Twisted Revenge by A.ZChaudhry

Chapter 34 part II

ALESSIO

He looked into my eyes for a few seconds, took his gun out, unloaded it and placed it on my knee, "Shoot me if you must but I'll be glad that even before I died? I made sure that another road was opened for you to love someone, gain your sanity, your power, your control and be fucking happy again for once. I don't fear death now because I stopped living a long time ago. Precisely the time when I lost my sister."

My blood kept running cold because he was saying all of this in front of Avelina.

"When I lost her, the one person I wanted to talk to was you, the one person I wanted to vent out to was you, the one person that I never fucking wanted to lose was you but fate plays in its own ways, you were the first one I lost forever and never get back. It's been seven years and there is always a limit till which you can witness a wilting garden because then? Either you set it on fire or water it to grow it back.

Instead of deciding to kill you and end this misery for you, I chose the latter. To water the garden and try to make it bright again."

I clenched my hand, "Stop with the fucking flowers, I loathe them. Tell me what did you do."

He set his lips in a thin line and blurted out, "She knows about Julianna. She knows everything."

My blood viciously roared within me and before I could grab the gun to fire a bullet in his leg, Avelina caught it before me and reached it out of my grasp. I jumped onto my feet, facing him when as swiftly as I could take my gun out to harm him, Avelina grabbed it again. I shot my glare at her when she came forward and hugged me.

My entire body went rigid because I was never expecting this when she laid her chin on my chest and looked up at me, "You wouldn't hurt him."

"Why? You love him?"

Cassio scoffed, "And then you wonder why not many people get along with you."

I snapped my eyes at him, "Stay out of this, Hernandez Romanno. I'll kill you."

He raised his arms and became quiet when my gaze dropped down to Avelina and then her lips. I was itching to wrap my arms around her and press my lips with her when I restrained myself. It was wrong. So wrong.

She rubbed my back and helped me calm down when after a few minutes, she left my embrace only for Cassio to come and hug me.

I didn't wrap my arms around him when he sighed and spoke, "Avelina."

My gaze shot to hers when a small smile gifted the corner of her lips as she came closer to us. Group hug? What the fuck? When did this start happening?

She held my arms and lifted them to wrap themselves around Cassio when I rolled my eyes. Cassio nodded, "Tank u."

I groaned, annoyed at this man when he rubbed my back, "And now it's time to let go, share some of your burdens with her and just move on. I know it's hard, it's fucking hard to let go of the things that once made your heart but it's a cruel world, Alessio. Sometimes, you have to do things that you never thought you would do. Just for the sake of survival and sanity. I promise you that if you give this one chance and amend it? I promise it will actually turn out good for you. Healthy and good. I promise."

I just hummed when he held onto me tight, tightening his arms around me, "I lost Julie, I can't lose you too. There is no harm in being a proper mafia capo but also a good man to family. That, in itself, is the strongest and the best mafia boss. Once again, I am truly sorry for being the one to tell her about your past, I totally agree that it was never my place to tell her this, not at all my position, but sometimes wicked ways need to be used to achieve something." and with that, he backed away a bit and held my face when he whispered, "It's okay, truly. Trust me..... it's okay. Live and let go, this is life."