Chapter 105
Leonardo De Luca
I watched as her gaze turned into shork and her eyes began to water once mont.
“I love you.” I say again, the words feeling like I was emptying the weight on my shoulders. “I’m so fucking relieved that you’re okay because my throat constricts as a tear rolls down her check. -the thought of hring here without you was unbearable. You’ve changed me, Amore. In the best
way.
Why did I fucking keep that in for so long? li fel damn good to say out loud
I should’ve said it back to her when she drowsily told me she loved me instead I bol
I bolted
I guess I’ve loved her for a long time but I just didn’t want to admit to myself. I used to think that loving someone would make you weak but she has only made me stronger. She’s changed the way 1 think, the way Lact
As soon as she stepped into my life, it was like everything finally fit into place
My eyes glanced over her once more before I turned and headed downstairs to find Russo waiting in the kitchen.
play?” He asks.
She oly
I nod. “I’m just gonna take up some food and water for her. She wants to rest and I want her to be as comfortable as possible.”
“Of course” He agrees. “I just got off the phone with Anthonso and he’s insisting on coming down on the next flight even though I told him we’ve got everything under control here.”
“That’s even better. She needs a lot of familiar Exces around her right now I sand as I walked to the fridge and began to prepare something. Guila has been hovering around but I hrmly told her that I wanted to be the one to make something for Alessia. I know how territorial she is about her kitchen so she wasn’t exactly happy as she sulked away murmuring to herself.
“Look, Leo.” Russo began and I glanced over my shoulder at him. “Thank you. Thank you for looking out for Alessia.”
“Don’t thank me for protecting her. Listen, I’m glad your dad brought that deal to my table but you and I know that’s not the reason I’m hell bent on protecting her. I will do anything right now to guarantee her safety. Anything
Russo clears his throat and takes a sip of his drink. “Even your own life?”
“Of course.” I don’t even have to think twice about it,
He hums to himself and I keep my eyes on him. “You’re a changed man, Leonardo”
I smirked to myself. “You have your sister to thank for that”
“But if you hurt her,” He says after a few moments. “If you break her heart in any way, I will not hesitate to kill you this time.”
Despite the importance of the moment, I chuckled to myself because there was no damn way I’d ever hurt Alessia.
“If I ever hurt her, I’d put a gun up to my head first because I deserve it.”
“Good,” Russo said and I noticed the corner of This mouth lifting in a
We both know it’s true.
Alessia Guzman
The last three days have been a whirlwind, to say the least. I keep falling in and out of sleep. The last time I was awake, Anthonio was by my side, holding onto my hand. Before that, it was Isabella. I was really glad to see these friendly familiar faces around me. It helped me forget about the torture Landon put me through
It hurts to remember. It hurts to relive
Leonardo slipped into his bed every night and rugged me into his body. He didn’t let me go all night. He pressed kisses to my face, my neck, my shoulder. Everything to remind me that Im here with him and nowhere else.
That’s when I remember Leonardo saying those three words to me. I was too shocked to even say a wond then, too out of it to say those words back.
Ever my
y subconscious.
conscious already knew that I loved him because if what he told me was true, I had already sold him I loved him drowsily. And I do
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Chapter 105
I’ve loved him for the longest time. Despite how many times I’ve tried to push those feelings away. I just couldn’t help myself.
Everything just fell into place between us.
It’s taken a while to adjust and find my voice after what happened. It’s not that I don’t want to talk. I’m just afraid I’ll crack and fall into a depressive spiral
I brushed through my wet hair as I stared back at the mirror in Leonardo’s room. The room Tve been in for the past three days. The scent of him around the room comforts me more than I realize
“Knock, knock.” I hear Isabella’s voice as she taps the door at the same time.
My eyes flicked to her reflection and I smiled at her gently as she stood in the doorway. “Hi. How are you feeling!”
I shrug simply. “Okay”
“Just okay?” She took a few slow steps into Leonardo’s room and stood behind me. “Just okay”
I dropped the hairbrush on the rable just in time for habella to wrap her arms around me from behind. I shut my eyes as I grabbed onto her armi.
“I’m so glad you’re alright. I’m sorry for what you had to go through again. I should’ve been there. I should’ve been with you.” She said as her voice
broke.
“I’m happy you weren’t with me. Landon is a monster and might’ve killed one of us just to prove a point. I’m glad you were our visiting family.”
I opened my eyes to look at us in the reflection. To the best friend that has been by my side through thick and thin.
She cleared her throat and then pulled back, our arms dropping to our sides
“Room for one more
We both turned our heads to find Russe standing by the doorway, his mouth spreading into a smile,
He sauntered inside and hugged me from behind just like Isabella did before releasing me and giving Isabella a peck on the lips.
Their relationship p still amazes me to this day
“I’m so glad you’re okay, Al. I was so worried about you!
I nodded my head, smiling. “Tin fine. You don’t have to worry about me” I reassured him.
He seemed hesitant to say what he wanted to say next but…
“I contacted Dad!”
My head whips to him so quickly that I almost snap my neck. “You did what?
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