Page 72 of The Mafia And His Angel: Part 1 (Tainted Hearts 1)

Maddie laughed again and linked her arms through mine. “Definitely,” she said with a wink. Lena shook her head but I saw the smile peeking on the corner of her lips.

“Don’t worry, Mom. Ayla and I will clean it up in no time.”

“You better. C’mon. Hurry to work now,” Lena replied before turning around and walking out of the kitchen.

“Lena is right. We did make a mess of the kitchen,” I said with a sigh as I looked around.

It had been two weeks and I felt like I had been given a new life. Two weeks and I’d had no nightmares, my sleep filled with peacefulness. Two weeks of only laughter and smiles.

I felt happiness that I had never felt before. At first, I was scared that maybe all of this was a dream. I was scared that all of it would be taken away from me. But when I woke up each day and was still living this life, I started to hope that maybe this was it.

This was my new beginning.

“Done?” Maddie asked. Her voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I smiled. Looking at the cleaned counters, I nodded.

“Done,” I replied.

“C’mon, let’s go. There is still about two hours before dinner. We can fit a movie in,” she said cheerfully as she pulled me out of the kitchen.

As we made our way upstairs to my room, Maddie chatted about her day with Artur. She was definitely lost in him. I asked her if she loved him, but her response was that she didn’t know.

I didn’t believe her.

I was sure she loved him but was scared to admit it. She had nothing to be scared of. From what I had witnessed, Artur really did care about Maddie.

When we reached the top of the stairs, I stopped dead in my tracks. In the process of doing so, Maddie had to stop too.

“Huh? What’s wrong?” she asked.

All I could do was stare in front of me in shock.

Not again.

Then I heard Maddie mutter angrily. “Seriously?”

There he was. Alessio. But he wasn’t alone. He was with Nina, the same blonde I had seen in his office.

Alessio had her pressed against the wall, with her legs wrapped around his waist. They were kissing and didn’t appear to realize we were standing there.

“Seriously, dude. You wanna fuck, then get a room. That’s what rooms are for,” Maddie hissed loudly.

Alessio’s head snapped back and he stared at us, his gaze laced with lust. I shifted my eyes away.

“Well, you can leave if you don’t want to see anything,” Nina fired back.

“This is a hallway. Anyone can pass through and nobody wants to see your saggy boobs hanging loose, so get a room,” Maddie said, her voice calm yet filled with venom.

“You know…” Nina started to say, but she didn’t finish. Alessio had opened his door and was about to go inside, with Nina still wrapped around him like a vise.

She turned her head toward us and gave us a smirk before burying her face in his neck. That was the last thing I saw as the door closed.

“That little bitch. I swear to God, I will rip those fake hair extensions off her head one day. She makes me so violent. And I swear, I’m not a violent person,” Maddie fumed beside me.

“Why do you hate her so much?” I asked as we entered my room.

“Is that even a question, Ayla? She is freaking annoying. Nina thinks that just because Alessio fucks her, she is special. Like, bitch, please, he fucks anyone with boobs and a pussy.”

I watched her jump on my bed and lay down.

“Nina probably thinks that he will marry her one day. So delusional. Alessio doesn’t even care for her. She is just so easy and always comes for more. If she never comes back, Alessio wouldn’t even bat an eye or go looking for her. He has plenty of other women lining up for him.”

“Hmm,” I said, stretching out beside her.

“But I hate her because she is ruining my ship.”

My forehead creased in confusion at her words. “What do you mean?”

Maddie’s eyes went wide for a second and then she shook her head. Biting down on her lips, she shrugged. “Nothing.”

“What ship? What are you talking about?”

“It’s nothing,” Maddie said as she sat up. She leaned over me and took the remote control. “What do you want to watch?”

I stared at her for a second before turning toward the TV that Artur installed for me a few days ago. Maddie was definitely changing the topic and I was curious by what she meant.

But I decided to let it go. I would get it out of her later.

***

“Goodnight,” I called, waving at Maddie. Smiling, I made my way upstairs.

Dinner was over a long time ago and after cleaning the dining room and kitchen, we decided that it was time to call it a night.