Chapter 30 Knowingly Unknown People

An impatient and overly joyed girl took my attention from the corner of my eyes, making me look at her sucking my full attention to her, she was in her early twenties but looked few years younger than me, then I saw Nicole was waving at me holding a brightest smile over her face and the girl was nearly jumping in excitement holding his hand, looking at the car. I waved back at them and she flashed her ear to ear smile. Nicole was here. Maybe this scissor mouth told him he had kidnapped me.

She ran towards the car as soon as it stopped in front of her. I was about to open the door of the car but she beat me and opened the door, pulling me out of the car holding my hand. God, what is she doing? Couldn’t she wait for a few more seconds to let me get out on my own? Her excitement was flooding the entire area.

“è così bella. (She is so beautiful)” She commented something in Italian looking me up and down and turned to Mr. Accardo and started walking towards her with a crooked smile(, opening his hands in the air to hug her. She left my hands and ran into his arms. I don’t know what to say, so I just keep calm. I wasn’t expecting him to be so sweet to someone. He is always rough on everyone, even Nicole and his brother, Marc.

“She is, but she doesn’t understand Italian Alex.” Mr. Accardo smirked at me, breaking the hug with this girl.

“Ohh” she was surprised and watching him furrow her furrowed eyebrows and turned towards Nicole standing two steps back, which nodded in agreement.

“Snowflake, you know Nicole and this is my younger sister, Alexandera. Alex.” He introduced her to me, but I was stunned. He is so much different in his behavior than his siblings, causing me to snap my face at her suddenly in confusion, but Nicole nodded, suppressing his laugh. I forwarded my hand to shake her, but she removed and hugged me tightly.

“Hii, I am Elena Davis. Executive of Mr. Accardo and Assistant Manager of Accardo Hotels.” She frowns upon hearing me and breaks the hug immediately to face me. She shares glances with Mr. Accardo nodded with a smile.

“Hii, I was waiting for you.” She breathed, flashing her smile at me.

“What?” I questioned with confusion.

“I mean, for my brother.” She corrected, taking a step back, allowing Nicole to forward who was walking with his contagious smile, causing me to smile too.

“How are you, tesoro?” He cheered and hugged me, causing Arius to growl loudly and Nicole to burst into laughter.

“Do you know? He kidnapped me.” I questioned in a firm but suppressed tone, as his sister was also here.

“Absolutely No.” He refused immediately after breaking the hug, shaking his head in a negative way, glancing at Arius. I think he is telling the truth.

“Let’s go inside, my fragile.” He responded by circling his hand around my waist. Alex and Nicole turned to go ahead first, hearing his words. I halted Arius in the middle, creating a tremendous gap between us and them so they couldn’t hear our talk. Arius looked at me as I stopped on our way inside.

“I am not your, not fragile and not Snowflake at all.” I declare strongly in a bitter tone. He went furious and crushed my body over his, making me feel him completely. Pulling my face closer to his, blowing his every warm breath over my face.

“You are allowed to do everything you desire, even yell and hit me, but making us feel our existence apart from each other. You are mine and only mine.” He warned furiously, but pecked my lips softly, leaving a chaste kiss behind. I melted unwillingly over his body, hearing his words, which strikes my heart directly.

“At least don’t call me with such names in front of your family and friends.” I requested him to try to negotiate, as I knew how stubborn he can be. He left and started walking again towards the hall, smirking at me.

“I can’t guarantee that, but I will try. We should head now or they will think we have started making out here.” He commented casually, dropping my mouth wide open, but I shut quickly as he leaned his head forward to kiss, landing his lips on my tight, closed lips. He rolled his eyes and headed in. God, how does his mind work? He thought it’s an invitation to kiss me with a surprised open mouth.

“You are impossible.” I mumbled, shaking my head in disbelief at his behavior. He ignored my words, glancing for a moment at me, and we entered the hall, which is more massive than I thought. Hall was decorated with brown theme decoration, two gold staircases were leading different sections. Walls of the hall were filled with old pictures of people standing in rows and a few family pictures maybe, but one picture caught my attention.

I walked further to get details from it, two men in their thirties standing proudly smiling towards the camera even in their dirty clothes. Their hands rested over each other’s shoulders like a dear friend, but a long piped rifle also accompanied them in their other hands. It looked like they just came from hunting. One of them has similar features to Arius, but the other one was intimidating even from his smile. Pull on my waist made me come to reality, and I followed Arius towards the dining area.

They had a cream and light brown dining table with an antique look of red visions over it and long, too. At least sixty to seventy people can easily accommodate it. I also noticed decorations of lavender flowers were everywhere around the corners, tables, even in the hall. Maybe Alex likes lavenders like me. That’s why they are everywhere, making me smile at every step. Nicole was sitting on one chair waiting for us and Alex was talking to maids seriously and the maid was nodding at her every word. Everything seems quite normal. Instead of his security and his lifestyle, guards in black clothes were still roaming inside the mansion looking everywhere, ignoring the surrounding people, but they weren’t armed at all. Maybe they will leave after a few minutes.

“You must be tired Elena, so I arranged dinner early.” Alex speculated, walking towards me, asking me to take a seat with her hand.

“Thank you, I am a bit tired.” I accepted while sitting on the chair. Arius took a seat beside me and maids started serving immediately as they were afraid of him.

“You will love this.” Nicole cheered and nodded at a maid as she poured a glass of wine. I took a sip and smoked the flavor of berries with a hint of orange after taste rolled over my tongue.

“It’s really great.” I complimented Nicole’s choice of wine, making him smile. We got engaged in normal talk, but Arius was just nodding at responses or questions coming from Alex. After a few moments, Marc too joined the dinner, teasing Alex for every other silly reason, making everyone laugh. Well, his siblings are great, and Nicole already was. We hadn’t talked much, but I can tell we get along very well. He was sneaking glances at her, even though he was seated exactly beside her. I think he had a crush on Alex as he headed down quickly when I caught him glancing at her. Dinner went very well. We all chatted a lot and almost every dish was of my liking.

We got up from dinner and Arius talked to Marc and Nicole, which sounded very serious as Alex’s face paled, but she masked soon.

“Snowflake, I have some important things to look at, but it will finish soon. Alex will show you your room. Rest for a while.” Arius ordered and left without listening to me further.

“He is always like this.” Alex responded while chuckling at the behavior of Arius.

“How do you work with him?” She jokingly added, approaching me with two wine glasses, forwarding one to me.

“Well, I’m used to his weird things.” I answered after taking a sip from it. As she heard me, she burst into laughter.

“Come, let me show you your room.” She further added. I nodded and followed her, putting the glass of wine over the dining table.

Alex lead me through corridors after corridors which were decorated simply with red and golden carpet over the marble floor and modern lighting over the ceiling, few doors were highlighted with golden borders and everything fucking looked the same. I just kept quiet and followed her. She was talking the whole time, Arius this and that, but I was distracted because of the maze he created inside the mansion. First floor looked smile but the second floor didn’t, which was leading in four directions as we finished the staircase. I would go crazy if I tried to even remember them. Few maids bowed while we passed. Alex finally stopped at one of the same doors having a golden border.

“This is your room. I have already arranged everything for you. If you need something, order a maid or tell her to call me. Ok?” she asked with a smile. She was genuinely concerned about my needs here. I agreed and left, hugging myself.

I opened the door, entering my temporary room; I was surprised as it has light lavender and white theme. It was a medium-sized bedroom, but still huge for me. White marble floor was dividing the complete bedroom in two sections. The bed and small seating area with lavender colored walls were two steps higher than the rest of the bedroom, separating the bathroom, balcony and closet. I opened the closet, dropping my jaw on that marble floor, watching his ridiculous behavior. He arranged everything from my inner wears to party dress. Did he just buy the entire shop? I am just living here temporarily for almost a week, but his preparation looks like five years ahead.