Throwing the amber liquid down his throat from the glass in his hand, Luca dragged the ends of his hair knowing his skull would be in pain at that but right now that didn’t matter with the thoughts that swirled in his head.
He was stuck right now with Peter’s daughter and the baggage that came with her and the trouble he had on his own and there was the same Peter’s daughter giving him problems.
As the capo and don of his family, too many expectations and responsibilities were on his shoulders and it was getting too heavy to carry right with everything going on.
While he poured more drink from the decanter he didn’t notice the door opening or someone entering the room until he saw a pair of legs, he closed his eyes groaning.
“What now?” He tipped the glass and the liquid raced down his throat in a single swoop “I told you everything before I left.
Kill everyone, don’t spare a soul.
Those motherfuckers” he gritted his molars “they messed with me, make it look like a message to them”
“Why don’t you do as they said? She is already a problem for you. Maybe—”
Luca threw the glass at the wall behind his consigliere “Are you freaking kidding me right now with that?
Have you gone mad?
I made a fucking promise to her fucking father and…Jesus” he lifted himself from the seat, staggering to stand which Angelo tried helping but he raised his hand stopping him “Get out.
Do as I said and stop giving me ideas that won’t solve any problems but add to it”
His consigliere nodded and left.
Luca took the decanter off the table, swinging liquids into his mouth as he stumbled his way out of the door down the hallway to a room he knew he shouldn’t even be going to.
***
Sophia folded her clothes and stuffed them into her cupboards humming a tune before turning the lights off and leaving.
She closed the door behind her, not registering the second person in her room laying on her bed.
“Never knew you could hum a nice tune.
Thought you only could hum trouble” Luca chuckled sitting up from the bed, his eyes going to the stunned woman standing not too far from him “come closer Sophia” he whispered, his voice husky and low.
She swallowed shaking her head at him
“Leave my room Luca”
She had asked one of the maids his name since she couldn’t really call him master.
Stepping away from his side, she folded her hands across her chest to stand in front of him.
“This was why I said I wanted to leave. I can’t be your WHORE. I don’t care if you are drunk right now” or you made me feel something the last time we were together.
She wanted to say but pointed to the door instead “Get out”
Holding the hand that held the decanter up at her, he took a slurp “I would never touch you without your consent and I can’t ever keep you as my whore. You are better than that. Keep that in your mind when you beg”
She scoffed rolling her eyes, her hands showing him the door and he stood up and staggered and she retreated “I won’t beg anything from an asshole and murderer like you. Keep that in mind when I leave this place forever” she retorted using his verbatim on him.
He took more drink not saying anything at her wishing she was right about leaving this place.
A fortress.
She was safe here. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
No one was able to get into this property that was why he left her here.
Her father’s enemies won’t be able to get her and his enemies won’t know he had a vulnerable woman he was trying to keep safe.
That will be a disaster if they get to find out.
**
The curtain folded to the side, and was not able to hide the morning sun as it filtered through the window down to the man sprawled on the king sized bed.
He yawned, pushing his hair out of his face and drawing the pillow closer soaking his face into it.
“Close the curtains” he mumbled trying to go back to sleep however the loud shrill of a phone had his eyes springing open and him scrambling to get it on the bed side table, knowing not everyone had the number for that tone, only a few he could count in his head “yes, what’s the problem for waking me up by this time. You better have something useful and important”
“Do I?” A dark voice asked.
Luca pushed himself up from the bed, rubbing his eyes and trying to blink away the drowsiness from the drink he had.
This was an unfamiliar voice, he looked at the number on his phone but it was an “unknown” number and he knew the meaning of this as he clambered down the bed out of the door not caring what he wore.
“Yes, how can I help you?” He asked trying to keep him on the line as he ran for his security building where his private hacker and other of his security personnels resided “shit” he cursed as his legs hit the wall by the stairs.
The voice laughed “yeah shit Luca. Shit Luca and shit. We made a deal”
He could hear the anger and irritation from the voice but he didn’t care as he pushed the door to the main security room and pairs of eyes looked up at him from where they stood and sat watching the computers on the wall and laptops on their laps.
He raised the phone and pointed his hand at it which one of them with laptop understood and went to work immediately while he continued talking “I never shook your hand you piece of shit”
“You blew up my men in my warehouses. Burned down my clubs. Business partners don’t act this way Luca don’t start a war between us, it won’t be good for business”
“There is no business between us and maybe I want a war” he shrugged like the person behind the voice could see him “I want to destroy you and that I will”
“But not before I destroy that pretty brunette with you” with a cackle the line went off and Luca threw his phone to one of his security which they caught because he knew what he would do if he held that phone for one more second—break it—he dragged his hair thinking when one of the security guards called him.
“Sir, I think you should come see this”