“One more kiss, come on, babe. Can't I have a bit more of you before you go?” the man beside Elena said as she continued to get up from the bed. The man was a bit dark skinned and she knew that he was an American, but other than that, she had no idea who the man was. The only thing that she remembered was that she had enjoyed herself the entire night with him. She even had a feeling that her adrenaline rush was the only thing keeping her from feeling whatever bruises she knew she had acquired last night.
The two of them woke up a bit earlier, and after two rounds of casual sex, she realized that she needed to go. Elena was not someone who liked being late, especially when it came to meetings about business or job interviews. No matter how delectable this man looked and felt, she knew he was just there for the time being, and she needed to leave before she missed another opportunity to get a higher salary.
“The sun is up, and I have to go somewhere important,” she said as she began to pick up her discarded clothes on the floor and all over the room, "Thanks for last night, and thanks for the…umh, this morning, but umh, I really have to go…" she while stuttering a bit as she realized that she was still naked.
She then began to calm herself down and thought of a smoother way to exit, but the man just chuckled and stood up to pick up his own clothes as well. They were now both naked, but none of them cared, especially Elena, since she was in a hurry to leave. It was a silent gesture telling her that they both just need to end everything there. All the things that they have done within the four corners of the room, would never leave the room. Whatever happens, the moment they were out of the room, it was as if none of it happened. It was a regular occurrence with one night stands, and she hated it, but after the failed interview yesterday with the company she was applying to, she didn't really care what happened. All that she wanted to do was to leave and never look back at what had happened that night.
Elena tucked in a few strands of stray brunette hair from her face to her ear as she quickly wore her shorts and blouse. She realized that some of the buttons popped, so she had no choice but to wear the blouse with her bra slightly seen. It wasn't such a big deal, but she still hated it knowing that her neighbors back in her apartment would instantly think she was a slut who just came back home from a good night out with her boyfriend or whoever they thought she was with.
Elena can't wait for the new job her friend was telling her about, and she needed to hurry or else she'd be late for her meeting. However, the man cleared his throat, and she remembered that she wasn't alone in the room while she was fixing herself. She was fair skinned, and as she began to dress herself, she felt the eyes of the man on her. She looked up and saw that he was indeed checking her out and watching every move she made. He was leaning against the nightstand beside the bed, while she was sitting on the far side of the bed and began wearing her socks and picking up her shoes. She raised an eyebrow which made her metallic gray eyes look sharper than usual when she saw the man smirking at her. She just winked once and continued what she was doing.
The man coughed once, and Elena once again looked up to see that she was now standing straighter and was no longer leaning against the small nightstand. Her eyes traveled lower at the bulge that was beginning to form again, and he held up her hand when she saw him walk towards her.
"I'm sorry," she began as she stood up and picked up her small bag, "I forgot your name, but I am in a hurry, and I seriously need to go." She said as she checked her phone again and cursed when she saw that it was almost time to meet her friend.
"My name is Ajax," the big buff guy said, "Your name is Elena, right? If I'm not mistaken."
"Yes," she said as she tried to hide her confused look. She never thought that the guy would remember her face.
"I'm sorry, Ajax, it was nice to meet you, but I have to go," she said as she finished grabbing everything that she knew she had and grabbed the door knob of the room they were in. "Don't take this personally, but I hope to never see you again. Thanks for the night…" she said and gave the guy a node and a small smile, to which he returned with a smirk on his face and a small wave.
"Where in the world are you, Elena Lubov Knight?!" Her friend Ali nagged at her right as she picked up her phone, "I have been waiting for you for ten minutes. You know I still have a job I need to return to, your highness," she said sarcastically. She could hear the stress in her friend’s voice with a hint of sisterly nagging.
"I am on my way, you royal grouch," Elena said as she got in the taxi, "Buy me a lasagna, chicken, and get me something for my headache," she said as she groaned.
The amount of alcohol she had last night, as well as the session she had with the guy made it impossible for her to focus. She instructed the taxi about the small café located just below the company that her friend Ali was talking about.
"Hey, Mr., can you speed it up a bit? I'm sorry but I am really late for a meeting, and I just need to get there in time," she said as the taxi increased its speed a bit.
Elena made sure that before she left the room, she was able to accidentally grab a ball cap that the guy was wearing. She read the name under the ball cap and the initials A.J. was on it. She groaned in frustration when she realized that the situation felt like one of those novels she would read when she was back in highschool. Now, she knew that the cap wasn’t something to be worried about, but the instant worry she felt made her think that she would meet the guy again in the future.
She looked at her phone as it rang, and it was her friend Ali who was on the other line. Elena took a deep breath before answering the phone. The fact that her friend was calling her made her send a silent prayer that the woman on the other end of the line won't kill her for being late.
"You are late!" Ali shouted as soon as Elena answered, "My boss is already calling me, Lou," she said. Her friend used the familiar nickname she had, which meant the woman was mad at Elena, but she was barely keeping herself calm.
"I am so sorry! My entire system was filled with alcohol last night, and I passed out and woke up late, and-"
"Alright!" her friend said with a frustrated sigh, "Don't go to the meeting place. Instead, go home, fix yourself, and I'll just directly send whatever requirements and instructions you need, alright? I want you to get this job, so you better get it, Lou" There was demand and urgency in her friend's voice and she instantly squealed which startled the driver a bit.
"Ali, do not worry, I will get this job. I promise!" She said as they ended the call.
"Hey, sir," she tapped the uber driver's shoulder, "Can we change routes? Let's go to the nearest Starbucks." Elena was willing to spoil herself a bit before going home and sleeping some more.
"What the?!" The man hissed in pain as Elena's body collided with the man's arm and they were both burned with hot coffee.
"Oh my God!" She hissed as well in pain as she tried to put pressure on the burnt area.
Elena looked up to see that the man in front of her was jaw dropping even while he furiously tried to signal someone and pointed to his clothes. A towel was flung to her and she caught it just in time. She looked up at the man who was now silent but aggressively trying to wipe the coffee from his obviously expensive suit. She saw that there was a pin on the man's suit, and her eyes widened as she made a run for it. Elena knew that pin, and she knows that if you mess with someone who was wearing it, you'd be in enormous trouble.
"Get her," she heard the man say as hands grabbed her arms and pulled her back.
"Hey! Let go of me!" She complained and tried to kick one of the two men dragging her by the hand, but the man was able to evade her kick. "Dragging a lady is illegal! You can't do this!"
"As beautiful as you are," the man spoke with his rough and deep voice, "You still need to pay for this suit." He said while Elena refused to look up and just looked at the man in her right who was holding her arm a bit too tight.
"That hurts," she whined as she tried to pull away her arm, "let go of me right now!" She insisted as she pulled hard and the man was able to let go.
"Hey miss," the man in front of her called, and she looked up, "As mad as I am with the suit and the burning feeling from the hot coffee," he began and looked at her up and down, "my anger is not that intense, and I would forgive you if you would tell me who you are and tell md that you beg for my forgiveness. Or else you can just pay for this suit," He said nonchalantly to tease Elena more.
Elena felt rage fill her as she slapped the man. The two men beside her were shocked, and as her eyes focused more on the hot yet arrogant guy in front of her, she realized who he was.
"Y-you…You're from the Mezzaluna company!" She said with an obvious shock in her face at the memory. However, her shock changed to irritation when she earned a teasing smirk from the man in front of her.
"Well, miss, I see that you're not that ignorant after all," he said as he walked toward her and shortened the distance between them. Now, they were nearly just a foot away from each other.
"I'm Michael, and you are?" Michael said with a teasing smile when he saw that his teasing began to piss her off. He liked how he annoyed the woman.
He wanted to go to the Starbucks branch that he owned so there wouldn't be any people when he uses a secret passage to enter. He made sure to tell his staff to close it for a few hours, but the moment the woman entered and spilled his coffee, his anger increased and he wanted to fire everyone. He wasn't normally a hot head, but today was an exceptionally annoying day for him. However, as he saw the woman who tried to run away, her exotic beauty and the way she met his eyes intrigued him. He decided to entertain himself with her.
"Stop staring at me," said the woman in front of him and he gave a genuine throaty laugh. She was feisty, and he loved it.
"I'm sorry," Michael said as he watched her meet his gaze with equal boldness, "I guess I forgot that you're a completely hot stranger who just spilled coffee all over ny new coat." He said with a wink and Elena hated the fact that she blushed hard.
"Well, Mr. Mezzaluna member," she said, "I'm sorry for what happened. It was a mistake, and I shouldn't have tried to run, but I will NEVER beg for forgiveness, I will only ask." She said as she crossed her arms and lifted her chin in stubbornness.
"How about a kiss?" Michael said as he walked closer and bent his head. His lips were a breath away as Elena swallowed her scream, "Payment is not my style, especially if it's from a woman as beautiful as you," he said in a whisper, and she realized the two guards were gone.
The man was able to empty the entire coffee shop without her noticing, and it was terrifying, and yet intriguing. He made her feel things she knew she shouldn't feel towards a stranger. The man was crazy, and she didn't care if he was an employee of a powerful company. She kissed him and bit his lips hard.
Michael groaned in pain as he retaliated from the kiss the woman gave. She wiped her mouth and gave him a pissed off look before speed walking away from him. The woman was crazy and he loved how his body reacted.
"Leave her for now…" he said to his guard who spoke to him through the earpiece he was wearing.
I'm currently making three books, so I'm sorry for the late uploads. I'll write as fast as I can without destroying this story, guys.
“What the heck happened to you?” Alba asked as she saw her boss come inside her office with a small lopsided smile on his annoyingly handsome face, and a wet suit with what looks like coffee, “Why are you wet with coffee, why are you not screaming, and why do you look like you’re higher than that american rapper, Snoop Dogg?” she asked without taking a single breath. She ended her questioning with sarcasm just to erase teh stupid smile on his face. No one in the room except for her and Alex would notice the weird smile that Michael has, because it wasn’t as different from his natural smile when seeing friends, but she knew something was up. There must have been something that “Alex, why don’t you find the boss a suit or something so he can change?” she called behind her boss, Michael, when she saw that his assistant was also staring at his boss with a confused look. Alba and Alex were having a meeting about specific areas of the company that needed improvement, and about the coming
“My goodness, Michael. I am at a point in my life where I feel like any words that come out of your mouth would make me grow gray hair. I mean, my brain and I are just getting too old for your shit, my dear boss and friend,” Daniele said on the phone as Michael just chuckled.Daniele D'Ambrosio was his second in command. By the law of the mafia, he is the Mezzaluna family’s underboss. Whatever happens to Michael, he will take over as the boss of the family. The consigliere and head of the capo regime was Alba, so she basically controls the military, and is part of the head of the family as the third boss aside from Danile. The three of them have always been inseparable, so even if he was the boss, Daniela and Alba would always have the privilege to judge him and piss him off.Michael and Daniel were talking on the phone while Michael was in his office. Daniel was enjoying his honeymoon at the moment, and by the giggles that he could hear from the other line, he knew that his wife was
"What do you mean that you already submitted my documents?" Elena was furious with her best friend for telling her that she was already part of the system of the company that she was supposed to apply to. Her friend knew that she wanted a job, but she wanted to do things her way. Ali knew that Elena was not someone who would make big decisions without preparation, so her friend passing her documents without her consent was not something that she appreciated as much as she wanted to. Elena took a deep breath and tried to relax herself while her friend explained. “I’m sorry, but yes, I already submitted your files to the company. If they like your files, they’ll ask for more of it and possibly consider you to be interviewed.” Ali said through the phone while Elena paced in her apartment, “But if they don’t like you, they’ll let you know.” “Will you be there when I’ll be interviewed?” She asked Ali, “After what happened to that coffee shop, I kind of feel nervous all of a sudden. I don
Michael and Elena travel via car, but what Elena wasn’t expecting was that the car was heading towards the direction of the airport. The only thing that Mr. Jackson’s assistant told her was that the meetings that her boss would go to would normally take only a few minutes. The travel was always longer than the actual meeting. The car turned and drove a bit farther away from the airport and went through a tunnel. She realized that she had never been in that area of the town before, and had always assumed that it was just mountains or lands owned by the government. The scenery from the window showed her that the car stopped in a building that looked like a small hotel, but she saw planes parked near the building as they passed by. Her boss got out of the car first, and she quietly followed, but she knew her face showed how bewildered she was at the scenario that was happening in front of her. When the forty something lady back in the office told her about the travel time, she was expe
“Admit it man, you want her like you want power,” Daniel said bluntly on the phone during a meeting with Alba and Michael online. This earned a loud laugh from Alba and a snort from Michael. “He’s right, Michael,” Alba second, and as soon as Michael exhaled, she knew that they hit a nerve. “This is a meeting, guys, and I expect my two most trusted partners to be serious, because we need to make sure that our family wouldn’t lose to the other mafia families,” Michael said in a seriously cold tone. “Alright then, boss, we’ll get back to this personal business as brothers and sister after this meeting, and don’t think for a second that you can stop us,” Alba said and proceeded to send the files they needed. The teasing stopped and they proceeded with the meeting. She was older than Michael, but she knows that her friend was still her Don. “Boss,” Alba said, “You need to make sure that your new secretary is well secured, because based on the files that I received, one of the business p
“I can’t stop…I’m almost there…” Michael said as he slammed his fist on the pillows and groaned deep and low. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead unto the valley of the woman’s breast. The woman beneath him screamed and moaned louder as he thrusted his hip in a faster and harder rhythm.The woman scratched his back, but he only went wilder with his movements. His other hand reached between them and touched her little nub and did a circular motion in sync with his body’s rhythm. He closed his eyes as he imagined his little secretary’s face. It made him reach his climax as the woman beneath him screamed louder and moaned again and again as he emptied himself inside her before rolling over beside the woman. The two of them were catching their breaths as he tried to calm his racing heart.Michael stood up and left the woman who was obviously too tired to stand up, and he cleaned himself in the shower. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before releasing it in exasperation. He a
“Aah!” Michael groaned again long and hard as Elena moved faster. Both of their hearts beat fast as they tensed with every move that Elena made. Michael began to clench his teeth as he felt her left hand squeeze him hard, and with her other hand, she took the bullet out of him using the tool he gave.Michael gave a long groan at the pain. Elena was able to take the bullet out, but she wasn't the best while handling it. Michael could have taken it out by himself, but the bullet must have had something in it for it to affect him too much.“Stay still, because I have no idea what I’m doing” Elena said sternly in a forced whisper as she tried to patch her boss up with trembling fingers.She had to give herself props for not fainting at the mere fact that she had just taken a bullet out from a man who was shot. Now, she’s patching him up while gunshots could be heard outside of the broken building that they were hiding in.After Elena was able to finish what she was doing as per Michael’s
“My eyes are up here, Boss,” Elena said when she noticed that her boss was intently looking at her from head to toe while she stood in the middle of her boss’ room. She realized that every room inside of the place was his room, and according to him, he just chooses where he’ll stay. She thought how great it must be to be as rich as him.“Forgive me,” he said as he chuckled and turned around while trying to hide the smile on his face. Michael knew that he wanted to look at her face, but he didn’t notice that his eyes wondered a little too much.“Well, Miss Knight,” he said as he took out a few files from one of the drawers in his room, “You can take a seat on the sofa, or make yourself comfortable on the bed. Either way, this story is going to be longer than you would believe”. Michael looked at the drawers and contemplated on how much he was willing to reveal to the woman in front of him. He had a feeling that aside from his burning desire for her, she was someone special enough to
Michael was trying his best to stay calm as there was an eerie silence inside of the car. He finished talking to Bruno and they were able to confirm that Alba was indeed gone and has been missing for a day now. It wasn’t unusual for her to go missing whenever she was doing an investigation and any type of mission that was top secret for both the company and the family. However, whenever she does it, she would make sure that at least one member of the family is informed to make sure she got the back-up she needed when things would go out of hand. The people that she would normally inform were Bruno, Danielle, and himself. There were times she would inform her brother or father from their family, but aside from them, she would never risk informing anyone else.Bruno had confirmed that Alba was last seen heading towards one of the tunnels in the city where three cameras were suddenly broken before Alba passed through. They tried contacting other people whom she might have informed regard
Michael took his time kissing Elena’s lips as he slowly let go of her hand and shifted his weight so that the two of them had enough freedom to touch each other as they pleased. He was doing everything he can to slow down the pace in order for him not to force the woman beneath him in any way. However, Elena’s hand wrapped around his neck and kissed him deeper, and now Michael’s sanity was nearly out the window as well.“Michael…” She breathed his name with a soft moan when he stopped kissing her and moved his lips to her neck. He moved her underwear to the side as he proceeded to trace and stroke her outer lips ever so gently. She felt like she was burning, and she found it difficult to speak. She didn’t trust her words because she might just beg him some more and she knew she’ll die of embarrassment when that happens.“Cara mia, Sei bellissima” (My darling, you’re beautiful) He whispered as his hands stopped tracing her lower lips and started rubbing it a little more gently. He focu
“This is your captain speaking,” Michael and Elena broke their intense kissing and just looked at each other as they listened to the instruction of the captain regarding the turbulence that was about to come. The two of them just sighed and smiled before standing up and going back to their seats and buckling themselves up.“I guess we’ll always be interrupted, huh?” Elena said as she suppressed a laugh when she saw how pissed off her boss was. They were always getting interrupted, and even she had to admit that it was beginning to get all the more annoying.“Well,” Michael began, “If it was up to me, I’d take you here and now, even if there is turbulence. That would certainly make things a bit more thrilling, right?” he asked with a wink before proceeding to walk to his seat.Elena felt like her cheeks were burning, and she did her best to ignore the heat from her face as she walked to her seat as well. She knew that the man was shameless when it came to talking about the bedroom happ
Elena released a disappointed breath as she boarded the plane that her boss had prepared. She looked ahead of her and saw him talking to one of his people on the phone located in Asia. She woke up immediately after he had called her early in the morning, and she wasn’t even able to fix herself before he called her again to tell her that they would be leaving already. Elena wore a simple above the knee blush pink dress with a sweetheart neckline and her gold pendant. She let her hair down and didn't wear any heavy make up as if wasn’t about to go back home to Italy in a pirate jet with a billionaire mafia boss. Elena just weighed as she looked at her reflection on the mirror that they passed by and saw that she at least looked decent enough with her simple dress and comfy sandals without heels. Michael instructed her that she just needed to wear comfy clothes in order to lessen her preparation time. He wore a casual yet elegant button up long sleeve shirt that was a plain powder blue
The meeting with the Asian investors began, and the entire time that they were in the meeting room, Michael was cursing himself for forgetting to get Elena to change her clothes. The woman fixed herself after their quick entanglement in the plane, but he forgot that there were dirty old men and handsome bachelors that were attending the meeting, and he knows that the looks they were giving his secretary were not professional ones.“Well, gentlemen,” Michael addressed the seven men inside of the meeting room and the three females, all of whom glued their eyes at him, “I guess that would be all for today. My secretary here would send you all the copies of the revised contracts and additional copies of the plans for each of the proposed buildings along with the details that you have all requested. I assume that there are no further clarifications regarding this entire matter?” He asked in a commanding tone. He asked a question, but there was a warning at the edge of his voice that told
“I can’t believe him!” Elena screamed as she hurriedly fixed herself. Her boss, Michael, just called her a few seconds ago and told her that the two of them would attend a meeting in Asia in a few hours. Elena was frantically putting clothes inside of her bag as her boss told her that would probably be in Asia for a day or two.“I swear, that man was born to piss me off…” she whispered to herself when she suddenly remembered that someone could possibly hear her.Ever since the incident with the shooting and Michael Mezzaluna’s confirmation to giving her guards, she felt like she was being watched at all times. Her own consciousness didn’t help either when it constantly reminded Elena that she needed to make sure that she was on her boss’ good side. After all, Elena was no longer safe and she was not as rich as the other employees, Michael Mezzaluna was the mafia boss that was both protecting and paying her.Michael looked at his watch as he patiently waited for his secretary to arrive
"Get straight to the point, Alba. What did you find out about my brother's death, and for what reason is it bad news?!"Even though Michael's speech was loud, he was able to observe Alba trying her best to relax herself. She gazed directly at him, breathing shallowly and quickly."Your older brother does not exist, Michael. There is no trace of Gabriel Mezzaluna in any location that you might have ever lived in. He never had any sort of employment, nor carried out any work for any individual to get you to attend school. There are no family members or parents associated with you or him, simply because he never existed, and so do you. It was as if at the time he passed away, every trace that he had of every being alive, along with yours, were erased as if you never existed."B
Michael opened the message that Alex had sent him via text message when his phone lit up. He was beaming with joy as he smiled broadly while he scanned the report he provided regarding the Asian investors that their company was aiming for.According to Alex's email, a meeting has been scheduled with the other investors on the company's growth and development in South East Asia. In addition, five additional investors in the pipeline have given their permission to attend the initially scheduled meeting.Michael's friend, Mr. Kyosei-gumi V was the new Asian investor. One of the biggest Japanese mafia organizations in Japan was led by him. When he killed his second in command in a fight while still working as an assassin for the Lombardi Family, they became friends. He gained Michael's admiration by battling honorably and exposing the betrayal of his second in command rather than killing him or going to war with the Lombardi.Everything was coming together, and Michael was confident that
"So, boss, I guess that you have gotten my proposal?" Annabella was wearing an evening gown and sat temptingly on the white and black sheeted bed. Her hair had been tousled to the side, and from the way she looked in her position, she had barely anything on underneath her robe. "It served as an irresistible invitation, Bella, and you understand that I wasn't going to turn down an attractive woman such as yourself. Turning down that kind of proposal is not a thing that a good boss or a man such as myself does, you know." "Italian men have traditionally been considered to be the most talented professionals when it comes to toying with words of seduction. I bet any woman would be throwing themselves at you, Michael, granted the opportunity to do so." She got up and delicately went ahead in his direction while maintaining eye contact throughout the entire process. She started to undo the button that was on his coat before flinging the fabric onto the sofa that was positioned close by i