Black and Grey | Book 1

Chapter 28 (Part 4)

We had all gathered into the living room and were sitting on the white plush couches, deep in conversation.

"Mama!" Cried out a little voice and in came running a little girl wearing a pink dungaree dress with a black short sleeved t-shirt underneath. Her short, dark brown hair was in two little pigtails and she had blue, but also a touch of green eyes. She ran to Luna, hugging her knees and Luna smiled down at her adorably.

"Say hi to your nonna and nonno Gabriella." Luna said pushing Gabriella towards Marcello and Eleonora softly. Gabriella hid her face shyly in between her mother's legs and Luna sighed, but smiled lovingly at her.

"She's beautiful. She's got the hair and eyes from Leonardo, but she also looks like you." Said Eleonora as she smiled down at Gabriella sweetly.

"Come here bambino." Said Marcello sweetly and everyone was surprised to see him act so different. Gabriella looked nervous at first, but as Marcello stuck his hand out to her, she eased up and went towards him. He picked her up and spun her around and she squealed excitedly while throwing her hands in the air.

"How old is she now?" Asked Ethan.

"She just turned four last month." Replied back Luna and she glanced at me.

"That's my first daughter and my other daughter is with my husband, Leonardo, but I think them two are still upstairs sleeping." She said and chuckled softly.

"Elena loves to sleep." She said.

"How old is Elena?" I asked.

"She's ten months." Luna said and I smiled, nodding.

We heard footsteps come down and in appeared a guy in his late twenties. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes and he was very tall. He was also good looking and had a sense of importance around him. He was holding a baby who had her fingers in her mouth and her unruly brown hair was unkempt.

This must be Leonardo and Elena.

He looked surprised to see us here at first, but once he saw Ethan and Marcello, he smiled.

"Welcome back home." He said and Marcello chuckled, putting Gabriella down.

"How have you been? Still being lazy?" Ethan asked and Leonardo rolled his eyes.

"Still quite the sleeper I see." Marcello said and Leonardo chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah whatever." He replied back. He walked over to Luna and kissed her on the head before passing Elena over to her. I was in awe at the love between Luna and Leonardo and couldn't help but hope that one day, I would have the same thing that they have.

I felt a presence next to me and was surprised to see Lorenzo sitting next to me so closely.

"Hi." I said, feeling awkward and he smiled.

"Hey. Are you okay?" He asked and I nodded.
"You know, since it's your first time being here, I could always show you around." He said and before I could say anything, Grayson interrupted us.

"It's not her first time here, she was born here." Grayson said, his voice slightly harsh.
Lorenzo looked surprised for a moment, but then rolled his eyes.

"Then I can show her around her hometown then." He said and I felt Grayson coming closer to me.

I felt uncomfortable with all the testerone around me, while I was sat in between them.

"No need to. It's already been sorted—"

"Before you two kill each other, it is up to Iris in the end, who she wants to show her around." Caterina interrupted, which I was very grateful for.

Both of them looked at me, only now realising that I was there too.

"I'll just take Grayson with me. Is that okay?" I asked and turned to Grayson.

"Yeah, it's fine." He replied, but he wasn't looking at me. Instead, he was glaring at Lorenzo intently.

I removed myself from those two and went over to have a conversation with the girls.

"So how do you feel?" Asked Luna, smirking and I frowned in confusion, "Having two boys fawn over you." She said and I shook my head instantly.

"I-I don't want that. I'm with Grayson." I said, but the words felt strange coming out of my mouth since I didn't exactly know what Grayson was to me. Luna nodded her head thoughtfully and I grimaced, knowing she was having thoughts of her own.

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"Alright, I think it's time to head back, it's gotten quite late now." Marcello announced and we all agreed, since we were all tired.

"We'll see you all tomorrow again. Stay safe, all of you! I love you all and I'm happy to get to see you all again." Said Eleonora.

"We're all happy to see everyone again as well, especially new members." Said Lorenzo and he nodded at me. I smiled back, ignoring Grayson's gaze burning holes into the side of my head.

There isn't anything going on between me and Lorenzo. He didn't need to worry.

Soon enough we left Luna and Lorenzo's mansion and returned back to the hotel.
We were all standing in the lobby, which was spacious and very grand.

"I'm going to go around town to see how all the business is going on. All of you, go to sleep and get some rest." Marcello said and we all obliged and went back to our rooms.

I was in my room, going through my suitcase to get out my pyjamas when I felt Grayson's hands on my waist. I straightened my back and stood up, instantly feeling his hot breath over my shoulder. His arms wrapped fully around me and he pulled into him, putting his neck into the side of my neck. I shivered slightly as I could still feel his breath on my neck more and now, his hair was tickling me too.

"Hey." Was all he said.

"Hey." I replied back.

"Are you okay?" I asked and he sighed.

"Yes, apart from wanting to beat up Lorenzo, then no, I'm not okay." He said and I frowned.

"Why do you want to beat him up? He hasn't done anything to you." I said and he sighed frustratingly this time.

"He was totally eye-fucking you the entire time. He should keep his eyes and hands off of what is mine." Grayson said possessively. I rolled my eyes at him and unwrapped his arms from and turned to look at him.

"What are we?" I asked and he looked back at me blankly for a second before dropping his eyes down to the floor.

"We can be whatever we want to be." He muttered and I frowned. I could sense the harshness behind his words.

"A-are we in a relationship or?" I asked, suddenly feeling awkward. He snapped his eyes to meet mine and his eyebrows creased, almost as if he was angry.

"Sure." He snapped lightly and turned and left the room, leaving me there to wonder what the hell had just happened.

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[Edited: 20/07/2021]