Heartless Heart

Chapter 38

Alex

Her eyes widened. She quickly looked at me. "What?" She asked shockingly. I looked at her. "You kissed me on my cheek," I said. "Are you serious?"
"Does it look like I'm joking?"
"Oh, god."
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know what I was doing," she said. "I know, so don't worry about it," I said as I looked back at my iPad.
"Did I do something else?"
"We don't need to talk about that, Bella."
"I want to know."
I looked at her. "Do you really want to know?"
She nodded. "You sat on my lap, you called me handsome and you called me by my name."
Her eyes widened even more.
"Mr. Belinskij, I'm so sorry."
I looked back at my iPad.
I saw from the corner of my eye that she was massaging her head. Fuck, she has headaches. I stood up. I got a bottle of water and something for her head. I walked back to her. "Here, take this," I said. She looked up at me. "Thank you," she said with a smile and took it from me. I sat beside her. I looked at her. She looked at me with a smile. I just looked at her with a straight face. I looked back at my iPad. "How long is it until we arrive?" She asked. "In seven hours," I said.

She took up her phone. I looked at my iPad.
"What's the first thing we will do when we arrive?"
"Go to the hotel," I said as I looked at her. "And then?"
"I don't know, Bella."
"We should go and explore Italy," she said.
"Sure, if that's what you want."
"Wait, really?"
I nodded. "I'm so excited," she said happily. I smirked.
The plane bumped into the floor. Bella jumped scared as she grabbed my hand. "Are you okay?"
"Yes," she said with a smile. Her hand is holding mine tightly.
"Let's go," I said. She let go of my hand. I stood up. She did too. She walked behind me. I took our bags. We walked outside. A car is waiting for us. We got inside the car. It drove away. "Wow, Italy is beautiful," she said while looking out the window. "I will show you more places," I said. She looked at me. She smiled. We arrived at a hotel.
We got out of the car.
We walked in. We went to the guest service agent. "Can we get our keys?" I asked the lady. "Yes, Mr. Belinskji," the lady said.
"Here you go, sir," she said to me and gave me one key. Is it only one?
"Didn't we order two rooms?" I asked. "No sir, Mr. Armato ordered only one room," she said. I sighed. He must have thought I came alone.
"Alright, let me order one more," he said. "Sorry sir, all the rooms are taken," she said. Are you fucking kidding me? "Of course they are, it's a five-star hotel," I said to myself.

I walked away to the stairs. I walked up to floor eight. I opened the door of the room. It's a big suit. We got in.
"There is only one bed," she said.
"I know."
Bella went and sat on the couch. I sat beside her. "The suit is beautiful," she said. I nodded. "Do you always come to this type of suit when you come here?"
"Yes," I said.

"Let's go out," I said. "Where?" She asked. "We're just going to walk around," I said. "Alright, let me change first," she said.
She went to the bathroom. I stood up. I went and changed into a white shirt with light blue shorts.
Bella came back.
She is wearing light blue shorts and a white crop top. Her hair is in a bun. She looks cute.
"Alright, I'm ready," she said. "Let's go," I said. I walked out. She followed me. We got out of the hotel. We started to walk.
"I can't believe I'm in Italy," she said happily. I smirked. "I'm so glad you took me with you."
She had a big smile on her face.
We both looked at each other. "I had to."
Her smile slowly faded. Did she get sad? I saw someone biking fast toward her. I quickly grabbed her arm and pushed her into him. Our lips got close. The bike drove past.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, thank you," she said. I nodded. I slowly let go of her. She cleaned her throat and looked away.
"Watch your steps, Bella."
She looked at me. She nodded as she looked away. I kept walking. She followed me.
We walked past a store. I saw her stopping. I turned around and looked at her. I stopped.
"Is there something you want to check out here?" I asked. She looked at me. "Yes, can I quickly check something out?" She asked. Of course, she can. We are here for work, but I still want her to have fun.
"Yes, take your time," I said. She smiled and walked inside the store. I looked around. She came back. She is wearing a beautiful bracelet. "I'm done," she said happily. I walked away. She followed me.

I walked to a restaurant I always liked to go to in Italy. It's beside the ocean. We sat outside. I sat down. Bella sat across me. "Wow, what a beautiful restaurant," I heard Bella say while looking around. I kept looking at her.
"I know."
She looks so happy today. She must have enjoyed this trip so far a lot.
"What can I get for you?" The server asked me and Bella. He took me out of my thoughts. I looked at him. I looked back at Bella. "What do you want to eat?" I asked her. "I'm taking the same as you," she said. "I'm going to take fish," I said. "Alright, me too then," she said. "You sure?" I asked. She nodded with a smile. I looked at him. "Two fish," I said to him. He nodded and walked away.
"What do you do when you come to Italy?" She asked while looking at me. I looked at her. "Walking around," I said back. "Mhm," she said. I checked the clock. It's, 15:30. I looked at Bella. She is looking at the ocean.
"The ocean is so beautiful," she said. "Is everything for you beautiful?"
She looked at me. "Well, I don't like to see the negative things in everything like you," she said. I raised my eyebrows. "Excuse me?"
"It's true," she said.
"Bella, don't talk to me like you know me," I said angrily. "I do know you," she said. "Tell me then."
"You are a negative person, Alex."
I raised my eyebrows. "You are talking to your boss, not your friend, know your place, Bella."
"I do know my place."
Her voice loudened as it got angrier.
"No, you don't."
She didn't say something.
The service came. He started to place our food on the table. "Excuse me," Bella said as she stood up. I looked at her. She turned around and walked inside.
I sighed.
"Thank you."
He walked away.
Does she see me as a negative person?
I sighed. She came back. I looked at her. She is looking everywhere but not at my eyes. She sat down.

She started to eat while looking at her food. I started to eat. "Are we going to stay quiet while eating?"
"I don't want to talk to a man who thinks I don't know my place," she said while she kept looking at her food.
I sighed. "Bella, don't be childish."
She looked at me. "Childish?"
"Yes."
"God, I have never seen such a disrespectful boss," she said. I looked at her angrily.
"Bella," I said angrily.
"It would be better if I didn't come and work with you," she said.
"Bella."
"You are even negative with your employees."
I sighed. "Bella, enough."
"You only like yourself, Alex."
"Bella!"
Everyone looked at us.
"Bella, you went far over the line."
"I recommend you to take lessons on how to talk to your boss because apparently, you don't know at all," I said. She didn't say something. I sighed as I kept eating.
"I'm leaving, enjoy your meal."
She sounds sad. She quickly got up. She turned around. She started to walk away. Fuck. I quickly let go of my cutlery. The sound of it hitting the plate was loud. I quickly got up.
I ran to her. I grabbed her arm. I pushed her into me.
Our lips almost touched. "I'm sorry, Bella."
Fuck, from when do I apologize to people?
Her eyes opened more.
"I did go far over the line, I'm sorry," I said.
She didn't say something. She is just looking at me.
"Aren't you going to say something?"
"I'm the one who is sorry," she said. I got a smirk on my face. "I take this as you have forgiven me," I said. She giggled.
"Let's go and eat."
She nodded. I turned around. I grabbed her hand and dragged her gently to the table with me. We let go of each other as we sat down.
"Did you like the fish?"
"Yes," she said. "What about you?"
"Mhm."
"Alex?"
I smirked. "Yes?"
"What are you smirking at?"
"I'm not used to hearing my employees say my name."
"I'm sorry, I can stop if it's bothering you."
"No, no, it's fine, you can say my name."
She nodded with a smile.
"What were you going to ask?"
"How did the service know we talk English?"
"Because he knows me, I come here often."
"Oh, now it makes more sense."
"Can you speak Italian?"
"Yes," I said. She giggled. "Lucky."
The music got on.
Some girls wear white dresses and men with white suits. They started to dance.
Bella giggled while looking at them. "Take your partner and dance with us," they said while dancing.
"Oh, I want to join," Bella said while giggling.
I looked at her. "Do whatever you want, Bella."
She giggled as she quickly stood up. She ran to them. I smirked.
She started to dance. I smirked while looking at her. Some people started to join. She laughed while kept dancing. She looked at me. She ran to me. "Alex, join, it's so fun," she said. "No, not happening."
"Come on," she said sadly. "It's going to be fun," she said with a big smile. "Bella, I'm not in the mood for that and I don't dance."
"Don't be boring, have fun when you can," she said. I raised my eyebrows. "This will be a beautiful memory, come on, please," she said.
I sighed. "You will not give up," I said. She giggled. "No."
"Fine," I said. "Yes!" She shouted happily. I smirked. She grabbed my hand. She dragged me up. She ran to the others while holding my hand. I smirked.
She looked at me. She let go of me. She started to dance.