The Mafia King

Chapter 69

Rosalinda's POV

I spit the toothpaste out of my mouth and look into the mirror ruffling my hair, I looked like I had just been dragged through a bush. I needed to stop letting my hair dry naturally at night because it was a huge frizz ball when I woke up. I straighten out my plain white v-neck t-shirt that I'm wearing and look down at my jeans, letting out a small huff. I was definitely slightly underdressed to be viewing the properties that I would be viewing with Justin. Sometimes, I wondered entirely how he was actually attracted to me.

I exited Justin's marble bathroom and pulled my phone out of the back pocket of my jeans, I had a couple of texts off of my friends back home, Riley and Lily and my Grandma. Riley and Lily were gushing over how excited they were that I had gotten a job at Reid Publishing, saying they missed me and they'd have to come and visit New York. My Grandma was also asking when I would come back home to visit again, and please could I bring Justin with me.

I send a few quick texts back to them, slipping my phone back into my jeans pocket,  making my way out into the grand hall of Justin's apartment. My feet make a padding sound against the marble floor, the warmth of the underfloor heating on my toes. Walking into the kitchen/dining area to get a drink of water, I find a piece of paper on the side of the kitchen work top, the white paper standing out like a sore thumb on the black marble.

I pick it up, curiously, as my eye catches photographs of properties on the front page. It is a brochure pack of properties from Dellehare Estate Agents, places that we were clearly going to view together today. I thumb through the different pages that are in the pack, letting out a small huff of annoyance.

Dellehare Estate Agents were a well known branch throughout America, they had offices based in most states, but they focused on sales, rather than renting. Their properties were also not your average studio apartment. Justin had agreed with me that were not going to look at any sales properties, I had asked that we rent so I can contribute towards some of the rent, or the bills. And that we could find something with a monthly rent that would be reasonably priced to fit my new wage. I didn't want to feel like a gold digger and that Justin would be paying for everything, buying a house for the both of us without doing it together would be too much.

My eyes catch the price of one of the properties and I almost choke on my own spit. I flick over the page in my brother and my breath hitches slightly.

"Justin!" I squeak out, and he emerges, sleepily, from the bedroom, grey jogging bottoms hanging low on his hips and a white t-shirt. He his towel drying his hair, which is getting longer, he needs to get it cut. He looks utterly delectable.

"Yeah, baby?" He asks, looking up at me with my papers from Dellehare in my hands. He sends me a small look of innocence as he puts his towel down on a chair.

"We were supposed to be looking for somewhere to rent" I sigh, narrowing my eyes at him. He comes up behind me, planting a kiss on my cheek, his hand lingering on my elbow.

"I thought we could buy" He says into my ear. "Then I can stop renting this place and we will have a place of own that we can have together" He shrugs, his wet hair tickles against my cheek.

"But I wanted to rent so I could at least contribute to something towards the cost of our home. Justin, I don't want to be seen as some...some girl who's just using you for all your money" I huff out, turning around to face him.

"You can pay towards some of the bills. How about that?" Justin smiles at me, running his hands down my arms, I roll my eyes at him.

"Justin..." I close my eyes slowly and re-open them in frustration. "That property on the front page is two million dollars!" I shout, holding up the brochure to him and pointing at the page. "Paying monthly bills is nothing!"