The other way around

Eight

Athena P.O.V.

I know love is complicated, I know it comes with a lot of tears. But I also know I have a lot to give, while growing up I had lack of it in my life, but that doesn't mean I'm not capable of loving someone.

I want to love and to be loved.

I don't think I love Dean, but there is some kind of spark there. Does he fill the same? Is it wrong of me that I want to fall in love with him? That I want for him to love me? I don't know what is it about him, but I really do feel attracted to him.

"Earth to Athena." Fred said, waving his hand in front of my face.

"Yes?"

"What are we going to do about Blaise?" I ran a hand through my face and sighed.

"Nothing Fred, first of all, he just crossed the border that means he's still days away from here, also we don't know when he's coming. And we still have to collect the shipment and wait for the rest of the men to get here. So for now everyone needs to train hard and we will be in lockdown. No one goes out or comes in. Unless needed."

"Alright, I'll send the message." Fred said, I nodded and got out of the office. After he was gone I looked at Dean and he was looking at me, I raised my eyebrow at him. He got up and came to the front of the desk.

"Can I know more?" He asked.

"More of what?"

"Who's Blaise?"

"Blaise was the second in command of the last boss, Fred job. He was supposed to be the one in this chair right now, but Alistair, the ex-boss chose me, and Blaise didn't like that, he tried to kill me, slitting my throat, Fred saved me. Anyway, he wants me dead and the mafia." I said, my fingers running the ear to ear scar under my neck.

"And what are you going to do?"

"Kill him." I said and he gave a small nod.

"Is this too much for you?" I asked.

"I don't think so, I just need some time to adjust to everything. But I think I want to learn." He said.

"Really? That's good."

"Do I have to kill anyone?"

"You do whatever you want, nobody is going to force you to do something you're not comfortable with."

"Good."

"Now, let me just tell you Blaise is really a threat to me and the ones I care about. I really want you to learn how to defend yourself. I could send you away claiming that you were safer away from me but that it's bullshit, that's how the girls are kidnapped and tortured in the books." I said and he chuckled.

"You read mafia books?"

"Of course, some of them I can't go further than the first chapter, too much wrong shit about us, but there's a few I like." I said and shrugged.

"I thought you didn't have the time to hobbies."

"I'm not always here, I go on missions and to the warehouse, but sometimes I need to breath."

"I get it."

"Let's go take a walk." I said.

"What about the paperwork?" He asked referring to the scattered papers on my desk.

"I'll take care of that later, maybe you can even help me. Would you like a job as my PA or something like that?" Truthfully I don't think other mafia leaders have a PA but I just want to spend time with him.

"What about the diner?"

"You're not going out any time soon."

"I'll think about it." He said and I nodded.

We got out of the office and I did a small tour around the house. We went to the living room, indoor pool, library, game room, dining room, and finally the kitchen where the cooks were finishing doing our dinner.

I introduce him to them and some of the guards we passed, when I told him more than fifty people lived here he was shocked. We went inside and everyone stood up when they saw me, only sitting back down when I was in my chair at the head of the table. Fred sat at my right side and I told Dean to sit on my left.

"Why were they-" He started to say but I answered before he finished because I already knew what he was going to say.

"It's a sign of respect for their boss. " I said and he nodded.

All throughout the dinner I had my eyes on him, he was talking and even laughing with Fred and the other guys. I feel kind of selfish for making him stay here. This is a dangerous life, can I put him through all the danger, the deaths, and the threats that are certainly going to come?

But at the same time I can't let him go, just the thought of him leaving breaks my heart, how did he do this? How did he become so important to me in so little time?

"We need to go to Ricardo's." Fred's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

"How much?" I asked.

"355 thousand."

"And warnings?"

"This will be the fourth."

"No, it won't." I said and he knew what I meant.

"We have to collect some money, you can stay here with the guys if you want." I said to Dean.

"I want to go." He said.

"Are you sure? It can get ugly sometimes." I warned.

"Yes."

Something happened to this chapter and half of it was deleted, I tried to write the same as it was before!