"I need a job," I directly told him not seeing the need to beat around the bush and he couldn't even pretend to be surprised by my request.
"To make more money to pay me back or to try and spy on me, which one is it?" He asked and I lifted my chin to respond more arrogantly than i normally would
"what if it's both?" I asked, if he indeed was attracted to me then I had some sort of leverage, meeting his gaze and stamping down the bit of unease i felt when his dark gaze held mine.
He chuckled in response, "Then prepare to be disappointed. Still, if you want a job I can give you one. I need an assistant in mafia related matters" he said and I couldn't help but be wary. His tone didn't sound like he was trying to tease me. He sounded very serious.
"I can help!" I insisted stepping forward and holding his gaze to show that I wasn't about to back down "I can learn from you for when I'm ready to take over Father's Territory,"
"You think father would give it to you?" he asked a sly look in his eyes that made him look even more cunning considering the asian features he got from his mother's side.
"Who else would he rather give it to?" I asked but he simply shrugged leaving me annoyed since Bianca indeed had another son, his brother who was way younger than me but a possible heir regardless.
The next moment he got back on his feet with the towel in his hand intending to head to the bathroom and I had no intention of waiting until he returned.
"Is that a yes?" I asked.
"Yes" he responded and i instantly turned around to leave only to hear him speak words that were slowly starting to grate on my nerves.
Words that should not have been a surprise. "I'll forgo half your debt if you take a bath with me," he said directly. A blank look on his face devoid of any smile that showed that he is not joking around.
"I won't touch you," he added, "…we'll simply take a bath together and…"
"No, I'll pass!" I immediately interrupted him before he could finish but this time I caught a hint of anger in his voice as he turned to me taking a few steps towards me that made me want to dart out but I didn't.
"What are you scared of?" he asked with an almost domineering smirk as he moved closer to me so much so that i could smell the scent of him. "... That you will like it?" He asked and I hated how loudly my heart raced to my ears and even more how I always seem to react to him.
"There's no way you don't find me attractive" he said confidence dripping in every tone and he had every right to be.
Hell, I didn't believe there was a woman alive that could resist him. He looked magnificent and dangerous.
Especially to me. I needed to think of me as my father's son and nothing more because Nico was crazy and the last thing I needed was to get tied up with him in any form or manner.
"It would simply be sex! Nothing more!"moving closer to grab my waits with his hands but I darted away just im time to avoid him.
"I said no!" Turning around to leave heading towards the
Door with no intention of waiting.
But I had just pulled the door open to leave when I hear him speak,
"Coward!" His voice low and deep in a way that sounded like he was throwing out a challenge one I had no intention of accepting as i slammed the door behind me and headed straight to my room.
I was shaken and I hated how disturbed I felt and how I hesitated before I responded. Realizing that unlike the first time, I had considered it. I had even pictured it.
"Get your head out the gutter Carmen!" Mentally scolding myself. I would be a fool to think that Nico wanted anything but to you with me.
Blaming whatever feelings i seemed to have on the fact that he was indeed an extremely attractive man and nothing more. Moreover in terms of sex it was yet to happen since one one was brave enough to fuck a mafia Don's daughter.
After that I did my best to avoid him as much as I could after that. Relieved that I had a distraction to pull me away from thoughts of being alone with him.
Nico had provided me with a job at a company to my surprise. A bigger surprise was finding out that he legally owned it and he was the CEO. Not surprised when it was a trading and stocks company.
Even better to wash drug money. I was to assist him in whatever he needed and at this moment, it was a folder that I was riffling for in the storage room. Not sure if he actually wanted it or was simply using it to waste my time.
It was a large storage and I was half convinced that it was the exact place they threw old things they wanted to discard and never see again.
Annoyed and irritated, I moved to climb up the ladder hating the skirt I had chosen to wear instead of pants.
I pulled down another box and watched it tumble to the ground watching as dust particles. Flew and settled in the air around me and I was tempted to head straight to Nico's office and curse him out.
'Relax Carmen! We can't see him remember… we need to avoid him,' I thought to myself reminding myself that apart from him giving me instructions on the phone and me heading straight to my room once I got back to the mansion, there should be nothing that tied us together.
Slowly I pushed down another box I intended to go through to find a red folder dated five years ago which I was half way convinced I would never find.
I climbed down the ladder prepared to go through the boxes one after the other when I heard the sound of the door being pushed open. Someone had entered and my first reaction was to ignore it.
Until I heard the voice of the one man in the world i wanted to avoid.