Sofia's POV:Cara, Scarlett and Riley had dragged me to some nightclub. I didn't want to go, I just wanted to wait for Ace to get home and then go to sleep but no. Instead I had to drink, dance and probably end up looking stupid.We showed our fake ID's and got in. "Guys I think this dress is a little too short, Ace is going to kill me" I muttered worriedly to them. "Don't let Ace control what you wear Sofia! You have an amazing body, show it off" Cara hyped me up."Oh my god, look at him" Riley shrieked at the girls. Their heads turned towards a table that had 4 guys sitting around, smoking cigarettes. There's a no smoking sign in front of them on the wall?; Ignorant assholes."Let's get their attention!" Scarlett giggled mischievously, pulling us onto the dance floor. "No guys, I'm engaged to be married, I don't want any other man's attention" I reminded them. "Then just dance for yourself, have funnn" Cara giggled, grabbing shots of vodka off of the waitress walking by us. This was
Cara approached us, joining the conversation."She hates attention" Cara murmured while downing shots of vodka, pointing over at me. "Cara relax on the drinks" Riley scolded as she snatched it away from her. "Get them away" Santi snapped his fingers, signaling his goons to take my friends to one of the other tables. "Sofia, Ace is going to be madddddd" Riley yelled crazily at me. I instantly felt my heart stop at the mention of Ace's name; The most notorious man in the Mafia."Who's Ace and you told me your name was Lexi?" Santiago's face became angry, his eyebrows frowning and his jaw clenched. "Oh Ace is my brother and as for my name, I use my middle one when I'm partying" I said the first lie that came to my head."Ace......" he waited for a response. "Hernandez" Scarlett shouted as she winked at me, thinking she was doing me a favour. How did she even know his second name?. I must've told her at the sleepover and forgot. Well, there goes my life; not like it was a good one anyway.
"Aceeeee," I asked in a high-pitched tone, signaling to him that I wanted something."What?" he hissed at me from behind his office door. He's been so angry lately. "Fine then" I muttered walking away; I'll just do it since he doesn't seem to care anymore.I know he's a mafia boss but can he try and be nice for once, would it kill him?.I took out my laptop that Ace had gotten me when I first moved in, well forced me to move in. I signed up for a private school and I may have used Ace's bank card but it's ok. He'll find out eventually. I chose a school that specifically had ties to a medical school or collage.I can only hope it'll be a drama-free year.I sat on my phone waiting patiently for an email back.I finally heard the ding after an hour. I almost had a heart attack, not gonna lie. I threw myself out of the bed and opened the email.I was accepted, how the fuck was I accepted? I've missed like a million days but I guess my grades made up for it. It did say in the email that I
I lifted my head off of the cold concrete ground, at least today I get to go to school.Raul opened the basement door for me. "He shouldn't be punishing her as that" Stefano snapped at Raul. "I can't do anything about it" Raul responded challenging him. "How about you just leave the door unlocked so that she can go up to her room and sneak back down in the morning, you dumb piece of shit" Stefano shoved Raul, trying to force him to move out of his way."I can't!" Raul growled. "It's ok Stefano" I rubbed my eyes, slowly rising from the floor. "You're not allowed food, father's warning" Raul informed me with an uncomfortable expression on his face. "This is fucking bullshit" Stefano snarled at his brother. "She's our sister!". Raul rolled his eyes, not wanting to listen to Stefano's rant anymore."Here" Stefano handed me a sandwich. "If father asks, blame it on me" Stefano assured me. "Thanks, Stefano" I kissed his cheek before leaving for school.It was a long walk, grueling walk, espe
Ace's POV:I majorly regretted what I had done.Fuck. I sat at my desk, combing my hands through my hair. She just left, I let her leave!. Fuck; I fucked up big time.It's dangerous when I start catching feelings. Truth be told that I've never felt anything for anyone except her; That's probably why everyone was so worried. We didn't even kiss and this girl had me wrapped around her finger. I would've done anything for her yet I ended up pushing her away like everyone else.Maybe this was for the best, I made her act on impulse and acting on impulse is never good but she made me happiest I've been in awhile. I was so torn, I didn't know what to do.I needed to stop thinking about her, about what I could've done to make her stay; I could've just told the truth."What was that?" Dante asked, storming into my office. "You said it yourself, you don't like her, she's too good for me". "I don't like her, I'm in love with her okay? I didn't really love Kylie and I didn't know that until I me
Haze took me to a building, similar to Ace's. "Our mafia is called the Vipers, specifically because we're all quiet, fast and sneaky. It's okay if you're not perfect at everything first time around, you'll get there eventually" he explained positively as he showed me around. He showed me the room where they spar boxing, throw knives, shoot and they also did pain tolerance tests."I'm not much good at fighting" I admitted shyly as we walked around. "That's fine, you'll probably exceed at everything else" he smiled at me, making me feel better about this whole situation. I was basically thrown out from one Mafia into another within two days."Is that why Ace wouldn't place you onto the fighting squad?" Haze raised his eyebrow at me. "Yeah, I think so" I lied while staring at the floor."This is Nina, she'll be showing you to your room" Haze introduced me to a tall, dark skinned girl with tight curly hair that rested just above her shoulders. She looked really intimidating but was actual
I followed Haze to a bathroom."Tell me why you can't feel that" Haze glared at me, knowing I was hiding something. "I don't know.... it just doesn't hurt" I tried to play it off and lie to him. I clenched my hands nervously. He grabbed them and I swear, just for a second, Haze was Ace. I stepped back in fear, clearly showing my distress.He stared at me confusedly. "Bad memory?" Haze questioned me while soaking a cloth in warm water. "Yeah" i shook my head, trying to shake away my feelings for Ace along with it.Haze grabbed my wrist and pulled me close to him. He stared at me straight in the eye, which was pretty intense, not gonna lie. "You always look hurt" Haze admitted to me, noticing how every so often I'd be caught off guard, thinking about Ace. "N-no" I stuttered and then immediately after wanting to face palm myself."Tell me what's on your mind" Haze asked with a soft and gentle tone. I sighed, giving up, he was going to find out eventually. If I was going to be killed, it
About an hour had passed and the group reassembled."This is the pain test or the pain simulation" Haze announced to everyone. "It simulates pain such as punches, kicks, getting shot and stabbed etc." Haze rambled on."Up first, Sofia" Haze announced but then instantly stared at me confusedly. "No" he grabbed my wrist, stopping me from going into the room and lying on the bed."Boss, it's a crucial part of the tests" the doctor who sat by the bed announced. Haze sighed before releasing my wrist. "Don't grab me like that again" I glared at Haze who just blinked at me.I lay on the bed/chair type thing with the doctor placed sticky pads on me. "Now you need to remember that this is fake, you're not actually being stabbed or shot" the doctor reminded me as I nodded in response.He started the simulations. At first I couldn't feel anything. I started to feel pain around 5 minutes in. Haze watched anxiously as I just sat there but then suddenly the pain went from about a 2 out of 10 to abo