Love & Affinities (18+)

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ADRIANO

She was always smart with her words. I wondered till which lengths she could have gone in terms of success when I look at her. If only her fate had not been trampled on cruelly.

''Is that why you pushed me away today? Because you'd hurt me?'' she had asked and for a moment I was stunned.

''Yes'', I replied sternly. She looked at me with her doe eyes as if to explain myself further. Her brown doe eyes manipulated were the one of the things that could make me fall to my knees to please her soul.

''Our relationship is purely platonic. We are good friends but nothing more. You wouldn't even notice when we part ways once things get better with Alex and you'', I gritted out to push her away. I felt her shiver when she heard Alex's name. But being the bastard I am, I did not comfort her this time.

''What do you mean by A-l-Alex and me? Am I being a burden to you? Because it looks exactly like that. This life that you are living is not new for me. I grew up in one.'' I ignored her, hitting the road again.

''Fine, I'm sorry'', she murmured before turning her head and leaning on the window. I gritted my teeth to stop myself from apologizing to her as I glanced back to the road, continuing our journey. The only person to make me lose my sanity was the brown-eyed, 5 foot 7 inch girl sitting beside me.

SOFIA

He is bad, really bad to me but, I can't find it in me to hate him. Because I like him too much to hate and loathe him. He has done so much for me and maybe he's right about our 'platonic relationship'. Why would he love a used girl like me? Maybe he's trying to be nice by saying that we are friends. I don't even remember what he used to be like when we were younger but all I knew was that Ronan and Ad were my best people.

Tears erupted from my eyes as if a volcano had burst when I turned to the window. I don't care about the mess I'm making on his car's door right now. I ruin everything, so it's nothing new. No one wants me and well I was having the usual tonight. Weeping pathetically in the presence of the blue-eyed, hot-headed devil.

Just as he pulled up to the house and stopped the car, I removed the seatbelt slowly before opening the door and walking out to the house to ring the bell so at least one of his guards would open it. I could finally step into my private space which was still owned by Ad.

But my blood ran cold when I found the door ajar. I pushed it open before stepping inside to see that the lights were dimmed. Ad was still out of sight when I decided to step inside.

I walked to the pick up the remote that was used to switch on the lights at the entrance since the darkness was freaking me out.

Tip-toeing, I picked it up hurriedly before running to the main entrance again stopping halfway when I felt something hard against my white sneakers. Increasing the brightness of the lights, I looked down to see what it was when a scream left my lips.

Agatha lay dead in a pool of blood. The side of her head had a gunshot wound. She had come over to teach me how to use some of the appliances Ad had bought for me.

I fell onto the floor as the red seeped into my white boots, tainting them. I screamed crawling backwards and out onto the entrance when strong arms clasped onto me from behind as I tried to shrug them off. They turned my head away from the scene before burying my head into the familiar blazer and smell.

I burst out into tears. ''I-It's my fault. A- Agatha *hiccups*. I'm sorry Ad, I *hiccups* shouldn't h-have called her'', my voice coming out muffled but understandable enough.

''Sshhh, shhhh, calm down. Sofia, listen to me. You're going to have to be strong for me and run to the car, get inside and lock it, okay? You hear me?'' he says while pulling away from me but still turning my head away from the scene as he lightly taps my face.

''Sofia, go! Fucking brace yourself and get up, I'll be back in a few minutes. Now go!'' I shake my head but comply before getting up and running weakly to his car which had the key in its ignition. Stepping inside, I lock the door, just as he told me.

His guards weren't around either. Who killed Agatha? Aaaaargh, it's all my fault. I sob profusely sliding down onto the seat waiting for Ad to return. About ten minutes go by, but he still hadn't come back. I slowly sat up straight before peering outside to see a man lying on the driveway with a slit to his throat and blood seeping through. I looked around for any sign of Adriano.

*knock* *knock* I turned around to look out the other window expecting Adriano when a tall, burly man covered in blood banged his fist harder on the window. ''OPEN UP!'' he yelled making me cry harder while gripping onto the car seat.

Ad please, please come back. I'm scared. I'm sorry, Please *sob*. I cried hysterically as the man began hitting harder and picked up a rock. If I opened the door, he would get to me in a few seconds.

My gaze flickered to the shiny key in the ignition and so I jumped into the driver's seat trying to start up the car. He smashed the rock into the driver's window, causing a huge shatter mark to appear on the glass.

One more strike and it would fall through. Thankfully, the car started. But not before I yelped as his fist with collided with the side of my head, breaking the window as pieces of glass pierced my skin.

He grabbed onto the collar of my dress making me change the gears and step on the reverse pedal just like I had seen Ad doing as a rip sounded with the piece of cloth being ripped off of my body as the other piece hung in his clasp. Despite the pain in my head, I swerved the car a bit to the left.

Changing the gears again, I pressed on the accelerator, driving the car forward at a great speed expecting him to move aside when he stood still and before I could press on the brakes, I hit him with the car driving into the water fountain as my eyes widened at the impact.

My body jerked forward since I was not wearing a seatbelt and I smashed my head into the steering wheel. No, I can't kill him.

Pain radiated throughout my body as I lay half-conscious on the steering wheel thinking of what I just did. I had just killed a man but was too weak to dwell on it. Laying my head sideways on the wheel, I stared at the gore scene before me.

Blood was oozing out of the side of my head and pieces of glass were stuck in my skin, my boots covered in blood. I lay slipping out of consciousness and coming back again.

With whatever energy I had left, I looked over to the far end of the garden to see Adriano's looming figure that limped while trying to get towards the horrendous scene where the water fountain spurted water everywhere. ''Sofia! Sof!'' he yelled expecting a response from the horrid sight that lay before him.

''I'm here, right here Ad'', I mumbled to myself as I finally unlocked the door, pushing it open with whatever strength I had left. He looked over to me in the car bloodied and bruised. His expression relaxed slightly upon locating me before becoming pale again as he limped over to me.

The water from the fountain sprayed onto him, wetting his dark brown hair making me all mushy despite the pain I was experiencing. Lifting me off of the wheel slowly, he placed my body carefully on the leather seat as he bent forward to slightly examine my wounds.

''Sofia, hey don't close your eyes! Hey, hey, hey'', he snapped his fingers in front of me as my head lulled to the side indicating that I might pass out very soon.

''You did really well. See you're my brave girl. Now, hang on a little longer, Ronan's on his way''. He tapped my face lightly again before groaning. I shifted my gaze to look at his leg, seeing a gunshot wound on his left thigh. A few cuts were visible on my knight's face.

I smiled stupidly, probably looking like a psychopath who just killed someone and was now dwelling over her knight. 'My knight in shining armor', I thought before giving into the darkness. ''Sofia'' now a distant oblivion.

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