After the weird call from Bella, I went back inside Cheriè's room. She was seated on her bed, eating from the tub of ice cream that Bella bought her.
Thanks to my quick thinking, I was able to explain to her that my bruises were from fighting a robber that I met on the street and let her make peace with the fact I'm not that severely bruised
"Xavy", Cheriè made me look up at her. Her face seemed serious and scared?
"Qual è il problema Cheriè"
(What's the matter Cheriè?)
"Mamma e papà ... sono in paradiso adesso?"
(Mama and Papa...are they in heaven now?)
"Cheriè...", I sighed and sat myself beside her before hugging her to me.
"Ricordo l'incidente Xavy", She sniffed back her tears
(I remember the accident Xavy)
"Mi dispiace Cheriè", I let a tear escape my eyes in honour of our parents
(I'm sorry Cheriè)
"Va tutto bene Xavy. Devono essere felici in paradiso, giusto?", Cheriè's tears wetted my shirt
(It's okay Xavy. They must be happy in heaven right?)
"Si", I wiped her tears away and removed the ice cream from her hands and placed it in the mini fridge next to her bed.
I rocked Cheriè in my arms till she fell asleep and was about to leave the room when my phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Mr Russo?"
"Yeah. Who am I speaking to?"
"Brian. I was Miss White's former bodyguard."
"What do you want?"
"Mr Russo, if you could get here to the control center now, we have some details to discuss regarding Miss White's security"
"Right now?"
"Yes Mr Russo. Miss White asked me to relay these details to you"
"Okay I'll be there in 10"
Hanging up I walked towards the bus stop but halted midstep when I recognised a familiar face there.
"Xavier Russo, how was jail man?", he cocked his head with a smirk when he saw me.
How does he kn- You're dead meat Jock!
Walking the distance between us, I threw my arm around his shoulder and gripped him tightly
"Long time no see man. Why don't we go have a talk"
"Fuck no!",He tried to wriggle out of my grasp but I held him tightly and forced him to walk away from the crowded bus stop without raising suspicion.
Throwing him in to an alley, I cracked my brusied knuckles, which now have gone numb to pain.
"I see I caught the snitch", I cocked my head at him.
"Fuck you!", he spat at me.
Wrapping my arm around his neck, I forced him against the wall.
"Nah, no thanks. Bella takes care of that aspect in my life"
Both literally and figuratively
"Of co-course, you have to sell you're fucking bo-dy for the whore ca-cause otherwise who else wo-would be there to b-bail your b-broke ass out?", the fucker stuttered against my hold on his neck, making me tighten the hold even more at his words
"C-cant handle the t-truth?", Jock's face now reddened with lack of air as I let him fall on the ground with a thud
"What goes on between me and my girlfriend, is none of your fucking business asshole", I kicked him in the gut and attempted to walk away but from my peripheral vision I saw Jock grab a piece of broken glass from the ground.
"She's probably already fucking someone else!", Jock started towards me as I ignored what he said, though a slight pang shot through my heart.
Just as he was about to stab me, I turned and shifted to the right, making him miss. He swiftly recollected himself and shoved the glass piece towards my shoulder again but I moved out of the way in record time.
Before he was able to move again, I jumped and high kicked his hand, making the piece of glass fall back on the ground, but he was quick on his senses as he swooped low and immediately grabbed the glass shard back in his hand.
Leaving me no time to react, he started shoving the glass piece back my way as I shifted from left to right to keep myself from getting stabbed but I was bit too slow at one point that the glass shard grazed my arm, drawing blood.
Ignoring the slight pain, I grabbed his hand holding the glass piece, letting it cut my skin where my wrist grazed it and plucked it out of his hand. Pushing him against the wall again, I held the glass to his neck
"Leave me and Bella the fuck alone, you psycho piece of shit", I spat at him and threw the glass piece far away before dusting myself.
I gave a final warning look to the asshole, still standing against the wall, and walked away.
After ripping a piece of my shirt and tieing it around the cut in my arm, I walked to the next bus stop instead of taking the one here.
As I reached Bella's home, I was surprised to find her not there. Walking into the control Brian sat me down with a this is about to get crazy look and explained to me all of Bella's new security measures.
"About project KB,", Brian started but was cut off when my phone started ringing and Bella's name popped up.
"Bella? Where are you? I'm at your home"
"Oh. I was home a minute ago to set things up with Brian. I let him know everything, so don't worry he'll update you. Just trust me"
"Bella-"
"I have something to give you and since I also want to see Cheriè, why don't we meet at the hospital?"
"Okay fine but-"
She didn't even let me speak and hung up on me. Frustrated, I walked out of the control room despite Brian's protests for me to come back.
Taking the bus back to the hospital, I saw Bella's Porsche parked a bit away from the hospital through the window of my bus. Getting down at the stop, I walked towards her car to see the drivers side empty.
But as I walked around, I saw Bella pushed against the rear of the car, being kissed by some dude.
My fucking heart stopped. There she was, my Bella kissing...Jordan?
She fucking cheated on me with the Los Angeles underground fighting champion!? My heart clenched so tight, I thought I heard it shatter.
It all happened in a few minutes that I didn't even realise what was happening till I was pulled off a bleeding Jordan.
"Jordan just fucking go!", Bel- No. fucking Natalie ordered the barely-able-to-stand champion to scamper.
"Xav-", She started and placed her hand on my shoulder which I slapped away
"Don't fucking touch me!", I saw red as I looked at her.
"Wow. You really don't fucking trust me, do you?"
"I trust what I see!", I spat at her and looked away from the eyes, which once at the power to melt me.
"No matter, what I'd do... I'll always be a self entitled bitch in your eyes, won't I?", Natalie's eyes watered as she spoke to me. Her tears pained me so I looked away
"I thought otherwise...up until now", I managed to get out without looking at her
"Is that all it took? No explanation required from my end? You just fucking give up? Just one hurdle and you throw me away!?"
"I-", I looked back at her to see the tears running down her eyes. She looked broken but so was I!
"Remember how I told you, you'd regret not trusting me someday? I hope that day is today!", She opened her car door and grabbed something from the inside before slamming it into me and driving away.
Opening it, I saw a pair of the best boxing gloves in the market, Venum Elite. Turning the gloves around, my heart tugged at the words engraved on the wrists
"ILY Xav" and "Keep Winning"