She was lost and so was he.
Who knew that two broken hearts can connect to one.
Arabella's world has been rigged since the day she was born. Her fate had been decided for her much longer before she even had been conceived in the womb. So it came as...
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Months pass with no more contact from Alexei. Days pass in agony.
I moved out a few months ago. It was two weeks after everything went down in the hospital. I couldn't bear living with them anymore. And I still had some divinity left in me, that I wouldn't go begging to one of my friends for a place to stay.
So instead I lived in one of my suites at my hotel that was nearby the hospital. I may have lost everyone but I wasn't leaving Luca. Especially with him in a coma. He was okay but has still been in a coma for the past four months. On some days when I would just talk to him as though he was listening, I begged him to take me to whatever place he was in.
These four months with barely any words to my family and friends has almost killed me. My family only asks how I am once in a while. Vivian and her family, including Dominic, cut ties with me. The only ones who have tried to stand by me were Mateo, Aria, and surprisingly, Marco.
Flashback
Aria finds me in a dark storage closet sitting on the floor curled up into a ball. I had no more tears to cry but still my eyes and throat burned with the need to sob again. I'd never felt as helpless as I did right now. Even with Nicholas I always found myself drifting to someone. I found someone to fight for.
My family.
My friends.
My Dominic.
But I lost it all now. I lost everything.
"Please leave, Aria." I'm able to mumble those few words out even as my throat scratches at the action.
"I'm not leaving." She says firmly, moving closer and the door opens again. Mateo peaks his head in looking over from Aria then to me. There was some distance between how he looked at me. But it's mostly just pity.
"Hey, you alright?" He asked me and before I knew it they had both placed themselves beside me on the floor. My hands form fists in anger from the invasion of space but I don't look at them. I keep my eyes staring forward, blankly.
"Talk to us." Aria reaches for my hand but I yank my hand closer to me away from her. The sudden movement makes her pause and she retracts her hand.
"Leave me alone." I grit out. Neither of them budge and my anger washes over me like a tsunami. "Fucking leave, goddamit!" I shout and my voice cracks. I knew I was probably going to lose my voice but I wouldn't even care.
"We're not leaving you alone and vulnerable. You're angry, sad, and hurt. You need someone to comfort you." Mateo gives me a concerned look and I glare back.
Stop caring. Please. It's killing me.
"Why do you care? I said so many hurtful things to everyone out there. Including Dominic and Vivian. Why would you choose to be here with me rather than them? They're the ones who are hurt. Not me. I'm fine." The words are bitter on my tongue. They both stare at me, eyebrows furrowing in concern.
