What Life Holds

Chapter 57

A/N: There is a surprise at the end!

Jazz's POV

The "beep" sound of my alarm efficiently managed to wake me up from my peaceful slumber. Groaning, I pulled my sheets closer and absorbed the softness and warmth they offered. Turning of my alarm, I laid on my bed, lost in no thoughts. Letting out a breath, I got up, my feet touched the soft material of my slippers and dragged myself to the bathroom to do my morning routine.

I dressed in my gym cloths, tied my hair in a normal three strand braid and head to gym to remove the sleep out of my bones. I headed to gym since it's too cold for a run and saw that Jem and Jule were also there. "Good morning." I said once I entered, and their heads snapped in my direction. "Morning." Jule replied with a smile and Jem gave a slight nod.

"Didn't know you were gonna join us." Jem said. "Me too." I muttered shrugging my shoulders. "Okay let's get started." Jule said breaking down the tension that was building up. I nodded and went on with my gym routine. Starting on with some stretches and then treadmill and finally some kick boxing. The gym is big enough for all three of us to not cross paths, and the music which was running through my air pods blocked all the noise.

"Are we all gonna talk or what." Jule said taking out one of my air pods. "What do you wanna talk about." I asked continuing with my punched while Jem continued with his bench-presses. "Will you both stop." Jule yelled, frustration laced his voice. "Okay let's talk." I said, my breathing uneven as I turned to Jule.

Jem had put the weights back and sat up. "Let's talk." He said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. Jule and I walked towards him and sat down on the floor, our legs stretched forward. "Are you going back to Canada." Jule asked. "No." I answered. "Why" Jem questioned. "I resigned before I came back." I answered again. "What why." Both of them exclaimed together and I scrunched my face.

"I don't know, the situation I guess." I answered facing the other direction.

"Do you want to go back." Jem asked. "Canada was amazing." I said looking at both of them. "But at the same time lonely." I said. "So what now." Jule asked. "I don't know Julian, stop asking questions." I snapped back bitterly. His face shrunk as he looked down hurt. "I'm sorry." I said after exhaling a deep breath. "I have to figure some things out, I need some time." I added after to which he offered a small smile.

"I think Enzo should adopt Tori." I said looking at Jem. "You saw how happy he was last night, I haven't seen him like that in a long time." I said locking his gaze. "I know." Jem muttered. "I just don't know what to do." Jem whispered running his hand through his hair. "Why what happened?" I asked drawing my brows together.

"Firstly, the amount of risk Astoria is in if we adopt her immeasurable. I don't how the Mafia will react to this, and if there is an internal fight among us, I swear to God, I have no clue to control that problem. And then there are our allies, everyone hates the Russians, they can break ties with us because of this." He rapped and his hard voice echoes through the room. Jule and I looked at each other and then turned.

"Oh and that's not all." He said standing up. "I don't know what the hell is going with Rose. At one point she is laughing and the next she won't talk to be. God women are the most bipolar species in the world." He said as he paced around. "We just, well, have a lot of things to think about." I said hesitantly. "Okay but why wouldn't she talk." He asked sitting down on the floor with us. "Probably you should ask her." Jule said tilting his head and earned a glare from Jem.

"Why is it so hard to tell her the truth." Jule asked moving closer to him. "You are the King of the underworld, you are the Emperor of the Business World, why the hell can't you talk to Rose." Jule asked. "I dare you to marry her." The words rushed of my mouth as I looked at my brother's confused expression. "What" Jule asked scrunching his face. "You heard." I replied.