My Mafia Madness

Chapter 22 - Taking Off

After getting herself ready for her first day of working for the infamous Dante Romano, Alexa was excited as she quickly grabbed her things and headed downstairs to meet her new driver.

It was seven twenty-five on the dot and she still needed to lock up her apartment before heading downstairs.

She was determined to be right on time.

Making her way down the outside staircase, she strolled towards the curb and her eyes locked onto the young Italian man leaning back against the sleek black town car behind him.

Like the other men working with her newest boss, he was quite handsome. He wore a dark grey suit and tie, and shiny black snake skin loafers on his feet.

As soon as he noticed her approaching the car, he quickly straightened his posture, adjusted his jacket and pushed off the car.

She watched as he strolled towards her, greeting her with a polite smile.

“Miss Myers, I presume?”

Alexa noticed that he had a much thicker Italian accent when he spoke. Perhaps English was his second language or something?

“That’s me. And you are?”

She smiled and reached out her hand for him to shake it in polite greeting. As he shook her hand, Cecilio noticed just how confident this woman appeared to be.

“Cecilio.” he replied warmly.

His eyes unknowingly scanned her from head to foot for a moment before he spoke again.

“I will be your loyal driver from today onwards.”

He playfully bowed at her.

“Are you always this playful?” she chuckled to herself.

“Only in the company of beautiful women.”

Her eyes narrowed, though she smiled, “Is that so?”

He merely smiled back at her.

Cecilio then turned and grasped at the car door handle, opening it for her to climb on inside. And she quickly obliged.

“Why thank you.” she said as she carefully slid into the car and sat down on the smooth leather seat before the door was closed after her.

Soon after they were headed on their way to work.

-

The drive had taken around an hour or so before Alexa finally felt the car come to a complete halt, followed by Cecilio quickly exiting the car.

He jogged around to open her door for her. A truly chivalrous act, if she did say so herself.

Quickly sliding her laptop back into her portable bag, she curiously peered out through the heavily tinted window to see where they were.

They appeared to be on some sort of tarmac. Were they at an airport?

Confused as to why she would have been driven here, she watched as Cecilio opened her door and allowed her to carefully exit the car.

As she stood and looked around, she saw the sleek silver jet waiting not too far away from where they had parked. Her mouth parted slightly in wonder.

Were they flying somewhere?

Not that it would have been a problem, she had a valid passport and all of her identification on her to be able to travel anywhere in the world if required.

But she honestly didn’t expect to be traveling anywhere far away this soon.

Dante had certainly not given her any warning of traveling today and she hadn’t had the chance to inform Willow of her apparent scheduled departure.

She would need her friend to watch over her apartment while she was gone. But how long would she be gone for?

“Miss Myers, please…” Cecilio prompted her with his hand held towards the jet.

“Come. The boss is waiting for you.”

Smiling and nodding in agreement, Alexa began to walk alongside Cecilio.

A suited man who had been waiting beside the jet up until now strode over and got into the town car, driving it back off the tarmac.

Alexa and Cecilio ascended the metal staircase leading up into the jet and as soon as she stepped inside, she was overwhelmed by just how luxurious it was!

“Ah, there she is…” she heard his familiar voice announce.

Dante beamed with a bright smile as soon as he noticed her step inside of the private jet.

“Tell me, Miss Myers, are you all ready for your first day of work?”

She returned his warm smile with a curt nod of her head.

“More than ready, sir.”

“Excellent.”

He gestured towards the seat opposite him.

“Here, have a seat. We’re about to take off.”

She quickly did as he had asked and sat herself down into the plush white seat before clicking the seat belt securely in place.

Sliding her laptop carry bag beneath her seat, she proceeded to pull out her new phone and immediately began texting Willow.

Luckily, she had transferred all of her most important contacts over to her work phone, purely for emergencies, should she need to contact any of them.

Alexa needed to inform her neighbour of the sudden trip away and asked for Willow to keep an eye on her apartment until she returned.

A reply appeared almost immediately;

‘WTF, where are you going? And for how long? Is this about the job?’

Alexa quickly typed her response;

‘Yes, I’m in a private jet with him headed god-knows-where.’

Again, only seconds passed before she received another text from her friend;

‘OMG! How exciting! Super jealous. Tell me everything when you can. Seriously girl, I want details!’

Smiling at her friend’s sass, she typed a quick reply and hit send;

‘Thanks, will do, Luv ya.’

Dante watched as her slender fingers moved at such a speed, tapping against the touch screen of the new phone he had given her.

Alexa looked gorgeous, as she usually did.

She wore a black, lacy, fitted blouse with the top two buttons undone. It only revealed a small amount of her cleavage, but the temptation was there for him to have a look.

Had she done that on purpose?

From where he sat opposite her, he could see the outer lace of what appeared to be her black bra and unknowingly swallowed before adjusting himself in his seat.

Her blouse was tucked into a black pencil-neck skirt that came down just below her knees and she wore a pair of six-inch black heels with thin straps wrapped around both her ankles.

The belt wrapped around her waist donned a fancy golden buckle which shone with each of her subtle movements.

He watched as she got to work, her eyes glued to her screen as she did so.

Deciding that he should do the same, Dante reached to his side and grasped his own phone. Swiping the screen to unlock it, he began to scroll through and check his countless new emails.

He needed to try and focus on his work.

After all, this trip was supposed to be about business...

-

Within mere minutes, the captain had made his welcoming announcement over the loudspeakers and the sleek silver jet had taken off from the private runway.

Alexa, who was lucky enough to have been seated beside one of the windows, peered out in wonder at the beautiful morning view of the shrinking city below.

The city she called home.

As she sat in silence, Dante watched her out the corner of his eye.

Unable to tear his eyes away, he noticed that she looked luminous in that moment, with the morning’s sun beaming against the side of her face.

The natural lighting caused her chocolate brown eyes to become increasingly lighter in shade than they normally were.

Alexa blinked slowly with her long, thick black lashes as she continued to watch the stunning view from the comfort of her seat.

A small smile appeared and she didn’t try to hide it from view.

She appeared happy.

In that very moment, the beautiful Alexa looked like a goddess to him.

Pure and at peace.

The jet slowly ascended higher and higher into the sky, gliding through endless layers of fluffy, white clouds as it came to reach the required altitude.

As soon as the ‘fasten seat belts’ warning sign had disappeared, several men wearing suits began to move about freely as they got to work.

Some made phone calls, others were sorting and reading through various files of paperwork. And some of them merely sat chatting casually with one another.

-

Around an hour later, Alexa was busily working on her laptop when she heard the continuous sound of giggling coming from somewhere in front of her.

It had been going on for the past ten minutes or so, and by now it was starting to get on her nerves.

Not that she had any right to complain.

Her brown eyes lifted to see that all three flight attendants had surrounded her new boss, apparently seeing to his every need with a courteous smile.

The first was tall with incredibly long legs and curly auburn hair. She sat beside Dante on the edge of his armrest, with her hand on his shoulder.

The second attendant was blonde and wore her hair slicked back into a neat little bun behind her head. She stood off to the side, working at the food and drinks trolley.

And of course, the third was a busty brunette, with a pair of oversized breasts that Alexa feared may accidentally explode at any second from the ridiculously tight uniform she was parading around in front of him in.

In all honesty, Alexa found it to be quite desperate, though she wisely kept her opinion to herself at the time.

“Now, now ladies… you know I am a busy man. I have a lot of work to do.” Dante reminded as he looked between the three overbearing women currently surrounding him.

“Perhaps one of the other boys needs some attention, hmm?”

His words didn’t seem to convince them to move on, instead they only seemed more determined to gain his attention now than they had been before!

The blonde continued to work busily at the trolley while the other two continued chatting and giggling at everything he said.

They couldn’t appear to keep their hands off him!

Alexa watched the blonde attendant as she used tongs to place a large ice cube into a transparent glass.

She then proceeded to pour in a suitable amount of fine golden scotch before handing him the glass with a flirtatious smile.

“Here you are, Mr. Romano.” she lustily cooed.

“Your usual, scotch on the rocks.”

Dante took the drink from her hand with a smile.

Rolling her eyes at this sad display playing out before her, Alexa let out a quiet sigh.

The last thing she wanted to do throughout the entire flight was continue watching these women practically drooling over the successful billionaire seated before them.

It was rather embarrassing to say the least.

Leaning down and reaching into her carry bag, she pulled out a pair of metallic pink, blue-tooth wireless earphones and placed them in each of her ears one by one.

Linking them with her laptop, she opened her playlist and hit ‘play’.

As soon as the first song in her playlist began, she felt instant relief from her anxiousness and allowed the music to flood into her system, blocking out the menacing giggles and pathetic attempts at seduction going on around her.

But what did she have to be jealous or anxious about?

He was her boss.

Nothing more.

As she continued to type away at the email she had been busily working on, Alexa couldn’t help but notice the sound of the flirtatious women laughing, even with her music playing this loudly.

She couldn’t seem to get the disgusted feeling out of her head, and it began to eat away at her with each passing second.

Again, another loud laughter from the girls.

Pursing her lips together into a thin line, she closed her eyes for a second to try and calm herself down before reopening them again and letting out yet another sigh.

She wasn’t getting anything done while she was feeling like this.

And if there was one thing she hated, it was wasting her time during work hours.

As she happened to peer over the screen of her laptop for a brief moment, Alexa’s eyes widened at what she was seeing. Her mouth moved to slightly part with disbelief.

The brunette with the massive t**s now sat proudly on Dante’s lap as she leaned in closer, appearing to whisper something into his left ear for a second.

Dante smiled as she spoke seductively to him, running her hand down the length of his chest as she did.

Out of instinct, Alexa reached up to take out one of her earphones, so she could hear what was being said. But what she heard made her feel even worse.

“Oh, come on Mr. Romano. Come take a break with us.” the brunette pleaded with a sexy pout to her large lips.

“We won’t keep you for long, we promise.” the attendant with the long legs added.

Dante smiled as the brunette grasped his silken tie and pulled on it.

Her breasts were right in front of his face now and Dante was finding it hard to tear his gaze away from them, which was of course the brunette’s intention all along.

She wanted him…

And he clearly knew it.

That was it!

Gritting her teeth to prevent herself from saying something she may regret, Alexa quickly closed her laptop and suddenly stood up from her seat.

Trying her best to ignore them completely, his assistant marched on past where Dante and the attendants were chatting and on towards the back of the jet for a little more privacy.

Perhaps there she may be able to get some work done.