When she calms down a bit I carry her to my bed.

"I'll get you something to sleep in," I said. She nodded her head and I went out into the hallway. I walk into her room and see her brothers and father sitting talking. When they saw me they raised their heads.

"What the FUCK DID YOU DO TO HER?" I yelled at them.

"We hit a sensitive nerve," Luca says.

"WHAT NERVE?" I yell.

"I asked what was wrong with her.." Luca says.

"And why did you do that?" I say. I just want to choke them all.

"She came back all bruised and was hurting," Luca says.

"Holy shit, the reason you asked what was wrong with her was because she was bruised. You're all fucking morons." I say. They all turn quiet and I walk into her closet and grab some clothes for her to sleep in.

"Val will be staying with me tonight." I say and leave. I walk across the hallway and walk in the room. I couldn't see her anywhere. I hear water running in the bathroom and knock on the door.

There was no response so I walked in to see her head under the water. I run over and grab her out of the water. I'm not gonna ask her yet since it will probably make the situation worse. I get her a towel and wrap it around her.

"Here are some clothes you can sleep in." I say and drain the water. I leave the bathroom and sit in a chair to look at my phone.

She walks out and gets into bed. I get up and lay next to her. We were facing each other and I could see her eyes were still teary. I grab her closer and kiss her forehead.

"It's all gonna be alright" I say.

"T-thank you," She says.

"It's my DUTY AS A BOYFRIEND" I say, making her chucke. It's nice to hear her sweet chuckle.

We both fall asleep in eachothers arms.

Valentina's POV:

(Saturday, 6. 45)

I woke up in Elijah's arms, he didn't let me go, even when we were sleeping. Last night I didn't mean to go under the water, it just felt like a pull, pulling me under, like it was the right thing to do. I'm so grateful to have such a boyfriend that will help me in these situations. The pain from my bruises are all gone in his arms.

Elijah wakes up after about 20 minutes and looks down at me. He lets out a sigh of relief and pulls me closer.

"I'm suffocating here" I whisper as I don't have enough air in my lungs to talk.

"Oh sorry" He pulls back. I get up and walk to the bathroom and take a shower. Elijah is still in bed when I get out. Well I was hogging the bathroom so how could he get ready.

"I'm gonna get some clothes." I say and walk across the hall. I go into my bathroom and get my outfit.



I go out and see Elijah waiting outside. I grab his hand and we walk down to breakfast. Everyone looked up when we got down.

"Hello valentina." Stefano said.

"hello I say." I sit down next to Elijah.

"I'm really sor--." Luca sys.

"Please don't, It's really me who should say sorry. I raised my voice. I was just a little vulnerable. Sorry. Can't we just forget this?" I say.

Everyone looked at me. "Sure" they say.

"Thank you" I say back. We continue eating our breakfast until father says, "There will be a ball tomorrow and then we will announce your existence"

"Alright, I will go back to New york on monday then." I say. I don't think they expected me to say I wanted to leave because they looked like they had a roach up their ass.

"You'll be going back?" Giovanni asked.

"I have a life back in nyc you know." I say.

"Alright, just attend the ball." My father says.

"I will, I'll find a dress right after breakfast" I say.

After breakfast I went to my car and drove off to the dress store or whatever they are called.

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