The Mafia & The Billionaire

Serene’s POV

“Boss,” Patt said as he waved his hand in front of me,

“What?” I asked, Alex was in my mind and about everything that we had done so far, intimately.

“You have been out for a while now.” he replied, “Are you okay?”

“Yes, and what is it again that you were saying?” I asked, and he sighed. We were in Serendipity and Lorenzo did not stop pestering me because he couldn’t believe that I was already married. He wanted to know who my husband was and he wanted to sue the lawyer that permitted me to get my inheritance without showing him the solid proof that I followed what warranted the will.

“When do you plan on announcing Mr. McGregor being your husband?” he asked.

“If you asked me, never. I didn’t want anyone to know that at all. If not for Lorenzo’s constant appearance in my office, I would never have thought about that as well.” I replied,

“But you know you had to do it anyway,” he said,

“I know that, and I was tired of thinking about how I am going to delay that even more. You know that once grandma finds out about him, she will surely do everything to meet him, right?” I asked and he nodded. I sighed heavily, grandma is going to be a problem. Then she will be asking me about her great grandchildren. I was massaging my temple when Enzo came in,

“Boss, this came just now,” he said and handed me an envelope. I actually didn’t want to see any more envelopes because I always had a feeling that what was inside was either bad news or something I had to deal with. Nevertheless, I took it and had a look. My face hardened and my teeth gritted when I saw what was inside. Is it the truth?

“Did you look into this already?” I asked him as Patt was looking at the files I was holding, looking curious.

“Not yet, I want you to look at it first. Why? Is it trouble?” Enzo asked as I handed them back to him and he started looking to see for himself. He gave it to Patt after and he didn’t start until Patt was done.

“What do you think?” he asked Patt,

“It’s either the sender wanted to tell us what it actually wanted to convey to you, or he wanted to point out Lorenzo as the possible culprit behind Madam’s death or the sender was trying to divert our suspicion to Lorenzo when in fact he was the real culprit.” Patt said and that’s exactly what I was thinking right now. The files tell me about Lorenzo and my mother and who my real father was. If what was on that envelope was true, it is a possibility that Lorenzo did have something to do with my mom’s death.

I agree with Patt as well that it could be a tactic by the real culprit to divert our suspicion to Lorenzo instead of looking and digging into more of the case. “What happened to that assassin?” I asked, looking at Enzo.

“Nothing as of the moment. He had been jumping from one hideout to another and you said you wanted this to be discreet, so we took our time and didn’t alert anyone to make it as discreet as possible.” he answered. I understand him, but I want a fast result. There’s no way that I am going to feel at ease thinking I still have something to do.

“Look into this matter and make this your priority. I had to know the legitimacy of that report before I acted.” I told Enzo and he nodded. I looked into Patt and realized that we were still in our discussion.

“About my marriage, I still need time to think about it and I want to use it to my advantage. I know that Alex can handle himself, but still, I didn’t want to worry him about my problems. As much as possible, let’s keep him out of our business. Is that clear?” I asked and they both looked at each other, which means, they did not agree. “Tell me your reasons,” I told them,

“It’s not that we don’t agree with you. We just thought that Alex would be able to help us out in so many ways. Just like running a business. Although I am confident about my abilities, I still think that having him here is the best option. His name alone could make the board’s knees shake out of fear and respect,” Patt said, so he had looked into Alex’s business journey. “He’s a real capitalist if you asked me.” he added.

“On the matter of grandma, I think Alex will never think about that much. He will surely want to meet the elders, but I know that he is going to accept then and the rest of you if he ever finds out about the organization,” Enzo said after. I looked at him and he continued,

“He himself had his own people working for him, so I don’t see any reason for him to think too much about ours. He is one tough man and I know you knew that by now after that incident in Josna,”

I thought for a while and I knew that he and Patt had a point. Still, I didn’t want him to get entangled with everything we do. That’s why I was in a dilemma about whether I was going to make our marriage public or not.

“Just let me fucking in!” Lorenzo shouted as he entered my office while the secretary was trying to stop him. He glared at me when he saw me and I looked him in his eyes. He is not my father, so there’s no way that I am going to hold myself any more. For a long time, I wanted to hit him on his face.

“What is it, Lorenzo?” I asked and he laughed at me,

“Lorenzo? Is that how respectful you are to me?” he asked angrily, and it was now my time to laugh at him.

“Give at least one reason to respect you, beggar.” I said, and he was a lot angrier. He was about to talk back when Daisy came in with Mavie. “So the family of beggars are here. Did you know that you just made MY COMPANY BUILDING filthy?”

“How dare you take everything? Your father has worked hard in the company and you left him with nothing?” Daisy asked,All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“You bitch, shut your mouth before I rip it into pieces.” I told her and he may have seen the seriousness in my eyes because I saw fear on her face.

“You are really uneducated!! Is that what you learned from your country bumpkin grandparents?” Lorenzo asked,

“You will have to pee on your pants if you find out about what I have learned there, Lorenzo. Make sure that I won’t use them on you and your family, because I am going to make you pray that everything was just a dream.” I said in a cold and low voice.

“Are you threatening us?” Mavie said in a sweet voice. What the fuck is her deal? Here we are yelling at each other and she was all about acting sweet? “Did you just open your mouth? How come a slut like you could actually talk?”

“Serene!!” Daisy shouted, “Mavie is far from slut, yes I had her out of marriage, but it doesn’t mean that–”

“Fuck off!!! Enzo, show the mistress who are the men that her dirty, slut and whore of a daughter have been with in the last few months.” I said and Enzo showed her his phone with Mavie’s photos. To get the board’s alliance, she offered herself to them. Daisy and Lorenzo gasp after they’ve seen it,

“What’s that?” Ryan, who was just outside the door, (exactly the reason why Mavie had to have a sweet voice earlier) came in and snatched the phone and his eyes widened. Maybe he saw his father fucking her as well. He looked at Mavie in disbelief.

“No, Ryan, they were not all true. How can I even do that to your own father?” Mavie said in a pleading voice.

“It was all here and I don’t think they are all edited.” Ryan said with his head down.

“You planned this! You planned everything just to get this company from your father!!” Daisy said, as Lorenzo was still speechless.

“Whether I planned it or not, it was your daughter who wanted to get fuck by those dirty old men. Oh, you will be Mrs. Dylan soon. Because the moment I took everything from Lorenzo, that’s the only time that he could marry you.” I told her and she looked at Lorenzo,

“Serene!!” Lorenzo yelled, trying to intimidate me, but that’s not gonna happen, because to me, he is nothing, “While I am being calm, get the fuck out of my sight and bring your mistress and bastard with you, NOW!!” I said with finality, which made Enzo pull them out of my office with Patt.

I sat on my chair as I felt my body trembling in anger. I wanted to kill them and the only thing that stops me is the thought that I still wanted to find my mother’s killer. Once I am done with it, whether they had something to do about it or not, they will still suffer the same fate.

Enzo and Patt came back a little later and they were both staring at me. They knew how I felt and I’m sure that they knew what I wanted to do to them as well. “Keep it cool boss,” Patt said and I nodded. “Your anger is not going to be a reason for us to stop what we were doing earlier,” he said, grinning and I rolled my eyes at him. He and Enzo sat back in their chairs and they started to ask me about the different types of stones and gems that we use in our jewelry. I listened to them and thank goodness that I managed to keep up with our lesson.

After that lesson, we had our meeting. Grandma wanted me to go back to Portico and I think I will have to do it as well to confirm everything in the report that I received from whoever he was.

“Then it’s settled, do you want to go by land or by air?” Enzo asked,

“You know that I prefer the car.” I told him and he nodded. The day in the office had ended and now I was thinking about Alex again. I sighed deeply after I realized that I had no concrete plan for him and our marriage as of that very moment. Did I make the right decision to marry him? Is he even right for me?