Stella (Book One of Dark Souls Series)

Profiteroles

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gonna- a garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs.
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"Adonis, what is this?"

After three months since the last time I was here, I was back at Adonis's business.

Veretti Incorporacion was in huge, gold, and bold letters. The 'V' in Veretti was enormous. The building was even bigger. To be fair, this land resembled a small college campus. There was one, huge skyscraper. The rest of the land was filled with smaller buildings. I could not believe all of this belonged to Adonis.

For a while, I was sitting behind his desk in his huge office. He had to step out for a meeting, so I decided to enjoy his perfect view of Milan.

Of course, I got bored and decided to invade his personal space. He was a good guy; I didn't think there was anything bad I would find. Those were my thoughts until I found a black folder with three sheets of paper in it. It was under a stack of Manila brown folders.

When I opened it, I was unsure of how I should feel. Joy and panic were my first reactions.

All of the phone calls from Rosa reminded me that Gio had been missing since I left. A few days after I stopped working at the club, I'd gotten a phone call from Rosa. She asked me had I known the whereabouts of the club owner. Of course, I hadn't seen him since the last morning he put his hands on me. Now, I knew why.

I was currently looking at a target sheet.

ELIMINATED 4. 22. 22

That was exactly one week after I met Adonis. It was also the day before he took me to Tuscany. The day of, I'd gotten a phone call from Rosa asking me if I'd seen him. Adonis asked me if everything was alright. Was it because he already knew what the call was about?

He certainly didn't seem convinced when I told him everything was fine. Had he been listening to the conversation?

"What is what?" he asked me.

I watched him as he walked over to his desk. When I slammed the black folder down in front of him, he looked as if he'd seen a ghost.

"Why are you going through my personal items?"

It was my turn to pale.

"You killed a guy and you are asking about an invasion of space?!"

"I will not apologize for this." He pointed to the folder.

I gaped at him and stood up behind the desk. "You murdered a guy, Adonis," I hissed quietly. I didn't know how thin the walls were.

"And he abused you, Estella. Are we done listing facts?"

I could tell he was fighting to stay calm. I didn't know if he was angry about me going through his stuff, or angry that I found out about him putting a target on my ex-boyfriend.

True, he abused me. True, he slept with me when I didn't want to. Did he deserve to die? No one deserves to die. I didn't know if I should thank him because of the joy and relief I felt, or be angry that he murdered someone. Maybe I was angrier at the fact that he murdered Gio and didn't tell me.