4. 'I Want Her'

"Mr. Angelo." Olivia spoke in a flirty tone while I looked into those beautiful green eyes, completely mesmerized.

"Heather move away from him, have some shame." She suddenly grabbed my arm and yanked me back.

I was about to fall but Roman took a hold of my hand before I could and pulled me closer to him, making me collide with his chest.

I gasped at the contact, as he put an arm around my waist and I looked at his chest, slowly raising my gaze to his, my breath faltered to see his eyes on mine.

Wow.

"Bellissima." (Beautiful) Roman whispered.

"Mr. Angelo, I would love to give you a tour of the fair and the college." Olivia spoke seductively, but he didn't even spare a glance at her.

"No." He said firmly as Enzo, Gabriel and Maria came to stand behind him and I squirmed in his arms, looking at Enzo for help while he looked at us amused. I tried to get free but he wouldn't let go.

Jeez.

"I want her." He said and I froze. I felt like time stopped and my eyes snapped to him. His words sounded oddly suspicious but I brushed them off and quickly moved back from his arms.

What does he mean by that?

"F-for the tour." I spoke breathlessly as I put some distance between us and looked at him to clear the confusion, but he didn't say anything, just stared at me indifferently.

"Sure." He shrugged and moved aside for me to lead him out.

"Smettila di torturare la povera ragazza." (Stop torturing the poor girl.) Enzo told Roman chuckling and followed me.

I showed them around the college campus and we soon we returned to the fair in less than half an hour.

"What do you study here?" Maria asked me and I smiled at her.

"I'm doing interior designing." I said and she nodded.

"Is this your last year here?" Enzo asked me but I shook my head.

"It's my second, I have one more left." I said and he nodded, deep in thought.

"Looks like we'll be seeing you here a lot then." Enzo said.

"Yeah, I guess so." I shrugged.

"Oh I have no doubt we'll be seeing more of you around." He winked at me and smirked at Roman who rolled his eyes and moved around with his hands in his pockets, looking around.

What's up with him?

Everywhere he went, people would move out of his way to let him pass. I mean, he was quite intimidating. The girls were literally drooling over him and it was funny to watch their open mouths.

I chuckled under my breath as Enzo came to stand beside me.

"What's so funny?" He asked me but I shook my head.

"It's weird how the girls have their mouths hanging open when they look at Mr. Angelo. I can literally see the drool." I said chuckling and he chuckled too.

"Yeah, that's Roman for you." He looked at me expectantly.

"And you're not one of them, as I can see." He deducted and I shrugged.

Nope.

"Eh. What's there to look at anyway? It's not like I'm interested." I said shrugging but he just stared at me before grinning.

"You're different. I like you. Just don't tell Roman that." He said and walked over to Roman Angelo and started talking to him. Roman's eyes briefly flicked to mine before going back to Enzo.

Maria walked over to me and I smiled at her.

"Everything's done so well, we all really liked what you've done. Even Roman, he doesn't usually get impressed so easily." She said.

"Thank you so much." I told her smiling and she nodded before going back to Gabriel.

I walked over to Enzo and Roman to ask them where they wanted to go next, but I was suddenly pushed forward with force, and fell face forward onto someone, taking them down with me.

Ouch.

I groaned before looking at the person under me and my eyes widened when I saw Roman's confused face. We stayed like that, just staring at each other before I registered what just happened.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I said quickly getting up and ended up straddling him.

This couldn't get any more embarrassing.

"I'm so sorry I don't know who pushed me." I said getting off the ground and looking around. Everyone's eyes were on me and my eyes stopped on one person in particular.

Matt.

He stood there chuckling with his friend, Adrian, I think. My face morphed into one of anger and I ran towards him.

Son of a-...

"Matt you asshole!" I shouted and both of them screamed before running off.

"Shit!" He shouted and ran around the college fair while I followed him. It's good I was a little athletic and trained because I was going to beat his ass.

Just you wait.

He ran around stalls and I quickly jumped over one of the tables and saw him running back towards where Roman was, now observing us.

I saw two people holding a big photo booth frame, waling across the lane. Matt managed to run past them but they were in my way so I did the first thing I could think of.

I'll probably regret this later.

I increased my speed, jumping through the frame and rolling on the grass before grabbing a frisbee from a random guy and throwing it with full force at Matt.

I think I looked pretty cool jumping. Anyways.

Good thing I knew how to play frisbee.

It hit him square in the head and he toppled over, falling to the ground.

Got you now.

I walked over to him and hovered over his frame, folding my arms across my chest.

"Sorry?" He said sheepishly and I rolled my eyes before giving him a hand and helping him up.

"You do that again and I'll break your arms. You know I can do that." I told him and he nodded frantically before we went back to the guests.

I dusted off my clothes and smiled at Enzo and the Angelos like nothing happened and I wasn't just straddling the Roman Angelo.

"Sorry Mr. Angelo." Matt apologized to him but Roman didn't even glance at him, just stood calmly with his hands in his pockets, his eyes on me.

"You're full of surprises aren't you?" Enzo said and I shrugged.

"I'm sorry for all... that." I glared at Matt who averted his gaze quickly.

"It's alright. How'd you jump over the table and through the frame like that though? And your aim is spot on." Enzo asked me in surprise and immediately memories resurfaced, making me freeze in place.

Now's not the time.

I shook my head and forced a smile.

"I uh... had some training with Alex." I said ad he nodded before frowning.

"Alexander Elias?" He asked me and I nodded.

"Yes, he's my... older brother." I said and suddenly everyone became quiet.

"He's your brother? You're an Elias?" Maria asked me and I nodded.

"Yes." I replied looking at their confused faces.

"Uh... I'm Heather Elias. Alex is my older brother... Do you know him?" I asked them and they smirked.

"Yes, we're business partners. But we didn't know he had a sister." Gabriel suddenly spoke and I shrugged.

"We like to keep our relationship down because he has some enemies and we don't want a repeat of history." I said but then froze.

Shit.

"Repeat of history?" Maria asked me.

"Um... I mean.. he just wants me to be safe, that's all." I said quickly and they nodded.

In that moment, I swear I saw Enzo and Gabriel giving Roman knowing looks and smirking at him.

"È suo fratello. Non il suo ragazzo." (He's her brother. Not her boyfriend.) Enzo told Roman who glared at him.

"E allora?" (So what?) Roman snapped at Enzo who shrugged.

"Niente uomo. Sto solo dicendo che ora non devi guardare il ragazzo come se lo uccidessi." (Nothing man. Just saying now you don't have to look at the guy like you'll kill him.) Enzo said grinning and Roman cursed him.

"Zitto cazzo." (Shut the fuck up.) Roman gritted out and Enzo turned to me.

"Well, Bella, we'll be taking our leave now. Thank you for the tour." He said winking at me and left whistling.

"Thank you so much, we had a great time and hope to see you again some time." Maria said and I smiled.

"Of course. Thank you for coming Mr. and Mrs. Angelo." I regarded them both and shook their hands and they left, leaving me with Roman.

I turned to him and stretched my hand out. He looked at me intently and then my hand before grasping it.

It felt amazing, his warm hands that covered mine made me feel tingly.

"Thank you for your time Mr. Angelo. And sorry again for the disturbance." I said to him and he nodded, not letting my hand go.

I quickly pulled my hand back, making him frown lightly before he masked it and cleared his throat, turning around and leaving without another word.

Weird.

"Thea!" Jane came running to me.

"Yeah?" I asked her as we moved towards our cars to go home.

"Spill. NOW. You practically spent the day in Roman Angelo's arms." She said leaning on the hood of my car.

"I didn't spend it in his arms Jane." I defended myself but she gave me an 'oh really?' look and I sighed, telling her everything that happened throughout the day till the moment he left.

"Wow." She said at the end. "He really said 'I want her'?" She exclaimed and I shrugged.

"He meant the tour Jane." I said but she rolled her eyes.

"Don't give me that shit. He's totally into you." She said and I sighed.

"Oh come on Jane. Why would he be interested in me?" I said and she rolled her eyes.

"Excuse me, have you looked at yourself, you're a goddess sweetheart." She said and I raised my hands up in surrender.

"Fine, whatever. I'm just really tired and all I want to do right now is sleep, so I'm leaving." I said unlocking my new Audi that Alex sent me a few days ago.

"Alright, but we are going to that new club day after tomorrow, right?" She said and I nodded.

"Yup. I'll see you tomorrow." I said and closed my door, starting the ignition and speeding off on the freeway.

The adrenaline rush was exactly what I needed right now and before I knew it, I was racing another sleek black sports car.

I couldn't make out who was inside because of the tinted windows but I saw the figure of a man. I was sure he couldn't see me either because I also had heavily tinted windows.

We were both racing each other at an incredible speed. A turn came up ahead and the other car suddenly hit the breaks and I took this opportunity to drift across the sharp turn, smoothly turning.

I smirked and looked in the rear view mirror and saw the other car gaining up on me. I hit the accelerator and sped up as the car caught up to me and we both were neck to neck.

We raced each other, passing some cars and kept trying to overtake each other for the next few minutes.

I spotted a gas station and slowed my car down. The other driver understood what I was doing and slowed down too as we both pulled up at the gas station.

That felt so damn good.

I took a deep breath before opening my door and heard the other car's door open too. Turning around, I saw the smirk of none other than him.

Roman Angelo.

I stared at him in disbelief and a grin broke out on my face too.

What are the odds?