black lace - mattia polibio

jealousy

-mattia

i stride towards them through the crowded dance floor. i stare at the back of her neck to let her know im watching. she tenses up letting my know that she is aware that im looking at them.

her eyes slowly meet mine as i get closer. i immediately recognize the man she is talking to. axel moretti , my father's apprentice. his dad also works as the consigliere.

i'm pretty sure i indicated enough times that she was mine and only mine. why is she making moon eyes at this cock-blower?

" you have 2 seconds to guess what i'm going to do to you if you don't get your hands off my wife," i state.

" woah , relax mattia he was just keeping me company." avery places her hand on my chest. 

i shoot daggers at axel and he puts on the fakest innocence look on his face. i dont know whats worse , his acting or avery actually falling for this. 

when i first met him , he acted as if he was the most powerful thing in the world , a try hard. i didn't take a liking on to him and he proved me right. everything i owned he tried to take it over.

" come on mattia don't be like that , i was just keeping her company." he fakes.

" sorry , you know him?" avery asks. " yes and very well." i state with anger. 

" stay away from her understand?" i fix my tux one last time.

" im sorry , if you'll excuse us." avery says grabbing my wrist. we stumble through a few crowds and find somewhere private to talk. 

" what the fuck is your problem?" she yells but low enough only for me to hear. i don't know why she is mad because i haven't done anything yet. " my problem is that your so gullible to even fall or that fake ass act." i state. 

" me? gullible? he was flirting with me , yeah i laughed at a few of his jokes but that doesnt mean im gullible." she rolls her eyes. " you can't just go around picking problems with men because they even speak to me." 

" that's a problem to me because your mine and only mine." i grab onto her hands. she stares at me before yanking her hands away. she walks away from me and heads back to where my fathers table is. 

- y/n 

im beyond pissed with mattia right now and i know he is gonna find some way to make it even worse. a waitress comes around with trays of champagne , i kindly take one and sip it away. he acts as if i'm the one to lose his shit like he did.

" is everything okay avery?" mattia's father appears in front of me. 

he was accompanied with a very beautiful women. her skin was smooth and her eyes were pretty compared to mine. 

i didn't bother to tell him that his son doesn't know how to keep his act together. " everything is fine , the restaurant is really lovely." i smile. 

" thank you , this is amara" he gestured to her. her features come clearer and she looks like someone i know. she pushes her hand out to shake mine and i do. 

" its a pleasure to meet you , might i add your very beautiful." she compliments me. she sounds like axel but more on the soft side. 

" thank you , im sorry this might seem rude but are you related to a guy named axel?" i ask truly not be offensive. " guilty , what did he do now?" she chuckles a little. she even uses the same slang as him. 

" nothing , i just spoke to him and yall look alike." i smile. a presence takes over my side and my mind immediately went to mattia. " well to me that's an insult , have you seen him?" she jokes and i laugh along with her. 

this girl is definitely something. something with her seems off though. 

" i've see you meet amara," mattia say raising his glass. so he knows her too. " yeah , do you know she is related to axel?" i whisper to him. i can tell by his silence he didn't know that , good. 

axel appears at her side and gives me a smile before turning to mattia and giving him death stares. " amara , avery , and mattia, cheers." he says faintly and everyone raises their glass causing them to make clinking noise. 

i take a long sip before placing my glass down on the table. " well amara would you like to finish the conversation we were having before?" mattia smiles. he is trying to piss me off.

" oh yes , if you will excuse us" she says latching onto mattia's arm and walking away. i try to hide the anger and embarrassment on my face. i clear my throat and axel is carefully watching me as he drinks his champagne.

i look over to them and she is smiling her face of and he is being touchy. 

" axel," i speak swallowing the huge lump of air in my throat. " avery," 

" would you like to dance?" i asked. " it would be my honor," he answers while putting down his glass. i do the same and hold my hand out for him to retrieve it. we walk pass a few ables until we reached the dance floor. 

his hand has a more softer touch than mattia , he immediately pulls me in by the waist. he slides a hand under my thigh to pull it up. i place my hand around his neck and we become face to face. he drops my leg and spins me out and pulls me back in. 

both of his hands fall to my waist , lightly gripping at it. i close my eyes and follow his rhythm on the floor. i have never danced with mattia like this but i know he is way better. i'm not saying that axel is bad but whatever. 

" it glad to know i pretty girl like you can dance," axel smirks. " it isn't quite common in italy." i smile at his compliment. 

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hey guys , yall about to be real mad at me but i had to do something to spice it up. i'm trying to build up on these characters so please bare with me. another chapter will be coming out maybe tonight around 10:30 pm eastern time. if not than an hour later. 

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