Chapter1-TheNightEverythingChanged
Elena Blake had always been one to believe in fairytales, loyalty, commitment and forever with one person, she trusted people easily and always saw the best in people. She has been with her boyfriend, Ethan for five years now. He was her first love, her safe place. She had even imagined their future together, a cozy home, 2 lovely kids and a dog. She did not know the betrayal that awaited her.
She owned a very nice and cozy bakery. People in the neighborhood loved her and her pastries. On a Friday evening she wanted to surprise her boyfriend. She decided to bake him all his favorite pastries and go to his house since it wasn’t that far from her shop. She took a stroll to his house soaking all the evening breeze. She wanted them to spend the weekend together cozying up on her favorite couch and binge watching her favorite rom-com. Getting to his house she used the spare key he gave to her to open the door. She heard muffled sounds and that piqued her curiosity. She pushed open the door and the scene before her broke her into so many places, her boyfriend and her best friend tangled together on the couch she thought was their personal spot. The pastries she was holding slipped from her hand, and both of them turned to look at her, they had no remorse in their eyes, she turned and ran out of the house with tears in her eyes. Her heart was hurting. She never knew betrayal could hurt this much, it was like she was being stabbed in her heart repeatedly. She had given her all to him. Her heart felt very tight like she could not breathe.
Elena did not want to go back home, she could not handle the silence, the memories so when she saw the bright sign of Inferno club she entered without thinking about it and she was not one to go to a club because of how noisy and crowded it was. But tonight she found solace in the noise and people there. Elena kept ordering drinks upon drinks, someone gave her a drink and without even looking or thinking twice she downed it in one go. Everything was spinning, Elena went to the dance floor she wanted to dance all her pain away. She kept staring at people’s faces till her gaze landed on a man sitting in the VIP section surrounded by other people. He looked cold, untouchable and very scary. She stumbled to the VIP section but was blocked by two hefty guys. She kept trying to push her way in but the guys were too big for her. Intrigued by her resilience, the scary looking guy asked them to let her. With wobbling legs all drunk and dazed she stumbled on the chair he was sitting and was playing with his arm. Everyone with the mysterious man held their breath and was scared for the girl because they all knew that the man has an unsaid rule of never letting any girl come close to him. His bodyguards wanted to take her away but he signaled for them to let her be. He was intrigued by her boldness, she wasn't scared of him. Elena kept playing with his arm and he did not know why he liked it, he wasn’t repulsed by her touch. He even aided her, helping her remove her hair from her face.
The people with him were surprised, this man wasn’t just any other man he was Giovanni Morrano, the coldest man in the country, CEO of Morrano enterprises, one of the biggest companies in Milan and the ruthless mafia lord no one dared to cross. No one has ever seen any female around him apart from his mother. They all thought that he had an illness or was not into girls. But here he was with a girl resting on his arms and touching him. Elena mumbled something under her breaths then she collapsed into his arms. His men wanted to pick her up from his body but he immediately turned them to back off. He personally carried her in his arms and took her to his suite upstairs for her to properly rest. Everyone there was left speechless they have never seen this side of their boss before. He was not even soft to his mom but here he was caring for a strange girl.
On getting to his suite he dropped Elena on the bed and kept staring at her. He did not know what was happening to him but he was drawn to this strange girl he knew nothing about. She smelled like alcohol and he could tell she was sad about something. Giovanni properly tucked her in and was about to leave when she held his hand
“ Don’t go please,” she said. When he heard her shaky voice something inside him broke and he felt the urge to protect her. He turned to look at her and she hugged and burst into tears. Giovanni felt like something was tugging at his heart seeing her tears, he was surprised by his own feelings, he helped her wiped her tears and his hands lingered on her face, he used his hands to trace every single detail of her face and it finally stopped on her lips, it was so soft and inviting, he wanted to have a taste of it so he did. Realizing what he had done he pulled away instantly wanting to leave again but Elena pulled him back and kissed him very hungrily, her hands exploring his body. She did not know why she felt hot all over. She even started pulling her clothes, he tried to stop her but she kept saying it was hot, he immediately realized that she had been drugged. He was still trying to control himself but she kept messing with his head and his self control. Seeing that Govanni wasn’t paying attention to her, she bit his lips and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. He lost every bit of self control and discipline he had built over the years and kissed her senseless, he pushed her to the bed and he had his way with her.
Looking at the girl who had fallen asleep, he smiled. She was very beautiful with an innocent face, her scent was so captivating and kept drawing him to her. He could not get enough of her. ‘I hope you don’t regret this when you wake up, ' he said to her before falling asleep next to her.