Adriano

Chapter 39:

I grab a heap of snow and roll it into a ball. It hits Adriano straight in his face and he grunts.

He wipes off the snow with a smirk on his face and starts running towards me.

Adriano grabs me from behind and I slip on the snow and pull him down with me. He falls on top of my with a grunt and I look up at him.

'You're enjoying this a bit too much.' I say to him.

'How did you know?' He smirks.

'Careful, people might think we're back to being a couple.' I raise an eyebrow.

'You say that as if it's a bad thing.' He laughs.

'You'll ruin my reputation.' I roll my eyes. 'I'm supposed to be cold and all about killing you.'

'Yeah you look really intimidating right now.' He looks me up and down.

'I'm able to kill you with this snow.' I snap.

'I know,' the corners of his lips lift a little. 'You're-'

'Let me guess, I'm hot when I'm mad,' I try mimic his deep voice.

'No,' he replies. Adriano leans closer to me and presses his lips against me ear. 'You look good underneath me.'

'This is the only time you'll ever see me like this,' I reply.

'A guy can dream,' he raises an eyebrow.

'You're gonna be dreaming for a long while.' I smirk, tracing his jawline with my nail.

'Careful pazza,' he warns.

'Can't take the heat?' I ask, innocently.

'Don't start something you won't be able to finish.'

'And who said I won't be able to finish?' I tilt my head to the side.

Adriano laughs and shakes his head.

I push him off me and he helps me up and starts brushing the snow off me.

Zoya's finished with her snowman and is helping Rory place the carrot on its nose. Alessandro and Terzo are covered in snow and Mimi is trying to keep them from suffocating each other.
Jasmine and Matteo have disappeared somewhere inside I think.

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ADRIANO'S POV:
Zoya puts down a tray of hot chocolate in front of us and we all grab a mug.

Mimi put Rory to bed and we're all on the couch getting ready to watch Black Widow.

Dilara sits next to me and everyone tries not to watch us as they anticipate my next move.

She watches the TV intently and I can't help but just watch her.

What happened this morning was amazing, I never would've thought we'd be in that position ever again. I thought I'd lost her for good.

It takes all my will power to not grab her and take her back to our room so we can continue our conversation.

Matteo elbows me.

'Lover boy, somethings on your mind.' He whispers.

'Says you, you can't tear your eyes off Jasmine.' I mutter.

'It's not my fault she's hot.' He shrugs. 'I don't go for the complete psychos.'

'She's a hot psycho.' I snap.

It's true. Whenever I see Dilara angry it unlocks something in me. I love seeing her powerful, it's hot.

Matteo looks at me then Dilara and tips his head her way, earning him a confused look from me.

'Put your arm around her,' he mouths, demonstrating on Jasmine who relaxes on him.

I look at Dilara and put an arm around her shoulders. She tenses under my touch but then gives in and leans on me.

I rub her arm and Mimi looks over at us. The biggest grin spreads in her face and she shoots me a thumbs up.

The movie keeps on playing and to be honest I have no idea what's going on. Dilara gets more comfortable on me and I slip my hand up the back of her shirt.

The way her body reacts to my touch shows me just how much she's 'gotten over me.'

I still have so much to make up to her and I will win her back even if it's the last thing I do.

Fuck Vittoria.

Fuck Dominico

And most of all,

Fuck Christianto.

The movie ends and Mimi and Alessandro get up.

'We're ordering take out,' Alessandro says. 'What do you guys want.'

'Let's get Chinese.' Terzo says.

'Yeah, I want Chinese.' Jasmine looks up at Matteo.

We order our food, everyone picking their favourites.

We may have moments like these where it's quiet and we're all living normal lives, but tomorrow we need to wake up.

We need a plan to get rid of both Dominico and Christianto before they realise Dilara's with us. Unless they have already and are just waiting for the right moment to attack.

I lost her once, and I'm not about to go through it again.

Dilara turns to look at me and gives me a small smile. If only I got to see her smile like that all the time.

I remember the scars she has on her back when I was helping patch her up. Those weren't there when she was still with me. What they did to her is unexplainable, I can't imagine the pain she went through without anyone around to help her.

Our food finally comes and Zoya passes it out to us. Dilara sits up properly but I can still feel the warmth of her body.

*AUTHORS NOTE*
I hope you guys are all enjoying the book and let me know who you want more of. (Yes this chapter was a bit short)
Have a nice day!