♕—Delilah "It's done..." he said in his usual emotionless tone. How dare he? How dare he do that to me? He had the nerve to tell me he loved me? Was his love that flimsy? Was it so effortless for him to abandon me? Was his LOVE that shallow? Was it really so SIMPLE for him to just GIVE UP?"You have no idea what my father—" I started to say but he cut me off. "It won't come to that. Your father has surrendered to Niko. Your wedding to Alexander Grimani is off, you are free to go home now, princess..." Home...Home meant Mama and Anthony to me...Home used to be a place of comfort, but now it felt like a hostile environment. Nothing about it inspired a sense of belonging. To me, it was a foreign and desolate place. He wasn't sending me home, he was sending me to hell. "Lorenzo... I... I don’t want to go. Running away was a huge mistake, I don't know what I was thinking. I don't want to go back, please, don't make me. I'm sorry!" He sighed and got up from his seat and I did too, I
♕—Delilah He laughed once more, humorless, cold, and conniving, "Sometimes I wonder if you have ever been truly loved, Delilah... You don't seem like you understand what real fucking love is. Are you sure your Jack loves you?" I shook my head, glaring at him through my tears, "Don't you dare say his name with your mouth." He tilted his head to the side, "Does he know you? Like, REALLY know you? Does he know how mean and selfish you are? Does he know that you'd do anything to get what you want? Does he know that you're capable of stabbing a man? Is he well aware of just how 'wonderful' you are?" Angry tears streamed down my cheeks as my pulse quickened. I angrily swiped them away, my eyes seething with rage as I glared at Lorenzo. I desperately wanted to lash out and give him a hard slap."Does he know that you pretend to be this prideful princess but you fucking love it when someone makes you their dirty little whore? Does he know how you like to be slapped around, does he know ho
•Lorenzo - Fourteen Years Old•They never talked about what happened that night... The night Tomasso and his friend broke into their home, dragged them out of their beds and he had his way with Aurora right in front of him. After they were done with Aurora they beat Lorenzo up black and blue before finally leaving their house. After that Aurora locked herself in her bedroom for a whole night. Without taking into consideration his own wounds and agony, he tried to reach out to her, unwaveringly staying outside her door, all through the night. He knew what Tomasso and his friends had done to Aurora, he understood. He had vague memories of his stepfather doing the same thing to his mother. He was ashamed and heartbroken that he couldn't do anything to save his mother back then and now he couldn't do anything to save Aurora. Lorenzo's heart was broken, and he wept all night long, tears streaming down his cheeks. They had been so blissful, his family was perfect, just Aurora had him. An
•Lorenzo - Fourteen Years Old•AFTER THREE MONTHS had passed, Aurora had managed to save enough money to be able to relocate to another country.They chose to not dwell on what had happened, and their lives quickly returned to normal. Lorenzo resumed his daily routine of attending school and later making bakery deliveries, and Aurora filled her days with baking and working at the bakery.Something in Aurora had changed, she became withdrawn from almost everyone but Lorenzo. She stopped going out, she stopped talking to her friends, and she even stopped going to church. The church was her life. Lorenzo was always worried for her and all the pent-up anguish had fomented into an implacable vengeance. He was counting down the days until he could exact retribution upon Tomasso.Lorenzo had a vengeful determination towards Tomasso; he made a passionate vow to himself to make Tomasso suffer for what he did to his Aurora. Even as Aurora had given up on her desire for retribution, Lorenzo was
♕—Delilah I awoke to a deafening stillness and an empty bed. I idly turned to my side, catching sight of the hopelessly crumpled sheets that served as a reminder of Lorenzo's comforting presence. I inhaled deeply, hoping to catch a trace of his familiar scent, but all I could detect was the painful reminder of a time when I was able to delude myself into believing that I am solely attracted to him because of my plan.I flung the duvet aside and pushed to my feet. I made my way to the bathroom and brushed my teeth before turning the shower on, and setting it to hot. I rested my head against the wall as the hot water poured off my body. I hate this... I used Lorenzo's soap, his shampoo, and everything I had been using since I got here. I smelled like him all the time, if that wasn't the most painful reminder of what I had done then I don't know what was. I really thought it'd be easy making someone like him fall in love and then ditch him but, boy was I wrong...He was the one who
♕—Delilah "Reyna?" his deep voice rang out in the foyer. "Mr. Vitelli, please, please, I didn't do anything, I swear on my life!" Reyna begged him as she faced him, I squeezed my eyes shut before releasing a sigh. She was good at faking things, she could easily get out of my hold if she wanted to fight back but she was playing the victim here. I dropped my hold on her arm as I abruptly came to a halt, glaring at Lorenzo with a fiery rage, "Why did you bring her here when I specifically said I didn't want her here?!" Averting my gaze, I held my injured hand close to my chest.Lorenzo's eyes dropped to my bloodied hand, and a cold mask of indifference covered his features before he slanted a look in Reyna's direction, "What happened?" "Ms. Delilah was cutting the vegetables and I accidentally tripped bumping into her as I tried to balance my feet. The knife cut into her hand and now she is blaming me for it. I swear on my life, Mr. Vitelli, I apologized. It wasn't my intention to d
♕—Delilah I kept staring at the bandage, I don't what was happening to me. It annoys me when he gives me attention but it also annoys me when he doesn't. I don't know what I felt when he took Reyna's side over me. I wanted to scream out, slap her or him, and throw a tantrum but instead, I cried and ran from the scene like a coward. I'm not a coward... »Does he know that you're strong and resilient and brave?«I remembered what he said about me... Strong, resilient, and brave...I'm strong, resilient, and brave...I wonder what Jack thinks of me when he sees me. Does Jack think I'm strong and brave? Does Jack know that I scratch my face a lot when I'm nervous? I didn't even know that Lorenzo had noticed all these little things about me. Did Jack too notice everything? I sighed as I looked out the window, I was sitting on the window sill watching one of the men who are always patrolling the gates feeding the vicious hounds. A fond memory of Lorenzo and I came flooding back to me a
♕—Delilah "The woman in the portrait isn't just anyone; she was the one who had taken me in when the entire world had forsaken me." Panic suddenly overwhelmed me as I realized that woman must have been his adoptive mother. How could I be so stupid? I had said so many awful things to him about her - that he must be the one who killed her, that maybe she was his first girlfriend, and so on. I was so terribly ashamed of myself. Oh my god, I really am a horrible person. I swallowed, staring at the side of my face, "I'm sorry..." I whispered. "Aurora Vitelli, her name is Aurora Vitelli." I could feel the love and respect he had for her just by the way he said her name. I hesitantly placed my hand over his resting on the table, I gave it a squeeze and saw as his eyes went to it. He let me hold his hand for a few minutes before he shook it off and stood up, I stood up as well, "Lorenzo..." He didn't give me a chance to say anything and went straight to his study. I felt an overwhelming