Nightmare Results In A Decision

Gianna was sleeping in the guest room of Moretti Mansion, she refused to have dinner as she was feeling very tired and just wanted to lay down and sleep for hours if possible, but her sleep was not so peaceful.

Gianna felt as if pure darkness surrounded her as she was sleeping. She tried walking a little, but she couldn't see anything, suddenly a small light flashed in front of her, and she smiled in relief, but her smile faded away as soon as she realized that the light was coming from a truck which was moving towards her in a dangerous speed, she screamed loudly and saw Robert driving the truck and laughing, the truck passed through her and nothing happened to her, so she looked behind and saw her parents lying on the floor in pool of blood, her mother was reaching her hand out towards her as if seeking help or as if she wanted to talk something. Gianna wailed loudly and called out to her mother and father.

"No...! Mama! Papa! Please don't leave me again...!!" Gianna screamed, and soon she heard a chuckle beside her, she looked beside her and saw Robert and his son holding Amelia with a gun pointed on her head.

"NOO...!!" Gianna shouted and sprang up from her sleep. Amelia, Xavier and all others were already present and were trying to wake Gianna up from her nightmare. Gianna started panting rapidly, and her body involuntarily started trembling in fear.

Xavier wiped her head with a towel and made her drink a few sips of water for her to calm down, Gianna started crying and sniffing silently, she leaned her head on his chest and closed her eyes to normalize her tensed self. Xavier patted her back softly and tucked her wet sweaty hair behind her ear.

"Her nightmares are frequent or rare?" Derek asked Amelia directly.

"Very frequent if she remembers her past for any reason." Amelia said and sighed. Charlie also came running inside the room as soon as he heard the screams of Gianna. He went ahead and climbed up on the bed and rubbed his soft-silky fur against Gianna's arm to console her. Gianna opened her eyes and left Xavier's arm. She rubbed Charlie's fur and kissed his head, Xavier was glaring daggers at him whereas Charlie woofed twice and licked her cheek making her chuckle silently. She then looked up and sensed a few gazes on her, and that's when she realized that everyone was present in the guest room.

She looked down apologetically and clenched the hem of her night-dress.

"I... I'm really sorry, it was not my intention to wake everyone up like this and disturb your sleep, I ap--" Gianna was interrupted by Xavier when he placed his index finger on her lips silencing her.

"Don't worry about such things, you should take care of your health as utmost priority. Now sleep." Xavier ordered her in a stern voice and made her lay down again on bed and tucked her blanket on her while stroking her forehead and hair. Xavier signalled Amelia to take care of her and in response she nodded. Everyone left the room, Lorenzo sighed and patted Xavier's back to gain his attention.

"Xavier, my son, if you have already decided to follow this path with her then you've to become even more stronger and not let any emotion overcome your decisions." He said and Grace nodded in approval.

"For now, take care of her, and it would be great if you take her to a doctor, her mental strength is very fragile right now. If she wants... you can take her to check her eyes too, that is... if only she wants." Grace suggested and Xavier nodded silently and rubbed his hair. Everyone left from there except Xavier and Brinley. Brinley was silently staring and observing Xavier. He looked at her and raised his eyebrow in confusion and curiousness. She took a step ahead and hugged her brother tightly, Xavier at first, was surprised, but then he hugged her back. She softly patted his back and whispered,

"Everything will be fine by time, Fratello... don't worry she will become even stronger if she has your support and if you are by her side." Xavier was very emotional at that moment, he couldn't control his tears anymore and his tears rolled down his cheek, as he stood hugging her.

"Brinley I'm scared... I don't want her to leave me, I know our family might have given her pain, even at your engagement it was our fault to not be by her side and support her when she needed us the most. I love her a lot Brinley, I can't live without her anymore... you don't know how scared I got when she got kidnapped, why can't I protect her properly...?" Xavier said in a low voice and choked. Brinley let him go and wiped his tears.

"Fratello... you're my hero. Heroes don't get weak like this, now cheer up and go tomorrow to beat the asses of those thugs who kidnapped her!" Brinley showed him a fist and did the action of hitting her other palm. Xavier smiled at her antics and rubbed her hair.

"Go sleep now, I love you sorellina." Xavier kissed her forehead and pushed her ahead to go towards her room. [Sorellina: Little sister]

"Good night, Fratello." Brinley exclaimed as she was walking away.

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"Are you enjoying here Robert and Elias Allen?" Adam spoke as he entered with Xavier in the basement prison in one of their premises of their mafia.

"It is none of your business! You are just a dog of Moretti family, stay in your limits!" Elias shouted in anger and in response he gained a big brutal punch on his face by one of the guards standing inside the prison. Elias groaned in pain and looked down, giving up the argument as soon as he started.

"How does it feel to get captured and kept here?" Xavier asked in a cold and husky voice, he was visibly controlling his anger.

"Moretti, let us go, we don't want to involve your family in our matters, this matter is between our family, the Allens!" Robert exclaimed calmly, yet he tried to free open his handcuffs.

"Why is it not our matter? Don't you know that Gianna is my future fiancée?" Xavier said and folded his arms accusingly.

"No! We thought Gianna is one of your side-chicks, she's not even worthy of dat--" Robert was interrupted by a kick in his stomach given by Xavier himself! Elias started laughing at what his father was saying, Xavier turned to look at him and glared daggers at him, he couldn't endure anymore and punched him in the face twice too. Now Elias's face had many blue and purple berry-like marks and blood was oozing out of his mouth and forehead. Robert was also in bad condition due to the heavy kick he got, and his old age didn't help him anywhere, he was barely keeping his consciousness.

"I don't want to get my hands dirty, but I'm warning you for the first and last time, don't even try to utter her name by your filthy mouths or even try to think about her in the future, anyways you both don't even have any kind of future remaining, you both are not even worthy of calling as 'family'." Xavier exclaimed as he squeezed Robert's mouth in anger and shook it away with force, he rubbed his hands with a new napkin and threw the napkin away.

Adam gave some papers to Xavier, when he read them he realized they were the property and ownership agreement papers which were signed by Gianna. Xavier gave them back to him, and Adam asked for a lighter from one of the guards. Xavier stood there with a cold face and hands tucked inside his pockets.

"I'm not a dog, I'm a human, you must be blind to not know that I only 'assist' Moretti family, I already own and work many branches of our companies in foreign countries, I don't snatch people's hard work like you both." He said as he pointed the papers to show them their misdeeds.

"Xavier is like my brother, and I help him until his brother graduates, he doesn't force me or order me around." Adam said in anger and pointed the papers towards the flame emerging from the lighter.

"NO!! No, please no, don't burn them... noo...!" Robert started pleading to Adam, and he turned to look at Elias in anger for uttering rubbish things.

"I-I'm sorry...! Please, I'm begging you Mr. Brooke don't burn them..." Elias apologized and banged his forehead on the ground to beg for mercy. Adam smirked and scoffed, he looked at Xavier who was standing silently and observing while clenching his both fists inside his pockets.

"You should have thought before doing any kind of misdeed with people associated with Moretti family. We cherish and love our people." Xavier exclaimed and turned away to walk out. Robert rushed ahead to cling to his leg and beg, but the guards caught hold of him before he could touch their boss's leg. Adam finally lighted the papers with fire and when they got burned more than half, he kicked the papers near Robert and Elias.

"You wanted these papers right? Take them. Enjoy your remaining days and do count the hours you survived. Goodbye." Adam left from the prison and the guards started to brutally torture them and beat them into pulp.

"Xavier what to do of those people who insulted Gianna at the engagement party? They're still starving in hunger as you ordered the guards." Adam commented as soon as he entered the office cabin of Xavier. Xavier sighed in exhaustion.

"Adam... I'm exhausted of everything now..." Xavier sighed and kept his forehead in his both palms while sitting. Adam was a little surprised, he never saw such raw emotion in Xavier.

"Xavier why don't you take a break for a few days? I also took a small vacation, you deserve rest to be honest. It must have been a big burden to handle the office and mafia together for so many days. Xavier just sighed again in response and opened the report files of the families and women who insulted Gianna. He wrote down the punishments in the report files and gave them to his assistant.

"For now, you should go and rest. We had a very hectic schedule this week." Xavier said to Adam and he nodded in approval.