Betrothed To The Mafia Lord novel Chapter 35

Luca’s POV

I exited the office after a little while without ending up getting any bit of work down, it was of no use, my mind was too unfocused to get any more work for the day and I ended up giving up trying.

It was currently some minutes after ten pm and I was making my way through the office building and into the empty elevator. I massaged my fingers through my hair and tugged on the roots a little just as the elevator doors slid open and I got out in an instant. I headed outside the building and nodded my head at the receptionist who greeted me good night as I walked past her desk, all the way outside the office building.

“Get in the driver’s seat, you’re driving me home tonight.” I said to the guard who usually follows my car, and sat in the passenger’s seat, beside the driver.

“On it, sir.” He replied and tugged the back seat’s door open for me, I got in and tugged the door close myself. I knew he knew how to drive really well so I didn’t need to worry about him crashing the car with me in it.

The car pulled out of the company’s premises, into the busy express roads of Venice and I slumped completely into my seat, stretching my legs out against the driver’s seat and bending my back against the chair a little in order to give my back muscles a much needed stretching. The cars windows were pulled wide up and I stared out the window, wondering if there was anyone out there from the auction who was currently monitoring my movement and following my second car containing the rest of the guards.

I’d have to be extra careful than I used to be on a normal day, from now on. I’ve always had guns on me everyday, and a knife, Incase anything happens unexpectedly. There were also different weapons in the office, we’ve only been attacked there once, one certain morning, in the winter.

Everyone had suddenly poured out of their different offices the moment they heard the loud sound of a gunshot going off, instead of them remaining right there in their office like normal, sensible people.

The people who had caused the commotion had made use of that time to get on different floors, deactivating the whole elevators from moving from one floor to another. Once it got fixed by those people, a crowd of people dressed in orange poured into the hallways immediately.

Worst, I hadn’t been at the office at that moment, which made everyone finally come to the conclusion that they were too scared to come when I was in the company’s premises and had monitored and waited on me until

I left for somewhere else. It was a good thing James was here at the office then, he had raced through the long rows of staircases because the elevators were currently not functioning at that moment. Once he got there, he fought with the dude controlling the elevator and had it fixed immediately, which had automatically soiled the people’s plans because they had hoped the workers would remain in there without any option of leaving.

The guards and security guards were finally able to intervene together with the supervision and help of James and together, those that actually organized that attack caught before they could escape. The police got involved because everything that happened was completely legal, and ever since then, we’ve upped our security even more in the office, and I had done the same for the house.

Which was why I had placed two guards on Sofia the very next day after we got married, because I knew how risky it was being without a guard, in this world of ours where almost everyone with greed in their minds are brutal as hell and had no care for anyone and anything, all that matters to them was finding what they came to get and taking what they want.

I sighed and tugged my phone out from my pocket when it suddenly started vibrating against my thigh. I accepted the call on seeing who it was.

“Where are you, man?” James’ voice came up immediately. I placed the phone against my ear and I stared at my fingers while the car moved at a steady pace, barely jostling me around, thanks to good roads.

“What is it?” I demanded, feeling emotionally drained and having no strength in me to entertain James for so long, at the moment.

“I hope my ears aren’t deceiving me right now, and that I am indeed hearing faint sounds of moving cars and homes and the sound of someone in a moving vehicle, and not someone still sitting still in an office, working himself to death.” James said calmly without any pauses and I patiently waited for him to get it out completely.

“I’m hanging up on you right now.” I informed him and heard as he chuckled quietly for a few seconds.

“You still haven’t hung up, by the way.” James’ voice drifted into my ear after about a minute and I rolled my eyes, knowing that he had only said that to try to goad me into losing it.

“What do you want, James?” I echoed again after a few more minutes. I dragged my fingers through my hair once again and breathed out a slow sigh. I leaned my head against the headrest and allowed my eyes to slid close, with the phone still pressed against my ear.

“I just wanted to check on you, and how you’re doing and shit… and most importantly, if you’re still at the office or heading home.” James replied, all traces of playfulness completely out of his voice this time.

I scrubbed my hand over my face for a few seconds, the demarcation between the front and the back of the car wasn’t closed at the moment, which automatically means I won’t be able to reply to him In details.

I’ve always put up a font in front of the whole guards – in front of everybody, rather, except James.