don't hang up. *Free Chapter.*

The gunshot caught the attention of every single person in the mansion. It forced a yelp out of the lips of the ladies gathered up in the dining room. It forced the guards outside to react and enter the room with their weapons drawn. And it even made the ladies in the sitting room scream, their voices audible from all the way there.

I'd covered my head with my arm, my body cruled on insticts, and my back turned to the gunshot. The defening silence that followed after the gun shot, the doors slamming open, and the screamins ringing the mansion was broken by Connor's next words .

"The next bullet will not miss you, Helena." He snapped. "So I suggest you stay put."

I froced myself to look up, fearing that I might see the pregnant woman hurt and bleeding. But all I saw was her frozen once again. Connor still had his glock pointed at her, but I could only assume that he missed her on purpose, and the shot he fired was just a warning shot.

Thank goodness she isn't hurt and his warnin worked.

Connor glanced at one of the men over his shoulder.

"Take her to a room and lock her in. Make sure she can't escape." He ordered.

Two of the men snaped into action, jogging over to a frozen Helena and grabbing her by the arm before dragging her out of the dining room.

Connor then pointed at the rest of them.

"Go back to the sitting room and search the rest of the ladies. Make sure none of them have weapons on them, especially Piper Fimbar." He ordered, and the men and women qouckly ran out of the dining room.

A slow sigh escaped my lips as I lowered myself back on the chair, my hand pressed against my lowr abdomen. My hands were shaking, as were my legs.

What the heck just happened?

I didn't need to voice my concerns and questions as Ella took over, asking Connor the same questions I had in my mind.

"Elijah sent me a text a few minutes ago, asked me to keep an eye on the Fimbar women in case they were thinking of doing anything stupid. Cane is in the sitting room, keeping his eyes on Piper, so I came here to keep an eye on Helena. It seems she might be the only one on a mission." He explained.

"How did Anthony Jhon die?" Dalinda asked.

"Not sure. He didn't text me every single detail of their discovery. Only that the Fimbars were dangerous, and just a few minutes ago, he texted to let me know that the guys are on their way here." Connor replied.

"What's going to happen to Helena?" Ella asked.

Even though she, too, was shocked with what just happened, she still had a little concern left for the other woman.

"That will be up to the boss to decide. But I assume none of them will be forgiveing considering the fact that she just tried to harm you ladies."

The door of the dining room opened, and in walked the carbon copy of Connor, Cane.

"They have the sittin room locked down. None of the other women have weapons on them, though. We'll keep them in until the guys get here." He commented before he stopped to look at everyone. "Is everyone okay? I heard a gunshot."

"Everyone is fine, including Helena." Connor replied.

"Well, not for long, I guess." Cane added.

By then, the rest of the ladies were sitting at the same spot they were sitting at, leaving the chair Helena was sitting at emty and still drawn out. The only person missing was Ella, who insisted on leaving to go check on her kids. If everyone in the sitting room heard the gunshot, then there was a chance that the kids might have heard it too.

We were all still in shock, and I don't think we noticed the phone ringing, at least not until Connor answered as he started talking. I barely focused on the words that were coming out of his mouth. All I knew was that he was trying to reassure someone.

Connor didn't finish speaking to the preson who called him when his twin brother received a call himself. Again, my thoughts were elsewhere until i heard him mention my name.

"Yes, Ezabella is fine as well." He replied before he offered me his phone.

"Here. Calm him down , will you?" He commented as I took the phone from his hand.

I looked at the number first and recognised it as my husbands number before I ressed the phone to my right ear.

"Hello?" I called out.

"Why are you not answering your phone, Eza?" He asked, and I could hear the panic in his voice.

"I don't have it with me." I slolwy replied.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine, Jacopo." I replied. "Are you okay?" I asked.

I heard him let out a sigh.

"Everything is fine. I'm almost there, Eza. Just a few more minutes."

I could still hear the panic in his voice. The way his breath came out short also gave it away even though he was sitting in a car.

"You're not driving, are you?" I asked, trying to lighten up the mood but miserably failing to doo so with how tense my voice was.

"No, but the guy that is driving the car was on his phone just seconds ago." Jacop replied, another sigh following his words.

Silence fell between us. I guess even though listening to Jacopo;s voice settled my heart a bit, I was still pretty shaken up.

"You didn't hang up, did you?" He asked when the silence stretched.

"No." I replied.

"Good. Please don't hang up. Let me at least hear you until I can see you."

"Can you wait till we get to the mansion to get a room?" I heard Elijah's voice and had to shake my head.

"Shut it." I heard Jacopo hiss before he cleared his throat.

"I'm almost there." He added.

"Okay."

Jacopo and I shared a few words until they pulled up in front of the mansion. I hung up the phone and returned it to Connor before thanking him.

A few seconds later, the doors of the dining room were open, and Jacopo and Elijah were pushing through with their shoulders pressed against each other.

I rose to my feet and walked over to meet Jacopo halfway. Jacopo instantly took me into his arms, hugging me like it was the first time he had seen me in a very long time and not just in a few hours. His lips were pressed against my forehead, dropping kisses over my skin.

"Are you okay?" He asked, pulling away a bit to look down at me.

I nodded my head, feeling the anxiety leave my body the second he had his arms around me.

Jacopo dropped a hand down to my abdomen. "You sure?"

A small smile pulled at my lips.

"I promise, I'm okay." I replied.

"She's with the kids..." I heard Dalinda comment shortly before Elijah zoomed past Jacopo and I.

"Nicolo..." Cilvia called out. "What the heck happened out there?" She asked.

Jacopo had me tucked to his side as he gave her, and the rest of us, the answers to our burning questions. He explaied how they were looking into the memebers of the web who were invited to the villa and how he found out that Anthony Jhon was sending money to the enemy, including about how the the test to find out if Helena's child was Anthony's and not Alex's. That took all of us by surprise, and the mystrey of what was happening in the Fimbar Family was finally resolved.