You betrayed me again

You betrayed me again

"Because you are mine..."

His smile wavered and he nodded, "Right..." he mumbled under his breath with a disappointing hint in his voice.

I swallowed, looking at him as he tried to avoid eye contact with me, "Did I tell you how handsome you look tonight?"

That made him smile, "Several times..."

I offered him my hand, "Shall we dance?"

He placed his hand in mine and I twirled him around, pulling him right into my arms. A little melodic laugh left him as his back met with my front.

We moved to the middle of the dancefloor and took our positions. He placed one hand in mine while the other rested over my shoulder. I gripped his hand and pulled him closer to me by his waist.

Soft music played through the hall, we let the rhythm control our movement. His steps were immaculate; perfect, and every single movement of his body mesmerized me. He was quite flexible, I know because I have tried every single position on him.

I tilted my head to the side, "Where did you learn to dance?"

He looked into my eyes, hesitating. His lips slightly parted, and his eyes roamed around, I watched the delicate column of his throat moving up and down, "Um, my ex girlfriend... I used to dance with her, she taught me to dance then later we broke up".

My blood ran cold at the mention of ex girlfriend. My shoulders tensed up, my jealousy issues taking over. Biting his lower lip he stared at me as if he was expecting something from me.

At that time, only one thought floated through my mind.

I don't want to lose him.

I don't want to lose him.

I inhaled, whoever the girl is, she is now his ex.

I twirled him around and pulled him back into me, "At least she did something right..." I finally answered him making his eyes go wide.

A relieved smile formed over his beautifully kissable lips, "Teaching me how to dance?" he questioned.

I shook my head slightly. "No, breaking up with you , he brought you into this world... for me."

Everything seemed to fade around us, I couldn't focus on anything but him. It was him and I, alone in a room full of people.

Is that love?

Is that what it feels like?

His light brown eyes gleamed as I dipped him, and our noses touched. I took my time in doing so, we were completely off rhythm but who the fuck cares?

A surge of intense emotions shot through my body, it was almost electric, it was like a lightning bolt.

I have never felt like this before. I tenderly touched his exposed back, softly caressing his waist. I drew him closer and closer until we were breathing each other's air.

I had no fucking control over what I was doing. Only one thought took up all the space in my mind.

Nikolai...

I love him...

I don't know when did we stop dancing. Our eyes held each other for what felt like an eternity. It was the most beautiful feeling in the world.

He smiled, illuminating the space around him, an angelic glow all over his face. I want his smiles, all of his smiles, I want to be the reason behind every single one of his smiles.

Both of my hands moved to his face, cupping it, drawing it closer and closer until his soft lips slightly touched mine.

My hand went to the back of his head as I lost myself in the feelings of his lips, for a moment, letting go of all the other thoughts that occupied my mind.

His arms went around my neck, and I kissed him gently, softly. His hand went to my hair and he fisted them, pulling me closer to him, thrusting his tongue into my mouth.

We were kissing like crazy. I completely forgot about the people around us and it was at that moment I knew.

I had fallen in love with him. I didn't know when it happened, or how it happened but it did.

I do love him.

I love Nikolai and I need him to know that.

I pulled back, my hands still on his cheeks, caressing his cheekbones as he looked up at me through heavy-lidded eyes.

"Your lips feel like heaven," I breathed on his lips, "I think I love you, Nikolai."

His breathing became light immediately ; his mouth opened as he shuddered in my hold. Goosebumps rose all over his skin, he was astounded like he couldn't believe the words that came out of my mouth. It was clear how much it affected him.

"Can you..." he swallowed. "Can you say it again?"

"I love you, I love you so fucking hard, Nikolai De Luca, please, don't ever leave me again."

His face lit up, it was like a ray of sunshine escaping the dark clouds. "I-"

A deafening sound of banging and gunfire shattered our moment. I was suddenly jolted out of my daze, and my hand immediately reached for my gun when the large wooden doors of the hall were blasted open.

Vladimir staggered in, his arm dripping with blood and splattering onto the floor. He had been shot, and his wide eyes gazed around before landing on me with fury in them.

"Alessandro!" he groaned, holding his arm tightly.

"What happened? What the fuck is wrong?" I asked, pulling out my gun, and flicking the safety off, pushing Nikolai behind me, shielding him.

"Alessandro, it's the Salvatores. They attacked and they have Antonio, he is in a fucking bad shape. I'm not sure if he is even alive, Alessandro. They have him tied up like a fucking corpse!"

My blood ran cold, my head snapped back to the man I love.

A darkness crept over me, the same darkness I was born into. The same darkness that turns me into an animal. I felt it slowly creeping up my body, antagonizing my thoughts. My insides turned black and my heart went ice cold.

"You played me?" my voice was low, barely a whisper.

His eyes were wide, he looked between me and the large wooden door, distant gunshots rang throughout the room but I couldn't hear them, people were frantically running all around us but I could see nothing...

Tears built up in his eyes, "No, Alessandro, I have nothing to—"

"You also said that Antonio was unharmed!" Vladimir snapped from behind me.

His lower lip quivered and I got reminded of the night he came to his room drenched in blood and lied straight to my face.

"Yes, I lied about that but Alessandro—" he tried to hold my arm.

I pushed him back, he seemed shocked by that, I surprised myself too. I placed a hand over his chest and pushed him back. I did that and I didn't feel bad about it.

"Alessandr..." a tear instantly slid down his cheek. He was probably afraid of what I was going to do next him but I didn’t care.

He was an actor, he had been acting this whole time and I fell right into his trap. Just like he acted all sweet and lovely with Antonio before he fucking kidnapped him. I was there, in one of the cars when it happened. Antonio had asked for my permission to go talk to him.

"You set me up, Nikolai..."

"I didn't..."

"You betrayed me... again"