𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫

IV

"John, I need your help."

"When did you not need it?"

"John, I'm being serious."

"Well spit it out then."

"You know that we came to London to get Jones right?"

"Yeah."

"Well, my men messed up."

"What did they do?"

"They forgot to lock the door when taking Jones from his library which resulted in an innocent woman getting kidnapped."

"What?"

"They forgot to lock the damned door after they'd entered the library to get Jones, a woman entered the library and they kidnapped her fearing she'd seen them taking Jones."

"And what if she sees them? The police can't do anything about it."

"John, we're in London, not Italy, we don't have much control over them here, and don't forget who practically owns this city."

"Oh, I totally forgot."

"I need you to help me figure out what to do with the girl."

...

"How about you bring her here to Italy and make her work in the mansion?"

"Work as what?"

"I don't know, a cook, servant."

"I don't know about that but I'll take it into consideration. Thank you."

"You're welcome, boss." Replied John mockingly.

Xavier chuckled and hung up.

John was his best friend, they met when they were both fifteen when Xavier found John begging on the streets of Rome.

Xavier then came to know that John was a Spanish immigrant whose parents had abandoned at the mere age of fourteen.

From that day onwards, John became part of the David clan.

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"And we meet again, Jones."

"I will get you the money, just give me two more months. Don't you believe in second chances?!"

"I already gave you a second chance and would've given you a third one if my men hadn't seen you spending your money on prostitutes and alcohol. I need five hundred fucking thousand dollars from you and you were out there spending money whoring around!"

"I'm sorry, I promise I'll give you the money this time."

"And why should I believe you?"

"If I don't give you the money, kill me."

"Tsk tsk not working on me this time, men, finish your job."

"NO, NO, I HAVE A FAMILY, I'M SORRY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SPENT MY MONEY ON ALCOHOL AND PROSTITUTES BUT I PROMISE THIS TIME, I WILL GET YOU THE MONEY, JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, XAVIER, I'M BEGGING!"

"Two weeks."

"Thank you, thank-"

"Shut the f*ck up!" Said Xavier leaving the basement slamming the door behind him.

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It was nighttime and Xavier had finally made up his mind on Lily.

Lily was to go with him to Italy the next day and work in the mansion there but before that, he was planning on talking to her and explaining everything.

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It was nighttime and Lily was in her room, doing absolutely nothing.

She couldn't fall asleep, so she was lying in her bed doing nothing but overthinking.

She was interrupted from her train of thoughts by the sound of the door opening.

She quickly turned around to see who'd entered and was met by a handsome man dressed in all black.

"W-who are you?" She stuttered in fear.

"No need to panic, I'm not here to hurt you."

"O-okay."

"It's nice to finally meet you, Lily."

"H-how do you know my name?"

"That's not important for now, what's important now is what I'm about to say, so listen carefully and don't panic." He said taking a seat on the small beanbag in the corner of the room.

"O-k."

"These past few days have definitely been rough on you, getting kidnapped with no explanation at all must've been hard. You entered that library that fateful day while my men were doing something you shouldn't have seen-"

"I promise, I didn't see anything, I swear to god!"

"Don't interrupt me." He said through gritted teeth.

"S-sorry for interrupting but I really didn't see anything."

"It's too late for this, Lily. Besides, I'm not here to ask whether you saw them or not."

"Then why a-are you here?"

"I'm here to tell you what's going to happen to you."

"And what's going to happen to me?"

"I'm sorry, Lily but I can't let you go for now. You'll be going with me to Italy tomorrow."

"W-hat?"

"I'm sorry, Lily."

"And what are you going to do with me, there? Will you let me go?"

"No, you'll be working in my mansion there."

"A-s what?"

"That's for you to choose."

"No! I don't want to go there, just let me go home, I promise I won't tell anyone about all of this! Please!"

"I'm sorry." He said as he got up.

"Does that mean I'll never see my momma and papa again?" She asked on the verge of tears.

"I- I don't know about that. I think you should get to sleep, Lily. We'll be leaving early in the morning tomorrow. Goodnight." He said as he got up to leave.

Lily was in too much of a shock to acknowledge him leaving.

She was to travel to a country she knew nothing about with people she knew nothing about the next dayvand was terrified to say the least.

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