Matteo ran his hands, playing with the lighter in his hands. Since his little girl pregnant, he swore to himself not to touch toxic things again and to take care of himself, which means including cigarettes.
He has been waiting for more than five minutes, and his patient is getting thinner. He swears if this man doesn't show up in another minute he will leave this place.
"You late." He spoke in silent threats.
"Sorry, it's not easy to go here you know. And why the f*ck you choose to stay in this strict country. Hate this communist." Charlie curses as he lands from the helicopter.
"You got chatty." He glares at him.
Charlie stands silently zips his mouth with his hand and puts his hands up as he surrenders. Matteo sneers at him, he doesn't know why this old man is getting weirder and weirder each day.
"Tell me. I don't have much patience left." Matteo says and he sits in the grass looking down at the clift below them.
Charlie looks at him silently follows his movement and sits beside him. He knows for sure if he doesn't get into a serious mode Matteo won't hesitate to kick him off the cliff.
"Taylor is missing. I want you to track her for me." Charlie looks at the beautiful scenery with somber eyes.
He hasn't met her again since the last time they met after the chaos, and suddenly her trace is gone under his radar. He doesn't think twice to search for Matteo and asks for help, after all his efforts in vain.
"Isn't she under my brother's care?" Matteo asks, remember after he gift up the Don title, she is still under the mafia sicily.
"Vitorio says that she wants to get out from the underworld, remember her background and her relations with your wife, he let her go. But after that, I lost her tracks, even my best agent cannot find where she is." Charlie says and lets his focus distracted by pulling the grass below him, he doesn't want to remember the pain of losing her, not when her perception of him is still bad.
"I never thought that you could be abusing your position for your gain." Matteo criticizes.
"I'm not, I try to recruit her back you know, after all, she doesn't know what my position is," Charlie says.
"After all who will believe that you are the head of MI6. You don't have that accent at all." Matteo mocks.
"I'm trying to blend remember that. You can hear my accents right now right?" Charlie boastfully says.
"Yeah, whatever. I'll tell you once I get her locations." Matteo says and stands up.
"What do you want in return?" Charlie asks, knowing that he won't do anything in vain.
"Try not to disturb me as much as you can, I'll appreciate that." Matteo says and walks away with his hand in his pocket and waves his hand without even looking at him.
"He surely likes to collect favors from me." Charlie mumbles as he sees his back is getting far away.
Now he can relax, Matteo will find her, he won't stop until he does. Charlie knows deep down that he will stick to his words. Now he hopes Matteo can find her soon, it has been six months since he tried to search for Taylor, and he needed to see her and mend their broken relationship.
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Matteo who had just gotten home, cleaned himself in their room and went to their work office. He leans on the door frame and looks at her scribbling as she reads some new recipe. After just 5 months here she is already an expert in the local language including words. Usually, while he is working she will curl up on the sofa, learning all the new language by herself while at the same time learning about local herbs. But now she can barely fit on the sofa.
Her small body suddenly swollen up in every place, now she is so chubby and really comfortable to be hugged. It hurts for her to stand and walk for a long time but he will makes sure she exercise every evening.
"When do you get home?" She asks without looking at him and still keeps reading the book.
"Barely, it's time for your walk." He comes close to her, knowing that she will do everything in her might to escape that. She looks up at him with spoiled eyes try to act coquettish in front of him.
"Naah, you can't win against me." He says while helping her to stand up.
"But my feet really hurt after walking, and I didn't get enough sleep last night." She complains.
He knows very well that she tossed around in her sleep because of the inconvenience of her body. Now she is more spoiled than before, when her moods were always up and down, and her body changes annoyed her very much, he always tried his best to help her, either when she was acting silly because of her mood swings or when she complained about the constants aching in her body.
"I know bambina, but this will make your delivery much more smooth. Try to bear it with me hmm." He speaks softly trying to persuade her.
Now Matteo is an expert at coaxing her, every time he speaks to her, he always speaks more softly than his usual voice. Leora can only grumble at her heart and follow him.
"By the way do you still have Taylor's number?" Matteo asks while helping her step down the stairs.
"Why do you suddenly ask?" Leora looks at his face in curiosity. It's rare for him to care about other people's business like this. His world is not big enough to care for others, he explained it once to her.
"Your old boss Charlie asks me to search for her where about, and I start thinking it's not bad to help him, after this, he will help us if there is some problem." He explains honestly to her.
Leora is beaming fully after hearing this. She is proud that he can think like this, and slowly but surely his world starts to expand, not only have their little family but he will learn to care for others too. She tip-toed and kissed his cheek as a reward.
"I'm proud of you, so what will you do with her number?" She asks while Matteo squatting down to help her put on her outdoor shoes.
"I know she really cares about you, so I guess she won't bother your text. Just text her that you'll be in labor soon and you want her to come and meet our little baby." Matteo says and helps her walk around in their neighborhood.
"Sure after this you can text her with my phone," Leora says as she smiles at their neighbor who greets them.
"Thank you, wife." Matteo imitated her earlier and kissed her cheek.
"Do you think she will come when I deliver?" She asks him remembering her due date is not far away.
"Well, I have a feeling she will come, if not I can use my skills to really search for her. After all, I owe her for taking care of you back then."
"Will they be okay?" With their tacit understanding, he understands that she talking about those two people.
"It's their problem we just help them as much as we can. Try not to put your head too much on people's business okay? " He pinches her cheek in excitement.
"Fine~"
"Just put your mind off our baby. I'm pretty sure he will put us in a lot of trouble." Matteo chuckles and pats her bulging belly.
"Yeah, there will be a lot of sleepless nights." She put her hand on top of him.
"But everything will be okay. She or he will be a healthy baby." Leora says and kisses his mouth.
"Yeah, everything will be okay." He murmured on their kiss.
- The End -
There will be a bonus chapter about their first meet, stay tuned.
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