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- Aria's pov -

I groaned as I woke up feeling something extremely soft and comfy underneath me. That's strange, I didn't realise the floor could feel this soft? I slowly blink my eyes open before quickly covering my eyes with my hands and moaning in pain as the bright light of the sun blinds me. I quickly sit up in panic and look around the room not understanding where I am, until I remember everything that's happened and realise that I truly am still in Matteo's room.

Noticing that I'm on his bed I panic even more. How the heck did I even got on here? I could of sworn that I slept on the floor. Seeing the discarded blanket and pillow on the floor I was using last night made me realise that I was on the floor until I suddenly appeared on this bed making me so confused.

I look around the room again and notice a large figure lying down on the sofa by the window making me tense up. Grabbing a pillow just in case, I hesitantly tip-toe over to the body trying to figure out who it is. I lift the pillow up near my face, just in case this person decides to attack me, and lean over the body trying to see the face but the large tan hands are annoyingly covering it making it hard to figure out who this person is although they do look a bit familiar.

I hold my breath as I get closer to the face, and lift one of my hands up to try and remove the hands, but before I could they reach out in front and grab my neck tightly. I whimper closing my eyes and grabbing the wrists of the person currently cutting off my airway trying to remove their hands. The hands are quickly removed from my sore neck and I hear a mumbled curse.

I grab onto my neck trying to soothe the pain, keeping my eyes closed, and crouch down onto the floor tears already making their way down my face. I hear another curse word being mumbled, the person crouching down with me but I keep my eyes shut and head tucked into myself too afraid to look. "Aria" I hear my name being called softly making my eyes squeeze shut even more. They know my name too?! "Aria" they repeat and I can feel them come a bit closer. "It's just me, Matteo."

Hearing that name, my head whips up making eye contact with those beautiful hazel eyes that terrify me but at the same time also makes me feel calm and safe. His brows are furrowed and his hands are on his knees as he crouches down next to me. "I'm sorry Aria" he says reaching a hand forward making me flinch slightly. His brows furrow more but he still reaches his hand forward more until he is softly running the back of his fingers over my neck. "I didn't realise it was you, that's just a natural reaction I have, I'm sorry" he says whilst inspecting my neck.

"I-it's ok, I-im sorry, I didn't m-mean to scare y-you" I say looking down at the ground. "It d-doesn't hurt that bad." He lifts my head back up using one of his fingers his emotionless face back on.

"Don't lie to me Aria, it looks too red to not hurt" he says standing up from his crouched position making me look up at him towering over my crouched form. "Come" is all he says left before walking over to another door.

I quickly stand up, stumbling over my feet and follow behind him noticing that we are walking into a bathroom. A very big bathroom. I gasp looking around me, seeing the massive shower that could fit about 3 people in there, a big marble bathtub by a window and the luxury counters with the sinks and big mirrors above and of course the toilet.

I see Matteo bending down and opening one of the drawers grabbing a first aid kit out, before placing it on top of one of the counters. He turns to look at me and does a 'come here' motion with his finger making me obediently walk over to him. Now standing in front of him, I look up and notice him glaring at the red mark on my neck.

I quickly cover it with my hands and turn away from him embarrassed. If only I wasn't being a creep and looking over him then this wouldn't have happened. He grabs my shoulders turning me back around to face him, narrowing his eyes at me. "I need to take care of it" he says deeply before moving my hands out of the way. I nod and watch as he takes a tube of cream out of the kit.

He squeezes some on his two fingers before grabbing the back of my neck softy and moving me a bit closer towards him. I hold my breath nervously as he rubs the cold cream onto the red area. After he was done he steps back from me and packs everything away.

"We are going to the mall today to get some things for you" he says whilst not looking at me, but I nod anyway and walk out.

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We step out of the car and I look up at the massive mall in front of me containing many, many shops. I frown, it's not like I had a lot of money on me so I'm not really sure how I'm going to be able to afford the things in here. I turn to look at Matteo who has come next to me. Before I could speak, he mumbles "Wait till I open the door for you" and starts walking off.

I open and shut my mouth like a fish in shock, my eyes widening. What?!

Seeing that he is quite far ahead of me I quickly run over to him and match his walking pace. "U-um sir" I speak up nervously making him look down at me with a raised brow making me look back in front of me again. "u-uh well this I-is a lovely place, um b-but I don't think I can a-afford anything here" I say furrowing my brows whilst looking around all the luxury places.

There was a moment of silence until he finally speaks up. "And who said you're paying for anything" he questions looking down at his phone, eyebrows furrowed. I give him a quick side glance not saying anything but frowning. Who's going to pay then? I do a quick look behind me at the bodyguards following behind us. They're not going to pay are they?

Before I could speak up, Matteo beats me to it again. "I'm paying Aria" he says bluntly shoving his phone in his coat pocket, quite angrily. I go to protest, not wanting him to spend his money on me but he just raises his hand up, telling me to not speak which I don't.

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So now here we are after many hours of walking around the mall with the few scary men behind us carrying bags of clothes, girl stuff, makeup, shoes you name it. I had a frown on my face with my arms crossed over my chest annoyed whilst we were walking to McDonalds. I'm surprised there's even a Mcdonalds in this fancy place.

"Stop looking so grumpy Aria, it's only a few things" Matteo says whilst messaging someone on his phone.

I stopped walking and glared at his back that was moving further away from me since he was still walking. Noticing that I've stopped he turned around with his eyebrows raised. "That," I pointed at the many bags the men where holding "is not a few things, you spent way to much on me."

"I didn't spend that much" He argued.

"Yes you did."

"Did not"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"Yes"

"No- excuse me don't do that on me!" I raised my voice a little which made him smirk at me. Ugly hot smirk of his. "I don't need this much stuff."

"Oh my god Aria," he groaned "just let's go get some food and leave already!"

I huffed "I need a wee first be right ba-"

"How do I know you won't try to escape?" He had his eyebrows raised.

"I won't I promise!" He looked at me oddly but nodded slowly.

"Go then and hurry up about it." I nodded and quickly sprinted to the girls restrooms.

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After I finished I washed my hands and checked myself in the mirror. I had slightly dark eyes bags underneath my eyes and my hair was a mess. I sighed before splashing cold water onto my face and trying to fix my hair.

I walked out of the toilets and started walking back. Suddenly I crashed into someone making me apologise and try to walk around them. "Now wait a minute doll" the person said whilst blocking me from walking away. That voice. No. No. Please no. I looked up and saw his dull dark brown eyes staring at me and he had a creepy grin on his face. Aarons brother. Also known as Gino.

"Nice to see you again doll, tell me why run from Aaron you know he's gonna get ya and trust me when I say he isn't happy with you" his creepy grin widened making me step back to get away. "He will find you, he's coming for you."

"N-no s-st-stop" I shook my head blinking hard and pinching my arm hoping this is a dream, a hallucination, anything apart from his being real. But no. It's real. I could hear him laugh manically making tears fall out of my eyes. Run Aria, go! My mind told me. So I did. I ran around him trying to get back to the only person that makes me feel at least a little bit safe.

Matteo.

I sprint looking around frantically trying to look for him but it was hard since it was so crowded. Luckily I spotted him standing looking at his phone with his men around him. I sprinted towards him whilst yelling "Matteo!" His head turned around and he made eye contact with me. He looked confused watching as I was frantically running towards him, tears streaming down my face.

When I got to him I instantly clashed into his chest, wrapping my arms around his waist trying to hide away from the man I didn't want to see, tears running down my face and soft sobs coming out my mouth. He's going to take me away. He's going to find me.

A warm hand started rubbing my back and Matteo bent down and his mouth went near my ear and he started whispering to me telling me it's okay. God please make Matteo not like Aaron. He's the only good thing I've got at the moment. Make someone be nice to me for once.

Please...

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I kinda like this chapter, kinda don't but Aria and Matteo are so cute!! So Aria has seen Aaron's brother. 🚨Here comes trouble🚨

What will happen next?

Will Aria see Aaron's brother again? Read on and find out!!