A/N: Hi, my dears. This note is so important so please read. First of all, I wanted to thank all of you for your support and deeply apology for not updating sooner. We are reaching our deadline at work and we are overworking every day a lot and I'm really exhausted.

Secondly, I received so many comments from the last chapter about Mason and Bella. Guys, Mason and Bella are not related in any way. They were practically strangers just half a chapter ago :) They are not brother and sister and not related so this is not incest. It's not forbidden at all in any famous religion as much as I know. So please get along with it. If it's bothering you so much, just imagine that Bella is Alison's cousin who used to live with them and she considers her as sister :)))

Now let's go and start another chapter. Thank you for reading.

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Bella turned around at hearing the sound of footsteps and for the first time, she noticed three tall handsome men, all clad in expensive Armani suits standing there at the doorway. Her eyes lingered on the one in the middle who seemed to be frozen in his place and was staring at her. He was definitely handsome with dark hair and captivating grey-blue eyes. Power and Authority were radiating from him in waves. "Hello, I'm Bella." she said politely.

Ben was the first one to step forward. "Hello, beautiful." he chirped and extended his hand toward Bella. "I'm Ben. Ben Williams." Bella smiled at him and shook his hand.

Rich nudged Mason discreetly. "Snap out of it, you creep." he said and stepped forward with his signature warm smile. "Hi, I'm Richard King. You can call me Rich."

"And that grumpy statue is Mason." said Ben smugly and smirked at his friend.

Mason blinked a few times and composed himself. He noticed Marisa and Eva were in the room as well. He stepped forward too. "Mason King." he said and stretched his hand. Bella grabbed his hand. Her small hand fitted perfectly in his large one. It felt so right to have her hand in his.

"Nice to meet you." she said softly and smiled up at him which melted his heart again. He couldn't help himself. He brought her hand up and put a feather kiss on her knuckles. "Nice to meet you too." he said huskily and stared down at her beautiful eyes and saw the adorable rosy color return to her cheeks. Marisa laughed silently already knowing what was going on in Mason's head.

"Come on, Bell." said Alison excitedly and grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her startled sister toward the stairs. "Show me to your room."

"Okay, Alie. Slow down." said Bella as she ran after Alison. She could still feel Mason's intense gaze on herself which sent shivers down her spine. She tried hard to ignore the butterflies in her stomach partying for themselves.

An hour later she was pacing in her new room while Alison had sat on the bed watching her. Alison had told her everything that has happened since the wedding of their mother once Bella said that Eva had told her everything about the mafia earlier.

"Bella, can you sit down? You are giving me a headache." whined Alison.

Bella sat on the bed and grabbed Alison's hand. "Alison, You will come to London with me once they solved this problem of theirs that they talk about it." said Bella firmly while looking at Alison dead in the eyes. "Mum has told me that they are in mafia a few hours ago but she didn't mention that they have the whole of America's mafia under their control. They are so dangerous."

Alison dropped her head and bit her lip. "They are not that bad, you know." she said quietly while playing with her fingers.

Bella frowned and stared at Alison. She then closed her eyes and grumbled. "God," she whined. "Don't tell me that they have captured your heart to the point where you can't leave them." she said.

"You don't know them, Bella." said Alison defensively. "They are good people."

"Good people who run a mafia." scoffed Bella under her breath and looked away.

"Who knows," said Alison, remembering the way Mason was looking at Bella and chuckled. "Maybe you will be just like us after a while."

Bella looked at her and frowned. Alison covered her smile and stood up. "Do you need help to unpack?" she said changing the subject.

"Well that would be appreciated." sighed Bella. "I kinda packed in haste. The two idiots who had been sent to bring me here were watching me like a hawk even when I was packing my underwear. I have just thrown them inside of my suitcase, so don't laugh at me."

She said and Alison giggled and for the next half an hour the two girls unpacked Bella's stuff while laughing and chatting, catching up.

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Mason groaned in frustration and closed his eyes. He rubbed his face trying to remove the image of the angle he had met an hour ago from the front of his eyes. He couldn't focus even for a second.

"Man, do you even listen to what I say?" whined Rich while trying to report to Mason.

"No," snorted Ben. "His mind is with certain someone."

Mason ignored Ben's comment and looked at his watch. He suddenly stood and straightened his white shirt. "It's lunchtime." he said and ran a hand through his hair. "Let's go to the dining room and join the others."

"But we still have work." said Rich confused. "We never ate lunch with others."

"I think we will do from now on." smirked Ben knowingly. "Since a beauty will dine with us too."

"Shut up, Ben." snarled Mason. "I'm hungry. That's all. She doesn't mean anything to me."

"Oh, really?" asked Ben wickedly. "So you don't mind if I invite her to my house tonight. You know, I really like to have ..."

He didn't find time to finish his sentence. He was knocked to the wall with force and found Mason's arm on his neck choking him. "Finish that fucking sentence and I will kill you." growled Mason dangerously. He was fuming. His eyes had turned a few shades darker.

Ben raised his hands in surrender. "Easy there, Mason." said Rich and pulled Mason away from smirking Ben. "You know that the idiot is only teasing you."

Mason huffed in annoyance and ran a hand through his hair again and then walked out of the room. "The shithead is already whipped." coughed Ben and rubbed his neck. "Jesus, I'm happy that I'm not one of those he tortures in cells. He has a power of a bull."

"Don't tease him if you value your life." said Rich and walked out of the room followed by Ben.

Mason stopped in front of the dining-room door. He could hear the enchanting laughter of Bella who brought joy to his heart and strangely filled his mind with peace.

He opened the door when he sensed Rich and Ben behind him and walked in. Marisa, Eva, and Alison looked at them shocked. It was odd that they were coming to the dining room for lunch. Most of the time they were not home because of running a big mafia and a big company together, and on the rare occasions when they were home, they would eat in Mason's study.

"Oh, I was about to send your lunch to the study. Sorry." said Marisa apologizingly.

"It's alright, Marisa." said Mason and sat at the table while stealing glances at Bella. "We will eat here today."

"Oh," said Marisa, trying hard to conceal her smile, and sat at the table. "Okay then."

The three men began to serve themselves while the four women started to talk again. But Ben was not going to stay silent.

"So Bella," he said when he found a good moment. "How was living in London?"

Bella shrugged. "It was fine, I guess." she said and her face fell and Mason frowned. "I had recently started to work in a hospital as an intern but I should have left to come here."

"We can help you enter one of our hospitals as an intern." said Rich. "That won't be a problem at all, but you should wait until things get calm for us."

Bella nodded her head. "Thank you." she said. "Let's see what time will bring for us. After things get calm as you say, I would like to go back to London. I don't think I will stay."

At hearing this, Mason's head jerked up and he clenched the fork in his hand tightly. "But why?" said Eva and Mason agreed furiously with her in his mind. "You can continue to work and study here."

"Have you left something back there?" said Ben teasingly and leaned on the table and wiggled his eyebrows. "A lover? Boyfriend?"

Mason glared at Ben sternly but curiously turned to Bella and his heart sank when he saw her blush. He could always kill her lover, couldn't he? He was the mafia King for crying out loud.

"No, I don't." answered Bella and Mason sighed in relief. At least he doesn't have to do dirty works.

"So what about Jeff?" asked Alison. "The dumbass really left you?"

Bella shrugged. "Yes," she answered. "We came to the same conclusion that we are not suitable for each other."

"At least you have a boyfriend," said Ben. "Although women throw themselves at Mason here back and forth, he never had a girlfriend in his life, but has one-night stands every ni-OUCH!" he cried in pain as Mason hit his shin hard with his shoe and glared deathly at him.

Marisa excused herself and left giggling to herself. Eva coughed and drank water pretending that she had not heard anything while Rich, Alison, and Bella chuckled although Bella couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain in her heart at hearing the news.

Mason cleared his throat and looked at Bella. "By the way." he said and Bella looked up at him almost making him speechless with her mesmerizing eyes. He could lose himself in them. "You are going to have two bodyguards with you all the time while you are at the university. They will stay out of your sight to not invade your privacy."

"Okay." whispered Bella not liking the situation. Just as Mason opened his mouth to reassure her of her privacy again his phone rang. He gritted his teeth and pulled it out. "What?" he said with a cold, blood-freezing voice.

"Sir, we found a warehouse that belongs to Russians in Orlando." said the person on the other side in rush, and Mason become alert. "As all of the Russians work for Volkov now, it must belong to his mafia. The building is so big and must be one of their mains. They have so many men and weapons here."

By then, Mason was on his feet walking out of the dining room followed by Ben and Rich whoes faces were dead serious. "Spy on them and gather as much information as you can. I will come myself. Make sure that you don't get caught cause if you fuck up and they don't kill you I will kill you myself." Ordered Mason coldly and end the call. "They have found a warehouse belonging to Volkov." he explained to the other two as he walked toward his office while typing on his phone. "Ben you and I will go to Orlando. Rich, you should stay and help father here and keep an eye on everything. Maybe it's a trap so keep your eyes open. Also, make sure we have that contract with Italians for the company. It will help to raise our stock in Europe."

"Should we call Gray wolves?" asked Ben.

"Yes, It's not wise to take most of our men." he said. "Besides, I'm sure Mark West wants to be part of this attack as well." he said as he walked into his office and grabbed his coat. Finally, they had a lead. The only thing that was bothering him, was the fact that he should leave Bella so soon. He shook his head as he walked out of his office. It was not a good time to lose his concentration. After they destroy Volkov, he would make sure to keep her here and get to know her more. The demon inside of him was already growling one thing. She was his.

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"Why did they leave so suddenly?" asked Eva confused.

"They must have gotten a call from our men about Volkov." said Marisa who had just walked into the room before the men leave. "Mason's face was telling all. That call was surely from our men in the mafia and these days everything in the mafia turns to Volkov. I think they have found a lead."

Bella frowned, remembering Mason's cold and determined face. His eyes were filled with rage before he left which sent cold shivers down her spine. He looked like he was able to burn the world in one day and kill anyone who stands on his way.

"Oh dear. Are they going to fight him alone?" asked Eva worriedly.

"Oh don't worry yourself." said Marisa and put a hand on Eva's shoulder. "Mason's knows what he does and besides they have the help of Gray Wolves. West family hates Volkov like Kings."

Alison's head snapped up at hearing this new information. Did it mean her date with Alex was canceled? Even the thought was making her sad. She didn't want to look so eager and at the same time wanted to know if they would still go as they planned.

As if sensing her doubt her phone beeped and Alex's name flashed on the screen. It was a message from him.

Alison smiled widely at her phone. She jumped startled on her seat as she heard Bella's voice next to her ear. "What is it?" asked Bella.

Alison shoved Bella away. "God, I have forgotten how annoying you can be," she groaned. "Don't breathe down my neck."

"So why are you grinning like an idiot at your phone?" asked Bella and wiggled her eyebrows. "You are going on a date?"

"A date?" asked Marisa and Eva simultaneously and looked at Alison confused.

Alison blushed under their intense gazes. "Yes." she answered and smiled sheepishly. "Alex West has asked me out on a date."

"ALEX WEST?" squeaked Marisa. "Alex West as in the heir of Gray Wolves?" she asked and Alison nodded. Marisa smirked. "So that is why he was here and offered peace treaty after 8 years." she laughed.

"Sorry," said Alison and stood. "But I should get ready. I have only a few hours." She then practically ran out of the dining room and to her room.

She took a long bath and wrapped her wet hair in a towel and wrapped another one around herself before walking out of her bathroom and to her closet. Now she had come to the hardest part. What to wear.

After throwing her whole closet out and matching different clothes together, she pulled out two dresses. One was a black fitting sleeveless dress with lace covering it, and the other was a pink thin strap silky dress which would hug her body as well and was going to just above her knees.

Just as she put on her underwear and placed the dresses on her bed, someone knocked, and a moment later, Bella walked in. "Well, I thought maybe you would like to have more hands." she said and walked in, closing the door behind her.

"Lock the door, please." said Alison. "I don't want the boys to come in suddenly. And are you not tired?"

"I'm a bit." said Bella and locked the door. "But the fantastic sister that I am forced me to help. What have you chosen to wear?"

Alison showed her the dresses. "What do you think?" she asked as she held the dresses in front of her.

"I would go for the pink one." said Bella thoughtfully. "I like happy colors and the color suits you a lot. Now come and sit. Let's do your hair and make-up. We should make you stunning for the Mr. criminal."