𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂

𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆

Alayah's POV

I woke in an unfamiliar room. I was also in different clothes. I was in an oversized shirt that I presumed was Maverick's. I didn't have on any pants so I was left in nothing but my panties. Maverick was fast asleep behind me. He had me pulled flush against his chest.

I groaned as I tried to get up to go to the bathroom. Maverick however wouldn't let me go. "Mave," I whisper yelled as I tried to pry his arm from around me. He only grunted in his sleep and held me tighter.

Ugh!

After I somehow wiggled out of his arms I hurried to the bathroom to relieve myself. After I was done with my business I tiptoed out of the bathroom in search of some pants. I slipped on some of Maverick's basketball shorts and snuck out of the room.

I was met with a long, dark hallway. I saw light coming from the end of the hallway. Against my better judgment, I started walking towards the light. As I got closer I saw a flight of stairs leading to the ground floor. I realized that's where the light was coming from.

I slowly crept down the steps quietly. As I got closer and closer to the bottom of the stairs, the sound of laughter got louder and louder. Once I reached the bottom of the stairs, I looked around. To my left, there was a big wall obstructing my line of view and to my right, there was an archway that led to some unnamed part of the house. I followed the sound of the laughter and found myself in the living room.

I froze as I looked around the room full of men — men I don't know might I add. The only faces I recognized were the man that had driven Maverick and I here and the man that grabbed my arm when he caught me snooping at the Allegretti's house — Adriano I think his name was. One of the men noticed my presence before he turned back to the others and said something. Their laugher died down before they all turned to look at me.

As soon as I walked into the room I wanted to run but something made me stay. I had questions and something told me my answers lied within these men.

I stood there awkwardly in my frumpy clothes holding on to the waistband of my pants trying to formulate a cohesive sentence. I felt blood rush to my cheeks under their peculiar gaze.

"Qualcuno ha pagato per una puttana?" (Did someone pay for a whore?) someone said making the others excited.

Everyone started to cheer making me even more confused and uncomfortable. The driver got up and walked over to me before standing in front of me. "Non è una puttana, idioti! Questa è la tua futura Donna!" (She's not a whore you fools! That's your future Donna!) the man that drove us here said making everyone quiet down. "Ora smettete di pensare con i vostri cazzi o ve li taglio! Capito?," (Now stop thinking with your dicks or I'll cut them off! Understood?) the man all but growled out.

"Capito," the men recited enthusiastically. The driver turned to me with a smile on his face before he said, "Buonasera, Alayah. My name is Dimitri but you can call me Mitri for short and I'm the head of Maverick's security detail. If you need anything you can always come to me," and kissed my hand.

I was blushing like an idiot before I replied with a quiet thank you. He placed his hand on the small of my back and started leading me away from the living room. "Come, piccolina, you must be hungry," he said as we entered into a cozy kitchen.

"Where's Mrs. Allegretti?" I finally said after not speaking for a while. Dimitri seemed taken aback by my sudden outburst but quickly recovered and said, "She's asleep upstairs." I nodded my head and hopped on the countertop as he started pulling different stuff out of the refrigerator.

"You can cook?"

"Sì."

I hummed as I put my arms to the side with my hands on the countertop and softly swung my feet back and forth. "So how long have you known Maverick?"