Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Thiago finished cleaning his phone and the table before sitting back down, this time with his phone in his pocket. I sent him a sweet smile and went back to eating my food. "I'll get you back for that later."

"Whatever Thiago." I got up from my chair when I had finished eating and began clearing up all the dishes.

I frowned when I was looking through the cupboards for my green tea but it was no where in sight, so I decided to do what girls do best. Accuse everyone else of taking it. "Who finished my green tea?" "No one wants your nasty green tea." I glared at Thiago and turned to Matteo. "Did you finish it?" He shook his head while keeping his attention on Leo. "It was Angelo, he wanted to try it the other day; he must have liked it if he's finished the whole box." I sighed and shook my head in frustration and grabbed my car keys from the bowl by the door mumbling curse words directed at Angelo. I hated letting those two have full access to my house, it means they can do and take whatever they want.

"Where do you think you're going?" I stopped and turned towards Thiago who was standing in front of the kitchen door in order to block my exit. "No where that concerns you, now move."

"Of course it concerns me, don't make me ask you again Sophie."

"I'm just going to the shop Thiago, and I'm not taking Leo so you have nothing to worry about." He stepped towards me but I held my ground and didn't step backwards. "If you're going out then of course I'm worried."

"I've told you before; I can take care of myself." He rolled his eyes and snatched my car keys out of my hand. "Yeah, you've proved that very well in the past. You're not going anywhere." My mouth dropped open as Thiago pocketed my keys, I heard Matteo laughing in the background at what just happened but I didn't find it funny, not one bit.

"Thiago, don't piss me off. You can't take my phone and my car keys, it's not fair." He nodded as if he was really interested in what I was saying while he quickly finished the last of his coffee, he took a hold of my wrist and placed the mug in my hand. "I think you're forgetting I paid for both the phone and the car. So yes, I can." I shook my head and slammed the mug down on the counter next to me. Men are such sexist pigs sometimes.

"I think you're forgetting that I'm not the type of person to let someone like you walk all over me. Just because we have Leo, it doesn't change anything. I'm still never going to submit to you."

"I think you'll find you don't have a fucking choice tesoro. Because someone like me, isn't afraid to teach someone like you, a lesson." We were busy glaring at one another when Matteo passed by us and slipped behind Thiago out the kitchen door taking Leo with him. It was probably a good thing because this didn't seem to be going in a good direction.

"Is that a threat Thiago?" He stepped closer to me but once again I held my ground, I was done letting him try and intimidate me. "It's a promise tesoro."

"I'm not your fucking prisoner Thiago, I'm your wife, you should respect me more than this."

"Yeah, the same fucking wife that hasn't come near me for the last two months." I could tell he was angry but he was making sure to keep his face impassive; hiding all his emotions from me. "What?"

"Two months Sophie. All you've done is kiss me; and I've kissed you enough in the past to know when you want to, and trust me, it's obvious you don't."

"What are you talking about Thiago? Of course I've wanted to kiss you. I couldn't do anything else with-" He quickly cut me off before I could explain to him what I've been telling him constantly over the last two months.

"Yeah, I know, 'you had to wait for your stitches to heal' and all that bullshit." I frowned at the way he was mocking what I said to him. I knew he was going to bring this up; he's acts like me not wanting to have sex with him is a threat to his masculinity, even though I had a legit excuse. "It wasn't bullshit Thiago. I've only just been cleared to do anything with you three weeks ago and it's not like you've made an effort to do anything romantic, you didn't even care when I told you we can have sex again." He rolled his eyes and stepped away from me. "Whatever Sophie. I'm done with this shit." He tried to step towards the door to leave but I grabbed his arm before he could. He wasn't getting out of this so easily.

"So is that what this whole mood swing is about then? You're throwing a tantrum because I haven't fucked you for two months?" Once again Thiago rolled his eyes, this time at my blunt statement. "No it's not that; but it pisses me off when you stand there saying you're my wife and I should respect you, you don't act like my wife." I scoffed at his comment; how don't I act like his wife? If anything he doesn't act like my husband.

"You seem to think you're the perfect husband Thiago. Are you forgetting you slapped me yesterday? When I was already upset." I knew I hit a nerve as soon as I mentioned what happened yesterday; he didn't want to acknowledge what he did hence why he was pretending nothing happened last night and this morning in bed.

"Shut up Sophie." Once again he tried to leave but I stopped him, this time he quickly spun around to face me and the intensity of his glare caused me take a frightened step away from him. "Don't fucking touch me."

"Tell me what your problem is then." I held his stare ignoring the waves of anger radiating off him. He couldn't seriously expect me to just get over all of this and act like nothing is wrong. One second he was fine with me and then the next he was calling me a bitch and slapping me; let's not forget the part when he took my phone and my car keys. I had no idea why he did any of it, we were fine before he had that conversion with Matteo and Angelo when everything just went south.

"It doesn't concern you, just stay out of my way." This time I didn't try to stop him from leaving, I knew he wasn't going to listen to me but I didn't let him get the last word, you guys know I'm stubborn like that. "I forgot how much of a dick you could be."

Thiago stayed still for a moment his hand resting on the door knob clearly planning to say something; but instead he just opened the door and walked out, slamming it behind him. I let out a deep sigh, I don't know why, but I thought maybe that would have pushed him even further. If he was less focused on trying to leave I might have been able to make him see sense. I'm sure I'm not the only one that sometimes finds that sometimes you don't want an argument to end like it just did with us. Especially if it's with someone you love, you want to get to the bottom of things and figure all the shit out.

I went over to the sink to wash up the dishes from breakfast. I was lost in my own world - my mind going over what just happened when I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist causing me to tense up, letting out a sudden gasp I dropped the plate I was washing into the sink causing a loud clatter. "Shh, it's just me baby." I relaxed under Thiago's touch leaning back against him as he placed a kiss on my cheek. "I love you tesoro...I'm sorry."

I turned around in his arms so that I was leaning against the counter. "For what?" I could tell he was trying to control his frustration and instead of answering straight away he looked away from me and cleared his throat first. "For slapping you."

"And?" He rolled his eyes and looked down uncomfortably while avoiding my eyes. "Calling you a bitch yesterday." I rose an eyebrow giving him a chance to add to the list but he didn't. "What about for all the threats? Or the fact you took my phone and

my keys, or the fact you're keeping secrets from me?"

"What fucking secrets?" I scoffed and shook my head. "You're unbelievable Thiago. I'm not stupid, I know you're hiding something from me."

"I'm not." I sighed and placed my hands on his shoulders. "Can't you just be honest with me? For once in your life Thiago." He rolled his eyes a small smile making it's way on to his lips. "You're the queen of exaggeration.

My queen." Although internally I was screaming at the cuteness of what he said, I just stared at him in response causing him to let out a sigh of defeat. He slid his hands from my waist over my hips and ass before picking me up from the back of my thighs. He carried me over to the table and set me down, I wrapped my legs around his waist as he came closer to me. "Don't get upset."

"I won't Adrain, just tell me." He leaned forward and softly pecked my lips before resting his forehead against mine. "Dante is coming after you. I don't know when or how, but he's already started doing whatever shit he's got planned and it doesn't look good.