FALLING FOR THE DON: A DANGEROUS AFFAIR

Don't Be Silly

MAX’S POV

After throwing Lillys phone in the water she looked at me she was about ready to throw herself at me and attack me. I had dine what I had to do, I couldn’t allow her ti read that email, I couldn’t allow her to find out what was going on. Maybe throwing the phone away may have been a little too extreme but what else coils I have done? I could just allow her landlord to ruin this trip for us. Luca had already done that, I already knew what was happening and it was being taken care if.

“What the f**k do you think you are doing Max?’ she asked me one more time

“Lilly, I don’t want anything to disturb us. I can get you a new phone once we get out of the boat’ I said and she scoffed

“I don’t want a new phone, did you forget that I study online now and my documents are on that phone?” she asked me and I rolled my eyes.

“Lilly, just relax. We can just recover-“

“We can’t recover anything because I was working on an assignement and it wasn’t saved. Why are you being like this?’ she asked me

“We don’t need any distractions and you know I can replace that phone. I just want to be-“

“Just stop patronizing me, why would you snatch my phone and throw it away when I literally just told you that my landlord sent me an email? It was obviously something important, what if there is an emergency back home?” she demanded clearly very upset with me.

“there is no emergency” I said

"how do you know that? She never sends me an email she usually comes to visit me when she has something to tell me” she said “the fact that she had to send me an email with an attachment shows that it as an emergency and it couldn’t wt” she snapped

“you are all the way here in Bali Lilly, how were you going to do anything if there was an emergency?” I asked her “this landlord of yours needs to use her common sense too” I said and she frowned at me but then happened her eyes wider as if she had just realized something

“Do you know what’s happening?” she asked me and I couldn’t even look her in the eye. I felt like I had just been caught red handed and she knew exactly what as going on.

“what do you mean?” I asked her as I walked away from her and sat back on the bed. Lilly had these piercing eyes and whoever she asked me a question I often felt like she could tell when I was lying.

“I mean do you have any idea about what is happening in my apartment?” she asked me, as she came closer to e clearly determined to get the answers that she felt she deserved.

“Why would you think-?“

“just tell me the truth Max, you know why I am asking you thing and you know what I am asking you’ she said

“Lilly, I don’t know what you are insinuating or why you would think that I have something to do with it. I mean you don’t even know what is going on back home and yet you are accusing me of things that I had nothing to do with” I said and she shook her head

“Max why won’t you just tell me the truth?” She asked me

“what truth? Both of us don’t even know what is happening back home and you want me to confess to something that I had nothing to do with" I snapped at her

“Just forget it Max, you are just going to lie to me again” she snapped and then got into bed. She was mad at me and wouldn’t even let me touch her. I had tried so hard to not allow things to get out of hand and I had tried so hard to make sure that she didn’t get mad at me but now I was feeling like I had let her down. Not only because I hadn’t ben able to keep her apartment from being ransacked but I had also ruined this trip for her.

I didn’t even know what to say to her but I had been hoping that she wouldn’t get to know about this. This was the reason why I brought her all the way out here. I didn’t think that she would get any service out here but I guess I was wrong.

Luca had already given me a heads up so I knew that Lily’s apartment had been broken into. I had asked him to make sure that the matter was handled quietly so that we wouldn’t have to answer any of the neighbor’s questions but I guess this was another thing he had failed at that. I had been hoping that Lilly wouldn’t find out about what happened to her apartment until we left Bali.

I was hoping that I would get enough time to fix up her place so that it would be like nothing ever happened and then convince her to come and stay with me. I could see that she was upset. She hadn’t seen the pictures that her landlord had taken and not only was she upset about it she was also scared. She didn’t flat out say that this was my fault but this was something that we both knew. This was my fault. I was the one who had brought Diego into her peaceful life. One thing I dared not to think of was to let he3 go because me not being with her didn’t guarantee her safety.

“what are you thinking?” I asked her, we were still in the jungle and she had stopped talking to me. She was lying in bed with her back to me, I wanted us to talk about this but I had to respect the fact that she didn’t want to talk about it right now. Besides, I wouldn’t know what answers to give her if she asked me questions.

“I am thinking about everything. I am thinking that maybe… no I know that coming here was a bad idea” she said ad I sighed

“we haven’t even been here for a week Lilly” I said softly

“And yet things have already started falling apart for me” she said

“are your blaming me for everything?” I asked her and she sighed and shook her head.

“Not really, I mean things wouldn’t be going this way for me if it wasn’t f you but at the same time this is my fault. U wouldn’t be in this position if I hadn’t let you in my life” she said and her words pierced my heart. She was regretting our relationship and nothing hurt me more than that.

“I just want to go home,” she said her voice breaking and I realized she was drying. That immediately struck a chord with me and I rushed to her side of the bed. I hated seeing her like this and I hated the fact that she blamed me for it even more.

“Lilly, I am so sorry about this. I didn’t know that he would do this” I said maybe now was the time to come clean with her and yell her the truth. Or at least half of ir, she wanted the truth and maybe that would make her realise that her safety was indeed my first priority

“Who the f**k is he?’ she yelled at me as she sat up

“It’s the guys that I told you about,” I said with shame

“What does he want from me? How does he even know me? Why should I feel unsafe when I don’t even know the type of business that you have with him?” she asked me “why should I be punished for your bullshit? Why should I love my life in fear because of something that qas done by you?” she demanded.

“I am sorry I will fix-“

“Tame me home” she cut me off before I could make my promise to her. I had never made a promise to Lilly and failed to keep it or fulfill it but right now I was feeling like she was doubting me and that was what hurt me the most.

“Take me home right now!” she demanded and I sighed.

“don’t be silly, how can I take you home now when we are in the middle of nowhere” give me some time so that I can-“

“I am being silly?” she asked me in disbelief “how am I being silly and unreasonable for expecting a billionaire to make a plan and take me home?” she asked me

“it’s either you come up with a way to take me home right now or I will swim out of this place,” she said and I was tempted to laugh but I was smart enough to know that it wouldn’t end well for me if I did.

“baby… I understand that you want to go back home but there are sharks in the water.” I said and she scoffed, I was obviously lyungnt9 her but I was desperate to keep her with me.

“I would rather-“

“Don’t be an i***t Lilly, let’s just go to bed we will figure this out in the morning. I won’t continue begging you” I snapped and she looked at me in disbelief probably disappointed that I wasn’t going to beg her to join me in bed.

I loved Lilly but that love didn’t mean that I was ready to be dealing with her tantrums. I didn’t want to deal with her when she was being unreasonable and right now she was. I also wanted us to go back home because I could see that Diego was getting out of control. However Luca was more than capable of handling and dealing with this. We were better off this site and safe rather than there dealing with Diego. Lilly may not have realized this but she would soon realize that this was for the best. I was doing all this to protect her.

Lily hesitantly got into bed and she curled up beside me and held me.

“I am sorry for yelling,” he said

“so am I”

“Why don’t you just move in with me?” I asked her. The reason why I had set up this evening for us was because I wanted us to discuss moving in together. It was unfortunate that this was happening bow when we were fighting.

“I want to….but I can’t” she said

“why not?”

“Being independent is a big thing for me. I feel happy when I prove to myself and my mother that I can take care of myself’ she said, Lilly had never really mentioned her mom. The little I knew about her was what she had told me when she was drunk and it wasn’t all good things.

“But this is not about your mother, this is about your safety and the fact that keeping you safe is my job,” I said and she sighed.

“I love you for that but I can’t, how about I get another place? A safer place?” she asked

“Yeah that could work but I would have to get this place for you. I will feel better if I get the place for you” I said, I was only agreeing to this because I didn’t want to argue any further. However, I had come to the conclusion that the only way that I could ensure her safety was if Diego was completely out of the picture