The Chess Piece ( Nakahara Chuuya x OC)

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Third Person's POV :

" Be one of us Ilaria Alessandro ."

An intense silence crept up to them . A breath taking tension hung in the air and was becoming unbearable . But none of them took an initiative to break it . It was only for the best . The ginger was far too aware of the hot-headed nature of the woman standing in front of him . Raging along with her will not do any good . 

She was drowned deeper in her delusions than Chuuya has thought . And this was what had amazed the executive even more. Ilaria wasn't stupid and much less be someone to take actions based on some momentary emotions .

Then why can't she move on ? Why cannot accept the fact that she has been betrayed by her organization?

It was maybe hard for someone to accept it when they have given their heart and soul for the organization , but it wasn't a story unheard of in the underworld. Betrayal was common in their life.
Perhaps , she wasn't as inhuman as she seemed to be . She cared more than she showed .

" ... There is nothing else you can do about it . You either make your own place here or try escaping and risk dying . "

The woman was still silent , her gaze not moving away from those sky-blue orbs. Every word was sinking in her like white-hot knives , piercing every inch of her body. Cause every word was nothing but truth . 

True . There was no way out .

An internal war was going on inside her , raging like a storm and crushing her in the process . But this was the only way to survive ,
to betray The Uccello. Was it betraying , weren't they the once who betrayed her first ?!

Ilaria had always seemed to have an absurd connection to that place . It was a home she could return to . Where she for the first time felt loved .  But only to be thrown away again , leaving her incapable to love and believe ever again .

Then was it worth still waiting for them ? It would be laughable .
She cannot become a princess waiting to be saved by her prince in shining armour . Life isn't fairytale that is always bound to have a happy ending . And you cannot wait to be saved when you are a villain yourself . She was the only one who could save herself.

" Answer me Ilaria . "

The executive kept trying his best to keep his voice even avoiding to trigger her even farther . He was playing with fire . Her hands were bare , without any gloves obstructing them . A single touch and he would get out this room as a corpse . But it wasn't enough to scare him away .

If his plan didn't work , the only other option left was to break her completely until she became a lifeless puppet of the mafia and be used and tossed around by them .

His hands never left her  cheeks , caressing them gently with his thumbs . No matter how blank her face was , it was still keeping her at ease .

" ... Why do you care ? "

It wasn't unexpected that  Chuuya wouldn't get a straight answer .
The male smiled slightly , leaving her face and walking a few steps back .

" I never said I care particularly for you . But it would be a waste if you died . I simply care for the Port Mafia itself. "

It was hard to catch whether there was any lies in his statement .
The woman's eyes narrowed a bit but didn't say anything . She never gave the executive another chance to speak either  and stepped inside the restroom .