Her Mafia Prince ✔️

Chapter 29 - Watch Me

~ Matteo's POV ~

"He's still an annoying little thing." Gabby laughed as we watched Mr Skittles run around my legs before he finally settled down on the floor in front of me.

"He missed you." I rolled my eyes as I bent down, stroking his fur softly while he just meowed and closed his eyes. "This is the only time I'll ever say this - I missed him too but just the tiniest bit."

Once again Gabby let out her melodic laugh as she bent down next to me, nodding her head. "Just a tiny bit, got it."

We sat with Mr Skittles for a moment before Gabby eventually picked him up and put him in his little bed as I went over to my bed.

"You don't seem very tired." Gabriella frowned at me keeping her eyes on me as she got into bed next to me. This bed is one of the things I couldn't wait to get back to. My king sized, comfy as hell, paradise.

"I'm not really, I'm a little tired I guess."

"Maybe once we turn all the lights off you'll be more tired, then you can fall asleep." I nodded my head, letting out a sigh as I lay down properly when she switched off all the lights. It fell silent for a moment before she spoke next to me.

"What happened to your hip? You have a bandage."

When she mentioned this my mind went back to the events that happened last night. Marco found out I was most likely getting out and since I wouldn't be there for his little poker game he tried to 'teach me a lesson'. This consisted of him somehow paying off the guards to leave me alone with him and his bitches so that they could do whatever they wanted to me.

Adamo had already been released too and everyone else had left the kitchen at that point so there was no one to help me when he got one of the big kitchen knives out.

"Oh that? Nothing happened Gabby, I slipped in the cell and scraped my hip on the edge of one of the beds."

"Are you sure?" I nodded and turned my head to look at her, giving her a smile. "I'm sure, nothing happened."

When I smiled she seemed a little relieved and she gave me a smile of her own before she shuffled closer to me, wrapping her arms around me. "I'm so glad you're home Matteo. I was really losing it without you."

"You must have been if you thought I would ever let you leave me." I laughed when I said this and Gabby lifted her head to look at me playfully with narrowed eyes. "I can kick your ass now Matteo, I've been training a lot with Gio. Be careful."

It fell silent for a while as we just lay there and then soon Gabby fell asleep. For the next couple of hours I just continued to lie there in silence holding onto Gabby and the feeling of sleep didn't seem like it was close for a very long time.

I jumped at the sound of a loud bang behind me and I turned to see Marco stroll into the kitchen with the same two bitches he always has with him.

"Matteo De Mancuso you are causing me a lot of problems." When he said my full name I narrowed my eyes at him, putting down the last of the pans I was told to wash by the guard who escorted the rest of the inmates out of the kitchen twenty minutes ago.

"What now? Was there not enough chocolate chips in your cookie?"

When I said this he just laughed as he came closer to me. "You're leaving this week, right?"