Guardian Angel

Chapter 20 - A Nothing

"I saw Marcello again." I speak up just as Katya and Morelia take sips out of their wine glasses.

We're at my father's house on one of the big balconies. We're having some evening wine with a beautiful view of nature. We haven't done this in a while, so we decided to do it today.

Katya stares closely at me and then down to my neck and she squints her eyes just as Morelia gives me a questioning look. She scans my face, and her eyes go down to my neck as well.

"He put his hands on you." Katya states and I nod.

Since Morelia is the closest to me, she moves my long hair back and looks closely at the hand mark and bruises he left behind. There is this murderous look in her eyes. It's a look that she usually has when she is working.

Morelia is the oldest, so she is very protective of us and we're both very protective of Katya since she is the youngest.

It's also a little advantage to have Morelia as a friend because she is willing to kill anyone for you. I have a feeling she will be the one to end my little brother's worthless life. She's smart and very skillful to find him and do it.

"Why did he do it?" She questions grabbing her phone from the table.

"Because I punched him in the face and might have broken his nose." I can't help but smile at my own words.

Katya lets out a small laugh. Morelia smiles lightly too.

"He appeared behind me in a parking garage when I was out shopping. He said a lot of bullshit which pissed me off and caused me to hit him. Then he tried to strangle me while threatening me." I summarize everything up for them.

"What did he say?" Katya asks with a curious look on her face.

"He threatened to kill my father and the Ivanov brothers." I notice the look Morelia makes at the mention of the two Russians. It disappears as fast as it had appeared.

Weird.

"He also told me to tell you and Akim Ivanov that you should stop looking for him if you don't want your secrets to be exposed to everyone." I stare at her, and she stays still but keeps an emotionless face.

"Secrets?" Katya stares at her as well with a raised eyebrow.

"I don't know what he could be talking about." She shrugs before looking down at her phone and typing away.

The door to my office bursts open.

I look up to see who the mannerless idiot is, and I am surprised to see that it is Akim.

"Nice to see you too." He says taking a seat in a chair in front of me when I ignore his presence, and I go back to looking through the papers in front of me.

"Why are you so pissed off?" He questions relaxing back in his seat and putting his feet up on the desk.

"I fucked up and then I fucked that up." I sigh rubbing my hands across my face and leaning back in my chair.

I guess my brother can be useful right now. I trust him enough to tell him about her.

"I literally don't know what you just said." The idiot responds causing me to chuckle.

"I became obsessed with Gianna the moment I saw her for the first time which is my first fuck up. It's something that has never happened before, and I didn't want it to ever happen." I start off and he raises his eyebrows in surprise.

"I somehow got her to give in to me because she refused to at first. Then I fucked that up." I haven't been having a good time here without her presence somewhere in the house.

I just don't know how to fix what I caused. Knowing her, I don't know if it even has a fix. Especially not after her warnings and assurances.

"What did you do?" He questions seeming genuinely interested.

"I accused her of doing things that she didn't do. I didn't even let her explain because there was proof, and I was hurt. Turns out Marcello set her up."

"Then apologize as much as you have to if you really want her." He tells me and I furrow my eyebrows. It's weird to have him give me advice on relationships and all that type of shit.

"Marcello was last seen back home. He showed up and almost strangled your beloved lawyer." He changes the subject, and his last few words immediately piss me off more than I already was.

"How do you know that?" I question wanting more information. I need to know that she is okay, and I have to make sure that the fucker doesn't try to hurt her again.

"My wi- Morelia told me. She's an assassin that is working with me and Dario to find Marcello's bitch ass." He starts fiddling with that gold band on his finger that he never takes off.

"Your Morelia?" I question not mentioning the part where it sounded like he almost called her his wife.

"I didn't say that." He replies and clears his throat before standing up. His mood immediately changed, and he seems a bit down now.

"Akim." I say, stopping him from walking toward the door.

"What's going on? There's something you're not telling me." He's my little brother and my only family. I need to be there for him or help him with whatever is happening to him.

"There's nothing wrong." He tries to assure me, but I clearly don't believe him.

"Akim..." I stare him down. "Whatever it is I'm here to help you. Always."

"It's nothing, Leonid." He snaps and then takes in a deep breath. I look at him with raised eyebrows because of how tense he seems.

"I have things to do. I'll see you later." He walks out, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

I need to find out what's going on with him. I care about him, and I've always protected him, and I won't stop no matter how old we get. I'll always be here for him.

I need to go back home now that it seems that Marcello is there. It will also help me keep an eye on Akim and I can try to fix things with Gianna. I don't think I'll be able to live with myself knowing how stupid I was for letting someone like her walk out my life completely and for good.

Everything is going to be fine. Everyone is going to be fine. I'm very sure of it and all this fucking drama will end soon enough.

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Omg I'm not even going to apologize for the short chapters anymore when there's too many :,)