MasukAXEL 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
OLIVIAEverything happened so fast. I lost my control, my mind, and shock enveloped me even after the whole accident had ended.I heard Alix’s cries echoing through the car, but I was too shocked to move. I remained in that seat, my fingers loose around the wheels as I stared at the black SUV.I thought it was someone else— a man working for Nelly. But it turned out to be him… “Axel…” I was relieved and scared at the same time. His car was only three feet away from the cliff, and I couldn’t stop panicking because a single mistake could cost him his life.Our cars were compressed into each other. The glasses had shattered, and he was bleeding from the side of his head.It was an awful sight. Axel looked different, weak, and I sobbed again, realizing he’d taken such a risk to stop the car from falling off that cliff.Something that would have taken his life if one mistake had occurred.I tried to get out, but the door was pressed into the chair, and my arm was broken. Alix continued c
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.A black SUV was outside the building when I walked out of the room. I’d left Ian’s body on the floor, and threw his phone into my pocket.The keys I’d found on him surprisingly opened the car, and I drove straight to the address that was in the text he’d received.He was supposed to meet someone there—the sender of the text.I couldn’t recall the last time I prayed for anything. But with my hands tightened around that steering wheel, I prayed for Olivia’s safety.Because I’d never forgive myself if anything happened to her, neither would I fight to stay alive anymore.Thirty-three minutes later, the automated voice in the car alerted me that I’d gotten to the destination.My eyes stared out of the car, and I saw a huge building that didn’t look suspicious for a hideout.Staring back at the phone to confirm the address, I turned off the car and heard footsteps running from the building.“Come back here!” Another loud voice yelled. It sounded familiar, and when I g
AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.“I’m not done talking to you!”“You said you wouldn’t hurt him!” She yelled back at me, her eyes a bright red after she’d swerved around. “Yet, look what you did to him.”I tightened my jaw, not understanding why she was acting up about that idiot commoner.We were back in the
OLIVIA.I gulped down the heavy lump stuck in my throat. Axel’s hands lingered on my body, and I couldn’t hold his intense gaze—it was too powerful.Too piercing.Too… seductive, luring me into the depths of him I knew could drown me within seconds.He’d gone crazy—this man was… unpredictable. Sex
OLIVIAThe water kept running, streaming down my body—our bodies, in full force. Axel had joined me in the shower, and I was certain that he hadn’t taken off his clothes.I swallowed, my breath hitched. His words hung in the air, and I tried to find the right answer to his question.Did I believe h
OLIVIA“Thanks for saving me,” I muttered, raking my fingers through my hair nervously, my voice cracking as I tried to sound casual. “I’m grateful.”He nodded, sauntering towards me with a glass cup in his hands. I sat on his bed— it was the only thing in his little room.No chairs. Nothing fancy







