The Debt of Love {The Fractured Hearts Series Book 1}

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙩 𝙊𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚

𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩 009

𝙃𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙡'𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙫

A loud knock or should I say bang landed on my door which jolted me out of my sleep. What the fuck is that? I sat upright as the loud knock came again.

I groaned as I set my feet on the floor trying to stand on my feet as the door flung open. "Christ! Allesio! What is your fucking problem?" I retort and I must say my words made him angry because of the way his fist clenched in a very hard way. I think I have a death wish or sum.

"My fucking problem is you having to stay at my place" He bites back as he moved closer to me. Am I meant to be scared? Yes but I haven't flinched a bit, I just sat in the same position looking at him with an unimpressed look. "Yeah right! Look I don't even want to stay in your place, okay?" I say. "What do you want by the way?" I ask becoming bored of his early morning shenanigans and ready to go back to sleep.

"It's training time" He says in a firm tone.

Dafuq?

What does he mean training time? I stretched my hand as I grabbed the curtain, pulled it to check if it was still dark outside. "Are you crazy or sum? It's still night and you want me to train now? Go on and have some sleep, maybe you'd be less crazy then" I say, trying to lay back down but Allesio held my arm, giving me a really tight squeeze and yes, that hurts like a motherfucker.

"This is no way to treat a woman! Let go off me" I demand as he sends me murderous glares. "Call me crazy one more time and you'd see the other side of me" He says through gritted teeth as his hand are are no longer on my arm but on my jaw holding it tight. Seeing I couldn't endure the pain anymore, I snatched my face from his grip as I sent him the same murderous glares he sends me.

"C-r-a-z-y" I say as slow as I can say and that angered him, no cap. The look in his eyes change from anger to mischief in a matter on milliseconds. "Hazel nut" He says as I raise a brow up becoming confused of the present situation.

"Don't call me that!" I say out of annoyance. A smirk forms around his face as he sees that I have become annoyed. "Only if you stop calling me crazy" He says.

Well, my friend. Challenge accepted!

"Nuh-uh" I shook my head disagreeing with him instantly which made him angry. Again.

"Stop messing around and get ready for training. I'd be expecting you in a couple of minutes" He says leaving my room without even waiting to know if I agree to his words or not!

He's for sure a dick head!!

To be honest, I'd be lying if I say I understand the fucking stunt I pulled while Allesio was here. Like what in the world? I went from been scared of him to not giving zero fucks about him overnight. I need this energy every single day of my life.

I'm really in love with the energy flowing in my body! I stood on my feet, finding my way to the washroom.  I better get downstairs in a couple of minutes as he said, I've angered him already and I wouldn't want to cross my line or get above my limits.

Not that I give a fuck right? Screw him

~

I walked down the stairs as I found Antonio and someone who isn't Allesio but has a striking resemblance with him sitting on the couch as discussing some stuffs. Antonio's head snapped my way as a little smile formed on his lip.

"Good morning Hazel" He greets as the other guy's head snapped my way. He looks at me lustfully and I became really uncomfortable on the clothes I'm putting on. And for training, Allesio decided to send Lit to drop a black body hug jumpsuit claiming it would be perfect for training.

I mean, how the fuck would I be comfortable in this clothes??

I sent a small wave to Antonio, replying sheepishly "Good morning Antonio". Antonio saw the look on my face as he hit the other guy with his elbow making him send his glares.

"What's wrong with you Antonio?" He asks rubbing his side that Antonio has hit him. "You're making her feel so uncomfortable, Lionel" Antonio replies as Lionel's eyes travelled back to me.

"Apologies Marisol! Your body was just...." Seeing the look on my face, he stopped talking. "I'm sorry" He apologies. Antonio chuckled shaking his head at Lionel's behavior.
"Hazel, meet Allesio's older brother. Lionel and Lionel, Hazel" Antonio introduced us both.

"I hear my name" Allesio's deep husky voice filled the room as he walked into the sitting room with a glass of coffee making me roll my eyes. Setting his eyes on me, his eyes expressed some kind of emotion that I couldn't point out that it was before he shook it away.

"I see you're ready" He says gulping down the coffee in the mug he is holding. "Go down to the basement, I'd meet you there" He says as he goes back to the kitchen. I inhaled, closing my eyes before finding my way to the basement.

I waited in the basement for a while before he came to join me. Of course he would take his time, he thinks he is the boss around here.

Of course Hazel. He is the fucking boss around here so you'd do yourself a favor and stop talking before he hears your goddamn thoughts. My subconscious tells me.

Wait what? Hears me? He isn't some fucking mind reader is he?

Allesio cleared his throat getting my attention. He's looking at me as if he heard the conversation I was having with my inner voice. There's no way he could have heard it right?

"I'm gonna be teaching you self defense" He lets out. Of course, I thought we were gonna be learning how to sing some nursery rhymes here. I laughed at my joke, slightly tho.

"It's known that you are weak and you wouldn't know any of this techniques I'm gonna be teaching you. But we are going for an operation and you're the key to open the door so you must learn how to defend yourself" That was all he said as he charged towards me majestically making me gulp.

With the glares he sends my way? Oh, I'm so dead.

~

I gritted my teeth as Allesio pushed me against the training room wall, his eyes blazing with intensity. "You're weak, Hazel," he sneered, his voice dripping with disdain. "You'll never survive in my world."

I felt a surge of anger, but I knew better than to lash out. Not yet, at least. I was determined to prove myself, to make him see me as more than just a vulnerable target.

As he began to circle me, his movements fluid and predatory, I steeled myself for the worst. But despite his harsh words, I sensed a glimmer of something else in his eyes - a flicker of fascination, perhaps, or even admiration.

"Defense, Hazel," he barked, his voice snapping me back to attention. "Use your instincts."

I raised my hands, my heart racing, as he launched a series of swift punches and kicks. I blocked and parried, my movements clumsy at first, but growing more confident with each passing moment.

Allesio's expression remained stern, but I detected a hint of surprise, a glimmer of pride even. And when the session finally ended, leaving me breathless and bruised, he nodded curtly. "You're not entirely hopeless, Hazel."

I glared at him, my chest heaving. "Thanks for the vote of confidence."

His eyes narrowed, but I sensed a flicker of amusement. "Don't get too cocky, Hazel. You still have a long way to go."

As he turned to leave, I called out, my voice laced with defiance. "Hey, Allesio?"

He turned back, his eyebrow raised. "What?"

"I'm not going to break," I said, my eyes locked on his. "No matter what you throw at me."

His gaze lingered, a spark of intrigue igniting in his eyes. And for a moment, I wondered if maybe, just maybe, he saw me as more than just a pawn in his game........