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Sebastian asked angrily, “What do you think you’re doing?” I was surprised. Why was he so angry?
I was confused and said, “What?”
Sebastian growled, “You married a drug lord and joined his crew.” “You have a f*****g tattoo that ties you to them.” His chest rumbled; he was really angry. I could almost see the fire in his eyes, and he held me tighter, making me squirm.
“And? Just so you know, I really love Henry,” I said, turning away from him. I was angry because it was my choice and mine alone.
“Is that so?” he asks.
I nodded.
“Tell me Pumpkin, does Henry touch you like I do? Does he take control in bed? Does he hit every spot like I do?” He pushed me against the door and put his hand around my neck. I held his wrist and looked him in the eye.
“Tell me the truth: you’re marrying him because your dad told you to.” Sebastian put more pressure on my neck, but not enough to hurt me.
“Maybe my dad did make a deal, but I love him; he’s a good man.” I said softly, which made me sound weak about my choice.
Perhaps it’s because I’m unsure about my feelings right now. As I’ve said before, seeing Sebastian makes me question everything about myself.
I looked into his eyes, and he stopped talking. So did I. I haven’t seen him in six months, and I missed everything about him. He loves my mum, but he might love more than one person, just like I do. I love him even though he’s cruel, cold, and unemotional. His hand relaxed a little, but my hand stayed on his. Sebastian somehow got closer to my face. I could feel his hot breath on my cheeks and it made my nose itch.
“We shouldn’t,” I whispered, and my voice came out dry. Our noses were touching, and my body was on high alert. My legs felt like jelly. I was on the edge of my toes, and it felt like I was in the Twilight Zone.
“I know.” Sebastian puts his other hand on the wall behind me, which makes me swallow the big knot in my throat.
We both kissed each other hard, and I gasped as my body rose with his. As we kissed harder, my hand moved to his hair and pulled it in my direction. I moaned in his mouth, and Sebastian let go of my neck. He then guided my hands down my thighs and picked me up, making me wrap my legs around his body. Our lips were having a hard time deciding between love and l**t. Sebastian put me on the bed and lay on top of me, with my hands around his biceps. My blonde hair was all over the place, and his kisses were going down my neck. He grabbed my leg with his hand, and I pulled him back to my lips by grabbing his cheeks.
Before I pulled away, I kissed him one last time. “I’m engaged,” I said, out of breath. My forehead gently touches his.
Sebastian said, “So am I.”
I said softly, “To my mom.” My voice had a hint of guilt in it. I said, “You need to let me go; you don’t love me,” and I pushed him away and sat up. I was looking at the wall, and his eyes were moving down my body.
“I know,” he said.
I wanted to cry, but I won’t let him see me like that anymore. A piece of my heart broke even more. I would win, not him.
I got up, pulled my dress down, and fixed my hair. Sebastian stood up after me, fixed his suit a little, and then took my hand. My back was still to him. “That doesn’t mean I don’t care about you, Aria.” Sebastian turned me around.
“Why do you keep doing this to me? You know I’m happy and engaged, and now you just want to ruin it for me,” I said angrily. “You know what? Maybe it’s me. Maybe I don’t want to mess with little boys anymore after being with a real man like Henry.” I said this to hurt him as much as I could.
Sebastian pulled me close to him, and his eyes were a darker shade of blue. I swallowed hard. “That kiss wasn’t just nothing.” His voice got deep and dangerous.
I didn’t know what to say to him, so I stayed quiet for a few minutes. Was I going to lie and say that the kiss didn’t mean anything? Or be honest and tell him that the kiss we just shared meant a lot to me. Sebastian definitely looked different; he looked like he’d been through hell. His beard got darker, and I could barely see the bags under his eyes.
“Sebastian, you need to stop—”
Bang
Bang
The sound of gunfire from outside cut me off. That’s what I thought when I ran out the door and left Sebastian behind: my mom, my dad, and my fiancé. I ran so fast that I didn’t think about what was out there. When I got to the end of the hall, I saw people running, blood on the crystal white floor, and people screaming. I saw the shooters, five men dressed in all black.
I picked up a gun that was on the floor and slowly and carefully ran to the corners where I last saw my mum. There were so many dead people that I kept stepping on them. I ran really fast to find my mum. Sebastian was nowhere to be found, and the gunfire didn’t stop. I was almost there when something or someone drew my attention.
“Just catch him and get it over with.” Henry’s voice was rough, unlike how he usually spoke. Henry was talking to the masked men who were killing people.
Goddamn it
I did what I thought was best because I was upset and didn’t know where my mum or dad were. I shot the guy he was talking to in the knee and pointed the gun at Henry. Henry raised his hands in the air as the man in the mask screamed in pain and crouched down to try to ease his knee.
“Aria, this isn’t what it looks like. Put the gun down,” Henry said, still holding his hands up.
The other four guys in masks aimed their guns at me. I didn’t think about that.
Henry said, “Don’t you dare point your guns at my fiancée,” which made things even more confusing. The guys put their guns down. They looked just as confused as I did.
There were more shots fired from another gun behind me. I turned my head, but I still had my gun pointed at Henry. Sebastian was shooting to get our attention, and there was blood on his suit. I almost ran to him to see if it was his blood.
“Aria, he works for Dante, and so does your dad,” Sebastian said, pointing at Henry. I moved out of the way a little.
Henry said, “Dante is your father.”
I was so tired that I lowered the gun, which gave him a chance to take it from me and point it at Sebastian. Henry pulled back the gun and got ready to shoot it. “Your father never wanted you or your mother to be hurt. He wanted to kill Sebastian before he could kill you or your mother.”
It was scary when he smiled. “That son of a bitch, he almost killed his own blood,” Sebastian yells.
I remembered the whole thing that happened in the kitchen. “Did my dad send those men to kill him?” I asked.
Henry says, “They were sent there to kidnap you and your mum. If you and your mum are out of his life, your father sees no point in killing him.”
Sebastian said, “You know how much I care about you and your mother. I would never let you guys go, even if you didn’t want to.” He motioned for me to come over to him.
I looked at my fiancé, and he was holding out his hand for me to take. I had to choose between two men.
Sebastian said, “Your mother is waiting, Pumpkin.”
“Princess, don’t.” My dad’s voice came from the side. “Sebastian is called devil for a reason; he killed his whole family. I won’t let him do the same to mine.” My dad said this in a calm voice.
I looked back at Sebastian. He looked sad and guilty. How can someone kill their own family?
“Where’s my mum?” I asked Sebastian, who was now in front of me.
Sebastian asked, “Why can’t you trust me with your life? She wants to come with me in the car.”
“Because you’ve hurt me before and I can’t trust you anymore, they are my family now too.” I said right away, because I wasn’t going to sugarcoat how he had mentally abused me.
Henry tightened his grip on the gun. I can admit that I wanted Sebastian to hurt, but not to the point of death.
“Do it,” my dad said out of the blue. At first, I was confused, but then the guns went off. There were two guns and two guys I care about.