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Bella:

The guard opens the matte black painted door to reveal a grey schemed bedroom with an ensuite bathroom. I take a small apprehensive step forward, trying to digest my new surroundings, as I hear the door slam behind me.  

I look at the queen-sized bed, the charcoal-colored sheets matched the carpet. The walk-in wardrobe was huge for a guest room, but It only had a few items in there for me which didn't even look my size, but it didn't matter to me. I just wanted to get changed out of my uniform, which was starting to draw some unwanted attention from the men in the house.

I start to undress as I walk into the shower. The hundreds of different settings and knobs stare at me as I stand there uncomfortably. How the fuck was I meant to turn this shit on? I turn one of the silver knobs and a strong spray of water hits me in my face, hitting my nose and filling my mouth with the hot liquid.

"Shit!" I shout as I run back to turn it off. I stand on my tiptoes and twist another knob finally allowing the waterfall setting to turn on. I let the heat engulf me as I wash myself, being careful not to get my bandage wet. After washing my hair, I get out, and wrap the fresh white towel that was hanging from the rails around my body.

As I walk out of the bathroom, I spot a large figure sitting on the bed. I could already tell who it was, I mean, it's not like he didn't just stab me a few minutes ago. 

"What are you doing here?" I ask, starting to back up, hugging the towel tightly around my body.

I could feel my heart beating out of sync as I watch him get up and start walking towards me, making sure to leave a small gap between us. 

"Just wanted to see if you liked your room."

I carry on staring at him until he speaks again. "So, do you?" I nod my head, just wanting him to leave quickly.

I watch as his stare lingers for a minute before he turns on his heel and walks out. 

I let out a breath I didn't know I had in. That was weird but, I push it to the back of my mind as I grab onto the clothes, eyeing them before pulling them on. Standing in front of the full-length mirror, I realize how stupid I looked. I was wearing one of, I'm guessing, Daniele's plain white tops along with some basketball shorts that were way too big on me. I grab my hair tie and tighten the shorts around my waist before trudging out of the door.

I spot Daniele down the hall talking to a different guard. He motions for the guard to leave, leaving me and him alone again.

"Sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I didn't mean to." He says gently, as he rubs the back of his neck, the sleeve of his button up folds up a little to reveal some of his tattoo sleeve.

Wow. Who knew that a mob boss can actually be- nice?

"It's fine." I say with a small smile. Out of nowhere, my stomach lets out a loud rumble as I clench onto it tightly, trying to shut it up. I feel my cheeks blare up as I feel Daniele's eyes stare down at me.

Why does my stomach have to do this in front of every decent looking guy? 

"You hungry?" He says with a small chuckle as I nod my head.

"Theres some stuff in the kitchen that you can eat." He says as he walks past me, straight down the stairs towards the open plan kitchen. It was big, but not as big as the one in Massimo's house. Why am I even thinking about Massimo right now? I shouldn't but I can't. 

It's like I'm addicted to him. He's the drug and I'm the abuser.

"So, what's your favorite food?" He asks as he walks over to the black glossy fridge, motioning to the array of colors stacked inside it.