My Mafia Madness

Chapter 32 - May the Best Man Win

Dante was absolutely furious as he stood by overlooking the poolside from his office window.

Both his hands rested on his hips, his brilliant green eyes were burning with a relentless level of venom directed towards his youngest brother, Matteo.

The nerve!

He knew his brother was highly overconfident, especially when it came to beautiful women. He always had been that way since he was much younger.

The man was clearly very handsome, witty, humerous and of course incredibly rich.

Matteo, as it seemed, had it all.

So, what woman wouldn’t want to throw herself at such a catch?

And of course, many did.

But there was one thing that the Mafia Boss side of Dante would not put up with.

And that was being disrespected.

Matteo had shown disrespect towards his elder brother just now. And in front of his men, no less… it was totally unacceptable!

Dante decided that this whole thing had gone on long enough now.

Matteo, as it seemed, was way out of line with his newest interest, the apparent pursuit of Alexa’s affection.

And it simply would not do.

Perhaps it was time for the Mafia Don to remind his youngest brother of just who was in charge around here…

And he had an idea.

One that would put his brother in his place for sure.

As it would appear, two could play at this game!

“May the best man win, little brother…” Dante whispered softly to himself so that no one else would hear him.

And Dante intended on winning.

-

As Alexa lay with her head rested back against the edge of the pool, she felt the sudden ripple of water wash over her chest, as if someone had chosen to join her for a swim.

Still with her eyes closed, she smiled, expecting it to be Dante joining her.

Who else would it be?

“I thought it inappropriate for powerful CEOs to join their assistants for a swim, Mr. Romano.” she mused with a smirk.

Keeping his mouth shut, the sculpted figure slid into the pool and began to stride across towards where Alexa was lounging in the spa.

He came to stand right in front of her before choosing to finally speak his reply.

“Lucky for you, I’m not the CEO…” Matteo’s voice was husky as he spoke.

Alexa’s eyes shot wide open, instantly locking onto his before she suddenly shot upwards to stand, both her hands automatically coming up to cover her somewhat exposed breasts from view.

“Matteo!” she squeaked nervously.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was you… I thought-”

“-I know who you thought I was, bellissima.” (gorgeous) he replied with a growing smirk.

“But lucky for you, I am not my brother.”

He sat down on the submerged seat in the spa, right beside where Alexa had been sitting up until now.

His demeanour seemed quite casual as he too leaned his head back and closed his eyes.

“Are you enjoying yourself out here?” he asked, still keeping his eyes closed.

“Yes, it’s quite lovely actually.” she nodded.

As he spoke his reply, Matteo opened one of his eyes and peered at her, drinking in her beauty.

“Lovely indeed…”

Alexa felt silly covering herself as she looked down at her bikini top.

They were normal black and gold bikinis, nothing too skimpy, so why was she so worried about flaunting what she had?

Her hands lowered to either of her sides as she cautiously moved across to the other side of the spa and sat on the seat.

Maybe some distance from this handsome and clearly alluring man would be best.

“So, how did a stunning creature such as yourself end up working for my brother, as his assistant?” Matteo asked, opening his eyes and noticing her distance from him.

It caused him to chuckle deeply.

Matteo had always enjoyed women who played hard to get; he relished a challenge.

“I met him an in elevator, actually…”

She paused, giggling to herself at the memory of their first ‘almost’ kiss before continuing.

“Back then I worked as an assistant for Gary Harworth, C.O.O of the New York office. Do you know him?”

Matteo appeared to roll his eyes as he voiced his response.

“Know the guy, unfortunately, yes. He’s as slippery as they come. The guy’s a creep. I don’t know why my brother allows him to continue working for our company. He’d be long gone if I had any say in it.”

She couldn’t help but smile at his sudden accusation.

At least Matteo knew what the man was really like, behind the scenes. Gary could be hard to work with, that was for sure.

“So, you two met in an elevator...”

Matteo lifted his head up from the edge of the poolside, staring into her chocolate brown eyes with intrigue.

“I’m guessing you f****d him then.”

Her eyes narrowed with outrage as she too straightened to stand.

“Excuse me!”

He merely shrugged and went on to explain.

“It wouldn’t be the first time my brother has f****d a beautiful woman in an elevator before, believe me. Besides, something obviously happened between the two of you, something that grabbed his attention and made you stand out from all the other women practically begging to share his bed.”

Her brows lifted suddenly.

“I’ll stop you right there, Matteo. You’ve clearly got the wrong idea about your brother and I. Our relationship is purely professional. I work for him, as his assistant, nothing more.”

He scoffed.

“Sure…”

“I’m serious!”

“Oh, come on, I’ve seen the way he looks at you. The way he practically bites off the head of anyone who even comes close to you…”

Her brows furrowed in confusion as he went on.

“I’ve known my eldest brother all my life, bellissima. (gorgeous) And I know that when he’s got his sights set on something, he’d do just about anything to get it.”

Alexa’s expression showed her concern and confusion now.

Internally, Matteo grinned from ear to ear at his success.

The further he could drive a wedge between the beauty before him and his eldest brother, the better the chances were for him sweeping her off her feet.

“So, you’re saying there is nothing going on between you and Dante then?” Matteo asked as he slowly began to make his way through the water towards where she sat.

Alexa noticed this and began to head towards the deeper part of the pool, keeping an obvious gap between them.

Her feelings and emotions were all muddled up, confusing her about how she was and should be feeling right now.

Dante was her boss, she had to remember that.

But she couldn’t deny the growing feelings burning from deep inside of her that were becoming more and more obvious with every single second they continued spending together.

Why was this incredible man stirring such feelings for her?

-

Matteo followed along after the beauty as she swam along through the deeper blue water.

He watched her long, slender legs as they kicked, effortlessly gliding her through like some sort of beautiful water creature.

God how he wanted to claim that perfect body.

As Alexa got to the end and went to start pulling herself out of the pool, she was surprised from behind as a pair of strong hands grabbed both of her hips and pulled her back into the water with a small ‘splash’.

Resurfacing, Alexa’s wide eyes locked onto Matteo who was laughing darkly.

She scrunched up her face and swung her hand to hit him.

Her open palm slap against his shoulder wasn’t hard, but then again it would take a lot to hurt someone like Matteo Romano.

“What are you doing?” she demanded, both her brows pointed inwards as she glared at him angrily.

“We weren’t finished our conversation, bellissima.” (gorgeous) Matteo reminded, his left brow lifted.

“I asked you a question, one that you seem to prefer not answering for some reason…”

“Matteo...” she spoke with a harsh tone of warning.

He shrugged as he spoke.

“What it is? Afraid of lying to me, or perhaps afraid to tell me the truth?” he poked curiously.

Alexa let out a sigh, rolling her eyes and turning her head off to the side.

In truth, she had heard his question when he first asked it.

Matteo wanted to know if there was anything going on between her and his bigger brother Dante.

But she didn’t feel she could give him an honest response right now. She couldn’t exactly say how she felt, not yet. Nothing made sense between her and Dante.

She decided to feign ignorance and narrowed her brown eyes as she asked her next question.

“I’m sorry, what was the question again?”

Matteo’s expression suddenly clouded over, becoming much darker than it was only a second ago.

His patience was clearly thinning.

“You know what I asked bellissima… (gorgeous) don’t try and play coy with me.”

As he spoke his warning with a deep and husky tone, he shook his head as he moved through the water to close in on her.

Both his arms moved to rest on the edge of the pool either side of her, boxing her in with nowhere to go.

Their faces were mere inches apart now as he stared directly into what felt like her very soul.

“What are you doing?” her voice came out rather timid, at least more than she had liked.

She could feel as beneath the surface of the water he wrapped his legs around hers and pressed their hips up against one another.

Her heart was pulsing rapidly within her chest as she swallowed nervously, suddenly feeling a little too close for comfort.

And it surprised her to learn that the entire time this was happening, she wished that it was Dante doing this to her instead.

With his hard member pressing against the inside of her right thigh.

Matteo felt massive in size, and it caused her eyes to suddenly dart downwards as he smirked with a keen satisfaction.

“Like what you feel, bellissima?” (gorgeous) he whispered into her left ear, causing her to close her eyes and her brows to furrow.

“I haven’t even started…”