The Ruthless Mafia King's Posession|18+|

34. Dreading The Worst

★JANIE★

I immediately rolled down the car window and tossed the phone away. With my chest rising and falling in anxiety, I swallowed down the hard lump in my throat.

Almost at once, Noel screeched the car to a halt. His curious eyes searched my teary ones. “What's wrong, Janie? Why did you throw out the phone like that? Does it have to do with those people pursuing you?"

I shakily nodded my head. “Yes." Then swallowed hard again before adding. “I think they might be tracking me with it and I don't want them to find out where I am."

“That's right," Noel muttered in agreement. “But if they can track you with the phone, then we have to destroy it. We can't afford them to track the location you threw it in. It's a few meters away from home." He implored and I consented to his statement.

“You're right."

Together, the both of us unlatched the seatbelt around our torso, then hauled out of the truck, in search of the phone.

We rushed to the other side of the road. Noel was busy, surveying the path filled with granite, while I scanned the carpet grass. Eventually, I  found it first.

"I've found it!"

Picking it up, I showed it to Noel, who promptly took it from me and then smashed it against the ground. “Once this is broken, the signal connection will be severed, and trust me, they are never going to find you." He assured me.

Though I wanted to believe him, a part of me had to come to a resolution with the fact that Noel doesn't know Luciano. The man could rummage through the surface of the earth just to find me. Yet, I was hoping maybe.....Just maybe, this time I would get a break forever and Luciano would eventually lose interest enough to let me go.

Aiming to destroy it, Noel picked up a large stone and smashed it against the already broken screen. Heat oozed out of the phone before the screen went completely blind.

“There." He picked up the remainder and threw it into the middle of the road. “The vehicles passing will crush it out of existence."

I managed a small smile, although my mind was still unsettled.

"Come here." Noel pulled me into a warm hug. “You are going to be fine, I promise you. Everything is going to be just fine." He cooed, smoothening down my hair with his fingers.

Closing my eyes, I prayed silently. Just this once. Please just this once answer my prayers, God. Don't let Luciano ever find me. Because now that I have finally gotten a chance to a new life, going back to him should never be an option.

“We should go." Noel tore himself away from me, and then we walked back to the car, jumped in, and drove off.

I stared at the mangled phone through the side mirror as we drove farther and farther from it.

'You can run, La Mia damigella......but you can never hide.'

Those words echoed in my head and I could imagine Luciano saying them directly to my face.

Expelling a sharp breath, I tried to shut out the weird thought away from my mind and focused on Noel and the beautiful landscapes we drove past.

Noel's eyes were fixated on the steering wheel and the road, and he didn't attempt to utter a word.

I began to wonder what was going on in his head, but I didn't ask.

The ride was silent until he eventually parked the car in front of a large shopping mall and then uttered. “Don't hesitate to tell me whatever you need, Janie."