Mafia’s Broken Love

I blinked my eyes open and quickly glanced at the clock which read 7:00 pm. Pushing my upper body up I looked at the other side of the bed and noticed that it was empty. Hmm, I wonder where he is? I sat up on the bed fully and used the blanket to cover my exposed chest. I shivered when the breeze blew against my skin. I peeked my head out trying to see what was behind the curtain as the balcony door was open. Slowly getting off the bed, I made my way into the closet and grabbed the red silk robe that was hung up; throwing it on I continued making my way out to the balcony, and was met with Alexander who stood there in all his naked glory. Damn. As if sensing my presence, he turned around and opened his arms wide for me to come to him. I smiled; an uneasy smile, and walked toward him slowly. He wrapped his arms around me, and we both stared ahead at the sunset. I was trying so hard to focus on the sunset ahead that I didn't notice my body trembling in his arms until he turned me around to face him. I saw his lips moving as if he was saying something. "What?" He shook his head and smiled at me amusingly. Sometimes I wish Alex wasn't who he is because this man was too good-looking on the outside. His beauty didn't match his true form on the inside, because he is a monster. "I said red suits you, my love; somehow, it also reminds me of the first time we've met. So cheerful and pure" "Really? I don't think I was wearing red at the club." He chuckled loudly and wrapped his hand gently on my chin, and made me face him; I didn't notice that I kept looking away from him. "We've met way before that. Don't you remember?" He said with a playful smile on his handsome face. I stared deep into his blue eyes, not knowing what he was talking about. .... I was 15 years old, in my school uniform, meeting up with my friends at Michael's parent's diner. "Hey, everyone," I smiled, waving at them. I was trying to squeeze my way past four guys who stood in line at the diner when I felt my curls being pulled back. I gasped, and my hand quickly went up to grab the source that was restricting me from moving when my hands made contact with a shirt. "I'm sorry, sir, but my hair got stuck on your shirt button. Can you help me, please" This is so humiliating; I was even that close to him. I felt a hand being passed through my hair, and after a few fumbles, I was set free. I quickly said a thank you and ran towards the table where my friends were. I didn't even want to look at the person on whom my hair was stuck. That was too embarrassing. "What the hell was that," Micheal said, laughing before running towards me and pulling me into his arms. "Please, you saw nothing" I smiled and hugged him back. "But Hii, I missed you" he was away for the summer and just now came back; I've never been apart from him for that long before. "Yeah, I missed you a lot," he said and finally put me down on my feet" look at what I brought for you." He pulled me to the table, showing me a bag. "Wait! Is that what I thank it is??" I opened the back and was met with a bunch of Soursop fruits. "Micheal! Thank you. Thank you, I love you for this, you know that?" I said and gave him a small punch to the chest. I was craving them for the longest. "Yeah yeah. I know I'm the best." "Hey, what about me" Melissa, my best friend, said, walking up to him with a scowl on her face. "I got you, mamas," He said before taking his backpack off and pulling out a box of chocolate and giving them to her. "Thank you!" She squealed, jumping up and down. Causing us to start laughing at her; she's in love with chocolate. We all sat down and started catching up with each other. "So Gigi, whose house are you staying at this week?" "My dad's gonna pick me up" they all nodded and continued talking. I had spent the whole week at my grandmother's house because she didn't feel too well, and I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. I helped her out around the house a bit; I'm so glad she was starting to feel better now because my dad had to pick me up so I could go school shopping. We called over one of the waiters and started ordering. While I was giving the waiter my order, I kept feeling someone's gaze on me, so I lifted my head to look up, searching for the person. Soon I saw a man sitting across the room, and he was just there staring at me. His dark blue eyes looked intense; it felt like he was trying to read me or something; I felt creeped out as he wouldn't stop staring, so I quickly looked away when I wasn't able to hold his gaze any longer. Just then, Jade's phone started ringing. "Gigi, it's your dad," she said "Hi Mr. Jackson, yes, she's with me, ok." She handed me the phone. "Hi, daddy" "Hey baby, I've called you like three times, and you didn't pick up; what's going on? I got worried." "Oh, I'm sorry I forgot, my phone was on do not disturb" I laughed awkwardly "It's ok; I'll be next to the diner in 15 minutes, ok?". "My food isn't here yet. But I'll take it home." "All right, baby see you soon" I hung up the phone and handed it to Jade. "I gotta leave soon," I said before looking up again and was glad when that man was nowhere to be seen, he was gone. I'm so happy because his intense gaze scared me. ... Seven years later Today was Jade's 23 birthday, and luckily for me, she wanted to put to a club to celebrate. Yay me! what is it with people wanting to go to clubs for their birthdays? I don't know what happened to me, but ever since I saw that Man's eyes at the diner, I started feeling uneasy wherever I was. The intensity of his stare left a tole on me; it was so sad because I couldn't communicate with any other men. After all, I was too scared to look them in the eyes. It's weird, but I always feel his eyes on me. I had forgotten what he looked like and his eyes, but I still could feel his stare at me. Weird right? Ever since that day, I started being more of a homebody. I hated going out to places full of people, and I'm just so lucky because my friends understand that, so whenever we make plans to hang out, it's usually at each other's houses or somewhere empty. I started the shower, and just like that, I was creating scary scenarios that might go down at the club tonight in my head. I giggled at the childish behavior. "Maybe I do watch too much tv," I said to myself. I rinse myself off and get out of the shower. I stood in front of the small mirror in my bathroom, motioning my body, when my phone started ringing loudly, breaking me out of the trance I was in. "Hello?" .... "Hello?" ..... Nothing. I couldn't hear anything on the other end except for someone's hard breathing. "I'm taking you tonight, baby," a deep gruff voice said over the phone, causing a chill to run down my spine. "Sorry, I think you got the wrong number," I said shakily, slightly scared. A deep throaty chuckle was heard that had my heart thumping loudly against my chest. I sucked a deep breath before hanging up the call and blocking the number. I don't have time for this s**t, not today Satan. I threw my phone on the bed and went to the closet to pick up my light pink dress and the white heels. As I made my way out of the closet, my phone started ringing on the bed again. I picked it up, and this time I looked at the caller to see it was jade and Melissa FaceTiming me. "Hii," they both said cheerfully "Hey, babes," I said, placing the phone down and going to sit in front of the mirror. "Wait, Gigi, get the f**k up," I heard Melissa yelling "Yeahhh do a Lil spin for us," Jade said cheerfully I started laughing at their silly remarks. I'm so happy I have them in my life; they're always here to lift my mood. "So are we still on for tomorrow? Because I was thinking we go the day after because Jason asked me to go to his grandma's house with him, and I feel like I should say no," she said and rolled her eyes "She's lying, Gi. She's going to get some d**k," Melissa said with a smirk "Ohmygod Melissa, stop it" Jade yelled and grabbed a pillow "Ahhhhhh" Melissa yelled "don't ruin my makeup Jade," she said as Jade straddled her with the pillow in her hand, ready to strangle Her I laughed and shook my head at their childishness "You guys are goals." "Gigi, please don't start; you know what I like," she said with a smirk playing on her face. They had a thing going on between them since our high school days, and I know he loves Jade, but her being the over-thinker is holding her back. When I asked her about it, she said it was because "he's too nice" for her. Of course, I understand what she means by that "He makes you so happy maybe if you just give him a chance, you'll get to see that side of him, and I know you love him soon." "Whatever," she said and rolled her eyes with a smile "Is Michael coming?" "Yeah, I just got off the phone with him; he was asking for you, saying you've been ignoring him and s**t," she said and smiled. "Well, the phone works both ways. Why didn't he call and talk to me if he wanted to," I said as I started putting mascara on. For some reason, I want to look my best tonight. "Ooouu, I'm so excited, Gigi. I feel like a grown woman". "You are a grown woman," I said to her, smiling. "But she still acts like a f*****g kid," Melissa said, fixing her smudge lipstick. Jade is from a very Wealthy family, we've been friends for a long time, and I remember asking her to put me on to her family business one day. She told me that they earn a company where they host parties for the rich people, especially those who want to be unknown. When she told me that, I immediately started thinking of something like an underground party. And she said to me that it wasn't like that, or at least she hadn't seen her family doing that yet. "Shut up, stupid." " By the way, Gigi, my mom wants to know when she's gonna see you," Jade said, looking at me through the camera. "Yeah, sorry, but she's not gonna see me for a while," I said to her. The last time I saw Jade's mother was at a party that she didn't want us to go to, but I and jade sneaked out. We told her that jade and I were having a sleepover. She caught us right when I had my tongue sticking out and some guy pouring Henny down my throat. I was too embarrassed to show my face to her again. I have an innocent reputation; that s**t was crashed that day. They both started laughing at me. "Gigi, It was not that bad. She forgot about it, and it's been five years, bro." "Well, she's used to you doing s**t like that but not me, babes. God, that was so embarrassing," I said, thinking back to that party. "You were drinking, Gigi. It's not like she saw you with a d**k down your throat," Melissa said as she started dying from laughing. "Meli, hasn't she caught you and that guy having s*x?" Jade said to which Melissa nodded. "Your mother has seen it all, Jade. I bet she's done having daughters," Melissa said, laughing and shaking her head. I smiled at them as Jade busted out laughing "You see, Gi, don't be dramatic," she said in between laughter. ... I grabbed my keys from the table and went out of the house; I shutter as the chilly wind hits my skin. I locked the door and made my way toward my car. I hope everything turns out good tonight.