Mariana Cortez is the Queen of the North of London
She has built her empire up despite the protests and barriers of a mans world
She was also the first woman to steal Thomas Shelby's heart
She is cold, calculating and slightly unhinged
But her l...
"When you have a queen don't reshuffle the deck and end up with a joker"
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Alfie's POV
Fuck this Why the fuck do people go on dates? It's just hours of faffing around and then going to dinner. All in the hopes of getting a decent fuck out of it at the end.
But this was different. She'd asked me I was actually interested in her And this wasn't just some random woman I had to put up with for the night, it was Mariana.
I'd actually had my clothes pressed down at the laundrette I'd smoothed my hair down as much as I could bare I wasn't some posh twat, and I wasn't about to start dressing like one just for fucking dinner.
"Fuck sake" I cursed, I still couldn't get this fucking tie on properly I let it hang around my neck, trudging to the phone.
"Hello?" "Ollie" "Yeah Alfie?" "Can you do ties?" I asked, agitated at this point. I had to go get her in 20 minutes.
"Uh... yeah" he answered, seemingly confused "Get your arse round here now" I said, putting the phone down.
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"So where you taking her?" Ollie asked, doing my tie up for me "Canta on Brockley street" I answered, looking myself over in the mirror He nodded "Flashy" he smirked, making me roll my eyes.
"Fuck off yeah, it's just dinner" I mumbled, glancing at the mirror again He looked at me with a smirk on his face and strolled out of the house "Have a good night" he called before leaving "Twat" I muttered under my breath.
Ollie was a good lad But he weren't half being fucking annoying about this whole Mariana thing. He was acting as if I wanted to wife the woman.
I left shortly after him, getting in the car and heading for Mariana's house. I decided not to drive tonight, I wanted a drink. And if this whole thing went tits up then I'd definitely need more than a few whiskeys.
We pulled up outside the address she gave me. But I knew this weren't her house, I had everything legal about her on record This was Ada Shelby's house.
I made my way to the door and knocked. Waiting. A moment later Ada Shelby opened the door, staring at me with nothing but amusement as she took in my appearance.
"Alfie Solomons I presume?" She asked, a smirk on her face "Mhmm... Mar there?" I asked, trying to act as calm as I could I don't think I'd ever been to pick a woman up, especially not from a Shelby's house.
She nodded once "Mar?" She called, the sound deafening me and making me wince slightly "Carl... Carl put that fucking thing down" Ada yelled, running into the living room adjacent to the doorway, leaving me stood alone.
