Will You Love Me......... Forever? #Wattys2015

A Brother In Need

A Brother In Need

“Uh, hey Cassy!” Santi exclaimed with a touch of awkwardness.

“Hey..” I replied, unsure.

“Oh dannazione tutti all'inferno! (Oh dammit all to hell!)” he cursed before he plopped down on the bed rather unceremoniously. “Okay, so don’t kill me…” he said as he raised his hands in surrender.

“Why would I kill you?” I asked quizzically. He merely grinned guiltily and pulled something from behind his back. “What is that?” I asked, looking at the envelop in Santi’s hand. He silently handed it over to me. It bore the Cubix logo. My heartbeat increased as I gingerly opened it. My eyes widened as I read it’s contents as my temper slowly climbed. “WHAT.IS.THIS?” I practically growled, my body literally shaking with anger, as I waved the scrap of paper in front of Santi’s face.

“Uh, your termination letter.” He answered carefully. My temper spiked.

“And why am I being served this?” I gritted out.

“Ahem.” He cleared his throat slightly before he spoke again. “For disorderly conduct.”

“And what disorderly conduct have I done to deserve this?”

“Uh, you didn’t?” he replied in confusion and I completely lost it.

“Santiago Giordano! What did you do!” I almost shouted. Seconds later Salvatore burst into the room, eyes wide with worry. It did nothing to soothe my anger, and rather increased it. “Stop right there!” I shouted as I raised my hand toward Sal, the universal sigh for STOP. He stopped abruptly, in shock or in compliance, I don’t know. One brother down, one more to go.  I thought as I turned to glare at Santiago who was staring at my with his mouth hanging open. “Answer me Santi. What did you do?”

“They were saying bad things about you, okay!” he said in a rush, throwing his hands up in frustration. I raised my eyebrow at him, my anger falling down a notch. He sighed. “When I called Ashley to put in an application to extend your leave she told me of all the vicious Ruby was spreading about you and your sudden marriage with Salvatore. So I went in and had a little chat with her.” He shrugged uncomfortably. I sighed, my completely anger drained.

“Santi, I could’ve handled it.” I said as I reached forward and clasped a hand over his in an apology of sorts. He put a hand over mine and squeezed it in acceptance.

“I know you can but that doesn’t mean I’ll stand back and watch you fight with people. The moment you married my brother, you got a brother but I gained a sister too. So as long as I’m there, your battles are mine, sis.” He said softly as my tears freely flowed. I sprang forward and hugged him tightly. I must’ve taken him by surprise for it took him a few minutes to return the hug.

“And what am I, minced meat?” Salvatore teased from his place at the door. We chuckled as I released my death grip on Santi and sat back on the bed.

“No, you’re my husband.” I said with a smile which was returned tenfold as he crossed the space between us and sat by my side. Tenderly, he wiped my face. I cupped his hand with mine and kissed his palm. His gaze turned dark with equal measures of love and lust. Our trance was broken by Santi’s loud exclamation.

“Okay, and this is my exit que!” and with that, he was gone, leaving us smiling in his wake.

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*peeks out from under the table* Hehe, soooo sorry guys for the humungous delay!! But I was going through a new phrase in my life and everything was changing so damn fast that it had my head spinning. And plus, I had this HUGE writers block that I just couldn’t seem to get past…. So this is what I’ve been able to come up with.

So I was going over the previous chapters, to get some inspiration, and I noticed that Cassy and Santi have had no bonding moments… So voila! Here it is! :D

I would just like to thank all my fans, friends and readers for the wait. Guys, I applaud your patience!

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Anna