Chapter002
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Chapter 2
I stopped the car in the middle of the street and stepped out. The night sky above me shone mysteriously and soothing. Up ahead was a club where I was one of the VIP members. With meticulous steps, I took a junction and crossed the cobblestones to the other side of the street.
As usual, the bustling music of one of the best clubs in Rome lingered in my ear. I predicted the stares at me, most of the reason, due to the dress I had on. I was still in my nursing uniform, with my cherry red hair probably disheveled.
I initially thought of adjusting the rims of the glasses on top of my nose, but flung the piece off and proceeded into the club. Music and the smell of alcohol overflowed the dimensional hall-looking club. Dismissing the calls of irrational lustful fools, I dined in the seat of my usual spot.
“Buonasera, Serena. You are here?” A pale young-looking bartender with eyes as brown as his skin, and hair as black as the tie he was wearing, walked up to me. I bit the insides of my cheeks to narrow the bruised pain in my heart.
“Oh, ciao, Diego” I replied with a fake smile. He returned the smile with a kiss on both my cheeks, a tradition scarcely followed in Rome when greeting.
“A glass of Hugo Spritz, per favore,” I said.
Instantly, he gave me one of those dumbfounded faces and asked “Not the Bicicletta today? That’s strange, Serena. As a matter of fact, you are behaving quite the odd tonight, you know. With your hair detangled, the freckles usually covered by makeup, now evident, and don’t get me on your dress. Tell me, you and your husband quarreled”
I briskly shook my head.
Diego was a friend to me. We met at my hospital where he was inflicted with fractures all over him. I was among the nurses who treated him. At first, we were at each other’s neck, but now, we seem to be close.
“Seriously” He eyed me with one of his dirtiest looks, as if he didn’t believe my words. He left, and some minutes later, returned with my cocktail. As soon as I was handed the drink, I chunked the glass down and coughed hard with Diego patting my back slowly.
“You foolish woman! There was alcohol in it. Seriously speaking, something is going on with you” I heard Diego curse behind me. My eyes watered as my hoarse gradually dissipated.
“I should leave, mi scusi!” I rose to my feet and paid him the money for the drink.
“Are you not well?” Diego asked out of concern. I am glad he cared for me. However, I ought to leave. It would be embarrassing to break down before him.
“Molto Grazie! For the cocktail” I yelled from quite a huge gap between us and receded out of the club. Due to the massive crowd, I managed to miss the direction of the street. The weather was cold.
“Scusami beautiful, how about we take you for a ride? It’d be splendid.”
On my way, I encountered a few men on the road. My drunk self-managed to unknowingly amble past them f*cking a woman, and she looked willing. Now, they won’t stop pestering me.
“Lo siento, will you leave me, please? I have somewhere to be, urgently” I said to them. One of the three Italian men suddenly grabbed my arms and pulled me towards him. He uttered coldly, “It will be quick. We’d do it raw for you”
“NO ME GUSTA!! ARE YOU DEAF, I NEED TO GO” I exclaimed at him and lifted my feet to invade his a**.
Because of my heels, he stumbled behind with a deep curse and gestured to his friends to grab me, but before they could catch up with me, I anxiously handpicked a bottle at the side of the road, and smashed it severely up to the cobblestones.
“Dare come near me, I swear to scar your horrible faces!” I threatened, even though I was sure I wouldn’t lay a single finger on them.
“What? You b*tch!! Isn’t it obvious that you have been cheated on? We are giving you help to forget it. You act as if you are a virgin. Beautiful, let’s get a taste of your a**” They took audacious steps towards me, and just as one of them reached for me, I stabbed his wrist with the broken shard of the bottle and fled for my life.
“GET HER!”
The tears I had been bottling deep inside my heart were now flowing down my eyes like a fountain. I should have stayed back at home and confronted those two, instead of this. Not long later, I dumped my shoes and ran faster barefooted.
Compared to their long legs, where could mine take me?
I needed help.
With shallow breaths and frequent heartbeats, I took turns to every corner of the alley and worriedly prayed for my safety.
“Stop right there!”
“Where did she go to?”
“Check over there! Now! That b*tch should not have gone too far, GO!”
If I had known, I would not have taken that cocktail, because now I was seeing things. My mouth was covered with a large hand, and my waist was seized by the same hand. The vigor of this person's strength took mine away, and I stood in his arms like a dove. I blinked my eyes and adjusted my back against the wall.
All this happened too fast.
Firstly, I was being chased by this bunch of man-whores and the next was held by another.
“Shh! Keep still” His deep voice sounded scary, yet soothing. I tried to lift my head to at least capture his face when a strong spark of electricity attacked my head. I shrieked.
“Who are you” I asked. To my surprise, he lifted my chin with his fingers and traced a line along my face. My eyes narrowed.
Was he going to kiss me?
“You smell heavenly, young woman!” he confessed.
“THERE SHE IS!! WITH A MAN!”
I froze. They found me.
I concluded immediately, that I’d rather allow this man in my bosom to take me to his bed than let those disgusting animals have their way with me. Without any thought, I closed our distance and pecked his lips.
In a weak voice, I said “Per favore, Aiuto! Puo aiutarmi?”
“Gladly”
Am I mistaken, or did I see a crooked smile on his face?
“Princess, make sure to close your eyes and ears. Song of the night shouldn’t get to you” He chuckled, and for a minute, I saw a flicker of gold in his eyes.
I am hallucinating again! Serena, you are very drunk!
I did as he told me, and shut my eyes, laid against the wall, falling deep into a slumber and forgetting the torment of the night.
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A/N: I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE BOOK SO FAR!
THE SETTING OF THIS BOOK IS ITALY, SO YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THEIR SIMPLE WORDS, HOWEVER I WILL TRANSLATE THEM ALL AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER.
1) PER FAVORE – PLEASE
2) MI SCUSI –EXCUSE ME
3) MOLTO GRAZIE – THANKS A LOT
4) CIAO – HELLO
5) BUONASERA – GOOD EVENING
6) LO SIENTO – I’M SORRY
7) NO ME GUSTA – I DON’T LIKE IT
8) PUO AIUTARMI? – CAN YOU HELP ME?
9) AIUTO – HELP
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