Her Savior | ON HOLD

☆Chapter 23☆

After our greetings downstairs, Anaya and I were shown to our rooms and got situated.

My room is across next door from Matteo's, and next to that are Angelo, Anaya, Isabella, and Lorenzo, the parent's room is further down the hall.

I decided to take a shower since I hadn't had one yet, and I assume that's what everyone else is doing as well. Before I entered the bathroom, I made sure to check if I had clothes to wear. I opened the second door and there was a walk-in closet filled with clothes.

I pulled out a whitish sweat set with a long-sleeved top and went to the bathroom to take a shower. When I was done, I did the necessary and put on the outfit. It had definitely gotten hotter from when we left the plane, and I hoped it wasn't going to get too hot later on because I wasn't really dressed weather-appropriate.

I heard a knock at the door and went to open it when I saw Anaya standing behind it. She was wearing a blue short-sleeved top, paired with shorts and a white light cotton long-sleeved fabric on top.

That's definitely more weather-appropriate

"Is your plan to faint or something? Are you not feeling the heat?" She laughs
"Don't worry, I'm okay," I chuckle.
"You ready to go downstairs?","Lemme just get my phone then we can go."

When I grab my phone, we exit the room, and I close the door behind me, we descend the stairs to see everyone sitting at the dining table.

"Honey, are you sure it's not too hot for that sweat set?" Mrs Romano asks.
"No ma'am, I'm ok," I assure her.

Anaya and I take a seat, and the helpers place the last item onto the table.
There is toasted bread, eggs, bacon, pancakes, fruit, cereal, croissants, and different beverages on the table.

They all start dishing out their food, and I get a bowl and add a few fruits, then pour myself some water.

We all start eating, and I pick my fork up and eat a cut-up strawberry.
I finish most of my fruit and drink a little of my water.

I look up to see they're all still eating, so I keep my head down, and I poke my fork into the rest of the fruit.

I feel something kick me, and I lift my head to see Matteo looking at me. Since he is sitting next to me, he whispers," A little bit more, please."
"I can't, I'm full,"
"I know you can. Come on, "

I pick my fork up and eat a mango, a grape, and a strawberry, then drink more of my water.

"I'm full," I tell him.
"That's fine," he assures me.

After about 3 minutes, everyone is done eating, and the plates are collected off the dining table.

"Your mother and I are going back to our house. Don't set the house on fire, and don't kill anyone." Mr Romano says.

"Bye babies," Mrs Romano was around the table hugging and kissing all of us.
"I'll see you when I see you."

"Alright, alright, let's go, honey," He calls his wife.
"Bye, kids," Mr Romano says, and we all reply with byes.

Once they leave the house, Enzo gets up from his chair and shouts, " Let's get this party started."

"You are one crazy man. It hasn't even been 2 minutes since they left, and you already wanna create a ruckus," Matteo says.

He sits back down and laughs.

It's actually getting quite hot.
Maybe cause I'm dressed like I'm going to Antarctica.

"Matteo, can I go to the kitchen?" I ask.
"Yeah, of course. Is there something you need?"
"Just some cold water."
"You want me to come with you?" He offers

"No, no, that's okay."
I get up and head into the kitchen, which is not too far from the dining room.
There's currently no one in the kitchen, so I reach for a cup that's definitely too high up, so I open the fridge to find bottled water.

I take one out and drink a little bit from it.

Damn, it's hot.

It's 12 pm. right now, so the heat is at its peak right now.

I open the bottle again, take a sip, and close it back up. As I'm leaving the kitchen, I feel lightheaded, so I lean against the counter.
A few seconds pass, and I try moving again but feel even more lightheaded, and I feel my eyes shutting and myself falling.

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Matteo's P.O.V

"Where'd Aaliyah go?" Angelo asks
"She said she needed some cold water so she went together some in the kitchen.

"It's actually been a while since she left, I'm gonna check on her."
I walk to the kitchen but don't see her anywhere.
"Aaliyah?" I call

I see her lying on the floor, and I rush toward her.
"Aaliyah? Aaliyah? I shake her

I fetch some water, and I splash it on her face. She starts opening her eyes and then fully opens them.

I pick her up off the floor and sit her on the counter.

"You alright?" I ask her
"Yeah, I'm good,"
"No, you're not Aaliyah. You just fainted because you're wearing this thick outfit in this heat. Can you take the hoodie off?"
"I'm good, I really am. I was feeling hot, but now I'm fine, " She tells me.

"Please? Just the hoodie. "
She thinks for a minute, and it seems as if there's a hundred things going through her brain right now, and I think I know at least one of the things going on.

"Listen to me, you're beautiful. The prettiest girl I've ever met. Don't let what your sperm donor lied to you about stop you from showing people how beautiful you are. You are a goddess, and everyone should get to be blessed by your beauty."

By the time I'm done, tears are running down her face. I lift my hands up to wipe off the tears.

"It's time you started understanding your beauty and not letting anyone bring you down. It's gonna take time, I know, but we'll get through together. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, thank you," she says.

She takes off her hoodie, and I left with a long sleeved fitting top, and her sweatpants.

No wonder she was feeling so hot.

She leans forward and puts her arms around my neck.
"Thank you," she says.
"Anytime amore,

We pull apart, and her face is inches from mine. We're looking into each other's eyes, and she leans in, and before I know it...

Her lips are on mine.

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Probably a fast-paced book if you haven't noticed.
If you've stuck around this long with my slow updates, you're a real one.

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