CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN

I'm knocked on my back by a hard body and momentarily lose my breath, but then my hands feel the familiar planes of Alessandro's body as he lies on top of me to protect me from the gunshots around us. People are screaming, and I hear the words 911, but I'm in that place where all I feel is calm whenever I'm in danger.

I feel rather than see Alessandro take out a gun from a holster on his hip. I know for a fact that he's not always carrying, so the fact that he is right now, indicates that something is going on that I don't know about. And maybe that was why he was so upset when I didn't agree to his terms of not being his girlfriend in public.

The gunshots subside and Alessandro gets up from me. "Is everyone okay?"

"What the fuck was that?" I hear Kevin say, and I'm just glad the poor guy is alive because I would've felt really guilty if he was shot when we invited him into the danger. Especially with a promising career like his.

I open my eyes as someone takes my hand and lift