His Duty

Chapter 1

Knox Bernardi

Jesus fucking christ. I fucking hate paparazzi. A bunch of fucking vultures who can't keep it to themselves and have to get involved in my goddamn fucking life and business as their life isn't interesting enough. They keep shouting like a fucking animal.

Mateo, my bodyguard was in front of me and was trying to protect me from these donkeys but as usual they don't have any self respect, just trying to get close to me. Finally after a whole lot of entity we were finally able to enter the building.

"Good morning, sir." Ana, my assistant said holding a black coffee in her hand. I nodded in greeting as I took the coffee from her and start walking towards my office, ana trailing behind.

"Mr. Bernardi, Meeting room 2 is ready and it is scheduled for 3 p.m. Till then, your mother have told me to remind you about meeting with Anderson's as they will be here in 10 minutes and-"

"Shut the fuck up." I hissed under my breath but she heard me and gulped in fear.

"But your mother told me to remind-"

"I said stop talking and get out." I sharply said, rubbing my temples as the pain was starting to form again. She quickly left the room without saying anything else. I finally sat down on my leather chair.

Letting out a heavy sigh, I spun my chair around to admire the beauty of London from the giant glass wall behind my desk.

It felt like I was on the top of the world sitting here, on this chair, in chief executive officer's office knowing I made it after all those years.

Taking over Bernardi's Factor had always been my biggest goal and dream since I was a child. I worked my ass off from starting to get into this position. I had always wanted to be like my grandfather since I was born. He was my role model.

Being a honest business man when you were the son of mafia king seems the worst idea bit somehow I've made it work.

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I was beyong annoyed, the world was frustrating. I was trying to work but people could not shut the hell up or perhaps just drop dead then disappeared into the face of earth, that would have made my morning better.

We had been in this meeting for the last two hours amd we had not discussed a single meaningfull thing. Everyone is talking nonsense and i want to kill myself. I sighed heavily at the sight of people around the table. I really didn't want to attend some stupid meeting with someone i couldn't care less about. Their somewhat important opinion has always been irrelevant to me and it wouldn't magically started to change now.

In conclusion, I didn't see the point of this stupid meeting. A waste of fucking time.

Grumbling curses under my breath, I shove my hands into the pockets of my pants, wishing I found a knife in there so i could stab the shit out of everyone.

It only went downhill from there. I was pissed. I was furious. I wanted to burn down the whole fucking room. They sat cheerily in their seats, from assistents to CEO's, talking and discussing about nonsense until i could bearly hear the noises in my head anymore.

I didn't wanted to be here in the first place and now i had to deal with their existences while they were driving me to deafness. I was starting to question my decision about becaming the CEO of BERVARDI'S FACTOR every second passing which was bad.

I ran my fingers through my hairs for the thousand time. Throwing the thick file across the glass table, they jumped back at in their seats. I stared blankly at them, showing my anger through my eyes. "Shut the fuck up."

The chattering wavered down until the room was pin dropped silence. I watched as they squirmed in their chairs unsure what to do next or what to expect. I ignored them and enjoyed the peaceful silence as I went through the files they were handled before the meeting.

I should ban people from talking in every meetings from now and I could careless about if that was the whole fucking point.

With that I stand from my seat and throw the file in the glass table again, creating a loud thud. Everyone rose up from their seats in the respect.

"This meeting was the useless meeting I've ever been in. I'll tell my corrections to my assistant and you all can take notes from her. Now, fuck off." With that I got out of the room, slamming the door loud as I went into my office.

I finally sat into my seat, thinking about how my life will be changed soon.

Danial Bernardi made my life living hell by practically forcing me into the marriage before he finally handed me the position of CEO.

Because according to him, wedding and settling down was the only option to everything like what he did to tame my father.

My father found his match. Ofcourse he did, when his wife is non other than Vera Bernardi, it must have been hard not to fall in love with her. My mother is the amazing women, everything a man could ever wanted for a wife.

Well if they wouldn't have married I wouldn't have been alive in this pathetic world, all thanks to my dearest grandfather.

Then there was me getting married to god knew who. So pathetic and annoying.

Although I only had myself to blame because not knowing who my fiancée was, was entirely my fault. Grandfather tried to tell me all about her but I got up and left the room after I signed the contract.

The ringing of my phone snapped me out of my thoughts. I picked it up from the table, my youngest brother's name was running across the screen. I groaned debating to decline the call but knowing Levi he wouldn't stop until I picked up.

"What do you want?" I said answering the phone.

"Get ready. We're throwing you a bachelor party tonight at 9."Levi said.

"No." I grunted in annoyance.

"Okay great. See you soon, brother." He said before hanging up.

I put my phone down on the table of my office sighing heavily as Mateo finally came back with the cup of coffees in his hand.

Mateo was twenty two years old when my father assigned him to be my guard, protecting me 24/7 and even doing my dirty jobs if he had to because I try not to kill people by myself as much as I can. He was basically my personal killing machine. Poor guy.

"Your coffee sir." Mateo said, putting down the cups.

"Thankyou Mateo. You can go have lunch." I nodded my head towards the door and as soon as I finished sentence, he was out of the room.

I still don't understand why he is scared of me. I wasn't scary as my brothers or father was. I was basically the most unlikely person in my family to kill with bare hands. I only used my words.

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