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I woke up in the morning when I hear gunshots. I immediately jump off the bed and grabbed my metal baseball bat. Julio gave it to me when I was twenty he gave this to me so I can protect myself and Tony's.

I walk silently outside of my room and it's quiet. I slowly walk downstairs and I saw blood. I cover my mouth from shouting.

I keep chanting "Please not Julio" while I took a step down and luckily it wasn't Julio. It's a man but not Julio. It has a lot of tattoos and he has a scar on his face. I sigh in relief and look around looking for Julio.

"Julio?" I keep yell/Whisper. Walking around the house. I can't believe I live in this three-story house by myself.

I screamed at the top of my lungs when someone touched my shoulders.

A big hand covers my mouth and I saw its Xavier. I sigh in relief and he put his finger into his lips and he shushed me.

I nod and he removed his hands from my mouth and surprised me with a hug.

His hold was protective. I can't explain the butterflies in my tummy when he hugged me off guard.

When he hugged me it felt like heaven. Like time stopped when he hugged me possessively.

"Are you okay?" He whispered and I nod at him.

He let go of me and entwined our fingers. He pulls me inside of the empty room the old room of my parents.

He handed me a gun "What's this?" I asked him.

"It's a gun," He said shrugging.

"I know. But what I'm going to do with this, when I woke up I heard gunshots why there's a dead man in my living room?" I said raising my voice but he shushed me.

"There's someone wants you dead---" He started but I cut him off with a groan.

"Oh, that Tina b---"

"---it's not Tina"

"---itch. Then who?"

"We still don't know yet. But I'm sure that someone wants you dead is has your information and has so many connections. She or he hates your guts" He said.

"But I don't have an enemy" I whined.

"Maybe she's or he's a stalker. Or maybe you're that perfect that they're insecure of you" He said. Did he just say I'm perfect? Or I'm hearing things. I just ignored the fact that he just called me perfect.

"How'd you know that they're coming for me?" I asked him raising my eyebrows.

"Some friend of mine called," He said hesitating. I knew he was lying at me.

"And who's that friend?"

"I can't tell you"

"You can't or you won't?"

"I can't because if I tell his going to kill me. Okay?" He snapped. I know the fact that he was lying and he doesn't want me to know but I nod anyway.

"Xavier?" I hear Marco's voice.

"We are here" He shouted and grab my wrist.

As soon as we open the door we saw Marco's been shot in his shoulder there so much blood on his shoulder.

"Oh, my god" I mutter. Marco just smiled.

"Do I look bad?" He said smiling.

"Get inside," I said and helped him walk inside. I ask Xavier to get the kit in my drawer and he nods.

"Are they still here?" I ask Marco, stopping his blood from bleeding. He shook his head weakly.

"Who are they anyway? Why they want me dead?"

"They didn't tell you?" Marco said weakly.

"Xavier said that they wanted to kill me because they're insecure?" I said unsure.

"Yeah. That's the reason why they wanted to kill you" He said and look away. That's odd.

"Do you want to tell me something? Because if yes can you tell me? I'm dying to know" I pleaded.

"Nothing. Boss told me that we won't tell you that some psycho wanted to kill you because you're perfect. But he's the one who told you that. Lier" He mumbles the last part as Xavier comes back with my kit.

I placed the equipment beside him. He looks at me with wide eyes and I chuckled. He knows how to do this but he doesn't want me to do this to him.

"Do you want me to give you anesthesia?" I asked him and he immediately nods his head. When he saw the syringe in my hands he looks away.

"Ready?" He nods his head and I quickly insert the needle in his skin and he yelps. Xavier laughed.

I waited for him to sleep and I start getting the bullet out of him.

After several minutes I stitched his wound and I call Damien who has the same blood as he was. The two guys left are watching the house.

When I was done, Xavier showed up with food in his hands.

"I just thought that you are hungry," He said with a little British accent that I just noticed.

"Yeah I am" I happily grab the food and it smells so good. I walked to the kitchen and I saw Xavier. I didn't notice that he was following me.

"You're hungry?" I ask him and he shook his head. His hands in his pockets.

"You're not angry at me?" He asks and I shrugged.

"Why?" He said taking a seat in front of me.

"Why what?" I ask putting a portion of food inside my mouth.

"Why aren't you mad at me for Yelling at you yesterday? I yelled at you about your sister aren't I?" He said softly.

"I'm not mad. I'm hurt because of what you said about my sister that's all" I said shrugging.

"I want you to hurt me too. Yell at me, punched me do whatever you want. That's my way of apologizing" He said cupping my cheek.

"So, you're apologizing?" I ask and he nodded.

"Please hurt me" He begged. I shook my head.

"Violence isn't the solution. You know, that, right?" He nods at me. "I'm not going to yell at you and do such a thing. I just wanted to tell you that. Please control your anger" I said putting a portion of food in my mouth. As I swallowed my food. Xavier cupped my cheeks with his two hands. He looks at my eyes than my lips and he leans down at me our lips are inches away.

My heart ticks like a time boom ready to explode. My stomach dance like a wildflower, my brain blocked out and all I was thinking is our lips are getting closer and closer. It's like the whole world stops for a minute and his lips are slowly getting closer to my lips.

But before our lips touched. Julio, Damien, and Killian walked in.

"Woah," They said in unison.

And that's how it ends.

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