Chapter 41 : A Jealous Bitch
Chapter 41: A Jealous Bitch
Sophie
I was not one of those people who could deal with being confined even in a large mansion that had all the luxuries in the world. I craved my freedom more than I craved anything, I had come to this city, looking for freedom and I had it for almost two years. And now here I am, confined in a glorious mansion with my consent.
They were protecting me and I knew they were hiding something, something big. I prided myself in knowing what was up with people around me yet some of them like Sarah and the Rizzo's brothers rarely let me see but I could see enough to know when things were being hidden from me. I had forgiven Adriano, what other choice did I have? If this Fraternity threat was so big that they were alarmed, it had to be bad. I made Adriano promise that he wouldn't lash out at me ever again. Although, there was a part of me that was still cautious of them. I didn't fear them but I didn't let myself ease around them either.
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Adriano POV.
“Her job starts tomorrow.” Luciano said, his hand in the pocket of his pants.
“We need to let her out more.” He added.
Apparently, her off days were done and tomorrow being Monday, she wanted to go back to working at the cafe. She said that to Angelo because I am sure she will never speak about leaving this mansion to me again. I shouldn't have lashed out on her like that, I didn't want to scare her.
“We can send some bodyguards, Raphael can't be stupid enough to attack her with an army of bodyguards behind her.” Luciano said, his eyes fixed on the file on his desk.
We were at the company headquarters, Sophie was in the mansion, doing her online classes like a good little girl she is. She was shutting off and I could see her lingering glances at the sky, her hands stained with charcoal after sketching her school and even her apartment. I didn't want her to be like that, she was shutting off on us, and she wasn't talking to us. I love to hear her talk with that little angelic voice of hers. She wasn't like our previous submissives, I rarely had them on my lap, I was not a soft dominant in any way but Sophie brought out the softer side in me with every glance of her curious eyes. I wanted to crush her to my chest and protect her from the world and at the same time, I wanted to make her scream.
“I will tell her,” I said because I needed to get on her good side again. She had forgiven me but those were just words, she was still distant.
I was the last one to left the office, Angelo and Luciano were already gone, fucking bastards. I walked out of the elevator into the private parking lot. There was a letter on the windshield of the car I had driven today. I picked the black envelope up, feeling my jaw clenching and I ripped it open.
‘Your city or your girl. Time is ticking, Adriano. R.F.’
Fucking bastard, I put the envelope in the inner pocket of my suit and looked around. There was no one there, no shit. Then I called Luciano.
“Get your ass back here and bring Angelo with you.” I said as soon as he picked up the call.
“What the fuck happened?”
“Fraternity.”
“Look at this,” Abel pointed at the windshield of the can on the screen. We were going through the camera footage of the private parking lot.
“It appears that someone tempered the tape. The envelope isn't there a moment…” he played the tape and the envelope appeared.
“And it is there the next moment.” They either hacked into this or we have a traitor in our hands.”
“How many people have access to this?” Angelo asked as we walked out of the darkroom.
“The whole security.” Abel replied, frowning.
“And is there anyone who has access to your office computers?” He asked us as we entered the elevator. I leaned against the wall.
“Someone who works for us.” Luciano muttered and I knew he was thinking what I was thinking.
“Happens to work with us closely.”
We walked out of the lift and I looked at Evelyn’s office door.
“And is a jealous bitch.” Angelo added, Abel grimaced.
“Do I need to call for cleanups?” He asked.
“Not yet.” I muttered, walking into her office and she was right there, sitting behind her computer. She looked at me with fear in her eyes and I smirked as I took the gun out of my pocket.
“Tell me!” I yelled, she sobbed and I sighed.
“H..he came to me in the morning, he said he would kill my mother. He had a gun, I could….” Luciano shot her arm and her scream rang into my ear. I winced and turned to Abel.
“Retrace her steps, get more information and come to the mansion tomorrow with your findings.” I said, walking out of the office. My brothers are following behind.
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Sophie POV
I had nightmares. I slept from the afternoon to the evening and I had nightmares. It was a regular guest ls of my night but I rarely had them during the day for some reason. When I woke up, it was around seven and the three, Rizzo's were yet to come back. I knew I was growing cold towards them, not responding to their kisses or touches and shrugging when asked what I wanted to eat. I was not feeling like myself here, the mansion was marvelous, don't get me wrong but I ended the city with busy crowds and irritating tourists to feel like myself. I needed to sit in the central park with Sarah and eat Susan’s bakery delights.
The nightmare was that night, the worst night of my life. I could hear the gunshot in my head, I could almost smell their cologne. I could hear him yelling and I could see myself trembling. It felt like it had happened yesterday after so many years. I was fifteen back then, a teenager. They were older, about twenty years and I often wondered why people hurt others if they could just be kind. A vicious never-ending cycle of pain, I tried to make sense of it, sense of all my torment. I tried to reason with myself, maybe they were lonely, maybe they needed to get their anger out some way. I made excuses for my mother too. Maybe she doesn't know how to do it, maybe she is just like that and it is wrong for me to want her to change.
But at the end of the day, these things were nothing but lies. I fed myself with sugar to make the bitterness of my torment dull. But in the end, they all hurt me and I was still one left with nightmares. But he didn't deserve to die.