Art of the Ladydick: The Donna's Love

6.

v o t e + c o m m e n t

Niko watched from his overhead office as his men cleaned up the remains of the blood and dismembered bodies from the warehouse floor. For almost twenty-four hours, his mind was only consumed with things Giada related. After having the dream that he had, the need to see or even hear the sound of Giada's voice intensified the more he stayed away from her.

"Where is she?" Niko asked, turning away from the window to face Ronaldo, who reclined in a chair nursing on his bourbon. His frustrations were sadly taken out on the victims that were being washed away from his cemented floors. Nevertheless, Niko still had pent-up energy that he was dying to release.

"She and Camila were last seen getting lunch in the city," Ronaldo informed him,

Niko nodded his head, lifting his wrist, looking down at his silver-toned Patek Philippe watch for the time. "When the meeting?" Niko asked Ronaldo, reaching for his suit bomber jacket that rested over his chair.

Ronaldo lifted his phone, "in three hours," he said,

"How about a little visit," Niko smirked over at Ronaldo, who smiled, knocking back the rest of his drink as he rose to his feet.

Just then, Giovanni walked into Niko's office, "you sure?" Ronaldo asked, "I mean, I have been chomping at the bit to see my little spitfire again, but—"

"Ice Princess told you that Gigi would come to you, Niko," Giovanni said to Niko,

Niko nudged his head in Giovanni's direction, "how was it?" He asked,Giovanni smiled brightly, stuffing his hands into his pants. "It went well for me, of course, them not so much," he boasted,

"Fuck Hailey," Niko gruffed, "if I want to see Giada, I will see her; let's go,"  Niko said, not sparing either of his friends a second glance, walking out of his office with them trailing behind him.

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Since Hailey got preoccupied at the spa, Camila and Giada decided to go out for lunch in Rome before heading into the lion's den. Literally. "I cannot believe you guys left me," Hailey yelled from the other side of Camila's phone. Luckily for Giada being the daughter of Luca Montalti, all that it took was one phone call to her favorite chef for him to reserve his entire restaurant for her and Camila.

So Hailey having her slight mental breakdown over the phone was no problem for either of them. "Never mind, Ice princess, you needed the rest," Camila grins, taking another bite of her Cesar salad.

"Do not call me that!" Hailey snipped,

"Is it not true?" Camila teased,

"Of course it is not," Hailey shot down, "he only said that to me because I had no interest in him." She argued; then again, Hailey did not know the real reason behind Giovanni's nickname for her. If you were not a close friend to Hailey, you would find Hailey very unapproachable just from one look if it were not for her striking blue eyes, blonde hair, structured facial features, or even her runway-only fashion sense.

Hailey did come off intense and unimpressed in anything or anyone at times. Then again, people never understood who her parents were. Once they overcome the actualities of her equally chilly parents, they will instantly begin to concede why Hailey was the way she was. "You two would make a lovely couple," Giada added, gaining a look from Camila, who sat across from her.