The Mafia's Captive

Noticed her

Seth's Pov

The sun was setting when we landed in New york city, I put my jacket on and existed the plane with my body guards following suit behind me. I pulled out my sunglasses, feeling a blast of the scorching-hot air on my skin.

“Young boss, your mom wants to speak to you." Viktor said, walking by my side, holding the phone out to me.

It was in loud so I could hear all the curses my mom was directing to me. Oh God, she was flaming with fire. I knew this would happen but she forced me to do this. If only she didn't try so hard to get me married to Astrid. For f***s sake, I don't want to get married. Not at this time, maybe when I reach eighty I'll consider marriage but not for now.

“End the call," I ordered Viktor who gave me that shocked look, staring at me like I had grown a third head, but he knew better than to disobey me.

I stepped into the parked car that was waiting for us.

"Did you set up a meeting with Lylon?" I asked, needing to know where my stupid best friend was. I so needed to see him. We had alot of catching up to do in all the three years we haven't seen each other since we finished college.

"Yes, we are going to meet him at Gatsby restaurant. That's where he wants to meet."

"Great."

Noa's Pov

I sped out of the Uber into hotel Gatsby were Markle told me he and my best friend were. I didn't mind the way everyone was eyeing me like I was carzy woman, what mattered was Emily's health.

Half an hour was what was remaining of my lecture when I got a text from Marco, saying Emily got an Asthma attack. The girl knows her illness but she never carries her inhaler anywhere. It's like I care about her health more than she does.

My after class bubble bath and two glasses of wine was definitely ruined by this. I pressed the elevator button as soon it stopped and run like a crazy dog on loose.

The restaurant environment was ambient, with a relaxed atmosphere and soft background music playing. The mood was set by the lighting, which was candlelit. Okay the place was Wow but that is not the reason I was here.

I searched through the crowd until I supported the half blue dyed hair and star earrings.

"Markle," I called out in a breathy voice approaching them. My Emily was down on the ground struggling for air to breath. Markle just stood there looking as clueless as he was.

I hurriedly split all the content in my purse until I saw Emily's extra inhaler, I should definitely give it to Markle since she seems to be hanging out more with him than me.

I first shook the inhaler as her doctor taught me, held it in her face and asked her to breathe slowly.

"Breathe, Emily, breathe..." To calm her down, I noticed the way all the people were staring at me. I knew I looked ridiculous acting like a mother duck but what was I supposed to do, Emily is more than a best friend to me, she is the twin I never had, I wouldn't want to ever lose her.

"Emily, breath, please baby girl breathe, please," I continued saying to her words of encouragement. I felt someone tap my shoulder, I turned around angrily, ready to slay who ever it was. I needed no fuckin distraction. Emily needed me right now and I had to be there for her fully.

Turning around I was ready to snap at whoever was there, I was hoping Markle but when I turned instead I met those gorgeous emerald eyes, the ones that have been in each and every of my dreams ever since my first kiss.

"Dristan!" I gasped, obviously shocked at what he was doing here. But that was not all Markle came from behind him holding Fluffy chocolate cake roll cake with whipped cookies and cream frosting and blue sprinkles with buttercream roses. I have to say it was the most beautiful birthday cake, I had ever seen.

Still that was not all, so many of my friends came from no where, from behind the chair, tables, even from places I didn't know one could hide and they were all singing, "Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you.."

This is when it hit me, I had just been pranked on my own birthday. I rested my hand on top of my head, not quite believing how stupid these fools made me look. All along they were planning for a surprise for me.

"Surpriseeee," came in my bestie's squeaming on top of that the popping of champagne bottles.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday Noa…’ ” they all sang in the merry, loud, joy of the birthday song. The other guests were looking at us, intrigued, and then joined as well, singing in birthday to me.

The entire place was filled with loud applause, and all I wanted to do was become invisible. Emily and Markle can be a bit too much sometimes, they even got my crush Dristan to come.

Not wanting to be a party popper, I tossed away my shyness gave my audience the brightest smile that had ever been on my face, I rose and waved at everyone, bowing and thanking them for their wishes.

“You just had to do this to me, didn’t you?” I growled at Emily, the smile still stretching my lips.

“Ofcourse my bestie is turning 18, we had to make it big? Tell me do you you love our surprise”

“Oh, I love it!” I squealed, jumping up and down and clapping my hands like a little girl.

Dristan popped the bottle open, filling up our glasses. He then smiled at me widely, suddenly came closer to me, so close that I froze, he leaned in, his short subtle brushing my cheek. Oh God, Oh God, I felt like I could die. The last day I had been this close to him was the day he stole my first kiss and the very day we almost had s*x.

"Happy birthday, beautiful," he whispered low only for me to hear. Oh God, I was officially about to die, he rewarded me with that million dollar smile of his, the one were the white pearls are on display, the kind of smile you only see in the movies. Oh God, I was starting to feel so weak in the knees.

On top of that he winked at me, giving me that flirtuos look of his and then he handed me a glass of wine before disappearing in the crowd of my well wishers.

I was so dumbstruck watching mister greek god disappear in the crowd that I didn't notice Emily pulling me in for a group selfie.

"Every body say the words as we rehearsed," she said to the rest our happy colleagues.

“May you get what you’re looking for, always have what you want, and fulfill all your dreams." And at that she clicked her phone, taking the most beautiful selfie I had ever seen.

* * *

Seth's Pov

"I think it's high time you stop using me as an excuse to get away from your parents?”

I turned my head towards the ceiling, avoiding my annoying best friend,Lylon.

"Am not escaping from anyone, I came here to see you, is there a crime in me wanting to catch up with my best bud."

"Best Bud," he chuckled lifting his glass to his lips.I just hate the fact that he could see right through me.

"You can't tell me that, you Seth Nikolai,Draco Nikolai's only son, the heir to Russia's greatest Bratva,skipped their own wedding just to see me, a no body."

There was no point in denying because what he was saying was right. I came all the way from Russia to New york just to hide from my parents and their annoying arranged marriage they want to force me into.

"Is it about the wedding again?" Lylon asked.

I paused to take a swig out of beer before answering his question.

I was about to say Yes when I was interupted by loud noises from the other side of the restaurant, God, why was it too loud I hate noise. I turned to where what sounded like an English version of a birthday song.

A group of what I could tell where college kids from varsity jackets some of them wore, wear singing birthday to a girl, I bet it was a surprise by how over whelmed the girl looked. She looked so happy hugging each and everyone of her friends and when she smiled I have to say she had the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.

She was quite beautiful, her brown hair flowing freely around her small face, I bet her eye color was beautiful just as her smile though I couldn't see it from were I was.

My best friend coughing at my side to get my attention, is what brought me back to reality, I hadn't realized I was staring a little too much.

"What?" I asked shrugging off my lack of attention.

"Bro, we are having the conversation of your life yet you're staring at some chick."

"Which chick?" I started cutting my beef, acting in a nonchalant way, hoping Lylon would let me off the hook but I was wrong.

He never lets anything go. Just has he was about to tease me, Viktor and three of my other bodyguards approached our table. They knew better than to not interrupt me,they know how I hate interruptions when talking to my family or friends.

"What?" I shot Viktor a glare, eyeing the other three intently.

Viktor swallowed hard as if scared to let out his next words. They better have an important reason for disrupting my meeting with Lylon or else I'll have their tongues cut out.

"What is it?" I asked trying to act as calm as I could.

"We have an emergency sir?"