RUSSO EL MASSIMO
My hand gently caressed Cara's face while she slept deeply. The doctor had attended to her and had left her to rest. Cara was deeply asleep now, so deeply that she didn’t stir at my touch at all.
In my other hand was an opened ring box. The ring that should be around her finger was still in the box. Tonight was never meant to be like this. Tonight should have been a sweet night. A dinner by the beach, make her smile, make her laugh, make her feel loved, have a dance with her and ask her to be mine, put a ring to it and be able to actually call her mine.
But instead tonight took a sharp turn to become the worst night I have had in years. The bruises on her body made my heart ache. My gaze still on the ring, I wondered how much more of these things Cara would have to go through if I put this ring to her finger.
Dark Caster had known that I was in love with Cara and that was why he took that step. He knew the desperation he would put me in by taking Cars away from me.
And the more people know about my feelings for her, the more trouble I would be attracting to her. She stirred a little with a soft grumble, her brows arching.
“Hey, I am here” I said softly, leaning close to her, my thumb caressing her cheek over and over again.
“Russo?” She whispered my name, her lids fluttering as she faintly opened her eyes.
“Yes, Cara. I am here”
"You are here" she mumbled.
"You are here so I am safe" Her facials relaxed again gently and I watched as she fell back into her deep sleep in a few seconds.
“I am really sorry” I whispered and kissed her forehead before slamming the box close. It was going to stay closed for a long time.
I could not let my own selfish desires to make her completely mine take over. Above my desire to call her mine was the desire to protect her, keep her safe and away from the shits that had happened tonight.
I gently let go of her face and got up on my feet. I dropped the box in the lower drawer and locked it before walking out of the room.
I slammed the door shut behind me and heard footsteps approaching me.
“The little girl?” I asked, sighting Sian who was approaching me.
“I put her to bed in one of the rooms since she was already asleep, boss.” He replied.
“And did you pick up Karl’s body?” I questioned. That petty bastard.
“Yes, boss” Sian replied.
“The bastard should have died in my hands. He’s lucky to have died so easily. From just one bullet.” I gritted, feeling my anger brewing the more I talked about it.
“And how did Karl manage to get on my list of men? I have made it fucking clear that men with children are not allowed on my team. I don’t want those brutes being threatened with the lives of their children. You were in charge of recruitment, how the fuck did it slip past you?” I raged, moving away from the door.
“My apologies, boss. I should have been more attentive during the recruitment.” His head was slightly bowed. I stared at him and just groaned it away.
“Karl had a wife?”
“No, boss. The mother of his daughter died during the childbirth. The child is an orphan now.”
I groaned and gritted my teeth. An orphan. Cara had seemed to really like the little girl though.
“You are going to have to take responsibility for this, Sian.”
“I… Yes, boss.”
“Giovanni and those bastards?”
“All tied up in the underground torture room, boss.”
“Get Dark Caster. It will be a bit of a hassle to get rid of him but I will make sure he doesn’t live after this.”
“We will work on that immediately, boss.”
“Ensure no on else knows about everything that happened tonight. The less people know that Giovanni and Dark Caster messed with me, the better.”
Because then they can be killed with no one out rightly suspecting me as their killer. Being suspected and being known as their killer was of course no issue for me but not now that I had her, Caramia. I couldn’t pull more enemies to myself and put her in even more danger.
I had always enjoyed the dangerous thrill of attracting more enemies and watching them go nuts trying to bring me down or kill me but tonight had not been filled with that thrill.
“Yes boss. I will get it done.” He turned to leave and that was when I recalled something.
“One more thing.”
Sian stopped in his tracks and turned back.
“That guy, Rick. Find him and add him to the torture room. I have had enough of that bastard at this point.” I ordered.
“Yes, boss.” Sian took the order and left. I leaned against the wall. If I had gotten rid of Rick earlier, then Dark Caster would not have known about this. The only person who could knew about Cara and I was Rick and he was clearly the one who had gone off blabbing to Dark Caster about this.
He would not get to blab so much anymore in the future though.
I drew in a deep breath and ran a hand through my hair before massaging my forehead gently.
I walked back into the room and set my gaze on sleeping Cara. I moved closer to her.
‘I am sorry but I can’t keep your promise of keeping the bastard alive’