Her Mafia Prince ✔️

Chapter 22 - I'll Always Be Here

Tissues may be needed for this chapter 🙁

~ Gabriella's POV ~

I don't know why I just stopped on the stairs, maybe it was the way Adrian was pacing around the hallway or maybe it was the look on Matteo's face.

Either way, I didn't expect to hear the words that came out of Matteo's mouth.

Both their eyes were on me as I came down the last few steps, walking over to Matteo who seemed so distressed. The expression on his face really broke my heart.

"Prison? What are you talking about?" I turned to look at Adrian when Matteo didn't respond, and Adrian just stared back at me like he didn't know what to say.

"Will one of you just answer me!"
I didn't shout very loud, but it was loud enough to get Adrian to snap out of whatever daze he was in.

"A judge will probably issue a warrant for Matteo's arrest soon."

"What? Why? How the hell do you know? He hasn't done anything wrong-"

"Gabby calm down." Matteo reached out to take my hand but I shook my head, stepping away from him.

"You already knew about this didn't you? That's what you couldn't tell me." From the look on his face I knew I was right.

"I didn't want to upset you if there was a chance it wasn't true. Over the past few weeks or so we've been trying to find out who that bitch Angelina is after. We thought it was someone else at first but then it turned out it could have been any one of us. Yesterday Adrian heard it might be me but it was just a possibility."

"Angelina is the prosecutor, right?" Matteo nodded his head as he took my hand, pulling me closer to him and this time I didn't stop him.

"Why does she want Matteo? Why..." My sentence trailed off as tears filled my eyes when I started process the fact that soon Matteo wouldn't be here. He was going to prison. When he saw the tears Matteo wrapped his arm around my shoulders - I don't know if he was trying to comfort me though or if it was more the fact that he needed it for himself.

"I don't know yet. I'm trying to find out but they're keeping it very quiet." I could tell Adrian was worried, more than worried actually. He was just holding it together a lot better than I was.

It fell silent for a while, the three of us lost in our own thoughts as I occasionally wiped away the tears that were silently falling down my cheeks.

"I'll do everything I can for you Matteo. We'll call the best lawyers tomorrow and go over everything with them. I promise, nothing will happen."

All Matteo could manage was to nod at Adrian before he released his hold on me so that he could give Adrian a hug. My tears only increased when Matteo held onto Adrian tightly and the two of them stood there for a while holding onto each other. I was pretty close to them but I only just about heard Adrian tell Matteo that he loved him, but I did hear Matteo mumble it back as he pulled away from the hug.

Adrian just nodded in my direction before he left, quietly closing the front door behind himself. It was quiet again for a while before I turned to face Matteo who was just staring at the door where his brother just walked out.

"Let's go back upstairs." My voice came out in a soft tone as I reached out, taking Matteo's hand in mine. The contact seemed to bring him out of his trans and wordlessly he followed me upstairs back to his room.

We got back to his bedroom which was still pitch black inside since we never turned any of the lights on. Once we got back into bed I shuffled across to Matteo's side, wrapping my arms around him as I buried my face in his chest.