Wild Desires: Mafia’s Secret Bond

Loud

Nessa Sims

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I walked to the door to see one of the men standing.

“Boss wants you back at the house right now.” He said to me with a sense of urgency.

“But I haven’t gotten the clothes yet or picked up important things from my house.” I protested.

“That’s not a problem and it can be arranged later, we have to leave now.” He said as he began walking to the car.

“Why does he want me back at the house?”

“Don’t ask questions, you’ll see when we get there.” He replied.

I looked back to see my mum staring at me from the window. I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to Liam. I just waved them goodbye and gave them an “I’ll call you later” sign.

I entered the car and he drove off straight to the house. As the car sped away, I felt a mix of fear and curiosity. "What could be so urgent?" I thought to myself.

The car came to a stop at the front of the mansion. I could see like five different cars that weren’t there when we had left earlier in the morning. I wondered what could be happening inside and I hoped it wasn’t something bad.

As we entered the house, I was anxious about what was about to happen. The driver led me inside, and the house was quiet, the only sound was the clicking of our shoes against the marble floor. We walked through the corridors until we reached a room with the door slightly opened.

I could see Vito seated alongside some other scary-looking men. They were all seated together at the long rounded table and speaking in a low tone. He looked up as we entered, his eyes meeting mine. I took a deep breath, ready to face whatever was coming.

“You can go.” He pointed his hands towards the door and asked the driver to leave the room. “Have a seat.” He turned to me.

I sat down on a chair directly opposite Vito. I didn’t speak because I felt intimidated by all the men in the room. They all looked powerful and I didn’t want to say something wrong.

“Here’s the new hacker, Nessa Sims.” He introduced me to the men seated in the room. Was this the urgent thing he made me come back for? Or did he just have a knack for controlling my life?

“A woman?” One of them gave me a disgusted look.

“I hope she won’t compromise us.” Another one added.

There were three of them in the room. The other man didn’t say anything. He just stared at me and gave me a welcoming smile.

“I’m not stupid, I know what I’m doing.” Vito gave them a stern look. “She’ll be really helpful to us and with her impeccable skills, we’ll get back at the Farina family for the stunts they pulled on us the last time.” He added.

I was still quiet. I wondered who the Farina family was and what stunts they pulled. I still didn’t know who the men were, but they were definitely part of Vito’s group.

“Welcome to our organization, Nessa.” The man who gave me a welcoming smile earlier finally spoke. “I’m Damon.” He introduced himself to me.

“Thank you, nice meeting you.” I said faintly.

“And her identity shouldn’t be compromised. In whatever we do, nobody has to know she works for us or that she’s even a hacker.” Vito continued speaking. He looked at the three of them, waiting for some sort of assurance.

They all nodded in agreement and Vito dismissed them. It was a short meeting, to me at least. I had only been there for the end. I sat there waiting for some kind of instructions when Damon walked to where I sat.

“Hey, how are you doing?” He started a conversation.

“I’m good.” I was awkward when it came to meeting new people. I didn’t know how to start or keep up conversations with new people, especially when they were part of the mafia.

“I’m Vito’s best friend. I hope he has been nice to you?” He spoke about Vito like he still wasn’t in the room. I didn’t think Vito and nice should be put in the same sentence but I didn’t voice it.

“Of course, I’ve been nice to her.” He defended himself without looking up from what he was doing.

“So who are the other two men?” I was curious to know since they weren’t comfortable with a woman working for them.

“They are his dad’s business partners. People who worked with his dad before he passed.” Damon answered. He was referring to Vito’s dad. I still had a lot to learn about Vito.

“Oh-“ I said awkwardly.

Vito didn’t really give us much attention, he was focused on some paperwork on the table.

“So when do I start my job?” I asked Vito.

“I’ll tell you when. You can go back to your room for now, I’ll talk to you later.” He dismissed me.

Damon offered to escort me upstairs.

“So do you live here?” I asked him while we climbed the stairs.

“Sometimes, during critical moments.” He replied.

What did he mean by critical moments?

“Is Vito always like this?”

“Like how?” He chuckled. He knew what I was talking about but he wanted me to be direct.

“Rude, I don’t know. He’s bossy and mean.”

“He’s a nice person, but he has to act that way so people don’t cross him easily.”

We talked more and I got to know that Damon and Vito had been best friends ever since they were kids. Their families were very close and worked together for several years.

The Don title was given to Vito after his father passed away during a clash between them and the Farina family. It left only him, his mum, and his two younger sisters. His sisters weren’t involved in the mafia life, although they knew about it.

After the death of his father, Vito moved away from where he lived with his family and promised himself he would avenge his dad’s death. He didn’t want his mum and sisters to be in danger, so he had to be far away from them and continue his dad’s legacy.

Damon on the other hand wasn’t trained by his dad for the mafia and his dad was still alive but retired. He only got deeply involved because his best friend became a mafia don, and they started working together.

After the conversation with Damon. I went into my room and was welcomed with some new clothes on my bed, and some arranged neatly in the wardrobe.

The outfits looked classy and elegant. I guess since I was working for the mafia, I might as well dress as elegant as them. I wondered how Vito had the time to get me new clothes when the initial plan was to go to the boutique myself.

I put the clothes that were lying on the bed into a box I had seen in the lower part of the wardrobe. I changed my clothes into something more comfortable and remembered I hadn’t called Ellie.

I took my phone and saw several calls and texts from her. I quickly dialed her number.

“Hey, what’s up? I’m sorry I missed your calls.” She answered the call at the first ring.

“I was a little bit worried but I figured you would have been busy.” She replied.

“Yeah, I was a bit busy. How are you doing?” I asked.

“I’m good. So what happened this morning? Anything new?” Ellie has always been curious, she always wanted to know what was going on.

“I went over to my mum’s house to pick Liam but I changed my mind in the process. I don’t know if I made the right choice but I think it’s best that he stays there so nothing bad happens to him.”

“I think that’s the best thing to do for now.” Ellie was trying her best to back me up.

“And yeah, I met someone new. Damon, he’s Vito’s best friend. He’s pretty nice.” I shared. “Vito has a girlfriend too, she introduced herself this morning.”

“Girlfriend? Awww.”

I didn’t know why she was acting sorry for me. Like it was my business if he had a girlfriend or not.

“What is wrong with you?” I smiled and scolded her lightly.

“The ship has sunk.” She said with her squeaky voice. “So unto Damon next.”

Ellie was just delusional but not for herself. She was delusional for me. I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with anybody working for the mafia and besides I wasn’t ready to love anybody again.

“No no, everybody is off limits here. I wouldn’t want to get involved with anybody here.” I snapped her out of her delusions.

“Is it because of Ben?” She always felt Ben was the reason I didn’t want to get into another relationship but I just wanted to focus on raising my son right without any complications.

“Hell, no. I just don’t want it right now.”

“Okay okay.” She didn’t mean okay, she just wanted me to stop talking. “We’ll talk later, I have a meeting to attend.”

She ended the call.

I didn’t really have anything to do so I did a little work on the website I was working on and decided to go outside and explore the house a little bit.

It was already evening and everywhere was quiet. It was as though no one was in the house. I walked through the corridors on the floor where my room was.

I stopped for a second because I heard sounds coming out of a room. I paused for a second, wondering if I could have heard wrong but I didn’t. Actual moans were coming out of a room. Who thought it was a bright idea to have loud s*x in a house where other people lived? I walked closer to the room, I didn’t know why I did, but the door was ajar and I looked closely to see who it was.