My Soft Boy

Chapter 17

Dante
The water swayed us silently. I held her closely, feeling the slight thump of her heart against my chest. After a few minutes I swam away from her. Telling her we needed to get out of the water now. She silently obeyed. Looking at my surroundings it would approximately take us fifteen minutes to swim to shore.

The orange sunset dissolved into a purple hue. I swam at a decent pace so that Valentina had enough space to be in my view and still be able to swim. Soon after she overtook me, smirking proudly at my soaked silhouette. I watched as she swam away from me. When life was hard dimitri knew how much of an effect things had on me. Seeing Valentina turn into a young independent, fearless woman shows how strong she is Knowing that even after her dad died she found some anchor keeping her here. Knowing that I was the anchor made me feel better. If I hadn't been here would she have been gone? Just like Dimitri. Would I continue my worthless life? Would I have found love? What would things be like if she wasn't here?

The water turned a murky black as we neared the shore. Valentina stood atop looking down at the now glistening lake shimmering underneath the moonlight. Grabbing my hand she lifted me out of the water. Looking at her wet dress, and her makeup smudged. I pulled her into a hug. Kissing her forehead, she gave in, wrapping her slim arms around my waist.

We stood wet and cold, knowing that it was time to go. I interlocked our fingers and made us walk towards the car. The car rumbled as the exhaust cracked, taking off I blasted the heat as I looked towards Valentina's shivering body. I threw my jacket at her. The moonlight shone through the windows as sunsetz by cigarettes after sex played softly in the car. She turned to me with a smile plastered on her beautiful face.

"You listen to cigarettes after sex!" She squealed

Laughing at her I nod, her eyes lit up as she screamed and blasted the volume. Her head bopping to the guitar as she hummed the lyrics. Her slim fingers tapped against the dashboard. Feeling warm inside I watch her happiness blossom in this dimly lit car making it seem as though it was glowing inside.

Right as the music ends she turns towards me face pale.

"Your wound!!" Immediately feeling my blood pressure increase. She pulls my shirt up examining my wound.

"Also what's going to happen to that boy?" Her soft voice breaks the silent wall. Immediately I feel my chest tighten. The soft rumbling of the car and the echo of the question are still fresh in the air.

"Crazy enough that boy used to work for me. Or still works for me. He was abandoned by his family and I had no other choice but to bring him under my wing. I gave him access and endless amounts of training. He was good, very good, too good for my liking. So I cut off training and told him to be my personal secretary. I know it was wrong but the threat level was concerning. And at that time I already had 7 attempts of murder taking place on my behalf so being extra careful was a precaution I had to take. Little did I know he would pull a stunt like this. Zander had a rough childhood. I'm talking about abusive parents and a lot of step dads. We read into him and weren't too pleased with the information under his name. Maybe if he didn't have such a shitty past I'd keep him working.

I was young and stupid, scared shitless. He has his reasons for doing what he's doing but he took a blood oath. Which you already know is fairly important in our world." I smirk and shake my head as I look over to her. Silently she sits worry pooling in her eyes as she chews on her bottom lip. God she's so beautiful. The little things it's the little things she does, and she's not even aware of it.

We drove for what seemed like forever when we finally spotted the mansion glowing in the distance. Valentina's place is another hour from mine and honestly I'm exhausted so I recommended she stay over. To which she complied, I slept in mine and gave her the extra ensuite guest bedroom on the other side of the corridor.