Desire or Revenge (Cancelled)

Chapter 28: Bad news

We were lying on his soft bed under the covers, completely exposed to one another. My head rested on his bare chest as he stroked my hair. I was physically exhausted but my mind was wide awake, reliving our fun. Even thinking about it made my skin burn, my cheeks blush and my heart race - which I was positive that he could feel.

Since the night was still young, Hunter had put on a movie on the TV which was just in front of the bed, attached to the wall. He put on 'Speed' - a favourite of his. I didn't pay attention to Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock fighting for their lives, I just traced my finger on his chest in small circular motion. A few times I caught him gazing and smiling at me, he too seemed distracted from the movie.

Surprisingly, I was half asleep by the time the movie was almost over. My head was no longer on his chest, I must have moved it while sleeping.
"Screw the movie, I know how it ends", and with that, the sounds from the movie immediately stopped. Hunter rolled over to my side and grabbed my waist, pulling me to him.
"Stop escaping."
"Don't worry, I'm not..."
He kissed my head and we fell asleep embraced in each others arms.

Upon waking up from the bright sun shining through the window, I could still feel his arms around me. I kept my eyes closed not wanting him to see that I was awake, I wanted to stay in this exact position for as long as possible. 

I remember the last time that we were this way. I had seen his Wild Lions tattoo and completely freaked out - running home with heels, tears, a hangover and a broken heart. I promised myself I wouldn't get involved with him again, and now look where I am...
A lot happened in the past few weeks, while it was traumatising, I wouldn't trade this for anything.

I was jolted back into reality when my phone ever so loudly began to ring, ruining the perfect silence and Hunter's rhythmic breathing - which I listened to. I could hear Hunter groan as I scrambled to get the phone. My phone was inside my new stolen bag, across the room, screaming to be answered. Before I could press the big green button, the call ended and I was shocked by the enormous amount of messages and missed calls on my screen - from Mickey, Chief and even Kai.

I opened up Kai's messages.
"Hey, why aren't you answering Chief's calls?"
"Are you in a danger??"
"This is v. important, answer ASAP."
"Don't freak, but I'm on my way to Milan, I'll explain."
No messages after that. My eyes practically exploded wide open, he was coming to Italy? He was in hospital just a few days ago!

"Who is it Lex?" I spun around to see Hunter sitting up now with his arms crossed.
"It's uh... Mickey. I'll just go answer it." I answered and motioned my hand to the door.
"Don't take too long." He winked smiling. Good, he doesn't suspect anything. I nervously clenched the phone in my hand and tip toed out of the room in my bare feet.

Once I was safe in my room, I grabbed a grey silk bath robe from the closet, put it on and plopped down on my bed. I called Kai's number, hoping he wasn't on a plane. Honestly I was scared, last time we spoke we had that fight where he confessed that he loved me...

I didn't even have to wait, he answered within like two seconds.
"Alexa!?" Shouted his familiar voice.
"Hey Kai..."
"You're ok? You're alive, thank god. I'm about half an hour away from the 'Palazzo Hotel'. That's the right one, yeah?"
"H..how do you know where I am?"
"Ah Chief tracked you down."
"You're here in Italy with a fresh gunshot wound... Are you crazy?!"
"There's some emergency stuff that we need to talk about. I can't really talk now, I'm on the road, I'll call when I'm here."

He hung up, leaving me alone in a trance. Kai was coming here for an emergency! What was I gonna tell Hunter, leaving alone in the early morning would be quite suspicious?
I dropped the phone to my side and went over to the closet where all my unpacked clothes dangled neatly on the hangers. I put on jeans and a white sweatshirt, after all, I couldn't go out in public with a short silk robe.

I combed out my hair which was all messed up, thanks to Hunter and put on some mascara. I went back into Hunter's room to find him still bare chested sitting on the bed, only difference, he's got his pants on now.

He slowly and gracefully got up from the bed and walked over to me. He cupped my face in his hands and gave me one long lingering kiss before resting on my forehead.
"Where are you off to?"
"I'm gonna go get some air, some alone time." He seemed a bit disappointed, with his smile fluctuating a little.
"Yeah sure thing Lex. Take as long as you need."
I gave him a quick peck on the lips to reassure him. "Thank you, for yesterday."
"It was my pleasure babe."

Kai called sooner that I expected, luckily I turned off my phone's sound, so Hunter couldn't hear the ring. Once out the door, I swiftly ran down the beautiful red carpeted stairs, clinging onto the gold handlebar. I flung open the front doors, expecting to see Kai, but I couldn't see him.

I looked around my surroundings. Maybe he was late? Then he stepped out from behind a marble pillar by the door. I immediately recognised his cute face which greeted me with a smile. His handsomeness approached me with open arms. I missed him more than I thought as I ran into his arms, a bit too roughly.

He chuckled lightly and held his hand over his white shirt - where his gunshot would is.
"Oh no..." I gasped in realisation. "I'm sorry!"
"It's... ok Alexa..."
"How is it?"
"A pain in the ass, but it's healing." He lifted up his hand and brushed it gently against my cheek, catching me off guard.
"You look beautiful, you're glowing Alexa.."
I blushed at his kind remark.

"Uh so what's the emergency?"
His face fell into sadness and he took a deep breath.
"We've been trying to reach you-"
"I was.. busy..."
"Remember a while back, when you and Hunter were in a secret room behind the basement, there was a door that you had mentioned. Well, your friend Allie was tasked to investigate. She found something..."

"What did she find?"
"Duplicates of Hunter's birth certificates, with two different names for the fathers - Igor and someone named Noah Anderson."
"Wait what..?"
"I don't think Igor is Hunter's real father."
A wave of confusion and shock overwhelmed me. Does Hunter even know this? In my own selfish way, I felt relieved. Hunter and Igor might not be biologically family.

"There's more."
"Oh no..."
"Before Allie had time to investigate further in that room, she was... caught."
"WHAT!?" I shouted in distress, my eyes welled up with tears at the news of Allie being captured. They're going to kill her, if they haven't already.
"Is she d-"
"Dead? From the intel we received from Estella, no, not yet..."

The glassy layer of tears couldn't hold and as I blinked, they came streaming down my face. I hurried to scrub them away, but all I did was make my mascara smudge.
"W..hat will ha-" I chocked on my words and tears. A huge lump, the size of a baseball was preventing me to speak and I found it extremely hard to keep it together, I bit my lip, in attempts to control myself.

"What will happen?" He finished my sentence. "We'll try to save her, but the chances of her surviving-"
"Zero." The only word I was able to get through my lump.