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Normally, when I know I am about to torture and kill a man, I have to shut off my mind and my emotions and retreat to a dark place. Block out the reasoning and moral compass within me. But this time, I didn’t have to do that. I wanted to feel everything. I wanted him to look me in the eyes and see me. Not Giovanni, the ruthless mafioso, and not Gio, the protective family man. But me. I was both. I was who she chose. I was who she wanted and I was the one who would love her for the rest of my life. I wanted him to know who I was to her and who he will never be.
As we walked onboard the luxury superyacht with immaculate and high-tech designs and interior, I squeezed Liv’s hand in support. She held her chin up higher with a determined expression which made my heart soar. I was in awe of her strength, facing her abuser and tormentor for the last time.
I led her down to the lowest level of the yacht where I knew my men would have detained Henry and stopped outside the door to the room.
“You are sure?” I asked quietly. Her stunning eyes flickered up to mine and she nodded with conviction.
“Yes.”
I opened the door and we stepped inside the lavishly decorated room. In the middle, tied to a chair, was Henry. His head hung to his chest, dirty blonde hair hanging down covering his face. Wearing ripped black jeans and a black T-shirt, I could see that he was in shape but nowhere near the size of me. He lifted his head when he heard us arrive and his eyes locked with Liv’s, which made rage erupt through me like an electric current. I hated the way he looked at her. Full of desire and possession.
“Livvy,” he breathed. I couldn’t contain the fury in me as I stepped forward and punched him in the nose, breaking it as he groaned.
“Say her name again and I will keep breaking more parts of your body,” I hissed, grabbing his jaw in my hand. I felt a small hand on my shoulder as Liv stepped forwards and I dropped his bloody face and looked down at her by my side. She was staring at him with a clenched jaw and fire in her eyes.
“I feel sorry for you, Henry. That you will never understand. I am not going to stand here and tell you all the ways you hurt me or try to make you understand all the pain you caused because you will never admit guilt. You will never show remorse. And I don’t need that from you. Look at me,” she said, stepping closer to him.
I instinctively wanted to pull her back, to shield her with my body from his sleazy, sadistic gaze, but I fought it with every fibre of my being. She needed to do this her way.
“You didn’t break me. I didn’t just survive you Henry, I fucking flourished. I found love. I found family. I found happiness. So, I have to thank you. Because if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
A guttural growl escaped his throat as his icy blue eyes shimmered with hate and anger and I smirked behind my strong girl.
“Once I walk out that door, I will take a deep breath, never think of you again and start a new chapter in my life. And you…will be left in the hands of the man I love. The man I chose in every lifetime and the next. Goodbye Henry.”
She turned on her heels, grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed her lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around her back as I lifted her from the floor and kissed her back.
“You fucking slut! You’re a pathetic whore who no one loves! He will grow sick of your shit one day, Livvy! Only I know what you need!”
My body tensed at his words as I slowly lowered her to the ground. She held my face between her hands as she smiled up at me, ignoring his words completely, before she walked out of the room without looking back.
“Liv! Olivia!” He screamed in rage after her as I fixed my deadly gaze on him and welcomed my darkness.
“You believe you are what she needs?” I said calmly as I walked over to the polished oak dining table that showcased an array of my torture devices, guns and knives.
“I know I am, and she does too! This is all a sick game to her and you are just another fool she has taken along for the ride,” he spat.
I chuckled deeply as I picked up a black dagger that my men had found in his belongings. “Oh and what a ride it is!”
His eyes blazed with jealousy as he glared at me from his position. Twisting the sharp point against my fingertip, I looked up at Nik, who was standing behind Henry.
“Pop his shoulder back in and cut him loose,” I demanded. Henry’s brows tightened in confusion when Nik bent down and roughly sorted his dislocated shoulder before cutting the cable ties around his wrists and ankles, freeing him from the chair. He jumped up, stumbling on his wounded leg, rubbing his shoulder as he looked frantically between me and Nik.
“Nice dagger,” I held it up in front of my face as his eyes narrowed. “Just like the one you used to stab Nate in the back, right?”
A vindictive smirk stretched across his face, pulling his lips away from his teeth. “Nearly identical.”
I nodded as I stabbed the knife powerfully into the oak table and let go, the blade warping and swaying until it stilled.
“I’ll make a deal with you, Henry.”
His eyes flickered between Nik and I suspiciously as his jaw ticked.
“If you want to truly prove to Liv that you are the man she needs, then you need to stop being a fucking coward,” I smirked as I started to undo the buttons of my black shirt.
“Coward? Do you know how many people I have killed for her?” He snapped and I raised my eyebrows.
“But how many of those people did you give a fair chance to defend themselves? You see Henry. Liv wants a real man. One who fights for her. So, my proposal is this…fight me. Face to face.”
