BOUGHT BY THE MAFIA BOSS

5

When Max left, Elena looked around to see if anyone was looking at her or had seen him talking to her. Everyone was busy chatting happily and engrossed in what they were doing. She found her sister chatting with her friends, and she smiled. She felt more like a mom to her than a sister. She was proud of her, and she was going to try her best to give her the best things in life. Her heart swelled up with love as she looked at her admiringly.

Marcelo bit down on his lip as he shook his head and smiled. The nerve of her to decline his request, he was sure it was her. He marvelled at how beautiful she looked in normal clothes and her natural hair. He was going to punish her for disobeying him.

' Hey, you ok?' Max asked.

' Yeah, i'm fine. '

' So why did you ask for the blonde'

' she just looked familiar, and i wanted to check if she was the person i had in mind '

' Okay......,' he gives him a sly look.

' Since when did you start remembering the faces of your play things'

' Don't call her a play thing,' Marcelo snapped at him.

Max was shocked by his sudden outburst.

' jeez okay, chill boss'

Marcelo was his best friend, but he was still his boss.

' Let us go.' Max said to his driver.

It suddenly struck Marcello that Max had also slept with Elena. He became angry and agitated, but he controlled himself because he was his best friend, and Elena was just doing her job. Why did he feel this way about her ?

' Any news on Alessandro,' he asked Max.

' No,nothing yet. '

'Any leads on the people that looted our factory'

' we are still tracking them, but there are suspicions that it was Alessandro's team'

' Put every of our men on their tail. i want to get to the end of this. Find Alessandro wherever he is.'

' Yes, boss'

Alessandro was Marcelo's stepbrother. Marcelo's father had Alessandro before marcelo was born. He had a one night stand with Alessandro's mother some years before he met Marcelo's mother, and the result was Alessandro. When Alessandro's mother found out after many years that the man she had slept with was a rich mafia Lord, she pulled all the strings she could to meet him again.

She went to see him with Alessandro in case he did not believe her. Alessandro's father remembered her as he had found her fancy at the time. He agreed to take Alessandro in. And so five year old Alessandro moved in with them. Marcelo was two at the time. Marcelo's mother had been compassionate and kind enough to let him stay with them. She was kind to Alessandro and treated him like he was her son. There was peace, but for a short while. Alessandro's mother, Kate, suddenly started visiting the house every day to see her son. She kept complaining to Fernando, Marcelo's father, that she missed her son and could not live without him. Fernando had been mad at her for suddenly appearing with a child after he had gotten married. He loved Mia, his wife, and Marcelo's mother so much. He had deeply apologised after Kate suddenly sprung out of nowhere. She had accepted and forgiven him, stating that it was before they had met and got married. Kate was allowed to visit the Diego estate and see her son from time to time. But she claimed it was not enough time for her. And that she did not know what kind of mother she would be to abandon her son with strangers and just visit him from time to time. She said she needed to be near him and take care of him like Mia was taking care of her own son. She cried and begged, and Fernando had asked her to take her son home, stating that he would still support them financially and otherwise no matter where they were. Kate said her son needed a father figure in his life and needed to start getting used to his father's way of life and businesses. She said he needed every knowledge about how things are run in the Diego household. In her words,' he was a Diego and therefore he should grow up as one'. She also schooled Fernando on the importance of equality, fairness, and impartiality when it came to his sons.

' What exactly are you implying Katerina?' Fernando asked her.

' I want to be here with my son. He has lived five years of his life in hardship and suffering and without a father. The least I can do for him is let him experience what it means to have a complete family. He is still a member of the Diego bloodline '

Fernando hardly restrained himself from throwing her out. He spoke to Mia about what Kate had suggested. Mia agreed that a mother should be with her child. She asked Fernando to let Kate move in with them so she could stay with her son. She asked him to give her a room in the eastern wing of the mansion. That way, she would be out of their way, and they would not run into each other much.

The day Kate moved in, Mia had gone to her room to see her. She did not know what kind of games Kate was playing, but she was going to warn her ahead of time in case she wanted to pull any dirty tricks.

Knock knock. " I see you're unpacking,"

Mia smiled dryly and coldly.

" Yes, I am," Kate smiled back slyly.

Mia walked in further to the middle of the room. She looked around the exquisitely furnished room in satisfaction. She then turned to look Kate in the face.

" I hope you like the room," she asked

" Oh yes. I do. Is there a problem?" She asked cockily.

Mia laughed.

" Why would there be a problem? "

Silence. They both looked at each other seriously now.

" In this house, we are all a family. " Mia broke the ice.

" Family comes first. The Diego family does not forgive betrayal. We value peace and tranquillity.... she paused....alot. "

" You can take care of your son as a mother should. I allowed it because I am a mother, too." Mia knew that would sting, but she wanted to establish her authority. Kate, on the other hand, already disliked her, but her barging in here to warn her was over the roof. Who did the little brat think she was. She wanted to badly remind her that she met Fernando before she did. And obviously, her son was the first son and first heir.

" Mia dear Mia, there is no need for all this lecture. I know why I am here. I am here for my son, the first son of Fernando Diego. "

Mia caught on quick. She did not have time for this.

" dinner is by 7. The help will help you with anything you need. "

And she left.

Two could play, Kate smiled.