SHE IS MY BROKEN ANGEL

I AM CRAZY FOR YOU

Arthur’s P.O.V.

Something was really weird with this place. At first, the order was brought by that server. The order contained everything that I and Kyle liked to have in our lunch. Second, her explanation that I didn’t buy. They picked up a table randomly every month to serve them The Chef Special of the day on the house? It was really weird. I decided to check on this restaurant later. It was just opposite Kyle’s office still he didn’t have any idea about the place.

Francisco was not helping much either. Though he told us that she is okay but refused to tell us anything about where she is right now. I didn’t know why but I had this feeling since I entered this place that she is near to me. I could feel her. This place was giving her vibes. I remembered once she talked about opening a restaurant when we were in the academy. This place was just like her imagination.

Suddenly Francesco stood up making both of us alerted. We also stood up instantly and looked around. To my surprise, the whole place was empty not even a single employee was present in the area. “What’s happening here?” I looked at Francesco who had a gun in his hand now. I instantly took out my gun too.

“I have some visitors here”, he said and then looked back. “You both can go out from here through the back exit”, I pointed in a direction and I raised my brows. “You are here to attend that bidding. You are roaming around without any backup or guard. May I ask what you want to do?” I asked him suspiciously and he smirked.

“We will talk if we stay alive”, he said and then suddenly flipped off the table and hid behind. I signaled Kyle and he instantly ran towards the exit. He is working locally and it could be dangerous for him to be seen by any of the goons here.

“Smart move”, Francesco chuckled and before I could say or ask.. the door opened and few men with guns in their hands came inside. I and Francesco hid themselves behind the table. “We are not here to kill you. Our boss wants to talk with you”, one of them that I assumed was the leader said.

“How can I trust you?” Francesco asked him in a very careless tone. Suddenly he looked at me and whispered, “Do you want to see her?” I narrowed my eyes on him and he chuckled. They all put down their guns inside the jackets and raised their hands in surrender.

“It’s about the bidding”, he said and I looked at Francesco. “Who is your boss?” he asked again. The leader replied instantly, “He is Victor”. Francesco scoffed and then took out his phone. He sent a message in Italian to someone. I was not interested in his affairs but I wanted to meet her again.

“Let’s go… keep yourself behind me”, he said and I followed him. I had this feeling again that I was being watched. I looked around and slapped my head internally. There were indeed cameras all around the restaurant. I looked at them and followed Francesco. I knew that I didn’t need backup here because the backup was on her way.

They asked us to blindfold our eyes. I already had on my location for both Kyle and my team. I knew that Francesco had also taken some kind of precaution. According to my information, Victor is a local mafia who is trying his luck in smuggling of arms but had no such luck till the day. I was really surprised by his action that he tried to abduct the world-famous Francesco who is enough to kill an army on his own.

Yes… this is Francesco. He rose from the ashes and within two years he became invincible. He was 15 years old when he joined a local gang in Italy and he is like the pole star in the underworld. Victor is inviting trouble for himself.

“We are here”, they informed us and then I felt someone holding me from my arm. I followed his tail and he pulled me out of the car in which they brought us to their place. The place was a little bit colder than the normal weather of the place. “Walk”, someone commanded and I followed wherever he was taking me. I knew that she is also here. But they didn’t know that they invited their death with us. They blindfolded us but she is watching everything.

They opened our eyes and it took a while to adjust my eyes with the light. I shook my head while covering my eyes with my hand. I looked around to get my position right now. We were inside a closed room with around two men. We were sitting on a sofa. Francesco was sitting beside me like a king that he was already.

“Welcome, Mr. Romano… Welcome”, I looked up and saw a short-height man with a big tummy and bald head. He should be in his early 50s. He had a wild fake smile on his face that made me scoffed. “Why I am here, Victor?” Francesco asked him so casually that he was talking with one of his acquaintances.

“Well…. You know Mr. Romano… it’s really hard to be in the business as a small fish if you have a dream of becoming a shark”, Victor sat on a single sofa in front of us while having that fake smile. I really wanted to wipe that smile off his face. When Francesco didn’t say anything, he continued, “I want to work with you, Mr. Romano. You see”, he came closer to us.

“Who told you that I am willing to work with you, Victor? If you have any information on me …. Then you must know what my style of working, right?” Francesco crossed his legs casually. I was sitting beside him while watching both of them curiously. “I know… I know… Mr. Romano… but… don’t you think that one will swim with the current …. Not against the current”, Victor raised a brow making Francesco and me chuckled.

“So… you are threatening me, huh?” Francesco glared at him this time. I mentally scolded myself for being foolish this time. I had nothing to do with all this drama here. I am supposed to end them not be with them.  I looked at Francesco lazily. “No… no.. Mr. Romano… don’t get me wrong… H… how can I threaten you??? No… I can’t…. I was just saying that you should let yourself open”, I really want to hit Victor badly. He was testing Francesco and my patience.

“Enough”, Francesco stood up instantly making everyone flinched at their places. All of them took out their guns instantly and aimed towards us. Victor also stood up and I could see fear in his eyes but he remained that façade of bravery on his face.

“Don’t be angry, Mr. Romano… I don’t want trouble for either of us”, this time I couldn’t stay quiet. “Do you really think so highly of yourself, Victor?” he looked at me questioningly.

“If I am not wrong… one of your consignments of small weapons worth 50 million was caught a day before yesterday and a week two of your dance bars were locked due to illegal dealing of drugs and p**********n. You are not as strong as you are predicting, right?” my words took him off guard.     

“Before abducting someone, you should check his background first… this is your first mistake and if (I looked at Francesco and he smirked)… the last mistake”, I took my weapon out of my jacket and at the same time, someone fire at us. We both jumped behind the sofa and started taking aim. The first who became the victim of Francesco was none other than Victor. I guessed Francesco was really pissed with him.

“We need to get out of this room alive”, I said to him while taking my aim. “Just wait for a while”, he said confidently while taking his shots. There was only one door and I assumed that it was locked from outside. We could go out only after breaking that door.

“Don’t think about the door. That leads to another door and then another corridor and vice versa”, I snapped my head towards him. I assumed that I had to work on my motor skills now. “Then how do we getting out from here?” I asked him while again taking my shots. They had hidden their selves behind other furniture in the room.

Suddenly the wall behind us blasted causing us fell down over the sofa. “Run”, Francesco called and I shook my head while standing up. The whole room was filled with dust and smoke and it was the best time to get out from here.

I and Francesco ran towards the blasted wall. That wall opened in the parking area of the building. We started running towards the exit. We knew that they would be behind us soon. There were so many cars but we didn’t have time to check any of them.

Suddenly the voice of the horn gained our attention and there I saw her sitting on a bike. “Here is our ride”, Francesco chuckled and we both ran towards her. There was another bike near her. She threw the key towards Francesco and a helmet to me.

I hoped behind her while Francesco took the other bike. This was the first time, I saw her driving a bike and she was awesome like always. I was holding her from her waist and this was the first time in seven years that I was so close to her. My heart skipped a beat when she took a break and her back hit my chest. “Are you crazy?” she shouted at me and I held her from her waist. I couldn’t see her because of her helmet but could hear her. I think she has put a hearing device inside the helmet.

“Yes I am crazy”, I yelled with the same tone. “Crazy for you”, I murmured to myself.