All Chapters of The Agreement: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

"Why do we know, but act like we don't?" ~ Seeker My head throbs with an intense pain, I feel as if everything is uncontrollably spiraling around me, just like my life. I stumble towards the bed and sit at it's edge. My hands clasp my head in a strong grip, trying to surpass this feeling. "Valentina" I hear a distant voice call me, I ignore it, I am concentrating on shutting down the questions screaming in my mind. "Valentina!" The voice sounds panicked now, I feel a pair of soft hands reaching for my own and pulling them away from my head. The soft hands grab my shoulder and give me a small jerk. "W-what?" I say in a slight daze before adjusting my gaze on the intruding person. "Christine!" Her name comes out in shock much to my dismay. "You ok?" She asks cupping my cheeks. Her eyes are filled with such tenderness and worry that I want to believe it. I remove her hands and stand up taking a few steps away from her, "you want something?" I ask her in a stern voice, ignoring her

"Love is a necessary tragedy" ~Bridgett Devoue "Una festa dietro il mio magazzino ma non sono stato informato" (A party behind my own warehouse and I wasn't informed) His dark voice cuts through the thick air, draining the life out of me and Christine. "C-Ca" Christine stutters, unable to form any coherent words, I don't dare turn my head in fear. "Portali" (Bring them) he commands in a dark voice which makes both of us jump. A second later, I feel two pairs of strong hands helping me up on my feet, I keep my head low. Maybe it was due to guilt of getting caught or the shock of Alessandro wanting to kill me before or maybe his fear, or all three. The guards gently guide me, for which I am grateful for. I don't fight them, they take us back to the mansion, all the assigned guards near the gate and the maids in the house halt in their place with curious gazes. Probably thinking what was going on, to be honest I don't know myself. I get a bad feeling as we near Alessandro's forbidden

"To love at all is to be vulnerable" ~C.S. Lewis Alessandro's P.O.V "Il magazzino est è stato attaccato" (The East warehouse has been attacked) Antonio informs in a grim voice. My eyes sharply travel around the meeting room, all of my best men are gathered here for the important meeting I am conducting today. Someone has been attacking my business, some bastardo he is. He does not know what is coming for him. No one and I mean it, that no one messes with my business, my mafia. I may not show feelings and may seem detached from the world but my mafia empire is everything to me, that includes my warehouses, my businesses, my deals, my men, my family and my secrets. "I nostri uomini sono stati veloci per fermare il nemico, nessun danno grave è stato fatto" (Our men were quick to retaliate, no serious damage has been reported) Angelo continues to fill in. Antonio stares at me with a frown, wondering why I am silent, with a deep inhale I sit straight. "E il lavoro che ti ho consegnato?

"I'm trying my best" ~Unknown Darkness. It is the first thing my mind registers, I try to open my eyes but feel an invisible weight over them, it stops me. I try to focus on my surroundings. I try to open them again, my eyeballs move under my closed eyelids. Slowly, I flutter them open, instead of light I find myself surrounded by darkness, again. I blink a couple of times and tilt my head to the side. The side table lamp is on, the light from it is enough to find your way around the room. I study my surroundings, I am in my room, laying on the soft bed. My left cheek feels heavy, I try to lift my hand but stop when I notice something, my eyes observe the cannula inserted in the back of my hand, I follow the tube connected to an IV bag, hanging beside the bed. A sharp pain in my back makes me squirm, followed by a burning sensation in my scalp, my throat feels clogged, everything hurts. I move around a little to get comfortable on the soft bed, the back pain soothes to some degree

"I still taste the past" ~Unknown The past few days have been... I don't know how to put it. A lot of emotions have been shared between me and Alessandro. After he acted like a possessive brute, it was clear that moving to another room was out of question, that didn't stop me from maintaining a distance between us. But who am I kidding, this is my husband we are talking about. He knows how to break through my walls. I am surprised by the amount of patience he showed when I blatantly ignored him or sometimes mildly disrespected him in front of his men. I had this small fire inside me that wasn't ready to burn off, not until I make him feel even a quarter of the pain I suffered. Well, it wasn't successful, I couldn't continue ignoring him. I am weak. He is trying, I can see it. He is even opening up to me, he is trying not to mask his emotions anymore. I was bewildered when he shared some childhood memories with me. I think it was shocking because for the first time he shared somethi