♞—Lorenzo She ran... She ran as soon as I told her that I love her. I laughed to myself, what the fuck was I thinking? Did I really fucking think that someone like me could be with someone like her? Did I fucking think that I could have someone in my life that'd be mine? Just fucking mine? She'd never love someone like me when she was already in love with someone—that stable boy of hers. It's good that she rejected me, she rejected my love, my care, and my need to be with her. It's good, it's better this way. Because if she had accepted my love, that would be another fucking story. I'm not sure how to navigate relationships. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to act as a boyfriend. I'm absolutely at a loss when it comes to understanding what love is. Before I had the chance to experience it, it was taken away from me. It was snatched away from me, I only had a brief moment of it before it was gone.If she had accepted my love and remained with me, she would have discovered everythi
♞—Lorenzo Niko stood in the doorway, his eyes narrowed menacingly at the scene before him before they settled on me. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "I need to talk to you," I declared. Niko's eyes flicked between the bloodied finger of his other soldier and then on me before a twisted smirk formed over his face. "Go to Dr. Raymond, he will attach your finger back," he ordered the soldier keeping his enraged eyes on me before he turned and walked back to his desk, leaving the door open. I stepped into the room, quickly tucking my bloodstained knife away in my pocket. I slammed the door shut firmly, and squared up to him as he slowly sank into his chair behind the desk. "What do you want?" "I'm your enforcer, Niko," I stated. "Are you? Are you sure it's where your loyalties lie?" "My loyalty has always been with you." He acted so entertained, yet I was aware of the fury that was brewing just beneath the surface of his phony mirth. "Where was your loyalty when you fucked
♞—Lorenzo Reyna's presence had vexed her, I could read it all over her face, I could read it in her body language but I didn't care because she won't be here for long. Reyna and Giulia were there to clean the house, cook, and do what they did when Delilah wasn't here. She was never here... She kept staring at me, I could feel her eyes on me where I went. I don't know what more she could want or need from me. I did everything I can to save her from Alexander's hands—that's all she wanted, right? She will go back to her lover. She will be fine and happy. I will go back to being who I was before I met her. Lorenzo Vitelli—the Enforcer of the Cosa Nostra, the monster, a fucking killing machine, and nothing else. She's not here. Delilah is not here. She was never here. I made my way out of the house and got into my car. Niko had called me this morning, telling me to be at the club. I drove swiftly to it, got out of my car, and rushed inside.They were in the meeting room, Scott, M
♞—Lorenzo "Abrams?" I voiced. Joey Abrams and the rest of his men gazed upon me with a sense of trepidation. They were well aware of who I was, and the destruction I was capable of inflicting. I could see the terror in their eyes, and how each of their complexions paled."Vitelli..." he nodded at me. "Heard you've been causing trouble in the neighborhood." He lifted a shoulder, "Just doing my job," saying as he flicked the cigarette onto the floor. My eyes followed the cigarette butt landing on the ground before I looked back at him, "Pick it up..." He let out a laugh, he jerked his head to one of his men, "Pick it up, Gavin," he faced me with a smug look, "Is there a reason for this visit, Vitelli?" I nodded, getting straight to the point, "Black Hand Extortion is something Don Nikolai Costello doesn't want in his territory. You work for La Cosa Nostra not the fucking Camorra."Joey gave me a nasty look, "Go tell Don Nikolai Costello to go fuck himself," he retorted and laughe
♕—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