Alexander.
I watched her leave but my pride stopped me from going after her. I took a turn that led to the outside garden and lit a cigarette.
"Just saw Isa and she looked pissed so what did you do?" Liam asked, standing next to me with a glass of champagne.
"We have a bigger problem" I said, taking a drag.
Liam took a sip of his drink. "What could that be?" He asked.
"Sebastian Romano is Isabella's cousin" I said.
"What the fuck how did you not know this?" Liam asked. I crushed the cigar's butt under my feet and buried my hands in my pocket.
"It's a problem right fucking now. If the others find out then we'll have more problems" I said.
"But it's kind of like an advantage for us, we could have a leverage over Sebastian with this" Liam said.
"We're not using my wife as leverage" I snapped.
Liam raised his hands in mock surrender. "Okay then your call" He said.
I sighed. "We should head back." Liam and I reluctantly returned to the party, Isabella and Sebastian's wife, Anna I think chatting away and as I made my way towards the two women, a familiar blonde blocked my path.
"Get out of my way Andrea" I said. I stole a glance at Isabella who was now with her fourth drink, her eyes holding mine as Andrea pushed herself into me, her fake tits rubbing against my jacket. Liam walked away with a shake of his head.
"What you're not in the mood for some fun?" She smirked, her hand going dangerously low.
"Andrea" I warned. Isabella's back was to me now and I wanted nothing more but to get rid of this woman in front of me.
"Never speak to me again after today. I've told you, whatever we had was just to blow off steam and I have a wife" I said.
Andrea rolled her eyes. "I heard. What's her name, yeah Isa. She seems pretty innocent, nothing like you at all plus we both know you haven't fucked her yet. Why?" She asked taunting me.
"It's none of your business Andrea and the next time you dare to touch me again, I'll make sure to cut off your hands" I said, shoving her away.
Isabella had started to walk away when I headed her way and instead of stopping, I followed behind her until we were outside. We stood in silence, tension and something else thick in the air between us as it brushed past us.
"How many drinks have you had?" I finally spoke. Isabella snorted and look ahead. "Don't start now Alex, stop acting like you care" She said, her voice thick with unsaid emotions. I rubbed my temple and took a step forward.
"Where's Rena?" I asked but she didn't reply
"You should head inside now, I'm sure your girlfriend must be looking for you" She said.
"She's not my girlfriend" I scowled, my jaw flexing.
I heard a soft laugh from her lips. "Right, she's just one of those many girls who you fuck to 'let off steam' isn't she?" She asked, downing the rest of her drink.
A loud scream resounded from inside the house and I instinctively pulled Isabella closer and pulled out my gun.
"That's Sofia" She whispered. I followed after Isabella as she rushed in, heading to the direction of where the sound came from and the crowd that had started to form quickly disappeared on my arrival.
"What's going on?" I asked. Rena was nowhere to be seen so she must be with Liam. I looked at Sofia and Grayson, the blood on his knuckles not hard to miss and the fear on her face.
Isabella hugged Sofia close, silencing her cries. "I caught Giovanni's son, Carlo trying to force himself on her." Grayson bit out. Anger threateningly took over my being as I turned to Sofia. "Tell me what happened" I demanded. She shook her head, hiding closer to Isabella and the marks on her arm now visible.
"She's scared and traumatised Alex, you can't seriously ask her this" Isabella interjected.
"Stay out of this" I snapped.
"She's right. It took me a while before I could get her to stop screaming" Grayson said.
"Where is he?" I asked.
Grayson nodded towards the door behind me. "He's tied up in there"
I glanced at the door. "Give me a hand will you?" I asked.
Grayson gave me a dangerous smile. "With pleasure"
"Stay here" I warned and followed Grayson into the room. The lights came on and I smirked at Grayson. "You did good" I said and gave Carlo a once over, happy with his new bloody look.
Grayson grunted. "Not enough" I nearly laughed as I grabbed a seat in front of him and peeled off the tape that held his mouth shut.
"You fucking bastard!" He screamed at Grayson. I punched him a n the face, silencer ng him for a while before his mouth started to run again.
"You have some nerve to fucking breathe after what you try to do."
Carlo laughed. "It's not my fault I find your sister sexy and if you had a problem with it, you should have locked her up like the brat she is" Carlo spat.
I lost all ounce of calm I had left and pushed him backwards and the chair he was ties in broke when he hit the floor.
"Seems like your brother's death didn't teach you shit. He also tried to touch Kia and look, he's watching you about to join him in hell" I said, kicking my chair away.
"I wanted revenge for my brother, he didn't deserve your madness!" He screamed, tearing through the ropes and squaring his shoulders to fight me. I grabbed Carlo by the neck and threw his beaten body across the room, satisfaction blooming in my chest at the sound of his painful groans.
"This will be the last time we'll do this, Carlo. If you come near my family again, I won't pity your father next time" I said, pulling him up by the collar.
"Maybe next time I'll go for your sexy wife before I die. At least I'll know what she tasted like." A low growl left my throat as I pummeled my fist into his face continuously, my anger intensifying by each pressing second.
'I'll make sure to hit her in front of you and then take her like the good whore she is until she forgets your fucking name."
"Don't fuck with me and let her go."
'Alex!'
'You hear that, how she's screaming your name but not for long though. She'll be screaming mine soon'
'Alex stop!'
'I promise you that'
'ALEX!' A firm hand held my fist as I blinked, the surroundings returning back. I looked up at Grayson who was trying to stop me.
"It's not him." He said. I looked at Carlo and I immediately pushed away when I couldn't even recognize him.
An ear-piercing scream came from behind me and when I turned, Sofia and and Isabella were standing at the door both frozen in obvious fright with their eyes glued to Carlo's nearly dad body and then to my bloody knuckles and clothes.
"Sofia -" Grayson started but it was too late.
She screamed, so loud my ears nearly bled in protest.
"I told you to stay outside." I growled at Isabella. Sofia kept screaming but didn't look away.
"Calm her down" I snapped at Grayson and she tried to run as Grayson reached for her.
"Let me go!" Sofia screamed, fighting against Grayson's hold on her. Isabella's eyes stared into mine and I understood the look in her eyes.
"Sofia calm down."
She saw me as a monster.
"You d-did this?"
"Little -" I'd barely finished when she ran out of the room and Sofia still screaming.
I glanced at Grayson who was still struggling with a scream Sofia
"Give her a shot and shut her up" I said.
Grayson looked unsure. "Do it."
"Don't touch me just let me go!" She screamed again.
"Sofia" I tried to reach for her and that only resulted in another scream.
"Hey what are you doing stop!" Kia interrupted, about to reach for her sister when I grabbed her arm and stopped her.
I pinned Grayson with a hard stare. "What the fuck are you waiting for? Shut her up!" I varied at him.
Kia pulled my arm. "Alex no!" She screamed as Grayson punctured Sofia's neck with the syringe and pushed down at the end of the tube, her screams immediately going quiet as her eyes grew heavy and Grayson caught her before she could fall.
"You can't keep doing this to her Alex" Kia sobbed.
"Take the girls home and stay there" I said and left to find Isabella.
The party had already ended when I reached the hall and still no sign of Isabella and Rena. I stopped in the corridor when I caught a glimpse of her blue dress.
"I can't do this anymore."
I exhaled sharply. "It had to be done." I said.
Isabella turned to me, her eyes red from crying. "Is he dead?" She asked. I took calculated steps towards her and shook my head.
"No." Unfortunately.
"Don't lie to me Alex, I saw it with my own eyes. You killed him"
"He's still breathing." I said. She looked unsure like I was trying to hide the truth from her but I wasn't. Besides, I really want to kill him now.
Enzo Hernandez will probably be pissed at me for ruining his party.
"Rena could have been there." She whispered. She wasn't wrong but I didn't say anything instead I just listened.
"What you did was wrong." She said.
My fists clenched. "Don't fucking say that. He tried to rape Sofia and he got what he deserved and I've made it clear that rape is not allowed in my territory." I forced out. We stood in a painful silence, waiting for someone to say something but it never came.
"Rena must be asking for me, I should go. Don't let her see you like this." She said. Isabella was right, if Rena saw the blood on my clothes, I have no idea how she'd react.
Isabella stopped and cast me a final glance over her shoulder. "What did you do to Sofia?" She asked.
"Nothing dangerous" I answered and watched her leave.
I hope I'm right about Sofia. That's the fourth time this month.
Shit.