Heart of the Mafia King

Mafia?

{Maisie’s POV}

“Maisie.. most of our business is legit, run through our companies. We have other prominent families as investors, and fellow businessmen, but sometimes.. sometimes something bad happens, and we’re forced to take matters into our own hands.” He sighed. “We had to do a lot of highly illegal things to get my sister back safely..”

He was talking like a mobster.. prominent families.. illegal things.. the kidnappings.. what on earth is he talking about. “I-I’m a little confused.. and maybe drunk..” I gulped down the rest of my wine. “Either that or I think I need to be drunk..”

“Maisie, I can completely understand if you are worried, if you want to go back home, even if you never want to see me again.. but I feel like keeping this from you, wouldn’t be the best way to start out a relationship.” He sighed. “I don’t like to use the term mafia, it makes you think of evil drug lords, and murderers, but that isn’t the case at all! Have I had to ki** people? Yes.. All of us have had our share of ending disputes between criminal enterprises. I’ll admit, some of the less prominent families aren’t as clean as us, but none of the prominent families deal in drugs. We do deal with businesses though, luxury casinos, and luxury resorts, along with villa’s like this one, and clubs, like the one we met in. We use our money to buy real estate properties, and build these places, then usually we will have each other’s backs with investments. Occasionally someone will come along that is tangling in the wrong things.. we have had to dispose of some people..”

I froze, thinking back, didn’t Mikey call me the night that Reggie disappeared? Angelo, he took one look at me and stormed out, he had seen Reggie giving me a hard time, did he.. did he dispose of Reggie? I felt my heart rate increasing in my chest, as panic began to set in. I leaned back taking deep breathes, in and out, in and out, calm.. try to be calm.

“Maisie, I can promise you that I’d never do anything to hurt you, neither would my family!” He said, pulling me from my thoughts.

I looked over to him. “Angelo, I know that you wouldn’t.. you’ve been so kind to me, but you have to admit, Mafia? It’s a hard pill to swallow..” I sighed, rubbing my temples. “So.. Mafia.. extortion.. gambling.. murder..” I said softly. “Did you ki** him?” I asked, before I even had the chance to stop myself.

He paused for a moment, looking me over. “Ki** who?” He asked.

“I-I know that you saw and heard the way Reggie was talking to me.. when you left that night, the night Mikey called, you were so angry..” I said softly, watching every move he made. “Did you ki** Reggie?”

He chuckled, actually chuckled. “No, I didn’t ki** him.. I did beat the crap out of him and told him it’s be best if he left you alone.” He said, rubbing the back of his neck. “He was bothering you, and he hit you.. busted up your face..”

“Angelo.. did you erase the cam footage?” I asked, remembering how it had looked edited.

He nodded. “Of course, I.. how did you know that?” His eyes scanned up to my face.

I sighed, leaning my head back again and covering my face. “Robert.. his business was in need of someone with computer knowledge. He hired a woman, someone able to hack into secure networks, and change or delete documents. When I first met her, I thought that she was just someone to run part of the business. She was very kind, taught me everything she knew. Even bought me my own laptop to practice on. She’s set up tests for me to complete, and graded me on how fast I could do it, and how effective I was. She also pointed me for stealth, and not being able to be traced. The clip from the hospital that night, it had been edited.” I said, looking over at him. “An hour after the incident, the camera footage was erased, and replaced with still footage, time lapsed to cover the gap..”

“You.. you know how to hack.. and you figured out that someone had done that..” he said, staring me down.

“Y-Yeah, but you use a similar vpn system that I do.. I couldn’t trace it.. it kept bouncing all over the place. I had to use the same methods to cover mine and Heather’s tracks when we went into the hospital to check the footage.” I covered my face with my hands, and sighed. “How am I going to sit here and dog on you for doing illegal activities? I ki**** my ex husband.. I hacked into multiple different networks and erased footage to cover my tracks after Reggie’s disappearance..”

“I’m impressed.. honestly..” he said, I peered out at him between my fingers. “You’re a strong person, with amazing skills if you were able to hack into their system so easily, and figure out the footage had been edited. Only someone purposely looking for that would have even found it. Is there anything you can’t do?” He asked, smiling softly at me.

“I can’t breakdance..” I giggled. I couldn’t help it, it just slipped out.

“I can’t either!” He laughed back, taking a moment and looking back over at me. “Look, I get it if me being the boss kinda freaks you out..” he said.

Then it hit me, I’m dating a f****** mafia boss, what the h*** Maisie? Where is your moral compass, where is your brain at when you need it most? “I.. I don’t know what to say.. or what to do.. I can’t judge you for doing the same things I have.. I can’t judge you for what you do. I’m just.. I have some concerns, could we go get cleaned up, and actually discuss those concerns over some coffee?” I asked.

“Of course.” He said, standing up and getting out of the hot tub grabbing our towels. The cold air chilled me for a moment, but soon I was enveloped in the warm towel as he pulled it around my shoulders. “Let’s go take showers, and I’ll put on some coffee.”