تسجيل الدخول~Ariana “Wonderful,” Salvatore said, walking into the room. “You wanted me to leave but you don’t mind being comforted by my best friend. Since you guys were okay with snuggling in a hospital room, God knows what you would have done if it were somewhere else. Seems like faithfulness was the one thing you just couldn’t inherit from your father.” I snorted, ignoring the pain that rose in my chest as I did so. “Rich coming from someone who couldn’t stop flaunting his mistress in public. Isn’t that against the rules, Salvatore? The least you can do is respect your wife in public.” He clenched his jaw. “But what if the said wife doesn’t deserve the respect.” I sighed, placing my ventilator mask back on when I realized I was running out of breath. “This is exactly why I asked you to leave earlier. It’s hopeless talking to you.” “You’re calling me hopeless?” I didn’t respond. I closed my eyes and started counting in my head as I waited for him to leave. I heard his footsteps but
~Ariana "Hey," Milo said, walking towards my bed. In his right hand was a bouquet of flowers. He dropped it on the bedside cabinet and settled on the chair next to my bed. "I remembered you loved delphiniums, and I just happened to be near a florist shop when I heard what happened, so I grabbed a bunch." His nice gesture gave me the confidence I needed to ask him what I wanted to. I sat up, wincing a bit, before pulling off my ventilator mask. "What are you doin—" "I need your help," I said, cutting him off. "Okay. But can you please put on your mask. You're literally gasping for breath." I nodded and placed the mask back on my face. Once it was securely placed, I started talking. "I want to leave this place." Milo's brows furrowed as he stared at me. "I understand but you haven't fully recovered." I shook my head vigorously. "Not just this hospital. I want to leave Salvatore and this life behind. I'm tired." He blinked, opened his mouth to speak and closed it
~ArianaMy mouth felt like sandpaper. I battled against the weight of my eyelids, failing terribly to keep them apart. The pain in my chest increased with each breath I took and I could feel my strength diminishing with each attempt. Different objects appeared and disappeared out of my sight. Voices drifted in and out of my ears. Everything was a cacophony that further disoriented me.After sometime, I realized I was being wheeled on a bed to somewhere. I didn’t know why and I couldn’t understand how I even got there to begin with. I tried to scream but I couldn’t even move my body. Then, one distinct scene came into my vision.It was Sal hugging a blonde woman. And the next thing, they started kissing. After witnessing the scene, I didn’t try to fight the heaviness anymore and I just let my eyelids shut out the sight. ****I did not know how long I had been asleep but even when I woke up, I felt like I hadn’t been asleep for a long time. The pain all over my body was unbearable.
~SalvatoreI hesitated for a moment. “But Ariana?”My question caused my mum’s frown to deepen. “You’ll see your love very soon. Let’s sort this out first.”Her emphasis on ‘my love’ rubbed me off the wrong way but I let it slide. I followed her to her car and she insisted on waiting for her driver even though I keep telling her I was very capable of driving.After waiting for another ten minutes, I let out a heavy sigh. “Mum, can you please get in the car so I can take us to the hospital. We’ve already wasted enough time waiting for your driver to show up.”Even though we had two drivers for each person in the house and they all lived with us, you could never find a single fucking driver when you actually needed one.“Relax. He’ll be here in a minute.”I resisted the urge to glare at her. “You said this ten minutes ago.” Usually she would have been the one complaining and probably have the driver fired once he eventually arrived but she was suspiciously calm now.“That’s what he tol
~SalvatoreI felt a sudden pain in my chest even though it was Ariana the bullet hit. I had been so caught up in the chaos, I didn’t realize I hadn’t pulled her under the table with me. Her eyes dropped to the bullet wound in her chest before they drifted shut and she dropped to the floor beside me. Tears blurred my vision and before I knew it, I was beside her screaming her name. In the process, I got hit by a bullet on my left arm. My brain didn’t register the pain and I immediately pulled out my gun to put an end to the idiot that shot her. But my men were finally handling it and they had managed to gun down all the attackers. I don’t know where they were earlier when Ariana was getting shot but if anything happened to her, they all would be dead too. I carried her in my arms and rushed straight for my car. I ignored everyone that tried to talk to me on my way out. I made sure she was securely strapped into the back seat before I took the steering wheel and started driving. I
I followed behind him, hoping to calm him down before the whole thing escalated. “Salvatore!” he called the moment he got to where Sal was seated with that blonde woman leaning against him. “Father?” Sal responded, sitting up in his chair. “What is the meaning of this nonsense?” Carlo shifted his glare between Sal and the blonde.His glare caused the blonde to shrivel away from Sal. “Father, I—”“I don’t want to hear it. Get this woman out of here and I only want you to be seen with your wife for the rest of this event.” “I can’t . . .” Sal started speaking but his father walked away, signaling an end to their conversation. I stood awkwardly by the side, aware of Sal’s glare on me. “I’ll leave,” the blonde said, causing Sal to break his glare. He turned to her, his eyes softening significantly as he stared at her. “No, you’re not going anywhere.”“But your dad—”“I said you’re not going and that’s final.”She nodded and he smiled at her. He fucking smiled at her. The dull ache







