~ Jordan's POV ~

My sleep was interrupted when I heard banging on the front door, I reached over to check the time on my phone, I frowned when I saw it was 12:18am. Adrian had probably forgotten his key or something. For the last three weeks he's been coming home a lot later than he used to before we went on our honeymoon. I haven't seen him much, a lot less than I did before we got married. We've been acting like the other doesn't exist, I just do my own thing and he does his. To pass the time I've been doing the housework and food shopping and also learning lots of Italian which I'm getting a lot better at now, I can understand quite a bit, but I can't speak it yet.

I sighed and got out of the bed trudging downstairs and through the hallways. I let out a yawn as I opened the front door expecting to see Adrian but I frowned when my eyes landed on Matteo.

"Wha-" Before I could ask him what he was doing here, he pushed the door open further causing it to slam straight into my face. I let out a shout of pain as the door connected with my nose causing me to stumble backwards. Matteo came inside and shut the door behind him before coming over to me. I tried to push him away but he just grabbed my hair to stop me from moving around freely. His grip on my hair tightened and he dragged me into the dining room which we hardly ever use.

Matteo pushed me against the wall and glared at me. "You freaking whore, you lost me that deal with Kaito." I felt a sharp sting on my face when Matteo slapped me twice. I kept my eyes on him giving him a glare of my own. "Are you sure it was my fault Matteo? I seem to get this vibe from you that some people may not particularly like you." He shook his head and wrapped his hand around my throat.

"Adrian might have gone soft on you puttana (whore) but don't underestimate me." He lifted me up slightly off the ground as the pressure on my throat increased, I clawed at his hand trying to get some oxygen to my lungs.

Just as I started to see black dots in my vision Matteo let me go and I dropped to the floor, breathing in deeply whilst coughing at the same time, my throat feeling sore and painful. I felt a hard kick to my stomach winding me for a moment. I struggled to breathe from the blow to my stomach when I felt Matteo pick me up once again by my hair.

"You better watch yourself Jordan. Kaito isn't the type of person you want to lose out on a deal with, I know it was your fault. You're going to pay for this and I won't let you forget it." Matteo roughly pushed me backwards causing me to stumble on my ankle awkwardly and a sharp pain shot up through my ankle. I let out a scream as he pushed me harder onto the ground, I slammed my head against the wall causing my vision to blur. I felt a few more kicks to my stomach but by this time I was already in a daze from the immense pain in my ankle and the blow to my head.

I think Matteo left after this but I wasn't sure, I had lost most of my awareness of my surroundings. I lay on the floor of the dining room, my forehead feeling warm and sticky from the blood trickling down. I tried to get up a few times but this just resulted in dizziness.

I don't know how long I was lying there before I heard Adrian call my name. I tried to call out to him but my voice came out quiet and raspy. Eventually he came into the dining room and switched on the lights, his eyes landing on me. He stood in shock for a moment staring at me before he quickly came over to me and kneeled down.

"Jordan.." His eyes scanned over me to make sure there were no serious injuries. "What happened?" I tried to speak again but the trauma to my throat just didn't allow it. Adrian pulled out his phone and called someone, he spoke urgently in Italian telling the person to get here quickly.

"The doctor is coming tesoro." I felt a tear come out the side of my eye as Adrian stroked my cheek softly. "I'm so sorry this happened." Was the last thing I heard before I passed out.

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My eyes fluttered open but instantly closed as the light shone directly into my eyes. I tried to ignore the pounding in my head as I attempted to open my eyes again. Eventually they adjusted to the light and I looked around to see I was in Adrian and I's bedroom. I lifted my head slightly and looked around for any signs of my husband but he wasn't there. I sighed and stared at the ceiling, memories of Matteo's assault on me coming back to me. I hadn't even seen it coming, if I knew he was coming here I probably wouldn't have opened the door for him, but I just didn't expect him to turn up so late and beat me up as soon as I opened the door.

My thoughts were interrupted when the bedroom door opened and Adrian walked in. His face showed just how stressed he was, it was clear he hadn't slept, his hair was disheveled and there were bags under his eyes. Once he saw I was awake he came over to me, worry evident in his eyes.

"Are you okay? What hurts Jordan? Shall I call the doctor?" I shook my head at him and mumbled 'water' to him. I don't think I spoke very clearly but he seemed to get the hint and passed me a bottle of water which he helped me to drink after he helped me to sit up. The pain in my midsection was dull and achy but bearable. "What time is it Adrian?" He checked the time on his phone. "7am." I nodded and we sat in silence for a while, both of us lost in our own thoughts.

"What happened tesoro?" I bit my lip and looked down at my hands. "Matteo." My throat was hurting but I was able to talk. At the mention of his brother's name his expression turned to anger and disbelief. "He did this?" I nodded and sighed.

"What did the doctor say?" Adrian rubbed his hand over the back of his head before speaking. "You've got a lot of bruising and a concussion. Your nose is bruised so is some of your face, your neck, stomach. You've got a cut on your head which was stitched up." Adrian took my hand which had begun to shake slightly.

"You also broke your ankle and two ribs Jordan." I felt tears roll down my cheeks as Adrian listed my injuries to me. "Why weren't you here Adrian?" My voice broke as I spoke. Adrian rested his head on my hip so I couldn't see his face, he looked up at me and there were some unshed tears in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry baby. I..I thought you'd be okay, I didn't think my own brother would do that to you." I reached over and wiped away one of the tears that had fallen from his eye with my thumb. Adrian looked away from me, wiped his eyes and cleared his throat before speaking to me. "Why did you open the door for him?" I shook my head and leaned back into the cushions that Adrian had put behind me to make me more comfortable.

"I thought it was you. He came after 12am, I just didn't expect it." He shook his head, his jaw was clenched as I spoke. "You should have freaking checked! Don't ever open the door again, do you hear me? Never again." Adrian was seething as he stood up and paced around the room.

"Why?" I frowned in confusion at his question so he elaborated.
"Why did he do it? He must have given you a reason." I nodded.

"Kaito. He said I ruined his deal with him and that I was going to pay for it...which I did." Adrian's eyes went over my body before he shook his head, anger clearly evident on his face. He came over to me and placed his hand behind my head as he kissed my forehead.

"Go to sleep beautiful. I'm going to go and sort this out." I nodded although I was apprehensive about Adrian going to see Matteo on his own, I shouldn't have been though he is the boss. I watched Adrian leave our room and I soon fell asleep, exhausted from the pain and all the events of last night.

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I woke up feeling the pain of my injuries start again once the pain relief had worn off from when the doctor came. I saw Adrian fast asleep next to me, he looked so peaceful I didn't want to wake him up. Especially since he hadn't slept all night. I let out a sigh and looked around the room for any sort of medication I could take. My eyes landed on some bandages and medicine across the room and I rolled my eyes. Whoever left it there didn't think this whole thing through.

I took a deep breath and sat up, holding back a groan I put my healthy foot on the ground before tentatively putting my hurt one down. I had to bite my lip to stop myself letting out a noise from the pain that shot up through my ankle and my calf. I slowly stood up putting most of my weight onto my healthy foot. I tried to take one step but the pain was too much and I fell back onto the bed, tears welled up in my eyes out of frustration from the feeling of being unable to do simple things myself. I've always been stubborn and independent, so I don't like relying on people to help me. I let out a sniffle when I felt Adrian moving next to me.

"Tesoro? What are you doing?" I turned to Adrian feeling my anger suddenly peak. "Why would you leave my medicine all the way over there? Are you stupid or something Adrian? I've got a broken ankle I can't bloody get up to get it." I glared at him still not feeling any better even after taking my frustration out on him. I knew I was being a bitch but I was still angry at Adrian for what happened in Bangkok so I wasn't feeling guilty.

"I'll get it." I watched Adrian get out of the bed with an annoyed expression on his face and walk over to the table where my medicine was. He came and sat next to me and passed me the pills.

"Do you need anything else?" I shook my head and swallowed the pills with some water. I stubbornly tried to stand up again, don't ask me why because I don't know, but the pain was exactly the same. Adrian quickly stood up to support me but I just sent him a glare.

"Don't touch me." He rolled his eyes and kept his hands on my waist supporting my weight so that I didn't use my injured foot. "Clearly you can't even stand up, you need my help." I scoffed and shook my head.

"Trust me I don't need your help. I'm perfectly fine on my own." Adrian didn't speak to me, instead he just swooped me up into his arms so that he was holding me bridal style. He made sure he didn't put an pressure on my ribs which I was grateful for.

"Now, where do you want to go?" I glared at him, but spoke anyway. "I need to take a shower." Adrian nodded and walked into the bathroom with me in his arms. "You can't shower, your cast will get wet." I glanced down at the ugly cast which the doctor must have put on me to support my broken ankle.

"Just take a bath and rest your foot on the edge to stop it getting wet." I rolled my eyes and mumbled under my breath. "Stupid Italian thinks he knows everything."

Adrian just sighed but didn't respond to me. I think he was trying to ignore my comments which were surely getting under his skin, just so he could prevent an argument. Adrian sat me on the stool next to the bath and started running the water.

"Take off your clothes Jordan." I rose an eyebrow at him in disbelief. "Get out and maybe I will." He gave me a teasing smirk in response. "I've seen it all plenty of times tesoro."

For some reason I just felt even more angry at the sight of his smirk. "Like how you saw Antonia plenty of times?" At the mention of her name Adrian tensed and his face became emotionless, I instantly knew I had pushed him too far.

"Take your freaking clothes off Jordan, or I'll just leave you here." I decided not to respond because I could tell he was serious this time, and I didn't want to spend the rest of the day in the bathroom. I slipped off my tank top slowly so as not to aggravate my bruises any more. I started taking off my leggings but I couldn't do it properly so Adrian had to pull them off and over my cast. I mumbled a thank you but he didn't respond to me.

I bit my lip unsure of whether to take off my underwear infront of him, I didn't feel as comfortable as I did before I found out he had been with Antonia a week before our wedding. It's silly because I knew he had been with many many women before he met me, but as soon as I found out about Antonia I just felt self conscious all of a sudden. The bruises on my body from last night weren't helping me feel any better either.

"I won't look Jordan just take them off." I looked over at Adrian who had gone over to the sink to brush his teeth whilst waiting for the huge bath to fill up. I thought about it for a moment but I did it anyway. I had just finished when Adrian turned around, his eyes stayed on my face the whole time whilst he helped me into the bath, he didn't look at my body once which I was surprised about.

"Is that okay?" I nodded and Adrian silently left the bathroom leaving me in the warm bath all alone, it was the most peaceful I had been in ages. The warm water made all the aches in my body ease away.

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Adrian and I had spent the whole day together at home, he was so worried about leaving me alone he stayed by my side all the time which warmed my heart. He was constantly asking me if I needed anything and although it was a little annoying it was still cute. We just made small talk making sure not to get onto any topics which could lead to an argument.

We were on the couch together in the evening, I was laying with my feet on Adrian's lap while we watched our 6th movie of the day. "You're annoying Jordan." I glanced over at Adrian who was glaring at my feet. "Look, the pillow wasn't helping my ankle, you're the next best thing." He sighed and leaned back his eyes going back to the TV.

A few minutes later I started feeling hungry and I looked towards Adrian with a small grin on my face. "Adrian I'm hungry." He threw his head back and let out a groan causing me to laugh. "Can't you go to sleep or something, just be quiet for once." I rolled my eyes at his response.

"Is that how you're going to act when we have a child who is completely reliant on us for everything? You're just going to tell them to go to sleep?" Adrian glanced over at me with a serious expression on his face. "Us? No Jordan, you. You're doing all of it, after one day of taking care of you I'm done. I can't do it anymore." I couldn't hold back my laughter causing Adrian to frown. I did feel sorry for him since he's had to do everything for me today but he does deserve it.

"Just order a pizza." He smiled in relief and pulled out his phone, he rang up the pizza place and ordered in Italian. "What did you get?"

He glanced over at me with a grin. "I got pineapple on the pizza. I figured since you're weird you might like it." My eyes widened and I sat up a little. "Please tell me you're joking Adrian. There's no way you did that." He placed his hand over his heart feigning hurt. "I was trying to be thoughtful Jordan. You're hurting my feelings." I frowned at him causing him to chuckle.

"I'm joking tesoro." I shook my head and sent him a glare. "It's not funny, don't mess with a girls pizza Adrian."

We went back to watching our movie and forty minutes later there was a knock at the front door; Adrian gently moved my feet so that he could go and open it. "Hurry up Adrian." He was barely out the room when he rolled his eyes in response and left the living room.

A minute later he came back with someone following behind him. I frowned when I saw Angelo holding two pizza boxes behind Adrian. The memories of last night with Matteo came back to me and I instantly shook my head as my guard went up. "No. Get out, now." The grin on Angelo's face faltered and he looked at Adrian for help.

"Jordan it's okay he's not going to hurt you." Adrian came towards me but I grabbed the remote and hit him full force with it, my aim was slightly off and I ended up hitting his most painful area causing him to drop to his knees next to me groaning in pain.

"Crap Adrian, I'm so sorry." He rested his head on the couch next to my arm whilst groaning. I bit my lip unsure of what to say whilst Angelo just burst out laughing at the scene in front of him. I sent him a glare and placed my hand on Adrian's arm in an attempt to comfort him.

"Screw you Jordan." Angelo was still laughing as Adrian started to get back to his feet. He snatched the remote out of my hand with a glare and limped over to Angelo who was struggling to catch his breath. Adrian took the pizza boxes out of his and slapped him over the back of the head.

"Screw you both." Adrian started walking away with the pizza and my heart rate began to increase in fear. "No Adrian come back! Bring my pizza back!" He stopped in his tracks and turned around to face me. "I was going to put them on the coffee table for you.." I gave him a sheepish smile. "Oh." Adrian rolled his eyes and threw the pizza boxes down before limping towards the door. "What drink do you want?" I thought for a moment before responding. "Just water thank you." Adrian sent me one last glare before leaving the room still clearly in a lot of pain.

I was left in an awkward silence with Angelo who was sitting on the arm chair next to the couch. "Jordan I'm so sorry about what happened to you." I looked down at my phone, tracing my finger over the blank screen just so I didn't have to look at him. "I'm fine, it doesn't matter anymore."

"Of course it matters, he was out of order." I knew he was trying to be nice but I couldn't let my guard down around him, not after how Matteo attacked me. Angelo was also part of the mafia, he could do the same to me at any time. Possibly even more.

"You don't have to be scared around me Jordan, I won't hurt you. You didn't deserve what happened and I'll do my best with Adrian to make sure it doesn't happen again." He gave me a small smile and I nodded in response. I didn't trust him yet but as long as Adrian was here then I wasn't going to push Angelo away. It would have been completely different if Adrian hadn't been here.

Eventually my husband came back with two beers and a bottle of water for me, he was still pissed off but he didn't say anything else about me hitting him. I'm sure he'll bring it up later though, he's probably just trying to be nice since I'm hurt.

"You can eat then get the hell out of my house." Angelo chuckled at Adrian's comment whilst Adrian sat back down on the couch, he gently placed my feet on his lap again causing me to smile.

We ate in silence whilst watching TV, occasionally Adrian's or Angelo's phone would go off, I've noticed that as soon as they get a notification they check it straight away. I guess it's all part of their roles in the mafia. My eyes went to Adrian when his phone started ringing and he paused the TV so that he could hear properly, he glanced down at the caller ID and tensed up, he sat up properly before speaking.

"Both of you idiots keep your mouths shut." So Adrian was still very annoyed about what happened earlier then. "Hello?" Adrian's voice was cold when he spoke. "What sort of freaking problem? It's a simple process, they send it from Mexico and you receive it in Sicily, it's not hard."

Adrian went silent for a while, his face contorting with anger.

"And you're only telling me now? If the shipment is late then you contact them straight away, that's basic freaking knowledge." Adrian continued to lecture whoever was on the phone to him, after a few minutes he hung up and threw his phone down on the coffee table. He turned to Angelo who was already serious and alert, any traces of humour from the previous conversations had disappeared.

"They've screwed up the shipment from Mexico, apparently it's lost somewhere." Angelo frowned at Adrian and took his phone out. "There's no way it would be intercepted on the way to Sicily, they're Mexicans they know how to send a drug shipment properly." Adrian shook his head, anger clearly evident on his face.

"There's 26 million Euros worth of drugs on that plane Angelo. I want it found, whoever managed to get their hands on it you kill them straight away, and whichever bastard purposely diverted it from Sicily, you bring him to me. Find out. I know Matteo usually deals with this kind of stuff but you have to do it for now." Adrian looked down at his phone again whilst Angelo stood up, grabbing his jacket and left the room to go and do whatever he needed to. I stared at Adrian who was still furiously typing on his phone, random thoughts going through my head. I never asked him what happened with Matteo, I'm not sure if I should either.

Eventually he looked up at me and rose an eyebrow. "What?" I gave him a shrug and turned towards the TV. "Nothing." He sighed and leaned back on the couch. "If you have something to say just say it."
I looked down at my hand, fiddling with the bracelet I was wearing.

"What happened with Matteo?" Adrian stayed silent for a while before he spoke, his tone was cold and clipped as usual.
"I've dealt with it, he won't bother you again." I looked at him to see him already looking at his phone again. "Okay.." I wanted to push him further but I knew it wouldn't end well, especially since he was in one of his moods again.

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