《Breathless ✓》PROLOGUE
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"Are we scared to be lonely?"
~ Dua lipa,
Martin Garrix
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ow can I help you?" He asks me with a smirk, just as I enter.
"Cut the crap and tell me where the fuck she is?" I slam my hands on his table.
"Who boy? I don't know what you are talking about." He tells me with a sly smile.
"Bullshit." I spit out. "You took her, you took my Victoria. Tell me where she is!!"
"Oh, the sweet, pretty girl." He hums. "You are talking about the beauty that was brought in yesterday by Matteo." He smirks. The vein in my forehead starts to throb.
"I won't ask again." I threaten him. And these threats aren't empty. If something happens to her, I'll kill every person who was involved.
"I'll give you a hint." He says while I stand here impatiently. "She is where you started it all, where it all changed. Matteo was pissed, he took her there."
That is enough for me to know where she is.
"If something happens to her, I'll kill you and that fucker, Matteo." I give him my last glare before blasting out of the door.
God please, keep my Victoria safe. I can't live without her. I'm nothing without her.
"Rico fucking get Luigi. I'll be back."
I ignore his yells towards me and Sprint outside jumping over the dead bodies.
Fuckers.
I get inside my car and hold the steering wheel with trembling fingers. My heart is hammering in my chest. If something happens to her, I won't be able to forgive myself.
I won't forgive anyone.
With sweat dripping down my body I walk aimlessly around the woods. All my worst crimes started from here.
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Then I see her.
Victoria is lying lifeless on top of the big rock. Blood dripping down her forehead. Her white shirt is now mostly red.
Without wasting a second I run towards her and drop on my knees next to her.
Only looking at her makes me sob. I tug at my hair painfully. I place my hands in her cheeks. They are so cold. Cold as ice.
"Ria? Baby? Please wake up." I say putting her head on my lap. "Baby you need to get up for me."
I check her pulse.
There is no pulse.
No heartbeat.
Nothing.
She is not waking up.
She is not here for me to tell her that I love her.
She's not here for me to show her how much I love her.
"Victoria Forbes don't you dare die on me. You are going to be fine. Just fine." I sob out.
"Victoria. Baby, please don't this to me I just got you, you can't leave me." I cry on her chest.
Her beautiful tan skin is paler than ever. Her glow has been disappeared and her pink soft full lips are dry and cracked.
I can't believe he killed her.
It's all my fault.
All my fault.
A sound escapes me that is more like wail than anything.
I'm going to kill each person related to
I cry and cry on her chest. This is the end of the world for me.
I can't describe the anguish I'm feeling. I took the life of the woman I love. I can't live with this.
I continue crying but when I hear a sound my cries cease. I look up to see...
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