Chapter 4
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she shouldn't have gone looking for a weak spot, but he made her want to find it..
Dinner with Lorenzo was.... infuriating, he was so polite, charming even, but to her every compliment felt like a game, every look, was like a silent claim...
She barely ate.. Lorenzo noticed that
"you're not hungry" he said
"Forgive me, but I usually prefer not to dine with armed psychopaths"
He grinned like she'd told him a joke
"you wound me Bella, I'm only armed when necessary.. psychopathic?..we'll, that's subjective"
she stared at him intensively "how can you joke like this? you kidnapped me"
"I saved you", he said sharply, the grin he ones had vanished..
Her breath caught "save me?"
Lorenzo leaned back in his arm chair, eyes darkening..
"your friend was going to sell you, that party you attend was a trap, to you were already being watched before you stepped into that club"
she blinked in confusion, she was utterly confused
"that's not possible, I.."
"I don't make mistakes Aria" he said, he was deadly calm
"the only reason you're breathing is because you amused me before I pulled the trigger in the bastard that set you up"..
Her lips parted in shock, one thing for sure she was confused, she didn't know what to say anymore, was this true? many thought ran down her mind at that moment, she didn't even know anymore. No she won't believe him , how can she believe someone like him especially with no proof...
"I'll have proof sent to you" he said quietly as if reading her thoughts
she just kept still and quiet because she couldn't argue further, it'll be useless, there'll be no point to it since he already said he was gonna send her proof, he stood and walked to her side of the table slowly, and deliberately..
"you can hate me" he murmured " you can even try to run, but you see this streets..I own them outside and everyone you thought you could trust already chose a side"
He reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers slowly grazing her cheek..
"you'll be safer here with me, even if it doesn't feel like it yet"
she swallowed hard, suddenly unsure of what is more terrifying , being his prisoner, or the very strange fluttering in her chest that made her want to believe him...
Later that night, the proof was being sent to Aria, she sat in the guest room staring at the envelope he had someone slid under her door..
Inside the envelope contains pictures of her friend with men in suits, one of them with a wad of cash, another one with a USB drive, one shaking hands with a man Aria didn't recognise, she dropped the pictures, her stomach turned, she couldn't believe this her own friend..
What the hell is GOING ON?...
Mean while, in his study Lorenzo sat on his head chair while puffing cigarette, he stared at the surveillance monitor showing her room..
"she'll come around" Enzo, his right hand man said
Lorenzo said nothing, he just exhaled smoke slowly but I. his mind one thing echoed loud and clear..
He didn't just wanted her to trust him,
He wanted her to stay.....
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