Mafia's Madam

Eight

The event that I'm supposed to attend with Agostino is tonight and I still have not decided what to wear

I did go to to the girls for some help however everything they had was mostly neon coloured or sparkly, oh.. or both and I don't think any of that would be appropriate for an event like this

Currently I'm sitting at the bar that I spent the last two days at,it has probably become my favourite place here, mostly because no one bothers me and I can easily analyse the whole area from where I sit

However today was different than most days spent here, that's because today I decided not to take a single sip of alcohol because going on this 'mission' tipsy would not be the best choice

"We are leaving soon, I think you should go and get ready now"says a voice slightly startling me

There he is. Agostino standing in front of me in one of his perfectly ironed, black suits. Is it so wrong of me to think that he is extremely good looking considering he is the mafia boss and currently my nightmare of a boss as well ? No, I think not.

"About that-"I start to tell him that I don't exactly have the best dress options for tonight however he cuts me off

"We are meeting down stairs in two hours, near the entrance and don't be late...again. " And with that he walks away without leaving any space for me to say anything

I rub my tired face from getting barely any sleep last night and hop off the chair walking towards the dressing rooms, remembering that there was a decent looking dress that I saw yesterday, I guess that's what I'll just have to go for

Walking into one of the rooms I greet the girls there "Hey guys"I say waving slightly

"Hi Diana!"Echoes in the room full of excitement

"I came to ask if I could borrow a dress"I said as I grabbed it to show them which one I was talking about

It was a long mustard coloured dress with unnecessary sparkles in weird places but trust me that's the best they've got

"Oh! For sure! I think you should totally straighten your hair for this!"Donna said grabbing a straightened, pushing me down on a chair and getting to work

I told them yesterday about this event, I had to otherwise how was I supposed to explain why I even needed a fancy dress at all

Another one of the girls proceeded to put makeup on my face however I quickly stopped her "Uhh, I'll do it myself later.. if that's okey"I asked pointing towards her makeup bag

"Yeah,sure"she said hesitantly giving me her makeup bag, probably wondering why I stopped her

"I think these will go with the dress,hopefully they'll fit you"Said Kara holding up black high hells with straps to be held in place by

I looked at them and gave her a smile
"Thank you,I think they will look great"

After a while they were finished with my hair and allowed me to go to my room to finish getting ready

Walking trough endless amounts of hallways I finally get to the room I was assigned

Straight away I walk towards the couch near the window to drop off all of the things my hands were currently occupied by but after a second I stop in my tracks

I turn my head back to look at my bed that didn't look the way it did when I left this morning

I walk towards the bed taking slow steps and stop in front of a medium sized box plopped in the middle of my duvet cover

The box is black with elegant golden letters on it "Casa di Moda" having no idea what that means I proceed to open it

Lifting up the lid first thing I see is a bunch of golden paper, neatly folded over whatever is inside

I take out the paper scrunching it and throwing the golden balls messily on my bed

There, in the mystery box lay a black silky fabric

Picking it up, the material it felt very soft and expensive on the tips of my fingers

I grabbed it by what I guessed was the top and let the bottom drop down pooling at my feet

Taking in the sight in front of me my eyes widened and a shocking gasp left my lips-it was a dress and not just any dress but a beautiful dress

I held the dress in an arms length away from me to take a good look at it. It was fully black with thin spaghetti straps and many cutouts in different places that were too hard to understand, to do that I would have to wear it, but before I could do that I took a peak into the box once again

In the bottom of the box was a card also golden and shiny

Picking it up I saw a note written on it, which read:

Wear this. Hopefully you have shoes to go with it, if not bare feet is fine with
me.     -Agostino

I smiled a little at his note taking a quick glance at the black heels I had dropped near the couch earlier

Dropping the note back in the box and stuffing it under the bed I got to work and started to get ready

Standing in front of the mirror fully ready I couldn't believe my eyes, the woman looking back at me was not someone I recognised, in fact I'd never seen this person before

The black dress hugging mr body and falling down on to the floor looked stunning, It showed a lot of cleavage, maybe a bit too much for my liking but not enough to make me uncomfortable however I knew very well that any wrong move would not end well and flashing somebody was not my priority today. The dress fitted perfectly on my waist as if it was tailored just for me, moving my eyes down, two incredibly big cut outs showed my toned legs on full display

Thankfully I had found a razor, so shaving has been taken care of

My feet were wrapped in black high heels with straps around my ankles making me a few inches taller

As for my makeup I decided to go with a bright red lip as I decided it would stand out from all the neutral colours, and only mascara on my lashes  with a bit of smokey eyeshadow on my lids, I also used some concealer to hide the dark circles under my eyes and cover other parts of my face that had any blemishes or spots

I was pretty satisfied with how it all turned out,in fact I really liked it. So much for not wanting to dress up

The only discomforting thing was the scar on my left shoulder, left from the cigarette on my first day of arrival here,
so I put some of my straightened, blonde hair over it to cover up a new insecurity of mine, leaving the rest flowing down my back

A nock on the door brought me back to reality

I quickly made my way to see whoever it was on the other side

Opening the door I came face to face with Dom, in a grey suit, which I hadn't seen before, normally he wore a shirt and jeans but this attire made him look very different a lot more... desirable in a way, he had no bow or tie, with a few of his buttons open carelessly but still making it look like he took hours getting ready

"Looking handsome as ever I see" I said smiling at him

He returned his smile looking down at me " You look good too, really good in fact" he complimented with clear discomfort

Dom has been one of the very few people here that I could tolerate, in fact I even liked him, we would always joke around and he would often keep me company, maybe one day I could even call him a friend

We stood still in the doorway staring at each other for a bit before his voice broke the silence

"Agostino told me to lead you to the exit, we are supposed to leave already"

I nodded stepping out of the room and shutting the door behind me

"Follow me" Dom motioned with his hand

And that's exactly what I did
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