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“Then who was it? Enzo Aiani?” His diamond eyes held that savage glare again and I gulped. When he looked at me like that, with so much animalistic need, I couldn’t help but feel a bit of fear mixed in with desire. My burning need to be touched by him, fully heightened.
“How do you know about Enzo?” I whispered and he glared down at me, his nostrils flaring.
“What should I know about Enzo?”
“Nothing,” I replied. He held my gaze for a few more moments and I held my breath. He released me so abruptly, storming away while I stumbled over my feet.
“Rico is fine. I sent him back to France. Get dressed. In actual clothes. I will wait on the landing,” he muttered over his shoulder, before slamming the bedroom door shut. That man suffered from much worse mood swings than I did during my period! Jesus!
Knowing I somehow was already testing his patience today, I chose to comply and put on the cream boho lace pantsuit and deep V blazer. The ensemble gave a sneaky glimpse of my natural cleavage, so I decided to go braless. I really did love this outfit. It was sexy and sophisticated with effortless femininity. I tightened the belt around my waist to accentuate my hips and combed my hair with my fingers. I still didn’t have any makeup or anything I needed to make myself look how I normally would, so this would have to do.
When I opened the door, Alessio was leaning over the bannister and staring at his phone. He didn’t even look up when he heard me behind him. Instead, he stood up straight, started texting away and headed for the stairs. I rolled my eyes and followed behind him until we reached the veranda where Flo was waiting for us with an amazing breakfast spread. As far as getting kidnapped goes… it wasn’t the worst!
I took a seat in my normal place, beside Alessio and opposite Flo, as she smiled at me before casting her eyes over at Mr Grumpy. He was still engrossed in his phone, seething with anger. He sat down and I started loading my plate in silence.
Flo coughed loudly and Alessio sighed, placing his phone on the table next to him.
“Ah, there he is. Good morning, Alessio,” she smiled, pouring him a coffee.
“Morning,” he replied, taking an aggressive bite from a croissant.
Flo looked between the pair of us again as I kept my gaze cast down.
“How was your evening?” she pried with a knowing smile. I nodded.
“Your pasta was delicious, Flo. Grazie.”
“I am glad you enjoyed it.”
Silence again. I sent daggers towards Alessio as he glared back at me with just as much irritation. I didn’t understand how one minute I could find this man so charming and irresistible. But the next, I wanted to scream in his face for being such a dickhead.
His phone vibrated again and he picked it up, ignoring Flo’s disapproving tut. He read the message and quickly placed it back down between us. He suddenly made quite a dramatic show of swiping it off the table and placing it on the other side of him before giving me a fake smile.
“Wouldn’t want you to get any ideas of trying to ring your boyfriend.”
I raised my eyebrows as I leaned my elbows on the table, “Which one? Rico or Enzo?”
His eyes narrowed into slits and his jaw clenched. I can be a smug asshole too, Alessio Barbieri. Flo’s dark eyes darted between us both with interest.
“Zia, will you babysit Elenora today? I have more important shit to do,” he asked and I glared at him in annoyance.
“Actually, I can’t,” she replied, leaning back in her chair. “You have forgotten it is Saturday and it is my day off. I only stayed to make breakfast for you both.”
Alessio’s eyes widened and I tried to hide my smirk as she stood up and walked into the kitchen.
“Fucking brilliant,” he gritted through his teeth.
“What’s wrong? I thought you liked spending time with me?” I teased.
“What gave you that impression?”
Flo paraded back onto the veranda, but Alessio and I were too busy trying to murder each other with our eyes to notice her. Taking us both by surprise, she slapped a metal handcuff on one of his wrists and then the other on mine.
“What the fuck! Zia!” Alessio roared as we both stared up at her beaming smile. She rested her hands on her hips and looked thoroughly pleased with herself.
“I don’t know what is going on between you two, but you are both acting like children. I think you need to spend some quality time together. This way, you don’t have to worry about Elle escaping or finding someone to babysit her.”
She turned on her heels, clapping her hands together and disappeared inside. I yanked my arm, which tugged his as he shouted after her but it was no use. That woman was gone, along with the key.
