Chapter 8
**Aurora's POV**
Why did I feel that way?. The ache between my legs persistent on feeling touched.
I looked at my bathroom mirror. I'm not supposed to feel like this for a guy that kidnapped me. And possibly even more dangerous than he looks.
But he eyes draws me. His touch was so good, I missed it when he let me go.
I brought my hand to my neck and dirty scenarios started playing in my head, imagining him holding my neck while he slammed…
Aurora get your head back. He must be sleeping with numerous women. I thought and washed my face and changed my clothes.
I settled in on my bed and relaxed and opened the book I bought today from the bookstore. Time to enter fictional land.
I was lost in my books. The main character making me fall in love with him the more. Then a knock came.
"Come in". I said, not looking up from my book.
"The boss, said I should get you ready for today's gala". I heard a female voice say.
I looked up to see an unfamiliar face. And what gala is she talking about?.
"I'm sorry. What gala?. And I don't think I'm allowed to go out". I said, not moving from my position.
"Can you not fucking argue and get your ass up?". I heard Zeno say.
"Well, I'll get my ass up when I know who she is and what gala I'm getting prepped for". I said finally shutting my book.
"Jesus, you'll seriously be the death of me". He said and took a box from her and also a cloth bag.
"You may leave us now, Dera". He said and she sit the door on her way out.
"Get up. I'm the one dressing you up so you know better than to misbehave". He said and opened up the box.
It was a make up kit.
I stood up went to shower and got dressed in a robe. I sat down in front of my vanity.
"So you have a red dress, which means everything will be red". He said and started applying the make-up.
I'm not typically a makeup person so I don't know what on earth he was doing but I was looking good.
"Where did you learn to make up?". I asked him, looking at him through the mirror as he was put on hair accessories on my hair.
He paused and looked at me through the mirror. Something flashed across his eyes. But as fast as it came, it left.
"My mom. She used to tell me, a woman's joy is being dressed up by her husband. That for some reason this shows, he still finds her attractive to dress her up for him alone". He said and put the last red hair pin on my hair.
He came to kneel in front of me and took out a red diamond ring and took my hand.
"She also taught me how to be respectful to some extent and made me ask her out to be my date for galas like this", he took my left hand and looked at my eyes, " will you be my date for tonight, Aurora Macini?".
I swallowed looking at this man, that treated me like I was a see through human, talked to me when he was, according to him, training me, kneel infront of me, not masking the sadness he felt in his eyes, asking me to make memories he did with his mother.
"Yes, I'll be your date for tonight". I said, biting my lower lip and avoiding his eyes.
"Why do you always avoid my eyes?". He asked me, tilting his head a little.
Because it drowns me, Zeno. Your beautiful hazel eyes drowns me and I'm scared that I'll get lost in it and you won't find me.
"Nothing. I'm just a really shy person". I opted instead.
He smiled. "Well, I'll make you to be my shy bad girl. Just for me". He smirked and put the ring on my wedding finger.
"Just for tonight, Zeno. Don't get ideas in your head". I said and got up, going for the dress.
"Don't. Don't wear that now. I did your makeup which is actually really light and just enhaces your beauty. I don't want to see the full package just yet". He said and left my room.
This made me blush. Real hard. Did he just call me beautiful?.
I opened the cloth bag to reveal a fitted dress, a one handed long sleeve dress, with a slit starting in the middle of my underwear mark.
Yay, no panties tonight then.
I got changed and did a final take in the mirror. The dress did justice to my hourglass slender figure. I grabbed my red clutch purse and headed downstairs after putting on my strap heels.
I headed to the y- shaped stairs. I got downstairs and stood at the conference point of the other two fleet of stairs and that when the men noticed me.
All of them, Gabriel, Casper, Gelato, Douglas and Herberto were all dressed in red apart from him. He was dressed in black.
His hair pulled back in a sleek half bun, with two strands falling at the sides of his face. The hairs meeting his eyelashes.
His eyes were the only thing that wasn't black. I descended from the stairs, step by step, my eyes connected to his still.
I walked down and met with Casper. He offered me his hand and I saw his eyes turn dark.
"You look beautiful, Rora". Casper said and kissed my hand.
"Thank you". I said, smiling a little.
We walked to the car and Casper left me but I was about to follow him.
"You are riding with me, cuore mio". He said, opening his Porsche car. (My heart).
I swallowed and got into the car with him. He sat and started the car, soon it was a total of four cars following us.
I sat there, looking out the window. Soon I felt his hand on mine, playing with the ring he gave me, soon his hand intertwined with mine.
"Zeno…". I began to protest and also pulling my hand from his.
"Can you…can you just keep your hand and for once let me have my way, cuore mio?". He asked, squeezing his hand in mine.
Cuore mio?. What?.
"Did you.. what did you call me that?" I asked him, looking at him squarely.
"Call you what?" He asked, glancing between the road and me but I didn't miss the smirk on his lips.
"You know what you called me". I argued further. I wasn't hearing things.
"I don't know what you are talking about, princess ". He said and concentrated solely on the road.
Ugh..this man never stops being annoying.
"You don't like I call you that?". He asked, his voice slow and low.
"Just don't call me things you don't mean". I said and he just looked at me and faced the road without saying anything else.
I know what I said but is it weird that I wanted him to be his stubborn self and say it again?. I loved it when he called me that. It hurt seeing him silent.
"Cuore mio". He said, and looked at me to see my reaction and foolishly, I bit my lip but I couldn't stop the smile from showing and this earned me a low chuckle with a smirk.
"Asshole". I said. He knows what he's doing.
Soon we arrived at the gala. It was beautiful. It was held in a place that had the same y shaped stairs as his house.
The compound has a fountain in the middle and lights and flowers adorned the golden door and exterior of the house.
We came down and he gave the valet the keys and without him asking I snaked my hands around him.
"I'm your date, don't look so surprised. Enjoy it while it lasts". I said and we went in for the gala was about to begin.
Thirty minutes into the gala, I saw the guys having a discussion with a group of people, they looked dangerous as well.
I sat at the bar, sipping on my dirty tequila. I looked Zeno, he looked like he was looking for someone.
He looked around and when his eyes found mine, I saw a look of relief wash across his features.
He and the men then left and went behind closed doors. I wonder who they are.
Soon, screaming and shouting was heard and the once peaceful but rowdy hall was soon thrown into a state of pandemonium.
I saw Douglas running towards me, blood on his shirt.
"What is going on?. Where is Zeno?". I asked, panick across my features. Whose blood was that?.
"No time, let's go. Now". He said and dragged me along with him. I dragged my purse and ran with him.
What the hell?.
We were going to his car, the one he came with and under s blink of an eye and with a speed of a mad person ready to die we left the compound, on our way back to the estate