THE DARE | BWWM 18+ (editing)

xv - bella

TW: MENTIONS OF DRUGS

L E O N A R D O

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I am happy.

For the first time since my mom died, I am feeling happiness.

Italy with Iris was way better than I expected. I didn't bring her there to sleep with her, but boy am I happy that we did. She is amazing. That's the only thing I keep thinking about.

I know she is anxious about moving back to her apartment after Zane, but I can guarantee that he's in no position to touch her. Not now, not ever.

I didn't kill him. Yet.

What I have in store for him before I kill him is much worse than what he was going to do to Iris.

I am happy that her friend Josh is staying the night with her. It will help calm her nerves, and I like him. He looks very protective of her.

As soon as I get in the car from her apartment, I message Xavier to let him know that I am on my way to the house. I muted all calls and messages for the time I was away because I wanted to enjoy my time with my precious girl.

But now, I am back. And it means that I have to mentally transform into Leonardo Sorelli, Mafia Don. I need to let go of the sweet guy Iris was just with.

I soon pull up to the house and I can already see Xavier standing at the front door. Great.

"Where have you been?" He starts to scream at me from the house. I probably should mention that I didn't tell anyone where I was going. X would've asked too many questions and I just needed to take my girl away.

"Heaven."

"Heaven? You died or something? I need more than that."

"I took Iris to Italy," I inform him as I make my way inside the house and he follows behind me.

"Italy? You took her to Italy and didn't tell me?" Here we go. "I'm your best friend, and cousin if we're being technical. You need to tell me these things. What if you got hurt?"

"Shut up X," I scold him.

"So you see how annoying it is when you do it to me?" Giving me a taste of my own medicine? Touché.

"Except I didn't get shot in the shoulder and almost bleed out, cazzo."

"Whatever. How was it?" He asks me with a cheeky grin.

"It was- why are you asking and stop smiling like that?"

"What? You look less murder-y today. So I need to know what magic she worked on you."

Pussy magic.

"What do you think?" I ask him rhetorically. "Mhm I think you had fun," he says while wiggling his eyebrows at me. He's so childish.

"Absolutely. What's been going on?"

"Well more of those devil horns have been showing up around town, so there's that. I've seen your ex more than twice and it's getting suspicious because it feels like something is going down. And..." he trails off.

"And what X?"

"Your dad called." Fuck.

"What did he want?"

"What do you think he wanted? He was asking for you."

"You know I can't go see him. How am I supposed to look him in the eyes and tell him that his parents are dead and that I still haven't found the killer? He's going to be so disappointed in me."