Mafia's trap

Chapter 10

Mila felt heat rushing to her cheeks and exploding in her head. She slightly opened her mouth and kept looking at him as if she had just seen a ghost.

She never thought about that, she just thought that she had enough and that he didn't want her to work anymore due to her age, but she never thought that she was...sick.

At first she felt shocked and then she felt sorry for that nice old lady. But, the worst part was that she didn't know what to say or how to act.

"I didn't know."

That was everything she managed to say, looking at the wet tiles on the floor. She didn't realize he stood up until he talked again.

"Come to my office in an hour."

Mila looked at him quickly and nodded, waiting for him to leave. When he walked into the house she stood up and headed to her room. She needs a cold shower to calm herself a bit.

She was standing in the shower, letting cold water run down her naked body. She felt sorry for Maria, she got so used to her that she couldn't even imagine something bad could happen to her. She can't even imagine being in this house without her presence in it. She sighed heavily and turned off the water, stepping out of the shower. She sighed again, remembering what she had to do next.

While putting her clothes on she was preparing herself mentally for a meeting with Mr Luca. She was nervous and excited at the same time and she couldn't tell why she put extra effort into her appearance. Or she could tell but she decided to ignore that, knowing there is big wall between her and Mr Luca or any other man.

When she got ready, she checked herself one more time in the mirror. She put on black leggings, paired them with a white shirt and white sneakers. She didn't want to look as if she wanted to look extra good, but she did look great. She knew she was attractive, lots of men told her that. But she always tried to keep away from men as her mother advised her. Mila closed her eyes and swallowed the tears, remembering her family, strong pain, started ripping her chest. She was now all alone, she had no one, so she was going to do anything to make Maria feel better. With that one thought, she left her room and headed to Luca's office.

*MEANWHILE IN RUSSIA

Ivan was sitting alone in the room surrounded by the darkness and silence. He was waiting for something very important while holding a glass with the golden liquor in it, as if his life was depending on it. He took a sip and closed his eyes, leaning with his back into the cozy armchair, when he heard knocking on the door.

"Come in."

He sounded and appeared calm and cold as ice, but inside he was going crazy while taking the envelope from his employee. When he finally had it in his hands, he gave a sign with his hand wanting to be left alone.

His hands were shaky when he opened them and pulled out some photos and papers. His eyes roamed over the papers confirming his doubts.

He smiled and took one of the photos, observing it closely. A gorgeous young woman was smiling in the photo to some stranger. Ivan placed the photo on the desk and narrowed his head, looking at it. This had changed everything but he was determined to pull the best out of it and that girl in the picture was going to give him what he wanted and needed. He raised the glass in the direction of the photo and smiled, taking a sip from it.