Mafia & Coffee

Flowers

Later that night

Colby's POV

Today was both a success and a disaster. My coffee shop was a complete success we had a great grand opening. However, I thought I'd be celebrating with Savannah right now before I left to go back on the road. Instead, she walked away from me. I wanted to chase her but I knew she needed time to cool down.

So instead of celebrating with Savannah, I was out to dinner with Dean, Nevaeh and Hope before we boarded our separate planes to go back to work.

"You otay Sethie?" Hope asked looking at me with a cute smile on her face.

"Yes little one, I'm okay. I'm going to miss you though. You going to come visit Uncle Sethie on the road?" I asked.

"Yes, Ma Ma said she'll drop me off next week when her and Da Da have to go far far away for work." Hope said then got immediately distracted as the waitress placed chicken tenders in front of her.

"I hope you know you gotta send that girl some flowers or something." Nevaeh said clearly knowing my mind was on Savannah." She's into you, don't let her fool you." She added.

"Really? Because the last conversation we had, she basically told me I betrayed her trust and to stay away." I said with a heavy sigh then took a drink of my coke.

"And if you actually listen to that, then you never wanted her in the first place." Nevaeh replied as we all began to eat, silence falling over us.

"Da Da can I go ride the horseys?" Hope asked pointing to the carousel ride in the airport.

"Of course little sweetheart. Let's go." Dean said getting up and Hope held his hand as they headed to the ride. A part of me couldn't help but feel hurt, that could've been me holding Hope's hand. It had been awhile since me and Nevaeh had anything but what hurt the most was losing Hope in a sense.

"Look Colby. Take the chance, chase after her. She'd be lucky to have you in her life." Nevaeh said softly.

"Yeah chasing after the girl never seems to work out for me." I said without thinking." Sorry I didn't mean it like that."

"Yeah you did, it's fine. But this situation is different, last time I checked their isn't a competition for Savannah.." She replied just as Hope and Dean returned from the carousel.

"Come on you two. It's time to get to our gate. Tell Uncle Seth goodbye, Hope." Nevaeh said.

I scooped up Hope, setting her on my lap then kissed her forehead." I miss you already little one, I can't wait to see you next week." I said as she wrapped her little arms around me.

"Bye Uncle sethie. I wuv you." Hope said cutely.

"I love you too, Hope." I said with a warm smile as I then set Hope down and said goodbye to Nevaeh and Dean then headed to my gate. Once sitting down, I pulled out my phone and ordered Camomile flowers for Savannah as she said they were her favorite then added a cute teddy bear. On the tag I wrote." I miss you, hope you'll forgive me one day." I had the flowers sent to the hotel she was staying at along with a her phone since I knew she needed one considering she gave me back the one I just bought her.

Part of me wanted to say fuck this flight and run back to Savannah but I knew that wasn't the move. I sighed heavily then went to board my plane.

The Next Day

Katerina's POV

I had finally fallen asleep after tossing and turning for hours, I hated to admit it but I had gotten used to being held by Colby. It felt like I had just closed my eyes when suddenly there was a knock at my door. Who the hell would be knocking on my door.

I quickly got out of bed and grabbed my handgun from my purse as I slowly approached the door. I looked through the peephole and saw a delivery man with flowers. Camomile flowers to be exact, the national flower of Russia. Did Dimitri really think I was that dumb? That I wouldn't notice my own countries national flower.

I was almost certain that the moment I'd open the door, I'd be attacked by the so called delivery man." Look lady, I have a lot of deliveries to make. Can you just grab your flowers and gift from your boyfriend, already." The delivery man said impatiently. Maybe the delivery man wasn't in on the plan at all.

I slowly opened the door, hiding my handgun behind my back. The delivery man immediately shoved the flowers at me as well as a box then took off muttering something under his breath. I looked at the flowers from every angle, carefully examining them before placing them inside my room. I noticed a tag that read" I miss you and hope you can forgive me one day." I couldn't help but laugh, then roll my eyes." Fuck you Dimitri." I mumbled at his attempt to mock me.

I slowly began to open the box, afraid of what it may contain. Suddenly I noticed a phone and grabbed it. The moment I turned it on, the wallpaper was of me and Colby. It was at that moment realization kicked in that Colby had sent me all this. Which was a relief because it meant Dimitri had no idea where I was still but also I felt bad Colby did all this. I only pushed him away for both of our benefit, the closer he got to me the more danger he was in. However there was no harm messaging him while he was away right? Logically if I kept on ignoring him, he'd come back faster and that was the opposite of what I was trying to achieve.

I unlocked the phone and clicked contacts, knowing Colby's number would be there then texted him." Thank you for the flowers, boss."

"Oh I'm boss now huh? And you're welcome for the flowers, I hope I got the right ones." Colby texted back.

"Well you're my boss, are you not? And yes, they're the right ones I'm surprised you remembered." I texted back.

"I'm not sure last time I checked you screamed daddy not boss.😇 And I remember everything about you beautiful." Colby texted back.

"Oooo I'm telling HR. This is very inappropriate sir. 😇" I texted back as a joke." Although I don't seem to remember screaming that, maybe you can jog my memory sometime?" I texted.

"Well considering I am HR, you already did. And I'll gladly give you a reminder anytime." Colby texted. Then before I could respond, Colby sent another text." Hey I have to go rehearse beautiful. Can I FaceTime you tonight?"

"I'll think about it babe.😇" I texted back and he instantly sent me back a picture of my him shirtless in his wrestling gear.

"👀You look good shirtless but I prefer everything off." I texted back before heading to take a shower as I had work in an hour.

Moscow, Russia

Dimitri's POV

"No I assure you Mr. Lebedev, Katerina is fully on board for our merge." I said rolling my eyes as I propped my feet against my desk while on the phone with Mr. Lebedev.

"Yes, I'm well aware that's not what Ms.Petrova previously said but as I'm sure you're aware there's been a change in leadership over at the Petrova estate." I responded.

"No, no I assure you that you won't be stepping on Ms.Petrova's toes at all. This was actually her idea. She knows now that her father is gone, she needs powerful allies." I said even though I planned on killing Mr. Lebedev and his family the moment I had the opportunity.

"No, no I completely understand that you want to meet with Ms.Petrova before agreeing to anything. Unfortunately, young Katerina is on holiday grieving her parents lost as I'm sure you can understand." I said hoping to get him to budge without seeing Katerina. This girl was staring to become a throne in my side. Many of my business deals weren't going through because everyone insisted on meeting with Katerina since she was heiress of the Petrova estate.

"I understand. We'll revisit this conversation when she returns. Yes, I'll make sure to pass on your family's condolences. Goodbye." I said then hung up the phone and mumbled to myself."Dazhe kogda tebya net, tebe vse ravno udayetsya vse isportit, my darling Katerina." Which translates to even when you're gone, you still manage to fuck things up.

I then stood up and looked at a map of America. I managed to figure out Katerina was hiding in the US. The real question was where, I had my men searching but so far they've come up empty." I will find you Katerina, it's only a matter of time." I said outloud." And when I do, they'll be no hesitation. However I won't grant you the mercy of a quick killing, no you missed that chance darling."