My Mafia Madness

Chapter 26 - Meeting the Romano Brothers

Alexa followed along after her billionaire boss as he strolled casually in through the living space and towards one of the back rooms where she could hear the sound of two men playfully arguing with one another.

She could also hear the sound of what appeared to be the engine of a racing car?

“Hey, you can’t do that!” one of them announced sternly.

“That’s called cheating, Roberto.”

“You’re one to talk, Matteo. Cheatings your middle name, fratellino.” (little brother) the other voice insisted with an auditable chuckle following along afterwards.

“Ha ha, very funny.”

Alexa watched as Dante turned to her one last time and smirked before he silently slipped inside and stood behind the two men currently seated with their backs facing them on the large black velvet couch.

A massive television screen sat in front of them, revealing that the two were in fact in the middle of some sort of racing game.

Each of the men held their own wireless remote and appeared totally engrossed by their game; far too busy to even notice that they had company.

Dante took a step in towards the back of the couch, his hand carefully picking up a pair of porcelain ornaments sitting on a small stand beside him.

Frowning at what he had planned here, Alexa watched as he slowly pressed the ornaments against the back of each of their heads and spoke with a dark undertone to his voice.

“Make a move and you’re dead!”

Both of the men playing the X-Box game instantly froze as they felt the impact of something being pressed against the back of their heads.

In their profession, they could only assume it was a gun.

Intrigued, Alexa continued to watch the scene unfold before her very eyes.

Was this some sort of strange game he was playing with these two men?

And why did they seem so afraid of him?

Neither of the two men said a word, instead they dropped their remotes and lifted their hands up in a form of surrender.

“You’re making a big mistake.” the taller of the two men remarked sternly.

“Yeah man, do you even know who we are?” the other enquired over his shoulder.

“Shut up!”

Dante snapped at them loudly, angrily pressing the ornaments against their heads and forcing their heads forward.

“It’s time for you to pay...”

Now Alexa was beginning to feel concerned as she took a step back from Dante, preparing herself to make a run for it if she had to.

What the hell was Dante doing?

She couldn’t understand what had suddenly come over her new boss.

Why was he acting this way towards these two men? Had they perhaps done something wrong?

Still, he was being rather forceful with them and it seemed wrong.

Opening her mouth, she was about to call him out on it when Dante spoke again. This time his voice sounded playful as he chuckled.

“Now come give your big brother a hug.”

It took the two strangers a moment for his words to sink in before they shared a glance with one another, then turning around to see a smiling Dante standing behind them.

Before the CEO had the chance to continue taunting them, both men suddenly launched themselves at him.

Dante’s eyes widened as they latched onto his arms, working together to grab him and pull him over the back of the couch where they then proceeded to wrestle him.

Alexa was beyond confused.

She had no idea of why Dante had played this strange little game with these two men.

And had she heard him correctly, did he call them his brothers?

Could these two equally handsome men, who along with her laughing boss were now tumbling onto the floor in a pile of struggling, masculine bodies, be the infamous Romano brothers she had only read online stories about?

She could only stand by and watch as Dante’s brothers wrestled and laughed along with one another, clearly pleased to see each other.

After a minute or so, the three men finally pulled apart, panting heavily and fighting to catch their breaths as they each smiled at one another.

“You son-of-a-b***h! You really had me for a second there.” Matteo chuckled as all three of them came to stand, straightening their suits and smiling.

“It doesn’t take much to frighten you, little brother.” Dante teased.

“What about you?” Roberto gave his older brother a playful shove.

“You should have seen the look on your face when we pulled you over the couch! It was priceless!”

“Yeah, yeah...” Dante gave his brother an equally playful shove back as he rolled his eyes.

The sound of her voice caused them all to become silent.

“Now that was adorable!”

Alexa had finally made her presence known as all three men turned to meet her smiling face.

From what they could tell, she had enjoyed the show they had unwillingly put on for her.

Marcello appeared to be checking her out while Roberto frowned with confusion.

“And who is this stunning, young woman?” Roberto asked with a smile as he too appeared to scan Alexa from head to toe.

Dante led his two younger brothers over to stand before her.

“Matteo, Roberto, I’d like you to meet my new personal assistant, Alexa Myers.” Dante began his introductions.

“Alexa, these are my two baby brothers-

“Matteo quickly cut in over his oldest brother.

“-There’s nothing baby about me, bellissima, I can assure you.” (gorgeous)

Dante frowned at his brother’s lame attempt at a come-on and continued to talk over him.

“Like I said, my two brothers...” he first gestured towards Roberto, the taller of the three and the only one of them with a full beard.

But Roberto surprised them when he held up his hand to stop Dante and instead stepped in to close the gap between him and Alexa.

He held out his hand for her to shake and she happily obliged.

“Roberto Romano, it’s a real pleasure Miss Myers.” he smiled as they shook hands.

“Same here.” she replied.

Dante went to continue on with his introductions, but just like his brother Roberto, Matteo decided to introduce himself to the beautiful Alexa in person.

The youngest of the three Romano brothers moved to stand in front of her now, instantly demanding her attention with his charming smile.

“And of course, I am-”

“-Matteo Romano...”Alexa cut in, nodding her head and holding out her hand for Matteo to shake.

He looked down at her hand and smirked before reaching out and taking it. But instead of shaking it, the youngest of the brothers surprised her by lifting it up to his waiting lips.

Alexa’s heart skipped a beat at the startling gesture.

Keeping his eyes fixated on the beauty standing before him, he pressed his lips to the back of her hand and gave it a soft kiss.

She could tell that this guy was a total ladies man, in every meaning of the phrase.

Alexa noticed as his thumb began rubbing small circles over the back of her hand as he lowered it ever so slowly.

She couldn’t help but blush at the forwardness of the youngest brother as he finally released his hold on her and gave her a sensuous smirk.

She would definitely have to keep her eyes on this one, that’s for sure!

Matteo kept his gaze fixed on her as he spoke to Dante now.

“E che creatura meravigliosa è, caro fratello.” (And what a stunning creature she is, dear brother.)

He made sure to speak about Alexa in their native language so that she couldn’t understand what he was saying about her.

But Dante’s suddenly darkened expression hinted towards what Matteo had said as the eldest brother suddenly slapped his youngest brother over the back of the head.

His voice held a harsh warning as he spoke.

“Non pensarci nemmeno, Matteo. È off limits! (Don’t even think about it, Matteo... she’s off limits!) Dante hissed, coming to stand beside her.

Matteo turned to glare at his older brother, holding his head as he spoke.

“Ow, per cosa diavolo era? (Ow! What the hell was that for?) he whined.

“Non è disponibile. Ti avverto, stai lontano da lei Matteo.” (She’s unavailable. I’m warning you, stay away from her Matteo.) Dante warned.

Matteo’s left brow lifted with a new interest. Suddenly the conversation changed back to English.

“Ok, ok... I can take a hint.” Matteo agreed.

He held out his hands in a form of surrender and smiled before turning to make his way out towards the kitchen.

He called out over his shoulder to all three of them as he walked.

“How about a round of drinks to celebrate our glorious leader’s return?”

Alexa could sense an apparent tension between Dante and Matteo, but she had no idea what it was about.

She didn’t understand Italian but it was on her list of priorities, that much was certain.

Whatever their issue with one another was, Dante seemed to be warning Matteo about something; something he clearly felt quite serious about.

Dante seemed protective of something...

Alexa was left to wonder what it was as she followed the others into the large open-plan kitchen for a round of drinks, as promised.