Soft brush blushed lightly on my cheeks tainted them with faint sparkling golden. My hazel eyes stood out from the bold rose gold eyeshadow and black eyeliners. Isabella, the expert in glam, finished up my looks with a simple lipgloss and I was ready to go.

" Can someone please tell me, where the hell is he taking me? " I asked narrowing my eyes at the mirror.

I looked like I was ready to shoot for a magazine cover. The plaid blazer dress went down to my mid thigh as a huge belt clung to my waist making the dress hugged my body perfectly. Underneath was a sheer black top shielding my chest away from people's sight giving the outfit a pinch of elegance.

Then there was these black stockings clinging onto my legs liked a second skin which I knew Nick would love to tear it off with his teeth. The whole first date looks finished strong with my favorite pair of black Prada heels and a small Chanel hand bag.

" It was a supposed to be secret. Nico will kill me if I tell you, sister or not. " Bella shrugged as she put away all the makeups.

" You look stunning, sweetheart. Nico is going to lose his shits. " Alana giggled.

" God I can't wait until we get to dress you up on your wedding day. " she squealed as she curled the strain of my hair.

" Woah. This is just our first date. How about we take like three thousand steps back, yeah? " I chuckled nervously.

And, if looks could kill I would have been six feet underground right now with the deadly glare Alana Salvatore was giving me. Her ocean eyes were as innocent as a sweet angel but right now she was the devil in disguise. This woman could be scary if she wanted to be, alright.

" Okay. How about this, we will talk wedding if your son doesn't fuck shits up. " I redeemed myself with a soft smile playing on lips.

" I know Nico can be annoying sometimes but please give him a chance or like twenty chances. I swear he's decent. " Mrs Salvatore pouted making Bella laughed.

The sound of the bedroom's door slammed open made the three of us jumped in surprise. I tore my eyes away from the vanity mirror and there was my date standing in all his glory.

He was handsome everyday and today was no exception. Nick was just beautiful and he made me speechless every time I simply glanced at him. He stood at the door way leaning his shoulders against the frame with both hands in his pocket. My eyes trailed down his body taking in his greek god figure in all black as my heart picked up its pace, beating harshly against my rib cage.

" When I asked you a favor to help my girl get ready for our date, I didn't mean you gossiping about me to her, mother. " he gave his mother a kiss on her cheek greeting in his own way before turning to his sister, doing the same thing.

And, I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

He whispered something into both of their ears and before I knew it the two mother and daughter were out of the room leaving me and him, alone. So, I finally got my shits together and stood up from the chair.

" Ready? " I asked. And, this time it was him who sucked on his own breath as he took in my full appearance.

" Can I kiss the shits out of you now and ruin your lipstick or do I wait until the date finishes like normal guys on their first date? " he asked making me chuckled, all nervousness disappeared.

" You're always not normal, Nick. "

And so he smashed his lips on mine taking me to another universe with his soul shattering kiss.

I fixed up my lips with the glass Bella had put inside my purse when we finally got to the car. Nicholas drove us away in his luxury car obviously showing off his wealth or in his very own words trying to impress his gorgeous first date.

I sat silently in the passenger admiring the beauty of London although the hand that was gripping on my thigh was rather distracting.

" You look beautiful. " he said giving a crooked grin.

" I know. And, thank you. You look handsome. "

The car came to a stop at a vacant airport making me raised my eyebrow at the surroundings. Nick got our first slamming his door shut behind him before he made a round to mine opening it for me. He held his hand out helping me out of the car and my heart melted right then and there.

Who knew Nicholas Salvatore had a gentleman bone in him.

I stared at the private jet for a minute before turning to look at him, silently asking him what the hell was going on. With a smirk on his face the sly bastard dragged me up the small staircase and into the jet.

The man who I assumed was going to be our captain bowed his head greeting us alongside a few pretty cabin crew, which Nick paid no attention to as he was too busy dragging me behind him.

" I thought we were going to have dinner. " I cocked an eyebrow at him as he pushed me to a seat buckling me in.

He took the seat in front of me. " Yes, we are having dinner. " he shrugged.

" In Italy. "

" Italy? " I squealed taking his hand into mine.

" Yes, baby. You've never been to Italy before? " he chuckled pulling my hand up to his lips.

" I killed a whole gang there a few years ago. It's a beautiful city but it's hard to walk around with blood on my hands so I left right after. " I pouted.

Nick looked at me with pure amazement in his eyes before shaking his head. The whole flight he talked to me all about Italy and how his family decided to move from there and based in England instead.

Two and a half hours later, the jet landed on the land of the Italians. I expected another luxurious car waiting for us just right outside the airport but to my amazement he took my hand in his and pulled me away from all his men.

" We have sometimes before dinner. I'm giving you a tour of the city. " he grinned.

" Are we walking? " I asked looking down at my fancy heels.

He nodded his head smiling before grabbing my hand again walking us to wherever and at that moment I couldn't careless about my heels getting destroyed.

First stop, was the museum. I told him I never knew he could be more boring than he already was and that hurt his ego until he told me we were going to steal a famous painting and killed everyone who got in our ways. And, to my horror he wasn't joking liked at all.

He had the whole thing planned out for this exact date of ours and he made robbing sound so easy, liked peeling off a banana and so we entered the museum of Italy.

" Why are you staring all those naked guys when I'm standing right next to you? " Nick rolled his eyes in annoyance.

" Are you jealous of these statues? Seriously Nick? "

" They're not even that handsome. "

" These are greek gods. You don't stand a chance. " I pointed at the white statue standing in the middle of the huge room.

" Close your bloody eyes right now before I shoot all these stupid looking men. You don't want to piss off the whole Italy. "

" Jealousy suit you. " I pinched his cheeks making him scowled at me annoyingly.

How could a guy be so adorable and hot at the same time?

The whole painting stealing plan shattered into pieces in a matter of ten minutes. I got distracted by the amazing master pieces while he on the other hand was too busy pulling me away from all the naked men statues liked they were about to come to life and stole me from him.

" I love this. " I smiled staring the ocean before us.

Italy was beautiful and rather mesmerizing, liked heaven on earth especially when I had him beside me. We walked for hours strolling around the place hands in hands entering every little shops we saw in sight before he finally brought me to the beach.

" I love you. " Nick said pecking my lips softly.

I grinned leaning my head against his chest as we both sat silently admiring this heavenly place and our perfect little moment.

The waves crashed each other racing to the shore, the sandy air and the ocean breeze mixed with his scent, I wouldn't rather be anywhere else but here wrapped in his arms with my head buried deep into his chest and his nose nuzzling in my neck giving me small kisses.

I was happy. More happy than I had ever been.

" Thank you. This is perfect. " I tilted my head up to meet his eyes.

" Anything for you, princess. "

The sun was setting when he finally as me to be his girlfriend. He picked the perfect moment and I couldn't have said no. We listened to the soul relaxing sound of the waves as we watched the sun kissed the ocean in the middle of a colorful canvas of the sky, chilly wind flew wildly around the beach sending shivers across our skins as my mouth crashed on his giving him my answer.

Sending me to England was the best thing my father had ever done for me even unintentionally or when he had other things in his head.

After hours of talking laughing and lots of kissing, he finally got us food and a bottle of champagne to celebrate our love.

A billion stars and silver Luna replaced the sun as the nightfall came. We ate our food enjoying the starlit sky and I watched him passionately told me all about the stars he knew.

Little did he know I was too focused on the stars glinting across his eyes that all others were gone and only the ones in his mattered.

Today was perfect and I couldn't dare ask for a better date.

At three in the morning, we found ourselves laid in bed, naked bodies tangled between the sheet and chests pressed together as our hearts beat in sync. He had his fingers in my hair playing with every loose strains he touched. It was the best feeling in the world.

" Tell me every terrible things you ever did, and make me fall deeper in love with you. " he breathed out making my heart suddenly thumped in fast pace.

He would never love me if I told him. In fact, he would hate everything about me. As selfish as it sounded I never wished that to ever happened. Nick deserves every bits of the truth but how could I tell him the facts that would caused our newly found love.

" If I tell you about the darkness inside me, would you still look at me the same way you do right now? "

" How could you doubt that I ever look at you any other ways? " he kissed my hair forming a small smile on my lips.

" Promise you won't hate me? "

" You can tell me anything, baby. "

" I lied to everyone and you, Nick. "

" I'm not an orphan. My father is alive. I have a grandmother, your mother knows that. "

" Why did you lie? "

" Maybe I'm ashamed of who my father is. " I laughed humorlessly.

" My mother died in front of my eyes when I was two years old, father killed her. He made me watched her screaming in pain as he drew a dagger slowly into her heart. Her screams lingered in my ears for years and the feeling of her blood spattered across my face never left. "

" And, you know why he did it? He claimed it will make me stronger. I needed to learn to endure losing love ones and killing anyone in cold blood without any hesitation in order to be a strong. I was fucking two years old, Nick. "

" At eleven years old he made me kill a man or he would kill my grandmother. She was the closest to my mother so of course I would do anything for her. And, that was when it all started, the beginning of the ruthless killer. "

" I got worse and worse everyday until I started enjoying the thrive and the excitement of this life. I became the perfect monster who got pleasure from murdering. He made me into his own killing machine and stupid me would do anything to just get an ounce of his loves. "

" Ana baby— " Nick started as soon as he saw the tears pouring down my cheeks but I continued.

" My father was never a loving man. He never love me no matter what I did or how many men I killed for him. I was never enough. "

He sent me to die here under your family hands.

" What a dick. Do you want me to kill the bastard? " he cussed cupping my face between his palms.

" Look at this face who could resist you Anastasia Rayne and your mind god how do I even start with that. You're everything I ever wanted in a woman. "

" Never doubt that you're not enough because you're so much more. You deserve everything, a hug and a trillion kisses from your handsome boyfriend. "

" I love you so much I would burn the whole world down and drain every last drops of the ocean for you if you ask me to. I would drop to my knees in a heartbeat and worship the ground you walk on for rest of my life. " he said kissing away my tears.

I smiled at him earning a big grin from him.

" Now tell me a name and I could have your dick of a father cut into pieces then we can dump him at the bottom of the ocean or is that an insult to Mother Nature? " he asked and chuckled wholeheartedly.

" Oh how I wish I have the heart to kill him. No matter how much I hate his guts I never know how to kill the man without breaking my own heart because after all he's my father. " I sighed.

" How about I do it for you? "

" Nick, no. He's still my father— " I tried to explain that I was totally a fucking coward to don't want him dead.

" If we ever come across him, he won't be breathing the same air as us for more than ten seconds. I would end him right then and there. You're not protecting the damn bastard. He ruined your whole life. "

" Now, how about we forget about your pathetic excuse of your father and continue our date? "

" I love you. Kiss me. "

" I gave you my heart don't break me, Ana. " and he slammed his lips on mine swallowing me whole into his world as a single tear slipped out of my eyes.

He didn't know I tend to break everything around me and he was going to hate me. So, I was willing to selfishly let him loved me until he decided he didn't want me anymore.

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