Red

CHAPTER 35.

Two days had passed since his threat, I wasn't scared of him nor was I going to allow him to treat Xami the way he did.

It's almost two months since I've been here and not once have I seen the man taken a day out of his busy schedule and spend some genuine time with his daughter.

It was selfish. His behavior that is.

I sat on the wall of the outside lawn, staring out at the amount of trees that stretches across the acres of land Lorenzo owned.

A sadness weighed on my shoulders as I thought about where I am with this investigation.

It was going no where and to make matters worst, I was mad at myself for being so comfortable with River's killer.

The same man who I vowed to myself that I would avenge, I didn't know what I was doing with Lorenzo but what I needed, was to stop this.

This stupid attraction...

His words to me at the river was always in my thoughts as the guilt of my revenge surfaces.

Imagine giving advice to the woman who killed four of your men and was secretly gathering intel to put you behind bars, imagine that.

I needed to forget it and focus on what is important and that is River's death. River's case is much more important than a Don who was heartless enough to push away his own child.

See, you're judging him..

Like always, I ignore my inner voice.

And as I sat there, feeling my heart squeezing, with Xam and Salt playing around with the golden doodle puppies, I heard the front door bell rang.

I left Xam there and went to open the door. There stood Sveva and Viviana with their kids.

"You don't mind if we hang out for the day, no?" Viviana asked with a bright smile and I let them in.

I told Angel and Gia that Xam was at the lawn to which they excitedly ran there.

"No actually, I'm glad you guys came by because the day was beginning to become a drag."

They chuckled as we went to the kitchen.

"So what's up." I asked them as I showed Sveva the baking tin since she wanted to bake cookies and a rum cake.

Viviana settles three bottles of wine on the counter and I grinned. "Don't you think it's a bit too early to drink."

She rolled her eyes and chuckled. "Girl hell nah, I don't know about you two.."

Viviana took a glass and pour out a shot. "But I need this for what I'm going to tell you."

Sveva shook her head at me. "Aurora, you've missed out on a lot of things."

I frowned. "What is it, I like how you guys have being hanging out without me."

They chuckled at that.

"That's why we stop by because we needed to hang out and update you on a lot of things." Sveva smiled as she whisked the binding agents together.

"Your handsome hunk of a boss don't mind, no, if we stay?" Viviana grinned and if it wasn't for my dark skin, she would have seen my cheeks burn in a blush.

Because he was an indeed hunk.

As a matter of fact a rude ass hunk...

I rolled my eyes at the thought and shook my head. "Nah he don't mind as long as you don't touch anything that looks fragile, it's fine."

Viviana updated me about her house which nearly burned down two nights ago and if it wasn't for Fire then she wouldn't know what would have happened.

We hang out for the remainder of the day, until the sun set among the skies. Viviana cooked baked chicken with some potatoes for dinner and as the kids hang out in living room, we paused our conversations as the door open.

I heard Fire's voice as he came into the house along with Rafael.

I smirk as Sveva and Viviana rolled their eyes at their voices. "You guys are making them out to be ass-holes, they aren't that bad."

Sveva scoffed and whispered. "Trust me you don't know the half of it with these unbearable men."

Viviana agreed and almost then both men came into the room along with Lorenzo. I ignored his ass and swallowed as I felt his burning gaze at the side of my face.

"Aurora!" Fire pinch my cheeks and I slap his hands away. He chuckled and then went over to Viviana, he kiss her lips and then indulge in her plate.

The woman slap his hands away as he ate, which he ran to the corner of the room with the fork still in hand as he ate her last piece of chicken.

"Fire, you can't messed around with a grown woman's food." She huffed.

Rafael stayed at the door and kept his eyes on Sveva who didn't pay him any mind. I could see how much he wanted to go to her but he didn't.

He toss me a smile as he push his curly hair out of his face.

Lorenzo came further into the kitchen and yanked the fridge door open, I quirk a brow at the harshness he enforced and watched as he took out a bottle of water and slammed it shut then without much of a word, he left the kitchen.

Sveva stared over at me with a questioning look on her face but I kiss my teeth and said.

"I don't even know myself."