Wounded Hearts

Chapter 17: Saviour

Faith's POV

"Damn....I missed you so much" I said with a smile holding his hands. Dario...Dario Rizzo, the man who changed my life. The man who became my saviour....my hero. If it wasn't for him then I wouldn't be here alive. "I missed you too" he said with his deep husky voice. He stroked my cheek causing my cheeks to heat up. "that was him right?" he asked softly. I backed away changing my face into a cold look but stayed silent. "hmmm....your silence means a yes" he said leaning back in his chair but kept his eyes on me while I looked away in anger. 

"Does he annoy you?" he asked causing me to sigh. I leaned against his body while he wrapped his arm around my shoulder keeping me warm, "you have no idea" I muttered. I told him everything from him becoming the owner, to the kid till now. "The nerve of that bastard" Dario hissed. "Forget about that, tell me how have you been?...how was work?" I asked him now sitting up. "Work is going well. I couldn't stay away from you anymore so I finished all my work and came back only for you. I couldn't leave you alone with him" he stroked my cheek. 

Dario is a handsome man....really handsome causing girls to go crazy for him but not once he gave a glance towards them. In fact he hates the opposite gender...why?....well that's a part of his past. I feel like myself when I am with him....I feel like I am the old faith whenever he is with me. I become more talkative, bubbly, happy which fears me....it makes me scared that I might get hurt again. 

"Fai?" a voice called out snapping me out of my thoughts. "Sorry...what were you saying?" I asked, laughing nervously. "Lost in your thoughts again?" he asked. I sighed...he knew me well. "you know I will never hurt you....because if I do then I will make sure I never breathe again" he said with a serious tone. I glared at him "don't ever say that again Dario" I hissed. He chuckled and cupped my cheeks. "I love how much you care about me" he smirked causing me to roll my eyes.

"Why wouldn't I?....you are the only one for me" I said softly looking down. "Then stop overthinking about being yourself in front of me. You may hide all your emotions to the world but you are an open book to me...so don't ever think I will hurt you because I won't and you know what I will do if I ever did" he said with a straight face. 

I stared at his face, feeling touched by his words. "you are everything to me Fai....my everything. My life belongs to you...it lives within you" he moved closer to my lips. I shivered as his lips brushed against mine. I quickly stood up and glared at him. "I told you Dario not to mention it again" I spat. He raised his eyebrows and leaned back, crossing his leg over another like he was the king of the world. "I will always mention it my love....I love you and I will repeatedly make you remember it everyday" he said with an expressionless face. I tightly closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. "Don't mention that word in front of me Dario...just don't. That word doesn't exist for me....that emotion you feel is only for the weak, so just forget it" I snapped in anger looking away.

He just sat there with a blank emotion, tilting his head as he stared at me. "'Love isn't for the weak Fai....Love is an emotion only strong people can handle. Look at me for instance....I never believed in the word love, especially after what my mother did to my father. You know what she did to him and since then I hated women. I hated their touch, their presence but when you entered my life, I realized that this-" he put his hand over his heart "This exists...this beats...it beated for you for the first time and that's when I realized that love.....love does exist and I will make you believe in love again Fai...that's my promise to you" he said with full confidence and an unknown emotion. 

I scoffed as a devoid of laughter left my lips. "Seriously Dario?...you are saying this?...if love really existed then why did I go through all that?...why would he do that to me?...why would she do that to me?....love is for the weak. Look at me Dario...I am so successful, rich...powerful without love but when I was in love, I was so weak...I was nothing...I was powerless. Love just weakens you but if that doesn't exist then wonders could happen" I snapped. 

Dario just chuckled and stood up walking towards you. "My darling Faith....I will remove that bastard from your each and every brain cell of yours. Just because of what he did to you doesn't mean love doesn't exist. If love can exist for me then it can for you and I will make you believe in it again....take care my love" he kissed my cheek, lingering his lips for much longer and left without giving me a look. I touched my heated cheek feeling sparks tingling through my body. 

"You can't make me believe in that emotion Dario....you can't" I whispered to no one.