LOGINAXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“Salvatore,” Damien called behind me, his footsteps echoing after mine. “Just listen for a second”No.I didn’t want to listen, or hear anything else. Everything I’d heard and seen in the hospital room was enough to make my eyes form with tears.Eventually, I halted, but it didn’t stop my heart from twisting violently in my chest.Damien caught up with me, halting two feet away. I turned to face him with narrowed eyes, doing everything to hold back the tears in them.“Don’t do this.”“Do what?”“Walk away,” he said firmly. “How’re you going to pull through this if you can’t even handle the truth?”We stood outside the hospital’s building, with passerbys staring as they walked in and out.My throat tightened. “The truth? Did you even hear what the doctor said?”“Salvatore—‘’“—She lost her memories,” I uttered shakily. “You saw what she did back there. She stared at me like I was some kind of monster that terrified her.”I replayed Olivia’s actions that occurred e
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSIONE MONTH LATER…The hospital became my second home and the only place I constantly slept in for days. I hated the smell of antiseptic and medicine, but had no other choice as it constantly whipped my nostrils without remorse.Isabella and I had been discharged weeks earlier, but Olivia still hadn’t woken up. She’d remained in a coma, and the doctors had no idea when she’d wake up.Rosa and Viper were nowhere to be found, and honestly, they weren’t even a part of the things on my mind.I needed Olivia to wake up. I wanted to see her again smiling and talking to me.That fateful afternoon, I sat next to her bed, my hand gently brushing against her cheeks.The heart monitor continued its steady rhythm as Olivia lay unconscious beneath the white hospital sheets. Apart from the machines surrounding her, the room was silent.She lay face up on the bed, unaware of the constant pain that tugged at my heart, and that sight of her that shattered everything inside me.I’d
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSIIt happened too quickly.One minute, I was reassuring her that we’d escaped the war. The next minute… she was in my arms, bleeding profusely after being shot thrice.My breath caught in my throat, and I cupped her cheeks, shaking her gently for a response.I forgot how to breathe, and panic wrapped around my lungs.“Olivia, please. Don’t do this to me.”She struggled to keep her eyes open as her lips quivered, trying to say something. Her breaths began to drop, and cold sweat coated my skin.I shook her harder, pulling her closer to my chest. Her body was cold, and the realization made dread settle over me.“Olivia!”“Salvatore,” Damien tugged at my arm. “Let’s get her to the hospital.”Isabella crawled painfully towards us, sobbing uncontrollably as she kept calling out for her sister.“What’s happening to my sister?”Damien reached for Isabella, his hands wrapped tightly around her to steady her balance.“Come, I’ll take you to the car.”“No…” she shrieked. “Sav
OLIVIA“N-Nelly,” I groaned. “Get off me.”I felt the sharp edge of the knife on my skin. I struggled to break free, but my efforts were fruitless.Another speeding vehicle approached us. The screeching tires tore through the air as she snapped at the direction.That split second of her diverted attention was enough for me to take advantage of. I drove my knee in between her legs and slapped her hard across the face.She fell back, grunting, and trying to retrieve the knife that had slipped down her grasp. I staggered back to my feet, kicking the knife far away from her reach.“You wretch!” She screeched, groaning from my hit. “You fucking wretch.”That was all she could mutter.I glanced at Axel, and saw him struggling to fight off Darren’s men that had overpowered him. My stomach churned at the sight, and I rushed to help him out.Before I could get to him, a loud deafening sound rang out. One of the men attacking him fell straight to the ground, blood oozing from his face.I gasped
OLIVIAI wasn’t thinking straight. Watching Darren raise his gun to Axel made me devise a plan quickly.I bought myself time by getting into that car, and Alix was the perfect escape I could use.Also, I needed a little moment with my baby too.Darren and Nelly were arguing and I tried to think of something fast before the time passed. I knew Nelly would want to follow me. My heart raced at a breakneck pace. I patted Alix gently, making sure his cries died down while I thought harder.It was frustrating that nothing could pop up in my head. My mind was blank.“Think fast, Olivia.” Five minutes. That was all I had.My gaze swept frantically around the vehicle. The seats. The dashboard. The doors.Nothing.Every second that passed felt like another step closer to Axel’s death.Then something metallic caught my eye.I saw the sharp edge of a knife that was on the floorboards, and wasted no time in picking it up. That was what caught my attention in the first place.The reason why I’d i
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI“Darren, please…”I hated that Olivia was begging him. And I hated more than anything, that she was the one trying to protect me.When it was supposed to be the other way around. Yet somehow, I didn’t think he’d be bold enough to do anything.Because deep down, he cared for Olivia. And the last thing he’d do was something that would make her hate him more than she already did.Leonardo pressed his foot tightly on my chest, and I forced myself to breathe properly. His gun was directly on my face, and I caught the sneer that danced in his voice.“Plead harder,” he told Olivia. “Maybe I might be considerate.”I grunted heavily. “O-Olivia, don’t.”“Let him go, Darren,” she sobbed, struggling with Nelly as she held her down. “Please, I… I’ll do whatever you want.”She shouldn’t have said that. This man was manipulative, and he could take advantage of her vulnerability.His face flashed with anger, and his countenance shifted immediately he heard her say that. Leonardo
OLIVIA“I… I can’t do it.”I muttered, breathing heavily. I couldn’t take the gun—I’d never held one before.Yes, I wanted to take Axel’s life like he’d done to my father, but… pulling the trigger on him, locking gazes with him while I did it, was unbearable to even think of.Donatello chuckled, sl
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“What?” Her eyes widened. “You can’t call off the wedding?”Yes, I could. And I already did.I stepped closer, approaching her with slow, deliberate steps. Nelly locked her eyes onto me, watching every move. My feet walked towards the broken shards, threw my cigarette down, a
OLIVIA“You’d better eat before you starve.”Like anyone really cared. The guard muttered to me, pushing a tray of food towards me with a long stick they’d constantly used to hit me.I didn’t even take a look at it. One glance and I knew I’d puke into the disgusting food.I was tired. Weak. Worst
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“A month?” I arched my brows. “For what?”It was the first time in years that I was speaking to Donatello over the phone. And having that conversation triggered the bad blood we had.“I hate repeating myself, Salvatore.”“I’m not having a wedding in a month’s time,” I panted,







