A few hours earlier
Antonio's pov:
"Hello, dear cousin" I smirked at the unsuspecting man
"Where's she?" He looked around the room
"She isn't here, you tell me where Aaron is and the girl is all yours"
"I don't fucking know yet"
"When you fucking know then call me" I got in my car amd left him standing In the garage
I don't like people who waste my time
Idiota
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2 days later
"Sweetheart I'm back" I knocked on April's door before entering
"Like hell I care" I rolled my eyes at her attitude and stalked across the room to her bed
I took a hold of her neck making her stand up and let go, burying my head in her exquisite scent "behave" I placed a kiss on her collarbone and felt her shiver
"I see I still affect you" I smirked against her skin
"Phychopath" she said under her breath
"Oh shut up you love me" I playfully rolled my eyes again "I want you to make our new guest feel welcomed" I let go to look at her confused face
"Who's the guest? And who said I'd do anything for your stupid ass?"
"Schatz, du hast keine Wahl, She's someone you know very well.."
(sweetheart you don't have a choice)
"Who is she Antonio?" She sat back down
"Riley"
"what the fuck? what do you even want her for? are you crazy? Xavier must be so worried!" Of course being dramatic as ever
"Listen I want to tell you something but don't freak out, if you do I swear to God I'll lock you up here for a whole month" she gave a small nod
"Aaron has gone missing" She gulped slowly, fisting the blanket in her hand
"How?"
"My men can't locate where he is anymore, So...I've made a deal with a cousin of mine, he has eyes all across the place. He'll find him and in return he wants...Xavier's girlfriend" I took a hold of her shaking hand and rubbed circles with my thumb
"This isn't okay Antonio, yes I want my brother but I can't use my bestfriend and his girlfriend like that, and the poor girl why should she be a pawn in this game she already has enough on her plate" she placed her other hand on my face and made me look into her beautiful eyes "you need to let her go" I shook her hand off and stood up
"This isn't your decision to make, as much as I respect everything you just said, I need my bestfriend back, my wingman, so sorry but I can't fulfill your wishes" I turned to the door "She's in the room across the hall, go check on her and make her eat, she hasn't eaten anything since she's arrived, lock the door so she can't leave on your way out"
I headed to my office and made a call on the way "everything's going according to the plan, just hurry"
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April's pov:
Of course
Leave it to Antonio to do something stupid and then ask me to help
How on earth do I even make her eat? Push the food down her throat?
She must be so shaken up
I never really liked her but nobody deserves this
Xavier must be going insane right now
Who on earth is Antonio's cousin? And why does everyone know the girl?
I twisted the lock and pushed the door open a little to look inside
She was sitting on the bed playing with her rings
I knocked to make my presence known and entered closing the door
She had the untouched food beside the night stand
"Hey...Riley" I sat on the chair beside the bed
"Were you in on this?" She narrowed her eyes at me
"Nope just found out" I gave a small, unsure smile "don't you want to eat?"
"No"
"You'll pass out if you don't"
"Okay"
"You can't do that to Xavier"
"He isn't here"
I sighed
This is fucking hard
"Why don't you help me escape?" Shs straightened her back
Oh dear God she has a death wish doesn't she
"Honey you can't escape from Antonio de luca, did you forget he's in the mafia or what"
"He trusts you, he won't suspect it" I snorted
"Who gave you that idea, that guy locked my window a couple days ago, trusts me my ass"
"So what? I'll just die here?" She leaned back against the headboard
"Xavier will surely come" I hope
"I've never even talked to your boyfriend what does he want with me" boyfriend sounds nice
Focus
He's a murderer for God's sake
"Business"
"Can't have a day in peace right?" She turned her head away from me
"Aren't you hungry?"
"No"
"Listen I'd hate to tell you this but Antonio is exchanging you for something so he needs you to eat to be healthy" half true
"He's selling me to a bunch of old men or what" she snorted
"He'll kill you if you don't eat" a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do
"Fine I'll eat can you leave now" She snapped
Still a bitch
I locked the door on my way out because I don't need more problems with Antonio
"So?" I entered my room and shrieked when I heard the voice
"What the fuck you scared me!" Antonio was sitting with his laptop on my bed
Seriously I have no privacy
"Did she eat amar?"
"She said she will" I hope she actually does
"Good work gatito" he pulled me to him placing the laptop aside
He wrapped his arms around me burying his face in my neck, inhaling my smell
"me vuelves tan jodidamente loco con ese dulce aroma"
(you make me so fucking crazy with your sweet scent)
"Antonio..." I sighed pushing his head away
"Don't push me away" he growled pulling me closer but this time resting his head on my stomach looking up at me
Butterflies, calm the fuck down please
"This is wrong" I muttered looking away before his gaze hypnotizes me
"I don't see why" his gaze hardened
"You kill people for a living Antonio, what do you mean why? you killed people because of me! do you think that makes me happy?!" I snapped
"Well so the fuck does your brother and I haven't seen you cut him off yet!" He pulled his head up but kept me in place by wrapping his legs around my body
"He kills when you tell him and I'm not so sure he likes it like your sadistic ass" I rolled my eyes
"Well sorry piccola signorina angelo perfetto, not everyone has a job as stressing or as dangerous that it requires killing" he glared
(little miss perfect angel)
"You don't understand you like doing it" I shook my head furiously
"Fucking stop April, you just keep assuming stuff about me! Why can't you see that I'm trying? For you?!" He stood up, messing with his hair
"Yeah sure because locking my windows, killing my boyfriends and not trusting me at all is considered trying" I laughed humorlessly
"I never learned how this works I'm trying, trying to make up for past mistakes, for present ones, I'm trying to make you forgive me for being stupid but you're not making it easy at all, I want us to be together April and I could've just slept with you and made you hate yourself for it but I didn't, I'm trying to be better so we could last but you don't fucking understand how hard it is" he raised his voice alittle but the sound of his phone buzzing shut him up
"Yes?...You have it?... Okay I'm coming" he ended the call "this isn't fucking over" he pinned with a glare before leaving
The stupid idiot I already love him
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Riley's pov:
I don't know how long it has been since I've arrived to this room
I'm scared, I tried to act nonchalant about it but I can't anymore
Atleast it was someone you knew
A part of me said but the other part didn't trust anyone and certainly not April and her boyfriend
I just want to start college and live in a house with Xavier and I won't mind Jasmine and the street cat too I just want to be out of here and I'll never waste another moment doubting again
I've been trying to calm myself saying Xavier is coming, Xavier won't let anything happen to me
And I trust him...I do
But what can he do against a mafia boss? Even if he's a gangleader or whatever the fuck he is, a mafia boss has more power than he ever could
Hell Tyler probably kidnapped me upon orders from Alessandro who won't help me if I was drowning right infront of his eyes
I was pulled out of my thoughts when the door slammed open and the guard stood there "cmon we're leaving" he said gruffly
I think he's one of the few who speak English because I see his face fucking alot
And let me tell you he's not friendly
"Where are we going?" I asked narrowing my eyes
Great so really I'm just gonna be a doll here
I wonder where I'm going? Did he sell me off to old perverted men?
The thought made me shiver in disgust
The big tatted man stared blankly "Boss ordered me to drug you if you don't cooperate"
Oh how I love the Spanish mafia boss sooo much
"Great" I muttered getting up
The man pushed me walked behind me but he didn't touch me
He kept guiding me boredly
I heard him a couple of times say right, left, keep straight
I soundlessly entered the car the car the pushed me in
Please hurry up Xavier
I wished looking outside the window in the backseat
Antonio was in a car infront of me, I saw him sit inside before we drove off
About 30 minutes later we arrived at an abandoned garage
The guard pushed me outside with his gun and got out, this time he held my arms tightly behind my back
"Where is he?" I heard Antonio say but I was at the other side of the car so I didn't see the scene
"Everything is here in this flash memory, there's a location too" that...voice
It sounds familiar
Very familiar
"Now give her to me" Antonio turned gesturing for the guard to come
Fuck no please no
My eyes almost popped out of their sockets
The man leaning against a car infront of Antonio
The man that's about to take me
The one that's standing there smirking at me
Is Austin fucking fisher
"Hello flower"
No
No
No no no no
There must be something wrong
I must be hallucinating
This can't be happening
I felt my eyes blur
This can't be fucking happening
No
I refuse to believe it
This has to be some kind of sick joke
Right??
Please don't let it be real
I closed my eyes
Maybe if I don't see him I can pretend he isn't here
That I'm not about to be given to him
"Okay come here" he stared expectantly at me when I opened my eyes
This is far worse than my worst nightmare
I stayed glued to my spot infront of the guard
"I SAID COME HERE" I flinched when I heard his yell
Am I really returning to that?
What I fought so hard to stay away from
Antonio nodded at the guard and he pushed me to walking
I thrashed trying to get away but it was no use
When I was in his arms surrounded by his disgusting familiar scent I finally felt how real this is
"Please don't let me go back with him please" I begged looking at Antonio who only turned his head away
No
This couldn't be it
I closed my teary eyes
Xavier please hurry up
Come get me
I need you
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter
Hugs and kisses 💋
K.m.