AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“I know. But you didn’t. You saved me. Again,” I said, looking into his eyes. “You always save me.”
“But you saved me first,” his voice choked as it filled with genuine emotion and I held his gaze. “You saved me the day you walked into that interview.”
My smile grew as my eyes filled with fresh tears.
“I love you so much.”
“Ti amo bambola.”
Broken People Fix Each Other
Cecilia
As I stared into this monster’s eyes, I realised I never really knew Salvatore Buccini at all. I knew he was ambitious. I knew he was dangerous. I knew he was possessive. But I also believed he was loyal to his family. I believed that deep down, buried underneath the years of darkness that had hardened him, there was the potential to be a good man. Never a great man like Vinny but a man who put his love for his family above all else. Family first. That was his and Vinny’s motto they created together. But it was a lie. A beautiful, deadly lie.
This man didn’t know love. He didn’t understand the meaning of it. If he did, he would never have killed the only person who loved him. Tears threatened to form in my eyes as I thought of the love of my life. The innocent man who had his life snatched away from him by the man he respected the most in this world.
“Leave us,” I commanded in a fierce tone as Maximus turned to regard me with concern.
“But Cecil- “
“Leave us! Everyone out,” I ordered again as a slow smile spread across Sal’s face.
After a moment’s hesitation, Max nodded to Riccardo and the men left the room, closing the door behind them. I walked over to a chair placed at the corner of the room and dragged it until I would be sitting down facing Salvatore, only a metre away.
“Why?” I gritted through my teeth.
“Because I love you, Cecilia. You were-”
I didn’t need to hear any more about why he killed Vinny. My heart couldn’t handle it.
“No. Why get rid of Olivia? You say you love me and you want to marry me. You said that you would have chosen me thirty years ago. Then why not allow Giovanni the same?”
He pouted his lips to run his tongue over his bloody teeth, his swollen eyelids blinking back at me.
“Because he is my heir. Love will make him a pathetic boss. He will have a weakness. A target for our enemies as long as she is alive.”
I shook my head as the fury grew within me. I felt like I was hanging off the edge of the world, clinging onto the cliff with my fingernails before I surrendered to the fiery depths of hell fire beneath me.
“So, if I had chosen you over Vinny, you would have been a pathetic boss?” I snarled.
He chuckled deeply, wheezing through the pain it caused him to do so. “No. Because I am made of different stuff. If you had let me raise Giovanni as my own, then so would he. Perhaps then he could keep his little slut.”
It was my turn to burst into laughter. “You are insane. Did you forget the results? You are not his father! It is over Sal. You have lost everything. And Gio will find Olivia and save her. He will marry her and love her the way a man is supposed to love a woman. He will be the greatest boss this family has ever had. He will have everything you never did! And do you know why? Because he has Vinny’s blood running through his veins!”
The pure evil and unfiltered rage that took over his features made me delighted. I knew that would hit a nerve. Not break his heart because he doesn’t have a heart to break but at least cause him pain.
“So, what’s the plan Cecilia? You are going to kill me?” He leaned back in his chair, his evil eyes twinkling with amusement. “You don’t have it in you, my love.”
I narrowed my eyes as I thought of what would hurt him the most in this world. Because death was too easy for him. He needs to feel the pain he has caused me. That he has caused my children. Sani and Raya will grow up never knowing the wonderful father they should have had. Elle will never have Vinny to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day. Giovanni’s children will never feel their nonno’s love. I will never grow old with my soul mate. Because of this man. Because he took it all away from us. The overwhelming despair and fury invaded my mind and body like the black plague. Sweeping through me, killing any form of happiness or hope I had left in this world.
“No. I am not going to kill you.”
His grin grew as his eyes searched mine. But when he saw something unsettling behind them, his smile fell. “Cecilia…”
“You say you love me. That I am the only person you have ever loved. Everything you have done up to this point has been for me, right?”
His lips parted as his breathing grew short and rapid.
