𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 | 𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑮

Chapter 21.

ALESSANDRA POV:

We arrive at the safe house before the others. Not long before but enough for me to think of question. I learnt the best ways of lying and manipulating someone.

1. Give them reason to trust you- in my brothers case, I'm their sister they haven't seen in a little less than 17 years.
2. Put yourself in the shoes of the person you wan to come off as- as for me, not dangerous
3. Make yourself believe your telling the truth- if you believe it everyone else will

Alex talks to Alice as soon as he walks in the door and says that all my brothers should talk in private. They head into a separate room, leaving "protection"-as they put it- with me.

The guard had a stone cold expression on their face. "Oh my gosh, girl power! So, what's your name?" I ask.

She gives me quick glance "I'm not permitted to give you my name" her stone cold voice matches his face.

"Wow, shiver me timbers, tell me your name or I'm going to give you one. And I'm sure you won't want one of my names" I inform her.

She just rolls her eyes and looks back off into the distance.

"Rude, like everyone here" I admit. I examine her, thinking of the perfect name to piss her off.

"Lady Cockroach, that what I'm going with cause I mean look at you" I laugh.

Her head shoot towards me and she gives me looks of disdain, she just sighs and turn her head back to its original position.

I annoying her with an array of questions always including the new name in it somehow.

Soon enough she gets to her breaking point "ok, ok, my name is Keres!" She yelled.

"Hmm... to late!" I say smiling.

She looks as if she was going to reply but stops short when she gets a call.

Lady Cockroach picks up "Sì Capo?" (Yes boss?) I couldn't hear Alice on the other side of the phone but Lady Cockroach kept quite, and at the end she said in a annoyed tone "capisco capo" (I understand boss)

She tells me to get up, I follow her up to the next floor and she opens the door for me. "This is your room for the next week or two, I'm now your new personal bodyguard on till your brother gives further notice"

I let out an annoyed groan "ugh I wanted a hot guy" I whisper to myself.

MATTEO POV:

Me and the rest of my brothers make our way to a small "office". Andro takes a seat in the seat behind the chair and the rest of us find some other random location in the room.

"Alessia is catching on" Alex blurts out. We stare at Alex wondering what exactly he means. He rolls his eyes and explains "the mafia for Christ sake! She's realising somethings up, with the attacks, with the guards, with everything!"

Andro replies in a questioning tone "so what do you suggest? We tell her?"

"I'm not saying we tell her, I'm saying we need to at least come up with a reasonable lie" Alex said.

It was true though, we all knew it. We do need to come up with a lie or tell her, which is currently off the table.

We all sit thinking of what to do or say. I'm the first to speak up "nothing we think of will be reasonable or believable"

"Well we have think of something" Elijah says.

Of all people, Dante comes up with an idea "we could just let it blow over"

"What do you mean?" Ambrose questions.

"I mean, we get Alessia all tied up in other thing that she forgets"

Ambrose gives Dante a odd look "why would you want to help us? I thought you hated Alessia"

Dante rolls his eyes before answering "I don't hate Alessia, just..." he waves his hand in the air trying to think of the words "displeased by her presence in every way possible" he smiles.

I throw my hand in the air. I was to say something but Andro cuts in before I have the chance "it's worth a shot"

My head snaps to him "Alessia isn't that dumb"

"Does anyone else have any ideas? Cause I'm all ears" Andro says "listen, I hate this plan as much as you do but it's the only one we got. So it's either this or we tell her"