When The Sun Goes Down - A Midnight Mafia Novel

Chapter Thirty-Nine

His sudden anger had shocked me and I moved backwards immediately. I hated fighting with Alessio. Alessio didn't have to be cruel or rude to hurt me, a sharp tone was enough to sting. When that tone was accompanied with hurtful remarks it hurt me to my core. Like right now.

"Calm down." I said barely above a whisper and gently tried to lower his arm.

"Go!" He yelled and for effect pulled his arm back to his body and then snapped it back out.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and the tears that threatened to spill over and turned around. I half expected him to grab me and pull me back to him but he didn't.

Not until I reached the door and pulled it open his hand flew past me and he forced the door shut again. I chewed my cheek and stared at the door silently. He hand an open hand on the door beside me head and I focused hard on the blood under his fingernails.

"Mia Katherine."

(My Katherine)

I let out a shaky breath and could hold the tears in no longer.

"Turn around." He whispered softly. "Turn around Katherine." He said again when I didn't answer him.

I turned around slowly and his eyes softened at the sight of me. He pressed his body against mine and my back touched the door.

"I am sorry. I have had a very long, and very stressful day." He muttered and rested his forehead on the door beside my head.

"I-I understand."

"You don't, and I don't want you to." He lowered his head and kissed my shoulder gently. I caved and wrapped my arms around his waist. Somehow it felt almost natural. Holding Alessio eased the knot in my stomach that had been persistently pestering me since the prior night. "I'm sorry." He muttered against my shoulder and began trailing kisses across it until he reached my neck. He nipped lightly at the skin and I tightened my grip on him.

He pulled away to see my face, only to see the tears coming out even faster now. "I'm sorry." I said quickly and looked away. "I don't know why I'm even crying."

"Because of me." He said simply.

I put my hands on his bare chest. The blood had soaked through his shirt in dabs. Splotches of dried brown blood speckled across his chest. "No."

"Yes."

"No I was thinking of like, sad shit."

"Sad shit?" He teased.

"Yeah, like dead puppies or something.'

"Or something?" I could tell he didn't believe me for a second. I nodded. "You're crying because of me."

"Maybe." I admitted and started crying harder.

He scooped me up in his arms, lifting me from the ground I wrapped my legs around his waist and buried my face in his neck. "Mi dispiace." He muttered into my ear as he carried me to the bed. "Stay."

(I'm sorry)

"Okay." I whispered as he laid down with me on top of him and rolled so we were both laying on our sides again. Just the way we had been last night when I had thought he wanted me too. An embarrassed blush crept to my cheeks at the thought of his none-to-subtle rejection.

"I need to get a shower." He said and lightly brought his nose across my own.

"Yes, you do." I agreed.

"There's blood on your arms." He said sharply, sounding more annoyed about the subject than he probably should have been.

"Yes, it got on me when you moved me away from the sink." I shrugged. It wasn't a huge deal, I had been worried more about other things at the time.

He rubbed his thumb across the spot with a frown. "You need a shower too. You could get one with me?"

I laughed and snuggled back into his chest. I knew he didn't mean it. On the other hand, he'd seen me in lingerie of all shapes and sizes and we'd slept together without actually sleeping together more times than I could count. He probably wouldn't be tempted with me stripped and wet either.

"Come on." His body pulled away from my own as he sat up and the space where he'd been felt empty.

"Come on?"

"You're showering with me."

"Oh am I?" I said coyly.

"Mhm." He said and surprised me not only with pulling me up from the bed but also throwing me over his shoulder and carry me to the bathroom while I giggled like a school girl.

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8/11/15

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