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For a small fraction of seconds, Lia thought she had managed to reach the door, but when she went to turn the handle to open it, it was locked. She gave an almost defeated cry as her hair was grabbed tightly by Hayden who pulled her back upstairs.

- Leave me! he exclaimed angrily, trying to break free.

“Lia, you just made a big mistake. His voice was sickly calm.

- Bullshit? It was Lazzáro you wanted, wasn't it? I told him not to come. You'll just have to be content with me. she said defensively.

"Do you think that if he loves you, he won't come even if you told him not to?" He chuckled. "You weren't as smart now as you were when you ruined my plan."

“Hayden, you're not going to get what you want. Please desist.

- Shut up! Yes, I will get it and if I'm not going to kill him with poison, it will be faster and with no chance of going wrong. He pushed her into her room.

Deep down Lia continued to feel the tightness in her heart, something inside her seemed to want to warn her, a terrible affliction.

- You have problems! he insulted.

- You can not imagine how much...

“Hayden, please let me go. I'm pregnant, you can't be so mean as to be mean to a woman with a baby inside her. — cried out for mercy from one who had none.

He walked towards the young woman, enraged. He grabbed his jaw hard and squeezed, it was hurting, he had strong hands. Lia began to try to fight even though she was crying and in pain. She attacked Hayden's arm with punches but he seemed to get more nervous and intended to hurt her. This only stopped when they heard the noise of the room door being broken into by Lazzáro.

- Oh my God! - Lia screamed with fright and in a few seconds he was already there opening the door of the upset room.

"Get your hands off her right now you son of a bitch!" - The man felt the heat of fury burn his body when he came across Hayden's hands on Lia.

Lazzáro didn't wait for the conversation, he attacked Hayden throwing several punches in his face, Lia started to get dizzy but she couldn't let her body and a bad feeling get in the way of anything there. I was desperate. I did not know what to do.

“Lazzaro, please stop. she asked, fearing that anger would drive the man to commit a crime.

- No. That bastard needs to learn he can't lay a hand on you. he snarled, infuriating even more when he saw Hayden smile with a bloody mouth.

He was sick.

“You're so dumb you fell for my plan like a duckling. It's okay that Lia is smart and managed to discover the other, but now... Now you've gone too far coming here without knowing whether or not I'm capable of doing something with you. “Lazzaro punched him more times.

“I told you not to come. That's what he wanted. Why did you come? She was already crying as if she knew something very bad was going to happen.

Lazzáro stopped hitting Hayden and ran to Lia hugging her body tightly. He was so desperate that he didn't even think twice about going to meet him, knowing that he was in danger at the hands of a madman who hated him, and when he saw him touching her, his body reacted furiously to that, so he punched him until he left her. it limp on the ground.

- Are you well? he asked, scanning her entire body.

— I am and you? Her heart was so fast she could hear it beating.

"If you are, so am I." Now come on, we have to get out of here and call the police on this psychopath. — they clasped their hands to get out of there but were stopped again.

“You're not going anywhere. - Hayden said with difficulty and pulled a gun leaving them in shock.

“Hayden, don't do this. Please. - Lia pleaded, Lazzaro was silent.

His silence was one of fear, panic and dread. Not for him, but for Lia, his love. He held her waist so tight trying to convey a confidence he didn't have at that moment.

“I need it, I want it, and I'm going to do it. If I go to jail, let it be for a good reason. Killing those who deprived me of the luxury life I always wanted. But first, I'm going to give him the pain of losing someone he loves.

He pointed the gun at Lia, his intention was to shoot her and then Lazzáro. So, he unlocked the gun in the direction of the girl, but he didn't have a chance because at the moment he pulled the trigger, the man put himself in front and was hit by a shot in the abdomen.

She felt her whole body freeze, her mind spin and her heart nearly leap out of her chest. A maddening despair, a pain without size hit her chest as if the shot had been her.

— Nooo!!! she screamed, pouring herself over his fallen body. - You are a monster! You stupid! Psychopath of the worst kind! Bastard! She pressed on Lazzaro's wound being consumed by the faint look of pain he looked at her. - Please honey. Don't close your eyes, look at me. Stay with me. he muttered, his chin quivering.

The pain was wracking his body. It looked like it had been ripped in half.

“You promised to take care of me, remember? I need you... Please... - she uttered in tears feeling the worst pain anyone could feel. It was as if a piece or half of her heart was being ripped out with a dull knife.

Hayden looked in shock, he didn't move for a second, absorbing everything Lia said. At first he had been in love with her, now seeing her so disassembled made him come to his senses. He had never shot anyone before, but his sick mind made him do it in a moment of rage. In his mind, killing slowly with poison was less worse than shooting with his bare hands and seeing a person agonize to death, but he was still willing to do it, not just willing to, he did it. He wasted no time in fleeing the scene.

"They'll get you!" You will pay for it! Too expensive, Hayden! I hate you! he screamed painfully.

Lia with one hand holding the wound, looked for Lazzáro's cell phone with the other, finding it dialed the emergency number asking for help.

But they took a while to arrive... And five minutes passed.

- Hey my Love. Can't you make me alright? I won't make it without you, I won't. He lowered his face to his chest already covered in blood and wept as he had never cried before.

A cry that brought groans from his soul.

— I... — Lazzáro stammered — I love... You... — and closed his eyes.

- Oh my God. Oh my God. No, no, no. Please don't... Lazzáro, talk to me, open your eyes. Open your eyes... I beg you... I beg you...

You can't die...

Lia was there, in front of the icy body of the love of her life. Lazzaro still looked alive, his handsome face still exuded life and love for the person he loved most in the world. The tears echoing through the room, the unbearable pain shattering her chest into millions of pieces, the will and sense of living without him fading more and more.

It was destroyed, shattered.

It made no sense to survive without him anymore, he was the only reason for her happiness and then suddenly he wasn't there anymore. He lied to her, he wouldn't take care of her forever, he wouldn't stay to see their child born. In fact, he didn't even know he was going to be a father, the bitterness taking over the soul of the girl who just wanted never to have loved him.

Lia just wanted to have answered Lazzaro's request when he told her: You can't love me .

Remembering that, his state got even worse, it looked like he was going to die of pain, sadness, anguish. And at that moment she understood why Lazzáro didn't want that feeling for her, it was the worst that could exist and if he hadn't fallen in love, if she hadn't loved him, maybe none of that would have happened.

But soon his conscience made him see clearly.

Lazzaro took a bullet for me. He loved me. I can't regret loving him, I can't. He didn't lie when he said he would take care of me forever, he was prevented from doing so. And Hayden will pay dearly for it. Very expensive.