Riley's pov:
I leaned against the door as I tried to control my breathing
Don't look inside Riley
Just don't
I heard running and in a minute Xavier was infront of me
"Are you okay? Are you hurt? did something happen?" His worried eyes swept over me as he held me in his arms
"Did you hear it? A gun shot? Someone got shot inside that room" I whispered pointing at the room beside me
Xavier let go of me and went inside that room a minute later he came out and we heard voices "Why the fuck did you do that?!" Alessandro yelled
"You did that!" Bianca yelled back
Does that mean they're okay?
As if he read my thoughts Xavier answered "they're okay the gun went off by accident" I let out a sigh of relief
"Why are you even here?" Antonio who I just noticed came with April narrowed his eyes at me
Sheesh take a chill pill annoying ass dude
"Alessandro was supposed to show me my room" I shrugged
"And why did you go with him? Why didn't you wait for me? Do you have any idea what he could've done?" Xavier said furiously
Oh really
"Ok noted next time a mafia boss tells me something I'll tell him no I'll wait for my boyfriend and get ready to have my dead body delivered to your door step you douche!" I rolled my eyes and looked inside the room to find Alessandro hugging Bianca
That's a turn of events
"I'm not your boyfriend" he muttered
I looked at him in disbelief "right I just flew here with a complete stranger who I just met because I'm an idiot...okay I deserve that for acting stupid" I chuckled
"That's not what I-" I cut him off
"There's no other meaning to what you said Xavier, please just take me to a room and tomorrow I'll get a ticket to go back to California" I turned away from the room
"No you're not" he looked at me with a cold, distant look
"What do you mean?" I crossed my arms over my chest
"You're not leaving me Bella" is he crazy?
"Well you don't want to be my boyfriend Xavier so why can't I leave?" I raised my eyebrow at him
"You're mine you can't leave me, I don't like the title boyfriend but you're still mine" He licked his lips as his green eyes swept over my own lips
What the fuck is up with him?
That's fucking toxic
"Excuse you I can leave if I want to!" I said furiously
He laughed loudly then looked back at me dead serous "you can not" he looked around then back at me stepping towards me making me take a step back
Who the fuck is that?
"You can try...but trying to escape from a gang leader and a mafia leaders' house isn't so smart sweetheart" he said in low voice
He was about to take another step towards me but April stepped between us shielding me from him
"That's enough Xavier" she said
"Oh cmon I wasn't going to do anything to her I love her for God's sake! I was just...advising her" he shook his head
Yeah I'm not too sure about how I feel about him now
Why did I come here?
"Ok I think you made your point now leave before you do something you'll regret" she looks like she knows what's up with him
"Cmon Antonio let's go continue that plan" Xavier gave me a sweet smile and disappeared
Bipolar shit
April turned to me and I looked at her with a horrified expression but before I could talk she did "Xavier doesn't have a personality disorder and he isn't Bipolar he just gets pretty possessive when someone tries to take something or in your case someone from him, you wanted to leave him his possessive senses kicked in and he said dumb things that he'll come saying sorry for in an hour or so, take it from me don't forgive him right away he needs to learn you're not something you're someone and he can't let his possessiveness make him forget that, but he loves you...alot so forgive him eventually" before I could open my mouth again she talked "your room is the one at the end of the hall it's the closest guest room to Xavier's room and your clothes are already in it common sense it's yours and before you ask how your bags got there Xavier had them delivered as soon as we landed and we are not friends don't forget that" with that she left me standing there with a gaping mouth
Crazy ass family
Is Jasmine crazy too?
I hope she's normal
"Fuck you!" Bianca said
Why the fuck are these two so Bipolar?
Whatever
I walked to the room April pointed at and closed the door unpacking my clothes
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Alessandro's pov:
(Right after the gun shot)
We both started at eachother until Xavier interrupted "are you both okay?" He asked
Bianca nodded "the gun went off by accident" she explained and he left
"Why the fuck did you do that?" I yelled at her
Stupid girl
She kept pushing the gun at herself until she accidentally clicked on my finger making me pull the trigger
"You Did that!" She yelled back
Is she an idiot how the fuck did I do that?
This was all her fault!
I looked at the hole at the ceiling then back at Bianca to find tears in her eyes
I closed my eyes and sighed before looking at her again "Why the fuck are you crying Bianca?" I asked
"It scared me, my-my father did that and it just stuck with me whenever I hear...that thing I get...those flashbacks back" she whispered looking up at me
Flashbacks? What the fuck?
"Shouldn't have pulled the trigger then idiota" I muttered
Fuck she's sobbing now "I'm sorry" she cried
I rolled my eyes and pulled her into my chest caressing her back softly trying to make her calm down
This feels....nice
We stayed like that for a few minutes before she pulled back and looked at me
"Thank you" she gave me a genuine smile
No no fuck no
"I didn't do that for you you were just starting to annoy me with your annoying loud crying!" Stupid excuse
"Fuck you!" She said wiping her tears away
And she's back
She pushed me away and went to her bathroom slamming the door shut
I can't get the old me back Bianca and you can't have me again
I looked at that hole one more time and texted one of my men to get someone to fix it
So many walls are getting destroyed these days...so much money...
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Riley's pov:
I sent a text to aunt Linda telling her I landed safely after unpacking before calling Lilly (her NY bestfriend)
"What's up my favorite person?" She answered
She's doing something I won't like I'm betting on that
"Where are you?" I asked suspicion laced in my voice
"The mall, there's a party tonight and I have nothing to wear" she replied
"How about that one?" Jaden?
"Lily..."
"Yes?" She replied quickly
"Are you with Jaden?"
"Oh...Oh yeah we met at the mall" of course
"Are you biting your fingernails?" I asked boredly
"Um yes?" She answered in a confused tone
"Well you're lying you don't have to lie aren't you and Jaden 'friends'?" I stressed on the word friends
"Yes!" She answered quickly
"Well then I have nothing to worry about for now" then I started telling her all that happen since I arrived in Italy
"That whole family needs to pay the therapist a visit" I chuckled
"These were my thoughts exactly"
"Bro just get outta there you're going to die" She said seriously
"But I love him...I'll just ignore him like April said" I sighed
"From when do you take advice from that rude crazy maniac?" I could feel her rolling her eyes
"From when it started concerning Xavier" that conversation was closed on that line and after a few more minutes we hung up
A knock interrupted my thoughts nevertheless I still said a 'come in'
"Hey" Xavier
I took a hold of my phone and looked in it pretending he's not there
I felt him sit on the bed "Listen I didn't mean what happened it just happened....and no harm was caused so we should be good" no harm was caused? Was there a possibility that you could've harmed me Xavier?
I swiped through my phone not glancing at him keeping my face expressions neutral
"We gotta communicate Riley that's how arguments get solved, you giving me the silent treatment will solve no such thing" he took a hold of my hand "what I did was extremely stupid but it didn't cause any harm and you're welcome to go back to California whenever you want, you know I never liked you being here in the first place it's too dangerous I did get alittle possessive when you threatened to leave me and I'm sorry about that and I'll work on keeping the unbearable possessiveness at bay" he sounds so mature and nice But nah I ain't giving in I'll listen to April
When he saw I'm not giving in he bit his lip before opening his mouth again "I don't like the term boyfriend, you can call me your lover, your boy, your whatever but the term boy-friend has the word friend in it and we're far more than friends Riley" he's cute
But April knows him better I still won't give in
He let out a deep sigh "you think I don't know that April told you to ignore me? That's all she ever does, but whatever I explained myself and apologized I'm in no wrong at the moment ignore me all you want but just remember that this relationship is between just you and I no other people and when arguments happen we solve them together people who give advice will never be in your shoes!" He got up and left the room slamming the door behind him
Ughhh what should I do? Who should I listen to?
While still thinking about it I fell asleep
I'll have an answer by tomorrow
I hope
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Who do you think Riley should listen to?
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K.m.