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Chapter 13 - Chapter Thirteen: Date Night

Isabella

I smiled to myself as I stared at my reflection in the mirror.

How Alex picked this dress is still a mystery to me but I love it regardless.

 It's a flower print dress with thing straps at the shoulders with a low cut in front.

The only problem I had was my broken arm that's currently in an arm sling that doesn't suit the dress.

Maybe this was a wrong time.

Grayson was taking the girls and Rena to the movies so I had no reason to worry. Well except the arm sling. Damn it. I can't stop thinking of it.

A firm hand on my side jerked me out of my thoughts. "You look beautiful little one." He murmured against my skin.

"The arm sling doesn't go with it. Maybe I should just change." I suggested.

"No it's fine this way." He said. I sighed and turned to face him. He wasn't wearing a jacket as usual, just a normal shirt with three buttons undone and bit of ink showing off and pants.

"You haven't told me where we're going." I said as he led me out of the room and down the stairs.

"Its a surprise." He said vaguely. I dropped the question as we drove out of the house and hit the main road.

We stopped in front of a building, taking the underground route to the parking lot.

"Where is this place?" I asked him once we were in the elevator.

"Calm down, little one " He drawled. The elevator stopped with a chime and we walked out, Alex holding me close even though no one else was present.

"What is this a secret resturant?" I asked him. I got my answer when a waiter ushered us in and showed us to a table while another served us champagne.

"So you brought me on a date, to a secret resturant?" I asked, hiding my smile.

"Well, it's not really a resturant. My grandfather bulit this place for the Famiglia meetings but I decided to not let this beautiful place go to waste." He said

I raised a brow. "You don't use it for your meetings?" I asked.

"Sometimes things don't go as planned." He said shortly, meaning he's not going to explain further.

A waiter interrupted us to take our orders and returned shortly with our food.

"How did things go with Liam?" I asked, sipping a part of the champagne. After Alex returned that night, I forgot to ask about liam and why he had to leave urgently.

"Fine." He said. Here we go again,he's acting distant and aloof all over again.

I shrugged. "It's alright if you don't want to tell me about it." I said. Alex's hand coveredine suddenly, my heart racing faster than normal as my skin tingled.

He did not just do that.

"It's better this way." He said and I know he's right. It's better if I don't know anything about Alex's work. I moved my hand backwards, eager to get rid of his touch.

"Are you ready to tell me what really happened to your arm?" He asked. 

Way to go Alex.

I sighed and stopped eating. "I told you I fell." I said. Alex didn't look convinced one fucking bit.

"All I want is the truth, Isabella." He said and I swear I almost came clean with him.

"Alex, we're not having this conversation right now." I said with a slight frown.

He didn't seem affected. "This is not over. " He said. We finished our meal in a less happy mood and I could feel the tension starting to build.

Alex and I stared at each other in silence. If this is how he wants me to tell the truth, he has no idea what's going on right now.

"Why can't you let this go?" I asked frustratedly. God I feel like tearing my hair out, which means he's winning.

"Do you have any idea why the doctor asked me to stay back?" He asked calmly.

I don't like where this is going at all.

I swallowed hard. "Why?" I asked.

"She thought I normally hit you. The fucking doctor thought I had something to do with it because you had a severe fracture so fucking tell me what happened." He rumbled. He's angry, I can hear it but I don't want to tell the truth because 8I can't be responsible for the fall out of three brothers.

I kept my mouth shut instead of answering and that only infuriated him the more.

"I checked the CCtV footage." Alex said. My head snapped up to meet his gaze and damn me he wasn't lying and boy was he not happy.

"I saw what Javier and Marco did to you."