My phone goes off when Enzo enter my office. I hold a hand up to him to let him know to be silence. He nods, sitting in the chair in front of me.

"Boss, we have a problem" Scott tells me when I pick up. Fucking...

"What problem?"

"Someone chased after your wife 15 minutes ago"

"What!?" I stand up, startling Enzo. Is Emily okay? What happened? A million questions go through my head. For some fucked up reason I'm worried about her. It's been 2 weeks without her and I want her; not only in my bed but also around me. I got kind of used to her. The more I'm with her, the more I notice some simple things about her like the way she bits her lips when she is thinking or every time when she asks me a question she takes a deep breath like she's nervous and this scares me a bit...not that she is nervous but that I notice these things...Scott begins to talk again, bringing me back to reality.

"When Miss El Ricci was finished with work someone came after her but when she looked around she saw a man heading the other way, we are now looking for him but there's no one" Shit...

"Give me my wife!" I order. Sitting back in the chair, I turn. The sky in Italy used to be beautiful but now, without Emily, it looks lonely and not like before...just different.

"Hello? Mateo?" I hear Emily's voice and it gives me the calmness I need. Her voice makes my day every time we call and now, even in this worst moment, it calms me a little.

"What happened?" I ask her even when I know the answer.

"I was finished with work, so I wanted to pack my stuff and go until something fell down the hall. I wanted to check what it was-"

"-What was it?" I interrupt her.

"Clips, but that isn't the weirdest part. There were 7 of them"

"So?" What does that have to do with this situation?

"When I picked them up I saw a paper on the table, on it was the number 7 written all over" okay, that's weird...

"Tell me what happened next, Butterfly" I turn my chair to look at Enzo who is looking confused. He mouths 'What's going on?' and I shake my head.

"After that I went to my hand bag, I wanted to leave there as soon as possible but when I came then I found a post it on my hand bag and what do you think was written on it?"

"7..." that can't be a coincidence...Fuck!

"Correct" Emily takes a breath and then I realize I need to ask her if she's okay.

"Are you okay Emily?" Right then I hear her sobbing. She tries to hide it but I'm not an idiot. "Don't cry, everything will be okay, my men are now looking for this bastard."

"I know, it just got me by surprise...Don't worry, I'm fine but I'm more worried about the children" I chuckle. She always worries about other people instead of herself.

"Don't worry, Butterfly, Tyler is checking everything so don't worry about that..." I look at the clock and notice that it must be 10 P.M. now. "...It's late, Scott will drive you back home, call me tomorrow"

"Oh...Okay...bye" she says with a disappointed voice before I hear Scott.

"Scott, text me when she gets home and don't let her out off your sight! That means that you will stay by her side, even at work! Do you understand!?"

"Yes Boss!" and I hang up. Tossing the phone aside I look at Enzo who is grinning.

"What?"

"Butterfly? Couldn't you come up with a better nickname? Maybe something like 'Baby' or 'Babe'? Wait...what about 'Honey'?" I arch a brow, feeling a little rage boiling up.

"Her middle name is Farfalla" I reply. (Farfalla means butterfly in Italian)

"Never mind and what was that about? Don't worry? Since when do you say that stuff? Usually you say something like 'I don't give a fuck, go to bed and sleep!'" I roll my eyes at him.

"Why are you here again?"

"Oh...Don't change the subject. I want to know why you are not going to NY again to check of your wife is really okay?" He asks.

"Because I have work to do...I'm busy, she needs to get used to that!"

"She isn't Kath for FUCKSAKE!" he yells. We both stand up, looking each other.

"Like I don't know that!" I yell back.

"No, you don't! If you would know then you would have gone on that plane that leaves in 2 hours, you would go to her and check! But instead you treat her like you did with Kath! You hold her on arms length; you are scared to be with her! She isn't Kath, she won't use your name to get inside some fancy club or use your credit card to buy herself fancy things! She isn't like that, you know that but you don't want to admit!"

"Why do you bother with my private life!? Do you like her or something!?" what if he is? I would kill him! Emily is mine...

"Yes, I do but not in a way you do! I don't know what's with her but from the start I knew she was something special! She is the first girl who stays with not for the money but for you! Didn't it occur to you that she didn't buy anything with the money you gave her?" it's true...she refuses my money but I don't get why he is bringing this up.

"What are you saying?" I sit in my chair, crossing my leg over the other, waiting for his response.

"What I want to say is that you are different without her. you are so tense and don't think straight anymore. We lost 5 area's because you made stupid mistakes, what I suggest is that you go to her and do your work there or that you bring her here, she's safe here"

"She doesn't want to come, she wants to live a normal life and I'm giving her that-"

"-Do you like her?" he asks and I'm off guard. What?

"What?"

"Do. You. Like. Her?" he stares me right in the eye.

"No"

"Liar"

"I'm not! I don't..." I can't get myself to say the words. Do I like her? I can't like anyone! I turned that emotion off when Kath cheated on me...

"You so are! I'm your cousin, you are like my brother, I know you better then you are. I see the way you look at her, you admire her. You want to protect her but when you are here you can't and that kills you" I clench my fist.

"Look!" I stand up, staring him down. "I don't like her! First Yes, I admire her but she's my wife, I need to protect her like a normal husband would do! Second, you can't tell me what to do! I'm going to stay in Italy for 2 weeks, I will that the 5 area back even when I need to do it myself! And I know what you are doing! You want to make me go there so you can control the place here, then the Leaders would see what a mistake they've made and make you the Boss, but you know what? NOT HAPPENING!" I stand up, storming to the door and bump into someone.

"AH-" It's Kath...the last person I want to see. "Mateo, how are you-" I kiss her in front of Enzo. He needs to see that I don't care about Emily the way he think I do. Kath reacts immediately. I pull away and look at Enzo.

"Don't mind me, I will be gone for a few hours" I wink at him while I lead Kath to my room.

"Mateo...What are we going to do?" Kath says in her sexy voice and my younger self would fall for it but the older me don't. I need to make a statement. Emily is just a normal girl like everyone else, except she is my wife and this is wrong but who care, I need get laid and fast...