"I think we have bought everything."

Emily commented as she checked the list on her phone that she had prepared the previous night.

"Finally!"

Crist could not help but comment as he let out a grateful sigh. His body was beyond exhausted and his stomach was cramping because of hunger.

The young girl turned her attention towards her brother as she looked at him with raised eyebrows.

Crist straightened up immediately as he noticed the two pairs of judging eyes that were trained on him.

"I'm just a little bit hungry. Since you have completed your shopping, can we stop by a restaurant on our way and have our lunch there?"

He asked the girl sweetly as he gave her one of his best smiles.

Emily was silent for a few seconds before she slowly nodded her head while she pushed the bags, that she had been holding, towards him.

"Can we, Danny?" She asked Daniel with a sweet smile covering her face.

"Of course, Sorellina. Whatever you want!" Daniel immediately agreed as he started moving towards the elevator.

Emily did not waste any more time as she followed behind him while ushering Crist, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up!"

The way her eyes landed on Joy and the other two bodyguards who had been following them, he knew that she was signaling them to follow her.

Somehow, she had become the life of every single person living in the Alessandro mansion or even related to that name.

Whether it was the servants of the mansion, the security team, or the drivers, everyone had started to adore her.

They all would listen to her as long as her wishes won't appear as a risk for her safety.

As a result, he noticed the four guards immediately following his little sister towards the elevator, leaving him alone with the shopping bags that suddenly seemed to increase in number while he was not paying attention.

He could do nothing but stare at his little sister who ran after Daniel. The two siblings and the guards left him alone with all the shopping bags.

"Now I know why Domenic and Simon call her a little devil." He murmured under his breath as he followed behind them with a little shake of his head.

The glare that he gave to the guards in the elevator did nothing to change their loyalty towards his little sister.

"Stop glaring at them. Is holding a few bags that hard of a job for you?"

Emily's sharp voice pulled his attention towards his little sister who was looking so adorable in her purple floral shirt and black jeans.

"Yes, your highness. My hands are about to fall under the weight of these bags. Can you please show some mercy to this pitiful man?" Crist fluttered his eyes cutely to emphasize his acting.

Emily slowly shook her head as she spoke, "Your acting skills sucks!"

Daniel burst out into chuckles as he gave his younger brother a pitiful look.

On the other hand, Joy did not waste any more time as he hurriedly took away the shopping bags that Crist was holding.

As soon as his hands were empty, Crist pulled his little sister in a tight back hug as if he was trying to crush her.

"You are the best." He shouted into her ear, making her squeal as she tried to push his face away.

In the past months, Leo and Crist had taken over the role of the annoying brothers. The two of them loved talking or irritating her the most.

"Danny!"

Emily shouted for help from her older brother when Crist continued to blow hot air into her ear.

The man was beyond disgusting and stupid!

"Behave!"

Daniel reprimanded his brother as he pulled her out of Crist's clutches.

"We will settle this later, dear sister," Crist whispered to her even though everyone could clearly listen to whatever nonsense he was spouting.

Emily just huffed before she snuggled against Daniel's arm to stay away from her devil brother.

Their banter continued as they made their way towards the underground parking lot and then as they headed towards one of the most luxurious restaurants of their city.

"What do you wanna eat?" Daniel asked her as he passed her the menu.

They were currently sitting in one of the VVIP private rooms. The huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows looked down at the bustling streets of City A.

"Can I have chicken wings and some French fries?" Emily asked with hopeful eyes which made both Daniel and Crist chuckle.

"Of course, whatever my little highness wants to eat," Crist said as he stretched his hand to ruffle her perfectly combed hair.

However, Emily had become an expert in escaping such moves since most of her brothers loved to unsettle her hair in the name of showing affection.

That's how before Crist's hand could touch her hair, she used a trick that Rylan taught her in her defense class and pushed his hand away from her.

Everyone was left in a daze as they stared at the girl who very effortlessly dodged Crist's hand.

"Wow! Looks like you are actually learning something useful in your defense classes." Crist praised as he rubbed his hands while looking at his sister with pride.

"I'll let you go this time since you are giving me a compliment for a change," Emily said as she took a sip of water.

"You are making me sound like a bad brother, Em!" Crist complained as he placed his order on the tablet before placing it back in the center of the table.

"Oh! My bad for speaking the truth." Emily commented back as she tried not to laugh.

The bickering of these two continued throughout the lunch as at one point, Crist even tried to snatch away her French fries.

Daniel kept acting like a mother who had two playful children to keep in check on a day out.

"I'll go help Joy to settle the pizza boxes," Emily told her brothers as she hurriedly ran towards the outside parking lot of the restaurant.

"Em! Slow down!"

Daniel shouted as he too quickened his steps along with Crist to catch up with their over-energetic sister.

"Do you need help? Should I..."

Emily trailed off as the world around her suddenly came to a still.

She felt the hum of the dark energy which was present in the parking lot before she saw everything unfolding in front of her.

There were shouts around her, shouts of panic and fear.

People were calling her name. A part of her stunned brain recognized Daniel and Crist's agonizing voice as they called her name.

However, she was too shocked to pay any attention to them.

Her eyes kept glued on the scene in front of her. One moment there was a smiling face of Joy and his companions in front of her eyes and the next moment, all that she could see was blood.

Blood was seeping out of their bodies as they lay dead on the ground around their car. And somehow she knew that something even worse was about to take place.

That's when she felt right arms around her body as someone pulled her back towards the entrance of the restaurant.

She recognized the scent and voice that belonged to Crist. She could hear the panic that was coating his voice as he tried to make sure that she was okay.

He was not afraid for himself. Rather, his fear was for her.

Emily wanted to reply and assure him that she was not hurt, but the bad feeling that was slowly taking over her instincts made it hard for her to pay attention to Crist.

All her focus was to find out exactly what was about to happen.

Her eyes roamed over her surroundings and once again settled on the black car which belonged to Daniel.

DANIEL!

She saw him walking towards the car where the dead guards were sprawled on the ground with bullets jammed in their bodies.

And immediately she knew...!

"Daniel!"

She tried to shout but her voice barely came out as a hoarse whisper.

"Em! Don't. It's me, sis." Crist was calling her as he tried to stop her.

However, Emily started trying even harder to get away from Crist's tight grips.

Somehow she succeeded and as soon as she was free, she ran towards her brother who was cautiously moving towards the black car, completely oblivious to the danger that was waiting for him.

"Emily!"

Crist shouted at the top of his lungs as he too ran after his sister. His panicked hour made Daniel stop in his tracks as he immediately turned to look at the girl who was running towards him. He was already standing next to one of the guards' dead bodies.

A tear rolled down her cheek as she realized that she was going to be late. She wanted to shout and inform Daniel but her voice decided to leave her crushed and helpless.

A pair of strong arms pulled her against a warm chest the exact moment when the car erupted into flames with a huge blast, destroying everything around it.

EVERYTHING!