Love, Lust And Lies | 18+ (REWRITING)

Chapter 20 ~ Preperations

"You what?" Ale says laughing, the rest of the family looking at him, mouths agape.

"I slept with a mafia boss." I repeat, my eyes staring into space and my ears tuning out any noise.

"Celeste, out of all the things you could've done, why did you sleep with him." Santi says sighing.

"Lorenzos not like that." I say trying to defend him. Why, I have no idea, the puto just admitted he used me.

"Not like what?"

"Not what you perceive him to be. He's not a dick, he's pretty sweet when you get to know him."

"Well he stuck his dick in you so I beg to differ." Ale says, I roll my eyes at him, shooting a death glare at him.

"How well do you really know him?" Santi questions me, I let his words sink in as I to, wonder how much I really know Lorenzo.

We call it a night, but our conversation and the truth that had unfolded today was left lingering in my head.

I let sleep overcome me but my thoughts still run wild. What is Lorenzo's motive?

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Lorenzo's POV

The slam of the door as Celeste storms out the club echoes throughout the empty building. Already I miss her presence, the sting of her slap remains etched into my skin. It was a grand exit, and I applaud her for that but something told me she would be back, sooner than I had imagined.

The annual ball was inching closer and closer, with only a week left till the most prestigious event took place. It was being held in Spain this year, hosted by Sofia De La Rosa. Celeste's mother. Too bad she wouldn't be there, I was going to ask her to be my plus one but things didn't work out. I could imagine the grin on her face, she would've loved it. Now I had no one on my arm but maybe it was fate, maybe fate had better plans for us both. Only time would tell.

I let the rest of my employees have the day off, I wasn't in the mood to be dealing with business and quite frankly I had to fix the mess I had made.

I knock on my fathers office door waiting for his response. He wouldn't be too happy with the situation but I'm sure he would be able to fix it, after all he was once the don of the biggest mafia.

"Enter!"

"Ciao!" I say as I unbutton my blazer, before smoothing the fabric and sitting down in the chair opposite my father.

"To what do I owe this pleasure figlio."

"Dad, I fucked up."

"What is it now?"

"Celeste's gone. She's disappeared, I can't locate her destination. She's gone off the radar."

"Just like that." My dad says squinting his eyes.

"Just like that." I repeat letting out a frustrated sigh.

"Looks like Mateo's daughter is more clever than we thought."

"We hit it off but I had to let her go dad. I can't do this, she's innocent. She shouldn't be dragged into this, it's not any of her business."

"Why can't you do this figlio. Your a twenty-five year old don to the biggest mafia. You understand that right? You've been killing people in cold-blood since you were eight years old. So why, when it comes to this girl, are you so reluctant?" My dads eyes lock with mine, never wavering.