Emilia

16: Emilia

-Emilia-

Shit. That seemed to be the predominant thought crossing my mind as I stared into his eyes. There was anger visibly clear on his face as he looked down at me and I felt my heart begin to thrash against my chest.

"Vincent-"

"It's Mr. Fontana to you." He corrected, anger laced between his words and I pursed my lips. He let go of my wrist and his eyes found the blonde, Lexi and I as he shook his head in disappointment.

"Alexis go home. You're done for the day." He told her and her eyes widened as her brows pulled together.

"B-but Mr. Fontana, you can't do that! I need the money!" She shouted at him and he gave her a warning glare as he stormed over towards her, pushing past me as if I weren't even there.

"I can do whatever the fuck I want. This is my club Alexis, now get the fuck out." He snarled and she frowned at him with glossy eyes before looking at the blonde and I and stormed her way back to the dressing room to grab her things.

"You two, in my office right now." He demanded turning his attention back to the two of us and we both froze into place as we stared at him. My brain was telling me to go but my legs weren't moving one bit.

"NOW!" He shouted and just like that, my legs loosened and the blonde followed closely behind me as we made our way to his office. I pushed open the door and we both stood next to each other as we waited for him. Vincent stepped in shortly after us and slammed the door behind him, causing the both of us to flinch.

"Sit in the fucking chairs." He demanded, pointing at the two chairs in front of his desk and we swiftly moved over towards them and sat down. He didn't sit down behind his desk, instead he leaned against the front of it as he stared down at the two of us. I couldn't even make eye contact with him so I kept my gaze on my lap.

"Would one of you care to explain what the fuck I just seen out there?" He asked us angrily and I bit down on my bottom lip as I looked back up to see him already focused on me.

"How about you Ms. Harris? Care to explain why I just fucking had to stop you from hitting Alexis?" He asked me and I cringed as he called me by my last name instead of my first like he normally does.
That's how I knew he was absolutely pissed off at me.

"She was being extremely unfair and disrespectful towards her and she made fun of me for something that I have no control over Mr. Fontana." I told him as I pointed to the blonde and she nodded her head in agreement.

"And so you decided to handle the situation with violence?" He said as he shook his head and I bit the inside of my cheek. I found it a bit ironic that a man who was literally in the mafia was lecturing me about violence as if he didn't kill people on the daily.

"You should have come to Mr. Romano or I before taking matters into your own hands. We would have handled it more professionally." He grit and I slightly rolled my eyes.

"I don't need you to stick up for me all the time..I can handle my problems on my own." I mumbled under my breath and a crease formed between my brows because a part of me knew that it wasn't even a bit true even in the slightest.

"I'm sorry Ms. Harris, was there something you wanted to add on?" He grabbed my face in his hand and forced me to look at him and I grit my teeth as our eyes connected.