Chapter 17

MAXIMO

"I will be leaving for a business trip in two days and I'm leaving everything to you. Please make sure everything will remain the same. Especially Lucya" Damien nodded his head with a supportive smile. I know he will care mostly about Lucya, he loves her. I try hard to control my anger before speaking again.

Turning my face toward Lea I noticed a glint of tears in her eyes. She sigh to Damien, what happen to her? "You may leave" I dismissed Damien. "Lea we need to talk." I stated, I approached near her.

"Is everything ok?" I don't know what makes me feel so much emotional to ask her this question.

"Yeah." All of a sudden she tried to hide her grieves.

"Liar" I smirked at her with a dead look. I know she is concerned about Damien. "You look depressed since Damien and Lucya are staying together" I utter, her eyes widened. "No Maxi, there's nothing like that." She startled.

"Lea, you are not the girl who used to startle especially when you talk with me. You love him, right."

This time she couldn't hold on her tears and she broke into tears. I wrapped my arms around her. "It's ok, everything will be alright but I need your help for..." I was talking with Lea she was still around my arms. I noticed Lucya at the doorstep.

"Stay still." I whispered in Lea's ears, then I began to stroke her hair with a smile on my lips.

LUCYA

I needed to talk with Maximo, I searched for him all around the house then Damien informed me that he was in the study room. I walked through the corridor until I reached to the study room the door was ajar, my eyes landed on them through the little space. I felt my heart ached when I saw Maximo and Lea together. Maximo was smiling and he doesn't use to smile with anyone. He was pictured happy with Lea, they are friends. I shook my head and left without interrupting them.

What is happening to me I shouldn't feel nothing toward Maximo, he is has kidnapped me. I don't even know the purpose of this. Maximo is just a dangerous man, who runs this huge mafia world and I shouldn't be caring about him. This is his world, I'll have to do something and get to know the truth. I have been pretending to be in love with Damien, because if he will be obsessed toward me he will reveal all the truth to me. I can't understand why Maximo is so jealous about us. He is acting wired for the past few days and he is not staying at home, not like before! I can't understand this man.

Damien is leaving for a business trip, Maximo was supposed to go but he ordered Damien to do so. When Damien raised the question about my protection, Maximo said that he will be the one who will protect me in Damien's absence. Like seriously he will be staying in my bedroom! Maximo is not the one who will be able to adjust the whole night in a couch. Let's see how he will try to adjust himself.

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We had dinner, Damien had already left so we are only four, Lea, Marco, Maximo and me. For the first time Maximo is talking while having dinner, as far as I knew he hate talking when he is eating. Lea and his conversation are endless all I can hear is whispers and laughter.

I wish that I could tell Lea that there's nothing between Damien and me. I know she loves him but Damien doesn't! I just hope she will not hate me. But we are not the same like before everything changed since the day we went outside that night.

"Lucya!" I froze with his cold tone. "Yeah" I raised my head. "Since Damien is not here, you'll be staying in my bedroom. I will not be able to spend the whole night in the couch, I'm not Damien." He ordered with his expressionless face but he sounds scary. What does he mean by 'I'm not Damien' does he mean that I can't order him to do anything.

After having dinner I walked to Maximo's bedroom. I opened the door, he is talking in the phone. "You owe me three lives."

"I don't have time. Talk you you later" he hang up immediately as soon as I stepped inside.

"Who owes you three lives, Maximo?" I raised the question with my hands folded against my chest. He throw a deadly look at me.

"Someone's" he mumble. "You'll kill that person?" I questioned him confusedly with my brows are stitches.

"Of course but firstly I'll kill all his children, so that he can feel the pain! He doesn't know how it feels when you lose your dear ones." He said with gritted teeth and I can say if I've noticed good there's a glint of tears in his eyes. Is he crying?

"Maximo are you alright?" I bent my head a little so that I can analyse his eyes properly. He sniffed with a devilish look. "Mind your business." He gritted with clenched jaws.

"Whom you've lost? Why you said three lives?" I added with a coarse voice.

He ignored me while walking to the bathroom, I followed him. He will have to tell me everything today! I can't take it anymore. He take off his jacket then his shirt. I stand in front of him with my eyes on his abs, is he for real! How can he be so good looking. "Done looking, Doeven?" He smirked at me, I looked away in a swift.

"I've questioned you something?" I mumble. He approached near me then he placed both his hands on my waist. "I don't need to give you any explanation!" He whispered with his intense eyes with dark desire and for a moment I felt lost in his eyes.

"Maximo." I utter and he hummed. "You've lost your parents?" I whispered  calmly so that he will not be furious again, he need to stay calm. "Hmm" he nodded his head.

"Did you have any siblings?" I added and he shook his head, "no."

"Just assume that the third person was..." he remains quiet.

"Was...what Maximo?"

"Will you stop interfering in my issues! Just stay away Lucya don't give me the opportunity to show you my dark sides, you don't need to know my past. You are no one for me!" He shouted with his cold voice.

"I'm stubborn." I added with gritted teeth. He took out his gun from his back belt and placed it firmly on my head. A smile appeared on my face.

"I'm not afraid with this." I said with a smirk.

"Not with the gun?" He questioned me.

"Not until in your hand, nowadays I feel safe with those things because I know nothing will happen until I'm staying in your world! I am your precious gem, right!" I stated in a hubristic way.

"You've overheard it." He agonized, I nodded my head in acceptance.

"Keep your secrets for yourself. But I assure you that you will reveal it to me, sooner or later but for sure." I smirked at him, making my way toward the room I felt his strong hand on my waist. He pinned me on the wall with the gun in his hand.

"Fine, the day when I will reveal the truth to you I assure you that you will be on my bed with me." He sounds serious and scary at the same time.

"Fuck you. Let's see..." I push him away and went to his bedroom. What the hell. I got on the bed and pull the blanket over me, facing the window pleasant images from the past flashes before my eyes - the carefree silly and happier days from a few years ago and I shake my head hoping to chase them away.

The daredevil came in the bedroom and he gets under the blanket, facing the ceiling he looks lost in a chaos.

"Why you always seems lost when I am here?" I asked hesitantly.

"You know exactly that I feel powerless around you," he let out with a smirk.

"Wow! The daredevil who can recklessly murder someone feels powerless with my presence, are you kidding me?"

"Something like that." He smirked at me along with a wink.

"Seriously Maximo, you may feel powerless around me. But I feel ten times more powerful around you" I don't know how but those phrases slip out from my mouth, unknowingly. He gazes at me in the slight lights.

"Is that so?" He whispered.

"But my hate for you will never be less." I mumbled.

"Bambolina, you'll drive me crazy some day."

"Why though?" I threw a glance at him.

"Rivals hate. Good, you should hate me..." he remains quiet. "Where did rivals came in this conversation? Did you mean, I am your rival?" I raised my voice.

"Forget it."

Rival? My father. Trinidad... is he trying to give me a hint or something?

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