The first mafia woman

I took a sigh of relief as the delivery guy handed me my order.I closed door and leaned against it, I wasn't sure what had made me this scared for opening the door but the relief I felt was equivalent as someone has removed a tons of weight from my back. I took the pizza and  after pouring myself a glass of juice, I sat on the couch and ate it while watching TV. They were showing the Harry Potter series, the Voldemort was troubling the little boy. But Harry was able to muster the power to win upon the evil. I ate my pizza, watching the same movie, I had watched a tons of times. It was still fun to watch it. I ate my last slice of pizza and was already full to have the desert I ordered for myself. I was feeling dizzy but did not want to go to my room I decided on watching the TV until I could and eventually fell asleep on the couch, was too languid to switch off the TV. 

I don't know what time it was when I felt myself moving and my body felt a lot more lighter. The same smell of cologne,filled my nostrils, I opened my eyes slowly as they were heavy because of sleep and the pair of black eyes came in focus, they were close to my eyes, so close that it wouldn't have taken me much efforts to dive in depth of them. But I panicked as I felt something warm through the thin material of my top and I was heavily somnolent to decipher the situation. 

"You are safe Valerie. Calm down."

Enzo's voice was hushed and comforting, he must have realised the tension in my muscles. But soon I relaxed as his voice made me calm. He was holding me in his arms and was taking me to... I suppose to my room, I didn't even check the surroundings, just kept my focus on his eyes as he was looking straight ahead while taking me upstairs. 

"When did you return?"

My voice barely came out but he must have heard it as we were so close. 

"Just now."

He told and met my brown eyes. For a second there wasn't any mask on his face, I was able to see his real eyes but then he realised it and averted his vision. That one second was filled with so much warmth and comfort. No one could imagine the amount of comfort and warmth, I got from just looking at the eyes of the mafia king. 

"You shouldn't fall asleep anywhere, not good for your body. The bed here is meant for the purpose of sleep."

He ordered as he laid me down on the ultra soft mattress on the bed and I couldn't help laughing even in the drowsiness. He chuckled. And was about to leave when I held his arm, he turned back and I released it as soon as I realised what the fuck was I doing. And after a couple of moments he asked, 

"What happened?"

Even I wasn't sure about why I grabbed his arm, but it was something that came from inside, it was like my conscience was asking me to make Enzo stay. But why would he stay... It's not like we could share bed or something.... Oh god what had gotten into me, why was I acting like this?!!!  OK, Enzo is no-one just the person who saved me and was helping me. 

"Nothing. Good night."

I said and he left after giving a smile.

Next day I woke up feeling peaceful. I knew the day was not gonna be easy for me but I wasn't feeling anything as I woke up. Just wanted to start my work and take my first step toward ruining the lives that made me suffer. I checked the time on the alarm clock and it was just seven am. I wasn't the person to wake up early, but maybe, I slept so peacefully last night and was full of energy now. I would have to leave for hotel at ten am. That saved me a lot of time, I wouldn't have to get ready just now. I went out, wasn't sure what I would do but I heard noises as I went near kitchen, they were coming from outside, the swimming pool area. I went out to find Enzo, practicing his fighting and boxing skills. He was shirtless, revealing his scars and tattoo. He only wore his fighting shorts which hugged his perfect butts. He didn't noticed me or maybe he did but didn't bother. 

"Good morning."

I said wanting him to notice me for some inexplicable reason. 

"Good morning Valerie. It's good you are here yourself, I was gonna come to wake you up."

He told and the fact that he was going to come and wake me up made my heart flutter. What's wrong with me? 

"But it's too early to leave for hotel, right?"

I asked him and he had told me to make my appearance at ten am. When everyone would have read the news and the media would be waiting, outside the hotel, I was nervous because of the media part but Enzo wanted me to give interviews as it was the best and men in our world won't underestimate me once they know, I was confident and brave. 

"You forgot I asked you to workout and learn self defence? And moreover I wanted to show you this."

He said shoving the newspaper toward me and there was an article with my face about the hotel, in the front page. It was the photo of yesterday, when did they got that photo? I wasn't aware media was around or was it Enzo who made someone take my pictures for the purpose, but it was the least that I should have cared about. I read the article and it told the plus and minus points of a woman handling such a big business in Italy. But I was pretty much confident in myself and only focused on how I could turn these minus points to use them against my adversaries. 

"Awesome."

I admitted and the article was perfect, I hadn't expected them to tell all my good points in the article and they did well by including the flaws of a woman who was gonna handle the mafia business. 

"Let's practice now."

I told Enzo and he nodded. He taught me some basic workouts to keep myself fit and then he taught me how to handle a gun, it was distracting, he stood so close to me that I missed my target half of the times. But he wasn't disappointed about it as it was my first try and after few more exercises he called it off for the exercise session. 

"I am gonna go take a shower now."

He told me and I could imagine his sweaty body under the stream of water. The perfect sight. Hold on, Valerie, maybe you don't like your husband but you are still married. Silly me. I went back to my room as well. It was thirty minutes past eight and I should better hurry to get ready to work.

After taking the shower I dressed in another business outfits, Enzo had kept many of them for me. Of course he knew I would need them. The dress I wore today was blood red and made me feel bold and confident. I was ready in no time and I still had thirty minutes before we leave for Rexivo. I stood in front of the mirror and told myself I was worth of whatever I was doing today and I was no lesser than anyone and not especially a man, I would drag each and everyone out of their delusional world to show them, if determined a woman can be the most powerful asset whether it is in home or in business and especially in mafia business too. After giving myself this Prep talk. I left the room. 

Enzo was sitting on the couch reading a newspaper, a dozen of newspapers and magazines were scattered on the table in front of him. He was going through each and every article about us. He was a keen observer, the reason, he was so powerful and I had to learn all these from him, if I needed to survive this world. He looked at me and gave a tight smile and I could feel that my outfit was making my inner state of mind obvious to understand. Confident, that was what I felt inside. 

"Ready to go?"

He asked. 

"More than ever."

I admitted. 

The Rexivo seemed brighter and taller than ever and I could feel the change around it. The feeling was different than yesterday.Till yesterday I only appreciated it's vast structure but today I could feel the the sense of belongingness. Yes this vast empire belonged to me and I belonged here. I got out of the car and soon the paparazzi and cameras ceased my way. They all were shoving their mics towards me and I couldn't hear anything other than their mixed voices, questioning me and the shuttering of the camera. Enzo walked around the hood and kept his hand on my shoulder to make me feel confident. It helped. I was willing to answer their questions but couldn't process their voices all together. I was about to say something when I spotted the familiar green eyes in the crowd as they made their way towards me.