All Chapters of Grimaldi's Blood and Vows: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

[ARIETTA’S POV]The elevator door opened. I stepped out, and Pierce followed me. I went to my unit and opened the door. I noticed he stopped and stayed outside, clearly not intending to come in."What are you doing out there?" I asked him."Guarding your unit. What else?""Huh? You mean, you're going to stay outside all night?"I felt a pang of sympathy for him. I don’t know, maybe I'm too soft for this guy, and if someone told me I'm too fragile, maybe they’d be right."Uh-huh. Just call me if you have any problems.""There are two bedrooms inside my unit. You can take the other one. It’s safer for me if you're inside, don’t you think?"Pierce stared at me but didn’t protest. I went inside, and he followed right behind me.I went straight to the fridge to check if I had any ready-to-eat food, but there was nothing! I hadn’t gone grocery shopping yet because my move here was so sudden.In the cupboard, there were canned goods and noodles, but I was too hungry to prepare anything. I wa

[ARIETTA’S POV]I kept trying to stop Pierce, but he wasn’t listening to me. He was absolutely furious!"Pierce!" I called, but he didn’t even glance at me.I looked at his cousins, who were just watching Pierce, while Damiano’s companion was trying to stop him."Damiano, Pierce might do something worse," said the woman."Let it go. We'll cover the hospital costs if they’re lucky. If not, we’ll handle the burial," Damiano said before kissing the woman on the cheek.Her lips parted, but she didn’t do anything further.I took a deep breath and looked at Pierce. When I saw he was about to punch Vico again, I shouted at the top of my lungs:"PERCIVAL!"That’s when Pierce stopped. He looked at me, his eyebrows furrowed, as if surprised that I called him by his name. Even Pierce’s cousins turned their attention to me.There, I finally got his attention.I walked up to them and separated Vico and Pierce once again. Vico was spitting blood because of the wounds on his face, and he couldn’t ge

[PERCIVAL’S POV]"PERCIVAL GRIMALDI!"I had barely entered the bar when I was greeted by familiar voices calling my name. I gave them all a smile and walked toward the VIP couch where my cousins were seated."Why are you late?"I fist-bumped a few friends before sitting down next to Damiano. Among us, Damiano, Leone, and I are the closest, though Damiano sometimes hangs out with Luca and Niccolo. I, however, can’t handle Luca.Niccolo’s attitude is more tolerable to me than Luca’s. If you locked me in a room with Luca, I’d trade anything just to get out of there. We’re opposites. While Luca is serious and quiet, I’m the exact opposite—though I respect him a lot."I ran into Kiana on the way here, you know…" I shrugged and laughed. "Just to start things off.""More like an appetizer," Leone chuckled. "Before you dive into the main course of the night."I laughed because my cousins know me all too well. Even though they’re womanizers and enjoy changing partners often, I’m worse. My life

[PERCIVAL’S POV]West.The surname of Arietta kept repeating in my mind because it felt familiar. Where had I heard it before? I’m not quite sure.I couldn’t stop smiling because fate seemed to be on my side. The girl even called me Lucifer earlier, and I thought, that’s my new favorite nickname. There was only one person who used to call me that, and I hated it back then—Daniela. I don’t know, my cousin just liked making my life a living hell, and if there’s hell, there’s Lucifer. But now that Miss Arietta West called me Lucifer, I think I might just call my mom and ask her if I can change my name to that.I chuckled to myself. Christ, I’ve got it bad for her, I guess. This wasn’t part of the plan. At first, I thought I was just lusting over her. That once I got what I wanted, it’d be over. But as time goes on, it seems like what I want is changing.I want more than just physical. I want something deeper. I never imagined myself wanting a connection with a girl, but now my worst nigh

[PERCIVAL’S POV]"Where have you been?!" That was Dad's immediate greeting when I got home the next morning, after I left my birthday party to be alone with Arietta."Dad, I'm not a five-year-old who needs to ask for permission on where I’m going—""You left the party that your mom organized for you! You fucking disrespected her, Pierce!"I looked at Mom, who was trying to calm Dad down. I get his point, and he probably doesn’t realize that I did ask permission from Mom."I asked Mom for permission—""And did you ask the guests? Your uncles and aunts? Your grandparents? Me?! You couldn't even wait until the party was over before you left with that girl!"I tightly shut my eyes. I’m kind of pissed now."Her name is Arietta, Dad. My girlfriend has a name. You don’t have to address her like you don’t even know her name." I remained calm, even though I was getting frustrated with my own father.The happiness I felt last night was slowly disappearing. I wish I had just decided not to come