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I twirl the metal straw around in my empty cold brew as I stare at the assignment given to me for my medical class.

"This stuff is so confusing." I murmur.

"Looks hella confusing." Lance states from beside me as he takes a giant bite out of his crossaint.

The café was closed today so it was just Lance and I by the window. He was playing on his phone while I was finishing up my assignments.

Enzo said he had to go take of some business along with the rest of the gang.

After the incident from two days ago, Enzo hasn't allowed me to go back to his place and has required Lance to be by my side all the time.

"I give up!" I yell out and throw my hands into the air.

Lance jumps from beside me, staring at me like I was a lunatic.

"It can't be THAT bad." Lance rolls his eyes as he leans over to look at the paper.

We were required to memorize the anatomy of the male reproductive system today.

"I can't believe your looking at another dude's anatomy. Enzo's not gonna be happy about that." He says as a mischievous smirk draws onto his face.

"It's a diagram, not real." I narrow my eyes at him.

"What's not real?" my favorite voice interrupts us from the front door.

I glance over and almost fall off my chair as I take in the gorgeous being in front of me.

Enzo's hair was in its casual 'bed hair' that flopped over his gray eyes. He was wearing a plain black hoodie on top of his ripped black jeans along with a pair of white sneakers. His arms were crossed in front of him as one shoulder was leaned up against the wall.

"Oh, nothing." Lance says in a girly voice.

Damon then waltzes over to my side and peaks at my assignment before choking on his own spit.

Nathalia and Zion then joins and starts letting out a chorus of hyena laughs.

"I thought you were more innocent than that Lili. You be looking at naked men." Damon strains out through his coughing.

"YOU'RE WHAT!" Enzo then booms causing me to jump in my seat.

Not even a second later, Enzo is up beside me as he glared at the paper in front of me.

"It's fake! It's just a diagram!" I groan out in frustration.

Enzo rolls his eyes before grabbing the paper.

"Hey! I need that!" I yell as I jump out of my seat to tackle Enzo.

I reach out my arm to snatch the paper only for Enzo to raise his arm. Him being over a foot taller than me, I wasn't able to get it. I glare at Enzo as the others are snickering behind me.

"You really think I'm going to continue letting you look at a naked man?" Enzo angrily says as he narrows his eyes at me.

"Enzo, I'm studying for a doctor. I need to memorize this stuff." I say with a sigh.

"I'll show you what you need to memorize." He counters back as he stuffs the paper into his back pants.

Before I could respond, he wraps his arms by my waist and pulls me against his chest. I let out a yelp as his face was now only a centimeter from mine. I get lost into a trance as I stare back into the beautiful gray orbs I've come to love.

Some of his curls had fallen in front of his eyes. I bite back a temptation to push his hair out of his eyes and run my fingers through them.

It looks so soft..

"I don't care if it's for an assignment. You will not be memorizing another man's anatomy. Let alone see him naked, figures or not." Enzo growls out as he continues to send a deathly glare my way.

I suddenly feel fear for the very first time as I stare at the intensity in Enzo's eyes.

"Enzo, stop. You're scaring her." Lance states firmly.

"Am I clear?" Enzo ignores Lance as he comes even closer to my face.

Holy cow..

"B-but what about my p-professor-"

"I don't care about your professor. He will deal with me if he counters it. Now I don't like repeating myself, am I clear?" Enzo's grip on my waist tightens.

"Y-yes." I whisper out.

"Good." Enzo responds as his face softens and loosens his grip around my waist, but leaves his arms there.

"If nothing else, we can return back to my house. Security should be done by now." Enzo says casually as if nothing just happened before.

"Wait, why am I living with you guys?" I blurt out.

"There's no negotiating. It's safer this way." Enzo responds to me as he takes out his phone to send messages to someone.

I guess that's fine since I don't have anyone else at home. Plus I don't think I want to go back home right now while it's dark out. I don't want a repeat from last time.

I go to gather all my belongings as I fall into step with Enzo. Enzo places his hand on my lower back, guiding me towards his car. He has a new car today.

"Audi R8!" I scream excitedly as I run to the car.

"Oooo she knows her cars." Zion states, impressed.

"That's her favorite car actually." Lance answers for me.

I continue to admire the beauty in front of me. I make sure to not drag my fingertips across the cover as to not leave any marks behind. The car was white, the color I've always wanted.

"You can have it amore." Enzo says as he looks at me with amusement dancing in his eyes.

"What? No, no, no. This is your car." I rush out as I scrunch up my nose.

He rolls his eyes as he walks to the passenger side and helps me get seated. Before he walks to his side, he tells the others something as they all nod and walk off to their cars.

Enzo opens the drivers side and smoothly slides into seat.

"Anything," He begins as he leans over to me. His minty breath fanning onto my lips. "that is mine," he continues as he glues his eyes onto my lips and reaches over me. "is yours." He finishes as he grabs my seatbelt and clicks it into place.

He suddenly leans back into his seat again and starts up the car and pulls onto the main streets.

He did not just do that.

I feel my face heat up once again. I should get a reward for blushing this much. I can tell Enzo is enjoying the reaction he gets out of me as his cocky smirk is back on his face.

I lean my head back against the window and admire Enzo as he has one hand placed on the wheel while the other was leaned up against the window. His bicep muscle was prominently showing through his black sweatshirt.

"Enjoying the view amore?" He glances over at me briefly before focusing on the road again.

I hum in response before taking out my phone and snapping a photo of him. The flash goes off and he smirks once again.

Might as well save a picture.

I smile in return as I look down at the photo I had just taken of him. He seemed so relax.

I open up instagram and decided to post it. If I remember correctly from Nathalia, I should be able to put it as a story.

After I've posted it, Enzo's phone dings. He raises an eyebrow at me as I giggle and shrug at him.

I turn my attention back out the window as I watch cars fly by on the highway.

"Amore, could you tell me more about yourself?" Enzo asks softly.

I tense at this. I never told anyone about my past before moving to NYC. Not even Lance knows my story. I just never felt safe talking about it. Not to mention I've already been on the run for a while. Moving from city to city. This is the longest I've stayed in a city.

"I can't." I say as I fiddle with my fingers.

"Why? Are you unsafe? You know I can protect you." He assures.

"I don't want to talk about it, please." I say softly as I feel my eyes suddenly sting. The lump in my throat was slowly becoming harder to swallow back.

Enzo lets out a sigh before, thankfully, letting the situation go. But I knew better than that. He was going to get an answer out of me one way or another.

We pull up at the house, or mansion, and see that everyone else was following behind us shortly after.

Enzo helps me out of the car as he guides me into the mansion. I give a small wave and smile to the brooding guards in front. They look at me slightly confused before giving me a curt nod and returning their attention back to the front of the house.

Once we make into the mansion I immediately flop myself onto the comfortable couch. Nathalia then follows and flops beside me as well.

"I'm so tired." Nathalia groans.

I hum in agreement as we lay there doing absolutely nothing.

"Are these bitches dead?" Damon ask as he pokes both of us with his foot.

"Your foot stinks ass." Nathalia says as she smacks his foot.

Damon sighs in response and sits on the couch across from us.

I feel my lower body get lifted up slightly before my legs are laid across someone's lap.

I glance over to see Enzo with my legs on top of his lap and his hands on top of my calves. He was talking onto the phone coldly and emotionlessly, but softens his expression at me when he catches me staring.

"What do you think about training tomorrow?" Nathalia asks me as both of us are propped up on our elbows.

"Hm, what would we train on?" I ask.

"Self-defense and choosing your weapon!" She says excitedly.

"Why not? I could use some exercise." I say with a shrug.

"You guys can train in the gym. We'll all come along." Enzo says as he draws patterns on my calves.

I shiver slightly at his touch.

"Let's get you to bed amore." Enzo says softly as he picks me up bridal style in his arms.

I suddenly feel a wave of exhaustion wash over me and snuggle into his arms. He makes his way to his room and settles me in his bed.

"Would you want the bed instead? I slept here last time. I can sleep on the couch." I ask him, feeling suddenly bad for hogging his comfortable bed.

Enzo rolls his eyes and tucks me into bed.

"I'll be fine amore, now sleep." He says firmly and walks over to the couch.

I slowly close my eyes and let sleep devour me.

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"I can't believe I hadn't seen this the first time I was here." I state in awe as I look at the gym.

The gym was a separate building that you only had access to through the backyard.

"Cmon, let's change." Nathalia says as she grabs me by the wrist to one of the rooms.

I change into my outfit that consisted of a black sports bra with black tights.

"Damn, your body is hot." Nathalia says as she links our arms together.

"Thank you, but you look way better." I state as we walk towards the center of the gym where some mats were sprawled out.

As Nathalia and I stretch our legs and arms out we hear a whistle come from the other changing room.

"Ciao belle ragazze." Zion says as Enzo smacks the back of his head.

Zion makes his way to Nathalia as Enzo makes his way to mine.

I almost drool as I watch every muscle of Enzo's tense and bulge underneath his black tanktop with every movement he makes towards me.

He approaches me as he scans my entire body, lingering on my exposed areas.

"Bella, così fottutamente bella." He whispers huskily into my ear as he gives a ghostlike kiss to my earlobe.

I give him a smile before focusing back on Nathalia as she explains the basics.

After digesting as much information as I could, we decided to test it out.

"Hit me with the best you got." Nathalia says seriously as she parts her legs slightly and gets into position.

I nod and let out a breath as I advance towards her. I sling my arm forward trying to hit her but she blocks my hit with her hand and twists it slightly causing me to wince. My body is twisted around so that my back was to her front. She wraps an arm around my neck tightly.

"Try to get out." She says to me.

I try to wiggle my way out but when that doesn't work I think of it more tactically.

Most sensitive part of a females body...the chest.

I use my other arm that wasn't in her grip to sling my elbow back and jab her right breast. She winced and immediately lets go of me and holds onto her breast.

"That fucking hurt." She groans.

"I'm sorry!" I immediately apologize and she gives me a laugh.

"That was good though. Although we do need to work on your other moves." Nathalia says as she quickly recovers.

"I'll take over from here." Enzo says as he walks over and takes Nathalia's place.

Here we go.

He tilts his head as he examines my stance and bites back a laugh.

"What?" I ask as I pout slightly.

He shakes his head and walks over to me. He then slightly parts my feet shoulder-width apart and corrects my posture.

"Always have good base when attacking anyone. Make sure your core is stable as well as your legs. Most importantly, do not ever take your eyes off your opponent." Enzo explains as he stares into my eyes.

I give him a nod.

He takes a few steps back before continuing, "I want you to attack me. I am your enemy and you are fighting for your life." He continues as he stands there.

You can do this Lila. Just focus.

How am I suppose to focus when this godly being is in front of me?

I take a moment before advancing towards him. I decided to use the same elbow blow but Enzo catches my arm once again and I'm back in the same position I was with Nathalia.

"When your in this position, you know the sensitive areas of a man and woman. Use that to your advantage. You bend over so that it gets you some leverage and throw your elbows back alternatively to get a hit. Only then you go for the sensitive spots." He shows me each movement carefully before letting me demonstrate.

After successfully going through that we go through other steps of punching, escaping, and catching people off guard.

"Now, from the top again." Enzo orders.

I quickly run up to Enzo and throw my arm back for a punch. He grabs hold of my fist and I take this moment to spin my body around and roll onto his back. I use my other free arm to wrap tightly around his neck from behind me and pull him forward. He tries to grab me by the waist to lift me over his shoulder, but I let go of the arm around his neck and elbow clock him on his jaw.

Jeez this dudes face is a rock.

His arm around my right hand is lossened and he spins me back around. He hugs me into a bear trap. I wiggle my body, but this causes me to rub up against something hard. I turn beet red as Enzo groans into my ear at my movement.

"Continue." He says lowly.

I bend my body forward and wrap a leg around his, bring up both my elbows and clock him. This distracts him and I swing with all my force on his legs. He falls forward and I quickly slip out from under since I was much shorter and smaller than him.

He falls onto the ground with an 'oof.'

I grin widely as I feel the adrenaline coarse through my veins. I feel my muscles ache and tense.

"Dang Lili." Damon praises as he sends me a toothy grin.

I look over at Enzo as he is now back on his feet and looking at me with so much pride it makes me smile even wider.

"Let's get you a weapon now."

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