Isabella's POV:

I sat back down on the bed.

I didn't know what to do now so I just stared into the abyss

Leonardo cleared his throat making me look up and he was there holding out a book for me

"I'm not going to make you sit there bored , I need you in here but I don't want you bored half to death" he told me and I hesitated but I took the book because he was right

If I didn't I'd be bored half to death.

He smiled slightly and then he went back to his work

I didn't get it.

Why did he need me in here?

I was angry at him either way and he knew that.

I wasn't going to forgive him so why has he made me stay here.

I opened the book to start reading

I make it to the first page before realising he has read the book and left messages in margin.

My heart dropped

'won't speak to me but you'll have to listen to me the entire way through this book'

The first message on the first page

I looked up at him and he was already looking at me

He was on call and he smirked at me seeing I had read it

I just try ignore it reading the first page

'still here!' was the second message

He really went through the entire book and put a message on each page in a couple hours just to do this?

I mean that's effort.

I read each page and he continues to leave messages on each page

The book was about a powerful mafia man who's obsessed with this ordinary girl who despises the mafia because they killed her mum

The man's father killed her mum actually.

He becomes her boss just so he can see her everyday

She becomes very use to him and they actually become friends

Then she finds out who he is.

She goes insane in the moment but afterwards when she finds her house raided by his men and all her things packed up

She runs.

She runs to the other side of the world.

He chases her every step of the way

Until finally he finds her and he kidnaps her , taking her home with him and tells her they are getting married

He understands why she hates him but he just thinks it's cause of his mafia

Not because his father killed her mother.

That's all I've got so far , I'd got about half way and my heart raced

He had gotten her a bouquet of flowers a couple days ago but she was so angry she throws them away

He realised money wasn't going to win her over so he worked all night instead of doing his actual work to make her a bouquet of coloured in paper flowers

He put them in a basket that was filled with her favourites sweets and a pair of fluffy socks

She loved fluffy socks.

He knew that

I giggled at the gesture

He might be a bad man but damn did he care for her.

"Yes Phil I know but I am not going to another meeting tomorrow, I had enough to deal with today , do not tell me what to do!" Leonardo got angry at whoever this Phil guy was from over the phone

He hung up the phone quickly with frustration

He picked up his laptop and walked over to the bed

He laid down on the other side and I pushed myself as far away from him as I possibly could

"Don't move away , come here lay beside me , Isabella please I'm not going to hurt you I just-you keep me calm" he confessed but his confession currently meant nothing to me

I stay where I was but suddenly he grabbed me by my shoulder and dragged me up so I was laid beside him

I sighed in frustration but I wasn't going to speak a word no matter what.

He placed his arm around me so I couldn't get away

I moved in his hold but it did nothing

He wasn't letting me go.

I kicked and struggled as much as I could but no success so eventually I just gave up or else I would have screamed

"Just read my darlin." He told me looking down at me with his stupid blue eyes

I do as told though because I wasn't going to lay here doing nothing

I feel him playing with my hair as I read on

I looked up with an annoyed look on my face but he just smirked at me

"Just let me , read your book I just need you close to me right now , go back to avoiding me every minute of everyday tomorrow please?" He mumbled with a pleading look in his eyes

I sighed and gave him a stern look before turning around

He continued to play with my hair as I attempted to focus and read but I felt his hot breath on my neck

Shiver went down my spine.

It was not easy to focus with the man you hate most forcefully holding you in his arms while playing with your hair

I managed to continue to focus somehow and my heart raced as I flipped each page

He'd just found her diary.

Where she write everything

Including about her mum's death

They were currently in an argument and so he angrily goes through the diary

'little did he know his own father murdered my mother Infront of me at the age of 14.'

I screamed

Leonardo turned around very confused looking at me with concern but I didn't want to stop reading so I continued to read on

"My father." He shouted turning around and there she stood behind him

"My diary.." she mumbled with fear clear in her eyes

I stopped reading in shock

I couldn't help it.

"DAMN." I screamed and Leonardo must have been extremely concerned now

"Are you okay?" He asked with deep concern and I almost answered in to much shock to remember I was ignoring him but I stopped myself

I throw my hand over his mouth and I shushed him

Reading on

"That's why you hate me so much." He mumbled in shock and she stared at him with tears in her eyes

"I-" she tried to speak but she didn't know what to say

My heart pounded as the tension between them increased

"I hate you because you remind me entirely of that night." She finally got out and I sat with a gapped mouth staring at the book in shock

"The tension." I muttered putting the book down to recover for a minute

Leonardo who was now on the phone stared at me intrigued in what the fuck was going on in my head right now

He pulled me closer to him

I huffed trying to push myself away from him but he wouldn't let go

"Would you like to speak to summer?" He asked putting the phone on loud for me

"Izzyyyy?! That you?!" Summer dragged on from over the phone and I chuckled at her behaviour

I smiled hearing her voice

"Hey sum, you okay?" I asked her carefully sitting up

"I'm okay , I just got worried you weren't in your room and I went on a hunt for you , I eventually had to give up and go actually ask Victor because he's the one that I'm least mad at so yeah I found out you were in there and convinced him to ring you" summer explained why she was calling because she was worried

Bless her

"Oh well don't worry sum I'm okay, why were you looking for me?" I asked her because we were both supposedly going bed so I don't know she'd be looking for me

She went silent for a moment

"I kinda just was having a moment" she muttered shyly knowing Victor and Leonardo at the least we're listening

I wasn't sure if the others were listening

"Oh I'm so sorry I wasn't there , you okay now? If you need anything just tell me" I asked her forgetting about the other because they didn't matter to me right now

I had an idea how we could speak without them knowing

And so did she.

"Я боюсь, а что если мой брат будет таким же, как мой бывший муж?" She spoke quietly in a soft voice

(I'm scared , what If my brother's like my ex husband was?)

"Твой брат болен, но я обещаю, что он не настолько болен" I replied in Russian, I felt so sorry for summer she'd been through so much recently

I felt Leonardo's shocked stare on me.

(Your brother's sick but I promise he's not that sick)

"Promise?" She mumbled and I smiled softly

"I promise"

I heard the phone he taken out of summers hand

"You speak Russian both of you?!" Ace shouted over the phone in surprise and confusion

I didn't answer

I wasn't speaking to him either.

"She's still not speaking to any of us , I'm working on it." Leonardo mumbled pulling the phone back towards him

They have a minute before hanging up

I was tired now.

"Russian, huh?" He asked me whispering in my ear as if he was taunting me

I turned away from him and he grabbed my chin harshly pulling me back to look at him

"Speak to me." He spoke in a way that it almost sounded like he growled

Woof woof.

I try push him away but he held me down tightly

I was too tired for this shit.

He had his leg on top of mine so I couldn't kick him

When I didn't reply he grabbed my wrists holding them above my head as he stared down at me with hungry and fury filled eyes

"Speak." He told me and I was sort of scared now

I was so tired and he was keeping me up

He breathed in with frustration

"SPEAK TO ME!" He yelled randomly getting more angry , I think he thought I would have given in by now

I flinched away from him as tears appeared in my eyes.

"I'm tired can you stop now." I muttered finally giving in because all I wanted to do was go to bed

I was done with all this

Today was hard and all I wanted was sleep.

His eyes lit up because I spoke to him

"I'm sorry" he muttered seeing how done I was with his shit

He finally climbed off of me and I got into the duvet

I wanted with everything in me not to sleep in the same bed as him but I decided if I stay this side and he stays that side

It'll be okay.

I was falling asleep when I felt Leonardo's arms wrap around me

I tried to push away but weirdly enough, his touch was comforting

I was being dumb

It was because I was tired.

"I don't deserve you" he whispered in my ear making me tense up because he was so close

"No you don't." I muttered back in a annoyed tone

I could practically sense his smirk

"I love you my love" he spoke in his deep tone , his Italian accent slightly peaking through

His voice

His touch

His words

Why'd they comfort me right now?

Something was wrong with me.

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Chapter 21 completed gangg x

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