Married to the Mafia Boss

Chapter 8

A/N: I don't normally do these but, this chapter will have disturbing and triggering events including kidnapping and sexual assault.  If you want to skip to the end of the chapter for a summary, go ahead and do so. 

Benjamin's POV

It took seven fingers for Matthew to talk. He was a blubbering mess, and it was hard to decipher, but we finally got an answer.

He had been working with Xavier to get him into the gang, and then introduced him to Jake. It turned out that Carter was threatening him. His girlfriend was taken hostage by Carter and Matthew was forced to do his bidding in order to keep her safe.

"Leo!" I call through the house.

"Yes, sir?" He answers as he walks into the living room.

"Can you take Matthew down to the clinic and see if Declan can reattach these?" I hold up a baggie of Matthew's fingers.

Leo's face visibly pales, but he nods quickly.

"Thank you." I nod back. "After he's done, make sure he's cuffed to a bed."

"Of course, sir." Leo nods and helps Matthew down to the clinic.

I look at the floor. "Shit." I groan. "This is going to take some time to clean." I stalk off to the kitchen depositing the knife in the sink, then ducking down to the cabinet underneath to grab the cleaners needed to get the blood off the floor. I grab some towels and walk back to the living room.

"Benji." Gio says softly.

"Just let me clean this." I grit out. "Fuck." I get the towels on the floor to soak up the blood first. "Should have done this in a bathroom or something." I groan.

"Benji..." Gio says softly, as he lays a hand on my shoulder.

"I have plenty of experience cleaning blood, Gio." I snap as I clean the blood.

"Baby..." He pulls me up. "Look at me."

I look at his face, full of concern for me. "What?" I say softly.

"Let the housekeepers finish up." He says, rubbing my cheek.

"But-" I try to argue.

"No 'buts' Baby." He says, looking deeply into my eyes. "Kyle and Jerome, you two get back to your duties." He looks at the men still in the room. Then he looks at Isaac. "I'm taking Benji upstairs for a little bit, calm him down."

"Sounds good, Boss." Isaac nods.

Gio tugs on my hand, taking me upstairs to our room and continues to the ensuite bathroom. He sits me on the toilet and starts undressing me after starting the tub.

"It's okay, Baby." He whispers. "It's okay."

I can't help the sob that rips out of my lips.

"It's alright, Baby." He rubs my back. "Let it out."

I grip his shoulders and bury my face into his neck. "I-I thought I w-was f-fine." I sob.

"It's okay." He reassures me. "It takes time to build up to everything."

"B-but-" I try to argue, but he quiets me with a short kiss.

"Benji, it's completely fine." He smiles at me. "You were so strong today. And you've only been introduced to this world."