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When I look back to where Stefano is standing, he’s no longer there, and the people around me are all staring.
“What happened?” Stella asks, approaching me from behind.
Without looking at her, I respond, “Go get Luci, tell her we’re leaving.” I shove my way through the crowd, and when I get to the stairs, I take them down two at a time. Lena is on the stairs on the second floor, waiting for me, and her eyes are turbulent behind her wire frames.
“What the fuck was that?” I growl.
“Why are you yelling at me?” She moves to the side to let a group of women pass us as they’re ascending the stairs.
“You’re defending that douchebag now?”
“What? No, of course not!” Her head shakes. “I was handling the situation before you came over and caused a scene.”
“Caused a scene? You haven’t seen anything, sweetheart. I wanted to fucking destroy him!”
“I know, which is exactly why I did it.”
“I can’t believe you defended him. What were you thinking?”
“Are you listening to yourself? I didn’t defend him! I stopped you from getting into a fight.”
Her words infuriate me even more. “Exactly! You defended him. I see where your loyalty fucking stands.” I push my way past her and start taking the last flight of stairs down before stopping to say, “I’m fucking out. Go home with Luci.”
“Massimo, wait!”
But I ignore her, take the rest of the stairs down, and head straight for the door. The bitter cold shocks me yet feels refreshing. I have so much rage coursing through my veins right now that the cold air helps me breathe. I left my jacket inside, but Lena has the coat check tickets anyway.
I sprint to get to my Jeep, stick the key in the ignition, turn it on, and peel out of the spot.
While driving, my phone rings, and I see Lena’s name. I hit ignore. Seconds later, my phone rings again, and this time it’s Rocco. “What?”
“What the fuck Mass? Where’d you go?”
“I left. Make sure Lena leaves with Luci.”
“What? Why?”
“Just do what I ask! I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” I hit End and toss the phone onto the passenger seat.
Last night I barely slept because I was too enraged over what occurred at Element. Add Lena not being with me, and it made for a long, miserable fucking night. But I know myself, and when I’m angry like that, I need to be alone to cool off. Otherwise, I’ll say and do things I’ll later regret.
I drove for hours last night, blaring music to silence the rage. It’s the first time Lena has seen me get so upset. She’s never experienced any of my anger issues. Let’s hope it doesn’t scare her away.
I know it’s early, but I need to see her, make sure we’re okay. I didn’t call her to let her know I was on my way because I don’t want to give her time to think about what she wants to say when she sees me. I need to see the look on her face to gauge what she’s feeling and thinking.
When I drive up to Lena’s house, I park behind Luci’s car. I hope she’s awake because it’s early, just a few minutes shy of 8:00 a.m. I knock on the door and wait. I’m about to start knocking again when I see Lena walking down the hall until she opens the door. Her green eyes are puffy and red, with dark circles underneath them.
“Hi, babe,” I say.
She reaches out and pulls me into her, hugging me tightly. “I was so worried about you. I called you all night, and you didn’t answer once. I thought something happened to you.”
“Yeah, I probably should’ve let you know I was fine. Sorry about that.”
She lets me in before closing the door. We go into the living room, and she sits on the couch cross-legged.
“What you did last night, that can’t happen again,” she says, adjusting her frames.
“I know I should’ve answered your call.”
