Mafia Desire novel (Ava and Andrew) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14
She was startled. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but if you ever get into trouble, please call me." I will always be available to you." She said this with a gentle smile.

I nodded, relieved that she didn't push any further.

"I need to clean up a few things; do you think you'll be okay?" Emily inquired.

I nodded, not wanting to distract her from her work.

I heard footsteps behind me after she left. I only knew one person who walked around with that much rage.

"Woman, stop undressing on my counter." He stated

I turned to face him, my bruise visible. He looked at me, then at my bruise, his eyes flashing from anger to surprise, then back to anger.

"What in the world did you do?" He inquired.

"What have I done?" Oh, Andrew, that's hilarious." I responded

"Never mind, I don't mind." He hissed.

"Oh no, this is your fault," I said, pointing to my bruise.

"Last time I checked, I never hit you; as much as I despise you, I don't hit women." "However, you're making me reconsider." He stated

"This happened because of you and whatever you do for a living." I spat

He raised an eyebrow in concern.

"Why are men following me around and attempting to beat me up because they believe I am your girl?" I inquired, my tone irritated.

He approached me and grabbed my jaw. He was hurting me, I winced.

"You're not my girl, and you mean nothing to me." He hissed.

Something about the way he said it made all of the hairs on my body stand up, and my brain went into defense mode. His grip on my jaw was becoming too tight, and I was terrified for a fraction of a second. I was afraid he'd hurt me more than the men in the alleyway had.

He saw my face for that fraction of a second, and something inside him changed. He let go of my jaw and began to walk away.

"I know I'm nothing to you, just like you're nothing to me. But I get annoyed when three men try to beat me up in an alleyway, claiming they need to hurt you by using me. I don't care what you do, but I stay out of it. I'm not here because of you; I'm here to see your damn sister." I yelled.

He came to a halt, turned around, and looked at me with skepticism.

"How did you get out of that with only a bruise?" he wondered.

"You don't have to worry about that; you just have to make sure the rest of the world knows that me and you are nothing, and that I could never feel anything for "you." With a smirk, I said.

I stepped away from the kitchen island and began looking for Dalia. I despised Andrew; I could deal with him, but what I couldn't handle was other people thinking I could be with someone like "that." He would not sully my reputation. I wasn't just another of his whores.

Dalia was playing in her room upstairs when I arrived. She had a pink room with many stuffed dolphins. She had posters of her favorite singer and a few photos of what appeared to be her father holding her when she was a child. I didn't want to ask what happened because I was afraid it would be bad, so I just told myself he left them.

"Hello, Princess!" I exclaimed with glee.

"I missed you, Avaaaaaaaaa!!! Dalia yelled.

"I missed you as well!" I said while hugging her.

"I missed playing with you; I love Andrew, but he can't play with dolls." She stated

"Oh, that's what we're going to do today?" I inquired.

"YESSSSS!" she exclaimed.

"All right, princess, whatever you want." Giggling, I said.

I'd missed Dalia; she was such a lovely little girl, and I knew she'd be nothing like her brother when she grew up. Andrew was neither kind nor patient, whereas she was. Andrew was selfish and horrible, while she was generous and happy.

After a few hours, I put Dalia down for a nap. I went downstairs after closing her door. I was taken aback to find Veronica in the kitchen. I never saw her again because of her long hours.

"Hello, Veronica," I said, smiling. I was delighted to see her; she was stunning for her age and one of the nicest people I knew.

She looked up at me, her eyes filled with concern. When I saw her concern, I became concerned as well.

"What's the matter?" "Are you all right?" I said