Leon Monzato's Obsession (Monzato Brothers 2)

Chapter Nine

Leon

"What are we gonna do now? That's some kind of a real problem." Crow said as he settles himself to sit beside me. We are currently discussing something about business. The office of my door opened, and the stupid motherfucker, Damon entered with a big smile on his ugly twerp face. 

"What is up? Yow yow yow?" He shouted while waving his chocolate milk like a f*****g lunatic. 

I glared at him. "What the f**k is your problem?" 

"Nothing. I bought a box of chocolate milk here. Get yourself a piece." I looked down on his side. A box full of chocolate milk in a packet was laying on my floor. I raised a brow while looking at Damon. What f**k is his trip this time? I shook my head to go back to work. 

"Damon, why did you buy a box of f*****g chocolate milk?" Crow asked. 

"Because I'm allowed to buy things." 

"And buying one packet isn't enough for you that you have to buy a freaking whole box?" I frowned. 

Damon just shrugged, rolling his eyes out, "That's not important. This is a free country and I'm allowed to spend my own money." 

Me and Crow exchanged glances. After a moment, we both shook our heads in disbelief. Damon is a different f*****g, for real. I decided to get one packet and poked it with paper straw and began to drink while listening to Crow's suggestion. Wallace entered the room, and joined our conversation. 

"Where are the others?" He asked. 

"Pol and Psyche cannot make it. Psyche's wife is having a difficulty in her pregnancy. Apollo's being a lazy bitch." Crow explained, biting the straw of his chocolate milk. 

"Sage is doing a major spine surgery, can't make it here. I see you're here." I rolled my eyes. I heard him and Miss Purple Heart last night f*****g. I have the intention to see him and rob his fridge but all I got is traumatised eardrums for f**k's sake. 

"Why? Am I not welcome here?" 

"Of course. Idiots are not welcome here." Damon said, poking Wallace's left cheek. Wallace glared at Damon before jerking his head, swatting Damon's hand. 

"Why are you here then? There's the door, leave." 

"f**k you, Monzato." 

"Hey! I'm Monzato too, you stupid prat!" I exclaimed. He stuck his tongue out while chuckling like an i***t. I massaged my temple when the three of them started bickering. 

We do have a freaking business problem to troubleshoot but here they are, bickering and teasing. Only the four of us here in my study but the noise is like there's more than ten people here. What more if the other three idiots are here, that would be a f*****g chaos. 

"Just remember when you stole four hundred euros from me, you thief!" Damon whined. 

"Yeah, you're a f*****g thief, Ace." Crow added while chuckling.

Wallace threw one pillow at Crow, glaring, "Don't act like a f*****g innocent, Crow. You're the one who told me to tell him that the bet is four hundred euros when in reality it's only one hundred." 

"You f*****g criminal!" 

"Came from the pompous little s**t who provide us a certain information from a certain person or any other organization by hacking into the system. Calm your butt, D. We are all demons here." Crow said in a serious tone.

"At least I don't steal!" He whined again, swatting Wallace's shoulder. 

"Can we stop the argument now? Someone smuggled our product. We have to know who's behind it." I huffed a breathe, trying not to sound frustrated at all. 

"Can you just name liquors? Product sounds like we are some drug lords or some shit." Wallace said. 

"Liquors then. I do have theory who is it but I'm not sure." I stopped talking. They all looked at me, waiting for my next words. I sighed, "Lucas McIntyre." 

"Isn't he your business partner to that bar of yours, Damon?" Crow asked. Damon shrugged, processing what I've said. 

"Yes, he's my co-owner actually but as far as I know, he is not in the liquor industry.  Where did you get that suspicion?" 

"That's deep suspicion, Lee." 

I brought up a folder containing pictures, McIntyre, talking to someone every time he's done talking to Damon. "See it yourself. My investigator told me that, those photographs are from different nights but same time."

"Meaning?" They said in unison. 

"Well, it's always after him and Damon ended talking." 

"He's just asking about liquors, that's all. That's not a deep evidence." 

"He's just curious, Leon. Don't point a finger to someone just because you don't like the git." Crow said, staring at the pictures. I closed my eyes from too much frustrations. 

"How will you explain all his questions about, when, where and what time will the truck leave? No ones knows about the route, only us. And as far as I remember, he asked you all that and you told him everything because, oh f**k yes, you trusted him." I raised a brow at Damon, waiting for him to talk back.

I know I sound arrogant right now but I know my suspicions are right. The three of them were silent. 

"I'll ask Cohen to hack McIntyre's phone and see if he can get the phone call recordings. If you are right, the motherfucker needs to pay." Damon said, clenching his jaw. 

"The liquors are worth three hundred and fifty million. I will not let that money go to waste because of some motherfucker tried to sabotage me. I knew that piece of s**t can't be trusted." I muttered. 

Aside from the furniture company, I also hold a quite good reputation in liquor industry. A good reputation, enough reputation to tell those idiots not to mess with me. But here we are, someone just tried my temper. 

I was about to say something when we got interrupted by a knock on the door. I silently smiled when I realized I asked Bella to serve us some Danish butter cookies to feed these hungry animals, in other words, my friends and my dearest brother. 

I stood up to open the door for her. I instantly smiled when I saw her calming beautiful doll face. f*****g gorgeous as ever. She smiled slightly and turned her heel to enter and put the cookies in front of Wallace and Damon since they are sitting on the little living room in here. 

Wallace smiled at Bella. "Hello, doll. How are you?" He said but Bella seemed to forgot who he is. Bella is staring at Wallace, confused but she returned a smile but didn't said a word. 

A pang of anger and irritation when she smiled at him. 

"You don't remember him, do you?" Damon started. 

"Sorry." Bella said softly and my heart melted. Damon and Crow burst out laughing. I chuckled silently. That's you get from acting like a sweetheart from my Bella, you piece of s**t! 

"Oh, god. That is hilarious. Don't be sorry for him missy, you're too gorgeous to take time remembering his ugly face." I frowned when Damon dropped a compliment to Bella. Not that he is wrong but, Bella already know that she's gorgeous. I always tell her that every single day. She doesn't need anymore compliment from other idiots, especially from him. 

"It's me, Wallace. From the penthouse? Leon and I were fighting." He said, still smiling like an i***t. 

Bella smiled after a while of thinking. "Yeah." She chuckles, even her chuckles are so f*****g cute and adorable. God, this baby girl. "Yeah, I already remember you, Mr. How are you?" 

She asked. Wallace knew what was she asking. Wallace opened up to her that day, telling her how he got offended by Miss Purple Heart, and then baby Bella here have no experience over a guy, which is I'm f*****g thankful because god knows that I will hunt down the guy who broke her heart and assassinate him, make his brain splutter on the ground. 

Anyways, Acey was feeling close to her that day, making me annoyed as f**k. Stupid brother of mine. 

"Oh, we're good. You? If that brother of mine is abusing your kindness, making you clean this ugly mansion, I will steal you from him." 

"f**k you." I pressed a glare. Steal my f*****g ass, I will shoot him. 

"Hey! No cussing in front of the minor." Crow said, staring at Bella. 

"She's not a minor, i***t. Bella's nineteen. She looks younger than her age, yes?" Wallace looks amused. What the f**k is their problem? Crow and Damon walked towards her, looking at her face. 

"Damn, are you for real? You look like a doll to me." Crow commented. 

"Yes. You look like a living doll. Jet black straight long hair, you got there." Damon is amused by her looks. I clenched my jaw. 

I put my hand on her forearm, I need to put a distance on her, even a f*****g barricade because these two fuckers are too close on her and I don't like it. 

"Do not scare my staff." I said, trying not to sound. I tugged Bella to my side, enough for her to get her distance from Crow and Damon. 

"She's incredible you kn--- What's that?" Wallace got interrupted when he something. He pointed on Bella's other forearm. I looked at it and there's bruise, a massive bruise. 

Bella immediately covered it with her uniform sleeve but it's still visible to me. I felt my blood boil when I saw the bruise. Who did that to her? 

"N-nothing, Sir. I need to go back to work." She tried to tried get her arm but I didn't let her go. She looked up to me, pleading to me. I'm determined not to let go of her soft skinned forearm but I remember how she reacted when I pushed the subject about her, being jumpy and flinching. 

I sighed and walked her towards the door. "We'll talk later." I mumbled, low enough for the boys not to notice. 

I closed the door and turned around to face the boys. I saw them, still discussing about Bella's massive bruise. 

"Are you hitting her, Leon Samuel?" Crow said. I sneered in annoyance. As if I can hurt her. Damn, she's my mood brightener why would I hurt her? i***t.

"No. Why would I do that? If I hurt her, I feel like I will be send in jail for child abuse." I said, walking back to my desk, sitting on top of it. 

"Then who hurt her? I'm a retired soldier, I know where you can get your bruises. And by looking at her, the person who hit her have a massive hand or she got hit with something heavy." Damon explained. 

"The girl is too fragile for that kind of hitting. Whoever did that, he or she did that on purpose."

My mood was sent on rage when I imagined her, being hit by someone. I felt the lust on my blood to kill that fucker who gave her that ugly bruise. They don't have the right to lay a finger on her. Is the Helios, boy i***t is the one who did that? The stupid boy who kissed her forehead every time she gets back here? I hate that i***t. 

"Talk to her, Lee." Wallace suggested. 

I scoffed and let out a deep breathe. "She won't talk about her personal life. If you guys are planning to ask her about who did that bruise, don't waste your time. She won't talk." 

She still not opened up about the flinching and s**t and for sure, she will not share something about that bruise. If she won't open up to me, her baby, she'll not talk to them. She's too secretive and I'm sure as heck that she wanted to stay that way. 

"Are you gonna let this slide?" 

"Yes." I said casually. "If she doesn't want to talk about it, let her liver her life. She's just part of my staff, her personal business, is not part of my everyday worry." 

I felt a slight feeling of guilty as I said those horrible words. Horrible, I tell you but that is the truth anyway. Bella always tell me that, or should I say she always reminds me that I shouldn't worry about her personal staff. I'm just obeying what she said even though I really want to stick my nose to her goddamn personal stuffs. 

"She's just a kid, Leon." Crow said, looking at me intently. I remained my stoic expression and look at him dead in the eye. "She ain't a kid, like what Acey said, she's nineteen. She's already on the right and proper age." 

"I think you should talk to the little doll." Wallace suggested and I rolled my eyes. 

"Bloody hell. What did I say about leaving her alone?" I said, the annoyance is visible on my voice but I don't care. 

First of all, Bella is my staff, mine. If there is someone in this have the right to worry and talk to her, that's me. Me only. They don't have any business with her, why are they interrupting me and Bella's friendship anyway? f*****g annoying mongrels. 

"If you are fine with her, getting assaulted by someone, then not to me. Even though she's only part of your staff, you should worry about her. Your employees are your responsibility, Leon." Blah blah bah, here we go again, Father Crow is striking again. 

"Besides, can you really endure the fact that she maybe getting hit by someone bigger than her? Look at her, small little doll, and someone can snap her like a twig." Damon said. 

I sighed in frustration. I'm so jealous that they are so concerned over Bella but I cannot hide the fact that they have a clear point. I might kill someone if I got informed that she is getting hit on purpose. 

"All right. I'll try to talk to her." 

We finished the meeting and I spend the rest of my day, lying on my bed, thinking about Bella, which is not really new to me. For the past months, the doll is occupying my damn brain by her adorable actions. f**k, even though she's just standing there, doing nothing I still find her adorable gummy bear. 

I checked the clock and its already 22:00. I got up and decided to knock on Bella's door. 

Wearing my blue comfy Aladdin pyjama and my signature white muscle tee shirt, I walked my way towards the wing in the mansion, where the rooms of the staff is located. I made sure that all the staff of my house have their separate rooms, with sound proofing to give them some privacy. 

I search for the third room on the left. I noticed that her light is still on. I knocked slightly, enough for her to hear my knocks from the outside. 

After a couple of seconds, Bella opened the door, her eyes dilated after seeing me. I flashed a smile, "Hey, can I come in?" I asked even though I really want to just walked inside. 

She opened the door widely, without saying another word, I came in. I looked her and I see that she's ready for bed. She's only wearing a black tank top, the compliments her white soft skin and a pyjama. 

My jaw clenched when I saw that ugly massive bruise again. I closed the door behind me. 

"What happened to that?" 

"What is the matter, Sir? Do you need anything?" She said, almost whisper completely ignoring my question. 

"Now now, baby. You should learn that when someone asked you a question, you should not answer with a question. That's not how a conversation works." 

I am fully aware that I called her baby, but based on her reaction, she noticed it. 

"Did you just called me b-baby, Sir?" 

"I said, you don't answer a question with a question." I closed our distance, since she's a small adorable bean, I am now towering her. I smirked when I saw she turned pink while looking up to me. 

"Sorry." 

"Let me repeat my question again, baby. Who put that ugly massive bruise on your forearm? I don't like it." I caressed her bruised forearm, she whimpered, probably because the bruise is still painful. "Does it hurt so bad?" I asked softly. 

She shook her head, "Not really. Just when someone or something bumped into it."

"Good. Who did this?" 

"No one, Sir. I just bumped into something is all." 

"You know what. Damon told me, your bruise looked like someone hit you on purpose." I said, she instantly got paled hearing what I've said. 

She looked away from me, she's literally hiding something. 

"Please, Sir. Don't question me. It's only a bruise, it will go away soon after a couple of days." 

"But-" She instantly cut me off, "Please? I will not die from a massive bruise, Sir. Let it go." 

She looked at me, pleading me to drop the subject. Just like the first encounter, she's eager for me to drop the subject because she will not talk. I already assumed that she's not gonna talk but I cannot help but to get annoyed and disappointed. 

I sighed in dismay. "Okay then. But if I see another bruise or any kind of sign that someone hit you, I will not drop the subject, understood?" 

"Thank you." I smiled when she sighed in relief. I cupped her cute face. I stared at her for long minute, admiring her facial features, that sweet pinkish lips really caught my eye. I badly want to kiss her but for sure, she's not ready for that.

"Can I do something for you right now?" I asked before doing what I have in mind. Consent is everything people! 

"Okay? What is it?" 

I leaned down on her and planted a soft kiss on her forehead. It's only a quick kiss but my body went on frenzy again. Her face is probably on fire right now. 

"You take care of yourself, baby. I might lose my mind when something happened to you." 

"Why?" She asked, a little confused. I shrugged because I don't know too. I want to take care of her not only because she's part of my staff but there's another reason and I don't know what it is. I should go away from her and leave all of her business to herself but I can't. 

I didn't answer. I simple let go of her face instead and headed to the door of her room. 

"You're not gonna answer me?" 

"Eh? You won't answer my questions as well." 

"That's mean." She said, hiding the amused expression. 

I ruffled her soft hair, "You take a rest." I commanded. 

"Good night, Sir." She said as I finally got out of her room. I raised a brow on her. Why the f**k she's only calling me Sir without baby in it? Why is that? 

"Sir what?" 

"Good night, SIr baby." 

"That's how I like it."