Chapter 4 4

Valerie POV

We got closer to the group of men, and I tried not to stare at anyone longer than a second in case they would take it the wrong way. They were all tall and intimidating and they continued to look at us as we walked past them, but Bella seemed unbothered.

Bella dragged me over to the two men standing furthest to the left of the rest of the men. The most two intimidating men in the group. And one of them was the man Dave told me not to stare at, but holy shit what can I say, that man was even finer up close.

For some reason, I was nervous to approach him as his eyes followed me. My heart started to beat a little faster at the intensity of his stare. He didn't even try to hide it as he shamelessly checked me out, which gave me some kind of mixed feelings. I averted my eyes to the man standing next to him. The man was about the size of a tank! He was tall and so muscular he could be related to The Rock. I wouldn't be surprised if he was.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was

(Our Eddy Prescott)

"Valerie, meet my fiancé, Eddy." She gestured to The Shark. He was in fact quite handsome with his closely shaved head, dark brown eyes, a strong jawline with light stubble, lots of tattoos, And tall as hell. Or I was just short as fuck. It was probably the latter since I was only 5'2 hence why I was wearing heels most of the time. I even had to tilt my head up a bit to look at him.

"It's nice to meet you." I smiled at him and stuck my hand out for a handshake. He looked down at my hand with a bored expression, letting it hang there before shaking it.

Hah....Well, isn't that just lovely?

"And this is his older brother, Daemon." She motioned to the man standing next to her fiancé. The one I had looked at for too long. The one who looked like my dreamy Superman, The one who had me feeling intimidated, and something else by the way he was looking at me.

Damn, he is really sexy...

And looking dangerous.

They were about the same height, however, The Shark was more broad-shouldered than the Daemon. Even though The Shark was, well, like a tank, Daemon was definitely much more intimidating with his grayish-blue eyes, cold and dead as they could be as he stared at me.

I almost wanted to gulp.

"Pleasure to meet you." I smiled at him, despite feeling frightened by him, and stuck my hand out to shake his hand as well. Luckily, he didn't stare at my hand for a moment like Eddy did and took my hand into his large one.

"Valerie" Daemon said as if he was testing my name. A shiver ran down my back when he said my name. What! I was not prepared for his voice to be this deep and rich. This man was seriously otherworldly if that's the right word. And That was just how insanely beautiful he was.

"Yup, that's me." I mentally cringed as I said that out loud and made a slight grimace. Bella snorts, Of course, I would embarrass myself in front of probably the sexiest man I had ever laid my eyes upon.

Daemon slightly faced The Shark, also known as Eddy, and it was like they were communicating without saying any words. Because whatever it was, Eddy turned to Bella, held her by the waist, and started to walk away. Bella looked over her shoulder and gave me a confused expression. I looked around and noticed the rest of the men were also gone.

Okay then... Am I supposed to leave as well?

I turned back around with confusion and faced Daemon, who already had his set of eyes on me. He reached into his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. He held the packet out to me, offering me one, but shook my head.

"Ah No, thank you." I gave a tight smile, confused about this whole situation. He held the packet up to his mouth and took a cigarette between his lips, still while looking into my eyes. There was something about the way he did it that was incredibly hot.

"So, Valerie," Daemon spoke while he lit up his cigarette and took a long drag from it.

"You look awfully well for someone who died a few years ago." He casually said as he smoked.

.. I what?

"I'm sorry, what?" I shook my head a little as if I heard him wrong.

"Your file says you are dead." He said as if it was the most normal thing to say, and blew the smoke right into my face. I waved the smoke away from my face, disgustingly and frowned at him.

My file? What is he talking about?

"Uh... I think you have me confused for someone else." I awkwardly laughed.

"Valerie Galileo, nineteen years old, was born on November three. Died instantly in a car accident on New Year's Eve three years ago so currently twenty-two years old" He casually said as he took another deep drag from his cigarette.

My expression fell at the information about me. How did he know my full name and what is this fine man talking about?

"I have no idea what you are talking about." I stared at him confused.

"Besides, my name is not Galileo. It's Julia. Big difference. You must have me confused for someone else because I'm pretty sure I'm not dead. Like Obviously." I gestured to myself partly as I was literally standing in front of him in the flesh.

"Obviously." He finished his cigarette and my eyes followed the bud as he flicked it away. I looked back at him, and he was looking me up and down, his eyes coming to rest on my necklace resting between my breasts. Daemon's hand reached out to touch my necklace, and out of reflex, I took a step back but immediately stilled when his eyes snapped to mine, giving me a stern look, and warning me not to move.

"However, you are wearing the Galileo heirloom around your neck." I subconsciously touched my necklace, accidentally touching his hand in the process. He stepped closer to me and my heart started to beat faster when his hand trailed up and held my chin. I swallowed hard as he tilted it slightly upwards so I could meet his eyes. His face was inching closer to mine as if going for a kiss and my eyes went wide. But Daemon moved his head at the last second to the side and stopped by my ear.

"Makes me wonder why your father is hiding you from me." His tone was low, and that sent cold shivers down my spine.

Daemon slightly stepped back and dropped his hand to his side. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. I shuddered when he looked behind me and smirked devilishly at whoever was there. Fear started to fill my body at his expression.

So deadly.

I had to get away from him as soon as possible.

I turned around, intending to walk away, but halted in my steps as I came face to face with my father, who looked at me with a furious look.

"Papa." I breathed out.

It was weird seeing him in front of me when we hadn't seen each other since, well you know, my mother took me and left. Even though he didn't try to keep in touch with me, I still missed him,

He was my father after all.

"What are you doing here!?" My father hissed at me, his expression full of anger.

My heart dropped.

Well, I guess the feelings were not mutual.

"I'm here for sightseeing, what else?" I gave a sarcastic smile. I was well aware it was disrespectful of me to talk to him like that. But I felt attacked and hurt by his reaction, and my defense mechanism was activated. I had the strong urge to be sarcastic whenever I felt hurt.

Does he not want to see me?

I frowned back at him but then noticed how the rest of the guests had stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at us. Wasn't that just fucking lovely? They were all witnessing a shitty reunion of a father and daughter. He clearly didn't want me present and it made me feel like shit.

Great, so the worst that could happen, happened.

I crossed my arms, shoving my feelings away as I was about to leave but stopped when Dave's tense form moved forward to stand slightly behind my father, posing as a bodyguard.

I felt someone grab my waist and push me into their side. I let out a noise of surprise at the sudden action, and I turned slightly to see it was Daemon who held me firmly.

"Carlos, such a lovely gem you've been hiding." He spoke in Italian. My father clenched his fist as he stared at Daemon. He, however, just tilted his head to the side in response with that devilish smirk still lingering on his lips.

"Dave, take Valerie away from here." My father ordered firmly. Before Dave could even move a little, I let out a scream at the lethal object in Daemon's hand.

"Holy fcuking shitttt!" I yelled when Daemon pulled out a gun and aimed it at Dave. My heart started to violently pump inside my chest, making me breathe loud and fast. I tried to get away but he had a firm grip on me.

"Don't even think about it." He said to Dave, while he crushed me into his side to prevent me from leaving. My legs would have crumbled if he didn't have such a firm grip on me. Dave tried to grab me again, but before he could even take a step, the sound of a Gunshot rang out in the air making me scream.

"I won't fucking miss your head if you move one more time," Daemon stated in a deadly low tone.

"Are you guys filming the movie!! what the ducking duck going on here!!! "I yelled.

My heart was racing against my chest, and I could feel my knees weakening with each passing second. With my eyes as wide as they could be, I looked at Dave, who was already staring at me, his jaw tightened. I looked at my father and it looked like he was battling something inside his head as he assessed the situation.

God!!!? I should have said yes to that fucking drink!