Weak

As I await in angst the knots in my stomach grow bigger and bigger until I just can't take it any longer. I stand up and right as I do the door swings open and I see dark honey eyes staring back at me.

"Sit!" Dom says in a low, sharp tone. I sit back down taking notice of the rope and long, leather stick thing with a flapper at the ending. I gulp as these things make me a bit uneasy, I've never seen a stick like that! I can only imagine the pain it brings. I follow Dom with my eyes as he takes a few steps towards me.

When he's finally in front of me he sets the items on the edge of the bed right behind me. He snatches my wrist up to examine the reddish bruise that wraps around it. "I'm going to ask you one more time, What happened?!" He asks. I once again feel the stinging in my eyes building up. "Why do you care? You've got less than two more weeks with me then I'll just be a stranger you took pity on for some lays!" I say with bitter tongue.

I hear him as he grits his teeth, before I can react he grabs both of my wrists and pins them down on the settee, grabbing one cord of the rope quickly tying them to the post. The mark of Ryan burns with the pressure. I don't know why I'm so hellbent on not telling him, I hate Ryan but I know Dom would kill him and maybe subconsciously I'm somehow protesting it and protecting Ryan. And for what, he's scum!

Dom crouches down to me and says "I'll be done with you when I decide! If I decide to take you as my wife I will, if I decide to be done with you right here and now I will! One thing Miss. Delacroix I don't tolerate are liars, now tell me, what the fuck happened?"

With my whole body trembling with anxiety and anger I finally just blurt it out! "It was Ryan okay! He was at the club he sneak attacked me. In the end he got a knee to balls! You are teaching me to defend myself, Remember!"

His eyes grow even darker, there's no honey color left, they're dark brown at this point. He stands up and goes into the hallway right outside, I hear him talking to someone probably Vinny. All I hear is 'Find him NOW!' Before I hear him walking back in the bedroom.

When he reaches my side again he says "Thank you for telling me Coraline! You'll never have to worry about the weak boy again, You belong to me and he wants what's rightfully mine! He's become a liability anyways..." Dom leans down to ear and continues "And after I kill him, the first thing I'm doing is coming home and fucking you, hopefully there won't be to much blood splatter!" He winks before untying my wrist and letting me up then standing.

As I sit up my mouth salivates, and before I know it I'm rushing into the bathroom barfing up everything I've consumed recently. As I hold onto the porcelain god I'm shaking with more emotions I can even fathom. Dom stands in the doorway waiting for me to finish as he asks if I'm okay. I nod as I stand and go to wet a rag to clean my face then brush my teeth.

As I finish Dom swoops me up and carries me to the bed 'tucking me in' before saying "I'll be right back" a bit later he comes back with some hot tea and crackers placing them on the bedside table. He says he'll be up later he's got phone calls to make. I turn my back to him and with that he walks out.

My mind is racing, I spend the next half hour crying and beating myself up for getting myself into this mess. I eventually fall asleep and I toss and turn all night. When morning hits I awake feeling like I got hit my a bus. I rub the sleep from my eyes and sit up. I take notice of Doms absence. "Whatever" I grumble.

I get up with jello legs and make my way to pee, my face is stained with tear marks from last night. I walk back into the bedroom and change into an oversized button-up shirt and head down to the kitchen where I'm met with Sofia. "Good morning honey, here I have I something for you!" She says to me handing me some ginger "Chew on this for a bit it'll help" she continues with a wink.

Confused, I take a bite and chew it before swallowing. She tells me breakfast will be done shortly, I nod and ask her where Dom is. She let's me know he's in his study with Vinny. With that I make my way there, the door is shut and I knock softly. I hear "Come in" before I grab the handle and slowly push open the heavy door. I'm taken aback at the warm demeanor Dom has, although you can tell he's tired.

Vinny stands and tells Dom 'We'll keep looking boss!' Before walking out leaving just the two of us. I take my time walking to Dom, as I sit in the big chair he asks me how I'm feeling. I look down and say "Numb" barely above a whisper.

"Look I'd like to take you out, get our minds off of things for a bit!" Dom says in a gentle tone. I bite my lip, in the last two weeks this man has made my life heaven like, but he is dangerous, he's making yearn for danger. I look up and tell him "I'll go but I'm not going back to the club if that's what he's wanting!" He chuckles.

He grabs my hand and says "No Amorè, I was thinking more like Capri!" He laughs at the confusion on my face. "It's a city in Italy, it's beautiful, we can soak up some sun and have some time just the two of us."

I give him a weak smile before accepting, "Yes Dom but promise me, no work while we're there!" He nods and says "I'll leave the work in my family's hands, my attention will be all yours!" This makes my heart happy as I give him a kiss. "Wonderful, I'll set everything up this afternoon, we'll be beach bums within the week!" He let's out.

The next few hours are a blur as I'm helping Sofia with stuff around the house, one thing I just can't stand is being idle. Ryan expected perfection, meaning our house had to always be perfect, food always had to be done at a certain time even on the days he never came home, light makeup and a fit body. Staying busy was a way for me to cope or the night would be hell.

Sofia let's me know how much she appreciates me helping and finally says "I really hope you're here to stay dear, I know Domenico is really smitten with you, you really do mean the world to him" her words make my heart flutter. "I really do adore him Sofia but... I'm not sure he's smitten maybe just infatuated!" I respond. I let her know I'm going to take a bath and that's where I'll be if Dom needs me.

Sofia nods and I had back into the corridor before heading up the stairs. My stomach is still uneasy, I must've drank a bit too much, my hangover has never been this bad. I run some hot bath water before adding some bubblebath oil in the mix. I need all the relaxation I can get right now.