"Can you ever stop surprising me?"
I asked with a laugh and Enzo smirked.
"No."
He simply said and motioned to move towards the restaurant. I followed him and so did Chloe and Duke. It was becoming a nice routine to hang out with them.
The restaurant was comparatively smaller from the ones I have been to. But the place was decorated in a very artistic way without much expenditure. We settled on a simple booth. The waitress took our orders and I ordered more food than others. I was a shameless foodie.
"All preparations done for Benjamin?"
Enzo asked.
"Almost."
I replied in a low voice, not wanting to extend the topic. Enzo, sensed it and turned to Duke to talk about business. They talked till our food came and it took a long time, their servicing wasn't much appealing but the aroma of the food made me forget about that and I only focused on the Manchurian noodles in front of me. Without waiting for others, I started eating then the others joined me.
"Hmm... It's so delicious. I would like to come here more."
I told Chloe and she beamed with mouth fool of Manchurian.
"Sure why not."
She replied when she finished the food in her mouth. I think Enzo enjoyed the food as well, he was eating more junk than I had seem him eat in the past few days, that I have known him. Duke didn't talked much, he only spoke to Enzo about business and talked to me if something was important.
After stuffing my stomach to the fullest, I knew it was gonna give me a stomach upset for sure. As soon as Enzo opened the door to exit, Alantino blocked our way. What the hell was he doing here?
"Hey, babe."
He said to me and my blood boiled in my veins. Didn't he have a brain to fit in such a small thing- I was not his babe. Enzo stopped him from coming any nearer to me and thank god he did so, because I would have slapped him right there on the spot, if he tried to touch me.
"Dude, what's your problem. Get your dick out of my way."
He said and I heard Chloe letting out a disgusted sigh behind me. Alantino, really didn't know, how to behave. But one thing he was good at was his acting, he acted to be such a gentleman in front of me, to catch me in his real and he succeeded.
"Get the hell out of here, before I smack your ugly throat."
Enzo warned but instead of following, Alantino smirked his disgusting smirk.
"That's what I want, I go my way and you go your way. Now can you please stop blocking my way and let me meet my fucking wife."
He said in a polite tone, which was just fun for him. He didn't mean to sound like that, he was doing this to annoy Enzo further.
"You are not worth my time Russo, you know that as well."
Enzo snapped in a plain but most savage way. Alantino clenched his teeth but didn't respond but this time he grabbed Enzo's collar, he would have to pay for it, Enzo would make him pay. Enzo raised his hand to hit Alantino but he blocked it with his other hand and said near his face,
"Don't even dare, my men are all around."
Enzo looked around and a few guys with tall, muscular shape were scattered all around the place. What did he think of himself? It wasn't courageous of him to fight like this.
"What kind of bravery is that?"
Enzo smirked and so did Alantino. They both were twisted. Chloe and I gave each other a look, she was as petrified and confused as I was.
"My kind of. Come on, Amato, you know the clever one always wins."
He said and Enzo jerked his hand away from his collar and Alantino scowled at him, in return.
"You better let Valerie go with me or this night would not be easy for you."
Alantino said and now I was petrified more than angry. No, anger wasn't left, fear overtook it. Enzo turned behind to look at me and I pleaded him in my mind to not let me go with a man like him.
"Well, I would choose to fight."
Enzo decided and this choice didn't convince me either. Alantino wasn't an idiot, he had brought his men, that meant he knew we were going to come here, he was keeping an eye on us and if not, he was standing at front of us, that meant he was not in a mood to let us go that easily. He would surely make difficult for is to leave. But I couldn't let Enzo go in that danger for me, I wasn't that selfish. He had already done so much for me and I respect it. But I couldn't let him risk his life for me.
"I'll come with you."
I said, stepping ahead of Enzo and they all have me an surprised look. I know they thought,if they misheard me for a second but when I didn't correct myself, Alantino smirked and took a step my direction.
"Now that's my wife."
He said, putting a hand on my shoulder and I felt nauseous because of his touch.
"Are you mad?!"
Enzo yelled but I refused to meet his eyes. I didn't want him to see through my eyes, what was going inside me. I remained silent.
"What's your problem Amato, even she is saying she is ready to come back with me."
Alantino stated.
"Look at me Valerie."
Enzo commanded but I ignored.
"Who gave you the right to order my wife?"
Alantino spoke and I just wanted to leave that place with him if that meant saving the lives which cared for me.
"Can we leave now?"
I asked in a low voice and Alantino smirked.
"No, you are not going anywhere. Why are you doing this. You don't have to fear this asshole."
Enzo said and I was on the urge of breaking down, now. I glued my eyes to the ground, I wasn't courageous enough to face Enzo after letting him down by surrendering to Alantino. Everything he did for me, would just mean nothing, once I leave with Alantino but that was all I could do to not let Alantino hurt Enzo.
"Shut the fuck up, Amato. She is my wife and she can come with me if she wants to. You don't have to voice in our family matters. And now that I have heard my wife is pretty good at business too, I am sure she be of huge benefit to me and my men... I mean my business."
Alantino said and the way he corrected 'men' to 'business' made it clear that he had some filthy intentions out of me. My thoughts were quickly disturbed as Enzo, punched Alantino's face and he took a few steps back, out of force,but didn't fall. He looked up back at Enzo and he was ready to fight him or his men, the blood was written on his head. He would kill anyone that tried to come in between his way now. The only thing I was fearing of, started. The fight wasn't gonna end good.
Alantino's lower lip had a cut and it was bleeding. His face was red, mostly out of anger.
"You didn't chose a right path Amato. Now pay for it."
He said and his men cane to stand behind him. They all were tall and muscular. Alantino, brought his best men for his ugly game. What a shameless creature.
"At least I have guts to fight, unlike you Russo."
Enzo snapped as he dodged Alantino's punch and Duke was taking care of the other men. He was a good fighter, he didn't take much time killing two men of him and by that time Enzo was able to take control on some other dickheads. I thought this fight would be difficult seeing the number of fighters but Enzo and Duke made it look like their daily job, the way they fought. Well, of course it was their daily for. I mean they had to deal with people in physical ways too. Illegal businesses weren't decent. Chloe and I stood close to each other, we both were panicked as the men fought. But we were pretty much confident about the strength of Enzo and Duke.