Temptations (A Vinny Castronovo Love Story) *Completed*

Chapter Thirty-Five

(Vinny's POV)

"Because... I'm protecting you." Her words echoed in my brain... What was she protecting me from? "Gab, what are you trying to protect me from?" I asked, rubbing her arm. "Marko." She mumbled, looking down at the ground. I laughed, and lifted her face up by her chin. "Marko? Why do I need protection from him? I'm a big boy Gab, I can take care of a little douchebag hurting someone important to me." She shook her head, and bit her lip to hold back tears. "You don't know how mean he is... You don't know the power he has..." Gab said. "What do you mean?" I asked. Gab shook her head, and found her way out of my grip. "No." I grabbed on to her wrist. "What do you mean?" She sighed, and pulled out her phone, pulling up a conversation on her phone. "Here. Look." I took her iPhone in my hand, and read the texts she has been getting. Oh my Goodness:

You're sucha whore. Using Mikey to get Vinny jealous. Smfh.

You're a whore. Go rot in a hole with that little bitch Vinny.

Has anyone ever told you you're ugly? No? Well you are. You and Vinny deserve each other... You're both little bitches.

My heart broke for Gab. People thought she dated him to make me jealous? Even I knew that wasn't true... She really did like Marko. But why she broke up with him... I don't know. I suddenly read the last text Marko had sent her, and my heart dropped: 

Oh, and if you tell anyone about this, Vinny will pay for it.

So that's why she has been hiding this from everyone and not allowing herself to get help... She's trying to protect me. I looked at her, and couldn't help it, I pulled her into a hug, and buried my face in her hair. "You don't have to protect me baby. I want you to go straight to the police and report this as harassment. And if he EVER touches you again, you are damn right I'll fucking kill him. You don't deserve this." She looked up at me, and shook her head. "I can't do that to you..." "You're not doing anything to me baby. I can take care of myself. I promise you." I said, kissing her temple and pulling her back into my embrace. "Vinny..." She tried to protest, but I shook my head, and put my finger to her lips. "I promised no matter how you felt about me, I'd never let any other guy hurt you. And I intend to stick to my promise. You're going to the police right after school, come to my car, Al will drive you. I want to be with you to make sure you actually go through with it. Now go back to class. And be careful. I love you..." I said, kissing her cheek. "I, uh, love you too..." she said, and quickly hugged me, then walked off. My heart skipped a beat, it had been forever since I heard her say that. And I had missed it. I quickly walked back to class, I'm glad she showed me that....