Stephen (Tainted Love #1)

Part 2|Chapter 6| STEPHEN

ALESSA

When I open my eyes, it is to a dark room and the sound of beeping monitors. I unconsciously search for my phone at the bedside table while I'm trying to open my sleepy eyes. With one eye open, I look at the time on my phone. Half past 8 in the morning.

I yawn,rubbing my eyes to adjust.

It's been few days since I'm in the hospital. I was in so much pain that all I wanted to do was bury my head under the duvet and stay there. But I'm feeling so much better now.

By the time I try to climb off the bed, my body feels like it is trying to hack itself apart from the inside out and it is starting with my stomach.

Those assholes kicked me on my ribcage and stomach multiple times.

The memories from that night is still blur to me but I remember killing someone. Lorenzo also confirmed it to me. He's been checking up on me everyday since I'm admitted into this hospital. At first, I didn't know how to react or talk to him because it's been months since I last saw him.

When he entered my room the first day,he smiles warmly at me as he made his way towards my bed.

"Hi,Alessa," he said in a soft voice,sitting at the bedside chair,his eyes were so warm. There's was still something so dark, and wild about him,but the way he was dressed, a white hoodie and a gray sweatpants,he looked so youthful,so beautiful, so tired.

"Hi," I hesitantly said as I tried to sit up,but he gently pushed me back to lying position. His touch was so featherlight that hardly felt it on my skin. I frowned at how someone's hand like him,a dangerous man who killed so mercilessly,could be so soft and hard at the same time. But then I remembered,Stephan was no different than him.

"You don't have to get up. How are you feeling?" He asked me,he sounded so caring. Did he care for me?

"Good,I guess..." I was so lost at my thought at what was going on, I wasn't sure what to tell him. He was the closest person of Stephan,the man who kidnapped me, the man who was feared by everyone,the man who made me cry a lot of times,a man who I managed to fall in love with.

Lorenzo was no different than Stephan. He was just as ruthless, merciless like Stephen. He killed with just as much passion as Stephen. He was also there with Stephen when I was kidnapped. And he didn't even try to help me,though he was nice to me but it didn't change the fact that I was still kidnapped by his boss and he knew it.

Lorenzo chuckled. Shaking his head he said,"You have no idea how much I want you to feel good. But I want to know, does it hurt now?"

"Oh..yeah I mean. Yes it still hurts when I try to move."I explained to him.

Lorenzo nodded,looking thoughtful. "You're going to be okay. Doctor said,you don't need operation. They will just give you some therapy. I must say, you're a strong little girl, aren't you?" He smiled.

I frowned at him. "What do you mean?" I asked,my voice was low.

"Congratulations for you first kill,Alessa." He smiled. "Though I know you might not like it or weren't prepared for that. And I'm extremely sorry for what happened to you that night. But you killed one of the men who were hurting you." Lorenzo sighed before saying,"I'm proud of you, Alessa." He said in a low voice,as if he truly meant that.

I was taken aback at his congregating me for killing someone,but then I remembered,if it was a different situation, I would've regretted every inch of hurting someone else. But I don't regret my first kill. I was trying to protect myself. I had to protect myself. Otherwise they were going to kill me. And I wasn't ready to die this early.