Chapter 22

"I was supposed to be yours, Giovanni! You denied me and humiliated me in front of all the company staff," Matilda said with tears rolling down her cheeks. At this point, Giovanni was worried only about the fact that his wife was tied up. Matilda noticed that he wasn't even listening to her.

All he did was stare at the place that Ingrid lay, it was pissing off Matilda to know that even in the last minutes of his death, he wasn't even willing to listen to her. She shot a few inches away from his head so as to get his attention, "You bastard!Now, your 'lover' will have to pay for your mistakes!"

"No!"Giovanni yelled, "Please, let's talk about this, Matilda." Matilda shook her head and started to scream at him, she yelled about how she didn't want to hear any of his lies anymore, that she wasn't going to let him empty promises get to her.

"THERE'S NO STOPPING ME NOW!"

Giovanni jumped on Matilda right when she was about to turn around and aim at Ingrid, she fired at the wall instead, two inches away from Ingrid's head. Kate panicked and aimed at Giovanni as he wrestled with Matilda. She fired her gun and accidentally shot Matilda on her foot, causing her to let go of the gun, "You maniac! Shoot him! Not me."

Giovanni punched Matilda so that he could get enough time to tackle Kate. While Matilda was looking for her gun, Kate fired at Giovanni, who luckily, dodged the bullet and hid behind the tilted nightstand. He grabbed it and threw it at Kate, causing her to fall due to the weight. Giovanni picked her up and punched her as well.

Matilda finally picked her gun up and was just about to fire at Ingrid when Christopher barged in, running at full speed to jump on Matilda. She turned in a haste to face him and fired right when he jumped on top of her. It was by luck that the bullet missed Christopher by half an inch.

"Freeze!" The police came in and had all their guns aimed at Matilda. Carl ran in and fired at Kate's shoulder because she was a second away from stabbing Giovanni.

The police put the two women in handcuffs and took them out of the house, Carl went to Giovanni and explained that they found Mrs. Brown in the kitchen storage room and she sustained a minor injury on her head. "are you alright?" Carl asked, "No! my nanny... my wife!..." Giovanni stood up and ran to Ingrid's side. He kissed her forehead and ran his hands up and down her arms, searching for a better spot to start to untie her. She was crying and she looked very traumatised. "I'm so sorry I left you, I'm so sorry! I love you so much," Giovanni picked her up and helped the health personnel take her to the ambulance.

He didn't want to leave Ingrid's side, he asked Carl to drive his car to the hospital that they were headed so that he could be in the ambulance with Ingrid. As she lay there, with her eyes shut, Giovanni held her hand in his and started to pray for her dear life, to pray that she and the babies were okay. It didn't matter if the health personnel in there saw a grown man dropping tears, he was willing to do anything if it made God listen to him.

While still in the ambulance, Ingrid opened her eyes partially. She wanted nothing more than to be back in bed, safe, asleep...and next to Giovanni. She looked on her side and saw him holding her hand like it was her last day with him. She saw his lips moving but no sound came out. Her heart felt warm at the site of that, she never thought that she could ever see anyone other than her mother pray for her again. She wanted to move so that she could let him know that she would be okay, but her body felt numb and her mind demanded more of the sight that was in front of her.

When they got there, the doctors ran tests to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the babies. "The babies are okay, Mrs. Soares. Now we just have to help you with the trauma that happened. Mr. Soares, I've prescribed some drugs to help her feel a little calm but she will need more rest and more love, can you do that?" the doctor asked. Giovanni nodded. The doctor called the male nurses to help Giovanni take Ingrid back to his car. Christopher put Mrs. Brown in his car and they both started heading home.

The drive was quiet, even Giovanni didn't know what to say to her, he felt a weight of guilt and he didn't understand why it was so great. Was it because of the fact that he didn't get to Ingrid's rescue sooner? Was it because he promised her safety and yet danger still knocked at the door? Or maybe because the danger was a woman from his very own past. When they got home. Giovanni told Christopher to put Mrs. Brown in her room and to make her some soup while he dealt with Ingrid.

He laid Ingrid on the bed in another room because he didn't want memories of what happened playing around in her head. The moment he sat down beside her, Ingrid sat up and gave him a tight hug, "I will always be grateful for you, I don't know what I would have done if I lost you during that fight. I'm so glad that you're alive!" tears ran down her cheek and soaked Giovanni's shirt. He kissed the top of her head and held her tight.

"You are my only little fiery red head, the mother of our children. I will make sure no harm comes to you, no matter where you go," Giovanni said. Ingrid nodded and held his cheek to make a better suggestion, "Now you must pass that promise down to our little Angels."

Giovanni noticed that Ingrid had another issue on her mind that she was a little hesitant to bring up, "Hey? Is there something wrong?" Ingrid looked up and took in a deep breath to ask the question on her mind. "Giovanni?" She called out, "Matilda said something earlier, about how she wasn't going to take any of your lies anymore or your fake promises, did you really do that to her?"

The look on Giovanni's face was enough to say that that was not the topic he wanted to dive into at a time like this, "I'm sorry if this isn't the right time but I just wanted to know why else she would be so bitter," Ingrid said, softly.

"Oh, you needn't apologise, you deserve to know the full details of my history with my ex-girlfriend," he said. "As you already know, Matilda and I were going to get involved in a marriage contract because her father's company was failing in terms of progression. It wasn't a forcing matter on anyone's part, but it got Matilda thinking bigger than she was supposed to be, she smelt power when that proposal came up, but sadly, I declined."

Giovanni noticed that Ingrid was not satisfied with the story, she needed more details, and so he went on, " The only thing was that Matilda and I were already dating at the time, I won't lie to you, I did love her, but she was a dirty cheat and I was waiting for the best time and best way to let her go."

Giovanni spoke about the many times that he caught her drunk from a bar on the weekends and she was being carried by some strange men that he was certain Matilda didn't know too well. "She was a professional in her job, but when she chose to be wild, she chose carelessly...kinda like your cousin, Kate." Ingrid nodded, that was a fact of the century.

"As for the fake promises, Matilda was certain that we would get married, not because of me, but because my parents sort of had faith in our relationship. They always told her that I was head over heels for her. At the time, they didn't know about the side of her that I saw to be very intoxicating," he explained.

Ingrid moved even closer, "Anyone like Kate could hurt you, trust me, I know better, forgive me for having not thought of it that way." Giovanni held her hand and kissed it, he told her that she had no reason to be apologising. "Tell me, is there a chance that there could be a little bit of love left in your heart for her?" She asked. "Ingrid...if I tell you that my heart is yours, then that means there is nothing else in it that is not my love for you," Giovanni said. He held Ingrid blushing cheeks in his hands and kissed her lips softly.

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Ingrid was getting better as time went by. After everything that had happened, she was beyond grateful that Giovanni was doing his best to give her his attention. It made her crave him, sexually as well. Despite the fact that most women don't enjoy making love at the stage she was at, she couldn't help but feel that they deserved it both.

She was super horny when Giovanni walked in from work all of the time. This time, she knew that something had to be done. "I feel like I'm so wet because I have been thinking about you all day," she said as Giovanni walked out from his night shower. Surprised to hear that, he let out a chuckle.

Ingrid ignored his chuckles and pounced on him. He told her he was starving so he wanted to eat dinner first and so as soon as they were done eating dinner, she laid down on the couch on his lap and just started sucking on him. Then he started to touch her and this went on for about 30 minutes until she was soaking wet. He couldn't handle it anymore so he took her to the bedroom and flipped her over on the bed and rammed himself right into her.

It was a session worth the wait, she cuddled close to him and took in his soft kisses all over her body, his massages on her feet, she couldn't ask for more. "I really love you," Giovanni whispered as he kissed her shoulder, "I love you, too," Ingrid responded.