'She's nobody'. The words burned into Adriana's mind for the remainder of the night. She had turned and walked away from him not giving him any satisfaction. 'nobody' she thought tilting her head back and letting the warm tequila satisfy her need for alcohol at this very moment in time. 'Is that what I would be to him too? Nobody?'
"Are you going to tell me your name or what sweetie?" Her thoughts were interrupted by that guy again. He had been following her around the downstairs dance floor and bar for the past hour now. Sure she had let him dance with her, but it was out of frustration. She really wanted to dance with Salvatore, not now though. Not after he decided to disrespect his own date to her. On one hand she was glad little miss blonde bimbo was a nobody, on the other all she could think about was how many 'nobodies' he had and if this casual pursue of her was just another notch on his conquest belt.
"Adriana", she finally replied putting him out of his misery as she leaned on the bar not looking in his direction at all. "Here" he slid her a drink with a smile tugging at her right arm forcing her to turn around. "It's vodka redbull, your drink of choice tonight" he stated urging her on.
"Fũck!" Luca stated out loud watching over Adriana from the upstairs balcony. Salvatore had instructed to keep eyes on her after she angrily stormed off, and it was a good thing he did. He clearly saw the unidentified male slip something into her drink before urging her to take it. He watched her take big gulps through the straw and practically almost finish the beverage instantly!
"Salvo I need to speak with you quickly" Salvatore rose from his seat not even acknowledging his date in the process. "What is it?" He demanded urging Luca on. "She's accepted a drink from someone, I saw him slip something into it".
"What the fũck!" Salvatore was suddenly ragging in an absolute panic. 'How could she be so damn stupid' he thought to himself angrily as he followed Luca downstairs directing him to her location.
They were still at the bar, the moment Salvatore saw the glass in her hand he knew he was too late. There was the smallest amount at the bottom of the glass. 'Why did she drink it so damn quickly' he thought in absolute frustration. Luca pointed directly to the guy, "it was him" he confirmed. He barely finished his sentence when Salvatore lunged forward swinging his right fist like a round house punch and planting it right at his cheek knocking the guy off his feet. Adriana screamed dropping her glass and jumping out the way terrified. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Suddenly she was screaming at him pulling at his suit jacket trying to stop his punches. Luca grabbed her by the waist dragging her away from the situation. "NO!" She continued to protest "NON MI TOCCARE". Don't touch me is what she screamed in Italian. Normally when in panic or anger she would revert to Italian, just like back at the police station. "What the fũck did you slip into her drink you asshole". Adriana heard Salvatore and suddenly froze. She turned to look at Luca who had now let her go, he knew she would be no further problem after hearing Salvatore. "You're going to be fine" Luca assured her when he saw the look of panic sweep across her. "My-my drink?" She stumbled trying to come to terms with it. 'How could I be so fũcking stupid' was all that was crossing her mind.
"It's just a fũcking roofie, get off me!" Salvatore tried to grab him again but at this point security had stepped in and restrained them both. Luca grabbed onto Adriana's arm, "don't say anything" he warned sternly squeezing his grip on her making sure she got the message. Luca knew Salvatore was not going to reveal what happened to security, that's not how he dealt with these situations at all. He knew they would all end up back at the police station and Adriana alone in the hospital.
"All of you out!" Security stated angrily. Luca noticed the guys wallet on the floor and quickly scooped it up totally un noticed. He placed it in his jacket pocket and whispered to Salvatore, "I have his wallet, let him go" he smirked and smiled at the guy who was bleeding from the eyebrow. 'Watch out' he mouthed before grabbing Adriana by the wrist and pulling her urgently to the club exit.
"Please let me go" Adriana twisted her wrist away from him once they stepped outside. "Luca go get the car" he sent him off quickly and looked at Adriana right in the eyes. He came towards her and placed his hand on her face gripping it from the back of her head. He was looking into her pupils looking for any signs of the drug. "You're ok for now" he stated quickly once he heard her breath hitch, she was clearly nervous. "We need to get you home now where you can sleep it off". She shook her head in a terrified manner, "shouldn't I go to the hospital or something?"
"There's no need. We'll take you home to bed while you're still functioning, trust me you just need to sleep it off" Luca appeared with the car and Salvatore opened up the back door urging her in. She stood still hesitating. There was a very real chance they could take advantage of her. What if she fell asleep on the way? She was drunk and now drugged.
"I can't" she murmured nervously looking around her realising no one was in sight. She took one step backwards from them. Salvatore immediately recognised her hesitation, "please Adriana" he begged, "why would I hurt you? If I wanted to do that I wouldn't have told you what he did, I would have just beat him, not said a word then taken you back to my place. I'm not trying to scare you please, I'm taking you home to your place. Text your friend now and let her know you had to leave. I'll take you home and make sure you're ok". Adriana felt as though it was a race against time. She felt the pressure of making a decision, she either came to terms with trusting him and allow herself to relax a little, or waste time trying to figure out another way home or call herself an ambulance and risk falling asleep on the sidewalk. "Ok" she let out shaky sigh and stumbled into the back seat of the car. Salvatore slid in next to her and took her clutch purse from around her wrist. He rummaged through finding her ID, "this your address?" He asked as she rested her head on the window taking in deep breaths of nervousness. "Yes". He showed Luca the address and told him to activate the GPS.
"I'll call you once I'm ready to leave" Salvatore told Luca once they reached the front of the apartment building. Luca raised an eyebrow but nodded. He was sure Salvatore would not cross any lines with Adriana in her current state but it also made him slightly nervous knowing his current obsession with her. Salvatore was his superior though so he accepted it and drove off for the time being.
Once inside Adriana stumbled onto the couch, she was not sure if at this point it had anything to do with the drug or just the fact that she was intoxicated. She had really pushed the limits with alcohol and energy drinks tonight. Salvatore strode into her small kitchen, opened the fridge and retrieved a bottle of water. He walked over to her on the couch and instructed her to drink as much as she could. She did so obediently. "Has this ever happened to you before?" He asked her curiously as she shook her head. "Well I'm surprised because you obviously act carelessly"
"Ok papà" she rolled her eyes infuriating him. "Yeah well your papà should have taught you better then accepting drinks like that from strangers"
"I accepted a drink from you the other night"
"Are you stupid?" He challenged not holding back, "a bar tender retrieved that for you and saw them do it. If you're going to accept drinks make sure you see the source" suddenly Adriana was laughing, she had no idea why but she was breaking out into fits of it. He shook his head and helped her up off the couch, "where is your room? You should lay down and get ready for bed. It's better if you let yourself fall asleep naturally ok?" She led him to her bedroom stumbling a little on the way. Once they entered she collapsed on the Queen size taking a big breath of air into her lungs. Salvatore slipped off her shoes and she barely even noticed until she realised she could not see him hovering around her anymore. She looked down her body and saw him on the floor placing her shoes neatly to the side. Boldly she pulled him back up by his hand and motioned for him to sit with her. Before doing so he pulled her covers back and urged her to at least sit near the pillow for when she would eventually pass out. "Salvo I'm scared" she whispered suddenly as he sat by her on the edge of the bed. The thought of something taking over her body and not knowing when she was going to pass out terrified her. He turned to face her and looked into her eyes once again, "you're ok" he encouraged her and began stroking her left cheek with his thumb. The pad of his thumb stroked back and forth, back and forth soothing her gently. "Just relax" he whispered in a soft reassuring tone. At this point their faces were only inches apart, he continued to speak to even distract himself. He wanted to kiss her but knew this definitely was not the right time. "Just go to sleep, if you go to sleep by yourself you won't even know it's happening I promise".
All Adriana was suddenly aware of was his thumb tenderly stoking her cheek over and over again. Every so often she would hear whispering words like 'relax' leaving his lips. His lips were all she could suddenly focus on. The combination of his hands and his lips were suddenly becoming unbearable to her. She could see the pool of desire growing within his eyes. Without warning she pulled him down by his suit jacket and forced his lips onto hers.
Salvatore's lips were on hers gently encouraging her further into it. It started off slow and uncertain but once he realised she was willingly opening her mouth he plunged his wanting tongue into her. It caressed hers gently at first but as their desires grew his tongue danced around her mouth in dominance. He captured her small moans with his mouth and occasionally lightly bit her plump bottom lip playfully before diving back into her with his tongue rewarded when her fingers would dig into his arms. Unable to contain himself anymore, he suddenly found himself switching from sitting on the side of the bed, to being on both his knees directly on the bed and leaning his body over hers with his hands locked behind her head holding onto it showing her he was the one in control here. It was not until she moaned his name in a breathless plea that he suddenly stopped resting his forehead against hers. 'What am I doing?' He thought to himself trying to containing his breathing. "Salvo" she called out again trying herself to maintain normal breaths. "We can't" finally he spoke needing to bring himself out of this dangerous trance. She kissed his jaw then the corner of his mouth earning a frustrated groan from him. "But I want you"
"Fũck" Salvatore mumbled, he could feel himself getting uncomfortably hard. "I want you too"
"Then kiss me" she encouraged capturing his lips once more. He let her kiss and tease him a little further until finally he snapped out of it, he knew he had to put a stop to this, she had no idea what she was doing. "Adriana not now. You don't know what you want"
"I do"
"We'll see about that when you're not drunk and drugged up ok?" He pulled away and stood up off the bed not trusting himself any longer with her. If her drink was not spiked tonight he'd have her writhing under the covers. He encouraged her to lay back onto the pillow and stroked her hair back. "Go to sleep Adriana, I'm going to wait in the living room until your friend arrives ok?" She nodded a little frustrated and a little tired, she yawned and felt her eyelids suddenly feeling heavy and mumbled something incoherent to him as he smiled and finally left the room.