expression angry. “I
warned you to stay away from the D’Angelos, but you didn’t. So, I
warned you again, giving you plenty of reasons why. But what do you
do? You run to your daddy, getting him to upset my brother.” He
placed a hand around my neck, making my eyes widened. “I should
kill you for that as well as for ignoring my orders. I saw Frano
out there talking to you, which also means you think you can do
whatever the hell you like and get away with it. Well, you can’t.
So, this is what will happen if you want me to spare your worthless
life. You will NEVER talk to Frano and Jagger again, and if you
disobey me a third time, I will take you and teach you a lesson
about life and death .
Capito ?”
I
nodded.
“ Buono , schiava ,” he said. “Now, go back to
your mother and say whatever you have to, to get away from the
D’Angelo brothers. I will be watching.”
He let
go of my mouth and unlocked the door, then disappeared out of the
restroom. I placed my hand to my neck and started to sob. A few
seconds later, the restroom door opened. My mother called out to
me, her voice sounding scared and worried. I wiped my face and
stepped out from the stall.
My
mother’s gaze shot to me. “I saw Christo leave the restroom,” she
said, racing over to me. “What did he do to you?”
“ You have to put a hit on him, you have to,” I
sobbed.
“ What did he do?!”
“ He threatened me because I was talking to Frano. He was also
angry that Dad went to his brother. Please don’t tell Dad, he will
kill me if Dad finds out. We have to kill Christo.”
“ I … I can’t kill someone, Sophia.”
“ But, he will kill me!”
“ What did Christo say exactly?”
“ He won’t touch me again if I stay away from the
D’Angelos.”
“ Then stay away from them! We’ll walk right out now and go in
the opposite direction.”
“ I can’t ignore them.”
“ You can, and you will, if it means your life.”
I wiped
my eyes, my mind going to Frano’s smile. I didn’t want to ignore
him; I wanted to be with him.
My
mother wrapped her arms around me. “We have to tell your father. He
will protect you.”
I shook
my head. “No, Christo still attacked me after Dad went to the
Donatelli don. I just have to ignore the D’Angelos.”
“ Sì , because they have caused us
nothing but trouble, so let’s go before they come looking for
us.”
She
steered me out of the restroom. My eyes went to the café. Frano was
talking to his brother, not looking my way. I turned in the
opposite direction with my mother, heartbroken that I wouldn’t be
allowed to see him again.
5
CAMILA
Jagger
pulled out of me and got off the bed. He strode towards Honey, who
appeared frozen to the spot. He grabbed her arm and yanked her
further into the room, closing the door behind her. He then shoved
her against the wall, trapping her with his body. “I told you not
to come back to my room,” he growled.
She
started crying. “Why Camila?”
“ Because unlike you, she makes me hard.”
She
raised a hand to her mouth, her crying growing louder. It made me
feel like shit, because I actually liked the woman.
I pulled
a sheet around me and pushed off the bed. “You don’t have to be
cruel, Jagger.”
He
glanced over his shoulder. “Take that off.”
I froze. “What off?”
“ The sheet.”
“ Why?”
“ Because I told you to.”
“ Well, you don’t get to tell me what to do.” I wrapped the
sheet tighter around me, not liking the way he was
acting.
He
pushed away from Honey and stalked towards me, making me back up
quickly, the anger on his face taking me by surprise, although it
shouldn’t have, because he was unpredictable.
He
grabbed the sheet and ripped it as I clung to it, exposing my
breasts. “Drop the fucking sheet!”
“ No!”
He
pushed me onto the bed, making me yell out. Climbing on top of me,
he grabbed one of the cuffs and attached it to my right
wrist.
“ Jagger!” I yelled.
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