|| Disguised Sins ||

Chapter 47

OMG thank you for 3k.

I am scared for you.

There are a lot of pov changes so read carefully.
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Alesso.

It's been almost four weeks since Maria was attacked and she still hasn't worked up making my worry only get worse. I didn't leave her side all four weeks, wanting to be there by her side when she wakes up. Matteo at least made me get up for eating.

The first two weeks I was with her all the time but as time passed I started engaging in training attempting to not think of the worst. I had her move to our room and not in the infirmary to feel close to her but it felt empty even though she was there. I was getting more panic attacks nowadays, they were frequent but of short duration.

My search for the contract and Aron didn't stop. He was not spotted anywhere till now, last seen was in a bar and then at the airport, he was no longer in Italy. But we did find out that he works for the Russian mafia. We did bomb four of their warehouses and stole two shipments to get a hold of Dmitry. I let out all of my aggression on Ivan, Maria's so-called friend who was in the warehouse basement these days.

The best news I heard this month was when I found out Ivan was one of the sons of Dmitry Sokolov, who is the leader of the Russian mafia. It didn't surprise me when I found out he was not given the position of the capo yet, maybe due to his clumsiness and idiotic behaviour.

That explains how Ivan must have found out about my estate and that is how Aron got the opportunity to ambush that night but moreover, it made clear how the Russians kept a tab on Maria all these years long. I enjoyed torturing him when I was not in the right place. All the hate, all the anger, I put it out on him but not enough for him to die.

I isolated myself more and blamed mostly myself for what happened to Maria, that didn't help when I started doing cocaine again. I had stopped doing it before but it was becoming a necessity. She will ask questions about that night and to be honest, I don't want to lie to her again. The doctors said she would wake up in a few days and I kept waiting for that day eagerly.

Right now I was in my gym working out on my treadmill, it was nearly dark outside even though it was just six in the evening. Almost a month has passed and Christmas was close. Me and Matteo never celebrate it but I know from Maria's family that she loves Christmas and goes all crazy with it so, I was planning on doing something special to distract her from what she went through.

I was brought out of my thoughts when my phone rang. I stopped my treadmill and saw it was one of the doctors who were treating Maria making my heart thumb in excitement.

"Speak." I hope she has woken up now.

"Mr Romano, your wife has gained consciousness." Those words were enough to make me smile. Without wasting any time I ended the call and sprinted to my room.
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Maria.

I suck a deep breath in, snapping my eyes open and looking around me, frightened. My lungs filled with air as if it was empty till now and my throat felt dryer than the Sahara. The first thing that caught my eyes was the familiar bedroom making me a bit calm that I wasn't in some locked basement. My chest moves up and down as my lungs and ribs start to hurt. I could hear silent beeping making me tilt my head to the side to see it was the heart monitor.

I move my blurry vision from the monitor to the rest of the room and I see the door was shut. My gaze fell on my arms which were connected with IV tubes as I lay on the bed. I tried to get up with the support of my arms but I let out a groan of displeasure when pain shoots in my arm making me fall back on the bed. There was an unknown discomfort in my stomach making me look down at my body.