Saved by the mafia

Anastasia

"Anastasia hurry up, we're going to be late!" Tory walked out of her room yelling.

"Hold on, I'm almost ready" I yelled back.

Me and Tory have been best friends for over 10 years now, she lived right next door to my house growing up and we were all each other had. Torys parents died when she was 16 and her older brother started drinking too much to even acknowledge life. My mother died of cancer when I was 5 and my father died before I was even born. My stepfather couldn't wait for my mother to die so he can start treating me like i was Cinderella locked in the tower. After high school Tory and I had saved enough money to move to New York and well here we are. It's been mostly parties for the past 3 months and today we got VIP passes to the most exclusive club in New York, imperium.

I finished doing my makeup and walk out of my  room. I decided to wear a gold V body con mini dress  with my loose hair.

"OMG you look amazing, give me a twirl" she said jumping up and down like a kid. I laughed and did a twirl in my heels.  She clapped, "you're gonna catch every hot guys attention"

"Tory We've talked abou-" she cut me off

"I knowwww, no boysss" she said walking to the
front door.

"Girl you look stunning as well" I said smiling at her. She turned around and gave me a wink. Tory was gorgeous , she was the confident, 'I can get it all if I wanted' type of person. She was always the popular one but she's the most kindest person you'd ever meet. 

We walked out of our apartment complex and got in the taxi waiting for us outside. When we got to imperium i couldn't help but notice that there was a line long enough to wrap around the entire building. There was a muscular tattooed security guard outside of the club, checking people in.

"We can just walk up" she said while we got out of the taxi. I gave the man money and walked a few steps behind Tory. She walked up to the security guard and handed him a slip. "Tory Lombardi and Anastasia Ferrari" she said smiling. He scanned the slip and turned around to open the door. Is she going to tell me how In the world she got that slip?

When we walked in Tory ran to the dance floor to meet some guy and I just walked to the bar. I sat down on one of the stools and looked around the club. 

"You want something to drink?" The bartender asked. I turned to face him.

"Oh no, I don't drink. I haven't turned 21 yet" I yelled over the music smiling. He was gorgeous, he had mid-shoulder dreads, he was really tall and buff and his green eyes complimented his chocolate skin. He gave me a low chuckle.

" in this club, you don't gotta worry about that. Here." He handed me a cup and poured me some vodka. I smiled at him.

"Thanks." He nodded. I took a sip of the drink and he laughed at my facial expressions. My throat was burning.

"Is this your first time here?" I nodded shyly. The only reason I was at this club is because Tory dragged me here just to leave me alone while she's god knows where.  "So what's your name?"

"Anastasia, but u can call me Ana, you?" I answered, trying to make conversation.

"Caleb... excuse me for a second." I nodded. Great now I'm alone. I took another sip of my drink and suddenly I can hear people whispering really loud to each other;

 'I heard he's evil' 

'it's THE Ace Martinez' 

'Doesn't he kill people'

 ' People say he went to jail

'he's merciless' 

I look around trying to figure out who they are talking about and I could see 4 men walking into the club. One of them was in the front, he was wearing a Tailored suit and the shirt was unbuttoned enough that I could see his chest tattoo. The other man walking by his side is a blonde guy with blue eyes and also wearing all black clothes with a leather jacket. The two men behind them stopped at the door as they walked in.

Soon after I walked over to the dance floor and brought Tory a drink.

"HEY GIRL I NEED YOU TO MEET SOMEONE" she yelled over the music, grabbing her drink from my hands.

"Okay!" I said. She took my wrist dragging me through people. We stopped in front of two of the men who walked in.

"Hey baby!" The blonde dude said hugging Tory. The man in suit was gorgeous, his blue eyes were glued to my body. He looked me up and down and I couldn't help but feel flushed. You can feel the power radiating off of his body. He was intimidating to look at. I realized I was staring when he locked eyes with me and I immediately looked away.

"Anastasia this is Chase, My Boyfriend" she squeaked like a child. Emphasizing my boyfriend. He held out his hand to me.

"It's so nice to meet you I've heard so much about you" He said smiling.

"I wish I could say the same" I teased smiling. Even though it was true Tory never mentioned she had a boyfriend, in fact this explains all the late night outs.

"Yo, This is Ace... Ace this is my girlfriend Tory and her friend Anastasia." Chase said. He nodded towards Tory not taking his eyes off of me.

"Let's go dance" Tory said pulling chase by the wrist. I was left alone standing next to him like an idiot. I turned to walk towards the dance floor when I heard him speak.

"How old are you?" His deep voice asked. It sent shivers down my back. I turned to face him.

"Just turned 20...how about you?" He had no emotion on his face. If he wanted to show any, he definitely wasn't doing a good job. He reached into his pocket and took out his phone while leaning against the wall, he switched his attention completely off of me. What is he deaf? I walked closer to him, crossing my arms. He slowly raised his head to look at me again.

"Aren't u gonna respond, it's rude to ignore people" he smirked. Oh fuck this, I turned around and walked towards the dance floor, my favorite part of the song started playing and I started moving my hips to the beat.