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"Are you Ava Jones?" he asked me with a smile and I nodded
"You Came earlier than I thought, anyway I'm Ryan Alessandro, nice to meet you"
"Nice to meet you too" I replied with a smile.
"So I'm going to get dressed, you wait for me downstairs", he said pointing at the door.
I nodded and he went into the bathroom
As expected, he will be rude, I sighed
But, he is the type of man that every girl in her right mind needs, and he seems to be a calm guy.
I will have to space out and give him time.
I kept on murmuring to myself on my way downstairs.
On reaching the living room,
"I'm going to enjoy this new version of Lifestyle," I said out loud and sat down on the sofa. I waited a little longer to see a handsome man in an elegant black suit coming downstairs.
"I gasped"
Still staring at him, he smirked and said
"Can we go?". Breaking my thoughts I nodded.
We got to the restaurant and he ordered a nice meal for us to eat. I did have to admit that I've not eaten such meals before.
Looking around the place, I noticed that we were the only customers around, so I had to ask.
Ohm, there's something odd about this place, I said
And what's that, he asked
We are the only customers here, I said with a confused face.
Oh!! I rented the whole place for us tonight.
That's so sweet of him, I said to myself.
"So why me" I said and pointed to myself
"Oh my dad made me do it", he wants to have grandkids before he gets to heaven or maybe hell, he giggled.
"So you don't want to get married do you", I asked
Not now actually, do you? He asked
I shook my head, I've got a lot of things I want to achieve before marriage.
Oh!! I see, that's good, he said.
So what are your long-term goals, I asked
He was surprised I asked him that question but he answered me anyway
I'm a tycoon, a mafia boss, and a part-time architect. I do that in my leisure time and I'm into art too. I have an art gallery. By the way, I have a few hotels, a club, and a garbage haul.
"Wow you have a lot of work you do"
And I know you benefit well from it.
He nodded and smiled
But wait, you said you're a mafia boss?!!
I asked with aghast.
Oh!!! Yeah, but there's no reason for you to be afraid, you just have to obey me. He said while smiling.
I have no other option than to swallow my fears.
Ryan Pov:
She's beautiful but she looks like someone that strives for what she wants. She seems decent too. so I asked her
"What do you do?"
She waited for a second before answering me
I work in a strip club as a bar attendant and sometimes a stripper. I wanted to find a decent job for myself trust me but I didn't
Oh, the club your dad sold to me? I asked
I think so! she said.
What about your mom? I asked
She ran away from home when I was 3.
Oh, I felt sorry for her cause I don't know how it feels not growing up with a mom
My dad has been the one taking care of me ever since then, but now I want to change that. I want to be the one taking care of him.
Cheers for having such a mindset, I said.
She smiled at me, a pretty smile she had though
After hours of talking about ourselves and getting to know each other, we decided to go home but I didn't actually go home.
"Ava, I will see you in the morning," I told her.
"Aren't you going home now"??
"No, I'm not, I have some work to do". Don't worry, you go home, the driver will drop you off and I will be back before breakfast tomorrow.
Okay, that's fine, Bye,
And yeah, we are going to the mall tomorrow for you to pick up the wedding dresses and fit them.
"Ow, not a problem", she said
I went straight to the driver and told him,
"Drop her off at home, I will be right back".
Goodnight, I said and left.
Hope my dad likes her, he's too picky you know, I murmured to myself while walking out of the restaurant.
Ava POV:
Wow, he's such a nice guy. I hope his parents will like me. I went to the room and put on a nightgown gown. Hopefully, I slept early.
The next morning I woke up feeling the cool breeze on my face, I had a quick shower and I heard a knock on the door I told the person to come in
He came in and greeted me and dropped my breakfast on the bed and left, after eating my breakfast I went out to give myself a tour of the house, damn the house is very huge. Then I spotted Gideon by the garden and went to go and meet him
"Good morning Gideon"
He looked at me and greeted me back
"I thought you had some work to do?" I asked
"Not now actually, I have to stay around". You still need to settle down and to know if you need anything"
I nodded my head "Can you give me a ride"
"To where Ava"?
"To my dorm, I want to bring some of my stuff"
"You can't go back there, you know that"
"I know just for a few minutes I promise"
He nodded, we left the house a few minutes later with a black Range Rover to my dorm and he waited outside for me to go inside and pick up my stuff
Going back to my dorm felt a little strange so I grabbed some of my stuff and headed back to the car quickly and we drove back home.
At noon, Ryan came in and went straight to bed. He didn't even notice me, I guess he's tired so I left him alone in the room and went downstairs. "But wait, I saw a blood stain on his suit".
"OMG!!"
"OMG!!"
Hope it is not what I'm thinking.
Ok, Ava think straight, don't say anything stupid or think negative stuff.
But I can't help it…. Damn, he's a mafia lord, I should be expecting that I guess.
Then I remembered that someone was waiting for me downstairs. Actually, he looked like a nerd. He came to me and greeted me.
"I'm Michael your assistant, I will accompany you now to pick your wedding dress"
I gave him a nod, not realizing what he was saying. I was still thinking about Ryan's shirt.
"Wait, did you say Now?", I asked
"Yes now" if you don't mind ma, we should get going.
"Okay"
After many hours in the wedding boutique, fitting different dresses, I finally got my match. It was so out of the world, trust me it is. I came back home and met Ryan
"Hey Ryan"
He looked at me "How are you? Did anyone stress you?"
"Do I look stressed"
He nodded
"No, I'm not. I was picking and fitting my wedding dress so I needed to pick out my style and my size, you know".
"I see that's alright"
"So what are you doing"
"Work"
"So you love working don't you, do you have a day off"
"Yes twice a week depending on the project I'm working on"
I wanted to ask him if could give me any decent work to do but unfortunately, a man came in and told us someone was looking for us downstairs.
"Who could that be?" Ryan asked. Not waiting for the man to respond, he asked him to go.
"Who will be looking for us by this time"
"I don't know let's go find out"
I nodded and we went downstairs to see an old man with long gray hair and on black suit. He looks just like Ryan. So I asked
"Who is he?"
"My dad, does his face scare you"
"I think so"
He smiled at me
"Don't let him get to you okay", come on let's go and meet him" he said.
"Okay"
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