into this life, he didn’t chose it and Alexander would never admit to anyone or himself that…he’d sometimes wished things were different. He took a large step away from the bloody corpse, his face scrunching up in distaste and his eyes casting a cold glance at the now dead man beneath his feet. “Was he the only one you saw meeting with the council members?” This was a spy. Someone sent into his own empire just to watch it c
“If you keep smiling so much, your cheeks are going to split,” Elisa said with a laugh as she set the dining table for lunch. A few familiar maids assisted them and so did the rude one that kept giving Rain the stank eye. Rain wanted to be unbothered but the maid’s attitude, but she was really losing her patience and she was sure that in a few seconds she would snap at the bitch. “Don’t let Vicky ruin your good mood,” Elisa pulled her to the side and whispered into her hears “She’s a bitch to everyone one because she’s living in an imaginary world that she’s the mistress of the Guerriero family just because Alex fucked her once,” Elisa made her whisper sound so loud that the maid, Vicky’s face scrunched up in annoyance while the other three women that assisted them had to hide their laughter behind fake coughs or their palms. Rain’s eyes widened in surprise, she didn’t expect that to be the reason why Vicky was acting the way she did. She also didn’t imagine Alexander as the type
A brand new day. Rain inhaled, the scent of roses being the first thing that catches. Monday. Her face scrunches up and she shoots up from the bed like a fucking bullet. No, it wasn’t the scent of the rose but the fact that it was already bright out and she hadn’t even taken a shower. “What happened to my fucking alarm?” She said as she squinted her eyes and tried to get used to the rays of the sun that seeped through the curtains and brightened up the room. She couldn’t find her phone, it made her wonder if it was because she was still half asleep, she stopped searching for it with a tired sigh. Rain walked groggily to the bathroom, put toothpaste on her toothbrush and started brushing her teeth. Shamefully so, Rain wouldn’t admit to anyone that she woke herself up three times while she brushed. Damn. Her reflection looked terrible. She looked like she’d spent the previous night drinking every alcoholic beverage in the house. But no. That wasn’t the actual case. She just
Of course she feared him. But she wanted him even more.He didn’t have to know that though.Rain fixed her shirt awkwardly as the got seated in the car. His eyes were still on her, she could tell and it was making every single hair on her body stand in high alert.Why was he still staring?“Why are you so quiet?”“Huh?”Rain turned to look at him. He’d put on a new shirt and it only took him five minutes, just like her, he didn’t put on his blazer but instead held it over his shoulder as they walked.His smoldering gaze kept her on the edge of her seat, Rain was trying so hard to not show just how much his close proximity affected her but yet…at this rate… “Why haven’t you said a word since we left?” He asked looking like he was accusing her of something.“Because I had nothing to say,”After blatantly admitting to being affected by the look in his eyes in front of everyone and also looking at him like she came straight out of a fucking romance novel and she couldn’t get he