Ethan walks into Lusive with me. He grabs my hand before we walk further into the club. "I want to apologise for not being the one to walk you out the other night."

Looking at him I say. "It's fine. Your brother walked me out and told me that an emergency came up. Is everything okay now?"

"Yeah, my sister got sick and Mom couldn't take her to the hospital as she had too much to drink that night. I had to help out and rush her to the hospital as the fever she had never decreased over the two hour period. Mom did everything she could to reduce it."

"That's not good at all. I know how it feels to someone you love get sick and you're the one that needs to drop everything for them."

A guy walks through the door of the club and crashes into me. He grabs me around the waist before I can fall. "I'm so sorry, beautiful."

Looking into his eyes it reminds me of Jai. "That's alright. Next, time be careful when you walk through here. You don't want to seriously hurt the person pouring your drinks."

A smile spreads across his face. "So, you're the girl that my friends recommended me to get served by when I came to Lusive. I heard they gave you huge tips the other night."

Great! Now, I know he belongs to the rowdy group from the other night. They did give me good tips though.

Looking at the arm still holding me. "You can let go of me now."

He drops his arm to his side. "I'll see you later, beautiful." He winks at me and heads towards the bar where I see Keith serving customers with Max.

Ethan walks me the rest of the way to the bar. "I'll see you later." He walks back through the club and goes back to the front door where he's posted all the time.

Max walks over to me. "Hey, Chloe. I need to step out for half an hour during the night. I'll need you to make sure everything is running smoothly during that time. If anything happens to find Ethan and Alex. They will help you out." He walks to the office behind the bar and closes the door.

I start serving some of the patrons sitting at the bar. Most of them order beer tonight. I hear my phone go off and pull it out of my pocket. I see a message from Jai.

Poor Jai. I hope he can make it to wherever he's going in one piece to Miami.

The door to the office opens and I watch Max walk out with something in his hands. He moves his arms so my view is blocked of whatever he's carrying.

Turning back to my phone I continue to text Jai.

Putting my phone back in my pocket I serve customers that have empty glasses in front of them.

A group of men walk into the bar wearing Italian suits and they have holsters with guns inside them. They walk through the crowd like they own the place.

The crowd moves aside for them.

Keith's face pales as he looks at the men. "Shit! This isn't good if they're here."

Who is he talking about?

Keith looks at me. "I'll be right back. I'm going to get Max." he hurries to the office and opens the door.

Max isn't in the office anymore.

The guy tells a group of people at the bar to move and they move away for the group. He looks at me. "I'll have a beer. Give one to my men as well."

"Yes, sir." I pour him a beer and then move onto the ones for his men. I place the drinks in front of them.

He takes it from me and drinks. "This is great stuff. Only Jai knows the kind of beer to sell in his clubs. Where is he? I would like to see an old friend."

"He's not here."

The guy frowns. "It's not like Jai to up and leave." He looks around the bar. "Where's Max?"

"He stepped out for a moment. He'll be right back."

The guy takes another drink. "I see you're not afraid of me, but I did see that guy you're working with run into the office like a big baby."

Looking at him I say. "I don't know you. So, I'm not going to run and hide when it comes to patrons wanting something to drink. You came in here for a drink and that's you get. If you would have called ahead you would've known that Jai wasn't here."

He holds his hand out to me. "I'm Knox Moretti."

Placing my hand in his. "Chloe Knight. If you're supposed to be the big bad wolf of Los Angeles I think they should advertise it in the papers. Because I have no clue who you are. I've been living in New York for ten years."

Knox laughs. "Did you hear about the Italian Mafia Family while you were in New York?"

Shaking my head. "New York is a big city and I didn't pay attention to things as I had school and work. That's all I did in New York."

"You didn't have time for fun?"

"I had time for fun. I just wanted to stay home with a good book and try to make enough money to live better, but New York is expensive." I look over at Alex and he walks over to me.

My phone lights up with a message from Jai.

What does he mean by be safe? I'm not in any danger here.

Max walks behind the bar and he's about to slip into the office before I hear Knox order his men to go outside.

Alex stands beside me. "You don't want to be part of this. Max, has been playing with fire for a while now and it's about time someone took care of the guy. I'm not looking forward to the time Jai catches up with him."

Ethan walks into the club and yells. "Everyone the club's closing now." He leads everyone to the door.

Knox puts his phone up to his ear. He looks at me as he answers it. He nods as he heads down the hall that leads to the alley behind the club.

Alex grabs my arm. "You should leave too. I don't think you'd like to see what those guys are capable of if you're on their bad side."

My phone lights up with a message.

Opening the message I see that it's another one from Jai.

Grabbing my bag from under the counter I follow Alex out the front door. As soon as I make it at the door Ethan tells his brother to go back inside.

Ethan looks at me. "I heard you met the mafia boss Knox Moretti?"

"Yeah, I did. I didn't know he was part of the mafia, but he looked surprised when I didn't run to the office like Keith did."

Ethan stops me by turning towards me and blocking the path. "You were left alone with him? Where was Max? How long did it take my brother to get to you? I'll kill Alex for letting Knox get close to you." His face starts to turn red and clenches his fist.

Placing my hand on his arm. "I'm fine, Ethan. Knox didn't hurt me, besides he had a reason to come here and it looks like the reason is Max. As for Max, he was hiding in the alley. I don't know what he was doing out there. Alex, he got to me as soon as he saw them. You know how busy the club can be and he can't keep his eyes on me all night." I start walking to my car and climb inside. I place my bag on the passenger seat and pull away from the club.