Maggie, a 22 year old is almost done with college, and with summer approaching she can't wait to spend it with her friends.
That is until a Mystery Man decided to just help her get something off the top shelf at the grocery store and soon everythin...
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As I was trying to find the best way to break the news to Enzo, I took a deep breath and as soon as I opened my mouth a voice interrupted me.
"Fratello." Mila said, looking tired as ever, and tears clearly filling up her eyes as she looked at Enzo and then back at me.
"Mila what happened? Are you okay? You look like hell." he said, I know he was concerned but the last remark could have been avoided. I instantly punched his arm and he scowled at me rubbing the spot I punched, as I glared at him.
"Mags, can you leave both of us alone?" she asked me, I could feel that she was nervous, and rightfully so. I mean Enzo wasn't the type to wait until the story was over to react and I was afraid that he was going to flip on Mila before even hearing that she had been raped.
"Are you sure?" I asked walking towards her and taking her small hand in mine, she looked so fragile it broke me. The girl I once saw crashing a college party, smiling ear to ear and just enjoying herself, long gone. It broke me so much. She just nodded my way and squeezed my hand.
"E, please just sit and listen to her until the end." I said, he was about to talk and I raised my hand to stop him.
"Whatever you hear, if it is not the end of whatever she wants to tell you, you have to promise both of us to stay calm and wait until the end." my voice broke a bit at the end, his eyes softened hearing my plea and he nodded, opening his arms for me to hug him. I hugged him tightly and kissed his jaw.
"She needs you right now okay?" I said slowly and he nodded. I kissed his cheek and left them both in the garden. I closed the French doors leading to the garden and went to the kitchen I had to take my mind off all this.
I thought about what to do, the cook was cooking and I didn't want to interrupt him, so I asked if he had any desserts planned and shook his head saying not yet so I smiled and told him I would make something.
Probably the easiest thing to do but also really comforting, to me at least. I made some crepes, but not before I was sure we had a full pot of Nutella and maple syrup, which we did so I started to make them. I was so engrossed in cooking that I almost didn't hear Enzo yell outside.
Key word, almost.
Enzo stormed in and yelled, cursing in all the languages he could and knew. I placed my hands on the island of the kitchen, knowing that at any second he would appear through the doors.
"You knew?!" he asked brows furrowed and rage dripping from every pore, he looked at me with a glare that I hadn't seen him look at me with.
"We got the call yesterday evening, that's when we found out." I said, trying to remain calm, I knew he wasn't mad at me, he was mad at the situation and the culprit not being here, the blame had to fall on someone.
"So like you had more than 20 hours to tell me and you didn't." he seethes, Mila looks at me from behind him and her brows furrowed. Meanwhile I took a deep breath and tried not to explode as well.
"You're not being faire Enzo, she took care of me, she brought me to the doctor today, held my hand, even slept in the same bed as me to make me feel protected." Mila said, coming in between us, and then making her way behind the island beside me.
"Mila, I could've done something if I had known." he said, oh I forgot he was God, right, right, my bad. I rolled my eyes I really couldn't take his sh*t any longer.
"Okay big man, had I told you, what. would you have done?" I asked, crossing my arms on my chest, an eyebrow raised.
"Well-" he stopped looking at me with his brows furrowed.
"C'mon Enzo, you cannot blame me for not telling you and not tell me what the oh so mighty Enzo Ferrari would have done." I said, walking towards him, stopping just a few meters away.
"M." he said, starting to see that blaming me wasn't going to work.
"No, don't M. me. I didn't call you because I wanted to first handle the situation here, get Mila in a better headspace and get her to calm down, before telling her big bad wolf of a brother. Stress isn't good for her or the baby. So yes I went to the doctor with her, trying to reassure us that her and the baby, your nephew, were okay." I told him, and I could see guilt written all over his face.
"Also, I had James go to her campus and look for the bastard, he's got him and will be there in about 5 hours. I was going to let you do the honours but I am not so sure anymore." I said, I was fuming, and I could definitely feel the period hormones going WILD.
"Anything more to ask Capo?" I asked, raising my eyebrows again, and he didn't know what to say and just shook his head, looking at Mila. I could've sworn that I heard her say 'burn' under her breath.
"I'll be in my room. Enjoy the crepes." I tell them, no longer hungry. I mean, if I had told him, it would've stressed him even more, he would've been angry, all the business deals he had to do probably wouldn't have gone according to plan, so yeah I did what I think was the best thing to do and I won't apologise for that.
"I think you just learned to never underestimate her." I heard Mila say as I left.
"That was hot as hell." I heard Enzo say, and I heard Mila laughing, I couldn't help the smile on my face.
"Also I think I heard James call her Boss earlier on the phone."I heard her say again.
I saw Nugget waiting for me through the glass French doors outside and let him in. I made my way towards the stairs, I needed a bath, I was still pretty irritated about Enzo but shrugged it off.
I needed some rest and me time to relax a bit, I couldn't wait for the bastard to arrive. I don't know if it had anything to do with everything that had happened back in Hawaii, but I couldn't wait to break a few bones and taste the sweetness of revenge.
____________________________________________________________________ I guys, quite a small chapter, I'm not really happy with it but oh well, I wanted the part where Enzo knows, to be done as quick as possible, anyway future chapters will be better. 🥰 Hope everyone is safe! Thank you all for your support on my book, it means the world to me. 🥹 Lots of love, Cephxx
