Damon was quick to reschedule his meetings, he would have his important ones this morning and he scheduled the others tommorow.

The down side to his plan was that he had back to back meetings from 9 till 1.30. And tommorow, with the extra meetings he would have back to back meetings 9 till 7. He usually allowed some time between meetings to catch up on paper work but he would have no time do to it these next two days so he would have to fit it in somewhere.

He didnt mind as long as Emilia was okay, that's all that mattered.

After finishing rescheduling, he went and joined his family for breakfast.

"Isn't Emilia with you" Mason asked, suprising them all, he was the silent type at meal times, it wasn't that he didn't get involved but recently he just preferred to watch the drama unfold.

"She will be here soon. Dad she has a headache so I said she could stay off, she's going to come with me this morning"

"Okay that's fine, have you given her anything for it? Maybe it would be best for her to stay in bed and sleep it off"

"She's not tired, I've got it covered " Damon said.

"Very well" Alesandro agreed but he was already thinking of ways to make her feel better, he knew she enjoyed his food so he made a mental note to give Mary the night off and cook tonight.

"I had a headache last week and I still had to go to school" Matteo complained.

"Yeah but that was just a mild headache, which you didn't even have once you got to school " Mason jumped in.

"And besides you had an important test" Alesandro said.

"You knew that" Matteo asked, he was hoping to keep that private.

"What sort of test" Damon asked, even he didn't know.

"Maths" Alesandro was definitely on top of his children's studies.

When Emilia walked in, she was nervous as the day she first came here.

Damon noticed and beckoned her to sit.

"Mia bambina, Damon says your head hurts, do you need anything?" Alesandro fussed.

He even stood up and went round to her and gave her a quick hug.

She shook her head in response to the question.

Dante noticed the look of disgust from Lexi, Damons focus was on Emilia but when he saw Lexi roll her eyes out of the corner of his eye. He grew a little pissed.

So as Alesandro fussed over Emilia, Damons neutral expression turned into a deadly look as he looked at Lexi, once she caught him looking, he smirked and he stabbed his knife into his food whilst glaring at her.

She gulped.

He cut his food in one quick cut instead of several little ones.

She looked away and gulped again.

Damon found it amusing but Emilia glanced at him and his evil and deadly expression vanished instantly.

That was one thing about Damon that none of his family really got. He could go from murderous and violent to somewhat happy. Sometimes his happiness was sadistic after all he did enjoy causing others pain but when he returned to his somewhat happy someone neutral expression, it just showed everyone how fast he could snap, how fast he could go from neutral to angry and how fast his anger could grow.

It was usually hard to read his emotions but when it came to Emilia everyone could see the soft spot he had for her and how fiercely protective he is over her.

Once Alesandro had stopped fussing and he was certain Emilia was okay he returned to his seat and breakfast continued.

"So are you guys looking forward to school" Alesandro asked.

"It's school" Matteo replied, clearly not very happy.

"Well I am looking forward to it" Dante said.

Damon rolled his eyes at Dante.

"I'm not dad, I'm being bullied" Lexi said in such a cringey voice, even Alesandro cringed.

He was still very much concerned "what do you mean bullied? Has someone done something"

Alesandro didn't pry into his children's social lives, sure he would ask and let them know he could come to them but he figured their social life was private to them.

"Well this girl poured my drink on me then someone posted it and I've been recieving such hate"

Dante snickered. "Oops" he whispered to Damon.

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Damon responded by pushing Dante back into his seat as he was leaned towards him.

"What have they been saying" Alesandro asked concerned for his daughter.

"This is one of the messages it reads: Know your place, you worthless attention seeking bitch, you are clearly beneath me.''

Dante and Damon looked to each other, Dante was trying his hardest not to laugh, Damon had a straight face hiding his true emotions, he found it amusing. He leaned over to Dante and whispered

"maybe I should have gone with stupid and needy too" he whispered.

Dante couldn't help but laugh this time.

"Boys enough your sister is being bullied. It isn't a laughing matter" Alesandro scolded.

"Of course father, this is a serious matter you are right. Leave it with me and I'll soon find the person responsible for those nasty comments" Damon said.

Alesandro nodded. He wasn't involved much in the Mafia anymore and didn't have as many connections so he left that with Damon.

Breakfast passed quick. "Emilia I just need a word with Dante then we will go" Damon said and then led Dante off.

"Cool it with the insults today" he said as they walked along the corridor.

"Yeah fine. How is Em" Dante asked.

"She seems better than earlier but I'm keeping a close eye on her, she is quite distant"

"Understandable" Dante said just as Damon stopped walking.

On the hallway was a mirror on the wall and Damon being Damon, looked straight into it "I think I found the person responsible for that message" he said quietly.

Dante stared at him in disbelief before starting to laugh.

Damon could be deadly but he also had a sense of humour at times.

"Right I have to go, I've got a busy day. And Dante just remember if you must do stuff, I want photos"

Damon left leaving Dante smirking and plotting against his sister.

Damon was quick to get Emilia and they left for his work.

"How are you feeling" Damon asked.

Emilia just nodded "fine"

She was not fine.

"Okay, we are here, put on the hoodie just in case. I sorted out the media problem, they shouldn't be here but just in case"

Emilia complied and after putting her hoodie on and putting the hood up, they left the car.

She seemed to trial behind not feeling worthy enough to walk besides him in his work place, he was too important.

Damon quickly realised she wasn't at his side and stopped, he reached out and grabbed her hand. From this morning's conversation, he knew why she was behind him and he didn't like it. He chose not to comment on it out in the open so he silently walked into his building holding her hand.

Once they were at his floor, he had 10 minutes before his first meeting.

"Okay Emilia, I really need to go but just know no one will come up here, again of you get hungry use the kitchen, you will need to stay hydrated so please keep drinking, try get some sleep"

Emilia shook her head when she heard sleep.

"Okay I have some books, you can look through them. I'll try find the time to come check on you"

Emilia nodded.

Damon sighed, he didn't like seeing her like this "I love you Emilia, please get some rest and drink plenty and I'll see you later" he gave her a quick hug.

The morning dragged, Damon never got the time to check on Emilia, even when he rushed the meetings.

Emilia did as Damon said and made sure she rested, all his books were in Italian though which was frustrating. She had been taking classes but she was struggling with it, she decided now would be a good time to practice.

Eventually she learnt a few sentences from one of his books unfortunately it was just about business.

She eventually stopped and just spent the time on her phone but some how managed to fall asleep.

Damon was finally done with today and when he got back to his office he couldn't help but smile. She was adorable.

He made a step closer to her and she instantly woke up. He couldn't help but think about how good her reflexes could be.

"You're back" she stated.

"Yes, how about we go get food now" Damon suggested.

"Ok"

They left the building and after driving a little they found somewhere to eat, it was a small cafe but it would do.

Unfortunately because there was quite a lot of people, Emilia was back to writing in the book.

Damon decided that when they get home he would try get her to open up a bit. He hoped she would.

After eating they then went home, but unfortunately traffic was bad so when they eventually got home, matteo Dante and Lexi were already home.

"Alright why don't you go choose something to watch, I need to go find Dante"

"You both seem really close all of a sudden"

"Well he's the oldest so he's automatically in charge, I just need to make sure everything is okay between the three of them"

"Okay, I'm going to go out my hoodie away "

"Okay don't stay away too long"

"Why not"

"I'll miss you too much of course"

Of course that wasn't the real reason, yes he would miss her but he also knew the longer she spent up there, the more her headspace would worsen. She had been okay today however he saw how afraid she was.

He had come to the realisation she didn't like being seen as weak, she didn't like to show how vunerable she was so instead he made himself a little vunerable so she would be more inclined to come back, so she knew it was okay to hug him and that he would give her comfort if needed

They both went there seperate ways with no idea what chaos Lexi had started.