Chapter 018

~MARIO~

I was having dinner with Gia on the carpet floor of her room, savoring this moment with her, knowing that tomorrow I might have to relocate her from my house so that I could keep her safe.

I wanted this moment to be the only thing that would keep me going for those couple of days when I had to go head-to-head with Alexander.

Even though I planned to kill him before he got to me, I had to be prepared for his attack, and Gia had to be away from the house.

I didn't want her to get hurt because of me.

"You've never done this for me before, so I'm a little confused," she said, looking at me.

I could tell that she never thought that I would show her kindness.

Her father murdered my sister, and I kidnapped her and locked her up in my house, I was supposed to hate her.

I was supposed to make her suffer as I did to her parents, but I couldn't. She made me question my feelings a lot.

I lost control when I was around her, and I found myself wanting her. Wanting to claim he