Sold to the mafia boss

Graziella and I spent the next few minutes talking about life, most especially her. I realized she’s been really happy over the past few years that we’d been apart. She was seeing some guy named Carlos.

“As long as he makes you happy, Graziella,” I told her ” if he doesn’t, just call and I’ll be putting a bullet in his head before you even say the word”

” He’ll know better than messing with me once he knows we’re related”

I chuckled. I always had this sense of protection for the people that I loved and cared about. For her. And my brother. But that had only landed me in prison and out of this house, out of this family for good.

” I’d like to know who you’re seeing,” she said ” how many women, Logan?”

I laughed at her remark. Even though we’d separated when I was a teenager, she knew I always had the player blood in my system.

” well, I have had my shares of many women out there, but I’m afraid that I may be falling in love with a woman who doesn’t want me” I replied honestly.

Graziella closes the little distance between us and whispers into my ear ” I guess not every hot guy deserves to get whatever they want”

I began to chuckle when I heard my name. A frown crossed my face instantly at the sound of my father’s voice. I turned around to find him at the foot of the stairs. He still has that disgusted look on his face.

” I didn’t think you’d come” he said.

“Is that a welcome? Or you telling me to leave already?” I put on my amused smile.

” Give the boy a break, Darling” my mother chimes in.

” I was about leaving” I nearly cut her off, speaking as soon as her words died out.

“I’m not telling you to leave, Logan. I’m just surprised…..” He said.

” Well don’t be. Take it as I have my reason for being here tonight. And I’ll be leaving right away.”

” Your old room has been remade dear” my mother offered hopefully.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Nah, I already booked a hotel. This house isn’t convenient for me anymore you see”

” But you’re coming for the family dinner tomorrow night right? ” My mother inquired ” the rest of the family will be here. There’s a lot to discuss about”

“Sure” my smile widened “it was nice seeing you three tonight” I added before walking towards the elevator which Graziella and I had used to come up to the first balcony.

I didn’t stop to look either one on their faces again before disappearing out of the room, entering the car waiting outside and asking to be taken back to my hotel room. As soon as I got back in, my head started to spin. This was one of the very few times I wished I could talk to Layla, hold her hand without her fighting me off. Then I grabbed my phone and made a call.

“Hello Mr DeAngelo, how may we be of service to you?” the voice spoke from the background.

” I need flowers sent to my house for a Mrs Layla DeAngelo. Attached with some chocolates and a note ”

“Right away sir”.

Layla’s P. O. V.

I never felt so empty in my life before after Logan left the house. Although it wasn’t the first time he was leaving, this one left a hole in my heart. There were days in my early life when my parents would leave me home for weeks because they had to travel out to work in some remote village down south. I’d always be alone but nothing seemed to compare to this.

I remained at the walls as I watched his jet take off, my hands placed firmly on the cold glass. I knew if I stayed longer I was going to catch cold but I remained still.

“You should stay away from the walls, ” a fairly deep voice startles me and I broke away immediately, turning around to see Dani standing at the stairs end “it’s pretty cold tonight”

“You’re still in the house?” I asked him, slowly taking steps back to reach him.

He carefully takes the final step, his hands rubbing gently on his tight leather pants.

He nods “yes, I was trying to convince Boss to let me follow him”

“You love Logan that much?” I sat down on the nearest lounge.

A small smile creeps onto his feminine small lips “Logan has done a lot for me. Being loyal to him is the least I could do to repay him”

“So there are other things you’re willing to do for him” I pressed.

He nods, leaning his slim back against the high table next to the wall. Folding his arms across his chest, he replied “yes”

I nodded firmly, looking back to him just as I looked away to say “I’m guessing your ‘boss” asked you to babysit me again. Like the last time”

He smiles again, a genuinely heart melting smile before replying “not when you put it that way. Logan just… wants me to keep you company. Doesn’t mean you can’t order me around or do whatever you wanna do”

“So I can order you to take me out of the house and you’d do it?”

I saw how his neck bubbled as he gulped hard. It interested me how a joke like that could put him on edge and on a difficult position like that. I found him entirely interesting.

But somehow, I knew I could trust Dani. I felt I could reach out to him. I felt like I could connect with him In a way I couldn’t with the other people here. Than Beverly or Antoniette and….. Logan.

From his body and face features, like I’d suspected the first time I saw him, I knew he was likely just a couple of numbers older than me and my best guess was that he was either twenty three or twenty four.