Chapter 214

It took a few seconds, but it seemed like Christian had finally gathered some courage to ask me the truth. “Did you tell him,’ sounded the same as did you break our promise, and I couldn’t handle it?

“Where were you yesterday?”

“I told you…I just needed some air.” I whispered, afraid for his reaction. I lowered my head so I didn’t have to look at the disappointment in his eyes while Christian stepped closer. At least he had Siena in his arms so that meant he wouldn’t do anything crazy.

“Did you tell him?” Christian repeated himself. “I’m not asking you to pick a fight. I’m asking, so I can fix things before they get worse.”

“I-I…” I spoke, defeated. He didn’t seem angry, and that was a good thing, but why couldn’t I tell him the

truth. “I-I-”

“I told him about Johnny. It was me.

In shock, I turned around to face Dario, who stood in the doorway. Those words were supposed to leave my mouth, but instead, they left his. “Dario?” Christian spoke. “W-why would you even do something like that?”

Dario’s eyes met mine for a split second before they went back to Christian’s. “I told you that I don’t agree with Johnny’s actions, and I’m not trying to bully him because, at the end of the day, he’s my brother-but Beau had the right to know, don’t you think?” Dario explained calmly.

“Carmen and Luke are his siblings. They are Serena’s siblings, and they’ve both been loyal to you, so we should show some respect in return.” He continued. “Don’t you care about their feelings? Are they not as important as Johnny’s, is that it?”

I could tell Christian held himself back because of the baby, but Dario was right. He got my frustrations.. while Christian didn’t, and the worst thing was that I hadn’t even told Dario about those frustrations. “I’m sorry if you feel like I somehow disrespected you, but

“No, you didn’t,” Christian spoke. “It was just a simple question, and you gave me an answer, that’s all.”

Besides Siena, there was something else holding him back. Christian was known to be a short-tempered. monster whenever things wouldn’t go his way, but this time it was different. Was it because he didn’t want Dario to go back to his dad? Was it because he was traumatized at how things ended with Vincenzo?

“The idea of running a business together is that you don’t do things alone.” Christian forced a smile on his face. He was seconds away from exploding, but somehow managed to remain calm. “Serena, are you coming?”

“No.”

Christian frowned his eyebrows and glared at Dario, while I felt stupid and was afraid he misunderstood -my words. “No, what do you mean, no?” He scoffed.

“I just want to check on my brother, that’s all,” I reassured him. “I don’t want him to ruin your dad’s day, so I’ll talk to him and you’ll talk to Johnny. Okay?”

He seemed at ease with my explanation, but his suspicions towards Dario had not changed. “Then are you coming?” Christian asked him, with a disgusted look on his face. He didn’t want me to be around him.

“No.” Dario shook his head. Christian released a deep sigh as the tension was only getting worse.

“You know what, fuck it!” Christian snapped out of nowhere, while I quailed at his sudden outburst. “You two can f-”

and held him by his arm. “The thing from yesterday!” He spoke

Christian as if he was trying to explain something with his

few seconds. I looked back and forth between the two as I was curious

and left me behind with Dario. I was waiting for Dario

“So?” I mumbled.

“So?”

felt weirded out by the serious tone in his voice. “I’m sorry, I don’t know

forward while Dario surprisingly stepped back. “I know,

not your

was I supposed to believe those

asked. “Why did you take the blame for me?

shrugged. “Christian

didn’t dislike him. He didn’t have a bad thing to say

“Because I heard you came with the suggestion to involve me with the family

next word. “Although you didn’t have to do that, it was

“No problem.”

disagree with Johnny’s actions, and I do think he should apologize-so no, you’re not

do anything other than a smile after hearing his honest opinion. It felt good to have someone by my side, someone I could

hands with a delightful smile on my lips before I looked up at him.

his fingers and gave me an unimpressed

to know that I’ll always support you…as

Christian’s fiancée…

+5 Bonut

my hand away from his and took a breath. Just by the tone in his voice, I could tell that he knew. He was

do you mean, aren’t

Dario sighed. “Please don’t make me

as if I was crazy. “B-because it’s a misunderstanding” I recovered myself, but

met you…I was angry, and I wanted to destroy your relationship

we moved on!” I stopped him from talking. “I don’t like you like

“Serena, listen!”

you fall for me, while I shouldn’t. I don’t like you that. I’ve never liked you, and I could never return those feelings-so I think it’s for the best if we…took our

felt my heart drop at his words and looked at him in fear as I took in his sudden request. He didn’t want to hang out with me anymore, and deep down, he was the only person who truly understood my feelings. “Then why did you

it right after. This was all some stupid game, he didn’t

and

told him. “You’re right, I do like you, and that’s why you can’t do this to me. You’re the only person

loves you so much…you don’t even understand how much he loves so and you can’t do this to him-I won’t let you do this to him.” He spoke as the soft expression in

“Sorry for me?”

all over the place, manipulative, and

threatening to spill from my eyes as I listened to his hateful words. Once again, I tried to find a hint of a lie behind those sharp eyes, but this time I couldn’t find anything. “I’m sorry. I’ll take it back-all of it, and we can forget this ever

raised his voice. “I’m sorry your life with Christian is miserable, but please don’t drag me into it, not when we were just starting to get along. You should appreciate what

“Goodbye, Serena.”

something. I couldn’t because he had a point. He perfectly

me, I had a daughter who needed me, but all my attention went to things that

happening to

the downfall Franco and Cesca always accused me of?

eyes as I couldn’t hold myself back anymore and let the tears

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