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It was 8pm indicating that it was time for me to get off from work and deal with bastards who have been long overdue on their payment and those who can't keep their tongues from yapping about.

I look out the glass windows of my office into the lighted city of New York. My mind wanders off to Lila.

I should've asked for her number at least. It was nice spending time with her, she seemed to become a drug that I couldn't get enough of. The entire time we talked I felt like I knew her my whole life. She made me feel at ease for once in my life.

But I knew I had to tell her what I actually do. It'll only harm her if I keep it for too long. Not to mention, I have many enemies and if anyone found out about her they won't stop until they get their filthy hands on her.

I sigh as I run my hand through my hair before glancing at my office one last time and locking it behind me.

My employees all stand from their seat and bow in respect. I nod at them to continue their work and ignore my presence.

Once I reach the elevator Sira jogs up to me.

"Hi Mr. Barachi." She says as she twirls a piece of her hair.

I glance at her and give a curt nod before turning my attention to the opened elevators.

I click the lobby level and wait, but Sira climbs in next to me.

"How was your day sir?" She asks as she bats her eyes at me that seemed to bulge out of her sockets.

So creepy

"Fine." I state emotionlessly.

She then placed her hand on my bicep to which I swatted it away as if it was a pesky fly.

ew ew ew

"Do I need to remind you of your position Ms. Caroline." I deadpan as I glare at her.

Her eyes widen even more before shaking her head and leaving space between us.

Jeez, is she momo?

The elevator doors finally ding open as I quickly get off. I don't bother to say goodbye as I take long strides to the front door.

Before I get any further, I get a whip of a familiar strawberry scent.

I scan the lobby to find the source of the scent until my eyes land on a familiar white dyed sectioned and black hair.

"Lila?"

She whips her head around and her eyes widen slightly. She suddenly shifts in her position awkwardly.

I was about to say something until I noticed her red and slightly puffy eyes. She looked pale.

"Are you alright?" I ask as I walk closer to her.

She nods quickly while biting her bottom lip.

"What's wrong Lila?" I ask as I place my hands on her arms taking in her appearance to make sure she doesn't have any injuries.

"U-uhm.." she trails off while fiddling with the ring on her right index finger.

I take her hand in mine, intertwining our fingers.

"Let's get into my car first." I say softly as I bring my hand around to the small of her back, leading her to my car.

On the walk there she seemed distant. As if there was something going on in that cute little head of hers. She seemed to be in a conflicting state.

I opened my car door for her and it was only now that she seemed to snap back into reality.

"Aventador Lambo?!" She gasps as she took in my car.

I smirked.

"You know your cars." I say as I lean my head down to her ear.

Her cheeks went flush as the shade of red began to quickly cover her cheeks and nose.

So cute.

"Y-yea, Leonce i-is a big fan of c-cars." She fumbles and stutters.

I bite back a laugh.

I nod and lean back before urging her to sit down.

Once she's situated in the passenger seat, I close the door and walk over to the drivers side.

I start the ignition and the car roars to life.

In the corner of my eye I see Lila taking in the interior of the car and brushing her fingers along the leather seats.

"Seatbelt." I tell her.

I start to pull out of the parking lot and into the main streets. I make sure to go a little slower than I usually do as I didn't want to frighten her.

"Do you know how to drive?" I ask.

"Yes, I only recently got my drivers license though. I failed three times before this." She grumbled the last part.

I softly chuckle at this.

Of course she would.

"Can we play 20 questions?" She breaks the comfortable silence in the car.

I give her a nod.

"What's your favorite color?"

I smirk, "Hazel."

She nods and ponders at that before telling me it was my turn.

"Same question." I say.

"Gray."

I feel my body freeze up for a moment before suppressing my grin.

"Favorite food?"

"Don't have one."

"Hm, blueberry muffin."

I smile at this.

"Favorite music?" This time I was the one to ask.

"Dancing Alone by GUS and anything by Chase Atlantic."

Before I could respond my phone starts ringing.

I frown and see the caller to be Damon.

"What?" I snap getting annoyed that he interrupted us.

"Well I'm glad to see you too." He said, pretending to sound hurt.

"Get on with it." I reply.

"You need to come down to the warehouse now. We caught Salvatore." He replied as I hear muffling in the background.

I let out a frustrated sigh before telling him I'll be there soon. Salvatore use to date my little sister and abused the shit out of her. Of course she didn't say anything because he even took photos and videos of her while they were intimate and threatened to release them if she said anything.

I was more than enraged when she came to me and Damon when she had enough of it. We tried tracking him down, but he had fled a month ago. Now we finally fucking have him.

"Everything okay?" Lila's soft voice spoke from beside me.

I glance over at her as we come to a stop light before replying, "Yea."

She nods and looks out the car window again. I admire her from the corner of my eye as I watch her breathe on the window and draw smiley faces on them.

I hold back a chuckle as I see her frown when the face wasn't big enough to fit another eye.

"Uhm, Enzo?" She asks

I hum in response.

"That cars been following us."

I look at the rear view mirror and see the same black SUV from before still on our tail.

"Cazzo." I mutter under my breath.

"Hold on." I say to Lila as she nods and squeezes the seatbelt.

I swerve the car in a quick U-turn as the car continued to go straight. I could've easily shot at the car, but I didn't want to scare Lila.

I stepped on the pedal and swerved through different corners while Lila would let out occasional squeals.

I placed a hand on her thigh and squeezed it gently to calm her nerves which seemed to work.

I continued to swerve through the street until the car fully lost us.

I'm going to need to ask Damon to look into it.

Once I was sure the car was nowhere in sight, I pulled into the next street in the direction of my house. The warehouse was built just below my mansion for convenience.

"What the heck is this.." I heard Lila mutter under her breath as she stares at the mansion in awe.

I feel the corners of my lips twitch up and quickly pull into the garage as I went over to her side and opened it for her.

She smiled at me as a thank you before taking my hand.

The warmth from her hands sent tingles to my cold ones.

We walked to the front of the house as the guards up front bowed at me before opening the gates for us. I kept my cold expression on as I walked into the house with Lila looking around like a kid at a toy store.

I watched her as she walked around and gazed at everything. I don't know what it is about her that made me so intrigued. The moment I saw her at the café I felt like I had no control over my mind or body as I found myself constantly thinking of her.

Her beautiful hair that cascades down her waist like a waterfall. Her high cheekbones and fair skin that made her literally glow like the queen she was.

But I knew there was more than she shows through the joyful and bubbly facade she has up for everyone. She seemed to be lost in her thoughts sometimes as if she's hiding the real her from the rest of the world.

I wanted to let her know every damn minute to not shadow herself. It seemed as if she's been through so much hurt and that enrages me.

"En- oH lils hey!" Damon coughs out from the kitchen as he walks into the living room.

"Damon!" Lila exclaims as she gives him a hug.

I growl lowly feeling an uneasy itch from seeing her hug another guy.

He's literally gay, chill out dude.

"Could I just borrow your daddy for a sec?" Damon asks teasingly as he wiggles his eyebrows.

"Whats a daddy?" She asks as Damon chokes on his own spit before looking at me with wide eyes.

"Shes so innocent-"

Before he can finish, I grab him by the arm and shove him back into the kitchen.

I give Lila a nod and wink before following behind Damon.

Damon was now doubling over the kitchen counter laughing.

I roll my eyes as I grab a water from the fridge to wait for him to calm down.

"Where is he?" I say seriously now.

His playful demeanor is now extinguished as he cocks his head toward the basement as I follow.

This bastard thought he could hurt my little sister and get away with it.

Che fottutamente carino.

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