Mateo's POV
Oh shit I forgot that the excuse of a meeting is happening next weekend, I would have to travel out of the country to Italy.
I could see the confusion on Valentina's face and I said " I will explain it to you later babe".
" You are traveling very soon to somewhere i know is very dangerous and you shouldn't be attending" she said.
"I will leave you guys to it, good luck bro" Diego said walking away.
Really?? Is this man okay? Why would he just leave me to deal with this alone?
" Uhmm i am standing right here and still waiting for that explanation you promised" Valentina said
I turned to face her and started explaining "This meeting is held once in a year for the men who run a Mafia gang all over the world"
" Where is it held?" She asked
" It is being held in Italy" i answered
" What? That's another country, can't you not attend?" She asked
I knew she was going to ask this of me but the thing is I wish I could miss the meeting but that wouldn't be possible.
" I cannot miss it Valentina I just have to go.This meeting isn't just held to talk about business,it is a time where all the Mafia Dons show they still rule their families and are still powerful " I explained to her.
During the course of this meeting there will be many attempts on the lives of some Mafia Don and I know for sure that an attempt will be made on mine.
" This meeting is obviously dangerous but you still want to attend it?" She asked
" I don't have a choice babe I need to represent my family" I said to her
" Okay if you insist on going I will be coming with you" she said
" That's not happening I cannot put your life in danger" I said to her
" But you are ready to put your's in danger right? What do you think will happen to your family if something happens to you? " She said almost crying.
I held her and made her look into my eyes " Nothing is going to happen to me I promise you" i said reassuringly
She calmed down and hugged me tightly telling me to be very careful.
" I am not even leaving now Valentina so you don't have to sad" i said to her smiling
" I know but I can't help myself,are you sure I can't come with you?" She asked again
" No you can't Valentina now let's drop this conversation" i said leading her to the dinning table so we can join my family for breakfast.
After eating breakfast,I and Diego left the house to go to the company for some business.
When we got to the company, the workers where trying too much to impress me and I started to get irritated by it.
" You won't blame them for trying to impress their boss,would you?" Diego said laughing at how irritated I was.
" Can we please get this work over with and go home?" I asked impatiently
He laughed and said " Let's go to the conference room and sign the damn contract then we can leave"
I am here only because this particular business associate want the chairman of the company to be on board and over see the signing himself.
I happen to be the chairman and this contract will go a long way for us so I cannot afford to mess it up.
We got to the conference room and I met some gentle men in the room waiting but one of them caught my eyes, he looks familiar I could swear that I have met him somewhere.
I decided to not think too much of it and just sign the contract and leave but each time I locked eyes with him i just got a really bad feeling.
" It is time to sign the contract sir" one of the men on suit said.
I picked up the pen but i could not sign on the paper because I felt something was wrong.
I looked at Diego and found him staring at me intently.
" I am so sorry for wasting your time gentle men but we will not be going through with this contract". I said dropping the pen.
They all looked at me in surprise except for that particular man who was their boss.
" I am so sorry about the inconvenience gentle men but we have decided not to go through with the contract " Diego got up and said.
One thing I love about Diego is he never doubts my judgement when it comes to work, he knows i wouldn't just end a contract signing process if it wasn't important.
The man who i said looked suspicious just got up looked me in the eyes,smiled and left.
When they all left the room Diego was about questioning me but I stopped him and asked that we go to his office because I didn't trust this space.
As soon as we entered his office he said " I know you wouldn't just stop the signing of a contract if it wasn't important so tell me what happened"
" That man, the boss ,he looked familiar but I couldn't place the face and I have doubts about his sincerity" I told Diego
" He came off as somebody overly friendly the first day we saw and I already thought he wasn't truthful but I made myself believe it was just business" he said
" I know he is connected to the underground world but I do not know how, we don't want any mafia member getting involved in our legitimate businesses because it wouldn't end well" i said
" You are right about that bro" Diego said
" I want you to do a proper clean up in the company" I said to him.
" That wouldn't be difficult i will get it done right away" he said
" I think it is time for me to go back home you know I am not comfortable with being formal every time " I said laughing.
" I know bro,you go home first I will meet you later " he said
" Okay bro" I said walking away.
I left the company and stopped in a boutique on my way home to get Valentina a gift.