Mia’s pov
My mouth fell open but nothing could come out of it. I couldn’t believe what I had just heard, which was why I’m currently rooted in this particular spot while trying to wrap my head around what I had just heard.
Lorenzo said he was going to be killing me tomorrow.
Which means he’s finally putting his plan into action like he said he was going to.
It felt like my ears were ringing right after that, which prevented me from being able to listen to the rest of Lorenzo’s call. It also prevented me from moving away till Lorenzo turned around and sighted me.
A surprised look crossed his face as he shoved his phone into his pocket before reaching for me. My heart hammered harshly against the sides of my ribs in crumbling fear as he tugged me against him.
The fact that he’s currently acting like he isn’t planning on taking my life tomorrow was enough to make me sick to my stomach.
“Where were you?” He asked as his hand slid down my hips and I swallowed down something that felt like a sob, and then I slowly cleared my throat before responding.
“I was in the restroom. I got cornered by Lily and her friends.” I responded with my heart feeling extremely hollow at the thought of tonight being the last night I’d ever be able to experience before my life would get ended.
Lorenzo let out a hum at my response. “That spoilt bitch, I think it’s high time I have a word with her father.” He murmured and then he glanced around for a few moments before regarding me with an unreadable gaze.
“I believe it’s high time we get going already.” He declared, and I’d have felt instant relief on a normal day. But, now that I know that he plans on taking my life tomorrow, I couldn’t stop the intense fear that clogged every inch of my bones at the thought of returning back home with him tonight.
But I knew I didn’t actually have a choice in that, and so I let out a shaky breath before nodding my head in response.
If Lorenzo noticed something odd in the way I was currently acting, he didn’t indicate as he led us out, all the way to where his car was parked.
As we sank into the car, an image of our faces being about an inch apart on the dance floor flashed before my mind in that moment and I almost felt like beating myself up with a stick right now. I couldn’t believe I had done that with someone who plans on taking my life tomorrow, I can’t believe I actually cared enough to want to know how his gunshot wound was fairing today, meanwhile he was planning to end my life all these while.
It felt so funny to me in an unfunny way and a humorless chuckle spilled past my lips without me realizing it until I felt Lorenzo giving me a look with his hands easily controlling the steering wheel.
“Did you have fun today?” He asked after about thirty minutes of us being in total silence. The question was so unexpected, it made me flinch. I couldn’t believe he’s currently asking me this, knowing damn well what he plans on doing with me tomorrow.
That made my mouth get into a thin line and I almost rolled my eyes as I pointed out. “You’ve never asked me that.”
It clearly took him aback before the underside of his jaw ticked a few times while he remained silent. I didn’t care anymore if I anger him at this point, either way I’d be getting killed tomorrow anyways.
Lorenzo remained silent throughout the rest of the ride, which I was really grateful about because I wasn’t sure I’d be able to put up with hearing his voice throughout the ride without blurting out that I knew he was planning on killing me tomorrow.
As soon as I got into the house, I disappeared into my bedroom at once, sliding down against the door and sobbing into my knees. I tried to be as quiet as possible, not wanting Lorenzo to be aware that I have already found out.
Sure, I never wanted to live in multiple moments, but that doesn’t mean I wanted to die all in the name of revenge for something which I didn’t have a hand in.
As I got out of my dress that might, my gaze hardened as I stared at myself in the mirror, and then I promised myself at this very moment, that I was going to run away from Lorenzo tomorrow.
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“Can I go get something at the mall today?” I asked Lorenzo while st the dining table. I hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep throughout the night and definitely wouldn’t be able to stomach anything this morning, but a still made a show of eating so as to not appear suspicious by Lorenzo who gave me an irritated look before resuming eating his food.
Determined to not give up, I tried again and again, until he threw a black card at me on the table and instructed that I leave with one of the guards who’d drive me too and fro.
I bit my tongue in order to not thank him, not wanting to irritate him further, and then I impatiently counted the seconds until he left.
Once he was gone, I contemplated on how I was going to carry out my plan. I have no idea of how to navigate through the world on my own but I do not care, anything is better than me getting killed today.
When I existed the house with the bodyguard who drove me to one of the biggest malls here in Italy, I kept recounting my plan in my head over and over again. Get into the mall, escape from a back entrance, run without looking back, while hoping that Lorenzo would never be able to find me.