CHAPTER 2 - HER CARE

Vincenzo's POV:

I woke up with a sharp pain in my head which indicated the same thing again and again and that is nothing but she is not with me. In the past two years, I used to wake up with the same pain and I can't find peace anywhere. I can't sleep peacefully, or eat without choking for once. When she was with me, she took care of me like a mother taking care of her child, I had those all, I was at peace but now, there is not even a single soul to take care of me.

I tried to stand up from the bed but my body was tired like hell and I remembered what I did yesterday. I can feel that my body is burning. Maybe, I'm having a fever. But, who cares… I went inside the restroom and stood under the cold shower which can only soothe me now. After that cold shower, my whole body started to pain more. I know I had canceled all the meetings for the next two days, but I want to see her and I know I can't stop myself.

Wearing a black three-piece Armani, I remembered how she loved black on me. She used to stare at me lovingly whenever I wore black. I smiled slightly and went outside the room and saw that some of the college's higher officials and some of the bodyguards were waiting for me in the living hall. I looked around to find David but he was nowhere to be seen. I guess that he went to see his friend even before me. Though I feel jealous, I know how much he likes her and how much he cares for her.

He may be my bodyguard but he will kill me with his own hands if I dare to hurt her again. I changed almost all the bodyguards in these two years but he is one who continues till the first. Though, he protected me from my enemies over these two years, never once he cared for me in real. But, before what I did to her, he used to take care of me even in the small matters. I shook my thoughts away and sat on the couch.

"I want black coffee" I ordered a principal of the college who was looking at me with fear.

I can see that he is in his mid-forties but why he is standing like a statue in front of me?

"Are you deaf? I want black coffee" I yelled at him not able to withstand the pain in my head.

"Sir…the kitchen work is going on here still now. Your coffee and breakfast are arranged in the meeting room, sir" He said and I walked out of the guest house not before breaking the glass table that was in front of me and everyone started to follow me.

I got inside the car and my driver started to drive the car, but I could sense that he was terrified because, without coffee, my day would be dangerous, to others. I took my phone and the wallpaper made me smile slightly forgetting the environment. It's her, on her birthday night with a cute pink floral gown sitting on the sands of the beach and the whole place was only illuminated by the full moon and the candles around her in the heart shape.

My heart flutters thinking about that not-so-romantic but romantic night. I didn't realize when the car stopped. I looked up to see that my driver was looking at me shocked. He must have seen me smiling. I know the distance between the guest house and the meeting room is only small. I saw the principal getting down from the car in front of me and coming to my side. He opened the door for me and I came outside.

He asked me to follow him and with my heart beating fast, I followed him inside the meeting room because I was expecting someone inside in the room. The second I stepped inside the meeting room, I heard loud gasps which are coming from girls. Sure, who can keep their mouth shut seeing the world's top most handsome billionaire in front of their eyes? I looked around and saw David sitting on one of the chairs and looking at me.

I looked around to find her, but to my disappointment, she was not there I clenched my jaw seeing the man from yesterday standing last in the line. I was going to step ahead but someone bumped on me from the back and something hot was spilled on my back. I immediately turned to slap the person but my hands stopped in the midway seeing that person.

My hands started to shake and I withdrew my hands. I saw her shaking in fear looking at me with tears in her eyes which made my heart break once again. Did she think I'd slap her? She stepped behind but she slipped and was going to fall but I was fast enough to catch her by her waist. The second her body came into my hands, I felt like, she was still mine and that made my heart run fast. But, before I even came out of the shock, someone grabbed her hands, took her away from me, and slapped her hard. I almost took my gun outside to insert the bullets in that person's head who dared to slap my girl. But, David was fast. He came and stood in front of me and her.

That's when I looked at the person who slapped her. It was a girl who looked like she was in same age as my girl but that girl was wearing almost nothing. I saw the college principal standing beside her.

"Ms. Whoever you are, what she did was a mistake and you shouldn't have slapped her for that," David said to that girl.

"My name is Sera and I'm the daughter of the principal of this college. And you have no right to tell me what should I do and not. You're just his bodyguard. And, you girl I know you're a professor here but that doesn't mean your mistakes are forgiven. What if something happened to him? Go and prepare another black coffee for him" That girl Sera said and I saw my girl nodding her head at her with tears flowing down her cheeks.

She left from that place not even looking at me but the handprint on her face is waking up the devil inside me. I again tried to take my gun but David stopped me.

"Do you want to create trouble for her? She is happy here, stop putting your nose in her life" David said in a low voice and I really wondered whether this man was my bodyguard or not. He is behaving like he is the boss here.

I looked in the direction where she went for one more time and went and sat on the head chair controlling the burning rage. I roamed my hands on my hair in frustration. Because of me, she is here, in this situation. The look of fear in her eyes is making my stomach pit go down. There was nothing in her eyes except that fear. There is no love, no care, no happiness…nothing but pain and fear. When I was thinking all this, I felt a hand on my shoulder and I knew it was not her.

"Sir, Is that burning, can I apply some ointment?" I looked at the hand on my shoulder and looked at the girl who just slapped what was mine.

Pushing her dirty hand away from my shoulder, standing up from the chair, I pulled out the gun from my back and pressed that against her forehead. I heard loud gasps but that won't stop me.

"Don't you dare to touch me with your dirty hands, I won't stop myself from killing you next time" I said in a dangerous tone and saw her shaking under the gun.

"I'm sorry…sorry sir," She said and removed the gun and gave that to David as I knew if my girl saw the gun, she would start to panic.

I again sat on the head chair with my hands supporting my head. I didn't hear any noise after that and I felt like, my body was paining more. But, I lifted my head and looked at the entrance to see whether she was coming or not. I know she must be hurt and I should wait for her to come. It was already more than fifteen minutes, but she was nowhere to be seen. I panicked and I saw David that he is looking at the entrance impatiently. Then I looked at the boy from yesterday who was also waiting impatiently for her and I saw the girls who were her friends glaring at me. Did they know about me?

I turned my head towards the entrance when I heard some footsteps. I saw her walking inside with a huge plate in her hand and I became confused. Her eyes are still red which is hurting me. I saw her coming near me but she didn't even look at me. She came near me and placed a bowl of fruit and vegetable salad and a milk coffee in front of me. Then I saw her going near David and placing a plate of pepperoni pasta and the same milk coffee in front of him but she smiled at him when she didn't even look at me.

I know that pasta is his favorite but did she forget mine? Nevertheless, I love the coffee prepared by her and I'm happy that she prepared that for me after two years.

"Are you mad, Ms. Ahaana? We just asked you to prepare black coffee. And, why did you prepare milk coffee and this salad for Mr. Vincenzo?" That girl Sara again asked making my anger turn up but my single glare made her close her filthy mouth.

"He is having a high fever, Ms. Sera. Black coffee is not good for him now and he needs to eat something before medicines" She said and I controlled hard to hide the tears drop from my eyes as the thought she still cares for me hit me hard.

She then placed the medicines and a water bottle on the table and went and stood beside that man. I started to eat the salad but the pain in my heart seeing her standing near another man was something I couldn't able to control. She is smiling at him. Did she only care for me because I'm the owner of this college? And she loves him?