CHAPTER 1 Lily's POV
PIZA to eiga wo ogoriatta
Mukashi wo barashiatta
Himitsu wa mou naitte
KURABU de battariattara
Naiteta yo kimi ga otoko no yoko de
...I'm a dummy
>Lily's Alarm (Limit Control - Dummy)
I groggily stand up from the bed after being awakened by my 2nd alarm clock that is singing the song Dummy so loud I almost forgot that I love that song. I guess my 1st alarm clock failed to properly wake me up. I slowly approach the noisy alarm clock and turn off the 2nd and the 3rd alarm clock before going to the bathroom to take a quick shower.
I have a total of 3 alarm clocks to help me wake up. The 1st alarm clock is the one on the nightstand, It was set to alarm at 5:30 am. The 2nd alarm clock is on the floor near the door, It was set to alarm at 6:00. The 3rd alarm clock is on the study table, It was set to alarm at 7 am. Yes, I know I could just set an alarm for 3 different times on my phone or on one of the alarm clocks. So Why do I need 3 separate alarm clocks? Well you see, I am a heavy sleeper and I need to be slowly awakened from the dead or I will not wake up on time at all.
After the shower, I lazily tie my wavy hair in a bun. I am now staring at the mirror, My big green eyes look tired and I absentmindedly traced the freckles in my face. I'm contemplating if I really need to go to school today. I know that my dad will let me get away in cutting classes but William? I don't think I can escape from that ass sucker, teacher's pet and goody-goody shoes best friend of mine.
Speaking of the Nerd, the asshole keeps on honking the horn and shouting at me to go outside the house as quickly as possible or he will leave me. I can't help but roll my eyes. He had been driving me to school ever since he got his car and he never left me behind because he knows that if he does that, I will not even make an attempt to walk or drive to school and will simply not attend my classes.
I make my way to the car and sit in the passenger seat with a frown. I hate seeing a Happy William in the morning, I hate that he is so excited to go to school and I hate morning in general.
"Good morning Lily Fiore! Why do you look soooooo bitchy today" William says while patting my head.
"William James! No!" I shouted while trying to remove his hand in my head. I am not even that small, okay maybe I'm a bit lacking in the height department but He is just a nerdy giant in my eyes.
"Okay Okay, Relax It's Friday. You can catch up on your sleep tonight." He removes his hand and gives me a bright smile that accentuates his green eyes and dimples. I just glare at him and he starts driving.
We arrived at Rosetta's Diner and my mood for today is starting to get better. William grabs my wrist and leads me to a booth at the back where we usually sit. This Diner is the reason why I have to wake up one hour earlier every day. William and I always eat our meals together. We go to the Diner every morning for breakfast, we always sit together at lunch and I usually cook dinner for us.
I put my head on the table while waiting for Rosetta to take our order. When I hear the sound of the heels near our table, I immediately lift my head and greet the person. "Good morning our Lovely Rosetta!"
"Eer Good morning. Sorry my name is Ana, I am the new waitress here." Ana sweetly smiles at me and I froze.
Ana looks at me with worried eyes, wondering why I was fcking staring at her with wide eyes. After a few minutes that feels like eternity for me.
William clears his throat to get Ana's attention "Hi Ana, We will have 1 order of Lily combo and 1 order of William combo." William states while smiling to the waitress.
Ana awkwardly shifts her eyes to William, she repeats the order to William and smiles at both of us before leaving the table.
William pokes my cheeks. "You scared the poor waitress. How many times do I have to remind you that if someone is talking to you it's okay to not respond but it's rude and weird to just stare at them" he says while laughing.
"I'm sorry. I was not prepared to talk to her. I froze!!" I explain, poking his arm to annoy him.
He just shook his head and pats my head. I put my head on the table again, feeling bad for Ana. Especially if she finds out that Lily and William Combo were named after us and she might think that I don't like her because of how I acted earlier.
I heard the sounds of the heels again near our table but this time I did not lift my head to not make Ana feel awkward. "Hey baby. Are you okay? Ana said you were scared of her and asked me to check on you" Rosetta asks in her sweet motherly voice. I lift my head to look at her.
"Rosetta ahmm I'm sorry, I was just shocked that someone else took our order. I didn't mean to stare at her" I softly said while staring at my hands under the table. I hear the plates being served on the table.
William pats me in the head to signal me to chin up, I stare at Rosetta and she smiles at me. "It's okay baby, I was doing something at the back and she just took the initiative to get your orders. She is not weirded out okay? She is just worried about you. No harm done" She says while giving me a one arm hug.
"I want a hug too, I'm the one who gave the orders and saved the day" a pouting William says while standing up from his chair. I roll my eyes and Rosetta gives us a warm group hug.
Rosetta is like our 2nd mom, She knows both our parents and always cares for us. "Go eat your breakfast. Be good at school and make me proud" Rosetta says while patting our shoulders. We eagerly nodded at her and she left to attend to other tables.
"I am worried about you. We will be moving out and going to college in a few months. You always froze or ran away every time someone tried to talk to you " He says while looking at me. I put down my fork to stare at him, when he notices that he has my attention he continues.
"We might be going to the same University but we have different majors and I am not sure on how you will interact with other people. Promise me you will try to be more sociable again okay? And if anything happens you will tell me." I feel like a child being scolded but I can't find any smart response to say because he was right.
Despite being sarcastic and talkative, I can only talk to a few people I like or familiar with. At School, Only a few people know my name, They always refer to me as "William's pet". Pet not in a sexual way okay? Pet because I am like a duckling following William everywhere. William made sure that we have all our classes together and we always sit beside each other in the classroom. They never see me alone in the school, I am always beside or behind William holding his shirt or bag and if William is not available I am with one of our friends. I still cringe every time I remember that almost all of William's relationships ended because of me. I was too dependent on him. I continued to stare at him, I feel bad that William is stressing out because of me. I was a shy kid before, but not like this. I can conversate and mingle with other people but ever since the fcked up things that happened to me, I became less sociable and William became more protective of me.
William pulls me out of my daze by poking my forehead and cheeks. "William stop poking me" I groaned. He stops poking me and gives me his award winning smile.
"Finish your food, We need to leave after 10 minutes" He says and he starts eating again. We finished our food and said our Goodbyes to Rosetta.
CHAPTER 2 Lily's POVThe drive to the school was silent but not uncomfortable, when we arrived at the school William opened my door and waited for me to grab on his shirt. I shook my head. "I promise I will try harder in being more sociable. I am sorry and Thank you" I said while pushing him lightly and I started walking to the school alone with a nervous smile in my face. I have been planning this for a month now and what happened earlier at the Diner gave me a push to be more bold today. I look back at William. He is behind me, smiling while slowly walking to the door of the school. He made sure that there is a space between us, not too close but not too far as well.When we reached our locker, Our friends all looked shocked that I'm not holding William's shirt. Ethan was the first to approach us and pinches me in my cheeks. "Wow. Am I dreaming? Your dad" pointing at William "allowed you to go inside the school without you holding him?" he acts like
CHAPTER 3 Lily's POVHmm so, a person can stay alive for approximately 5 hours when buried alive. The thought of being buried alive and awaiting for your death made my skin crawl. I check the time on my phone, It's already 6:05 pm. I close my laptop and clear my search history. I send a quick text to William that I'm on my way to the Cemetery.I stand up from my bed and grab a bag. I went to the kitchen to get some food that I can eat while I'm there. I walk to my yellow car in the garage. I stared at my car and cringed. My car looks happier than me, haaaay. But Yellow is her favorite color and I promised her that our car will be yellow. I flick a switch to open the garage door and drive away from the house to the Cemetery.I parked my car on the side of the road, and went to the forest. I looked for the hole on the Cemetery wall, The cemetery wall is 10ft tall and made of concrete.William found the hole when he was wandering at night in
CHAPTER 4 Lily's POVI covered my mouth with my hands to make sure that I will not make any sound.The older tall guy is saying something to the younger tall guy. I can't understand it but I have a feeling that they are speaking in Italian judging on the accent and on how freaking good looking the younger guy is.He freaking looks like a younger version of Tyson Ballou and damn the way he speaks in Italian makes my ovaries want to burst because of too much horniness.I mentally slap my face, Good job Lily!! Eye rape a dangerous guy who is about to kill someone.The two guys are having an argument when the tied up guy starts to laugh. He laughs so creepily that it gives me goosebumps but it is obvious that he was having a hard time breathing.Tyson Ballou Jr. Stares at him and kneels in front of the tied up guy."Let it all out, because I'm not sure if you can still laugh when you're 6 ft under the ground Stronzo." Tys
CHAPTER 5 Lily's POVWarning: Violence and non consensual sexual activity."I said shut up. Your sh!tty stuttering is irritating me" He slaps my mouth, hard enough to make me stop talking but not enough to bruise. I winced in pain and lowered my head. I can't cry if I cry he will just mock me more. "Be good or I'll get someone else to do it for me. We both know that no one else can fcking love someone like you." He unbuttoned his pants and forced me to kneel down.I woke up on someone shaking me. I jumped out of the mattress and fell on the floor. My hands are shaking and tears keep on streaming down my face. It's only a dream, just a dream. I'm okay, I assured myself not wanting to have a panic attack. I feel someone pat my back and trace circles on it. I calm down on the person's touch and I wipe my tears using the back of my hands."Sorry, I need to wake you up. You were crying while sleeping." He stops touchi
CHAPTER 6 Salvy's POV"What happened to you? And who is that girl?" Enzo asks looking at me. I sigh. My body hurts too much."Focus on the road. I'll tell you later. The Don would want to hear the story first." I told him.We arrived at the house after a half an hour drive. Enzo helped me out of the car. I saw my Papà and Mamma waiting for me at the front door. He looked deadly, his gaze softened when he saw me. Do I really look that bad? I pointed the couch to Enzo and he helped me sit down on the couch."Salvatorre! Who did this to you?" Papà shouted. Enzo and I looked at each other, he only calls me by my full name when he is angry. I stared at him blankly to not show any emotion or pain."Ricco knew I'm back home. He and some of his men drugged me. They beat me and tried to bury me alive." I explain to them. Enzo clenched his first. Papà pursed his lips and everyone in the room can feel the anger radiating
CHAPTER 7 Salvy's POVFive days passed painfully to me. I was not able to do anything because I was heavily sedated all the time. That's why I am now in my temporary office listening to Enzo discuss all the work I missed. After he finished talking, he gave a smile that is too bright for my current situation. I resisted the urge to throw the stapler at him."Why are you in a pissy mood?" he asksI roll my eyes at him. "Vaffanculo! Being a Don is not supposed to be working like an office slave!" I responded. (fuck off)He smirks at me and says "The Don" he points at me "organizes and plans things while the Under Boss" he points at himself "does all the dirty work. Three years in training and you're still complaining like a whiny child."I ignored him and started working on the paperworks while making some transaction via call. I was halfway finished with it when I looked up and saw Enzo reading some papers with a strange look in his
CHAPTER 8 Lily's POV>One of the picture her Dad took."Do you really think your cousin Saliva is really a good match for Lily?" William spats."His name is Salvy not Saliva, you dumb blonde" Andrea retorted."Is this blonde? This is black? Does being Italian make you color blind?" holding his hair, showing her that it is black."Did you just insult my ethnicity, you black haired wannabe? We all know that you just dyed your hair black." she pulls his hair and slaps him on his arms.They had been arguing and insulting each other since Andrea told me that Salvy was her cousin. The three
CHAPTER 9 Lily's POVWilliam and I went to the chairs designated for the students in a hurry, Since the ceremony is about to start and William is actually the Valedictorian. I sit on my designated chair and look for my Dad strawberry blonde hair. I see him talking to someone, the man makes eye contact with me and gives me his billion dollar smile. My heartbeat accelerated, Dad was talking to Salvy and Dad looked so engaged with the conversation while Salvy kept on glancing at me.I heard the principal say something about starting the ceremony. The program was a blur to me. I only remember crying when William addressed all of us in his speech. After the ceremony, William went to where I am sitting. He holds my hand and together we look for Dad in the crowd. We found him with our friends and their parents. I saw Salvy glaring at William and I have a feeling that William is also glaring at Salvy. I ignored both of them. I ran to Dad's side and I heard Wil