alessandra [#1]

take your husband to work day.

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Rocco insisted on driving though he had no clue where my building was and I had to direct him every step of the way.

When we finally arrived Rocco looked thoroughly confused by how I could have my own business in the middle of the city and nobody noticed.

"So how did you pull this off again?" He asked as we walked in. I smiled at my secretary and continued to the elevator.

"Well, when you're the kid of sneaky people, they teach you how to be sneaky then at some point you surpass the teacher. I surpassed my parents at thirteen. The number of nights I snuck out and memorized patterns of my parents and other people around me." When we got in the elevator and the door closed I placed my hand over the keypad, not pressing them. My hand was scanned and a new button popped up that I pressed.

"What the hell?" I laughed a little and kissed Rocco's cheek.

"I told you sneaky parents make sneaky kids." After two minutes the elevator dinged and we arrived on my floor. The floor was already buzzing with people at 10 am. Rocco's jaw almost fell off his face at how in awe he was.

I grabbed his hand and lead him to my office. I smiled and said hello to someone of my employees that I passed. When we got to my office, everything was still the same as when I left it.

Looking down at my desk there was a picture a Mozzie and I in Paris. We were on top of the Effiel Tower. Roccohad seen what I was staring at and slammed it face down.

"Don't go there, amore." I wiped one stray tear that had escaped down my face quickly and took a deep breath. Before I realized it I was in Rocco's arms as he comforted me. He didn't need to say anything, neither of us did. The wounds were still fresh and bleeding.

"I'm okay." I pulled away from Rocco and grabbed the picture frame from the desk and threw it in the trash can.

"That's the biggest lie I've heard you tell in a while." A slight chuckle fell from my mouth as I rested my forehead on Rocco's chest playing with one of the buttons on his dress shirt. "Anyways, want to tell me what you're doing here?"

"I own casinos." Rocco cocked an eyebrow at me as confusion spread all over his face.

"Casinos?" I nodded, "Why casinos?"

"Are you kidding? Casinos have so much money in them, and I don't mean that in the way you think, so many people want to buy casinos and for whatever you want to sell it to them for. So I renovate, buy, build and sell casinos. Then I make I take about 1/3 of each casino's earnings for the first ten years." Rocco's eyes widened in surprise.

"How long has this been going on?" I pulled away from Rocco and sat down in my desk chair.

"Like three or four years, give or take." Roccoleaned against my desk in shock as I sat in my chair confused as to why he was so shocked.

"You've hidden this from your parents for four years." From the tone of Rocco's voice, I could tell he heavily disapproved.

"Give or take," I mumbled, getting up from his place against my desk Roccorubbed his face harshly.

"Alessandra you need to tell your parents about this if somebody else finds out about this that isn't then it could be seen as an act of treason. The council will definitely have your head and your parents will not be able to do anything about it. " My face scrunched in disbelief.

"Oh I know selling and buying casinos is an act of treason. Please, let's be realistic here Rocco. I have a whole, funded, and successful business outside of the mafia." Rocco crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"If you confess now and give your business over-" I gasped loudly, at Rocco's suggestion.

"Just because some insecure mafia men will be jealous that a nineteen-year-old is more successful than them does not mean I'm going to just give my business over. I have nurtured, worked on, and given everything to this business and I will not just give it to someone." Rocco took a step towards me, he was so close that I could feel his breath fanning down on me.

"It is my job to protect you and I promised I would, and in order to do that, I need to know everything you're involved in and get it squared away. I really do not understand why you can't understand that. I want-need you to be safe." I huffed loudly and crossed my arms. I took a step back from Rocco and stood tall.

"No."

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xo anna