The Mafia's Bride Trapped In His Love

Chapter 23: The mission

Dexter POV

"Elsie is calling?" I questioned Alex, can't hide my curiosity. He nodded, covering the speaker of his phone.

"Turn on the speaker," I muttered in a low tone, didn't want to let her know that I was there. He immediately turns on the speaker, so that I could hear the conversation. He placed the phone on the desk.

"Alex, is Dexter there?"

"Yeah, somewhere around here, but he is busy with something now. Anything you need to let him know?" He answered after getting a signal from me. I was really curious why she called him instead of me. 

"Can you let him know that I will go out with Lucas and Andrea? The guards will follow us so don't worry about the safety issue."

I closed my eyes for a brief moment, calming my heart. I pressed the mute on the phone before delivering my words to Alex.

"Tell her always stay in the sight of the guards and don't go out for too long."

He told her the same message to Elsie. Soon, the call ended. I sighed, trying to steady the uneasiness in my heart, but I was aware that I can't keep them locked in the house for their whole life.

Elsie POV

"Ok, I got the permission. No, it's not a request though. I told him we will hang out but with the guards following us of course. I hope you don't mind about it. That was how it works in Anderson's family."

"That's not a problem for me. Since I will never be in this kind of life, let me experience it while I'm here. I want to know how it feels to be around by all those masculine guys." Lucas said, filling his head with fantasy.

"Cut it off, Lucas. Come on, move your ass from the couch." I cut his imagination off before he starts to be more ridiculous.

"Princess, get ready. We are going out. We will have fun today," I'm calling for Andrea, looking for her in the playing room.

"Are we going to stop at the ice-cream café later?" She asked in excitement.

"That's part of the plan, princess. I miss that café too," I told her honestly.

I helped her to dress before going to my room and get ready. I need to find something today to solve my difficulty to sleep.

After a few hours

"No, this is not the one, Lucas." A sigh brushed past me. We visited a few perfume stores, but I can't find the exact perfume that I want; the one that I suddenly got addicted to.

"Elsie, come one. This is the fifth store. So, the mission today is about perfume?"

"This is my main mission though. I can't help it, Lucas, it's so hard for me to sleep at night. Only that fragrance can make me asleep. I don't want to be in this situation too." I don't know why, but I feel the tears threatened to flow.

"I guess it's the baby then." He finally understands my weird preference.

Out of millions of perfumes in this world, why Dexter's perfume though? I guess little Anderson already choose the favorite person. I touched my belly, feeling the baby inside me. I'm not mad, but I hate the fact that I was off track from my own emotion.

"It's okay then. Just forget about it. Let's have our lunch first."

With that, we stroll around, looking for the restaurant that suits Andrea's preference. At last, we go for fast food since Andrea requested burgers and fries.

"How is the food, princess? You like it?" I wipe the sauce at the edge of her mouth, looking at her chewing the fries deliciously.

"It's nice. How about we come here again with daddy next time?"