Chapter 4

She walked in, her neck bandaged and she looked around her, there were so many flowers on the floor. “Don’t tell me a mafia don like you still plays flower plucking games “ she teased with a smile before going to sit beside him and that was when he realized that she looked extremely beautiful whenever she smiled. Her face became plumped when she smiled and it highlighted her eyes even more, curving her brows so she looked like a model advertising facials.

“What are you doing here?” He asked coldly.

“Nothing. I came to ask when the next job will be, I can’t wait” she said like a little child anticipating Christmas.

“There’s no job. I don’t want you going out there any more “ he got off the bed and walked to the window, “look at yourself, you’re badly wounded and you can’t even walk properly and you’re anticipating another job?” He turned towards her and put his hand on her shoulder, “I wouldn’t forgive myself if anything ever happened to you “ he told her and swiftly looked away after saying the last part.

He rolled his eyes and clenched his fists, how could he have blurted it out?

“Why do you even care? You don’t even know me” she said before walking in front of him. “I don’t deserve your care because I’m not loyal to anyone and the one person I was loyal to….” She sniffled and clenched her fists to force her tears back in. She inhaled deeply, “don’t ever care for anyone because if you do, they’ll make you worse than you already are when you try to protect them and in the end, you’ll get stabbed in the back “ she said and made to leave when he called her back.

“Were you also stabbed in the back?” He asked and she nodded.

“I was but I don’t want to talk about it “ she said and made to leave when he spoke again.

“I was also stabbed in the back. Maybe we could go out for dinner and then talk things out?” He asked, fingers crossed hoping that she would say yes because he was now longing to be in her company and he saw this as the best way to.

“I don’t talk things out, it’s not my style” she said and walked out on him.

He smiled to himself as he held on to his chest, her arrogance was even making him crazier.. how could a woman have this much of an effect on him?

A FEW DAYS LATER

Daniel sat in his office as he swirled in his seat, waiting for someone to walk in. He was deep in thoughts when he finally heard a knock on the door.

“Who is it?” He asked

“Kathryn “ she said and he immediately smooshed his hair back before staring at himself in the little mirror that was on the table.

“You may come in now” he told her and she walked in. Even though she was clad in a black leather jacket and jeans with a black top inside and sneakers, she still looked so charming and her face, he could kill for her face if need be.

“You sent for me?” She asked as she took her seat in front of him. Normally, he would get whoever dared to sit without his permission punished but then with Kathryn, he suddenly forgot the rules, he forgot who he was and now, instead of speaking, he was getting lost in her eyes. It was like they possessed some kind of power that attracted him to them and we he stared into them, he suddenly started wishing those amazing eyes would stare only at him for the rest of their existence.

After she snapped, he shook his head before coming back to reality. He inhaled deeply before passing the documents on the table to her. Not raising her head to look at him after he had passed the documents, she flipped the pages and after going through them, she stared at him.

“Do you think you can do it?” He asked, hoping for her answer to be a yes.

“ I don’t get, you have so many guards and you can also protect yourself. Why do you need me then to be around you all the time?” She asked.

“I just need you. Is that wrong? I should have known you wouldn’t be able to do it” he told her and just as he was about to take the docmunents, she agreed.

“Leave it, I’ll do it” she said and a smile went up his face.

“Will you really do it?” He asked and she nodded.

He gave himself a victorious touch, now he would be able to get closer to her.

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Things didn’t go as he’d thought they would over the following days. Even though she spent more than 80% of the day with him, she still didn’t develop any feelings for him but his feelings for her grew at an all time speed. Whenever he slept, he saw in his dreams and whenever he ate, he always longed for her to feed him but that never happened as she never even sat with him on the same table let alone feed him. Once, he’d asked why she’d refused to eat with him and she made him realize that they were two different classes of people entirely and employers in the mafia world never ate with their goons.

“You’re not a goon!” He told her and she chuckled.

“You saying that doesn’t change a thing. I have become like this and since I have accepted and I’m even calling myself one, you should too “ she told him.

“I’ll make sure you’re not addressed a goon any more. You are a high classed guard and protector.. not a goon” he told her.

As she made to walk out on him, she sprained her ankle and just as she was about to fall, she landed on him, lips pressed against each other’s and his hands wrapped around her waist. This had to be the best day for him, getting to be with her like this. This was the closest he’d ever gotten to her despite her being with him all the time.

She tasted like vanilla ice cream, quite simple for a girl as dreadful as her.

Realizing where and how she was, she immediately got off him and as she tried standing, she winced in pain. How could she have sprained her ankle so suddenly? She looked at the ground, there was water there and it was probably the reason she slipped.

Flushed with embarrassment, she made to leave when he spoke with a naughty smile. “Miss Rivera, you taste sweet… very sweet in fact” .

Over the following days, Daniel couldn’t get it out of his head and that was when he came up with the most unorthodox method ever. He’d managed to make himself believe he didn’t like her but he wanted to so he called her to his office.

“What’s the highest pay you have ever received for a job?” He asked her.

“I don’t reveal things like that” she said coldly as she blew the gum and then put it back in her mouth.

He got up and walked to her, “What’s the worst you can do for money?” He asked.

“Trust me, when money is involved, I can do anything except impregnate a person… I could even kill” she told him, blowing the gum out of proportion.

“Then tell me, can you melt my cold heart” he asked as he leaned in to her ear, whispering, “make me fall for you and I’ll pay you hundred million dollars……. In cash” he said, making very sure to emphasize on the fact that he would pay her in cash.