My Ex Mafia

Chapter 24

My Ex Mafia
Chapter 24

Nicole

"can we talk? " I asked as I knocked on his door. I had to admit, I was a little bit nervous but we needed to talk about everything for that matter. "sure, come in" he said as he placed his pen and papers down. I went in and sat down on the chair directly opposite to him.

"So Sully, I was wondering if maybe you could give me a job" I said and he looked at me confused. Yes a job, I needed to work that's for one and I wanted to be independent even though I'd be working under Sylvester. "you want me to give you a job? Didn't I offer you one but turned it down?" he chuckled and I shrugged.

Okay yes he did offer me a job, but I already had one at the time and I was still mad at Sylvester for ruining my lifestyle. "yes but that was before I got fired and before I realized that I'd have to stay in this house 24/7" I had my hands folded around my chest and hoped that he could see my serious side.

He looked back down at his papers and sighed. "I can give you a job at one of the clubs" he said as he stood up to grab a glass of whiskey. "clubs, what type of job?" I asked in concern hoping he wasn't going to say as a-"as a dancer" oh gosh, I can't do that, being a dancer for a mafia club was like being a prostitute, I couldn't do that.

"No."
"No?"
"no."

"then I can't help you." he chuckled as if this was funny. It wasn't funny, well not to me. "come on Sylvester, give me another job, not as a damn.. Prostitute seriously?" something about my reaction just made him laugh more, unbelievable. "dancers are not Prostitutes love and its either that or you can serve drinks which is way worse than being a dancer and less fun."

A drink server didn't seem as bad as he made it sound. All I'd be doing is walking around and serving drinks to people that wasn't as bad as dancing around for horny middle-aged men with guns, i'd take being a waiter over a dancer any day. "I'll take it, I'll serve drinks" I said with a smile. "you're sure?"
"yes, when do I start?"
"whenever you want to, I'll have Victoria bring you some stuff-" "no" I stopped him, was he seriously about to send his sneaky link whore to help me. "what now?" he asked clearly irratated "I don't want Victoria to help me, could you send someone else?"
"You've gotten more controlling these past two years, you know that" he chuckled making me laugh a little. "fine, I'll send someone else to your room when you decide to go down to the clubs,now go get some sleep" he said before downing his last sips of whiskey. I got up and went back downstairs and slept on the couch with Olivia.

Progress, I was making progress with Sylvester and that was good. We had a civil conversation with each other as adults without arguing and that made me feel better. This was a step forward into creating a new foundation with us. His life, his dangerous and murder spree life was something I had to get used to.

For one it didn't bother or trigger me as much as it used to, maybe it was because of how close he got to me or maybe my conscious was preparing me for something I didn't know about yet.

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Next morning
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I woke up to the smell of freshly baked pancakes with a side of bacon and Olivia was no where to be found. I got up and wrapped myself with one of the small blankets before heading to the kitchen to see who was making breakfast and to my surprise it was Rico and Oliva.

They were smiling at each other and goofing around while setting up the kitchen table with four sets of everything, mugs, cutlery and plates. "something smells good in this house" I heard someone say behind me making me turn to look at his glazing body covered in sweat.

His body was built nicely and covered with tattoos that suited him, his hair was wet as if he just came from a run of some sort. He had no shirt on and he dark gray sweatpants were low to the point where I could see most of his sharp V-line.
His body was built to perfection and he knew it, I'm sure he did. "Geez Sylvester, mind putting on a shirt, you're blinding the girls" Rico chuckled as he slowly moved Olivia away from his gaze.

"I mean I don't mind the view, it's pretty magical, wouldn't you say Nikky?" Olivia called my name and I shook my head. I was mesmerized by his abs without noticing it, but everyone around me did, Sylvester took a step towards me and placed his thumb on my chin lifting it up to face him. " do you think I should put a shirt on love, is it distracting?" he teased as my cheeks felt hot. His hands were warm on my skin and I could feel holding in a laugh.

He was playing with me, he knew what type of reaction he would get from me by doing this, so I needed to play his game but better. I looked up into his eyes and smiled as I moved a little bit closer to him. "not really, your abs look a little flabby, did you gain weight?" I said as I stepped back and sat down. His abs were perfect, everything about him was perfect, I just said they weren't to rub that smug smirk off his face.

Sylvester wasn't one to care about what other people thought about him, so it surprised everyone when he grabbed a shirt and covered his body. "pancakes anyone?" Rico laughed as Sylvester rolled his eyes.

"so Nicole, how's Kevin?" Olivia asked making me choke a little on my food. This wasn't the best time or place to discuss that. My phone started to ring which was perfect timing. Speak of the devil

"Hey dad"
Dad? Nicole it's Kevin
"i know dad"
Did I call at the wrong time?
"Something like that"
Oh I'm sorry, I can call you back later, I just wanted to see if we were still on for coffee today?
"Yes definitely, I'll be on my way"
Alright cool, see you soon

The call dropped and I walked back to the kitchen. "Who was that?" Sylvester asked with a concerned look "it was just my dad, he wants to see me so I'm going to go see him" I replied as I took one last bite of my breakfast.

"Nicole, I thought I said-"
"yeah yeah blah blah don't leave and all that, I'm not going alone, Rico will take me" I smiled and Rico gave me a concerned look. I hopped out of the kitchen and went to take a shower and got dressed before heading to the car where Rico was waiting for me.

"so I'm driving you to the Cafe to see your dad?"
"nope, we're going to meet up with Kevin"