My Mafia Madness

Chapter 24 - Caught Out

The colour immediately drained from Alexa’s face as she knelt on the mattress of the bed, staring at her new boss in a mixture of embarrassment and concern.

She wasn’t a fool. She knew this must have been his room. But she didn’t expect him to come back here anytime soon. He was busy with those flirty attendants when she last saw him.

“Oh my god… Mr. Romano...” she began to stumble nervously over her words.

“I am so sorry. I had no idea you’d come back here, I swear…”

Strangely enough, Dante didn’t appear angry with her as he stood in silence, just staring back at her.

Eventually, she stopped talking and bit her bottom lip nervously, lowering her gaze out of embarrassment at what she had been caught doing.

She felt like a little kid who had been caught out doing something she shouldn’t have been doing.

Tilting his head to the side, the corner of his mouth curved upward as he spoke.

“Why are you in my private room, Miss Myers?”

Her eyes remained downcast as she spoke her response in obvious hesitance.

“Oh, um… I guess I just needed somewhere a bit quieter to work.” she explained.

“You know, so I could properly concentrate.”

Dante watched as his sexy assistant quickly climbed off the bed and stood beside it with her hands clasped together in front of her.

She appeared unable to meet his intimidating gaze.

“Do you find it hard to concentrate around me, bella?” (beautiful) he grinned devilishly as he slowly closed the gap between them.

Alexa’s chocolate brown eyes flicked up to meet his emerald ones.

“Of course not.” she lied blatantly to his face.

But Alexa’s jealous side suddenly chose to rear its ugly head as her next comment mistakably slipped from her mouth before she could think to stop it.

“Those floosy flight attendants, however, are a different matter altogether.”

Dante’s brows furrowed at what he had heard.

She had only meant to whisper that last comment to herself, as a snide remark intended to make her feel better about her sudden spout of jealousy.

But unfortunately for her Dante appeared to have heard it.

“I’m sorry, what was that?” he challenged with a playful smirk.

Pursing her lips together and wishing she had kept her idiotic mouth shut, Alexa rolled her eyes as she quickly responded, rather childishly.

“Nothing.”

“Were my attendants… bothering you, in some way?” he taunted, baiting her for yet another envious response.

Again, she rolled her eyes and sighed.

“Of course not.” she lied, clearing her throat and suddenly unable to meet his eyes.

He came to stand so close to her now, that not only was her personal space being invaded, but his firm chest hidden beneath his expensive black Armani suit was softly brushing up against her perky breasts.

She gasped at the sudden closeness between them.

‘This is too close, definitely far too close!’ she thought to herself.

Normally she would have rebuffed his advances almost immediately, had it of been anyone else.

She should have; he was her boss after all.

But her body was desperately crying out for him to continue whatever it was he was about to do, as his sinful aroma engulfed her nostrils.

“You should know, I appreciate honesty from all my employees, Miss Myers. At all times.” he spoke in a low, seductive voice now.

She could smell the scent of his minty breath mixed with scotch wafting softly across her the skin of her face. He appeared to loom over her in height as he stared her down.

This man was clearly an intimidating creature. Beautiful to look at but highly intimidating.

Fine... if he wanted honesty, she would gladly give it to him!

Her posture suddenly straightened a little as she narrowed her eyes and placed both hands onto her curvaceous hips.

She was about to let him have it.

“Mr. Romano, you can’t honestly stand there and tell me that those women were acting even slightly professional around you.”

He frowned, appearing hurt by her apparent accusation.

“You thought they were being unprofessional?” he reiterated.

Her brows furrowed as she replied, her tone having risen ever-so-slightly at his sheer ignorance.

“They were practically throwing themselves at you the entire time!”

She angrily gestured towards the closed door leading through to the women in question.

Her outburst surprised him and his brows both lifted high into his forehead at her sassy spirit.

A spirit he had seen many times before now, but one he had enjoyed coaxing out of her.

It made things that much more interesting.

As Dante stood staring into her delicious chocolate brown eyes for a moment, he couldn’t be certain, but had to wonder if perhaps it were in fact true...

Was Alexa… jealous?

Had she perhaps wished that instead it were her own hands roaming all over his body?

Would she have preferred to be the one whispering dirty things into his ear and pulling at his tie?

The thought of such sinful things began to wake his inner desires, along with his already erect member, which was quickly hardening, hidden beneath his black dress pants.

What was this foxy woman doing to him?

He decided to poke at the tiger, so to speak. He needed to be sure that his assumptions about her were in fact correct; that she was jealous of the other women.

“Women flirt with me all the time, bella.” (beautiful) he reminded her with a casual smirk.

“How would you suggest that I to control such innocent gestures of affection?”

Her mouth suddenly gaped at the gall of this man she had agreed to work for.

Her eyes narrowed into thin slits as she fought to control her sudden rage.

“Excuse me sir, but that was anything but innocent, I can assure you.” she snapped.

A jealous red tinge began rushing to fill both of her cheeks as she went on. She’d had enough!

“The brunette sitting on your lap was practically seconds away from bending herself over the chair and presenting herself to you!”

“And that would have bothered you?”

“You’re damn right it would’ve!” she yelled back at him, suddenly surprised by the way she was speaking to her newest boss.

Where had this sudden confidence come from?

Alexa’s chest was now heaving heavily with each of her furious breaths, her hands clenched into fists on either side of her hips.

His plan to rile her up appeared to be working.

Now it was time to test her resolve.

Dante brought his face in closer towards hers, causing her to flinch backwards only slightly. He stopped only a breath’s distance away from her as he asked his next question, purposefully.

“What do you care if other women want to f**k me? Hmmm?”

Alexa pursed her lips tightly into a thin line at the sheer audacity of this clearly conceited man.

This man was unbelievable!

He was acting like a privileged brat.

Alexa held his heated gaze, fighting the mixture of urges she was now feeling as his lips were mere inches away from hers.

If she thought he had been too close before, this was much, much worse!

Her brow furrowed as he slowly began to close the gap between them, moving in to press his lips against hers. She was beyond confused with him right now.

“W…what are you doing?” her voice came out a lot softer than she had intended it to.

He paused, his lips softly brushing against hers as he spoke.

“What do you want me to do?” he cooed, his eyes flicking down towards her parted red lips.

Alexa wanted to kiss this man more than anything else.

The setting for it was perfect. They were all alone in a private room, and it was clear that he felt something towards her or he wouldn’t be doing something like this.

Their chemistry was obvious.

Around them, the air had suddenly become extremely thick, filled with s****l tension and heated desire. The sound of their heavy breathing was all that could be heard before she parted her lips to reply.

“Mr. Romano, I…”

“Yes, bella?” (beautiful) he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers, igniting a passionate kiss between them...

Just as Alexa closed her eyes and let out a soft, pleasurable moan...

‘Knock, knock.’

The knock at the door had caused her to pull away and take a step back. She feared someone walking in and seeing her do such a taboo thing; kissing the boss.

Rolling his eyes and letting out an irritated growl, Dante straightened his jacket and turned to face the door as he spoke.

“What is it?”

The door opened and Stefano came to stand just inside the entryway. Looking between the two for a moment, he suddenly seemed concerned that he may have interrupted something.

“Er, sorry to disturb you, boss. But we’re due to land in five.” he announced.

“Better go strap in.”

Dante merely nodded his head as Stefano promptly departed, closing the door again after him.

By now Alexa had nervously gathered up all her things as she began to walk along past the CEO. She was off to take her seat for their landing, as suggested.

Turning his head to watch her as she passed him by, Dante remained silent as his eyes hungrily watched her curvy hips swaying from side to side in the fitting black pencil-neck skirt.

She had an incredible body. Not that she would have believed such a thing.

Her six-inch heels made no sound as she walked, muffled by the carpeted floor of his private room.

Dante was intrigued by this firecracker of a woman with the incredible voice. The temptress who unwillingly demanded his attention at the very moment she stepped into a room.

It appeared that she was becoming far too enticing for him to possibly try and resist. She was everything he desired and then more.

It was obvious; he wanted Alexa… very badly.

And Dante Romano was a man who always got what he wanted...

It was only a matter of time.