No... no... no

My arms don’t budge as I keep struggling against the cuffs, but they’re too tight. “Oh, God, please help me... please.”

The door opens and Luca strolls in with a robe in his hand.

My body trembles as he approaches me. His brown eyes are without emotion... still filled with a menacing glare.

He hangs a robe on his shoulder as he walks closer to me. There’s something about the way he looks at me now. It’s not like three years ago, when everything was different. When he was different.

“Wear this while my men bring your food.” He takes out a key and uncuffs my wrist from the metal railings of the bed. I instinctively kick my legs at him, trying to free myself. Luca is stronger than I am and he doesn’t budge from the hits.

He growls as his strong arms catch mine and he presses me to the bed. “I’ll kill you the next time you try anything stupid. Or better yet, my men will have use of you and trust me, you’ll want to be dead instead.”

“F.U.C.K. Y.O.U.” I drag the words out slowly as I pant angrily. I’m fucking pissed at myself for being so damn weak.

His breath is hot and mixed with cigar and liquor.

My body shivers from his words as he trails his eyes down my breasts, but I don’t show it. I can’t let him see how fucking scared I am or how much he’s affecting me.

“Now, fucking put that on.” He slowly releases his grip on me with his eyes still watching me.

I reluctantly grab the robe, silently finding a way to escape him. It’s useless when he probably has an army outside.

His eyes don’t leave me as I wrap myself up. Just as mine doesn’t leave his.

“I will kill you for this.”

His expression turns to a frightening glare as he yanks my wrists and cuffs my hands in front of me. His eyes blaze with anger, his face inches from mine.

Luca’s now a fucking monster.

“You’ll be gone quicker than your fucking brother.”

My heartbeat stops for a moment. His words replay in my head. He was the one. He was the fucking one that shot Giovanni.

He whispers in my ear, “You remind me of how fucking weak your brother was when I sent a bullet through his chest.”

“Giovanni!” I scream. “You’re a fucking monster. I’m going to kill you. I’ll... my god.” It’s getting harder to breathe as he wraps his fingers around my bare throat, squeezing hard.

“My men will be here. Try to run away and you’ll be dead sooner than you think.” He lets go of my throat and trails the tip of his nose on my jaw.

It makes my skin tingle. I hate how my body fucking responds to the slightest touch of his.

He doesn’t utter another word as he turns and walks away, leaving me shaken and my heart pounding in my chest… Plus a throbbing in my core from his touch.

I have no idea if Luca knows Giovanni is still alive. Worse, what he’ll do if he finds out?

God, I really hope he doesn’t.

This is all my fault. I should have stayed away from Luca when everyone warned me to. I’m so fucking stupid.

“Let me out of here,” I yell. My body hits the floor hard as I roll off the bed.

Luca leaves before I can get to him. He slams the door so hard that it makes me flinch.

“Let me out!” I bang on the door with my fists. “Get back here, Luca, and fucking let me out of here.”

My fists and body hurt from the cuffs and hits on the door. Luca turns deaf ears to my screams, which further pisses me off. I rest my head on the wooden frame of the door, tired of screaming.