His unhealthy obsession. (Rafe Adler)

2. A weird sensation

Finally, you were here, in Rossi Estate. This wasn't the first time you went to Italy, but you were still amazed by the amazing views, the landscape was so magnificent and peaceful.

You looked around the place, your eyes darting at all the guards scattered through the building. "God, those are a lot of...guards, huh."  Making your way to the door, you kept looking at all the people that were already inside. Fancy dresses, desire in people's eyes, the smell of exuberant cologne...This wasn't your place at all.

The sound of your heels clicking through the marble floor clashed in unison with the conversation of hundred of strangers around you. Out of a sudden, you felt weird, strange. It was an unpleasant feeling, you were uncomfortable. "...What is that?" You thought to yourself. You shook that feeling off quickly. Maybe you were uncomfortable because there were a lot of people around you, after all, you hated being surrounded by strangers.

Looking around one more time you noticed the cross, bingo. There's your objective. Being completely lost in your thoughts once again, you completely ignored the fact that someone was calling you from a far distance. The voice continued to call your name and still, you wouldn't hear it. That's when you felt a light tap on your shoulder, quickly, you turned around being startled by the sudden touch.

"Kid, I think you're starting to get deaf even though you're way younger than this old man." The man chuckled. Right in front of your eyes, Victor Sullivan. You quickly smiled as you hugged him. "My god, Sully!" Sully's eyes widened at first but soon patted your back softly. "It's good to see you again, Y/n." You nodded as you pulled away from the hug. "That's true, it's been a while..." Victor nodded once again as you keep looking at him. "So, what did I miss..?" You said as you raised your eyebrow. Victor sighed as he pointed at the cross without making it that obvious. "I guess you've already seen that the cross is out." You nodded once again as Victor continued his little chat. "Well, they changed the order. So Nate and Sam are already doing their job to...look for the electrical panel."

Right before you could say anything back to Victor you felt that weird sensation again. Your face started to sweat up slightly. "Hey kid, are you alright? Your face doesn't look too well." You touched your cheeks slowly. "Yeah, I'm fine...I just feel watched, that's all." An awkward laugh left your lips as Victor placed his hand on your shoulder as he patted it softly. "Oh, don't worry kid. Must be because we are the only ones speaking English here." He objected, trying to make me feel better. "Yeah, must be that...Can you excuse me for a moment, I need to use the bathroom..!" You said, quickly storming off the place.

The sound of the sink as the water came out of it could be heard throughout the luxurious bathroom. You keep trying to ignore the uncomfortable state your mind was putting you through. Water was covering all your face, you didn't care that your makeup was "ruined", you just wanted that feeling gone.

"Please, brain, can you stop making me feel this sick?" You said out loud as you saw yourself in the mirror, luckily, the makeup was still intact. You fixed your dress, and hair as you looked at yourself one last time in the mirror before exiting the bathroom.

As you got out, you tried to make your way through the crowd. When you finally spotted Victor, you saw he was with two more people, a woman, and a man. How strange. Making your way over to him, the man wearing a white tuxedo turned around to look at you. Both your eyes and his met, and you felt that sensation one more time. You gulped as you stopped abruptly. "Hey kid, you're back!" Victor smiled as he made his way over to you. 

The man you met eyes with looked back at Victor. "Oh, you know her, Victor?" He smirked as he raised his eyebrow slightly. "Yes, this is a close friend of mine." You just nodded awkwardly to what Victor said seconds ago as you saw the man extend his hand over to you. "Name's Rafe. It's a pleasure meeting you." Looking at his hand, you slowly shook it, as...Rafe kept that slight smirk on his face. "Y/n." That was all you said back. The other woman was in complete silence, she just looked at both of us as a soft "Nadine" came out of her mouth, I assume that was her name.

My mind was blank at this point, the only thing on my head was Rafe right now. The instant I saw him, this feeling started happening. Could he be the person making me feel this way? It was strange, he made me curious, I wanted to know more about him, but at the same time, I felt scared.

That's when I heard the sound of glass breaking right on the floor beneath us. I looked up quickly as I saw how Rafe slammed Victor's drink out of his hand. Nadine frowned as she shouted at Rafe to stop going any further. Rafe looked at Nadine, then Victor, and finally me. 

"Lovely to see you both." That was all Victor said before grabbing me by the arm and walking out of the scene Rafe caused. I kept looking at Rafe, Rafe was looking at me. He was watching my every move, observing me. I shivered as I looked back at Victor.

From that little encounter I knew it wouldn't be that easy to get rid of him, he was already planning something, and I could see it in his eyes.

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Aaaaa, the second chapter is also done! Sorry for this little cliffhanger, but my hands are dead at this point. Hope you liked this part as much as I did.

I'll see you all in the next one.

Andrea.