Sold to a Mafia billionaire

Marie “I want to go to mum,I’m tired of this shithole we call a home and I’m tired of you always telling me what to do Marie,I’m not a f*****g child and I can take care of myself”. “Well,I’ll stop treating you like a child when you stop ending up in a ditch every night, when you get a job and start earning your own money like every adult and what part of mum doesn’t want to see us anymore do you not understand,she abandoned us and I’ve been the one taking care of us for six years Juliet,six f*****g years and seeing you like this breaks my heart so much and I’m tired Juliet,I’m so tired”. “Then stop,I never asked you to do any of this,I never asked you to take care of me”…she screamed and stormed out of my room. Every time I get into an argument with Juliet, I always end up looking like the bad person.I was only twenty six and three years older than she is but it felt like I was taking care of a two years old child. I had spent my whole life trying to stay out of trouble and for the past six years,I’d been the only mother she’d had. Ever since mom abandoned us to move to Canada with her new boyfriend,we slowly drifted apart,while I turned to books and school to help deal with the pain,Juliet used alcohol and s*x. When mum left,dad developed a gambling addiction and any little money I’d try to get by doing menial jobs,dad would always take it from me and gamble every single penny at that casino downtown so I learnt to always hide any money I made from babysitting and working as a waitress at a coffee bar very close to the nursing school I attended here in Atlantic City and since he saw I wouldn’t be fueling his gambling addiction anymore,he stopped bothering me but I know he still gambles a lot and I don’t know where he gets the money from,I just hope he isn’t doing anything illegal that’ll put Juliet and I in danger. I’m currently in my final year in nursing school and I can’t wait to be done so I can apply to work as an intern at one of my dream hospitals in New York. Juliet has never really talked about her ambitions or any desire to go to school,the only thing she seems to want to do these days is drink,party and wear those skimpy shorts I hate so much.Juliet and I used to be so close when we were younger and I don’t know when things started to change between us,but every-time I try to bridge the gap between us she automatically shuts down so I just stopped trying. “Juliet I’m going to work now,please prepare soup and keep some for dad,you know how angry he gets when he comes back home and there’s no food in the house” I said. Juliet comes out of her room with her eyeballs looking so red and I knew she had been crying. “Why do you care about that vile man so much,he doesn’t care if we are alive or dead,the only person he cares about is himself”,Juliet said. “Because he’s our father and the only family we have left”.I turned and left the house because I didn’t want to hear anything else and because I could already feel a headache brewing,I popped some painkillers into my mouth and swallowed. Talking about my dad weighed me down a lot and I needed to be in the right head space for the gala tonight as a lot of big and influential people would be there and I didn’t want to f**k this up. My friend Christy was the one that called to tell me about the job,it was a huge gala event and one of the waitresses cancelled and the manager was looking for a replacement so Christy recommended me and I was super grateful because I needed the extra cash. I got to the venue at 7pm and immediately ran to the bathroom to change to my work outfit before guests started arriving,when I was done I looked at myself and hazel eyes stared right back at me,I’ve always looked pretty basic my whole life with my brown wavy hair and t**s too big for my body,I didn’t believe that I was attractive,Juliet has always been the prettier one,the one that always got all the men and I wasn’t even mad about that,I didn’t have time for a relationship anyway. “Marie you’re here,the guests have started to arrive”Christy’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts and we immediately headed to the main room where the gala was holding. It was the most beautiful room I had ever seen with gold chandeliers dripping down from the ceiling and walls filled with art I knew I would never be able to afford in my lifetime,the people here oozed wealth and I felt so out of place,so small and so insignificant. I pushed off the sadness I was feeling and plastered a smile on my face while I started serving drinks to the guests.I was going to be a nurse and make a lot of money so Juliet and I can have a better life,I was going to do it. While I was serving drinks,everywhere immediately fell silent and I turned my back wondering why everybody wasn’t talking anymore and I wished I didn’t because the man I saw was the most beautiful man I’d ever seen in my life. Lucien Armani,the CEO of Armani group and the man that controls all of Atlantic city.I’d only ever seen him in magazines and he always had shades on but looking at him now with those gorgeous green eyes that would bring any woman to her knees,I’d kill for him to look at me just once and everything would be right with my world. He was wearing black slacks,with a black shirt that wasn’t buttoned fully and if you looked close enough you could see his chest tattoos,he had two bodyguards by his side also wearing the same black attire and if the vibe was to scare people,they were certainly doing a pretty good job. I stopped staring like a hopeless fool and focused on my job,men like Lucien Armani didn’t belong in my world,he was a billionaire and the most dangerous man in Atlantic City and I was just a waitress struggling to finish nursing school. I took a break to use the bathroom and when I was done,I went to the sink to splash some water on my face,the event was taking longer than I expected and I was so tired.I was about to leave the bathroom when I heard gunshots and screams coming from the room where the gala was being held and I immediately bent down to take off my heels incase I needed to run. I crept slowly towards the room when and I started hearing voices coming towards me then i felt someone drag me and push me back into the bathroom and locked the door. “Do you want to get yourself killed??”said the stranger and when I looked up,gorgeous green eyes where staring at me. “Lucien” i whispered. What was he doing here and why were we hiding and whispering in a bathroom. “I was trying to find my friend Christy,what’s happening in there?”I asked “A fight broke out up there and things got a little messy”he said without a flick of emotion on that beautiful face. “I know you are worried about your friend but you can’t go out there right now” Lucien said immediately like he could read my thoughts “You are hurt” I said. I reached for his shirt not wanting to look at those eyes any longer but he stopped me. “You are hurt and I’m a nurse, i can fix it” I said. He looked at me with so much intensity and I immediately felt so self conscious and cursed that i wasn’t wearing my good bra today. He took his hands off my wrists and i immediately missed the warmth of his hands on my skin.I took off his shirt and I saw that it was a knife wound,thankfully it was just a scratch. I cleaned the wound with a rag and thankfully I always carry a suture with me because Juliet was always getting herself injured and I was always fixing her up,thank you Juliet. As I stitched him up, I could feel his eyes watching every move I made and it took everything I had to not look at him. When I finished stitching him up,I used my scarf to wrap the wound then I stood up to go wash my hands in the sink and I thought of Christy again and it was like he could sense my discomfort and worry and he came to me and started rubbing circles on my back and I calmed down a bit. “Where do you live?I want to drop you off,it’s still unsafe and I want to make sure you get home safely”Lucien said “Why?” I asked “Just consider this a thank you for tending to my wounds” he said. “But what about Christy,we can’t just leave her here” i said. “My men will find her and take her home to her parents,I’ll take care of it Mia cara,trust me”he said. And for some weird reason I trusted him,I trusted that this man would keep to his words,Lucien Armani the most dangerous man in the whole of Atlantic City and yet I’d never felt so safe in my entire life. When we stepped out, everywhere was trashed, he slowly led me outside to a black limo and his driver opened the door for us and we got it in,he didn’t talk to me throughout the ride and I could tell he was in deep thoughts,did he know the people that did this,did they come to the gala because they knew he was there??.These were the thoughts running through my head till we got to my home. I stepped out of the car and thanked him for saving my life but as i turned to leave,he grabbed my hands and kissed the inside of my wrists before he let me go. I watched the limo speed off from my window and as I laid on my bed,I prayed that Lucien would find Christy and I hope she wasn’t hurt.I tried going to bed but every time I closed my eyes I saw deep green eyes,Lucien’s eyes.I want to see him again.