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“She’s in the alleyway behind the cafe, but she’s with Matthew. He found her.” Everything stopped, and all I saw was red.
Lucio dialed his men and put the phone on speaker. No one was saying what I needed to hear, and it was very annoying. “I don’t give a fuck who wasn’t on duty. If so much as a strand of her hair is missing, none of you have jobs, and I may just do something extensive to prove a point.”
Lucio and I left the building and headed to the cafe alley. “Sir, I know you’re mad, but you can’t just walk in there unprotected.” Lucio was on protocol, but if he didn’t stop talking right now, I would make him the next target on my list.
I grabbed my firearm, jumped out of the car, and made my way down to the alley. The closer I walked, the more I heard faint noises and whimpers. Her whimpers. I was no longer seeing red.
All I saw was fucking black.
I heard Matthew speaking to her and I approached her even closer. Forget the protocol. I walked in there myself.
“I’d be extra careful of the next words you say to her,” I shouted, my voice filled with anger.
“Dillon.” She sighed in relief, and tears ran free from her eyes. Nothing hurt more than seeing her in this position.
“This is the new guy you’re with,” he said, scoffing, “you always had a thing for rich men. As a gold di—” One press of the trigger, and he fell to the floor. I really hoped he wasn’t dead because death wasn’t in the plan I had for him. Death was too good for him.
Lucio and the other men came to grab him while he was down, but my sole priority was her. I dropped the gun on the spot and ran over to her.
When I wrapped my arms around her, and she let out the first loud sob, I lost it. I had no control. The greatest crime in my book was hurting her, and he did just that.
“Baby, you’re safe now,” I whispered, rubbing her back. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t here.” There’s no way I could’ve been here or knew she was in danger, but I knew he was out there, and I shouldn’t have trusted her safety in anyone else’s hands but mine.
“I was so s-scared,” she stuttered, trembled, and just sobbed more. Fuck. I felt my heart was ripped out of my chest.
“Did he touch you today, baby?” He better pray. He better pray that all he did was talk.
“N-no,” she whispered.
“You’re not going to agree with the things I’m going to do to him, but I’m going to do it, baby, and I know I can live with it, but I hope you can live with knowing what I’m capable of.” It’s best to always warn people from earlier on. She didn’t answer me verbally; she just nodded and tightened her grip on me.
I looked over to the side, watching Matthew squirm on the floor and releasing words of pain and agony. I grabbed Azzaria in my arms, and she wrapped her foot around my body, holding on for dear life.
“What do we do?” Lucio asked.
“Take him to Malen. I’ll deal with him myself,” I spat out and took steps toward him. I used my free foot to violently kick him repeatedly until he was coughing blood. “As for you, you’re going to wish you never laid a hand on her.” I spat on the ground he lay and walked off.
As violent as I was right now, Azzaria didn’t need this. She didn’t need to see this. She needed comfort, and that’s exactly what I’d give her.
We got back to the penthouse about an hour ago, and she’s been in bed ever since. I made sure to make a bath for her, but after, she just wanted to sleep. Her words to me were minimal, but that was expected. Seeing the person who fucked up your life can never be easy.
Walking into my office, I saw Arnoldo, Ronan, Mikkel, Abigail, and Lucio seated. More people, great.
“Where is she?” Abigail jumped up and asked as I entered.
“She’s sleeping. Do not go to her,” I hissed and grabbed the bottle of scotch. Fuck the glass, I drank it from the bottle.
No one else spoke because they knew it was best to keep quiet until I was ready to speak. I‘ve spent thousands of dollars paying secret security personnel to protect her, and this still happened.
They wouldn’t hear the end of this from me.
“Lucio,” I said, and he looked up, “I don’t blame you for what happened. I’ll commend you for finding and getting to her quickly, but I want every single detail we hired to be fired. And by tomorrow morning at 8, I need new ones. Profiles on my desk, and they better be the best.”
“Of course,” he said and went to make a few calls. Lucio knew what it was like to be completely caught up in love. He’s been married for a long while, and I remember just how many favors I’ve granted for the protection of his wife. It may have come out as rough, but he understood what it felt like to be in fear for the life of the one you love.
“I texted her mom to let her know what was happening,” Abigail said. I didn’t thank her, but I was grateful she did.
“Ronan,” I called out, “Did you get it set up for me?” I asked him for a favor, and I was hoping he would be granted given how little the time space was.
