A Plan to bring Lovebirds together

A month later

At Knight Heritage, Italy

9:00 a.m.

Antonio's P.O.V.

We all were settled around the dining table and were having our breakfast. There was a pin drop silence at the table, only the sound of forks and spoons clanking against the plates could be heard.

'One month has passed since that day.'

Yes, Rosaline had been living with us for the past one month but like a spirit. I had barely heard her voice because after that day she had totally shut herself up. She comes to the office regularly, does all the work which is assigned to her by Noah, eats with us, live with us under the same roof but neither she engages herself in any conversation nor she even looks at anyone. She doesn't talk with anybody now, not even with Jennifer so smiling and laughing is totally out of the picture. Rosa lives like a robot, completes all the tasks but after doing her duty switches off herself. During the weekends she would stay inside her room the whole day. Jennifer and Emily had tried several times to talk to her but she gives them a wide berth. But apart from all these things I have noticed something else in her behaviour too.

'She doesn't even protest anymore.'

The fierce and bold Rosaline whom we all got to see the day she landed in Italy has been lost somewhere. I was shocked that day when I saw her staring us blankly while Katherine and Sophia were humiliating her badly. I thought that she would definitely fight or give them a piece of mind, but she quietly left the scene. But this has become a daily routine of hers. The whole month, those two cakes face never left an opportunity to pass nasty comments to her, insult her, embarrass her, demean her in front of everyone but Rosaline never uttered a single word. I still remember the day when Katherine tried to push her off the staircase but Xavier saved her.

~Flashback

Two weeks ago

At Knight Empire, Italy

Rosaline was descending the stairs. She was heading towards Noah's cabin to give him a file. Rosaline had stopped using the elevator now as she has now become claustrophobic. I was just passing by the hallway when my eyes landed on Katherine who was quietly following Rosaline making sure not to get noticed. I frowned but all of a sudden, my eyes widened in shock. Katherine's lips slowly curved up into a cynical smirk. She raised her hands in air and suddenly pushed Rosaline off the stairs.

"ROSALINE!!"

I immediately ran towards her but stopped in midway when Xavier appeared out of nowhere. He caught Rosaline immediately before she could fall as he wrapped his arms around her waist protectively and flushed her figure against his chest.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

He yelled at her furiously. Rosaline was still in shock while her eyes turned big and got filled with tears. I rushed towards her.

"ROSA? ARE YOU OKAY?"

I immediately helped her and made her stand on her feet. She was shaking like a leaf. I pulled her to myself and started rubbing her arms so as to calm her down as she was trembling furiously. She must be too terrified.

"YOU'RE BLIND OR WHAT? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO WALK PROPERLY?"

Xavier again barked on her face. Rosaline flinched in fear, her chin and lips started wobbling while her eyes kept shedding tears. I looked at him in anger.

"INSTEAD OF SHOUTING ON HER CAN'T YOU CONSOLE HER? MOREOVER, SHE WAS WALKING PROPERLY, IT WAS KATHERINE WHO TRIED TO PUSH HER!!"

I spat and glared at Katherine who looked at me with horror filled eyes.

"N-No, What the hell are you saying? I didn't do anything. She tripped on her own. It's her fault that she is wearing high heels when she can't even manage to walk properly in them. Learn how to walk first in them then try to wear something which doesn't suits you, dumbo."

She scowled and looked at Rosaline with disgust. I clenched my jaw.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, OKAY? I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO PUSH-"

"Katherine is right."

Xavier immediately cut me off. I looked at him in disbelief.

"WHAT THE- ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND? DIDN'T YOU SAW-"

I stopped and looked down only to see Rosaline removing my hands off her. She wiped her tears with the back of her hands and slowly walked away from there leaving all us shocked. I looked back at Xavier only to see staring Rosaline with murky eyes.

"I can't believe you've become this heartless Xavier."

I glared him but he didn't look at my way as his gaze was fixed on Rosaline who was walking slowly while holding the wall for support. I turned my head and shot a death glare to Katherine. She was smirking at me. Soon I also walked away from there as there was no point in arguing with them.

End of Flashback ~

But this is not the end. Xavier's behaviour towards Rosa had completely taken a 360 degree turn. He has become too much cold, impassive and rude to her. He will leave no opportunity to fire insults at her, mock her but Rosaline never replied back. She would quietly bear all the insults showered on her by that jerk. Her eyes will turn moist but she refuses to cry. She would quietly leave the place or try her best to control her tears. In the past one month, she hadn't cried nor laughed. She has totally turned into a lifeless doll.

But now this has started bothering me. If this continues further then Rosaline and Xavier will never be able to come closer. They will never be able to solve their problems if they kept giving each other cold shoulders. I don't know what happened that day that turned Xavier into a devil and Rosa into a robot. I don't know what the hell happened inside that closed door but all I know that this is not right. I have to do something before the situation really goes out of control. I know that how much impassivity Xavier tries to reflect towards Rosaline but I am damn sure he always has his eyes on her. It is because for the past one month there is no news of Vincent, CIA nor about Mr. Valentino. And I am sure Xavier is behind all this. But what is worrying me more is

Rosaline's health.

The way she is behaving, this could be fatal for her. I can see that she is broken, it's evident from her eyes. They are so dead, filled with hurt and pain. But if this progresses further, she could fell into the abyss of darkness. I don't know why Xavier isn't doing anything regarding this matter because he is the one who is responsible for her sufferings but I don't want this to happen. I don't know about that freak's motive but I do care for Rosaline. She is my friend so I also hold some responsibility towards her. That's why I made a big plan.

~Flashback

Last night

9:00 p.m.

"I am feeling too guilty. We shouldn't have done this to her. Now she hates me too along with everyone."

Jennifer sobbed while covering her face with her palms. I huffed in anger.

"Instead of crying, try to think how can we bring them together?"

Emily nodded in approval.

"Yeah, Xavier is being too cruel with Rosaline but the thing which is bothering me more is that she isn't even responding to any of this. She is silently bearing his hatred. This could only lead to two conclusions. Whether Rosaline had started feeling guilty for betraying Xavier or-"

"Or she is blaming herself for everything whatever had happened in the past?"

We all heard a deep voice from behind. I looked back only to see Elijah standing at the door staring us with cold eyes. I frowned.

"Why? And even if she is blaming herself so what? That is not going to work. I don't even know why Xavier is behaving like this with her. If it continues, their being together in future will be a near to impossible task."

I snapped at him. He heaved a deep sigh and entered the room. He closed the door and finally looked at us.

"I know that's why I told Rosaline the entire truth."

My eyes widened in shock.

"WHAT?"

"B-But, THAT WOULD HAVE DEVASTATED HER!!"

Emily shouted at him. Elijah glared her.

'Yes, we all know the bitter truth.'

"I didn't have any other option."

He shrugged his shoulders. My jaw clenched.

'This asshole!!'

Jennifer marched towards him angrily and grabbed his collar.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ARE YOU PLANNING TO KILL HER? SHE ALREADY HAS BECOME SO WEAK BECAUSE OF YOUR BROTHER'S AND HIS BASTARD MINIONS' DEEDS!! SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIE, ELIJAH! YOUR FILTHY SICK BROTHER HAS ALREADY RUINED HER LIFE NOW YOU ALL WANT HER TO BECOME C-CRAZY!!"

Her voice broke at last. Her hands fell on sides as she started crying hysterically. I quickly held her shoulders as I tried to comfort her.

"Please stop this. I know she did wrong but stop this now. She is not only at fault. Xavier had also abused her, tormented her. Look at both sides of the coin and then judge. If I would had been at Rosaline's place, I would have done the same thing."

She cried. Elijah's eyes turned soft.

"Exactly if abusing a girl in the name of love is right for you all, if torturing a person in the name of obsession is right for you all, if forcing yourself on someone in the name of your crazy love is right for you all, then running with a man to save myself, marrying him, becoming independent, living my own life and handing that abusive psychopath to the cops is also right in my eyes."

Emily spoke with gritted teeth. I looked at her in shock.

This was the first time she stood for Rosaline. Her words hit me as well as Elijah hard as it was the truth. We both looked down in shame as we both were partially responsible for that innocent girl's condition. I also tried my best to make Xavier understand when he used to play with her feelings. We both have seen how he used to molest and abuse Rosaline right in front of our eyes still we kept quiet justifying his deeds by using the tag that Rosaline could stay safe with Xavier only.

'But when your saviour only becomes your biggest fear, your destroyer then these words are nothing but bullshits.'

I couldn't choose the right words to defend my flaws as I was racked with guilt.

"I know and I agree with you both. But you need to understand that Rosaline also betrayed Xavi-"

"Because she didn't know that she was being played with everyone."

Elijah again tried to advocate Xavier's deeds but this time Jennifer cut him off in between. He sealed his lips into a thin line and nodded.

"Of course, if Xavier wanted to maintain a transparency in their relationship, he should have told her everything."

Emily supported her.

"But it would have broken her."

I couldn't stop myself from defending my friend again. She glared me.

"Now what happened? She is still broken right? Nothing would have changed in the past also but at least Rosaline would have still been with him instead of drowning in this pool of guilt which was created by misunderstandings and lack of trust."

I nodded. She is right. We all stood in silence for a few minutes. I sighed and then looked at the girls who were glaring us with sheer rage and resentment.

"I know, I can understand. You are right. We all were so engrossed in finding the flaws of Rosaline that we kept covering the mistakes of Xavier. You are right, she was helpless that time. She didn't know that her friends were just using her and the same goes to Xavier also. He was also blinded to take revenge from Vincent and in all this mess that poor girl unnecessarily got trapped."

I spoke remorsefully. Jennifer looked away from me. Emily nodded.

"I agree. Rosaline is also at fault but I am sure she wanted to tell Xavier why she did that but he isn't listening to her. He is hell bound in throwing away his dirt on her so as to clear his image and burn her at the stake. He has become mad for revenge."

She spat. I nodded.

"Yeah, but right now we need to stop debating on who is right and who is wrong instead we should focus on how to bring them closer. Things have escalated beyond control. We need to do something urgently."

I snapped at her. We all then looked at Elijah with hopeful eyes. He looked at us and smiled.

"I have a plan."

Our eyes sparkled with joy. He beamed.

"Mr. Ivanov, our business partner is throwing a party in two days to celebrate the success of our new project. Recently we collaborated with his gang for the shipments of the latest weapons to attack the Lucifers who betrayed us. We have already blasted five of their bases and destroyed their warehouses. Mr. Ivanov is one of the richest men of Russia and that braggadocio never leaves an opportunity to brag about his wealth and power. But this time this arrogant boaster will be useful for us."

He smirked at me. I nodded getting his signal.

"Leave the rest to me now."

I looked at Emily and Jennifer only to see them looking at me in confusion.

"Come on Angels, we gotta a job!"

End of Flashback~

I smiled as I recalled my plan. I looked at Rosaline. She was eating her food silently. I shifted my gaze to the right and looked at Xavier.

And I was right. His eyes were on Rosaline only.

'No matter how much you try to hide dude, you still love your damsel in distress.'

I smirked. I cleared my throat a little to grab everyone's attention.

"I heard that Mr. Ivanov is throwing a party for our success."

I chirped excitedly. Sebastian nodded.

"Well, isn't it obvious? That old man never leaves an opportunity to show off his power."

He snorted. I looked at Emily.

"He is planning a masquerade ball too. We have to bring our dates to that party. It will be fun, isn't it Em?"

I winked at her. She looked at me with a frown. I wiggled my eyebrows trying to give her a signal. She mouthed an 'Oh' and immediately nodded.

"Yeah yeah, so who's going to be your date, Antonio?"

She smirked at me.

"Rose."

I said and looked at Xavier through my peripheral vision. He immediately turned stiff as soon as he heard me. I shifted my eyes back to Rosaline only to see her froze on her spot. Not only her but everyone turned statue except me, my angels and Elijah. Rosaline was looking at her plate while her face held an expression of distress.

"Rosaline? Are you mad? She isn't going anywhere. It can be risky for her."

Noah growled. Everyone looked at him in shock as for the first time he sounded genuinely worried for her which is something very strange.

"Since when you started caring for her?"

He scoffed at him. Noah narrowed his eyes as he clenched his fists in anger.

"I am not caring; I am just stating the facts. Mr. Ivanov is a Mafia and taking Rosaline with us can invite troubles not only for her but for us also."

He emphasized the last word with gritted teeth. Elijah chuckled.

"She is living with the Mafias, Noah. She can live with the criminals but she can't attend a party organized by them. How ironic? Only you can explain us this theory."

Jennifer snickered. Noah looked up only to see Emily smirking at him. He looked down in defeat and clenched his jaw. He then abruptly stood up and walked away. I diverted my attention back to Rosaline who was still staring her plate. I looked at Emily. She nodded.

"Alright it's decided. We should now decide our partners."

She chirped. Jennifer nodded.

"I will be Xavier's date."

Katherine spoke in a seductive tone as she battled her fake eyelashes at Xavier but his gaze was fixed on someone else. I scoffed internally at her idiotic tricks to lure him.

"I'll go with Noah."

Sophia immediately spoke while clasping her hands in excitement. Well, it was obvious though as we all know about these two plastic dolls' obsession for the two Mafia leaders. I looked at Xavier only to see him boring holes in Rosaline's body with his piercing red eyes.

"Well, I don't know about you but..."

I looked at Xavier and flashed him a cocky smirk.

"Rosaline is mine."

And that was the last straw. Everyone except me flinched as soon we heard the sound of a glass breaking.

We all shifted our eyes at the front only to see Xavier glaring me while blood was dripping from his right hand. Rosaline also looked at him, her eyes turned wide as saucers as soon her eyes fell on his bloodied hand. She looked at him only to flinch back in fear as Xavier was glaring her ferociously. His eyes had turned blood-red while his face turned dark with rage. He clenched his jaw too tightly and was looking her with murderous eyes as if he wanted to kill her.

I frowned as I don't know why the hell he was so angry with her when I was the one who put forward this proposal. I looked at Rosaline and became shocked. Her eyes were filled with tears, she bit her lower lip as her chin started wobbling. Only Xavier has the ability to bring tears back in her dried eyes.

'Asshole!!'

Rosaline looked down immediately before anyone could notice her tears.

"WHAT THE HELL XAVIER! ARE YOU INSANE?"

Sebastian yelled at him and immediately rushed to him. He grabbed his hand and started to inspect the injury. Sophia and Katherine also ran to him showing their fake concerns while I, Emily, Jennifer and Elijah kept watching the whole drama silently. I looked at Rosaline only to see her trying to leave the scene. I quickly got up and walked towards her.

"Come Rosa, let's go. I have to buy a dress for you for the party."

I spoke in a cold voice as I grabbed her hand. She startled and looked at me with her big doe-eyes.

"HERE XAVIER IS BLEEDING AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUCKING PARTY!!"

Sebastian growled as he glared me. I rolled my eyes.

"We are here with him, right? So let them go. Antonio and Rosaline, you both can leave."

Elijah immediately cut him off. Sebastian looked at him in disbelief.

"I'll also come."

"Me too."

Both my girls immediately joined me. I smiled at them and pulled Rosaline to her feet. I grabbed the tissue and wiped her lips, she jolted in fear. I looked back at Xavier only to see him watching my every move with predatory eyes. To add more fuel to fire, I grabbed her waist and pulled her to myself. Xavier's eyes blazed with anger and jealousy. He was literally seething in anger and I could see the obsession for Rosaline in his eyes which was glaring me with hatred and rage. I could see that she was becoming uncomfortable with my proximity but there is no option left now. I have to do this.

'To save their relationship.'

I quickly dragged her from there while I could feel someone shooting daggers in my head from back. I smiled in satisfaction.

'Finally, I brought back the fire of possession in the eyes of my Psycho Mafia back.'

~~~💗~~~