In Love With The Mafia

Chapter 5

Belle's POV

I wake up to a musky, spicy smell that makes my whole body shiver with a feeling I don't know. I try to move, but to my horror there's an arm draped over me, preventing me from going anywhere. I look to see whose arm it belongs to, and to my surprise it belongs to no one but Dominic. I look at his face. He looks so much younger while he's sleeping. His arm has a beautiful tattoo on it reaching from around mid lower arm to his shoulder. Its a lion roaring, surrounded by different designs and swirls. I look back at his face. He has such nice skin, and hair that looks silky soft. But it's his eyes that really draw me in.

Wait... His eyes! Oh no, he's awake and I was staring at him for like 5 minutes. This is so embarressing. I quickly hide my face in my hands to cover my tomato face. He chuckles and pulls me closer. "Good morning gattino" he says. Woah his morning voice is so attractive. I smile at him shyly. Then I jolt back into reality. He was sleeping. In my bed. With me. "What The f**k" I swear trying to move away. I can't trust men. Even though he seems nice, its probably just an act. Just like Adrian. That's right, at first Adrian was the sweetest guy ever. But after I agreed to date him he turned into a monster.

He still hasn't let me go. I start getting nervous. I try squirming away, but he just holds me tighter. I start panicking and crying, not being able to move at all anymore. He quickly let's go when he notices I'm crying. "No no my Belle don't cry please don't cry" he says. His Belle? I'm not his. I'm nobody's. I'm quickly get away from him trying to get up. Then I remember my broken leg. I have a cast on it, so I can stand but it hurts too much when I try to walk. After 2 steps I collapse on the floor. Or I would've, but Dominic caught me. He helps me back to the bed and I sit down in it curling up away from him. He sighs and sits down beside me. "Gattino, I'm so sorry for scaring you, please forgive me?" he asks with a sad voice. I nod and turn around. "It's okay, I'm just a bit scared after former experiences" I say, not thinking before I speak. His eyes darken and all I can now see is dark green. "What do you mean former experiences?" he says lowly and slowly. I gulp nervously.

Dominic's POV

Did I hear her correctly? Former experiences with someone keeping her in bed? I growl when she doesn't answer me. It better not be what I'm thinking right now. I feel like I'm going to destroy something, so I quickly get up and walk out. Once I'm outside of Belle's room I grab the first thing I see which is a chair and hurl it at the wall. 4 nurses come running, but when they recognize me they quickly leave. How dare someone touch my gattino. I call my tech guy. "Tim, I need you to dig deeper into Belle Winter's life. I want to know EVERYTHING that happened to her." I say loudly. I hear an "of course boss" from the other end and hang up. Time to get my Belle discharged and bring her to my home safely.

I walk up to the front desk. "I'm taking Belle Winter's home" I say curtly. The receptionist looks up and nods. "Of course Mr De Luca" she says. I nod at her and call my best friend to tell him that I'm bringing home an injured girl. "Ooh is boss in love" he teases me. "Shut up" I growl back. He just laughs. I'm about to reply when I hear a scream. It sounds like Belle's scream. I quickly hang up and run into her room. That's where I see something I hope to never see again. The male doctor from earlier, on top of my Belle, forcing himself on her. She's crying and trying to scream, but he's covering her mouth with his hand. Just as he's about the take off her pants I take out my gun and shoot him. He drops onto the floor and Belle starts screaming even louder. I rush to her and try to block her view of the body. "Mi amore please stop crying, I just did it to protect you" I say desperately. Surprisingly she leans into me, grasping on to my neck and hiccuping. I quickly pick her up and walk from the room, trying to get distance between her and the dead doctor.

When we reach my car I try to put her in the passenger seat but she won't let go of me. I sigh and get into the car with her in my lap. I start driving and she falls asleep. Why did I leave her. I'm so dumb. Because of me she had to go through this. My gattino is too pretty for her own good. But now that I'm here she will be safe. "I will protect you always" I whisper.