Chapter 5: Gun Shot

Elena’s POV

“You don’t need to know what happened to me, Dante. All I just want is for you to sign the divorce papers, and then I am not going to ruin your life again.”

He stands up and walks towards the door, alternately walking around. I can’t see any reaction on his face right now.

“Just please, sign it,” I begged him.

“No,” he said and held his hair like he was about to burst out.

“How the fuck will I let you go, Elena, when all I just needed was you? I want you beside me,” he said while his voice was cracking.

This is the first time I heard him crack while talking to me.

He then knelt and looked at me there. I saw a little tear in his eyes that gave a new effect to my body. He kept begging me not to leave, but I just want to keep Jade away from this dangerous life.

“She’s in the UK with my cousin, Jenny,” I said.

I don’t know why I told him where Jade is. I just feel like he should have the right to know because he is her father.

“She’s four years old and is starting preschool,” I continued.

Dante’s expression softened after hearing what I said about Jade.

Four years.

Four years of a little girl growing up without knowing all about Dante. I feel so sorry when she asks me where her daddy is.

“Her name is Jade, you know already,” I said and laughed softly.

“Does she know about me?” he asked me.

My heart is hurting because of what he asked.

“She asked about you… I told her that her daddy is far away working,” I said to him.

“I’m sorry, Dante, but I can’t let you see her for now. It’s too dangerous here. I don’t want to make my daughter suffer what happened to me in the past,” I said.

I can’t hold my tears, and I just can’t stop sobbing in front of him, while he is just looking at me softly.

A knock on the door made us stop talking. He looked at the door and then looked back at me.

“I’ll be back,” he said and kissed my forehead.

“Please… don’t tell anyone that I am here,” I begged him.

He looked at me for a few seconds before nodding to me.

“I won’t.”

He then went out and slowly closed the door, and before he completely walked out, he looked at me one last time.

He made his expression look serious.

The door closed and left me alone inside the room. I immediately wiped my tears, trying to calm myself down.

My hands were still shaking.

I couldn’t believe what I had just done, telling Dante about Jade.

I picked up my phone and called Jenny. I just waited for a couple of rings until she picked up my call.

“Hello, Jenny, how are you guys there?” I asked her with a happy tone. I heard a little noise in the background, and then I knew it was my Jade.

“Auntie, is that Mommy?” she asked my cousin.

“Yes, baby, come.”

“Mommy!” she happily said to me. I miss her so much.

“Are you a good girl?”

“Yes, Mommy,” she said with a happy tone in her voice.

I just talked to her and Jenny for a couple of hours before I hung up our call.

I slowly placed my phone on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I couldn’t help but smile upon remembering Jade’s cute voice.

I just closed my eyes for a moment as his face suddenly appeared in my mind.

The way he looked at me earlier. The way his voice cracked when he begged me not to leave again.

And the way he reacted when I told him about Jade.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps approaching the room, which made my heart immediately start beating.

The door then opened, and I stood up. I thought it was Dante who was approaching.

But it was the guy who was talking to Dante earlier. He then looked at me before looking around the room.

“Madam, the Boss instructed me to make you stay here.”

My eyebrows furrowed.

“Why?”

“He said it’s not safe for you to leave the room.”

“Is something going on?” I asked him.

He didn’t answer me immediately.

That made me nervous about what was going on outside.

“What happened?”

“There might be someone inside the building who shouldn’t be here.”

My heart dropped.

“What?”

He looked at me seriously.

“But the Boss is handling it,” he said to me.

I immediately thought about Dante.

“Is he okay?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

I breathed a little easier.

“Then why am I not allowed to leave?”

“He doesn’t want you to get involved.”

I nodded slowly.

“Okay.”

The man closed the door again.

I slowly walked toward the window and looked outside. I couldn’t see anything unusual from where I was standing.

I then heard a gunshot outside, which made my whole world panic. I immediately got out and panicked, finding Dante.

What if something happened to him?

What if he got shot?

I don’t want it to happen. He still needs to meet Jade. Her daughter needs to see him alive.

My tears started to fall down my cheeks.

Different kinds of scenarios were running through my head because of that gunshot. I saw some of his men running towards the entrance door of the mansion.

I hurriedly walked fast just to see what was happening there. As I walked down the stairs, I saw them circling around someone while the others went out to get whoever fired the gun.

“Call the doctor! Faster!” someone shouted.

As I walked slowly, I could now see who was lying on the ground with a gunshot in the chest.

I gasped as I saw who it was. I hurriedly approached and cried.

“Oh God, D-Dante,” I shockingly said and knelt down. He wasn’t waking up or answering every time I called his name.

“Call the doctor! Fucking faster!”