ALINA'S POV : "Lioness?" He gasped in shock, and his mouth went wide open as he realized while putting all the pieces together. I smirked seeing his priceless expression and was satisfied getting the exact reactions. "You are the Lioness, aren't you?" He asked, arching his eyebrows and pointing his index finger at me. "Mmm hmm… The one and only." I nodded and shrugged proudly, as he stood from the bed and looked at me in horror. "You have been right in front of me all this time and here I am searching for you like an idiot." He frowned realizing how his search mission went useless when the person had been walking right in front of him. "Well, not my fault," I smirked crossing my arms over my chest and he rolled his eyes at me. "Now, I know where those badass moves came from. You were trained by the baddest man alive." He said and started pacing around, "But…" and stopped after a few seconds when a question swirled around in his mind. "But, what?" I asked him, knitting my brows
ALINA'S POV : "Aurora." He said as I sat beside him.My brows furrowed in confusion when he said that name. Aurora? How come she is the reason? As far as I know, she never left Italy. "How do you know Aurora? Last time I checked, she never left Italy." I asked him. He cocked his head and looked at me in confusion. "Italy?" "Yeah, she lives in Italy. Just like Ana, she is also a doctor for Enzo's team." I said. He chuckled, "I know that you are sleep deprived but seriously, you haven't thought once that there are so many people with the same names?" I frowned and mentally facepalmed. He is right, there are so many people with the same name. And yes, I am really sleep-deprived at this point. But, I really wanted to know about him. "Stop laughing and asking me stupid questions and just tell me who this Aurora is." "A b*tch!" He blurted out. "What?" "Yes, a b*tch just like Catherine. But the funny part is, I once loved her. That's the biggest mistake I have ever made. I shouldn't
NEXT DAY MORNING… SHANE'S POV : "Tell the pilot to get the jet ready by 4 a.m. We have to leave by that time. Otherwise, my mom will kill us for getting late. Even though I just wanna go at the time of the ball to rescue myself from all the nagging from that old man. She will definitely kill me if she doesn't see us by the time she mentioned." I frowned imagining my mother's deadly glares and my grandpa's continuous nagging. Nate chuckled, sitting comfortably on the opposite couch. "Well, you can't blame her, she just wants to see her children and spend some quality time with them." I sighed, "I know, that's why I'm going there. But that old man won't leave me alone until I get married." A deep frown formed on my face remembering his words when I went to visit them. He let out a small chuckle and then smirked, "Yeah, why don't you get married, already?" I rolled my eyes at him, "Don't even think about it." "You already found an exact copy of yours, why don't you just tell her y
ALINA'S POV : "Argh! What the hell is going on?" I just woke up when I heard loud voices coming outside the room. Why are they screaming like maniacs outside my room? I can say that it's Shane and Rudy's voices. But why are they arguing with each other? Does something happen? But isn't it too early to start their silly fights? F*cking dramatic brothers! They will never grow up. I decided to go and check what was going on there. Getting out of bed, I went to open the door to see what caused them to scream at this time and disturb my sleep. Just when I opened the door I saw Shane punching Rudy and Omar running towards Shane as Nate tried to pull Shane away from Rudy. I was lost at that moment not understanding what was going on there. Omar and Nate grabbed Shane's arms and pulled him aside using all their strength. Shane looks extremely angry, don't know why. And Rudy, even though blood is coming from the corner of his lips, he is still smiling looking at his brother who was hell-
SHANE'S POV : I was mad and completely furious after hearing what Rudy did. But after seeing her and hearing her voice, I was lost and couldn't move from my place and the whole house fell silent for a few moments as the air around us felt thicker. Omar and Nate loosened up their grips around my arms as they looked at Alina in shock. For a few moments, we stood there looking at each other before she started to walk towards me, looking completely furious. But one thing made my heart weigh as it began to thump louder and harder when I saw a tear roll down her cheeks. My heart beats so hard and loud. And I feel like there is a war going on inside of me which I don't know how to fight. God! I can't see her like this. I can see her anger, she can fight with me as long as she wants. But, I can't see her cry and I don't even know why. "Alina…" I called her name softly because I can't bear to see any pain or hurt on her beautiful face. She approached me and grabbed my collar yanking me t
SHANE'S POV : I was fully and deeply engrossed in her lips forgetting everything that happened. At first, my kiss was hard and outrageous, showing my dominance out of anger after hearing her question. But then it turned into something more, something deep and intense when my lips started to devour her on their own. It was like an ignition to my unending attraction towards her. She woke up the hungry desires inside me that I tried so hard to control whenever she was around. But, she broke it anyways. Placing her hands on my chest, she tried to push me away from her body but I grabbed her waist pulling her even closer to me, encircling my arms around her body and holding her in place not wanting to let go of her. As soon as she realized that I wasn't going to lose my grip, she stopped pushing me away and placed both of her hands firmly on my chest. But I never expected her to kiss me back with the same passion and fire. She grabbed my collar with her hands, pushing my body to hers,
ALINA'S POV : Camilla and Jessica both were standing outside the elevator, watching us with shocked expressions on their faces but then it changed into something. They started to smirk after seeing how close we were as his hands are still wrapping around my waist and mine on his chest. I pushed him a little so that there will be a little gap between us and adjusted ourselves. But their smirk didn't leave their faces instead it turned into a cheeky grin as they noticed our flushed faces and their gazes darted to our lips not missing how swollen they were.Shane looked at me one last time and whispered leaning dangerously close to me, again, "Good luck!" He smirked and winked at me. And that stupid wink itself made my heart skip a beat. He just walked out of the elevator like nothing happened and left me alone with them. He f*cking left me.I didn't even have the chance to give a comeback for his not so warnings. Like seriously, 'you can't handle the consequences?' what does he think
RUDY'S POV : "What the hell Rudy? What have you done?" Nate asked, as soon as we entered the bar, our relaxing spot in our house. "Relax, Nate. He did the right thing, even though that went a bit overboard." Omar chuckled and went to fix a glass of whiskey for himself while Nate and I settled on the couch near the bar. "Damn, I kinda need this after seeing all the drama." Omar said while pouring the whiskey in the glass. I chuckled seeing my brother's nonchalant expression when Nate looks absolutely confused about Omar's calm nature. "Fix me one, bro." I said, leaning on the couch comfortably. Omar nodded. But before he fixed me a glass he picked an ice pack from the fridge and threw it to my side. "First, you need that." He pointed towards my wounded jaw and to the ice pack. Well, he is right. I should apply ice, to reduce swelling. "Why are you so calm? You guys know Shane better than anyone, still, you think what Rudy did is right?" Nate asked, arching his brows in confusion.