Il Mio Capo Mafioso Italiano

XIII

Mavery's POV:

"Can I help you?" I say with sass clear in my voice.

A startled Rachel jumps in my seat at the sight of me, and clicks one button on my computer before standing up. "Oh nothing just making sure everything is set for Lorenzo.

"It's Mr. Mancini to you." I snap at her, my arms crossed over my chest.

She just laughs and walks up to me. Her 5'7 height seems to tower over my 5'3 height, but I don't let that stop me from shooting daggers at her with my eyes.

"I call him daddy when he fucks me" she blurts out, and starts playing with her hair like she had done earlier today.

I shake the disgusting image of them together away from my mind. "You mean when he fucked you once right? When you were just a one night stand that we both know he regrets. Now tell me why are you in my office." I say sternly.

Her expression changes to a cold glare as she steps closer to me. "Lorenzo actually thinks very highly of you for some reason. I heard him talking to his buddy on the phone earlier. It's so sad you will tarnish that reputation on your first day by not having your presentation done for him." She says coyly, then winks and leaves the room.

What is that supposed to mean? I start thinking what she meant, then suddenly it clicked and my heart dropped.

I ran to my computer to find what I had expected. Everything was deleted.

Lorenzo's POV:

After a long meeting with men who just wanted to take advantage of my young age and convince me how I was too inexperienced to lead, you can say I was pissed.

It was nearly 5:30 so I decided to check on Mavery. I was probably going to have a late night in the office and I wanted to give her a number of someone to escort her back to my penthouse.

On my way to her office, I saw Rachel leaving it with a evil grin on her face. What was she up to...

"Rachel I thought it was clear that you are to stay off this floor." I scolded her, but she just played with her hair and bit her lip, trying to look seductive. "I was just helping Mavery get settled, Boss," She says boss in a way that was intended to be sexy, but failed.

"Next time I see you here you are fired."

She nodded and winked before walking past me to the elevators down the hall .

Disgusting.

I walked into Mavery's office to find a panicked Mavery at her computer. She didn't even notice me come in. I knocked on the wall to get her attention. Her head shot up and her blue eyes met mine.  "Yes?" She said, panicked laced in her voice.

"I just wanted to give you the number of someone who can escort you to the penthouse when you are done in here. I have to work late tonight."

I walked over and put the slip of paper with the number on her desk.

"Is my presentation ready for my meeting tomorrow?"

She paused before saying, "I just need a little more time, it will be done by tonight, I promise."

More time? She had all fucking day!

"So the whole day was wasted with you chit chatting to Rachel."

"Of course not-

"Then why isn't it done? You had practically the whole day."

She looked flustered, but I didn't care, she should know what is expected of her. "Maybe you would work better in one of my clubs, since you obviously can't handle this type of work."

"You set the deadline as tonight. The night isn't over yet is it? Now I would appreciate if you left me here to work."

Mavery spoke in her usual string voice, which made me happy she was recovered from whatever happened earlier, but I also recognized a small quiver in her voice, like my words had hurt her.

Why do I even care, she is my employee.

Without saying a word, I left the room and walked to my office. I couldn't handle being in there with her right now.

I didn't know what I was feeling. I liked when people fear me, yet I hate when she does. I never let anyone disrespect me, yet I put up with it from her.

I need to stop.

I need to set rules and enforce them.

I let out a sigh and sunk into my big leather office chair, putting my hands over my eyes and just laying in the silence for a few seconds before I need to start my work.

-A few hours later- 12:08 AM

"Finally" I say aloud as I close my laptop and chug the last few drops of my coffee. I rub my eyes that are becoming heavier by the minute. It's not easy to sit in your office and work six hours straight, but it is something you need to do as the boss.

I am just glad it is done and I can go sleep in my warm, comfy bed. Just the thought of it seemed to make my eyelids even harder to keep open.

Quickly, I gather my things and head for the elevator, when I see that Mavery left her office lights on.  I roll my eyes and make a mental note to check if she finished the presentation tomorrow morning.

I open her office door to shut the lights off, when I see her asleep on her desk, small little snores leaving her mouth with every breath.

She must have fallen asleep working...

I walk to her desk, careful not to wake her, and take her into my arms. I am surprised when I find she weighs almost nothing. I am carrying her bridal style, my hand around her waist can practically feel her ribs because of how skinny she is.

Now that I think about it...she never left her office to eat lunch today- oh shit this morning I didn't give her a chance to eat breakfast either.

Why didn't she say anything?

When we finally arrive at my penthouse, I lay her down softly on her bed, debating wether or not to dress her into pajamas.

I finally decide on changing her with the lights off and I will keep her undergarments on. I quickly change her not even looking once. It just felt wrong to, especially to her.

Once that is done, I tuck her into the bed. I quickly write a note up for her when she wakes up in the morning, stick it on her nightstand, and make my way to my room.

Something feels off about the presentation Mavery made. She had the whole day to do it, and it still wasn't done until late? Plus Mavery and Rachel barely tolerate each other, if you can even call it that. So why was she in her office?

And how did Mavery know Ivar? Why was she so shaken up after seeing him?

The questions cloud my mind as I drift off to sleep.

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Not a cliffhanger ending for once! Kind of proud of myself because I just wrote two chapters in a row! Tomorrow there will be another update, and I will try and update once every two days, if not once every single day.

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Also a casting chapter is coming up... maybe I will actually go make that right now!

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