Love & Affinities (18+)

14

ADRIANO

''She has lost quite a lot of blood but for now we've been able to keep her condition stable. However, Mr. Calveti I need to discuss a few things with you'', Anna spoke. She had arrived a few minutes later after Ronan and I had brought her to our personal doctor back at the mansion. Anna was here to examine the injuries on Sofia's head.

I give a curt nod to Ronan who apparently was two seconds away from exploding, before following Anna into my office. ''Is everything okay with her? I guess you are capable enough to reply honestly''. And yet the hesitation was evident on her face. Her manicured fingers fiddling by her side.

''I'm afraid not, Mr. Calveti. I had her run a blood test today with very great difficulty since she was really hesitant. And from whatever you have told me about her behaviour and the physical exams that I have conducted on and with her, show me one thing... that she might probably be a victim of post traumatic stress disorder.

You must have noticed that she does not prefer to talk much which can also be due to the fact that she is an introvert, however, after examining her scars today, it is unfortunately not relevant to being an introvert.''

I was having an internal battle with myself at this moment when I recalled the way I had been treating her over the past few days, pushing her away. All of it to just keep her away from this archenemy of a life.

''Moreover, the injuries that have resulted from today's incident can cause more injuries to her mental health since she has faced a sudden concussion.

With all respect, I would suggest that she begins taking certain medications that I have prescribed and also encourage the cause of indulging in therapy sessions constantly. In addition to that, her traumatic injuries as well as the severe concussion could have resulted in a coma or even a... death if she had lost enough blood to make her sleep'', she said.

Why couldn't God give us a moment of peace? Was it not enough for him to snatch us of our normal childhoods where we had to live amongst guns and bloodshed? Her state of mind was no longer an easy condition that a person could overcome in a month or two.

If worse, her condition could deteriorate if she does not act now. It would probably be best to not tell her of these things for all she would do is overthink and wreck her head trying to act as if she was okay in front of everyone.

''I would like for the tests to be examined by my personal doctor first before I take any further decisio-'', the door burst open revealing Ronan.

'It's urgent'', he said before glancing at Anna signalling a need for privacy as Anna nodded in understanding.

''We'll discuss this further Anna.'' Ronan came in and closed the door enveloping us in silence.

''Cosa e successo?'' (What happened?). I moved towards the shelf to pick up a bottle of whiskey.

''Alex was seen in Palermo a few days ago according to Alan's men. They tried tracking him but to their avail found nothing'', said Ronan. I held onto the whiskey bottle as anger raged through me.

''Why hadn't Alan told us before?'' If anything, he would most certainly try to reach out to me, to hand me that fucking piece of information.

''That's the fucking problem Adriano! He knows that you have found Sofia and was furious at the fact that you did not tell him about the appearance of his own daughter.'' Fuck. So much for keeping her hidden for her own health.

''You very well know that I couldn't have told her about her mother, could I? And what would she have said when she saw her new family, hmm? Tell me Ronan,'' I clapped back.

''That's not the only fucking problem Ad'', he says gritting his teeth. ''Alex was the one who informed him about it. That means he already knows where she was today and that's why your penthouse floor was attacked,'' he fumed out. Double fuck.

''Not only that Ad. You do remember the fact that Arnold has still not been found, don't you? 'Cause the day I had logged in into the camera in her room and as a matter of fact, the entire building, someone could have hacked into the system once we had logged in.''

I put two and two together as my hold tightened on the bottle at the thought of the cunning fox, Alex. He obviously had Arnold in his grasp which was why he was able to find out about our locations over the last week. No wonder things were quiet and rolling smoothly. But now they wouldn't. I threw the bottle against the wall as pieces of glass shattered and fell on the rug.

''Stop breaking things and think rationally, Ad. She needs you right now'', He rubs his forehead before continuing the conversation. ''Well, what the fuck did Anna say about her condition?'' he asked calmly trying to change the topic and I fell right into his trap trying to contain my anger at the same time.

''Anna said that she needs to start taking meds since her concussion was really bad and that she needs to attend her therapy sessions consistently. She's suffering from trauma, you could say PTSD'', I explained.

THIRD PERSON POV

''Well, looks like I just found myself a stone that killed two birds at once, isn't that right Arnold?'' Alex asked while glancing over at the tools on his desk in the basement. ''Isn't it funny that even your so beloved capo doesn't even know what is happening at the moment or even what happened five years ago?''

Alex laughed evilly while walking towards a bruised and bloodied Arnold on the cold floor. His nails were extracted from his fingers and his eyes were bloodied from the punches he had received from his men.

Very soon Sofia would be in my clutches, he thought in his mind while smirking at the knife in his hand. On the other hand, Arnold was not leaving behind much. All he ever had was the family in Italy, the Italian Mafia with Adriano as more of his elder brother than boss.

As his death approached him, he smiled inwardly and remembered the night he had met an angel in a club. Now, no one would be able to confess his true feelings for the shy little girl and neither would Alex be able to see his downfall from the loyalty Arnold had shown in the last few minutes he spent hacking the cameras at Adriano's place.

He smirked as Alex kicked him in his stomach, making him choke out crimson blood, as he lay in his own pool of arriving death.

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Also, I was reading this book, Binding 13 and it is so damn good but heartbreaking at the same time. I feel so sorry for the FL and the ML is so caring but at one point he miscommunicated so bad, I bawled my eyes out. GOD HELP ME. Plus there's this other book, Fairydale and I just love it! Lemme know if any of you have read it.

But anyways, I'll be getting therapy when I start earning. Love ya guys once more. And I am literally begging you guys to at least write down something in the comments or just in my convo on the profile. Byeeee. Mwuaahhhh