he hadn't expected the call. he hadn't even expected himself to agree to meet her for the second time today.
he didn't have much work to do right now, so he picked up his keys and went to his car.
he drove to the venue and he saw her standing by the side of her car, looking dejected.
he went to her.
"what's the problem?" he asked her
she forced a smile. "it's my mom" she said "I had a fight with her and now I don't want to go back home"
"it's fine. we can go to my house " he found himself saying to her. he hardly ever visited his bungalow but he always sent workers to keep it clean. he didn't want her to visit his family house where he lived in because most of his illegal mafia activities took place there and it required confidentiality.
"really?" she grinned broadly "that's cool"
he led her to his car and began to drive her to his house. on the way, they stopped to buy groceries.
they finally reached his house.
"wow!" she said as she came out of the car "it's a beautiful house"
"thanks. it's a five year old" he said as he unlocked the door and led her inside
"you really are lucky" she said as she began to go around the house.
she went to the kitchen and he followed her.
"I'll make dinner" she said "I'm famished"
"don't worry Bianca, you're my guest. I'll make dinner "
"okay, let's do this " she said "we'll prepare it together "
"if you insist," he obliged
After the hearty meal, Lorenzo got a call from work. he went away to answer the call which turned out to be lengthy.
when he returned, he found Bianca sleeping on the couch. he went closer to her. she looked prettier in her sleep. he caught a flying strand of her hair and gently tucked it behind her ear. his finger trailed down her face. toned facial skin, he noted her cheeks were stained with light red.
he didn't know what it was about her that pulled him to her. he found himself always wanting to meet her. apart from the mafiadom and his jewelry company, his thoughts always revolved around her.
he had to find out whatever the hell these feelings were. he had to stick with her to find out.
he didn't want her to sleep on the couch, so he carried her into the room and had her covered up.
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Since April when Bianca's dad died, she started meeting up with Lorenzo after a month.
he called her yesterday and they spent time together, and today, which was a Friday and the twenty fourth of June she was on her way to meet him. they'd become each others besties and she found herself thinking about him often. her soldiers and capos had succeeded in their attack on the Sforzas and she couldn't be any happier with them as she was now. her mom too had given up stopping her from meeting Lorenzo, so she just left her but still harboured some sort of disagreement in her heart, like she couldn't accept Lorenzo.
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25th June
She stayed in her room, and researched mafia stuff and Lorenzo called her
"let's meet", he said and she put a halt to what she was doing and got prepared
28June
she got a text message from Lorenzo and it said
"let's meet"
30 June
she was stressed as hell, needed to cool her head
"let's meet" she said after he picked the call.
01 August
"let's meet" he said
August 4th
"let's meet"
August Seventh....
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"what do you mean we are lacking goods?" Lorenzo barked at a soldier in utter shock
"we are, boss. the smuggled goods from the last time wasn't enough to cover this week " the soldier explained
"what do you mean by that?" he questioned "didn't y'all go to the dock the last time?"
they usually stole goods from docks every week and they had an estimated selling pattern. if the goods were insufficient and didn't meet up with the buying demands, then it meant his soldiers failed to smuggle one time.
"we did but we were ambushed and--"
Lorenzo sprang up from where he sat
"how come I'm just knowing this?" he yelled
"I don't know, boss" the soldier trembled "the underboss said--"
"summon the underboss right now!" he ordered
"yes, boss" the soldier ran off
who would dare to ambush his soldiers and steal his stolen goods? he vowed not to spare whichever family that was responsible for this.
it didn't take long before Salvatore arrived. Salvatore had worked as an underboss for his dad before his dad's death. he was known to be a hard, strict man. in his forties, Salvatore worked his ass off doing this business. he was the solid neck of the family and he relished the fact that the business could not thrive without him. Lorenzo liked his zeal and skills, but he didn't like the fact that Salvatore hid important stuff from him.
"what happened to our goods which were meant to be delivered on Wednesday?" asked Lorenzo
"they were stolen, boss. we were attacked while returning and we lost some of our men" replied Salvatore
Lorenzo clenched his fist in fury. were his dad's enemies goading him for a full on battle with them?
"who's responsible for this?"
"the Rizzos"
he let out a humourless laughter. those bastards were now ready for war? he'd been so preoccupied, he almost forgot he was supposed to be seeking retribution for his father's murder.
"why didn't you tell me this when it happened?"
"I wanted to handle it on my own" replied Salvatore curtly
"handle it how? by resurrecting the men who were killed by the Rizzos? or by magically providing goods that'll reach our selling goal?" he asked, his tone sour
"I have my ways of handling things"
"and there can't be two dons in a family " he retorted "you have to report everything to me "
"I do things my way, I also give you information I think you need to know" Salvatore ground out "your dad couldn't control me, and you can't too. it's about time you got down from your high horse"
"when you're less agitated, we'll discuss our counter attack against the Rizzos " and having said that, Salvatore walked off, leaving him dumbstruck and enraged.
he understood that Salvatore worked for his dad, but he was a don now and Salvatore had to respect that.
he mentally groaned. he felt like smashing his hand through a wall. this was all so frustrating.
he willed himself to calm down as someone crept into his mind.
Bianca!
Damn, he fancied her. he didn't know if the reaction his body got whenever he was with her, had to do with only sexual desires.
If it had to do with only his sexual desires, Vero hadn't made him react this way before.
What was it about that mysterious lady that effortlessly distracted him?