Mateo

I wake up by the sun in my eyes. How late is it? I roll over and look at the clock, 10:30; never slept that long in my life. Then I hear the sheets moving, feeling a warm, small body next to mine, hugging my chest like her life deepens on it; her messy hair comes in my face and I grin at that. I never woke up like this either and my mind wanders to what happened yesterday night. How she striped, rode me naked with those perfect tits jiggling everywhere and her ass...Fuck! My cock is hard again; hope she doesn't notice that part... It's sad how the night ended. Yes, I remember every word of it. I may been drunk but I'm not an asshole who forgets things. My hand somehow finds her arm, stroking up and down; her skin is so soft, like silk and it taste so fucking good. Now my cock twits and that's my cue to leave. I don't want to wake her up, so much has happened yesterday. If I get that some of a bitch in my hand, I wear I will take the life out of him in a painful dead. I take Emily's arm that's draped over me, off and slide out the bed and then I put her arm on my pillow. She murmurs something I can't hear.

"Shh...just sleep, Butterfly..." I whisper and kiss her on the forehead. She holds the pillow closer to and smiles, that smile light up my chest but I ignore it, I can't fall her...

I enter the living, bottoming up my shirt when hear something fall in the kitchen. What the hell was that? I tiptoe, looking around and don't see anyone. I place a hand to my gun, you never know who that is, and see a shadow bending over to pick something up. I hold my gun up, aiming it to that person. It spot me and let out a yelp.

"Wow! Mateo! It's me, Lucy!" she yells, fear coating her eyes. I pull the gun down, breathing out a sound of relieve.

"I'm so sorry, I though...never mind" she still looks horrified. "Are you alright?" I ask her curiously. She keeps staring at something behind me until I wave a hand in front of her.

"Sorry, I... I'm fine, you just scared the life out of me" she smiles, showing me her cute dimples. I feel bad for what just happened, I'm not used having people inside my house, guess it's a natural reflex. Isn't she supposed to be at school anyways? No, wait its Saturday. Liam is still sleeping I guess, that person can sleep all day if he wants. "Do you know where the bowls are? I've been looking for it 5 minutes but don't spot them"

"To be honest, I have no idea where they are either" she looks at me like I revealed Santa Claus doesn't exist.

"This is your home, your penthouse, and you don't know where the bowls are?" I grin embarrassed at her.

"I've spent more time in this penthouse these 2 months then the past 10 years" she gapes.

"Rich people are indeed insane" she whispers and her cheeks redden; so cute.

After another 5 minutes we finally found the cabinet with the bowls. Lucy takes the pink one with flowers on it, when did I bought those, and runs to the refrigerator, taking out the milk and pours herself some. "You want too?" I shake my head.

"I drink some coffee, but thanks" she nods and sit opposed me on the table. I take out my phone, scrolling through my mails; nothing special, just the usual shit about drugs and guns. We transfer drug now, first guns because it was easy business but now drugs too. A lot of our clients have been asking for it and I did some research to only find out that no other mafia family is transferring them; easy business. I put the phone aside, looking at the girl in front of me. Lucy is a beautiful young girl; I'm not going to lie. If she grows older, she will be stunning, I know that. Her orange hair makes her unique, the same with her cute freckles on her nose.

"Where did you get the orange hair from?" I ask her suddenly. She's startled for a moment but answers.

"I don't know...My dad had brown hair and my mom blond, guess those two make orange" she looks at her bowl.

"Lucy, look at me" she refuses at first but does anyways. "I don't know if that thing in the kitchen scared you but I want you to know I would never hurt you"

"I know, why did you say that?"

"I notice how you jerk away when I come to close or any guy at all...Can I ask you something personal?" I need to know what I think is true. Rage boils in me at the thought of... "Did your dad mistreat you in some way?" her eyes go wide, shocked; guess I guessed right. Tears start to form in her bright, green eyes. "You can tell me the truth, what are they going to do? They aren't here" okay, that was a dick move to say but I need to know.

"Not every kid has the luck to be born in a family that loves you..." she sighs, a tear rolling over her cheeks and I have an urge to wipe it away. "...Mom drank too much, wouldn't even wonder me if she did drugs too and dad... he got friends, if you know what I mean" I nod. "He got in a lot of shit, we were in dept too for a long time, we still are, but he used that excuse to drink as well. If was drunk, I would pray he forgot me so he that he didn't-" a sob breaks free and hides her face in her hands. I stand up, walking over to her and bend down on my knees so she could see me. I don't know if I should touch her but I do. Holding her shoulder, I squeeze them, letting her know I'm here for her. I have no idea why I do this, this isn't the usually me but I feel a connection with her; I want to protect her, help her with everything I have and making her smile is my goal. I tense at a sudden though...I feel like I'm her dad... shaking my head, I put my full attention to her. She looks at me, tears still dripping out of her eyes and she does something that shocks me...Lucy is hugging me, really tight, almost strangle me.

"Wow..." I hug as well, rubbing her back up and down until the tension in her body leaves. Her sobs stops as well and I think we stay like this for 10 minutes. She holding me tight and I telling her everything is fine. Finally, she pulls away first, a smile forming there.

"Sorry, I didn't mean-"

"-Don't apologies, sometimes it helps to have hug" I look down, thinking when my dad last hugged me. I think I was 8, yeah; I hit the target with my gun perfect in the 10 point ring. Dad was so proud, that was also the last time he was proud of me...

"Mateo?" Lucy's voice gets me back to reality. I arch a brow at her. "I wanted to say thank you...It's the first time I opened up on it, I and Emily didn't get that far with the session. What I just said lifted a weight of my shoulders I didn't know I had" she smiles brightly and it reached my chest, making it slightly lighter than before.

I spot Sebastian at the door of the club, brows furrowed. He gives me a small nod before opening the door, letting me and the guards in.

"Why that pissed off expression" I ask when we walk up the stairs. "Not happy to see me?"

"No, I'm happy to see you back, Boss, It's just..." he stops mid way in the hall. "...Women are devils from heaven"

"Tell me something I didn't knew" I response. "Why do you say that? Is my sister killing you?" his cheeks redden a little at the mention of my sister.

"No...why do you think I'm talking about Olivia?" he doesn't meet my gaze. I know Sebastian has a crush on Olivia, it was clear the first time they met. Olivia is also into him but I have no idea why there aren't going for it? I wouldn't really mind, as long as they both do their work I'm fine, but there is something more...

"I don't know, just felt like we were talking about Olivia"

"Did I hear my name?" and here is the devil herself. Sebastian clears his throat.

"No, we weren't" he says; now she looks at me, waiting for my response and I simply shake my head.

"Let's go to the meeting" Olivia wanted to talk to use about something; I have no idea what she wants to tell us.

We all enter my office and I grin at the familiar surroundings here. 'The Underworld' was my first club I bought in New York. I liked this place from the beginning; it is in a nice area and it's big enough for parties. Now I practical own every club in Queens, Brooklyn and were building some in State Island too. This was my dream when I was younger; building an empire of my own with no help of dad.

"We will wait for Celeb, he texted me he will come later" Olivia says. I motion for the guards to leave the room. They both nod and take their place with the rest outside.

"Recently he's been busy" I say when I sit in the chair. Olivia sits at the one I used to sits and I kind of miss that place. She took over this place for a while for me, which mean she gets to sit where she sits now. Now you may think what I'm doing, well...I'm putting my time and attention to build up my empire. The Chins are almost gone, just Friday, when the gun fight is over, Manhattan is mine, soon I will take over Bronx too and after that...I can move to California. It's farther from my home, NY, but that place is filled with gangs and other mafia families. That's why I want ProjectPower. It's a business about security and how did I get the luck that Henk had a deal with all the companies there; now the system is protected by ProjectPower and if I get that in my hands, I can get to all the information I want to take advantage of it. I grin.

"Why the hell are you grinning brother?" she asks and I shake my head.

"No reason" and at that moment Celeb storms in, out of breath and sweating.

"Sorry that I'm late, had something to do" he coughs and sits next to me.

"Okay, now, why are we here?" Sebastian asks, taking the chair to my other side. Olivia clears her throat and starts to speak, leaning forward on her chair.

"I'm engaged with Roberto Barron" She must be kidding...