Delilah Faith Browne.
The girl with a heart of gold. She's 22 years old. She works in a small cafe as a waitress, everybody loves her. She lives with her evil uncle and her very jealous cousins who give her trouble. They don't abuse her yet, but the...
It's just morning and I'm going to work. I'm finally getting out of the house, I hate it at home.
I work in this cafe, it's a bakery too. But I've worked here for many years. I am 19 years old.
It's about 30 minutes to work from home. I walk and it's relaxing for me, even if sometimes it's a bit tiring. I get dizzy a lot, but I am used to ignore it now.
I don't sleep well, but at home they tell me not to eat. I think I should take some pills, but my family won't even let me have friends. Sometimes I have panic attacks, anxiety and sometimes seizures. Sometimes I'm just depressed for days. It's too hard to control.
I have a boyfriend too, but he beats me. I'd like to leave him, but he won't leave me alone. He just wouldn't leave me and he'd make my life even more hell than it already is.
"Hi Lily!" My colleague Ava said. Ava applied for this job the same day as me. So we've been talking since the beginning.
Even though my name is Delilah, people call me Lily. I try to be nice to everyone because I don't want anyone to feel like I do at home. My uncle's okay sometimes, but his wife's very conceited and thinks I'm their servant.
They said my parents didn't want me, so they took me. And they have two daughters. Since my uncle is a millionaire and owns a company, we're millionaires and those two brats are extremely spoiled. They both have maids and have never done anything in their lives on their own. Since my uncle is a millionaire, he knows a lot of people who might be interested in the two girls. Well, no one's ever been interested in them.
"Hi Ava!" I greeted her back and we hugged. I hate physical contact with people, but Ava is a big exception.
I immediately went to change and opened the cafe. There were a few people waiting, so I served them.
In the evening, just before closing time, the famous mafia man Dante Rainfort always comes here. I always do his classics for him. Because I always close the cafe. I'm here every day.
But honestly, he is really nice. I expected him to treat me like my sisters, but we make fun of each other every night.
Just a typical shift. But I love this job. And it's especially good for my mental health.
Lorenzos POV
I don't know how many times I have to tell my fucking family that I'm not gonna marry some bitch for my wife. But my father makes me at least go. But I won't give them a chance.
Besides, Dante always wants me to go to that coffee shop he goes to every day. I bet he's there to see the waitresses. But it's true, he brought me coffee once and it was really good.
"Lorenzo, come with me tonight. There's a pretty waitress there. And good coffee too." He's been trying to talk me down all day. In a week's time, Dante and I have to go to the Brownes to tell them I'm not marrying either of their daughters. It's evening, but I don't sleep much, and the coffee was really good, so why not? It'll stop Dante from bothering me.
"Okay, fine." I told him, but we still have plenty of time. That's why we went to work.
----- 3 hours later -----
We're sitting in the car, going to Dante's famous cafe.
"I have to say, there's a really pretty waitress there, should I ask for her number?" Dante asked me. Why is he even asking me?
"Why are you asking me? Take it." I told him. I don't care who Dante wants to be with.
"She's just not the kind of ordinary girl who'd be into us. She is really nice, but it's not like she's hitting on me." Well, I'm surprised. Dante noticed. "I'm surprised too, honestly."
As soon as we parked in front of the cafe, I saw a little brunette. I gotta say, she's really pretty.
"Hi Lily." Dante said hello.
"Hello Mr. Rainfort! Let me guess, u want a latte with extra milk and cinnamon on top." She said. I love her voice.
"How do u know?" They laughed a little bit, but I couldn't take my eyes off her beauty. Why didn't Dante and I get here sooner?
"And what would you like?" She asked me. She has an angelic voice.
"I'll have the same." I told her, and she made us both coffee in three minutes.
"There you go." She said and handed our coffees. I paid and gave her a 100 dollar tip.
"No sir, i cant take it." She tried to give me the money back, but I refused.
"Lily, does your shift ends like always?"
"Yup."
"Why do u work so much? Whenever I come here, you're always here."
"Ummm... Its very complicated. We kind of have some family issues at home." She said. Family issues? I hope it's nothing serious.
"You want a ride home?" Dante asked her. Please say yes.
"No, but thank you." She answered quickly.
"Let's go, bye Lily!" Dante waved her off and we walked out. We got in the car, but decided to stay a while and drink our coffee in peace.
We already saw Lily locking up the coffee shop and slowly walked away.
"HEY BITCH!" We heard someone yell.
Lily didn't even turn around, but she walked a little faster.
We saw a guy walk up behind her, Lily didn't even turn on him.
"See him, Dante? We're going after him." I said and we got out of the car right away.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" I yelled at him and he saw us and turned and ran. Lily turned around too. We walked over to her to make sure she was okay.
"Are you okay?" I asked her.
"Yes. Thank you. He waits here for me every day, but I always lose him somehow. I'm used to it." Really? Dante and I looked at each other right away.
He could have hurt her somehow. Not just today, but anytime.
"Then we'll catch him tomorrow so he doesn't give you any more trouble-"
"That's fine. I don't want to bother you with this." Lily said. To her, nothing is a waste of time.
"It's okay, at least you'll be safe." We assured her.
"Okay, thank you very much. I have to go, have a nice rest of the day." Lily said quickly and left.
We both looked at each other. We got in the car and went back to work.
Hii! This is the first chapter of this book. This is my second book and if u want, you can check my first book (Fatal Love). Hope you have a wonderful day! Sending Lots of Love! <3 Bye! <3
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