Amethyst's Scandal

CHAPTER 30

Amethyst St. Clair's POV

It's been a week since the incident with Dario Rizzo. Until now, it still gives me uneasiness about the whole thing. Even though Franco reassured me that Dario was now safely behind bars and his sister had been finally getting the medical help she needed I still feel nervous now and then.

I told Franco not to tell Daniel and my sisters about the incident since I didn't want them to worry about me. The last thing I wanted was for them to worry about me and Max here in Italy. There were no bodyguards around the house to protect us day and night. Max and I also have the security details Franco told me about that should be with us whenever we leave the house.

Right now, I am on the terrace watching Max swim in the pool happily trying to erase my memories of that fateful night.

"How are you?"

I looked up to see Franco coming out of the house kissing my forehead affectionately before taking the vacant chair next to me. I smiled at him lovingly, as he took my hand and kissed my palm. "I am fine," I replied shortly. "How's work?"

"Tiring." He answered with a deep sigh. Since the incident, he has refused to leave the house and currently working from home.

I brushed my knuckle on his cheek. "I told you Max and I will be fine here. You can go to the office if you must. Don't worry about us."

"But..."

He was about to protest when I shook my head. "Are you still blaming yourself for what happened between me and Dario? You don't have to feel guilty about it, my love."

Franco sighed deeply, staring deep into my eyes. I could see the way his eyes held trouble in their depth. "But it is my fault, Amy. I don't know what I will do if—"

I stopped the words coming out of his mouth with my index finger. "Don't worry about it now, Franco. Dario didn't hurt me and he is now behind bars. You don't have to feel guilty about the whole thing."

He held my hands in his and held them tightly, there was still distress in his eyes. "But what if I didn't arrive in time? What if..."

"I am okay, my love." I shook my head with a smile on my face. "I am trying to forget that fateful day you should too.

He exhaled a deep breath while shaking his head. His gaze was focused on our intertwined hands. "I don't know how to face your family if something bad happened to you while you and our son are in my care. I am sure your grandfather will think how useless fiancé I am for you."

I raised his chin gently so he could meet my gaze. "Granddad is not like that. Listen to me, Franco. You are a great father to Max everyone will agree with me. You are not useless are you forgetting how you beat Dario in our bedroom?"

Franco smiled grimly in my direction. "I am not satisfied with the beating I did on him, amore. I should have ended his life with my bare hands for what he did to you."

I shook my head. "Never put the law in your own hands, my darling. You did the right thing to let the police take him and let the law punish him for what he did."

"You are something, Amethyst St. Clair." He said in wonder, staring at me with shining light brown eyes. "Despite the whole thing how can you remain positive?"

"That's how you should view life, isn't it?" I informed him with a grin on my face.

He shook his head in disbelief with a slight smile on his face. He kissed the tip of my nose. "Thank you for coming back to my life, my love."