Poisoned Love

Chapter Fifteen: Betrayal

G I A N N A

Over the next week Nick was around me constantly, never giving me a moment alone except to shower and change.

But even then I was only given 15 tops to shower and 10 minutes to change and if I didn't meet those allowed times he'd come barging through the door like a mad man.

He started to act like an overprotective brother rather than a, well I don't know what he was before but I miss it. I wasn't even allowed in my room anymore.

I had been moved to another room, Nick's room so he could keep an eye on me.

Ever since I almost died everyone has been on edge around me, like I'm some ticking time bomb that's going to die at any moment.

This life was getting exhausting and boring and I needed a change before I went insane. So one night when Nick was sleeping I snuck down into the kitchen to come up with a plan to get out of this life.

Don't get me wrong I love this family but I can't do this anymore. I've been stuck in the same house for almost two months and I'm not used to it. I'm used to going out every night, partying, and hooking up with guys, but because of the Romanos I haven't gotten laid in almost two months.

I could always get with Nick but not the new him, I miss the old him.

My plan was simple: tomorrow night I was going to sneak out and go to Russia, where I assumed Marcello would be. Ever since he had me go there and take out the Popvo Russian Mob, it's been his "safe space", I guess since people respected him there or feared, depending on how you look at it.

So my best bet in finding him was to go there undetected, which also meant sneaking out of Romano's estate and not letting them know where I was going. I knew it was going to piss Nick off but I couldn't live this life anymore and I couldn't take the risk of them coming with me, I would be detected too quickly.

I managed through most of the day without running into any of the Romano brothers until I was about to go to bed, in walked Nick.

"Have you been avoiding me?"
"What makes you think that?"
"Because normally I have my eyes on you all day but today I couldn't find you anywhere."

"What and no search party? I'm disappointed." I said with sarcasm.
"Please I would have known if you had left the estate or not." He said with an eye roll.
"Don't sound so sure of yourself."

"You talk as though you think you can leave the estate unnoticed."
"Does that sound like a challenge?"
"No it doesn't, because one you're not leaving and two you're still too weak to even if you wanted to."
"I guess you're right."

I was right, acting as though I was still weak convinced Nick that I couldn't leave even if I wanted to. However that was wrong, yes I was still a little weak but not as weak as I acted. I was going through with my plan no matter what was thrown my way.

I walked across the room to where Nick's bed was located and sat down.
"I'm going to miss this." I stated bluntly.
"What do you mean? You're not going anywhere."
"I know, I mean when I get better." I lied.

"Oh yeah, right."
"Ya well goodnight Nick."
"So I'm Nick now?" He asked with a smile.
"For now unless your ego gets too big and I need to take you down a notch."

"Ouu I'm so scared."
"You should be, I'm not the most wanted woman in Italy for no reason, right."
"Oh yeah I forgot you're so tough."

"Hey just because I almost died doesn't mean I'm not tough anymore."
"No it makes you braver than anyone I know." He said as he pulled me into his lap, face to face.
"Oh really?" I said as I raised an eyebrow.
"Yes really. And by the way it's not nice to tease."