Only For You (Completed)

20. Gio's antiques

Fran rubs her eyes. Making sure she isn't hallucinating. It's him. The real man. On a seat in the ourdoor Cafe.

She doubts reporting to her Boss would result on anything. She doesn't even know how to say it to her. Telling her that a dangerous mob king is ordering  latte right now.

A waitress taps on Fran's shoulder. He says, "That guy gave me $10 tip to call you, Fran. Where did you find these guys? Rich and hot looking men."

Fran sighs.

She warns, "Stay away from him, Lisa. Believe me, you don't want him."

"He reminded me of Leonardo DiCaprio. The Titanic guy. Only way older. More manly..."

"Stop dreaming. Get back to work. Boss is calling for you."

"Hate my life."

Fran is holding a menu book as if it's a shield when she walks toward the mob king. David has gone to work properly. He shouldn't be here, talking to her.

No reason for a mob king to talk to her.

(Except maybe he wants me dead. Maybe I offended him somehow. No, he doesn't need to come here. He got goons everywhere. Just one quick phone call and I'll be dead).

Fran's eyes meet the dangerous man. She kept her eye contact. Refused to show her fear.

Gio smiles and asks, "What's on the special menu?"

"Macaroni pizza, Sir. Grilled chicken with gravy and cheese. And of course our favorite menu, red velvet cake."

"I'll take all of them. After you have taken my order, come back and chat with me."

"Yes, Sir."

Fran walks to the kitchen to place the orders personally. You don't want to keep him waiting.

Her boss meets her at kitchen doorway. She asks, "What's wrong? Does he want trouble?"

"He just wanna talk. Give me few minutes. If I shake my body as if I'm in seizures, call the police."

"That bad? Hope officer Walker would be here soon for lunch..."

Fran rolls her eyes. Officer Walker is a sweet middle aged policeman. He could never handle a mob king's goons.

She doesn't want to keep him waiting so Fran walks toward him immediately from the kitchen.

She keeps her eye contact with him. Her hands are trembling so she kept them behind her back.

Fran sits down next to him.

She asks worriedly, "Is David okay? Is he in trouble again?"

"That's what I wanna talk to you. I got the impression you're close to him."

"We are dating," confesses her.

It's no use lying to him. His men could find out easily. If they asked around.

Gio smiles and claps his hands.

"Perfect. I want you to keep an eye on him. Make sure he works properly. I didn't give many men second chances if you got me."

Fran gulps.

She forces her voice to say, "Got it."

"Good. Go back to work. Don't mind me. You have a busy Cafe to manage."

Fran stands up and then says, "Excuse me. Your foods shall be delivered shortly, Sir."

Talking to a mobking is bad for your heart. Felt like she's almost had a heart attack earlier.

Gio sent a text to David, "Pay for your girlfriend's college fee. It's on me."

David texts back, "Why?"

"I like her. I want her in."

No reply from David.

Gio smiles.

Loyalty and bravery are two things he respected in this world. And the girl got both. Not everyone could stare him in the eyes.

In his office, David sighs.

He decides not to tell Fran everything. She would be scared to death if knowing the mob king wanted her.

David shouldn't have entangled her into his life. He should have let her free before Gio learned about her.

Now it's too late.

They're both would be working for him.

Only foolish men ever crossed Gio. And all of them usually went to early graves.

He heard Luci has gone to Italy with Marco's ashes.

Hopefully he could start a new life there. The guy got enough balls to offend Gio. Something that David never have.

He stares to his office.

A luxurious life.

He would trade it with a simple life any day.

David turns on his laptop. Going back to work. Gio hired him to watch over his companies and he would did his job. No need to risk his neck because a fool stole money from the company.

You could read financial reports for a hundred times. You would never find Gio's name as a share holder. Dividend money shall never pay to his account.

The money shall be delivered to someone else. And that person shall go to one of Gio's Casinos to gamble away his fortune.

Well, technically that's what he did. Delivering money straight to Gio. All legal. Cops could never hold a candle to him.

Gio's men need guns?

Gio has many weapon chain stores all over USA. He also has shares for many hardware stores. None of them could be traceable to him.

All of his businesses are legal.

Gio is known as a good businessman. He owned a chain of Italian restaurants in the world. Most of them are in USA, Italy and Europe.

His men have decent jobs in his Casinos.

How many casinos, you asked?

More than fifteen around the globe. Three large ones in Las Vegas. Two in Macau. The rest are spread in Europe, and other places.

It's like an Octopus. You could try to cut one of it's tentacles. The other tentacles shall strike you back from behind.

So far, no country in the world has been able to arrest the mob king for any kind of crime.

David knows he must keep all contacts minimum with Gio. They only talk in charity parties as two businessmen. Like two strangers. Not boss and subordinate.

If the state ever found out about their connections, David could never live another day. Gio would make sure of it.

Gio's antiques behaviors have been infamous among his men.

When he likes you, you shall be buried in riches and luxurious lifestyle.

If you irritated him in any way, he could shoot you without any warning given.

He would even smile like an old friend in minutes before he pulls the trigger.

A smiling man with a weapon concealed behind his back.

"Surprise! You're dead!"

Something like that.

They just found Hannah's dead body in Rio de Janeiro. One of local thugs had admitted guilty for robbing and killing an American tourist. No one shall be able to connect him to Gio.

No place in the world is safe from him.

Don't even try it.

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I think Leonardo DiCaprio would be excellent as Gio. He's an excellent actor.

But feel free to use other cast for your imagination.