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She shot them!

My innocent Rosa had taken three lives!

To save my life!

I was too shocked by her actions!

I looked up at her to find her frozen on her spot. She was staring at the gun in her hands continuously with a distant look, without blinking her mesmerizing eyes.

She had gone into a state of shock!

I pushed myself up from my sitting position and rushed to her side. My pain long forgotten. I sat next to her and held her face in my hands. I moved her face towards my direction, but she lowered her gaze back to the gun in her hand.

I took it from her soft hands and threw it away. Her gaze followed my actions.

I called her name to gain her attention, "Rosa! Rosa! Look at me amore mio! Rosa!"

But she was not responding to any of my calls. It was like she didn't hear a word. I gently patted her cheeks to get her back to her senses, but it did not help.

She then, started swaying and lost her consciousness. Before she could fall on the ground, I caught her in my arms.

I called Ricci and briefly informed him about what had happened there and ordered him to come there and take care of everything, the staff and doctors of the hospital, the police and investigation and the dead bodies. I also told him to send Xander to my mansion immediately.

I didn't want my Rosa to stay in the hospital any longer. It was not good for her mental health. Whatever she would be needing, I would get it arranged at the mansion only.

I gathered her in my arms and made my way outside. People looked at us horrified, but no one dared to stop me or question me.

They knew better than that!

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As I reached my mansion, my driver hurriedly opened my side of door. I picked up Rosa and rushed inside.

Xander was already waiting for me. I ordered him to follow me and made my way to her room. Francesca also rushed with us with a worried expression on her face.

I laid her carefully on her bed and gave a brief rundown to him, so that he could understand the situation better and she could be treated properly.

After checking her, he told me that she had fainted due to the heavy shock her brain had gone through. Not having witnessed any violence throughout her life, it was a huge impact on her part to suddenly kill three people at the same time.

I was the reason for her situation!

I should have freed her from my world. Her innocence wouldn't have been tainted!

I was responsible that she was going through all that!

I felt guilty and hurt for the first time in my life. I prayed for the first time in my life, and that was for her to get back to her normal self; for her, to recover from the heavy shock she had gone through.

She was given an injection, so that she could rest for sometime. After that, he asked me to do my check up and treat my wounds. But I refused him immediately.

I didn't care about myself. I just wanted my Rosa to be alright. I could bleed to death for all I cared. But Francesca forced me to be treated.

She was a mother figure to me. So, I was not able to refuse to her demand. I silently complied to her wish. Having been done with fixing me, he left asking me to call him if I needed anything.

I sat next to her on the bed. Francesca squeezed my arm in assurance but it was useless. I couldn't rest in peace until she gave me her sweet smile.

I was feeling the rush of many emotions at the same time. Apart from my worry for Rosa, I was fuming at that useless piece of shit, Luca.

How dare he attack me? That too when I was with my Rosa? He had again dared to harm my close one. And he was definitely going to pay for it.

No one dared to mess with Ermanno D'Amelio.

Especially no one should even think about harming a single hair on my Rosa's head.

And he had done just that. And it was time for him to see why I was called 'Il Diavolo'.

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I had fallen asleep in my sitting position, supporting my back with the headboard. I woke up, hearing some incoherent mumblings.

I looked at Rosa to find that she was mumbling in her sleep, moving her face sideways. Sweat covered her beautiful features and fear was clearly evident on it.

She was having a nightmare!

I gently patted her cheeks and called out to her.

“Rosa!”

“Wake up, amore mio.”

“It is nothing but a nightmare.”

“You are safe. Nothing happened to you, tesoro.”

(Sweetheart)

“Wake up. I won't let anything happen to you, amore mio.”

“ROSA!”

She at once opened her eyes and started screaming her lungs out. I immediately tried to calm down her panicked self. She was violently thrashing her limbs and was continuously shouting, "Please leave me. I am so sorry. I didn't mean to kill anyone. Please I am sorry."

Tears matted her beautiful face. My heart clenched in my chest at her condition. She didn't deserve any of that.

I mumbled comforting words to her. But it seemed like she was not hearing anything. She was still strongly under the influence of her nightmare.

I tried my best to calm her panicked state.

I would definitely make Luca pay for everything; for each pain, my Rosa was going through; for each year she was shedding!

After what seemed like a long time, she got tired and began to calm down. She was exhausted after her episode and began breathing heavily. I wiped her face with my thumb and pushed her sweat covered hair behind her ears.

I softly whispered to her, "You are safe, amore mio. There is nothing to worry about. Everything is alright."

She lifted her head up in my direction and looked into my eyes with so much pain, guilt and self -loathing. Her voice was hoarse from all the crying when she spoke, "Nothing is alright. And it can never be alright again. I am a murderer. I killed 3 people. They can never come back to life again. I am responsible for their death."

I immediately shushed her and said, "Shhh! You are not a murderer. You did what you did to save my life. It was just self defence."

She spoke in a painful voice, full of regret, "But still. What about their families? They must be suffering. I should have opted a different way. Killing someone can never be a solution."

"There was no other option. They should have cared about their families while choosing this profession. Everyone knows how dangerous it could be," I told her the fact.

She shook her head irritatedly and protested, "But still..."

I interrupted her. I knew there was only one way to stop her thinking that way. So, I opted for that, "No buts, Rosa. Are you regretting saving my life? Would you rather having me killed by them instead of saving me by killing them as a self-defence?"

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so much caring for Rosa! Right?

She has really suffered a mental trauma.. What are your thoughts?

What do you think will Rosa answer Ermanno??