JaxsonI put my shirt back on while Esmerelda just kind of looks off in to space dazed and confused. I didn’t want to have to tell her this way. I thought I had time, but I guess the world had different plans. I wanted to be able to ease her mind so that she didn’t need to fear being with me. But that has been royally fucked now. But one question that really needs to be answered is how the fuck anyone any idea had. my own family didn’t know.And then if it was already fucked, what just happened might have just sealed the deal. I was happy just to be kissing her and holding her to me, did I know it might distract her just a little bit from what I had just said? Yes. But I couldn’t just say that and not show her it was true. I also couldn’t stand the thought I might not get to do so again. Then her arms fingers grazed my skin and that was when I lost control. I thought that was her way of telling me it would be okay. I was wrong. And now the only thing I see even her dazed expression is
EsmereldaI finally shake myself out of my thought as we walk inside Tony’s room. He is glaring at Kelsey.“No need to go looking I’m right here.” I smile big when his gaze snaps to me and the look of pure relief goes through his whole body. He shoulders relax, lets out a long breath like he has been hoping it all this time, and relaxes back into the bed once his eye sweep over me.“Sorellina.” He holds his hand out to me. I walk over and grab it squeezing it tight while my eyes burn with tears. He must see them because he pulls me in for a hug, grunting as he does. Its only because of that I don’t put up a fuse. “No reason to cry for me. I am okay.”“You saved me.” And my babies. Of coarse I don’t say that, but I do relax into him gently wrapping my arms around him while sitting next to him on the bed. The hug is different then the one with Jaxson. I still feel safe, and comfortable. But I don’t feel anything more that I don’t know maybe a brother or something from him. Like Jaxson w
JaxsonI can’t believe he went behind my back and set all this up. I also can’t believe how close they are. He never said anything about it. His only saving graces right now is that he saved his life and that he calls her little sister. Though I don’t think she knows that, so I am not sure whether I she be worried about her letting him call her a pet name, when she has no idea what he is saying. Watching them together now has my insides doing weird things to me inside. Every time she gives him a real smile and every affectionate touch he offers her. Again, all very brotherly, but still. I don’t know how I feel about it.What I do know is how I feel about him bringing in Nico. I think the words he used was notoriously flirty lady’s man, that, I’m sure, will go down as the year’s most widely understated statement of the year. If not the year, then of all time.Nico is a flirt; he is also a lady’s man. Both of those stated are true. But saying them together with out the adding in that he
EsmereldaOh boy. that is all I can think when one very loud man just barges into the room without even so much as am"The fun as arrived!" He proclaims loud and proud troughing his arms out and up. I can't help but to jump we were just talking about all his sibling, but I guess we really should have started with the two that just showed up. The taller man rolls his eyes as the loud one makes his grand entrance. The new siblings are just as big as Tony, which is no small feat, but he has a more reserved demeanor. He is much quieter and more observant than Tony, who would be called the life of the party in comparison. It is obvious that they are used to this other one boisterous behavior. I wonder how they all fit in with the rest of their family. As they make their way into the room, I also can't help but notice how different they look from Tony. While one is tall and lean, the other bulky and muscular while, Tony is right in the middle. They seem to tower over everyone in the room, i
JaxsonThe moment I stepped back into Tony's hospital room, the sight that greeted me was like a punch to the gut. There was Tony's brother, his arm wrapped around Esmerelda, pulling her close in a comforting embrace. My heart raced with a mix of anger and despair. Esmerelda and I had already had our talk, the one where unspoken truth was finally aired, and I had walked away certain I'd lost her for good. Yet, seeing another man's hands on her, even in a gesture of comfort, ignited a fierce jealousy that overrode all reason. I knew I had no claim over her, no right to feel this way, but the raw emotion was undeniable. It was a reminder of what I'd let slip through my fingers, and the regret was as sharp as ever.I knew I shouldn't have, but I stormed over and grabbed Esmerelda's arm, pulling her away from Nico. I couldn't help myself; the jealousy and anger were too much to bear. I had lost her; I knew that but seeing her in another man's arms was like a knife to my heart. It made me
Esmerelda The cool evening air brushed against my cheeks as I stepped out of the sterile brightness of Tony's hospital room, the echo of her heels on the linoleum fading with each step. Paully, one of my newfound guardian, was a silent shadow at my side, his presence a comforting fortress against the chaos of the day. The memory of Jaxson's grip on my arm lingered, a stark contrast to the gentle guidance of Paully's hand at my back—a touch that wasn't quite a touch, a whisper of safety in the small space between them.My mind replayed the events, the laughter and camaraderie that had turned so swiftly into a moment of fear. It was irrational, I chided herself, to feel such trepidation from Jaxson's action when the day had held far graver dangers. Yet, it was that unexpected jolt from Nico's casual touch to Jaxson's possessive tug that haunted me, that stirred the embers of a past I fought to keep at bay.The silence in Paully's car was a cavernous void, filled only with the soft hum
JaxsonI don't sleep at all thinking about all the things that happened the day before. I can't figure out which is worse. The fact that I could have hurt her? The fact that I scared her. Not what I do for a living, no but I personally scared her with my reaction to Nico touching her. In what part of my mind did I think it was okay to grab her like that? I can't for the life of me figure that out. But then how can that act overshadow the fact she was shot at or was being kidnapped when my brother found her?The best conclusion to that last question I can come up with is that the first two events I wasn't aware that she needed protection, if i was she would have had more of it. And the last one was all me. Those actions I can control.That's what haunts me the most. My actions. My impulses. I can't shake the image of her face, the fear in her eyes when I lashed out. It was as if she saw a monster, and in that moment, I was one. I let my possessiveness and anger get the better of me, an
EsmereldaThe morning sun filters through the blinds, casting a warm glow over the room as I awaken to the shrill sound of the alarm I had foolishly neglected to silence. It's a new day, yet the remnants of yesterday's revelations linger like a delicate fog in my mind. Frankie is blissfully unaware, today is her day off, eagerly anticipating the gossip about the "top secret baby" that has been our little joke. How her eyes will widen when she learns they're twins. The thought alone sends a ripple of anxiety through me. Am I ready to talk about the other things that happened yesterday, it will be written in the lines of my face. That, I'm not ready to share. So, I do what necessity dictates; I rise, pushing aside the tangled sheets of trepidation, and prepare for the day ahead. Going to work is not really something I want to do today, but the only other option is talking to Frankie. The thought of him, Jaxson, the dark stranger who unknowingly changed my life in the span of a single