King's Hart

Chapter ♡ 21

Monae's Pov

Gio entered the room with the male nurse behind him who began frantically apologizing.

"I'm so sorry Mrs. King but he refused to leave when I said only family is allowed, I can call security right away if you'd like" he rushed out.

Mrs. King?

I glanced at Nasir who cleared his throat and looked everywhere but at me. Giggling to myself I focused my attention back on the nurse "It's ok, no need to get security"

"Are you sure ma'am?" he asked.

"Did she stutter boy?" Gio turned to him, and his face instantly got deathly pale as he stepped back.

"Giovanni Aleksi Costa, please stop flashing your gun at the young man" I reprimanded, and he chuckled before turning around to face me and the nurse rushed out the room.

"I did no such thing Fenice (phoenix)" he stated, walking up to the bed and placing a kiss on my forehead before stepping back and running his eyes over me. "Son of a b**ch" he growled out as he took in my bruises and his eyes darkened.

"I'm ok Gio" I reassured him with a smile.

"You're not Mo" Nasir stated narrowing his eyes at me.

"Who's side are you on?" I pouted looking up at him causing him to laugh.

"The side that's going to get rid of Amir," he said, and I stiffened.

"I don't want to talk about him" I muttered playing with the hem of the sheet.

"You don't have to Fenice, just say the word and I'll take care of everything" Gio stated.

"I- I don't want anybody's blood on my hands Gio"

"You won't have any love; they'll all be on my hands" he smirked, and my breath hitched at the look in his eyes.

"Um, excuse me? Why aren't you guys arresting this man? He's talking about murdering people" Nika spoke up from her position across the room.

"I didn't hear anything" everyone spoke at once including the officers and she stood there with her mouth agape.

"W-what? He just said-" she stopped talking as Gio approached her and wrapped his hand around her neck. Pulling her to him he whispered something in her ear before releasing her.

"Y-you can't do t-that" she stuttered out as he glanced at the police who nodded and took her out of the room.

"Monae" someone calling my name brought me back to reality and I looked around to see only Gio and Nasir remained in the room with me.

"She's not going to the station is she?" I asked looking between the two of them.

"Remember Fenice, the less you know"

"The better" I finished off with a nod remembering the words he'd told me many times.

Whenever I would ask questions he always told me the same thing, he claimed it was in the event something went wrong and the cops questioned me, they wouldn't have any evidence to implicate me.

"Now back to this Figlio di puttana (son of a b**ch), I just need your permission to put an end to the problem, and that includes your Moore problem also King" he stated making eye contact with Nasir and my eyes widened realizing he was the one that called Gio.

I thought he didn't want her hurt.

"Don't look at me like that Monae" Nasir stated, "I know I said I wanted her to get help, but she went too far by getting your ex to hurt you and I won't forgive her for that".

"What about Isla?" I asked.

"What about her?" he raised his eyebrow.

"She was your wife"

"Exactly, she was, now she chose to get caught up in this bs because of her jealousy so she'll have to face the consequences"

"I'm impressed King, I could do with someone like you on my team" Gio smirked.

"Thanks for the offer, but I like making my money legally" Nasir stated causing Gio to laugh.

"I'm glad the two of you are finding it amusing to plot murder" I rolled my eyes.

"Fenice" Gio warned, and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes again knowing he hated it.

"Fine Gio, you can do whatever you want. I just want this shit to be over!! I don't want to be looking over my shoulder wondering when Amir is going to pop up and try to kill me again!!." I told him wrapping my arms around myself as my lips began trembling and he nodded before motioning Nasir in my direction who didn't hesitate to come and wrap his arms around me.

"I'll take care of it amore(love), you have my word" he stated, turning around and walking out.

"I know" I muttered sinking into Nasir's embrace.

"We'll take care of it Mo, I'm sorry I got you mixed up in this" he apologized.

"It's ok, I knew it was only a matter of time before he-, before A-Amir found me".

Saying his name left a bitter taste in my mouth, but I knew the only way for me to truly move on was for me to stop running from my past and face it head-on. I wanted a future with Nasir, and I wasn't going to let Amir or anyone get in the way of that.

"Get some rest beautiful, I'll be here when you wake up," he told me placing a kiss to the side of my head and lying down with me.

Nasir's Pov

"Get some rest beautiful, I'll be here when you wake up," I told her placing a kiss to the side of her head and lying down.

AfterIsla, I didn't think I was going to fall for anyone else but the day I walkedinto the conference room seeing Monae flirting with Madison, I instantly felt anattraction towards her. I wanted a future with her, and I wasn't going to let anyoneget in the way of that.