The gambling man : Exo mafia fanfiction

Chapter 9: New faces

Mia was an unsafe mixture of anxiousness with a painful tingling of fear. It was eating away at her as soon as Chanyeol pulled up to the large mansion, the property was illuminated in a soft golden glow. Twinkling lights covered the opening gates and down the long cobblestone driveway. Chen watched Mia bask in the pretty lights silently. A soft smile tugged at his sharp features as he watched her enthused and entranced face.

Mia felt Chen's eyes on her, silently she met his gaze and offered him a timid smile. The older man smiled back gently sensing her uneasiness, Chen softly nodded to her.

"It's gonna be fun, don't worry". The man eased her gently, his lips curling up into a soft cat-like smile. Mia smiled back and tucked her front pieces of hair behind her ear numbly like she always did. Chanyeol pulled up to the front entrance and turned to Baekhyun then to Mia and Chen in the back smiling brightly.

"Ready"? The red-haired man asked excitedly, everyone nodded silently and began to step out of the car. Mia opened her doors and was about to step out when Chanyeol appeared at her side and offered the girl his hand, Mia gently placed her hand in his and stepped out of the car hooking her arm with Chanyeols.

Chanyeol smiled to a butler who stood at the door and threw his car keys to the man swiftly. The butler nervously cached the keys and walked over to the car going to park the luxurious sports car.

Baekhyun and Chen joined Chanyeol and Mia in front of the large entrance as the butler hurriedly went to park their car. Mia gnawed at the inside of her mouth biting her cheek harshly feeling her uneasiness return swiftly. Her thoughts swam darkly through her mind 'what if I see that man?'was one of the main things running throughout her mind at this point. Chanyeol noticed her silence and nudged the girl softly pulling her from the strange trance-like state she was in.

Mia pulled her gaze from the door and looked up to Chanyeol her face littered with a fear and a soft undertone of confusion.

Chanyeol smiled to Mia and tried to ease her raging emotions.

"Everyone is right here with you". In the back of her mind, Mia rolled her eyes,

'Like that's any better'.

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After being escorted down several dimly lit corridors, Chanyeol led the small group down to the ballroom where the rest of Exo patiently waited for them.

They arrived at a set of twin doors that were elegantly carved in great detail, everything about this mansion was elegant it had a 1920's vibe to it. With elegant gold chandeliers that basked the room in a pale shimmering glow, the loud hum of voices met her ears softly. The harsh loud volume of the room was hidden by the door, Chanyeol clapped his hands together and pulled arm from Mia and looked to them all.

"Everyone has their masks"? His deep voice asked softly, Baekhyun and Chen nodded pulling theirs out from the insides of their jacket pockets. The red-haired man reached into his pocket and pulled his on tying it behind his head tightly. He then looked to Mia through his blue mask that covered the top part of his face and left holes for his eyes. The man smirked to Mia silently and looked deeply into her eyes.

"How does it look"? He mused softly, Mia smiled to the man and examined him from head to toe. Mia would be lying if she said Chanyeol didn't look good, because hell. He looked fine. Mia bit back her 12 am thoughts and smiled to Chanyeol fixing his mask just a bit with her hands.

"Looks great". She simply replied with a soft smile, Chanyeol smiled brightly and nodded.

"Chanyeol do you have Mia's "? Chen asked suddenly appearing at her side, Mia nearly jumped but suppressed it forgetting that Chen and Baekhyun were in the room with them.