Cateleya Valentina Velez:

'Velez...' He groans into my ear, sending those unwanted shivers down my spine. God, I want him...

I hate myself for wanting him this bad, but it's undeniable. I am addicted to him. This is all I've been thinking about for the past few days. Ever since that kiss...

'Tell me what you want, Velez.' He murmurs against my neck, making me move a little closer. I want him to touch me, but he won't. His hands stay down because he wants to hear me say it first.

'Tell me, Velez.' 'Touch me.' I groan, slowly pressing my hands against his chest. His hard, perfectly shaped chest.

'Where?' His voice is low and deep, thick with lust and desire. He wants this just as much as I do, but he won't ever say it. How does he expect me to say it if he can't?

'Where Velez?' He insists, making me groan with the lack of touch. 'Everywhere.'

His perfect lips curl up and I want him to kiss me. I want him to swallow me whole again. I want his heat to destroy me until nothing is left of me.

'Show me where exactly.' God, he's annoying! I grab his hand and raise it to my chest, slowly lowering it before he pulls it away, just as I'm about to reach my belly button. 'We shouldn't be doing-'

I grab his hand and stare into his eyes. Deep into his gorgeous eyes. They're so fucking tempting, dragging me into this mess. This beautiful mess.

'Kiss me.' I say, breathlessly. I want to feel his perfect lips against mine again. I want him to devour me. I want him to finish me in ways I've only been able to dream. I want those dreams to become reality, even though he's bad.

He's the man I should fear, and I feel like I do, but it's not the same since the kiss. I should hate him. I should want him dead. I do. I really do. But at the same time, I want him to rail me. Just like Neveah said.

I want him to make me feel things I didn't know were possible. I want him to make me feel everything. I just know he can. If someone can teach me how all of this works, sex, all of it, it's him. I just know it.

The hate I feel for him is big, bigger than the love will ever be. I won't ever love him, but I want him. I want him to teach me all he knows because I enjoyed that one stupid kiss. It made me curious.

'You were being a brat earlier... Maybe I should-' I don't let him finish his sentence and press my lips against his, making him hum into me, the vibrations of his voice rush through me like a wave of fire.

His beard grew a little, but it feels absolutely godly.

It's absolutely amazing. I feel like I'm in heaven and slowly grab his hands, moving them back to my body. He knows how bad I want this, and seems to enjoy it even more.

'Velez.' He groans, trying to keep me at distance. He's driving me insane.

First, he asks me what I want, but when I tell him exactly what I want, he stops?

'Rio-' I groan before he wraps his hand around my neck again. It's amazing how he knows exactly what to do to make me shut up. 'Trust me, you'll get your time Velez, stop being a desperate mess and let me enjoy this.'

His lips harshly press against mine as he slowly slides his tongue past my lips. He tastes so good. Heavenly almost.

My hands travel to his hair, tugging at a few strands as he bites my lower lip. God!

I try moving my body against his, but he keeps pressing me back onto the bed and grunts from time to time. He likes to see me desperate.

'Beg for me.' I stare into his eyes and try to catch my breath. His lips brush over mine, but not enough. I lean forward, trying to force his lips on mine, but he's quicker and pushes me back down, pinning my hands above my head. 'Beg Velez.'

Didn't I just do that? I roll my eyes and watch his lips curl up a little more. Rio knows I won't beg. It's too much at once. What would I even be begging for? I don't know how this goes and I won't beg for something I don't know. I won't beg for him.

He keeps his eyes on me, slowly moving his hand down to my waist again. His fingertips feel so warm, setting my body on fire as they trail down to the edge of my panties.

'Are you really not going to beg, Velez?' He murmurs into my ear, sending shivers down my spine.

I never understood what Neveah was talking about, but now I do. She always said that, once you find someone attractive, you will feel your body heat up in absolutely incredible ways. Rio is attractive, there's no denying that, but he also knows how to use his attractiveness to his advantage. It's bothersome.

'Too headstrong?' He groans, pressing my hands a little deeper into the mattress. I try breaking free, but it's no use. He's hovering over me like a predator, eying me in the best way possible. God...

'Are you headstrong, Velez?' His fingers cling around the edge of my panties and slowly raise it up, just a little. I nod, unable to speak since his fingers are moving closer to my core.

No one has ever touched me like this. And I regret not letting anyone touch me like this before. This is absolutely amazing.

'Really, I haven't noticed...' He smirks, pressing his lips against my neck.

'Stop acting like a piece of shit and just-' Rio stops and wraps his hand around my neck again, slowly putting pressure on his grip, making me stare at him directly. Both hands are on me, one around my wrists and the other around my throat.

I should be able to move, but I can't. I can't move a fucking muscle since he's basically on top of me. He's too heavy.

'Like a what?' He groans, suddenly a little annoyed by my words. I try to gasp for air, but it's impossible. His grip is too tight, making me choke. 'I-' He doesn't budge and stares deep into my eyes.

Even though he's slowly killing me, I can't help but wish he would continue our little moment. I want him to fuck me. I want him to teach me all he knows. It's all I've been thinking about ever since I got Neveah's permission to do so.

It scares me. He could literally kill me right now, and I'm thinking about fucking him?

'Please-' I pant just before he lets go of me. I have a second to catch my breath before he presses his lips against mine harshly, making all the fear flow away again. This man is absolutely godly.

He knows exactly what to do with his tongue, he knows exactly where to touch or kiss me to drive me insane. He knows everything. Every spot, every curve, every nerve. Everything.

I wonder who taught him all of this. Did he learn it all himself? Or did someone teach him? Did someone, a lady, teach him where to touch a woman, just to make her weak. Just to make her melt under his touch?

It might as well have been a man, but I wonder. I want to thank the person that taught him all of this. Thanks to them, I'll be able to enjoy it while I can.

'You got a big mouth for a virgin, Velez.' He moans against my lips, making me blush like crazy. 'Shut the fuck up-' His hand reaches down, into my panties. I feel his fingers reaching for me.

And just when his fingers enter me, just as I'm finally getting what I want, he stops. The door swings open and we both jump up.

'Why the fuck are you still in bed!?' Neveah shouts before running over to my bed.

I glance around the room and try to catch my breath since I'm breathing like crazy.

Rio isn't here. And to be honest, I don't think he was ever here. But why did it feel so real?

'Are you okay? you look like you just had a nightmare.' Neveah asks, staring at me for a second. Quite the opposite actually... I nod and wipe a few strands of hair out of my face.

'Well, why are you still in bed? We promised Celine we would have breakfast with her.' She groans, jumping up from the bed again.

It's weird to see her walk again. Celine forced her to stay in bed for the past five days and it has been driving her insane. 'Celine is going to kill you if she finds out you're walking.'

She shrugs and walks over to my closet, lurking through the clothes as if she hasn't seen them before.

'Come on, get ready! I'm hungry!' She exclaims before turning back to me. I can't stop smiling and climb out of bed. 'Fine!'

I get dressed, wearing a taupe-colored sweater with black jeans underneath. Nothing special since we won't be doing much today.

'Ladies,' It's Manuela. She's knocking on the door and waits for someone to answer. 'Come in!' I shout before rushing over to the side of my bed, grabbing my phone real quick. 'Miss Dufort is waiting for you.'

Manuela has been with us for the past few days. Apparently, Rio sent her over before we got here. She's been living in Athens ever since we left Paris. I didn't even realize her absence, but I missed it.

'Tell her I'll be down in a bit. I'm just going to brush my teeth real quick.' She nods and turns to Neveah, waiting for her to follow. Neveah smiles at me and follows the older lady through the door.

I quickly head to the bathroom, brushing my teeth and fixing my hair, before I head to the kitchen myself.

'Goodmorning!' I chime as I enter the already crowded room. Kai is still strapped to his wheelchair and groans at the sound of my voice. It's probably too loud, but I don't care.

He should not be allowed to be near Neveah anyways, but Rio wants him to get comfortable for some reason.

'Since when do you sleep in?' Celine asks, smiling like crazy. She carries a bowl of different types of bread to the little table and waits for me to walk to the table. I do and take a seat next to Marco.

'Goodmorning, how did you sleep?' He asks, before pouring a glass of orange juice for himself. 'Good, what about you?'

'Great!' He exclaims a little too excited, making everyone laugh for a second.

Neveah and Celine keep telling me that he has a crush on me. Even Leon said it, but I don't know. I don't think he likes me that way.

The table is filled with a lot of food, freshly made food. We don't have a chef here, so that means that either Manuela or Celine made all this food. They both love to cook.

'Manuela, come join us!' Neveah smiles at the lady. She was just about to walk away, but turns towards us and takes a seat in between Celine and Veah.

'So what are the plans for today?' I ask before grabbing a piece of bread. I'm not really hungry, but I feel like I have to eat something if I want to survive until later. 'Well, I have to get some pills for Kai, but that won't take long.' Celine sighs, before sipping on her morning shake.

She makes them every morning, they're absolutely disgusting and I wonder how she can drink them.

'I don't have plans so far.' Marco states, keeping his eyes on me again. He did that last night as well, at dinner. Neveah rolls her eyes and dramatically clears her throat, before smiling at Manuela.

'What are you going to do today?' She asks curiously. 'Well, I was thinking about heading down to town, so that I can go to the market and get some stuff for next week.' Manuela chimes before taking a sip of her morning tea.

She's just like my mom, addicted to tea.

'Do you need help with that?' I ask since Neveah, Marco, and I won't be doing anything interesting today. 'Some helping hands would be nice.' She smiles before turning to Marco.

He nods at her, forcing a smile on his face. He would much rather stay at home and chill all day, but at least this way we get to go out a little.

'Someone has to stay with Kai though...' Celine sighs, emptying her glass. 'And since Neveah isn't allowed to do a lot.' 'I'm not staying inside for another day Celine.' Neveah immediately states, making me smile as I bite down on another piece of bread.

'You can't be walking all day-' 'I'll rest as soon as we get back! Come one!' She almost begs, turning to Manuela for a second. 'She has been talking about the market ever since we got here, I'm curious now.'

I would love to say that she's lying, but she's not. She loves to visit old places. She's a typical tourist when it comes to this shit.

'Leon is going to fucking kill me.' Celine groans, slightly giving in to Neveah's demands. 'No, he won't. I'll kill him if he tries!'

They stare at each other for a second, trying not to burst into laughter. 'So can we go?' I ask, desperate to know the answer. 'Fine. Marco, you'll stay with Kai.'

'What?! Fuck no, I'm not staying with him!'

'It wasn't a request.' Celine sneers, smiling like the bad bitch she is. I love this side of her. She definitely doesn't care about anything Marco has to say, not that it's fair. But for once I see a side of her where she doesn't care about the commands of a man. Despite all of this being a request of Rio...

'Fine, but then I'm allowed to go out of the house tonight.' He states, waiting for her to respond.

Unlike Rio or Leon, he doesn't just make decisions. He tries to negotiate. But negotiating won't be helping him out of this one. Celine is enjoying her power a little too much, but I would too.

'I'll think about that one.' Celine smirks, before grabbing a piece of fruit from the table.

I bet Manuela cut all of the fruits into cubes, she always does that for breakfast. 'At what time did you want to leave?' Neveah asks after she gulped down her apple juice. It's freshly made of course.

'Straight after breakfast, if that's okay with you?' I look at Neveah and wait for her to answer Manuela's question. I'm fine with whatever since I wasn't planning on doing anything today.

'Okay, I'll go to my room and grab my stuff.' Neveah gets up and walks through the door, leaving all of us a little flustered by her excitement.

But I get it. She's been inside for the past few days. Celine wouldn't even let her get out of bed to walk around the house. She must want to run outside again since she's finally allowed to do so.

'Leon is going to kill me if he finds out..' Celine groans before munching on a piece of apple. 'He needs to understand that he can't keep her locked in her room all day.'

They all turn to me and raise an eyebrow. 'What?'

'Are you okay, you look a bit... I don't know how to say it-' Marco can't find the right words to say it, but Celine smiles and turns back to her fruit. 'You look horny.'

I almost spit out my drink and start coughing because of her bluntness. She's worse than Neveah right now.

'No, I'm not!' I exclaim, trying to stop myself from blushing more than I already am. 'I should get ready!'

I get up and walk, no run, back to my room, slamming the door behind me. I rest against the door and take a deep breath.

Just an hour ago I was dreaming about Rio and here I am again, with him on my mind. Not because I want to, but because they triggered me to think about it. Why the fuck did I dream about him?!

And out of all the things I should be dreaming about, I dreamt about him touching me. And I wanted him to!

'God...' I groan, trying to compose myself again. Just thinking about it, makes my body heat up in ways I didn't know were possible.

I feel like I'm about to explode. All because of him...

Out of all people that tried to flirt with me over the past three years, my body responds to Rio. Out of all fucking people, why him? The man who threatened to kill my mother? The man who threatened to kill my best friend? The man who threatened to kill me? The man who forced himself into our lives and resents us for staying in his, even though we don't want to be here? The man who is absolutely one of the most gorgeous men walking on this earth, which is also the man who has no heart at all? Out of all fucking men, why him?

'Leya!' I hear Neveah scream from down the hall and jump away from the door just as she throws it open and storms in. 'What are you- Are you okay?'

I shake my head and take another deep breath, before closing the door behind her. 'Look, I need to ask you something...' I say, starting to get nervous.

It's embarrassing to say it out loud, it's embarrassing to even think about it, and now I have to explain it to her. I need her advice. Now more than ever.

'What is it?' She asks a bit anxious. 'I had a dream.' I start, waiting for her to fill in the blanks herself, hoping that I don't have to say it out loud.

'A nightmare?' I shake my head and walk towards the bed.

'Well actually-' 'What was it about?' She asks, longing to know what's going on inside my head. I wish she could read minds. That way I wouldn't have to say it out loud.

If I say it out loud, it becomes real. She told me it was okay to get with Rio, as long as I don't fall in love with him. I'm not in love with him, I just don't get why I want him to touch me.

Sure he's hot as fuck, an absolute god if you ask me, but that doesn't take away the fact that he is and will forever be a monster.

'A dream where Rio touched me.' I groan, trying to cover my face as she gasps for air. 'You had your first wet dream!' She exclaims, rushing up to me. Oh god...

This is what she has been waiting for since she came back from Italy. She wanted me to dream about love, sex, and the future. Two subjects did come along in my dreams quite often, but one of them never did.

Sex... I've never thought about it this much. Not ever. It didn't bother me and I just didn't have the time. Veah wanted me to think about it, she always thought about it. Even during our exams in high school, it was all she could think about. Sex...

'Tell me all about it!' The fact that she's excited about this, annoys me even more. She shouldn't be excited about this.

Rio tried to kill us multiple times. I shouldn't want him to touch me, but I do. Even though I hate this man with all I am. It's like he put a spell on me or something.

'Why does this excite you so much? Rio is a killer.' 'I know, but he's hot and you two kissed! At least enjoy him while you can...' She mumbles, trying to cover the fact that she wants to do the exact same with Leon.

But it's different with them. They're in love. As much as Neveah tries to hide it, she's in love with him. Leon doesn't care about the fact that everyone knows. He wants the world to know how he feels about her.

That won't happen between Rio and me, because I won't love him. If there's one person in the world who cannot be loved, it's him. It's Rafael Adriano Curzio.

'And besides, Tiago is a killer too. But I'm still able to enjoy my time with him, right?' I roll my eyes, thinking back to the day we left for France. He fingered her and she obviously enjoyed it.

'That's different.' 'It's not! You are allowed to enjoy men, Leya!' She shouts before smiling at me.

She's right. I'm allowed to enjoy men, just not him. He's a monster, a cold-hearted killer, an abductor, and the worst man to ever walk this earth. He probably killed over a thousand people to get where he is right now, and that scares me. He scares me...

'I know but it's just-' I huff, trying to find the right words to say, 'I don't want it to be him.'

'You don't want him to be your first or you don't want him at all?' She asks, making me shift a little. This isn't the first time we're talking about sex. But it is the first time we're talking about me having sex.

'I just-' She silences me by grabbing my face and forcing me to look into her eyes. 'What happened in the dream Ley?' 'We just kissed and then you came in and-' She rolls her eyes, cursing at herself for ruining the moment.

I giggle and pull away from her before I start pacing around the room. I need to calm down. This dream is making me turn into a mess. A mess I don't want to be right now, or ever, for that matter.

'Look, Ley.' She sighs, before grabbing my hand gently. Neveah feels like a big sister, giving me the best advice she can. 'It's not bad that you want a hot piece of shit like Rio, but if you really don't want to, don't force yourself to do shit, okay?'

I nod and embrace her arms as she moves in to hug me. 'It's not bad to want to have sex with someone, even if he's a monster. If he wants to and you do too, I don't see why not. Just don't-' 'Don't catch feelings, I know. I won't.'

She steps back so she can stare into my eyes and I nod. 'None of that will be happening, I won't start shit with him.' I state, trying to convince my body to stop heating up by just the thought of his fingers gracing my skin.

'Are you sure?' She asks a little anxious again, but I nod. 'One-hundred percent!'

A knock on the door makes the both of us turn towards it, just before Manuela walks in. 'Are you girls ready?'

She has a little pull cart, you know the one elderly people take to the store and smiles at us. 'Yes, let's go.'

I pull Neveah after me, towards Manuela as we follow her through the house. As soon as we get outside, Neveah takes a deep breath. Filling her lungs up as if she couldn't breathe inside the house.

'How does it feel to be outside again?' I ask jokingly, making her smile even wider. 'A-maz-ing.'

The sun is out today, warming us with the last rays of it as it's about to become winter soon. Well, soon. We have at least two more months until it's winter, but that's beside the point. It's getting colder soon, so we might as well enjoy the last bits of sun.

Manuela chuckles before walking onto the deserted road. 'How far away is it?' Neveah asks, rushing after her. I quickly walk after them and wait for Manuela to answer. 'About ten minutes if we hurry.'

I nod and wrap my arm around Neveah as we follow Manuela to the little village. It's an old village, sending Neveah into her nerd state. She loves places like this. Places where you can see the cracks in the constructions, places where you can see exactly how old everything is. Places with history.

There's a market in the middle of the town. It's the cutest thing ever, but it's way too crowded for such a small place. There are people everywhere, pressing against each other to get the best food they can.

'Could you get all these ingrediënts?' Manuela asks, handing me a piece of paper. 'I'm going to get the bread and meat.' I hand the list to Neveah and nod at Manuela. 'We'll meet at the church in twenty minutes, okay?'

'Okay, good luck. Call us if you need help!' Neveah shouts as the older lady disappears into the crowd. Oh god...

'Okay so... We need to get apples, blueberries, wine, oh watermelon, spinach, beans, mushrooms, and passionfruit.' I look around, trying to see if any of the things Neveah just said are anywhere near us, but I can't see shit. It's too packed.

'Let's start here.' I pull her with me, towards one of the stalls and stare at all the greens it sells. They look freshly plucked, making my mouth water just a little. 'Three for two!' The man shouts before winking at us.

I move my gaze back to the veggies in front of us and search for the spinach, mushrooms, or beans. 'One of those please!' Neveah shouts back at the man who just shouted at us. She does it with a smile, trying to soften her hard tone.

The man smiles back at her and reaches for a basket with fresh spinach, 'Two fifty.' Shit... I didn't bring any money with me because I was too busy talking to Neveah about my dream...

'Here you go.' Neveah on the other hand didn't forget her money and decides to pay. She takes the spinach from the man and smiles at him, before pulling me with her.

We get all the other ingrediënts and head to the church, just in time for our twenty minutes to run out. Manuela already has all her ingrediënts and is waiting for us at the church.

'Did you enjoy it?' She asks as we start walking back to the house. I nod and look at Neveah. She's absolutely exhausted.

'Celine was right, wasn't she?' I ask, grabbing a few bags from her just so she doesn't have to carry too much. 'About?' 'You shouldn't have gone out today. At least not to do this.' I smile, making her roll her eyes.

'I'm fine!' She groans as she tries to reclaim the bags with food. I pull them away just far enough for her to not be able to reach them and smile. 'When we get to the house, you'll go and sleep for a while. Okay?'

For the rest of the walk home, she's annoyed with me. She knows I'm right about her needing rest, but won't ever show it. She's too stubborn for that.

Manuela opens the door and heads straight to the kitchen. Neveah, who is still annoyed with me, turns the other way and heads to her room.

Oh god... I drop all the bags on the counter and take a deep breath. 'Do you need any help storing everything?' I ask, leaning against the marble counter.

'No, that's alright! You can go to your room, I'll call you when the food is ready.' I hesitate for a second. Manuela is an older woman and some of the things we bought are quite heavy, but I know she won't let me help her.

'Alright. Call me if you need help!' I exclaim, before heading to my room.

Maybe I should go and talk to Neveah? I decide to wait a bit. She needs to rest and I hope that that's what she's doing right now.

Just as I drop onto my bed, my phone vibrates in my back pocket.

𝙸'𝚖 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐 @ 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕!

It's her. Neveah.

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚅𝚎𝚊𝚑

It takes her a few minutes to respond, meaning she's probably changing or on her way to the pool right now.

𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚢!

I sigh deeply, knowing how stubborn she can get. She won't rest until I'll go to that stupid pool.

𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎.

I change into some shorts and a top, before heading to the pool. I'm not going to swim and neither is Neveah. She knows Celine will fucking kill her if she even thinks about swimming with those stitches.

When I get to the pool, I see her laying on one of the sunbeds, savoring the warmth of the October sun while she can.

'Took you long enough.' I almost gasp for air when I notice the person beside her.

Kai is laying on a sunbed, no shirt, black sunglasses, with nothing tying him up anywhere, as he enjoys the sun with her.

'What the actual fuck!' I shout as I storm over to her. She smiles and looks over at me, before turning back to the sun. 'Why are you sitting here with him and why is he not tied to something?!'

She takes a deep breath, almost sighing as if this is nothing, and turns to me again.

'Would you calm down, nothing is going on.' I stare at her- in total awe, as I try to find the right words. I want to shout at her, I mean, how stupid can she be?

'Did you do this?' She nods and turns to me again. I'm obviously ruining her sunbath, but I couldn't care less. 'Are you insane!?'

'I'm not a threat if that's what you're trying to get at.' Kai mumbles, grasping all our attention. How fucking dare he- 'See, you're overreacting!'

'He fucking shot you Neveah!' I shout at her, pulling her away from him, 'You could've fucking died!'

She almost falls to the ground as I drag her ass to the door. 'You stupid bitch! You could've gotten yourself killed!'

'He won't hurt me.' 'He already did!' She seems to forget that he shot her. She almost died because of him, yet she's talking to him, hanging around him, as if it's nothing. As if they're old friends.

'Food is ready!' I turn to the door and notice Manuela standing there. Kai hops off his sunbed and smirks at us, before heading inside. 'Does Celine know?' I ask since he's walking into the house as if he owns the place.

'No...' Neveah answers, making me groan out of frustration. She's going to fucking explode and tell Rio and then he's going to go to my mom and all of this is going to be fucked. 'Shit.'

We walk inside and enter right after Kai. He's seated in his usual spot, groaning because of his injuries. How the fuck is he walking?!

According to Celine, they broke his left knee, broke a rib, both his arms are fucked and he has a lot of bruises everywhere. So how the fuck is he able to walk?

The room goes silent for a while as we wait for the others to join, which seems to take longer than usual. My eyes are on Kai the entire time.

'Hey ladies, how was the-' Celine stops as soon as she notices Kai is not tied to his wheelchair anymore. She turns towards us and opens her mouth, ready to explode on us. 'What the actual fuck is-' 'He won't run away or hurt us!' Neveah shouts just as she's about to continue.

'He tried to fucking kill you?!' Celine fumes at her, making her sigh deeply. 'You do know I'm sitting right here, right ma chérie?' 'I told you to stop calling me that! Someone, tie him up before I'll kill him!'

'Why, can't trust yourself around me?' He smirks, making her even angrier than I thought would be possible.

'I swear to god if you don't shut the fuck up, I'm going to fucking-' She lunges at him, but he doesn't flinch one bit. He simply starts smirking again. Just as she's about to continue, the door bursts open.

'Okay but at least tell me how things are going-' 'I want to speak to Neveah!' It's Leon. Marco sighs deeply before handing her the phone and looks at us. He doesn't seem to notice that Kai isn't tied anymore, but that's because Kai is keeping his hands underneath the table.

He knows Marco will snitch on him, unlike me or Neveah. Celine will snitch on him as well, simply because she's obligated to do so. And to be honest, I want to snitch on him as well. But it might bite me in the ass later.

'Tiago?' Neveah stares at the screen and starts smiling when she sees him on the screen. 'Ciao Cara, how are you feeling? Are you listening to Celine?' He bombards her with questions and we all watch as they talk to each other over the phone.

It's the cutest, yet saddest thing ever. They're so in love with each other without either of them actually saying the words.

'Leonardo, please put away your phone and look behind!' It's Rio. He's with Leon. They're driving, running away from someone, or so it seems. My eyes grow wide when I hear shooting from the distance. 'What's going on?' Celine asks, moving closer to the phone.

'We have a little problem, but we'll be home soon. I promise.' Leon chimes, before dropping his phone. More gunshots fly through the air, filling our silent room with the sound of it.

'Please be careful!'Celine shouts at the two idiots on the other side of the line, but it's too late.

A loud crash makes all of us look at the phone. The screen is black. No way...

I stare at Celine and slowly turn towards Neveah, who is about to have a full-on panic attack.

'They can't-' 'I'm on it.' Marco rushes back out of the room and mumbles something under his breath. Something Italian, it sounds aggressive as fuck.

'Neveah-' She jumps up and runs out of the dining room, leaving just Kai, Celine, and me alone in the dead-silent room.

'What the fuck happened?' I ask as I try to process what just happened. 'I don't know, but I know they'll be fine...' Celine answers a little uncertain.

'It doesn't seem like they will be, ma chéri.'