Matteo POV
As I am kicked out of the room by my little sister and my wife I walk down the corridor to find Leo pacing around, I have never seen him so nervous in my life. I pat him on the shoulder and we walk to the small bar that was put in one of the rooms so we can enjoy a drink while we get ready. Leo follows me inside and once we have out drinks he downs his without hesitation. I lift my eyebrows looking at him, he usually is not a big drinker and definitely not like this.
“Are you going to tell me what is going on?”, I ask as he pours himself another drink.
“Of course I will, I just need some liquid courage”, he says and I don’t like what I hear, why would he need liquid luck to tell me something? We were always able to talk to each other and say whatever we wanted, he is the only person expect my sister and Avery that can get away with calling me on my shit, so why is he even so nervous, unless it is something really big. Fuc
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Avery POVIt’s been two months since the engagement and I am helping Amber decide on the colours for her wedding. She wants to get married after the baby is born and I am so happy for her, she wants a big wedding, like a princess wedding and I honestly think that she deserves it. After all she is the princess of the Italian mafia, she is the one providing the heir to the throne. I look down at my hands playing with my wedding ring while my thoughts go to the fact I will never be able to carry my own child. I clear a tear that falls down my eyes and I look up to see Amber looking at me. She is carrying a beautiful baby bump. She caresses her stomach and walks to me.“Are you okay? We can take a break if you want”, she says and I shake my head smiling at her.“I’m okay, I was just lost in thoughts”, I say looking down at the magazines in front of me. Amber has all the magazines in bridal style and weddings in the world, there&rs
Matteo POVEliana is connected to the Espinoza, unfortunately we couldn’t find anything dirty on the guy, he just lived his life in the open, like a fucking opened book, and I don’t trust anyone that is that opened, he has social media, his every move is registered online as if to cover his real moves. He is smart but I will outsmart him on the long run.Eliana asked the nurse to let Avery in and they have been together for more than one hour, I am not going to lie, I am nervous as hell as there is no extra security here and I know that attack was to kill Avery. They will not stop until they do but I will make them stop because I will find out who they are and where they are.I keep pacing around in front of the bedroom when my phone starts ringing and I see that is Leo. I answer straight away and he asks me why I am in the hospital. He probably tracked
Avery POVAs the doctor comes out of Eliana’s room he tells me she is calling for me. I look around and Matteo nods his head slightly and I tell her sister I will be out soon so she can go in, she tells me it’s okay, she knows Eliana and I have a close relationship. I still don’t know why I am doing this. She has ignored me for months, but I am not a bad friend like she was. I will go in and hear her out and then I will make a decision, she might have gone through something.As I walk to the door o place my hand on the nob and I stop looking at Matteo, he gives me an encouraging smile and a small kiss. I open the door and get in leaving him outside. He has been paranoid with my protection so I won’t even worry about him being outside, he is a grown ass man that can look after himself.Eliana locks eyes with me as soon as I close the door behind me and she starts crying. I walk fast towards
Matteo POV Avery refused to leave the hospital without Eliana so I made sure the doctors released her to my care and we went to the safe house. Eliana came with us, but I am not happy about this. I still don’t trust her completely, but I guess it is better to keep her under my radar then her disappearing on me and planning something else without my knowledge. “This is your room”, I say opening the door of one of the furthest bedrooms from mine and Avery’s. Eliana walks in and looks around while she hugs her body and she limps a little, the bullet hit her on her right arm and that makes it hard for her to move her shoulder. Great. “I can stay here with you if you like” Avery says and I wrap my arms around her waist pulling her closer to me. Her back against my chest and I take a deep breath. “I’ll have someone stay here with her”, I whisper and Avery looks
Avery POVI have been in this safe house for ages now, every day is merging with the other and I have no clue what day it is now. Matteo said he has some business to attend to today and I have to say I am quite excited to see him leave, he has been all over me since we got here, not that I am complaining, it’s just good to see him getting back to business and letting me help him.He found some stuff on some of his enemies and he said they were all handled. I don’t know what he means by that but I believe that he knows what he is doing. Amber is almost popping, they even created a small nursery here and Amber decorated everything. I have to say I had nothing to do with that, I know she is still trying to protect me about baby talk. I am not broken, I am just hurt, it will pass, and I will love this baby with all my heart.I walk into Amber’s room and she is sitting on the bed with Eliana, she hasn
Matteo POV“Boss, you need to check this out”, I hear as Leo speak through the earpiece.“On my way’, I reply ask walk around the corner of the empty abandoned factory where we were supposed to meet Andreas Santana, the heir of the Spanish mafia. They contacted us to meet here and after we swept the place it was empty and they never showed up. I am always aware and anticipating an attack, but I never anticipated what I am about to face.As I see Leo across the room I approach him while I still hold my gun in case someone appears out of nowhere he is bending down looking at something.“What is it?”, I ask“A heart’, he says and I look down to see a human heart wrapped in a piece of fabric. The fabric is now red but you can tell that it used to be white. It has some engraving as well. I scrunch my nose as I smell the irony scent of blood.
Matteo POV It was all planned out to take Avery from me. Amber told me what happened and I can’t believe I was so stupid. Eliana is still there helping Rio. I can’t believe I fell for this. What was I thinking? They took her and they haven’t made any contact yet. Rio is trying to find any leads he might get on Avery in the meantime I am driving all around the city trying to think where they could have taken her. My phone starts ringing through the car speaker and I answer, it is Leo and I know he is taking care of my baby sister and their child. But I can’t believe this. I can’t even enjoy the birth of my niece when I am this worried about Avery. I know she was training with Leo and Rio, she became good at fighting and shooting but she is still my wife. I should have protected her. And how did the bastards get in the safe house? That place is full of passwords and security. It is an inside job. Amber said it wasn’t Eli
Avery POV I don’t know how long I have been in here, but the torture makes all the day blend together. Every day and hour is the same, I still have the blindfold and I am being fed by tubes, just enough to keep me alive while man after men touches me, they touch my body as if it was their property and not my own body anymore, but none of them actually penetrate me, I don’t know how much longer I can live like this. My body and my personal choice being taken away from me by force. I have been enduring psychological torture since I have arrived here, the constant hands touching me are nothing compared to the psychological torture I am suffering, I have earbuds on playing constant sounds of crying babies keeping me awake and from time to time the sounds stop and I am allowed to sleep for a few minutes and then the torture continues. I am sleep deprived, my head hurts and my body, well I stopped felling my body as a way of disassociating from the constant hands touching