Whispers in New York - Book Two

~Chapter 55~

Chapter Song

Elastic Heart – Sia

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"Why the fück would she do that to you?" Adriana curled her hands into fists angrily as the pair walked back into her apartment at the ungodly hour of four-fifteen in the morning. "Why would she blatantly lie about this!?" She continued as Salvatore followed her moves around the room. "You were always going to find out! If not now, later, but the truth was always going to come out!"

"I'll tell you why!" Salvatore joined in on her solo conversation up until this point. "Because she was trying to tear us apart! And if it worked out how she thought it would, you would have been long gone before the truth came out. That's why!"

"This needs to stop Salvo!" Walking straight up to him standing tall with purpose. "This all needs to stop!" Her anger now fading as she looked up at him with all sincerity.
She wasn't oblivious to the fact that Elena had been the one creating and continuing lies to the point of no return, but she couldn't entirely rule out Salvatore's involvement either. Yes she knew there was no way he could have stopped her from forming and sticking to such a lie. However, his continuous need to help Elena through life purely based on their long history together had now become an extremely problematic issue. Elena had spiralled out of control and her jealousy causing vindictive behaviour had now crossed one too many lines.

"Baby her and I were done long ago. We aren't anything, not even amicable friends anymore. She no longer works in the club and she certainly isn't carrying my baby. I'd say we have nothing connecting us anymore. It's done. It's over." Reaching down to grasp her hands in his, he gently rose them up towards his lips planting a soft kiss to the back of them.
"I love you Adriana. You can destroy my penthouse every single day, multiple times a day... And I'd still love you." Pulling her into his chest closing the small distance between them, he dropped the hold on her hands before gripping her face by her jaw line angling her mouth to just how he wanted it before claiming her lips passionately.
His dominate lips slanting over her willing mouth caressing her silky tongue ever so slowly before gently breaking his hold on her leaving her wanting more.
"Just so you know..." He whispered merely an inch away from her newly bruised lips, "I'm still going to find out what was on the missing footage."

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The vibration of Salvatore's phone on the bedside table just a few hours later felt like nails on a chalkboard. He was exhausted after such a late an eventful night, the pair had crashed in bed after their early morning conversations and now his brother Francesco was calling him.

"This better be important..." Salvatore groaned holding his cell phone against his ear while simultaneously letting out an exhausting yawn. Adriana stirred slightly against him, her head tucked under his arm with an arm splayed across his chest holding him close.

"We've been infiltrated!" Francesco's voice on the other end of the conversation was low but full of concern. "I'm scanning the penthouse now, I think whoever did this is gone, but you have to get over here fratello (brother)."

Letting out another yawn, Salvatore used his free hand to rub the tops of his eyelids with his fingertips. "Calmati" (calm down) he responded a little annoyed at the sudden wake up.

"Ma sei sul serio?" (Are you serious?) Francesco snapped back disabling the safety of his weapon loudly, the sound reverberating through the phone. "The place is trashed! Che cazzo stavano cercando?" (What the fück were they looking for?)

"It was Adriana..."

"They were looking for Ade?" Francesco repeated in absolute shock. How long was this going to go on for? Why was everyone suddenly being hunted down?