Wild Side (BWWM)

XI

XI: Prisoner

Two days. That's how long I have been locked in this room alone binge-watching a telenovela on the large television built into the wall. Mateo has been busy with work and has been checking on me through phone calls on his minion's phones and the bodyguards that stand in front of the door all day.

I had so many questions but nobody ever answered them, they all just ignored me because of his stupid rules. He took my phone and only let me call my mother and Dinah because not contacting them would be suspicious. I told Dinah to tell Neal that my mother was sick and I needed to be there with her, she also promised to take care of Artemis while I was gone.

I knew I wouldn't have to worry too much about my father because he was taking care of his wife and my younger half-siblings. Don't get me wrong he cared about me and Giannis the same but we are adults now.

The light knock on the door interrupts my thoughts and I sit up quickly. "Come in." I say lightly and the door creaks open halfway. Bianca peaks her head in and gives me a wide smile.

"Do you want to walk around with me? Don't worry about my brother we aren't leaving the land." I pondered for a second and figured it wouldn't be bad to get a change of scenery plus this isn't very healthy.

"Yeah just let me get changed." I say and she squeals before quickly shutting the door.

I change into a pair of fuzzy leggings and a long sleeve fuzzy top to match it and then slip on some boots. My freshly washed hair was almost fully dry from my shower this morning, so I pulled it into a high ponytail and did my edges.

I walked out the room door to see Bianca and the guard whose name I learned was Angelo. I know I shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but he definitely looked nothing like an angel, he was huge muscle wise and he had a pretty good height but a bit shorter than Mateo. There was a scar on the side of his neck and his resting face was worse than Kenzis'.

"Angelo was assigned to me by my father from Spain." Bianca says wrapping her small hand in mines as she began to walk.

"So how did you and my brother meet?" She then asks as we descend down the curved staircase leading to the foyer.

"Well, I got seated next to him on a flight... I was scared and unintentionally grabbed his hand. Then he called me weird." I explain and Bianca looks at me weirdly before giggling.

"You held his hand and he let you?" I nodded at her question.

Bianca shows me around the mansion and we explored all the rooms on the east side and most of the west, she didn't show me the 3rd floor of the West and said we weren't allowed.

We finally reached outside the mansion and the garden was a bit plain for the extraordinary house. The yard was freshly cut and the gate was a mile out so even if I wanted to run I wouldn't get far enough to hide.

Bianca mentioned there being no other houses nearby and even 24/7 security walking the premises.

"I know it sucks being stuck here but at least we have this view ." She smiles towards the large pool as we look over the large patio at the rear of the house. It was really beautiful but I noticed Bianca had her sights elsewhere... Benjamin.

"You like him?" I ask watching him talk on the phone as he walked near the pool. "Benji is just a friend." She lies playing with the large diamond ring on her right hand with a frown etched on her face.

Was she-

I instantly froze up feeling a presence behind me followed by hands snaking around my waist. I was enveloped by the strong scent of Mateo and relaxed a bit.

"What are you two up to?" he asks before kissing the top of my head. "We were having girl time until you interrupted." Bianca snaps rolling her eyes.

"You always were such a brat." his voice was calm as usual but intimidating. Bianca didn't respond but instead left with Angelo following behind. I felt his embrace grow tighter and he rest his chin on his head.

"Mateo we need to talk about this." I say and he sighs deeply before releasing me and coming into view. His hair was wild as if he were running his hands through it all day and his shirt unbuttoned at the top.

"I need to go home eventually, I have a job, a dog, school. Family and friends will worry about me." He gives me the same look as always, unfazed and intimidating. I frown at him and he takes a step towards me. I look off to the side as he is looking down on me, I really wanted to keep up my serious act.

"You know I can't let you do that, baby." He says taking my face in his large hands so that I look up at him. Tear cloud my eyes but I quickly blink them away.

Is this my life now?

"If you behave then I will think about giving you your phone and bringing Artemis here." He states. rubbing his thumb over my bottom lip. I honestly couldn't blame him. I have no idea what he's involved in but I know that he murdered someone and though I would never have mentioned it, he couldn't take that chance.

"What do you do?" If I was going to be stuck here I don't see why he couldn't tell me. "If I tell you, you won't be able to leave." He says making my blood run cold but I don't know what came over me.

"Try me." I whisper out taking him by surprise.

"I'm a Don, Eliana. I run a mafia and I have since I turned 21, in place of my father. Kenzi is my second in command and successor if I don't have a legitimate heir. Benjamin is my consigliere, he helps me make important decisions and is the only person I let tell me off otherwise he wouldn't be doing his job right. He's like my counselor. Bianca and my twin sisters are engaged to drug lords in Cartel De Castille. Everyone you met with me is involved some way and more than likely everyone you meet going forward is." He explained as if it were a normal conversation.

"What is the difference between a mafia and a cartel?" I was already in too deep, no harm in pressing further.

"A Mafia is majority family, or family friends if they are higher ranking. We are very... involved in various activities whereas cartels are not so much family and are only interested in drug trafficking, human trafficking. We dip into drugs but it's not our main source of income." I take a deep breath, this is next level.

"Well what else would you be getting money for?", " Let's see there's protection racket, gambling, alcohol, security fraud, prostitution, many businesses, unions, stolen goods, hits, stock manipulation and here and there I like to bet on horses." I could tell his list could go on but he stopped nevertheless.

"But now I have a question for you." His voice is lower, my eyes catch his again and I didn't even realize I had been biting my cheek until now.

"Are you up for it?"

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