𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺.

‼️Same skies (A mafia romance), is out now‼️

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"Maya, I'm leaving now. Please take care of Champ," I said and smiled.

One last time.

"Darling, where are you going all dressed up like that?" Maya asked me and bent down, petting Champ, who hasn't left my side since we reunited.

"Oh, I really need to manage and sort out a few modeling contracts from the past. It is a little urgent," I lied through my teeth and continued to look at Maya, she was nothing less than an elder sister for me. She stood by me, took care of me, and always loved me.

"Okay, darling, come back soon," Maya said and stood up, smiling at me as I pulled her into a tight hug.

"Thank you, I don't have a lot of women I look up to but, you are one of them," I said and tightened my grip around Maya.

"Aww, darling, what is it with you today?" I pulled away, slowly looked down.

"No-nothing, it's just that I'm going b-back to work a-and seeing how h-hard you work to make ends meet and for Ian to h-have a good future s-speaks to me" Maya laughed softly and patted my head.

"Life teaches you a lot of lessons, darling. Ian, Xander, and Alex are all a gift from heaven created especially for me. They have always stood by my side and empowered me, they are the reason behind who I am today," I nodded in understanding and picked up my sling bag.

"You are a strong woman, Maya. Always remember that, bye" I said, one last time and headed outside to face the real world.

I quickly got into the elevator and ran through my mental map, the ultimate aim: the papers.The entire time, I kept reminding myself that now is not when I break. Today, at this moment I have to be strong.

Strong for Alex, strong for myself.

Once we reached the parking, I walked towards one of the many cars that Alex had left for my use with a driver and got in.

"Good afternoon ma'am, where do you want to go today?" The driver asked and slightly bowed."Umm, hello, good afternoon to you too. I n-need to go to v-visit the vega h-headquarters"

Stay strong, Sierra.

Stay strong.

"Sure ma'am, please sit back and relax. We will take around twenty-five to thirty minutes to reach your destination" I smiled, trying to hide my fear, and nodded.

Internally, I could feel myself cracking.

The scars, the cigarette marks, the unwanted touches were shaking my soul.

You got this, Sierra, you got this.

I closed my eyes tightly and thought of Alex, back to when I saw him laugh for the first time because I called him an emperor penguin.

The sound of laughter mentally ringed through my ears, slowly but steadily taking over my fears and making me smile.

When safe is happy, I am happy.

I continued flickering back to each to and every memorable moment I shared with Alex, his beautiful happy face, his hidden smiles, and, within no time the driver told me we were about to reach the destination.

"Sir, please drop me one block away from the headquarters" I requested the driver and saw him smile at me.

"Sure, Ma'am, please don't call me sir." I smiled gently and decided to defend my actions. "You're older to me, it's me who should be giving you respect and using honorific terms, sir."

The car slowly came to a stop on the side of the lane and, I greeted the driver goodbye and started walking towards my destination will setting a mental checklist for myself.

Keep your anxiety, in check having people around, is normal.

Do not start panicking, you can do this.

Do not let fear grip you, one little slip in your act and, you will be caught.

You are Sara, not Sierra.

There is no Sierra, there never was.

Once I entered the building, I felt my chest tighten.

So many people.

I closed my eyes, for a second and thought of Alex.

You got this.

I put on the same confident smile that always graced Sara's face and walked to the private elevator.

I did feel nervous, only because I, have never inside this building before. The only reason I know where I am going is because of the few times I had to replace Sara over official video calls with business colleagues.

Soon, the elevator doors opened and, I stepped down.

I looked up at the receptionist and smiled, as she smiled back at me and walked up to Harry's cabin, just like Sara would.

Without permission.

For a second, I felt the pain I used to back when I, was beaten but I shrugged getting rid of the thoughts as soon as they came.

"Ms. Sara, good afternoon. Your uncle is out in the meeting room with some clients and everyone else is heading out for a lunch break, would you like to join us, like always?"Perfect, Harry's out and, everyone else is heading out as-well.

Sara had lunch with the employees?

I pulled my act together and smiled, quickly reading the name of Harry's secretary from her name tag, "maybe not today, Jane, I'm full already. I'll wait inside."

Jane, the secretary, nodded and smiled back at me as she collected her items from her desk and headed out.

I turned around and looked to all the corners and noticed that everyone was leaving, probably heading out to enjoy their lunch.

I quickly sprang into action and pushed open Harry's cabin and closed the door behind me, I look up to see the blinds were open and headed towards it, closing it.

I took a three-sixty degree turn to make sure, there was no way anyone could look inside the cabin other than entering through the main gate. I pushed my way towards the locker that, was placed behind Harry's chair.

The time is perfect and, if I'm fast enough, I might not even have to encounter Harry.I took in a deep breath and turned the Handel of the locker to open it but then noticed that there was an eight code security lock.

Holly molly, no.

Think Sierra, think fast.

The locker combination for sir and Harry would probably be the same because they hold all the official documents, right?

Right.

I thought back to Sir's, passcodes and it all immediately clicked.

Moms birthdate.

I turned back towards the safe and entered mom's birthday as I remembered.

19700222

The locker immediately beeped and opened as I finally realised the breath that I was unintentionally holding.

You got this, Sierra.

I looked through all the documents and sighed, these are way too many and I need to be fast. I bit my lips and got back to work looking for the documents and smiled when I realized they were all arranged chronologically.

I pulled out a bunch of documents from the end and looked through them carefully.

Balance sheet FY 2000-01

Asset case study 2000-01

Liability case study 2000-01

Marketing and advertising 2000-01

(CONFIDENTIAL) Shares 2000-01

I frowned at the last document and quickly opened it, flipping through the pages.

Car concept idea and modeling.

Structure and engine.

I gasped, this is it.

These are the documents Alex has been looking for, this is where everything began.

I quickly folded the documents and put them in my slingback and packed up the rest of the documents neatly and placed them back exactly like they were before and, closed the locker.

Deep breaths, Sierra.

Deep breaths.

You are doing this for Safe.

I quickly opened the blinds and positioned them like they were before and, headed to the main door.

Thanking my stars that I did not have to come across Harry but, just then the main door opened and I collided into someone's chest.

The sudden scent that surrounded me, made my breath fasten and, my heart clench in fear.

No no no-no-no.

This can't be happening, it's okay.

You're Sara, not Sierra but Sara.

Act like it.

"Uncle Harry, how are you?" I looked up at Harry and smiled, confidently while my chest started paining physically.

"I've been...good" Harry said and looked at me with a wolf's gaze making me shiver.

"You really think you can pull up this act Sierra, let me remind you Sara is allergic to animals and you have dog hair all over you."

No, no.

Please, god, no.

I brought my gaze down to the floor and straightened up, you have to be strong Sierra, Alex has taught you better than this.

I closed my eyes as a tear slipped down from the corner of my left eyes, me and Harry both knew he was right. There was no point in trying to fool him anymore.

"I-I j-j-just wa-wanted-" I tried explaining myself and shivered when In suddenly disgust as I felt rough fingers gaze my face.

"P-plea-please d-don't" I cried out softly keep my sobs muffled.

"It's been very long, hasn't it Sierra. The last time I got you was when I was getting married" Harry said and grabbed my face chin roughly making me look at him in the eyes. "Speak" he growled.

I gasped trying to breathe as uncontrollable tears rolled down my eyes, "y-y-yes s-sir" Harry smirked at and went to the blinds closing them again hiding up from the world. "Why are you here?" He asked as I cried out loudly.

I have to keep Alex safe, very safe.

"B-because I-I w-wanted t-to c-come o-out of t-the h-house on-once" I tried making an excuse and gasped in pain as I felt a sting in my waist.

I looked down to see, Harry had lit up his cigarette and was pressing it into my skin.

I screamed in pain when he pushed harder and pulled roughly on my button-down dress making buttons fly all around the office.

"No no no no no, please don't. I-I b-beg y-you, pl-please don't do t-this t-to me a-again. I get d-difficult t-to live like t-this. Please d-don't"

Harry chuckled at my request and continued carving multiple shapes on my waist with his cigarette making me whimper I pain.

I cried as I felt my breath shorten, and looked up in fear and Harry grabbed my face again forcefully kissed me try to push my dress off me completely.

I won't last, not this time.

I rolled up my eyes and gave up, this was it. I was happy I said goodbye to everyone I loved, I was happy that people finally loved me even though they never really knew me.

I just, always wanted to be...happy.

Just when Harry was about to tear open my dress, completely the door opened and, Harry was roughly, pulled off my body but, I was lost.

It didn't matter anymore, did it?

I couldn't even protect safe like I wanted to.

"SARA, SARA WAKE UP?" I smiled, Alex was calling me.

Was he letting me know my time has come to an end?

I looked to meet Alex's gaze and smiled, genuinely.

"I love you" I whispered as Alex pulled off his trench coat and covered me with it.

"Sara, it's okay, I'm here. Thank god the meeting I was talking about was with your father and the driver told me you that you came here to-" I put my fingers on Alex's soft lips and admired his face.

One last time.

"T-the papers, the p-papers you wanted are he-here," I said softly as my voice cracked and handed Alex my sling bag making him frown he was about to speak but I stopped him, I knew I was going to loose consciousness any minute now.

"Y-your r-rev-revenge I-is o-over, g-give y-your d-dad j-justice a-and remember, I l-love y-you, not Sara, I, I love you. S-Sierra loves you, y-your p-princess l-loves y-you," I said losing breath time and time again before weekly rubbing my eyes making the contacts fall down.

I looked up at Alex, he had tears running down his face with confusion written all over him. "I love you, S-Sierra l-loves A-Alex, S-Sierra l-loves s-safe-"

And with that, everything blacked out, I gave up.

This is how it all ended.

𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝙉𝘿, CONTINUED IN PART THREE

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THE END : PART II

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✨ SAME SKIES ✨ IS NOW ONGOING ON WATTPAD and free to read, I hope you enjoy!

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