FALLING FOR THE DON: A DANGEROUS AFFAIR

A mess

MAX’S POV

It seemed Lilly was finally loosening up and she seemed to have forgiven me for what I had done. I didn’t want to relax too soon because at this point Lilly could be triggered back to her anger by any mistake that I made. I had to make sure that I kept things perfect and that she wouldn’t be upset by anything I did. After all I had planned this entire trip for her. I wanted her to be happy and I wanted her to be safe.

She had been angry with me for a while, and this was a side of her that I didn’t like. It was good to know that she was still defenseless to my charms and was easily disarmed by me. The next couple of days were a blast. It wasn’t my first time in Bali, but it was my first time coming here for a vacation. I got to see things that I had never seen before and did things that I had never done before. I usually came here for business and that meant that I didn’t get to see any of these things I was seeing now. But even if I had come here for a vacation I doubt I would have explored the place the way I was about to with Lilly. Lilly was very curious about everything and that also made me eager to want to show her. I guess it was me just wanting to impress her as best I could.

Lilly was really bringing out my soft side, I wasn’t sure how to feel about that. I saw that my behavior was making her doubt the love that I had for her and that worried me. She wasn’t gong to stay in a place where she felt like she wasn’t loved. I wouldn’t keep her if I didn’t love her, and k wouldn’t bring her on vacation if she didn’t me anything to me. I wished all these things that I was doing for her and the risks that I was taking for would show her just how much she meant to me.

I hated feeling like I was weak, and the fact that Lilly was increasingly becoming a huge weakness of mine was very concerning. The obvious option would be to let her go, but I couldn’t bring myself to do that. Luca was also hettingn8jceleeasingly concerned because as much as he had seen me in love before, he had never seen me this deep in Mt feelings. I couldn’t understand his concerns, but I had made it clear to him that I didn’t want him to voice his opinion if that included me letting Lilly go.

The only thing that I expected of him was to make sure that things back at home were taken care of. The last thing I wanted was for Diego to take advantage of my absence and start looting my clubs with his goons. I was going to do everything I could to make sure that this conflict didn’t end in an all-out war. I hoped that Diego wouldn’t push my hand. There wasn’t anything that I wasn’t going to do to ensure the safety of my woman.

Lilly and I had a busy day planned today, so we woke up early. I had planned a surprise for her on the yacht, and I knew she was going to love it. This was my way of showing her that I did care about her Andhra happiness. It was my way of showing her that I would always work hard to make her happy. We both rook a quick bath and got dressed. She was in a much better mood today and she even seemed excited for what the day held for the both of us and so was I.

“so what surprises do you have in store for me today?’ she asked me as we got into the car and drove off.

“Just a chilled day on the yacht, we will do some sightseeing, but we will do it in the yacht,” I said, I was excited to see all the things that I had Google with her.

“Consider it a private tour of Bali, “ I said, and she smiled and held my hand. This was how I wanted this time together to be like. I wanted the both of us to be happy and enjoy everything that Bali had to offer in peace.

“I love you…” she said, looking at me with so much expectation in her eyes, but I couldn’t say it back to her. I knew that she hunkered for me to profess my love for her, but I felt like that was an admission of weakness. I lifted her hand and kissed it and then kept it on my lips, the love that she had worn in her eyes a few weeks ago turned into hurt and then disappointment. I wasn’t going to allow this moment to be ruined for us, everything was going so well so I knew I had to remind her what this was all about. The best thing to do now was for me to just change the subject in hopes that she would still want to talk to me.

“How are your classes going?” I asked her, and she sighed, snatched her hand from me, and looked out the window.

“fine I guess” she snapped, I could see she was annoyed and probably didn’t want to speak to me but I couldn’t allow this to go downhill.

“so you see I knew what I was doing. You need to learn to trust me a little more” I said and she rolled her eyes.

“whatever, I realized that learning online allows me to do other things I want to do” she said

“I am glad you finally saw reason,” I said, and she scoffed and threw me an angry glance.

“Are you trying to ruin this day?’ she asked me

“no, why do you have to get so angry every time I try to have a decent conversation with you?” I asked her, and she looked at me like she was in disbelief.

“I am trying here lilly” I asked

“you know what, this is a waste of time,” she said, raising her hands. I wanted to ask her what she meant, but I realized that she was probably going to start yelling at me, and this beautiful day would end up being ruined. I decided to let them be and take her lead as far as this day was concerned.

I knew what was causing all this tension between us, it was the fact that I couldn’t tell her I loved her. The only time that I had said it was when we were fighting, and I was trying to get her to calm down. I had been desperate that day, and the thought of losing her scared me more than the admission of having her as my weakness.

At that moment, I decided that I would dedicate the day today to making sure she knew how I felt about her. I may not have been able to say it to her face, but the least I could do was let my actions do the talking. I knew that there was no way for me to explain this t9 her to make her understand. She would never understand why having her as my weakness and admitting that she was my weakness was a bad idea

I couldn’t stand the thought of losing her but at the same me couldn’t bring myself to let her know how I felt about her and what I wished for us. It wasn’t like she would spread the word and let everyone know that I was madly in love with her. But even if Sue didn’t, I wouldn’t be able to hide it anymore once I admitted it. I was already struggling with keeping this from her but I had to hold on and try to make sure that no one saw through me. Maybe the fact that she was still with me showed me despite the fact that I couldn’t tell her that I loved her she knew I loved her. Why wasn’t that enough for her? I was caught off guard by my phone vibrating in my pocket.

I pulled out my phone with the intention of calling Luca but realized that I had a missed call from him. I had told him that I didn’t want to be disturbed today unless it was an emergency, and so this was very concerning. I immediately started dialing his number and called him back.

“What is it?” I asked him as soon as he picked up. I knew without even asking him first that this had something to do with Diego. I knew that he had probably done something else that would piss me off. The only consolation I had was the fact that Lilly was right next to me so I knew she was safe, I turned to look at her, hoping that she would smile at me or give me something that would calm me down but that us not the response I got.

“it’s Diego…” he said, and I clenched the steering wheel hard. Lilly looked at my hands and then my face. She could see that something was wrong, but it seemed she also knew that I wouldn’t tell her anything either because she immidietely looked away when I looked at her.

“What did he do now?” I asked him with fury evident in my voice as I failed to mask it.

“he broke into her apartment.” He said, and I wanted to punch the wheel of the car or the window, but I restrained myself. I didn’t want to scare Lilly. She could sense that something was wrong, but I knew telling her what was happening was out of the question.

“when did this happen?” I asked him as I tried my best to keep myself composed. I didn’t want Lilly to panic any further. She could see by my demeanor that I was getting angry and I knew she would ask me questions after I hung up this call.

“it happened nor so long ago, it seems like nothing was taken but the place was ravaged almost as if he was looking for something” he said. I clenched my fist wishing I could just punch something and struggling to keep my composure. The best thing for me to do at this point was to just hang up before I completely blew up and lost control of myself.

“Fix it…” I ordered and then hung up.