Il Mio Capo Mafioso Italiano

XIV

Mavery's POV:

I woke up in my room back at the penthouse yet I have no memory of coming back here. After giving it some thought, Lorenzo or one of his men must have found me asleep in my office and brought me back.

I throw my sheets back and realize I am in someone else's clothes...a long sleeved t shirt and sweatpants that are both a few sized too big.

Whoever changed my clothes must have seen my scars...my bruises. Shit.

I roll over and hop out of bed to see that it is 10:00 in the morning, meaning I am super late for work! I start to panic until I see a note on my nightstand.

Found you asleep on your desk last night. Don't worry I didn't look while changing you.

Take the day off, you are starting a second job at my club tonight as a bar tender. Once you get settled in there, you can start working both jobs each day.

-Lorenzo

Well that's great. I'm going to start working from 8:00 in the morning to God knows how late at night. But what did I expect from being sold, if anything I am lucky for not being forced into prostitution. I can only hope this club is like the one I worked at in LA. There the club was calm and everyone was surprisingly friendly, nobody really got too drunk and we all knew each other. Here I have no idea how it will be.

I walk into the walk in closet in search of something I can lounge around in, but just like the other night, there is nothing that seems comfy. I decide on just staying in what I am wearing.

The first thing I do is make my way into the kitchen in search of something to eat, the last thing I ate was the cinnamon rolls in LA. Since my father would not feed me much at all, my stomach has shrunk quite a bit. I grew up being told eating makes you fat and ugly, someone nobody likes. (I do not support this at all and everyone is beautiful that is just something Mavery's parents told her)

I decide to make a bagel with cream cheese, a few different fruits, and a coffee.

Just then the elevator dinged and my eyes shot up to see a beautiful woman, probably my age, with long blonde hair and brown eyes. She was very tall, probably 5'8, and stood with lots of confidence.

A smile spread across her face when she saw me. Do I know her?

"You must be Mavery!" She says enthusiastically, walking over and standing on the other side of the kitchen island. She leaned over and rested her arms on the counter, in a relaxed way. 

"That's me. I'm sorry but who are you?" I reply as polite as I can be.

"I am Blaine, James' girlfriend." She tries to explain but I remain just as confused, which she must have picked up on because she continues,

"You must not have met him yet, but he is one of Lorenzo's men. One of the most trusted ones too. Lorenzo is like family."

I just nod in response. "When Lorenzo brought up that you were staying here I couldn't resist coming to visit, I mean there have been no girls around here besides strippers in ages."

"And he is ok with you being here? I mean I'm not exactly a normal employee"

"I doubt he will mind me being here. Plus I think you could use a friend. Lorenzo can be scary sometimes, but trust me when I say he is a good guy."

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After I ate, Blane and I settled down on the couch and had a movie marathon, streaming every single Star Wars movie while eating almost every snack in the house. Kathy would have a stroke if she saw me eating like this.