Chapter 9

Alec

Anger courses through my body as I stand before the traitor. He looks up to me with blood dripping down his face. He deserves far worse for what he put Courtney through.
I always knew there was something off about him. I yank him by the hair forcing him to look at me as I slice his cheek. He winces in pain as I slide the cold blade across his cheek. Good. I’m glad he’s suffering. He’s going to wish he were dead. I’m going to make him suffer a lot.
“Tell me something, how many times did you thrust inside her? Because that’s exactly how many times I’m going to slice through your skin.”
He visibly gulps and shakes his head.
Oh so now your not talking.
Don’t worry. I have ways of making you talk.
Lucien stands in the corner of the room while I torture his pathetic ass. I smirk at him then look back to Nate. “Oh, you and I are going to have so much fun. I’ll have you singing in no time.”
Just as I was about to turn around what he says makes me livid. “It doesn’t matter Sergei will find her. Do what you want to me, I already got what I wanted out of the deal.”
What the fuck did he just say?! “What deal?” He smirks at me showing me his blood-stained teeth, “I got to fuck her.” Before he said anything else, my fist collided with his mouth knocking out a tooth and him unconscious. I’ll be back for more asshole, just as soon as you wake up.
Lucien hands me a towel to wipe the blood off my hands.
“Feel better Alec?”
I nod at him throwing the towel on the floor. Do I feel better? No. Not really. I won’t feel better until both of these bastards are dead. Only then will I feel better. He follows me upstairs when he stops me at the top.
“What's going on between you and her? I’ve never seen you act like this about a woman.”
I lie to him and that’s something I’ve never done in the whole time I’ve known him. “Nothing. Relax it’s just a little bit of fun.” He lets me go for now but I can see in his eyes he didn’t buy that bullshit lie.
I’m lying to him and myself if I didn’t like that girl. She makes me feel things that I once swore I would never feel. I know it’s not love. She knows it’s not love. People like us don’t get that. Broken. That’s what we are. People like us don’t get that kind of chance.
I walk into Giovanni’s office and pour me a drink when he looks up from his laptop sighing. “Alec, what brings you in here?”
The truth is I don’t really know why I came here. He patiently awaits my response when I finally find the right words. “Nate. He was bragging about what he did to her and I just lost it with him. Don’t worry, he’s still alive. For now.”
His eyebrows furrowed at that. He looks like he’s confused, “I thought you hated her.”
“No, I don’t hate her. I-I just fuck I don’t know what I feel. I guess I needed time to settle down away from her.”
My boss genuinely smiles at me. “You're in love with her.” Psh. “Me in love? That’s a good one, Gio.” I double over in laughter and I look up to him and instantly freeze when I realize he isn’t joking. He's dead serious. He cocks his head sideways to me.
“Whatever you say, son. Is this gonna be a problem with your training her? I can always assign someone…”
I immediately cut him off, “No! I mean it's not gonna be a problem. I got this.” I hurry out before I embarrass myself even more. I can hear him chuckling to himself.
Damn.
How am I gonna get through the training with her without trying to fuck her every second?
I’m so consumed in my thoughts I don’t realize she’s standing right in front of me in nothing but a sports bra and shorts far too short for my liking.
Keep it under control Alec.
Deep breaths.
“Come on Courtney. Let's get to the gym.” I guide her to the gym and enter the ring. “Okay, first things first. We're gonna practice moves for if someone grabs you from behind.” Standing behind her, I grab her hips pulling her to me restricting her body from moving. I can hear her breath hitch and heartbeat rise. I know she’s feeling the same thing I am.
Lust.
Alec dammit.
Focus.
She takes her foot and slams it on mine and then breaks free forcing my arm behind my back.
That’s my girl.
My girl?
I didn’t say that, did I?
I turn around reversing the movement forcing her to the wall. This is gonna be harder than I thought. Shit. I look into her eyes then dip my face in her neck. “Always keep your guard up and don’t get distracted.”
She takes the chance to distract me and topples on top of my body straddling my waist. I bring her face closer to mine and close the space between us kissing her lips and whispering. “I think that’s enough training for today. Go shower.”
She leaves me and I spot Lucien smirking at me, “Just a little fun huh?”
Damn you, Lucien, for being a nosy little bitch. He knows he caught me and I know there’s no getting out of this one. I do like Courtney. Don’t get me wrong. Okay, so I really, really like her. It’s not love, just a little fun. A distraction. I glare at my best friend knowing he was right.
“Shut up about it. I told you it’s just a little fun. She knows it and I know it.”
Like he has any room to talk. He’s been in love with Caterina ever since I’ve known him. He’s just to chicken to act on it. If he doesn’t claim her as his woman, someone else might just grab her up. I take this chance to throw it in his face. “Well, when are you gonna claim Caterina as your woman?”
I got him and I got him good. He knows it because if looks could kill I’d be dead right now. He storms out of the gym and my thoughts go to when Courtney was on top of me.
I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t take her right then because Lucien was watching us.
Going into the kitchen I spot Caterina making coffee and she turns to me, “What did you do to Lucien? He was wound up so tight when he left the gym.”
Oh, Caterina.
You are so clueless.
“Nothing. He’s just wound up about Nate I guess.” She sips her coffee and shrugs her shoulders. “I guess so.” I need to go and see if Nate ever woke up. It’s time for me to torture him some more.
As I make my way down to the basement, Gio stops me, “It’s time.” I know what he means. It’s time to put an end to Nate, but not before I make him suffer some more. I go downstairs and Lucien is already doing what I came down to do. He glances my way, holding out the gun for me to take.
I know what he wants. He wants me to take revenge on Nate for what he did to her. I quickly take the gun without hesitation and point it directly at his head. “Any last words?”
He is about to say something when a voice makes me freeze. “Alec, what are you doing?”
Shit!
What is she doing down here?
She’s not supposed to be down here. I never wanted her to see me like this. She’s never gonna look at me the same again.
Lucien looks to me sympathetically and Courtney looks at me fearfully. I thought she was looking at me like that, but she wasn’t. It was him she was looking at.
I keep the gun pointed at his head when her words push me to do what I was going to do before she walked in. “Do it! Kill him, Alec. Make him feel my pain.”
That was all it took for me to pull that trigger putting a bullet in his forehead ending his life.
One down.
One to go.
I’m coming for you, Sergei.
You're gonna feel what pain feels like.
Dropping the gun to the floor, I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
Lucien nudges me towards Courtney, “I got this brother, get her out of here.”
I take her up to my bedroom and sit her on the bed. I look at her with a pained expression on my face. “You were never supposed to see that. I hate that you had to see that side of me.”
She takes her hand in mine and pulls me to her making me straddle her waist. “I don’t care about that Alec. That side of you makes me want to fuck you so bad right now.”
Shit.
I wasn’t expecting this from her. She must be high right now. Yeah, that’s it. I can feel her hands under my shirt and that’s all it takes for me to press my lips to hers, trapping her on the bed.
I lay there beside her as she sleeps after our sexcapade. I look at her really good for the first time. She looks so peaceful as I stroke her hair. I spot Lucien in the doorway wiggling his eyebrows at me. "I knew it!"
I hate that he's right about this. I may not love her, but I do care about her. We've both been through hell and back. We both have a past that we're not proud of. I look to Lucien pushing him out in the hallway.
"Okay. I fucking like her!! Happy now?"
He smiles smugly, "Very. Now you, me, Caterina, and Courtney are going to have dinner together."
I really hope he doesn't do anything to embarrass me tonight. Who am I kidding he's gonna do everything in his power to do that to me.
Turning to go back to the bedroom, I quietly slip in the bed next to Courtney. I find myself becoming drowsy and finally slip into darkness. When I finally wake up, I see her taking a shower in my bathroom with the door cracked open. I take this chance to sneak in the shower.
“You scared me!”
"Tonight Lucien wants us to have dinner with him and Caterina."
She hums in agreement and rubs her body against mine letting me know what she wants and give her what she wants.
Now we are currently sitting in the dining room waiting for them to join us. I sip my wine and look at her. She definitely knows how to tease me. She's wearing a red one-shouldered dress that comes up past mid-thigh with those damn fuck me heels.
How am I going to survive this dinner without touching her?
Oh, I know.
I'm not.
Lucien sees my pained expression as I try to refrain myself from touching her. He's laughing at me. He thinks this is fucking funny. Just you wait till Caterina comes in Lucien then you'll be in the same boat as I am in. Right on cue, She comes strolling in the room.
Lucien looks up to her and now he is wearing the same look as I was just seconds ago. Serves him right. Caterina slides in the chair next to Lucien and takes a drink of her wine breaking the silence.
"Why are you two so quiet?"
I just shrug my shoulders and replied dryly. "I'm just waiting on those juicy steaks. I worked up quite the appetite this afternoon."
I glance over at Courtney and her face is turning red in embarrassment. She quickly shakes it off before anyone figures my statement out.
Gio joins us along with Luca, Lucien's father. They both give each other a look and I know what it means. They have news about Sergei and by the looks, it's not good.