Mafia Men IV: Rossi

Chapter 16

I was sitting in my office looking at the time. It was an hour before Lia got out of work and I had a meeting. Everything in me craved being near her. I was slowly losing my mind. I had two of my men at the bar making sure she's safe.

"What do you think Cameron?" Tyler asked

I was ripped from my thoughts.
"We have Miles ports now. We can double the shipment." I said standing "We will reconvene another time. Tyler make sure the boats leave at different times"

They nodded and exited the room promptly.I followed out with them to go to Lia.

"Where you headed?" He asked me and I looked at him

"None of your business it seems" I said

"I heard you've been hanging around with Lia lately." He said

I turned around to look at him. He put his hands up in surrender.

"Easy. It was just a statement. You're serious about her huh?" He asked and I nodded

"Didn't take you for the lovey dovey type." He said pouring himself a drink

"I'm not" I said

"Well Lia is. She loves love Cam. Are you sure you know what you're doing there?" He asked and I was pissed

"Why does this matter to you?" I asked

"I thought we were friends." Tyler said

"We're not" I said and he smirked

"I'm just giving friendly advice. The good girls always want more. If you can't give her more, let her go. You'll only hurt her. Lia is a nice girl. Don't hurt a good person for your selfish reasons." Tyler said and walked off

I wanted to either put my fist through a wall or him through one. I can't offer her love but she has me. She has my sole attention. I only want her and no one else. Why must we be in love and all that unnecessary bullshit?

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I made it into the bar to see my men in the back corner babysitting their drinks. I looked to see Lia behind the bar. I came up to her sitting across from her.

"Hi my love" I said and she looked up at me "Missed me?"

"My babysitters over in that corner threw out half of the customers here just for looking at me." She said annoyed

"They looked at you." I said shrugging and she sighed

"You're impossible. Cameron I understand that you want to protect me but this is messing with my job." She said

"You won't be fired love" I said

"I got this job based off my own merit. I want to keep it not because my boss is scared of you but because I am an asset to him."She said

"Why do you care about his opinion?" I asked annoyed

"It's about me Cam!" She yelled and then lowered her voice after sighing "Look I want to do something right in my life. I want control even if it's something as small as this."

I stared at her. Her eyes pleaded with me. I sighed.
"Mike, Fernando" I said and they stood up and walked over to me

"Yes sir." They said

"You're dismissed" I said and they nodded walking out the bar

"Is that just for today? Since you're here to take over?" She asked crossing her arms

"Indefinitely" I said and she smiled at me brightly

Her smile made me weak. I couldn't help but admire her eyes and the joy in them. I thought about what Tyler said and although I couldn't stand the asshole, he was right. Lia was different. So different but I liked that about her. Something about her smile made me want to give her whatever she wanted to keep her smiling at me like that.