"My angioletto wakeup. It's dinner time." Salvy whispered.

I opened my eyes and saw something amazing, It's Salvy looking like an Italian God. He is smiling at me with swollen lips and bruised shoulders. All the memories came back to me, on how he cleaned me up and how we cuddled after what we did. Oh God it was not a dream.

He confusedly looked at me and then smiled. "Yup. It was not a dream. Let's go. They're waiting for us on the dinner table." he winked and kissed the tip of my nose. I slapped my mouth. Why do I keep saying things out loud?

I stood up and followed him to the dining area. He helped me sit down and the helper started serving the food. I'm still worried about why Salvy looked upset after we did it. I sighed and grabbed the edge of my sweater.

My train of thoughts was interrupted by Enzo's fake cough. I looked up and saw that everyone was looking at us.

"What?" Salvy irritatedly asked.

"Am I allowed to ask why your lips and shoulders are swollen? Never thought Lily is a biter." Enzo questioned with bewilderment written on his face.

"No you're not allowed to question it." Salvy shrugged and started putting food on my plate.

I can feel William and Andrea's stares while Andrei just chuckled and started eating.

We quietly ate. I don't know what happened but the dinner was so awkward. After dinner, Salvy asked me to go to the garden with him. There was a cute picnic setup in the middle of the garden. He pulled me to his lap and he gave me a glass of wine with frozen grapes.

"You looked stressed. Are you in pain? Do you need something?" he softly asked and kissed the back of my neck.

I finished the wine in one gulp and sighed. I can ask him right? I mean he looked really upset. What if I did something wrong?

"Ahmm because eeer hmm" I stuttered. I mentally slapped my face. Get it together Lily! I clenched my fist tightly and closed my eyes. Here goes nothing. "W-why did y-you look m-mad after we d-did it?"

He lifted and turned me so we are facing each other. "oh fck. You think I'm mad?" he asked.

I nodded and lowered my head. He kissed my lips and hugged me. "I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at myself for ahmm not wearing a condom." he explained.

My heart fell to my stomach. Is he disgusted that he did not use a condom on me? Wow that's a little mean. Tears started streaming down my face. I have this urge to slap him.

"Wait let me explain. I'm mad because I did not ask you If you wanted to use a condom or not. Your therapist told me that I always have to give you the choice and control over this kind of thing but I was too caught in the moment to ask." He pulled away and wiped my tears. "I'm sorry. Sh!t I made you cry." He sighed and kissed my forehead.

So I'm just overthinking everything? He actually cares a lot about me. I hugged him and he chuckled. "Are you okay now?" he asked.

I nodded and let his heartbeat soothe me. I love this man so much.

We suddenly heard gunshots and saw Enzo running towards us. Enzo said something in Italian and Salvy's facial expression hardened.

He looked at me and kissed me on the lips. My heartbeat became erratic and I have this weird feeling that something is terribly wrong.

"vita mia. I want you to follow Anthon and hide for a while. You will be with Andrea and William. We just need to fix some things. Don't trust anyone." he said and kissed me on the lips.

"Wh-what do you mean w-we need to hide? Why can't you join us?" I asked while crying.

"I can't. I'm the Don, I can't go into hiding. Wait for me okay?" he kissed me again and we heard a loud explosion.

He said something in Italian and I was taken away by Anthon. I silently cried in the van when I realized that Andrea and William are also in the car. They are tied up and their mouth are covered

I panicked and removed the cloth on their mouth. "Why are you tied up?" I whispered, not wanting Anthon to hear us.

They ignored me and decided to shout on top of their lungs that they wanted to come back and fight alongside the people in the house.

All their pleas were ignored and they stopped talking when the car suddenly stopped.

"Stop shouting! I'm already stressed out and I need to focus on driving this car. They did all they can to keep us safe and I don't want to get us killed by accidentally crashing this car" Mariella scolded.

We all looked at her, she is already on the verge of breaking down. She is the one driving while Anthon is on the passenger seat.

"Wh-Where are we g-going?" I softly asked while untying the Andrea and William

"Safe house that only I know where. I'll just drive you there and make sure everything is safe before hiding on my own." She answered.

"Why can you just join us?" William asked while massaging his hands.

"Because I will be the diversion. In case they will try to look for Lily." she said and started the car again.

"B-but what if you get h-hurt? Will they b-be okay in the h-house?" I worriedly asked. I pinched myself and tried to focus on the pain to avoid having a panic attack. What is happening? I don't want to be separated from Salvy but I know we can't go back there.

"Don't worry about anything for now. I understand we are being vague but I also don't know what happened. For now, Let's get you settled on the safe house and start your physical training" She explained and silence covered the car. Andrea and William did not dare to make any fuss after that.

Mariella brought us to a house near the sea. A shiver ran through my spine, I remembered when he kidnapped and locked me up in a house near the sea. I'm going to be okay, I'm stronger now. I have Salvy on my side.

The house is beautiful. It is a red brick house with 5 rooms. We were asked to only stay in one room while Anton will stay in the room next to us.

Mariella asked us to not turn on our phone and gave each of us a burner phone. She assured us that Salvy and Enzo know our number.

I will be okay, they will be okay. Everything will be okay.