Perfectly broken

Chapter 17

A double pov chapter !

Dante's pov:

For the next week, I add extra work hours to my already busy schedule. Most of the nights, I sleep out of the house. Much to Greta's dislike, which she made pretty clear many times, I only return there to shower and change into clean clothes. She kept commenting that what I am doing is so wrong but I ignored all what she said. My stuff would probably think that I have a lot of business to deal plus. Plus, none of them would dare and talk shit about me.

Tonight I decide to sleep at the Mansion. I am too tired to stay up all night at my office at the casino or take few hours of sleep on my couch there. I eat my dinner alone at my house office and I stay there to work more.

I am reviewing some contracts I signed recently with different clients, when my phone, on the desk, starts ringing, breaking the silence of the room.

I take a quick glance at the screen of the phone to check the caller's ID. It's Nevio who is calling. I take a quick glance at the clock hanged on the wall in front of me. It's past midnight. He is not used to call me so late in the night. Fuck. Something must have happened.

I imagine the worse ? Is Antoinette ok ? If something happened to my sister, I swear I will kill him with my bare hands.

I immediately pick up.

"What happened?" I ask directly not wanting to loose time.

"I want you to calm down, okay." He says and I already know that something is wrong.

He knows that the bad news he is about to blow up might might cause me an anger rage.

"Quit the unnecessary introductions and tell me what the hell happened before I go through a heart crisis here." I say at the edge of loosing my mind.

"Remember the client in Mexico who got a delay in his delivery of arms two weeks ago. The shipments filled with his recent order arrived at his port tonight but he gave his orders to send them back. »

This doesn't make any fucking sense.

"What do you mean give them back ?" I question.

"He doesn't want them anymore. Apparently he will stop dealing with us."

What the fuck ?

"Am I a joke to him ? Did he think I was playing with him. I rescued to days of work here, to go there and talk to him face to face and now the bastard says that he changed his mind." I say as I run a nervous hand through my hair.

"Yeah that's what happened." Nevio confirms what I just said.

I stay silent for a few seconds, gritting my teeth.

"Boss, you will find a solution like you always do. Eh. Are you alone ?" He asks hesitantly.

"Is this the right time to ask something like this ? You know I am married. So, no. Anastasia is sleeping next room."

"Okay. I just wanted to check in case."

"In case what ? Why are you making me loose my time ? »

"Nothing forget about it."

I perfectly know what he meant. But, I ignore it anyways.

"You can hung up now and let me think of a way out of this whole mess. Tomorrow I want you at my office by 8 sharp."

Before he ends the conversation I add. "And Nevio make sure that no one that he is not trusted enough hears this or we are screwed for real."

As soon as he hangs up, I throw the phone over the table.