Early the next morning, Cielo woke up on Giovanni's bed. She tossed and turned to the side and couldn't see Giovanni beside her so she yawned and got out of the bed. She walked naked into the bathroom and washed her face before brushing her teeth. She walked into Giovanni's closet and picked out one of his shirts, big enough to cover up to her thighs, and wore it before walking out of the room. She could barely remember how she got to the bedroom last night. She could only remember them fucking on the couch and now she woke up on the bed. The sex last night was one of the best sex she had in her entire life. She blushed as she remembered the details. She walked downstairs and was greeted by the smell of bacon and cheese coming from the dining room.“I was beginning to think you wouldn't wake up,” Giovanni jokes, watching her walk toward the table.“What is the time?” she asked, looking around for a clock or anything that could tell the time.“It is some minutes to eleven,” Giovanni re
The hug lasted for more than a minute before they pulled away. They held each other's arms, looking at each other's faces tenderly. A tear slipped down Cielo's face and she wiped it with the back of her palm.“Are you hurt?” she asked with a cracked voice.“I'm fine,” he replied calmly. He walked closer to the attacker's car, opened the door, and stared at his face before closing it. He just confirmed that it wasn't Romano who attacked him, so who was he? The face looked strange and foreign. His mind raced in thoughts. Maybe it was the institution. He still had to find out.“How did you find me?” he asked, returning to where Cielo stood. It still baffled him how she was able to find out where he was, or had she been following him?“Long story short, I traced your location when you weren't picking up calls. Something seemed off so I decided to come see,” she replied.“Thank you very much, Cielo. I owe you one. Two actually.” she answered, remembering the other incident that had occurre
“I still can't believe this,” Giovanni commented. He was still yet to recover from the information he had received. Cielo and the anonymous man being siblings? That was a top tier combo right there.They were all seated on a round table with two laptops on it. One belonged to Cielo and the other one, to her brother. There were paper works littered on the table and they'd been seated here for the past thirty minutes and so far, nobody had said anything important.He let his mind wander. From the event the anonymous man had first shown, which was his first meeting with Cielo, to his subsequent meetings with her, to the two times she saved his life. He realized everything seemed interrelated.Cielo had confirmed to him that the attacker wasn't a part of the institution. He wasn't also one of Romano's men, so who was he? The question had been on his mind since then. This wasn't the most difficult situation he'd face but the fact that more than two people who wanted him dead was getting ti
“What is wrong with her?” Piero asked the director as he walked into his office.“She wants a break,” the director shrugged in response and he turned to look at the door where Cielo had walked out a few minutes ago. Why would she want a break? She had barely returned from the last one a few months ago and didn't even give her all. Something was definitely going on. He had to find out.He nodded at the director before walking out. Whatever he wanted to say to the director was going to have to wait. He came out and couldn't find her. In the past month, she had been spending less and less time at the institution and she barely spent a night at the institution's lodge._Cielo walked into her car and drove off. Whether her break was approved or not. One thing was sure. She wasn't returning. She couldn't spend another minute with her parents' murderers. And as for Piero, did he know who they really were?She arrived at her house parked at the garage and stepped in. It was beginning to look
“I have found a way to draw Giovanni out,” Romano informed his new underboss. They were both in Romano's office at a new location provided by the black scorpione.“What way?” his underboss asked, interested in whatever he wanted to say.“This,” Romano replied, handing his phone to him. The underboss stared at the screen before looking at Romano. There was a photo of a woman on the screen. Though it was a bit blurry, he could see her face clearly. What he didn't understand was the relationship between the woman and what he wanted to do.Romano caught the confused look on his underboss's face and laughed. His laugh transitioned into an evil smile as he stared ahead. “That right there is the key. I've been keeping an eye on Giovanni for a few days now. A week or more, I don't know.” he waved his hand and continued. “She is the closest to Giovanni right now. There seem to be lovers or something of that sort,” he explained with a proud smile on his face.“Hmmm.” his underboss replied, equa
Giovanni stared at the screen of his phone for over a minute. He had been trying to get through to Cielo for some minutes now and every time, it rang and stopped without an answer. He sighed before returning the phone to his pocket. Maybe she was busy with something.Few hours later, he called her number again. The call rang for some seconds and ended without an answer. He looked at it screen in surprise. He considered it strange that in the y past few hours, she hadn't called back and she was still yet to pick up her calls.“Something is wrong,” he muttered before stepping inside to pick up his car keys. He drove speedily to her house, still trying her number and it still went unanswered. He arrived and jumped out of the car, letting the car engine steam. Her car was still parked in the garage meaning she was home but something felt strange. He took some steps closer to the door when he noticed a small object on the floor. It was a phone. Cielo's phone. He picked it up and stared at
“What do you know about the abduction?” Enzo asked. A bit calm now.Giovanni explained everything that happened since he started ringing Cielo till when he went to her house to find her phone on the floor outside.“If we can't find her soonest, we'll have to wait for his call,” Giovanni added. Enzo looked like he wanted to say something but thought against it. He nodded at him before opening the door of his car. He stopped and turned to face Giovanni again.“Put me on when you find something,” he uttered before getting into his car. He drove off leaving Giovanni standing there. Giovanni shrugged before getting into his car and driving off.***Romano walked into the room where Cielo was held and flickered the light on. She gave her an ugly smile as he watched her seated on the cold floor, curled up in the corner. But there was something missing. Fear.There was no look of fear in her eyes, making him surprised. Rather, she looked daringly at him. She snorted as he walked closer and he
Giovanni rushed to his side and kicked the gun further away while Enzo stepped in fully. They had been communicating all this time through the device on their ear. Enzo had told him to do as Romano said while he prepared to take a clean shot.Romano coughed on the floor while Giovanni rushed to unbind Cielo.“Where are the fucking keys?” Giovanni screamed at him and he laughed evilly, annoying Giovanni. Giovanni went down on him, punching him before putting his hands in Romano's pocket where he found the key. He got up and left Romano groaning in pain and rushed to Cielo who looked like she could pass out any time.He unlocked the chains and she fell into his arms in a tight hug. She placed her head on his shoulder as tears dropped from her eyes. She whimpered before wiping her tears with the back of her palm.“It's alright, love. I'm here for you.” Giovanni comforted her while he wrapped his arms around her. The hug lasted for some minutes before they pulled away. Enzo handed his gun