CHAPTER 10

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I regret turning Romano Down

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I regret turning Romano Down. It hit me that maybe, just maybe I shouldn't have said no.

I couldn't help but let my stubbornness completely engulf me in that moment, the remorse only now sinking in and clouding my judgement. I make a mental note to resist the urge of making a blunt comment if the scene were to ever occur again.

Romano had practically disappeared off the face of the earth, I hadn't seen nor hear from him for days since the rejection. His brother had been the only one of the Novikov's to reach out, mainly to talk about the alliance between us since Romano was MIA, but it's not like I was expecting anyone else from the family to reach out.

Those days turned into weeks and it was soon approaching a month, I kept going over the same thought, again and again and again. Romano probably wanted nothing to do with me.

I tried distracting myself with the mafia, staying overnight at the mansion and working until I physically and mentally couldn't handle it anymore. No matter what, Romano kept swarming my mind, like an unforgettable memory. His disappearance shouldn't have bothered me as much as it did. A month ago I didn't even know what he looked like.

A sensation of rhythmic pounding and pressure started building in my head. I groaned at the intolerable feeling, trying to ease it by gently massaging my temples. I leaned back in my office chair, turning to face the full-length window, admiring the sky as darkness consumed it.

The night sky was aglow with bright city lights. The pale, crescent moon shone like a silvery claw in the sky. It casted this wide, swath of light don upon the dark streets, creating a somewhat eternal path. i drank the eerie-beautiful sight in with my eyes, it was truly beyond reality.

 My eyes averted to the blanket of stars stretched to infinity. The foot steps and distant chatter of passers-by broke the comforting silence.

My eyelids shut as the darkness brought some sort of peace to my being. The thoughts that had once flooded my mind slowly dissipated.

I couldn't stand trying not to do anything to find him, so I gave specific orders to my men to keep tabs on him and find out wherever it is he disappeared to all so suddenly.

I was beginning to feel sleepy, fatigue slowly washed over me but I made no attempt to move, watching intently at the stars littering the sky. It was as if I would never again see anything to compare with the sight before me.

I sighed, telling myself that I wouldn't sleep in my office chair for the nth time. Reluctantly, I got up and made my way out of the room and towards where I normally sleep before drowsiness fully engulfed me.

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Sleeping peacefully in my bed, I was cradling a pillow to my chest as I lay in a fetal position. The sun was beaming through my blinds causing me to twist and stir in bed. I turned around in hopes of shielding myself from the sun. Usually, waking up was a very simple task for me, I was a morning person after all. I groaned when the first beam of sunlight hit my face,  scrunching my face in discomfort.

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