Chapter 15

Larissa opened her eyes and stared at Gaetano, who lay on top of her, holding her close and tight, making sure nothing had happened to her.

His blue eyes locked with her silver ones for a few minutes before she looked away, mostly looking around. Her heart beat so wildly in her chest as she swallowed a lump down her throat. 

So far, on her right side, there was no one hurt. She looked back at Gaetano, who had his eyes on her, not even trying to look away. Now she could feel herself turn pink under his stare. 

She looked to her left out of shyness. Her heart beat so hard, like it wanted to see where it was too. “Gaetano,” she whispered softly and shyly, pulling him out of the thoughts that were going through the darkness of his mind. 

Slightly reality hit. A bullet had just been shot. Where did it come from?

Who is hurt?

Before he could memorize everything, a loud scream and hard push caught him off guard. Larissa g