You Can Never Escape Me(BxB)

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Elias Easton

"You are fired." I told Kai, who looked at me with an emotionless expression. However, I could see some pain and sadness shining through.

Eric begged me to let him stay, but I couldn't let this happen. I was still traumatized from last night, when I thought that Anthony had been killed. And aside from that, I couldn't have a guard that didn't take his job seriously, because he could not only put Anthony's life in danger again, but also the ones of my family, friends, my men's and my staff.

Especially in a mafia when you could get attacked at any time.

I saw that Kai wanted to contradict but he didn't have any arguments to defend himself with. I believed him when he told me that Anthony lied to him and naively thought that he could save this girl's life and be a hero. My precious Angel still didn't understand that this was the hard and merciless reality and not a Hollywood movie, where the good always won.

I knew how unpredictable Anthony could be sometimes. That's why I wasn't so hard on Kai. Only getting fired normally wasn't a proper punishment for not being able to protect a person that I cared for. I was really starting to get scared that something bad might actually happen, which could destroy me.

Kai didn't say anything else, even though I could see he had the urge to do so.

With my hand I signalized him that he could go, which he immediately did. He slammed the door of my office shut, which I normally didn't tolerate, but I didn't want to start a new argument with him. I had more important things on my agenda today.

I checked my e-mails on my computer to see if Mason sent me a messenge yet and was relieved as I saw that Anthony was completely healthy and stable. Mason was a young doctor too, but not as young and good as Anthony of course. He always did a good job, aside from healing Sam. However, what enraged me more was the fact that he got along with Anthony so well, while I didn't see any progress in my relationship with Anthony again.

It was always a one step forward and two steps backward type of thing, which was hella frustrating.

Every time I thought our relationship was finally moving into a right direction, it got destroyed because Anthony was always trying to fight it. At the beginning I found his sassy attitude amusing, because normally everybody instantly submitted to me without me forcing them to. But in the beginning, I didn't think that Anthony would take so long to get used to me...well, I've been so wrong.

I stood up from my chair and left my office. I've told Anthony to meet up in front of my garage, after his appointment, so that we could immediately drive to his parent's house, which I obviously already knew where it was located.

I thought that I would do him something good, because he didn't see them for months. I really couldn't remember, when was the last time I put so much effort into making someone happy.

But Anthony being Anthony was staring at me with a somber and angry expression, which unwillingly hurt me more than it should as I approached him. He would never actually truly smile at me.

A sign for me to definitely never fall in love with him.

Until now, I didn't love anyone and therefore didn't know what it was like to truly be in love with someone. However, my body, my emotions and my mind were starting to get crazy around Anthony. At the beginning it was quite rare, but the more time I spent with him, the worse it got.

I think I was quite lucky to experience this feeling, my real first love, with someone who hated me to death.

"What's going on?" I sighed frustrated as I opened the garage with my keys.