The CEO's surrogate

Chapter 32

We ran out of my room only to run into Alessandro and my sister who had a panicked look on her face "what's going on ?"
He asks Vincenzo "some people have broken in , there armed that's all I know." 

"Have you got anything on you?" Sandro asks  Vincenzo clearly referring to a gun or any type of weapon.  He shook his head "it's in my room-"

"Mines in my office meet me back here okay?"

He nodded taking my hand in his and leading us down the hallways , we reached  a door and we walked in he let go of my hand and ran towards his night stand whilst I sold there taking a look around his room .

It was amazing .

I didn't even know he had a thing for art , but by the canvases and all the art equipment on his desk I immediately knew . "

"This is amazing ." I muttered to myself "thanks , but come on we gotta go ." 

He took my hand once again and led us back up the hallways . I heard another item smash and I tightly squeezed his hand "it's okay I'm here ." He whispered "we just need to find your sister and Sandro and find someplace safe ."

I heard a gunshot echoing and that's all it took for my walls to break . I immediately let go of Vincenzo's hand and covered my ears . I could hear my thudding heartbeat as it quickened.

Vincenzo moved to stand infront of me and kept asking me what's wrong I could see his lips loving but I couldn't hear him . Is was as if everything was muffled .

My breathing intensified as the gunshot echoed in my ears repeatedly. And I felt my fingers going numb I couldn't move them anymore , and at this point I started to panic ,

"Vincenzo." I called I thought he couldn't hear me because I couldn't hear myself . "Yes ?What's wrong talk to me." He asked concerned as I read his lips I couldn't hear his voice and  I wanted to hear his voice .

"Mabel." He mouthed

"Please make it stop ." My lungs began to suffocate well to me they felt like with every breath I took I was making it worse for myself to breathe "it hurts ." I cried "make it go away , I'm begging you ."

"Make what go away princess ? I don't understand ."

My hand began shaking uncontrollably and he noticed this as he took my shaking hand in his warm one "forget about what's around us ,
It's just us two, try and breathe ,take deep breaths in."

I listened and just focused on him as he guided me through on how I should calm down and with so I did , just hearing that single gunshot trigged the trauma of what I had feared would come back . "Is it the gun? Should I put it away?"

"P-please."

He quickly tucked it into his sweats lifting my chin up so I could look at him "the gunshots ? Do they scare you ?"

"Yes, Fernando he'd try everything in his power to make sure I was frightened of him he'd kill peopl-"

"Don't think about him right now , like I said it's just us to , no one else. " I nodded staring into his eyes "just us two okay?" I nodded and he leaned his forehead against mine and I was close enough to him to inhale his cologne . It filled my nose and I smiled

He smelled so good .

"I'm gonna keep you safe I promise ." He whispered , and I nodded . "Now come on ." He took my hand and led us towards the stairs "if I use my gun do you think it'll happen again?"

I shook my head "I'm not sure I can't control it ."

"We'll don't get scared because I'm here-"

"What about you ?"

"What about me ?" He responded with another question "who's gonna protect you?"

"I can protect myself baby girl , don't worry." I felt butterflies in my stomach as she said that to me . "Now come on no one's in site."

We hurried towards Sandro's office and went in to already find him in there relapsing his gun whilst A panicked Mikayla stood there

"Mabel please calm your sister down."

"About what?"

"She's worried and wnats to help but she doesn't know how to use a gun and I don't want her to."

I glanced at my sister and sighed she was always like this , always wanting to help . And I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it sometimes got her into a lot of trouble . "Mikayla your pregnant for God sakes sit down and rest think about your baby."

"I am thinking about my baby when I'm telling its father to not do anything stupid."

"Someone's in here it's not safe and I'm trying to protect you."

"But baby I don't need protection." She said going up to him "I'll be okay ." She whispered "and what makes you think I can't defend myself ."

"It's not you I'm worried about." I heard him say and she sighed "baby please I'm begging you just stay in here ? I don't want to argue with you especially not right now."

"Okay I'll listen to you just this once."

"Hey." Vincenzo tapped my shoulder and I turned to face him "yeah?"

"Are you gonna be okay here?"

"Yeah I have my sister with me, I'll be fine."

"I care about you Mabel a lot and I know it hasn't been long since we've known each other but-" I stood on my tiptoes pressing my finger against his lip "I know what your gonna say and I feel the same."

"You do?"

I nodded removing my finger I pecked his lips and quickly pulled away embarrassed of his reaction ."if them two weren't in this room I would've pinned you against this wall behind me-"

"Woah slow down we haven't got to that part just yet." I smiled "were taking it slow remember ?"

"But we can go fast for other things right ?" He said with a smirk on his face and buried my face in his chest trying my best to hold in my laughter "maybe."

"Come on Vincenzo we need to go see who the fuck broke into our house ."

I hugged him tightly still standing on my tiptoes since he was to tall "you'll be okay right?" I whispered in his ear and he nodded "I promise ,you'll see me walking back in just how I am now ."

"Okay."

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