Frost and Fire (+18) ✔️

39 | reassurance

"What are you talking about?" I frowned, pulling away to meet his eyes, "That's impossible,"

"I watched it, Cielo," He closed his eyes, "Just the beginning of it to check if it was you or someone else. It was you and that tool, in a goddamned bathroom."

My eyes widened, my heart thumping in a rapid rhythm against my chest.

No.

"I couldn't watch more; I couldn't even have the team confirm that the video was legit. Could not take any chances. Knowing that there have been others before me is one thing, but seeing you? Not something I handle well, Nia," His eyes flared. The jealousy, the temper and the possessiveness were radiating off his hard tense body. "Tatiana sent me the fucking video, threatening me to leak it if I did not see her. And that tool? The stupid fucker? He just gave it to her for a couple of grands,"

"Levi—"

"You don't have to worry, though, mi Ciela," His hands were shaking as they came and held my face, "I took care of it. Got the team to eliminate the video and every copy of it from all the devices of Tatiana and Matt. The authorities are already notified of Matt filming you without your consent, and since he doesn't have a reporter's license, he will undergo some legal actions. So will Tatiana for blackmailing."

"Levi," my voice cracked

"Shh, mi ciela,"

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked

"You don't have to worry," He said running his hand over my head, "It's all done now. No one even got the wind of it,"

"I know, baby, I know," I said in his chest, "But that's not what I asked. Why didn't you tell me when you heard from Tatiana?"

He took a deep breath and didn't say anything. Instead, he picked me up and walked to his room, leaving the door open in case Sven and the twins needed something, and sat on the bed resting his back on the headboard. I was still on top of him, wrapped in his arm like a cocoon. His skin was warm under me, sending a wave of security as I pressed my cheek to his bare chest. His hands immediately started running over my back slowly, as if I was a nervous baby and he was trying to soothe me, calm me down to sleep.

"I would be bailing you out at this moment if I had told you about the tape and Tatiana," he said after a while, his chest vibrating beneath me.

I opened my mouth to deny but nothing came out. I would have tracked that fucker, Matt, down and I would have beaten him up. And when a few hours have passed and I had cooled down, I would've regretted acting so impulsively after what happened with Nysa. I would've regretted not approaching the situation more passively and get them to pay for their actions.

"You are a strong independent woman, Nia. And you fight for your rights, for what's right. And I knew that if you found out about this, you would think and ask questions later and act before." His hands came and rested on my ass, "Which, I have to admit, I find extremely hot. Seeing you in action."

"But it would've reflected badly on your image. People have just started to look at you like you're more than just a pretty face with violent tendencies,"

I stiffened in his arms. To that, he just tightened his arms around me and asked, "Before you knew me, like before you really got to know me, what was your image of me based on all the rumors and what you saw in the press?"

"That you probably were one hot as fuck arrogant asshole who thought he was too good for everyone. Dayna said that you're a dangerous punk that you've been to juvie and that you have this killer gaze that you kill everyone with, which you do by the way," I said after lifting my head up and meeting his eyes.