I couldn't get my mind off of Maggie. I was wondering what she was doing and if she had woken up yet.
"Enzo are you listening to us? Boss?" I heard Lorenzo's voice ring in, and I looked directly at him, remembering that we were in a meeting and that it was an important one.
"Of course I'm listening!" I said coldly, I blinked a couple of times to get my head back in the conversation we were having.
"So where is he?" I asked talking about Xavier.
"We don't know yet, but we have captured one of his guy and something tells me he will be really cooperative." Matteo said with an evil sparkle in his eyes, and I just smirked.
"Well then shall we go and pay him a small visit?" I said getting up and walking out of my office, the guys close behind me.
We passed by the whole floor, going down to the kitchen, going out in the backyard, to the pool house that was really just a façade for what was really going on underneath it.
I pressed my finger on the panel and the door slid open.
We made our way downstairs and immediately the smell of blood invaded my nose. I could remember the first time my father had brought me down here, the smell was so strong and new to me that I threw up.
'If you could see me now dad.' I thought to myself.
I wore my best scowl and I had already rolled up my sleeves when the door of the cell opened and in front of me was a man tied to a chair looking already pretty bruised up.
"Anthony Garibaldi." I said and the guy, who was looking down, looked up at me, fear evident in his eyes. This guy was known to be the right hand man of Xavier, so if someone knew where Xavier was it was him. And I intended on knowing before the end of the day, or else I'll have to dispose of him. I knew that in three seconds the pleading was going to start.
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I made my way slowly towards him.
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Getting closer and closer.
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"Mister Ferrari, I- it's not what it looks like, I tried telling your colleagues I-" he started
"Please, I beg of you." he said again and I took a chair and sat on it, right in front of him, taking my gun out from behind me as the guy's eyes grew wide.
"Where is Xavier?" I asked, but the guy didn't seem to find his voice.
"Lorenzo." I called and he approached me,
"Sì Capo?" he asked, giving his best death glare to the man tied in front of us.
"Choose your favorite tool and give it to me." I ordered him, the eyes of the man in front of us widening in terror.
There wasn't a lot of back and forth between me and the man. Matteo was right, the guy was really talkative and he did reveal to us some good intel. He did plead for his life some more but I didn't get to be the Don of the American and Italian Mafia by being nice and letting traitors and in this case people who had to do with my father's death, alive.
"I am going to shower. See you in ten downstairs." I told Matteo and Lorenzo, who just nodded, probably leaving to do the same.
As soon as the warm water hit my body, I couldn't help but relax and think about Maggie. I started to scrub the blood off and soon enough the water that was going down the drain was red. I wasn't preoccupied as I knew that it wasn't my blood. It all just made me realize again how this life wasn't for Maggie, even thought all I wanted to do was go find her and kiss her.
I got out of the shower and put on sweat pants and a simple black t-shirt, going to the kitchen to grab something to eat and seeing Lorenzo and Matteo already there.
"Hey Capo, do you want to go out to the gym afterwards or something." Matteo asked and I nodded my head,
"Problem is our training room is being refurbished so we will have to go to a club somewhere." Lorenzo said, as James entered the kitchen.
"Our training room is being refurbished? Since when!" I asked frowning banging my fist on the table, what did those jerks do to my house again!
"Let's just say, there was a small C4 incident." James tells me, scratching the back of his neck, while I looked at all three of them with a glare that had all three of them look down.
"Jerks, breaking my house apart." I said giving them death galres and eating my toast with eggs.
"Okay let's go." I said as soon as I was finished, taking my training bag and going to the G Wagon. They all pilled up in the car and I drove off, going to the nearest gym club we could find.
As soon as we spotted the gym club, we went to the parking and parked next to a very cool black Lamborghini. I locked the car and we made our way towards the entry and that's when I saw her.
Looking hot as heck, and for everyone to see. Anger built up in me, but I knew I had no right to feel that way,
but damn it, I did anyway. And seeing how clueless she was to the way all the men were looking at her was half cute, and half revolting.
"Now that's a nice ass." I heard James breath out behind me, and my hand clenched and turned into a fist.
"Don't you ever dare talk like that about her, look at her, or even breathe the same air as her. Or you'll have to deal with me." I said turning to face him and gripping his colar effortlessly.
"Wow Enzo calm down! Is that the same girl from yesterday?" Matteo asked, while pulling me away from James, I just hummed looking back at her as she was using the treadmill. She wasn't even supposed to be here and training, she was supposed to rest and relax her hand and wrist after the events of yesterday night.
My eyes darkened instantly when I saw a blond guy, that looked quite muscular, check her out, up and down and going to talk to her.
I was using the treadmill and listening to some music with my headphone when I felt a presence behind me. Secretly hoping it was Enzo but my hopes crashed and burned when I saw a blonde guy talking to me. I took off my headphones directly,
"I- I'm sorry I was listening to some music, you were talking to me?" I asked him, looking embarrassed and remembering why I never came to the gym alone.
"No, I apologize, I should have realised that you wouldn't hear a word I said." He smiled, a panty dropping smile, he did have nice ocean blue eyes. When he saw I wasn't answering he continued.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go drink something after your workout." he said, going straight to the point.
"I'm not sure,-" I started but he cut me off,
"C'mon, it's just a drink, and I am sure that we will have fun, what's keeping you from saying yes anyway?" he asked me, while I got lost in his eyes for a quick second. And as I was about to answer I heard a gruff voice, a voice that I never thought I'd hear again and I smiled instantly without turning to face him.
"Me." he simply said to the guy, the blue eyes of the blondy getting wide, but he masked his fear with a certain attitude and confidence.
"And you are?" blondy asked, narrowing his eyes at Enzo, and I just felt Enzo's big, rough hand, against my skin, his hand resting on my waist.
"I'm her boyfriend." he said dryly, which caused my head to snap in his direction, I swear I could have cracked my neck just there.
"Whatever." the guy said and left without saying any other word. Enzo's hand still on my waist, I turned around to face him and smiled.
"Hey stranger." I said smiling at him, earning a smile back from him, I saw his face approaching mine, and my breath got caught in my throat when I felt his soft lips on my cheek, dangerously close to the corner of my mouth.
"Hey Maggie." he just said softly, and I was wondering if he could hear how fast my heart was beating. I looked behind him and saw three guys smirking and laughing, I raised an eyebrow and Enzo looked behind him, and all of a sudden the three guys just looked pale and went their separate ways to go train I guess.
"Can I ask you a question?" he said while he was leaning against the treadmill I was using, and I nodded, as I took a sip of my water, his eyes darkening for some reason.
"Could you explain to me why you are wearing this? In a place where mostly guys are?" he said, and he sounded a bit cold and authoritative like I had seen him become before, and I shrugged. He was right tho, it was maybe a bit too much.
"I actually didn't think there would be that many people here on a Sunday." I said stopping the treadmill again and getting off of it. Now standing next to him and remembering how tall he really was.
It was only then that I realised what he was wearing, the fact that he was wearing a black t-shirt and all his tattoos were on display was making me weak in the knees.
"Like what you see doll?" he asked a small smirk on his face, and I just chuckled and rolled my eyes, turning around to get my bottle of water.
"So I guess I will be going then." I said, really really hoping that he would stop me or at least give me his number. A girl could dream right?
"Do you really need to go?" he asked me and I shrugged.
"Not really, no. If you remember correctly I don't really have friends anymore." I tried to laugh it off, but it still stung and I think he could see that.
"How's your hand by the way?" he asked taking my hand in his softly, as if he was scared that I'd break.
"Okay I guess. It's not hurting as much as yesterday. By the way, thank you for yesterday, I am sorry that I made you stay so late." I tell him softly,
"It's okay, I wanted to, and the movie was actually good." he tells me making me smile.
"Can I ask you a question?" I asked him and he looked curious so he nodded, while I was feeling really bold at the moment. I mean, I had never felt the way I did with him, with anybody else.
"Why didn't you leave your number or ask for mine yesterday?" I asked, seeing the way his face changed, I face palmed myself internally and regretted it instantly. After ten very long seconds without any answer from him, I cleared my throat.
"You know what it's okay, you don't need to answer that, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." I said and was about to turn around when he grabbed my left wrist and pulled me against him, his face mere inches from mine. My breath hitched as I was pressed against his torso.
"I wanted to, I really did, but it's just so complicated." he told me, looking me deep into my eyes, and then his eyes looked at my lips for a split second.
"Complicated why?" I asked almost as a whisper, surprised he even heard me. Our faces dangerously close to each other.
"Because-" he couldn't find the right words, I looked into his eyes and saw an internal battle, and I really didn't want to be the reason for him to feel bad.
"Because you're a Ferrari and I am a mere mortal?" I asked, and his eyes went wide,
"You know?" he asked and I just nodded. I knew what his family was, besides being super gigantic business men, they were also the royal family of the mafia world. How did I know? As soon as I heard his full name I hacked into the government's data and then theirs. I mean, what's a girl to do when she's bored? Realising that I took the normal, stalking his instagram, to a whole new level.
To be fair he really looked like a mafioso so it almost didn't surprise me. As for their 'business' I didn't dig there. I didn't want to know who he had killed and why and how many people. I was curious but that was just straight up toxic, and I knew that if I was doing my homework on him, he had probably already done his on me.
"Then you understand, why this can't happen." he said breathing heavily and getting closer and closer to my lips. I swallowed hard, and stopped the tears from coming to the surface, I put my left hand on his torso and pulled away a bit, looking down at my shoes to gather my thoughts.
"Yes, if you say so. You're the boss after all." I told him with a sad smile, I put my left hand on his face and went on my tip toes to kiss his cheek. He looked at me with a mixture of emotions but I didn't want to figure them out. I was already going through my own storm of feelings inside.
"See you around Enzo." I told him and grabbed my towel and left him there. I left the only guy who had managed to make my heart race and stop at the same time. He didn't stop me, he didn't grab my wrist to spin me around and face him, he didn't and in a way it was okay.
He was the boss after all.