I woke up to see the balcony's door opened and Elijah standing out there in his sweatpants only.
I watched as he took a long drag of the spliff while he stared at the beauty of the scenery. I swung my legs over to the edge before hopping off the bed and going to the bathroom to brush my teeth.
I sauntered up behind him and wrapped my arms around his torso before kissing his back.
"Good morning," I greeted.
He blew out another puff before he turned around to face me.
"Good morning," he answered looking down at me while I stared up into his champagne colored eyes.
I gripped his tattooed biceps before I rose on my toes and angled my head for a kiss. The kiss is slow and mellow like Elijah's mood.
He blew the smoke into my mouth and I kept it in before exhaling. He smiled clearly impressed.
"Don't look at me like that," I said and his smile widens.
"How's the vacation been for you?" He questioned.
"It's really wonderful here I wish I didn't have to go back to school."
"Likewise."
Our vacation ends today. We're leaving so that we can get back to New York in time for church on Sunday.
"It's a shame we have to leave today," he continued.
I nodded in agreement.
"Go finish packing we're leaving soon."
~
Before I can blink, Elijah and I were off the jet and already in New York. We waited at the private section of the airport for Elijah's driver to come pick us up.
In a few minutes, we had arrived in Manhattan.
Elijah's letting me stay with him before going back to my dorm at school.
We're going to Santino's club tonight with the rest of his brothers, Amanda and Nate.
I asked if Jada could come along and when he agreed, I called her and told her to meet us at his apartment.
I brush my now straightened hair once more before putting down the brush, then I reapply my lipgloss before putting it back in my clutch.
I am dressed in a mid thigh, lavender, spaghetti strap dress while my feet are adorned with gladiator silver heels.
I'm a reserved clothing wearing type of girl. But with Jada's help, I've managed to pick out a smoking outfit.
"You look good," Jada admits after she finishes with me, circling around me to get the 360 view.
"Thank you, you do too, red is definitely your color."
She looks absolutely marvelous in the strapless red dress with the gold earrings and red lipstick.
"You should try wearing lipstick sometime, pink would look great on your skin."
After our conversation and finishing touches to our looks, we go to the living room where Elijah is patiently waiting on us.
He is sat on the couch on his phone in his normal formal everyday attire and his wrist is adorned by a gold patek.
As soon as he notices our presence he eyes me appreciatively before he gets up from the couch and grabs a specific car key from the basket. When Jada walks ahead of us he leans over to whisper in my ear.
"You look absolutely exquisite. In fact I think I want you to keep it on later when I fuck you."
He tapped my ass and I grinned watching him go in front.
He pressed the button on the key and the bmw i8 lights up letting us know which one we're driving out in. When we are situated in the car, Elijah peeled out of the parking space of his apartment.
~
The bass of the music is deafening and the club feels like a heater as grinding and sweaty bodies push up against me making me shiver.
"You've never been to a club before have you?" Elijah asked and I shook my head.
"Thought so," he mumbled to himself.
"I mean I am eighteen."
"Most people your age have snuck into a club with a fake id you're just too good."
He leads us to a different upstairs section of the club where the music is lower and the lights are less flashy and I may be able to breathe a little better.
We walked up to the table that had two out of three of Elijah's brothers before we each found a seat sitting down.
Franco started his greeting, "Hey brother, hello Alyssa and..."
"I'm Jada," she said introducing herself.
"Where's Dante?" Elijah asked.
"Speak of the devil and it appears," Santino said and we all spun to see the dark brown colored hair young man stumbling towards our table.
"Hello everyone," Dante greets eyeing everyone before his eyes linger on Jada.
"Are you high?" Elijah questioned him.
"Yes I am. Who's this?" He asked spinning again to face Jada.
"She's my friend, a freshman as well," I answered.
"Elijah I think this chocolate wave you've caught is contagious."
He smirked as he eyed Jada up and then he winked and she bent her head hiding her smiling face.
"Jada, do you want to dance?" Dante asks.
"Uh, Yeah sure."
Dante puts on his shades before they both get up from the table and walked to the open dance floor.
All of us sitting at the table watched as Dante went off with Jada.
"I hope you warned your friend about my brother, because he is exactly like my past self."
"Oh she knows, anything she does will be her own will."
Santino and Franco were pulled away a while ago to be given lap dances from scantily dressed women.
"I remember my days at this club how they started but never how they ended," Elijah reminisced.
"You sound like you were wild."
"I was, I changed when I met you."
Two girls came up to our table, who were seemingly friends. They ignored my presence and their total focus was on Elijah.
"Hey Elijah," one of them greeted. It seemed like she's the one he slept with and the other was just tagging along.
"I haven't seen you in months, we were supposed to meet in October, it's January now," she continued and my head went all the way back.
"Well obviously I found something better to do. Im taken now."
"Spare me the bullshit you would never have a girlfriend."
She slid her phone number in his pocket "Call me." She and her friend strutted away again still not noticing me.
Elijah took the paper from his pocket and ripped it up scattering it in the club.
I didn't say anything I just stayed looking at Elijah.
He sipped his drink avoiding eye contact because he knew I was staring at him.
He sighed and looked up, "Don't worry about that girl. I'd never cheat on you, I swear on my mother's life."
"I'm guessing that they didn't see me because that was mad disrespectful. If I wanted to cause a scene I would've beat her ass. Who the hell is she?"
"Just a girl I had sex with months ago." I shook my head in pure disgust. "Forget about her, I'm with you."
"You used to fuck anything that has a pussy didn't you? I may need something strong to drink after all."
"And I already told you, that you aren't getting any alcoholic beverage, you're eighteen."
"I can't change what I did back then, but you have to believe me when I say I'll never hurt you," he says.
"If you break my heart, there's no second chance and I hope you know that."
~
I stretched my overly tired limbs after a long night at the club.
I felt ungodly, going to the club the night before then going to church today.
Elijah laid peacefully on his back with his left arm crossed over his face.
I sat on his torso before I shook him awake.
"Elijah wake up we have to get ready for church ."
He groaned before blinking twice to adjust to the light shining through the blinds, then he opened his eyes.
"I could really get used to this. Would you slide your body down a little further?" He asked smirking.
"Not on God's Sunday, Rossini."
I swung my legs over him before getting off the bed.
"Church starts at nine get your ass up and get ready I'm going to shower."
"Would you like me to join you? We could save water."
"Now is one of the times where I'm actually happy to see where your money is your weakness, if you were poor I would consider it."
I skipped to the bathroom and locked it's door before he catches up with me.
After Isabella made Dante go to confession for coming to church higher than a kite, we headed to their family home.
I helped Isabella out in the kitchen while Elijah had gone missing as usual when he comes here.
"I'm going to use the bathroom," I said to Isabella and she muttered an okay as I walked off.
I got lost in this big house about three times before I'm somewhere eerily quiet, the lower section of the house.
Suddenly I heard the shrill crying out of someone who sounded as if they were in pain. I stay still listening to see if my imagination was just running wild.
My heart thumped rapidly and my feet were almost glued to the ground as I couldn't urge myself to move.
That was until I opened the door and saw Elijah cutting out the belly of a man while his brothers held the man down. I let out an ear piercing scream and I kept screaming not being able to stop as I quickly exited the room.
"Oh my God," I chanted dropping to the floor while hugging my knees and leaning against a wall trying to calm myself as everyone in the house gathered around me.
"Shit!" he whispered angrily. "Alyssa, please calm down," Elijah advised.
"How am I supposed to calm down when I just saw you cutting out a man's stomach!"
"Lower your voice Ms. Rowe, you weren't even supposed to be on this floor of the house," Mr. Rossini said.
Elijah is covered in speckles of blood all over his church suit and it looks like his brothers and father were helping him partake in this gruesome act.
"I can't stay here, I don't know what kind of sick joke this is but I can't be with you anymore Elijah. I have no idea what's going on, but I honestly don't think I want to know."
"Alyssa, please don't go, let me explain," Elijah begged grabbing onto my wrist with his bloodied hand. "I'll explain everything to you please don't go yet."
I see all the members of this family looking at me still in shock that I've found out their dirty secret. One thing I know for sure is that my mother was right.
A/N: Hey dearest readers, thank you to everybody reading my book so far. Vote if you're enjoying this book but if not that's cool too.