MATTEO (book 2)

9. MATTEO

There are a couple things I really dislike about being a triplet, one being how Ilaria and Romeo can basically read my mind. I haven't drank since I spoke to dad, but I have thought about it and I have subsituted it for drugs.

I got a lead on Xiuming and it just so happens that it was in China. Ilaria insisted on coming and Romeo believes he will be able to find Delilah. As soon as I got on the private jet, they looked up and asked me what was wrong.

Im trying to just relax, enjoy my music on this god awful 16 hour flight, they're both just staring at me.

"For Gods sake, what the fuck do you two want?" I ask, taking my headphones off my head and hanging them around my neck.

"You look like death." Ilaria stands up. "Also, we need to talk over the plan. I may have did something."

Its me and Romeo to turn and look at her now. When Ilaria does this, she usually acts on impulse and puts herself in stupid positions to get what she wants.

"And what is this something?" Romeo blinks blankly.

"I contacted Xiumings' mother and he is actually looking for a nice, respectable wife." She smiles, pointing to herself. "So, she arranged for me to meet him at the family house, but it is just me-"

"No." Romeo and I say at the same time.

She huffs, folding her arms across her chest, "why do you two think i am completely incapable of everything?"

"It is too dangerous, not alone." Romeo shuts that down there and then.

She rolls her eyes. "So what is your genius idea to get him then?" She tilts her head to the side. "He's a private man, doesn't really do chitchat business with Italians."

"I am going to break into his house and threaten him." Romeo smiles cockily back.

She kicks her feet up onto my lap, "all I need to do is walk in there, act interested, tell him to come home with me and-"

"What if he says no?" I ask.

"He won't."

"How do you know that?"

"I'm me, Matteo. What guy doesn't automatically fall at my feet?"

Romeo snorts, "the one guy you want to-"

She kicks him, rolling her eyes. "Please let me do this." She looks at us both. "You can be outside, wire me up, if anything goes wrong then make your way in."

Romeo leans back, looks at me, it's still too much of a risk.

"You both know i am fully capable of handling myself." She sighs. "My knives are my bestfriend."

Romeo hums, "fine, but you're making sure I can hear you and you can hear us at the same time. Also," he turnd to look at me menacingly, "before you get mad, she told me not to tell you."

"Who is she?"

"Xena will be arriving with the international team."

I wanted to jump off the plane. "Since when was this a little rescue mission?"

"Since its possible he will be harbouring victims." He smiles awkwardly. "So you'll be focusing on that part a little bit, Ilaria will be the bait and I will do my usual thing." He stands up. "Very annoying girl, by the way, Xena. She speaks a lot, you let her know beforehand if she annoys me, I wont hesitate to shut her up?"

"Will do." I sigh.

"Good. Goodnight." He walks away, going to the back where the room is.

Ilaria yawns, "she's hot."

"She is." I agree.

"She has a good ass, I like what shes doing as well."

"Promise me something, Aria."

"What?"

"If she asks you to go undercover at any time, you say no." I hold my pinky up.

She hooks hers right away, "I'm too known anyway."

I laugh, shaking my head. She sleeps on the chair and I put my headphones back on, falling asleep. I'm awaken when we've landed. I could sleep through anything.

As soon as we get out of the plane, the international team, which is just Hamada's team with extra people that specialise in human traficking, and a lot of Xena's team were here.

She approaches me, "Hamada found a small auction."

"Good for him."

"You'll be going."

Romeo laughs as he walks past us.

I look at Xena, narrowing my eyes, "wanna rephrase that, amor?"

Her face drops to a straight line, "can you go, asshole?"

I clutch my heart jokingly, "so mean, seríamos tão grandes juntos se você fosse menos mesquinho." (we would be so great together if you were less mean)

She looks at me unimpressed but then her eyebriws furrow, "when did you learn Portuguese?"

"I pick up languages easily, plus, I wanted to hear what you were saying about me when talking to your girls." I smile.

"We've known each other a month, and you learnt Portugese?"

"Ask me how many languages I can speak." I'm always so proud of this. All of us pick up langauges really easily.

"5?"

"English, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Arabic, all fluently. And, I know you would have loved to believe I began learning Portuegese because of you, I actually started learning it when I was 17, along with Japanese."

I could see the confusion written all over her face.

"Keilani taught us all Arabic when she babysat us."

"Why so many?"

"Helps." I shrug, beginning to walk.

"You done bragging?"

I stop, looking at her again. "No, but i'll save that for that for the long drive we have to middle of fuck ass nowhere."

"How do you know where Xiuming lives?" She slides her hands into her pockets.

"My wonderful sister has a way with... men?" I question that myself.

Speaking of the devil, Ilaria jogs up and hooks arms with Xena. "Can you tell me your gym exercises? Your ass is to kill for."

Xena laughs, "honeslty, I think its genetics."

I leave them be, walking with Hamada. "Your son."

"What about him?"

"I want to meet him, discuss some things for Ilaria."

He lets out a deep reath, "No, he doesnt want to marry, yes, he is interested in her, no, its not my decision if he wants to get involved with the only available daughter of the most powerful mafia in the world which means he would become the target of many different hits and when they find out hes a fed in training and his father is a fed, the damage will be tremendous." He glances at me. "But if he wants that, up to him."

"You already have this all planned out, Hamada."

"My only two children have a crush on your sister." He shakes his head. "And she plays them both like a fiddle."

"She plays everyone like a fiddle."

"She plays my Asahi the most."

I just smile. I taught her well. "See you on the field, Hamada."

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ilarias book is so slay i love it.
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