Not a child

Alana found out the man was Rocco. A weird name for a man like him. He had a devil-may-care outlook and a stellar smile. An earthy scent swirled around him. His dark silver eyes were a-dazzle with wonder over a friendly smile. He moved with a leopard-like grace. A little frightening, but she hated it. Especially the way he looked at her

“Who are you, what do you want from me?” Alana asked, she wanted to know who he was. Why did he have her locked up? The man let out a lazy yawn and glanced at her with a nonchalant look

“Your only crime is being married to him,” he muttered coldly and averted his eyes away. Alana was irritated, Especially the way he didn't make things clear. He gave her food and she refused. She tried to escape and he caught her. The most strange thing was that he didn't even tie her up like before

His eyes were alert and fixed on the door as if he were waiting for someone,

Alana was startled when someone kicked the door open and to her shock, it was Ricardo who stood at the door. He seemed furious that Alana feared the man standing beside her would be beaten to a pulp. However, the man simply let out a chuckle and walked around the bed

“Welcome Ricky, I thought you would miss the party,”

“Let her go, and I'll forget about this” Ricardo made a low yell, his eyes shone with disdain, his face was contorted with rage that Alana saw a different man. He was trying to become but his flaring nose and stealing rising and falling of his chest betrayed him

“And what if I refuse huh…what can you do…,” the man said cheekily, he didn't seem scared of Ricardo. Whoever he was, he was getting on Ricardo's nerves. It was frightening to be in the same room as them

“Back off bitch,” Ricardo muttered through gritted teeth and pushed Rocco out of the way, followed by a heavy punch across the face, and he stumbled backwards and lost balance. Ricardo walked right past him, leaving him wincing in pain,

“How dare you Ricardo! Such guts!” The man growled so much that Alana jumped out of bed and rushed to Ricardo. He caught her before she could fall,

“I'm I'm sorry,” she muttered when she realized how close she was to think, she was a little embarrassed with what she was wearing

“Stay still,” Ricardo murmured and scanned her carefully. As if Ricardo noticed the nightgown, he quickly unbuttoned his shirt

“Wear this,” he slipped his shirt around her shoulders. Alana hissed when she failed to walk due to her injured left foot. Glancing down, Ricardo saw blood stains

“Come,” he scooped her in his arms and carried her bridal style. Alana was a little agitated with being lifted, but she had no choice. Especially when Ricardo looked so murderous,

“And you think you'll get out of here… Ricardo think again, you are in my territory and my men will not let you leave this place,” Rocco recovered and took out a gun and pointed it at Ricardo. Alana swallowed hard as cold sweat broke on his forehead seeing a gun

was he insane, did he think a gun was a toy? Alana's eyes shifted to Ricardo. He didn't seem intimidated or anything

“Let me see you try,” Ricardo spat out through gritted teeth and ignored the man completely and made his way toward the door

“I won't let you off, you'll pay for everything Ricardo… I'm here, and I'll make sure I destroy you,” Rocco threatened disdainfully, but Ricardo was already out the door with Alana in his arms. Alana hid her face flaring they might be some gunshots

However, they left the room without Rocco firing his gun

It turned out the place was a normal mansion, extravagant and large. Alana frowned when they got out of the mansion safely. Whatever was going on, she feared what was to happen.

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“You don't have to… I'll clean it,” Alana said when Ricardo was about to clean her wound. They arrived home safely, she was surprised to find such tight security at home

Although she had so many questions to ask him. Ricardo didn't look like one to answer her

“Stay still, or I'll worsen it,” he said coldly without even looking at her. Alana was helpless, especially when she had his shirt around him. To know he had been shirtless since they left that man's mansion. How was she to explain that that horrible man dared to strip her naked

“Ouch,” Alana hissed and pulled her leg up when she felt a sharp pain? Ricardo glanced up then at her foot

“How did this happen, it's not like you are a child to step on glass,” he said with a frown, she had stepped on glass pieces which were still embedded in her flesh. He had to use tweezers to take them out or her foot would swell

“Well, I tried to escape. But I knocked over a glass cup, it shattered to the floor and well…” Alana whispered, recalling what happened. She planned to use the piece of glass to threaten that man, but things didn't go as planned

“I see, you are not a child to be kidnapped… I have so many things to do… I don't wish to be running around acting like superman,” Ricardo said while he carefully removed the glass pieces. With each time, the cold tweezers dug through her flesh, Alana flinched a little, suppressing the pain she was feeling. Was he kidding her, she didn't wish to be kidnapped,

“Who was that man? it's not like I offered myself on a silver platter” She ignored his sarcasm and asked a question bothering her. Ricardo didn't answer her but was done removing glass pieces and started cleaning her wound with some alcohol-free wipes

“I don't know,” he simply replied after a while and silence fell in the room. Alana watched him work on her feet. His hands were rather, the way he blew some cool air as if to stop the pain made Alana stare at him

“Aren't you feeling cold,” she muttered realizing the AC was on, and he was shirtless

“Worry about yourself, don't go running around…you are hurt,” Ricardo said coldly and finished bandaging her foot. Alana pouted and scanned her foot. It would be impossible to walk

“Thanks,” she muttered with a smile, but Ricardo only stared at her with a blank expression and rose to his feet

“Whatever,” he muttered with an eye roll and prepared to leave when

“Sir, thanks…you are a hero,” Alana said in between giggles and tried to climb out of bed when Ricardo rushed to help her, he moved so fast that their forehead bumped against each other. His hands rested on her shoulders, while Alana fought to ignore the fact that her parted lips were an inch from Ricardo's mouth. Both could feel each other's hot breath and hearts racing rapidly.