𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞

7.

Romeo guided me to the 1st floor in the elevator. Upon leaving it a large black entrance hall welcomed us "Here is the kitchen" he said as we passed through two large doors "Here is the living room" he said stopping in front of a sliding door "And that door leads to the back of the house where there is a small annex with the workshop and another big one that is the gym and the training room".

Upon entering the livingroom, I am faced with a luxurious black decor. Glass stairs were positioned on the right side of the room next to a large bookcase, also made of glass, which displayed several bottles of alcohol and books - they lead onto a small balcony above the room.

The left side was covered by giant windows overlooking the pool, where I could see that the sun was already setting. And in the center of it were several gray sofas positioned in a U shape were a blond man, Alessandro and Giovanni were sitting playing cards on top of the coffee centered table. Amo was sitting there but he was looking at the television next to the door where we were with a drink in hand.

Behind the sofas a large glass dining table was set up with chairs beside it with a gold lamp above it.

"Where's Nico?" Romeo asked getting his brother's attention who looked me up and down.

"He left"

"Amo, she wants to sign the contract" Romeo said.

"I can't do it without Nicola here" he replied without taking his eyes off the television.

I sighed and that caught the attention of the blond man sitting between Alessandro and Giovanni "So you're Serena, the journalist who annoys Nicola?" he asked. His blue eyes were glued to mine and something in his face told me he was much younger.

"Yes" I said happy to know that I touched Nicola's nerve.

"Ítalo" he said without looking up from his card game.

"Are you really going to sign?" Alessandro asked suspiciously. I nodded yes and that seemed to ease the tension that was on Alessandro's face "Looks like I have a new student then".

"Welcome to the family" Ítalo said. I rolled my eyes, familia mi culo. (family my ass)

"Ítalo is the little genius here" Giovanni said throwing a letter to the center of the table "19 years of intelligence and programming, almost finishing the 2nd degree" Ítalo rolled his eyes as if he didn't like being presented that way "That's my twin brother, in case you haven't noticed" he said pointing to Amo who gave me a fake smile "He's the smart and annoying one of us both, almost a lawyer but then he killed his prof-"

"And Giovanni is the delinquent donkey of the two of us who doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut to strangers" Amo replied without taking his eyes off the television again.

"She will sign" Romeo said with a tense posture.

"They don't understand brother" Alessandro said lighting a cigarette. They don't urdstand what it's like to join the family without sharing blood? How is training and getting used to my new life? What is it like to do illegal things as a life's work?

"And these are half-brothers, a gentleman and a cinghiale" (wild boar) Giovanni said. 

He's no longer bored. 

Alessandro punched him in the shoulder where I had stabbed the knife and Giovanni let ou a little scream in pain insulting him in Italian.

"Can you give me one?" I asked, finally snapping out of the trance I was in at the whole dynamic between them. Alessandro nodded and took a cigarette from his pack. I approached the couch where he was and sat down next to him and took the cigarette "Thank you".