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♛18.Equestrians and pianists

Soraya

Raf is driving us to see Emerie, one of his hands is on the stiring wheel, the other on my thigh, the heat coming from it feeling like it's branding my skin. We've already stopped on the road to pick up some food. Honestly, he should have thought this one better. He has a fucking hospital phobia.

Luckily for him, Em is staying on the private floor of Gloria Memorial, a very comfy unit that sooner resembles a hotel suite than a hospital room. That's one of the perks of owning it. While we're there he should probably get his wound checked by an actual doctor. I wish I could say I'm mad at him for straining his stitches, but I am to blame too.

As I'm sipping my banana and forest fruit milkshake, my phone rings.

"Sì, papa." I answer. I feel Raf's attention focusing on the conversation so I take pity in him and put the call on speaker.

" Figlia, tell me why do I have to find out you were attacked again today from Addie? Couldn't you just have called your poor old father to inform him yourself?"

"Don't try to guilt trip me, you know it never worked. Besides, it's nothing I couldn't handle. Nothing I haven't already been trough for that matter. Good news is pyro21 is working brilliantly."

"That's great. Tell me, what did you and Rafael find out from the prisoner? "

"Both of the incidents were caused by Navarro. He wanted to capture me and force me to marry him so he can take over our mafia." At my words Raf's grips my thigh harder. "The fucker probably thought it was only me in my car. Anyways, he underestimated me."

I want to take a another sip from my drink but the cup is empty.

"Indeed. However he's not that stupid, he won't do it again. So tell me why then is Enzo at the mansion while the men on guard duty today are are dead? He should be with you. Better yet, you should be at home"

"It's today, papa. He needed time for himself so I gave it to him."

It was exactly 12 years ago that Enzo lost his team in a mission. He also sustained severe injuries that forced him to leave the army. My father took him in, helped him recover then asigned him to protect me.

"Besides, I'm not alone, Rafael is with me," I go on " His men are guarding us. I need to go see Em. Addie messaged me that she's awake."

"Is Rafael the one you've chosen? To be honest I didn't think he was on your option list after everything. Did he tell you the truth, is that it?"

"You knew? And you didn't tell me?" I ask, my voice raising.

"We've talked about it, yes." Rafael jumps into the conversation. "As much as I'd love to chat, Damiano, I forsee an argument with your daughter, so we'll have to leave it on another time. Ciao!"

"Ciao. Goodnight, Ana! " My dad says as he takes the oportunity offered to him and ends the call, avoiding my rage.

I push Rafael's hand off me but he grabs my thigh back. "Care to explain? Why is it that my father knew about it ahead of me?"

"Before you reach for your dagger and stab me, like I know you so badly want to, let me explain. I didn't tell him on purpose, tesoro."

"What happened then?" At my question he takes my hand and starts rubbing the inside of my wrist with his thumb, trying to soothe my temper.

"After we broke up and he found out the cause, he came to me and wanted to shoot me in the kneecaps. That way he would have had his revenge for hurting you by disabling me and wouldn't have started a war. It would have been an eye for an eye so to speak." He takes a deep sigh and continues. "So I had to tell him, and I made him promise he wouldn't tell you."