OLIVIA“Axel wanted you to have this.”I frowned at the shopping bag Rosa stretched out to me, my eyes burning with the anger that brewed within me.My hands flinched the bag away, and it fell to the ground. But, all I did was lay back unbothered in bed, my hands pulling the duvet over my body.“I don’t want it. I want to go home.”“Olivia—‘’“— I hate it here,” I interrupted her with a harsh voice, feeling the corner of my eyes sting with the tears that were already forming. “I’ve faced nothing but humiliation, and he’s putting my life in danger.”I saw her eyes sympathize with me, and she reached for my hands with hers, leaning forward while her lips parted to speak.“He’s only doing all this because he cares.”I snorted, proceeding to roll my eyes in disbelief.What was she saying?Or was it because she hadn’t seen the ordeal that had happened to me last night?The way I’d fainted at the sound of the gunshot?I jumped to sit upright, a tear escaping my left eye while my lips quiver
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI“I’ll get Rosa to attend to you.”I said to Olivia as soon as we pulled up in front of the house. She’d fainted in my arms by the time I’d rescued her, but now that she was conscious, she wouldn’t stop trying to stir up an argument.Which was the last thing I wanted to engage in.“I don’t want Rosa, or you to attend to me.” She flared up, her voice sounding harsh and stern. I was leading the way to the door, while she marched behind me, her stiletto heels in both hands.Halting in my tracks, I swerved around to flash her a deadly glare.“You’ve got no choice to reject whatever I offer you, Kitty.”“I don’t want any of your offer,” she gritted her teeth in my face, matching my gaze with narrowed, fiery eyes. “And stop calling me ‘Kitty’, I’m not a cat. Or your pet.”My lips curled into a smile watching her throw a fit. And for some reason, I loved watching that part of her.I’d like to add another attribute of hers.Daring.I tilted my head forward, and saw her s
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI“I need you to tell me where to find Blade.”Zero twirled the stick of a cigarette in his mouth before flashing me a toothy grin that exposed the brown stains tobacco had left on his teeth.He leaned closer with arched browns. “Why?”“Nothing. I just need to know where he is.”He pushed his body backward, and reclined in his seat while staring at me skeptically. My eyes narrowed at him, while my left index finger relaxed on my chin, tapping against my skin impatiently.Zero shrugged his shoulders, and I knew the answer that was about to exit his lips.“I don’t know where he is.”“Don’t lie—‘’“— the bathroom is locked,” Cara, one of Zero’s girls, interrupted me with the least information I wanted to hear as she walked in from the crowd. “That’s strange, because she went in some minutes ago.”I tried to take her words off my ears, turning back my focus to Zero, who turned out to be actually paying attention to her.His gaze rested on her chin. “Hold it in, Cara b
OLIVIAMy thumb hurt like hell.I had no idea that someone could be so pretty and yet callous until Nelly showed up. What had she gained by humiliating and making me hurt myself?And Axel… He seemed a bit… annoyed when he’d walked in, but did nothing to stop her. Instead, he’d clenched his fists and walked off…. Like he was scared to challenge her.Was that how much he hated me?How could he even hate me for something I knew nothing about?I sat at the edge of my bed, tending to my wound with a tissue. Living there was actually harder than I’d imagined. Serving Axel was torture, and now, I was going to serve his mistress too?If only Isabella had stayed back in Willow Creek with me and mother, then our lives would all be peaceful.My tears stained my face, and I could feel how puffy my eyes were. I’d spent the past few days crying and overthinking about my life.Nobody cared about me there, except Rosa, although I still couldn’t tell why she’d suddenly disappeared.Noises at the e
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSIOlivia was bleeding.And Nelly stood in front of her, cackling and taking pictures of her on the floor, with blood trickling down her thumb.The sound of broken glass had alerted me in my room. I’d frozen for a second after the sound, and rushed down immediately only to see… that.Dressed in her nightgown, Olivia had her knees on the floor. Blood trickled down her thumb, and she kept gasping like she was struggling to breathe.“Olivia!”Fear gripped my voice, as well as the concern I hated to admit. I rushed to her, aiming to pull her up to her feet, but Nelly’s hands prevented me.“What are you trying to do?” Her voice was stern, and I saw her eyes twitching when they met mine. “You’re not trying to save her, are you?”Of course, I was.The sight of Olivia helpless and hurt was making beads of sweat break out on my forehead.‘Yes,’ I replied in my head.But I couldn’t say it to her face.Instead, I forced out the word she wanted to hear huskily. “No.”Nelly mutte
OLIVIAI hadn’t seen Rosa for the last two days.And I couldn’t help the pangs of fear that kept hitting me, or the twists of tight knots that kept forming in my stomach.Morning came quickly, and since there was no ‘Rosa’ to help me out with anything, I had to push myself out of bed to get whatever I wanted.The kitchen… that was the first place I had in mind to be.Peppermint tea— I couldn’t understand my craving for it these days, but my stomach wouldn’t settle until I gulped a few drops down.My feet slid into my flip-flops, and I threw my hair into a messy bun, yawning and stretching slightly on my feet.Memories of last night drifted through my mind, but I shoved them off. It was too early to start thinking about him.But I couldn’t stop thinking— in fact, I found myself replaying the scene of his cock… repeatedly.And a gasp escaped my lips when I remembered clearly.The length, the way it had sprawled in my hands, and how my eyes had widened when I saw the image that had matc