Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

“Are you still not going home today? It has been a week boss,”

Yoey said when he walked into the office and Luciano looked up from what he was doing, his assistant was all set to go home for the day but not him, he had no home to go to, Arielle hated him and he was to blame for it, he didn’t want to face her just yet until he has fully resolved the whole thing, he was getting there. In the past week, he has been able to connect Lily to Perez and found out who she was before Don had found her, he found out her real name was Lauretta Uttar and she was pretty much a freeloader, everything about her was all wrong, she was once a mistress to another rich man who died too, what’s more, shocking was finding out she was Perez’s mistress too, she had been two-timing his grandfather, not like he had been surprised to find that out, what did surprise him was the fact that the person she was seeing turned out to be Perez of all people, the bastard came to see him as soon as he heard he got out and even had the mind to tell him to sell what was left of Don’s company to him, Luciano had thrown him out and warned his people not to ever let him into his offices, that was before he found out his relationship with Lily, if he had found out before meeting him, he would have at least giving a punch.

The fact that Lily had come to see his grandfather like an innocent woman and not the blood-sucking demon that she was made him mad, she was the mastermind of the whole thing with Perez as her co, they had specifically targeted his grandfather and Don had played into their hands, he had Macko to blame for that too, the stupid man was still hiding, it was clear now that he didn’t kill Don and that either Perez or Lily had been the one to send people to kill Don and framed him, they made sure not to do the job themselves so as not to be caught and the killer did a good job erasing all evidence that can lead to him being found but they can’t hide forever, except they left the face of the earth, if not he will find that and make them pay the exact same way they took his grandfather’s life, the law will not do just for him, he will do it himself.

“Boss? Aren’t you going home?”

He asked again.

“Not today. I have work to do and it is better to stay at the office.”

He lied.

“If I didn’t know you so much boss, I would really have something else to say to you,”

Yoey said and Luciano glared at him.

“What do you mean by that young man?”

He asked. Talking to him reminded him of Arielle, not to lie, everything he did or see reminded him of her, he thought of her every day and felt like a total jerk for making her cry, that day a week ago when he made her sign everything back to him and told her he will never love her, he had stood close to her door for a while and heard her cry so much, it broke his heart but he had to do what he did. Couldn’t love her? What a lie because he damn well fell in love with her, when she had told him she loves him, it had taken everything in him not to fall on his knee in front of her and beg her to forgive him and take him back, but he couldn’t do that, not until everyone that had a hand in bringing down his family pays, he just needed to bear not being with her and also her hating him for now.

“I mean why aren’t you trying to make up with her? Why are you punishing her?”

Yoey asked and he knew who he was talking about, Arielle.

“I am not punishing her,”

He responded.

“Are you sure that’s not what you are doing? I thought you will patch things up with her once you are out but instead, you went about doing the opposite, now you don’t even go home again,”

Yoey said and he felt like he was being scolded.

“Are you scolding me right now?”

He asked and Yoey nodded.

“Yes, that’s what I am doing, I think I earned the right to do that seeing I am the closest thing you have to a friend.”

“Right, that’s true but until I can figure everything out, I can’t go home neither can I be with Arielle,”

He let out.

“I don’t know boss, I think you are making a mistake that you can’t fix when it becomes too late, you made her sad, made her cry, hurt her, and also took everything you gave her, I know you are doing what you think is best but I have sisters and would hate if someone did something that hurt them, I saw that day I went to the mansion and she wasn’t looking good at all, you should go back home and tell her you are sorry,”

Yoey advised.

“I thought you said you were an only child?’

Luciano questioned. He knew he told him before that he was an only child.

”Technically, I am but my stepfather had kids before he met my mom so yeah, I have stepsisters whom I don’t share any blood relationship with but I will absolutely murder any man who hurt or break their heart, just go tell her you are sorry already, the more you prolong it the harder it will be for her to forgive you,”

Yoey advised. Luciano wished he can do that but he couldn’t not right now, not when the killer is still out there,

“I can’t do that Yoey,”

He responded.

“But why? Everything is moving smoothly so far and soon we will catch those who stole from Don and killed him, we even know who they are already, what’s stopping you from fixing things with her?”

Yoey asked in a confused tone.

“I can’t because I don’t want anyone to use her to get to me, if they know we are not on good terms, if they know she hates me, if they know we fought they would not go for her but if I make up with her, they will use her against me, do you get it now?”

He let out.

“Is that why you made sure to fight with her? So that she will not be your weakness? Wow, I have to say, you might be good in business but you are so bad when it comes to other stuff, I don’t see how turning her into your literal enemy would stop anyone from using her against you when they know you care about her, or don’t you care?”

Yoey asked.

“I do, I care about her, I care about her and I will do anything for her but then, I don’t want her to do anything for me, don’t you get it? If she hates me, she would not think of doing anything to help me that way no one will think of going to her, do you get it?’

“I still don’t see how that will work out, she loves you and you know it, she won’t just stop loving you, it takes time to unlove someone, and sometimes, people never stop loving people, they just learn to live without that person, I know it might not be my place to tell you but if I don’t, no one else will, so I will tell you that you are doing this all wrong, the divorce, picking a fight with her and turning her into your enemy to protect the both of you, it is all wrong,”

Yoey said. Luciano understood his point of view but he couldn’t back down now, or maybe he was scared that Arielle will not accept him anymore after how he treated her, it was better to stay focused on the task at hand than to spend time begging her only for her to tell him to fuck off, he couldn’t deal with her rejection now, it would distract him from what he has to do.

“I will fix things once I am completely done, until then, we both have to suffer, or do you think I enjoy doing what I am doing?”

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