Alexander stood in a crisp black Armani suit, shoes polished, hair combed back in a charming quif to the side, the earpiece tucked in place behind his ear, again tucked in his holster and posture perfect with his hands behind his back like a true soldier even though there was no one in the study he was standing in.
Alexander was waiting for Richard Gambino, the notorious mafia leader to arrive and meet with him. He had recently been hired to protect his daughter and Richard Gambino wanted to meet with Alexander first.
Alexander has tried to do some basic research on his daughter, Isla Moon Gambino, just a simple g****e research but he didn't find much at all except the fact that she was Richard Gambino's daughter and her place of education, even the only pictures up on the internet of hers were either of her side profile or covered by a man in black as she got into the car.
She was a real mystery.
The door of the study jolting open and The sight of Richard Gambino walking into the study with his bodyguard made him stand straighter more alert.
"Sir!" He gave a salute with a stomp of his foot.
Richard Gambino was a major in the army during the Cold War before he was in the mafia, he deserved the soldier's respect no matter his crimes.
"At ease lieutenant" Richard said taking a seat on the leather couch spreading his arms over the back support of the couch and putting one leg over the other.
Richard Gambino was an average height man 5'9 at most with an average body, a slight potbelly and silver hair. There were wrinkles on his face and frown lines on his forehead indicating the burden being a mob boss came with.
Out of the blue, Richard tugged the gun out of the holster under his jacket with quick reflex and took an aim right at Alexander's forehead from where he was standing, a gunshot rang through the office as Richard pulled the trigger, fortunately, with swift reflexes, Alexander bends the upper half of his body backwards, successfully dodging the bullet as he saw it passing over him from in between his eyes barely missing him.
Alexander's eyes widened as he stood up straight looking at the crazy mafia leader with an incredulous look on his face while Richard just gave him a wicked grin.
"You're in impeccable shape lieutenant, great reflexes. A couple of my close people highly recommended you as hire and I can see why, I just hope you live up to your reputation. My daughter is very important to me, I love her very much and the threat against her is very real and very dangerous so I want you to be the person who dies before a scratch comes to her. Are we clear?" Richard ordered, his voice stoic.
"Yes sir. I'll do my absolute best" Alexander assured, regaining his composure.
"Well good then off you go now, there is a guard, he'll take you to her, shadow her 24/7 don't let her out of your sight unless she is in her room" Richard said and with one last army courtesy Alexander was out the door.
Sure enough, another guard waited for him right outside the door and ushered Alexander to follow him.
"So you probably wanna know what she's like" the guard said but Alexander kept quiet, he didn't like to unnecessarily talk but he was curious, cause in his assumptions she would probably be a spoilt brat who would order him around and get on his nerves.
"Well she is quite the looker first of all and she is not gonna give you too much trouble though she can go a little overboard with her little adventures so you'll have your hands full with that one but all in all nice girl" the guard rambled on while they walked towards where Isla was.
Not a spoilt brat then, he'll believe it when he sees it.
It seemed they were walking towards the gardens where there was a little cluster of maids gathered around a tree looking distressed.
When they finally reached the tree they saw the girl sitting sideways on a branch high up.
"She won't get down, if she gets hurt Mr. Gambino will have our throats" one of the maids said.
"Millie it's not that I don't wanna get down, it's just that it was easy to get up but I am scared to get down now" the girl who Alexander assumed was Isla said from the tree.
"Well you weren't very clever with that decision were you?" Millie retorted.
"Okay will you stop scolding me and get me down please" Isla said.
She looked down from the tree and saw the tall buff man in the crisp black suit.
Hah! A bodyguard he'll help she thought.
"Hey mister! You in the black suit, the tall one help me out will ya? I am gonna jump on the count of three and you catch me" she said, he was standing close enough.
So before Alexander had the time to utter out anything Isla counted to three and jumped with her eyes closed.
On instinct, he quickly stepped forward and brought his arms forward catching her before she hit the ground. Her arms naturally wounded around his neck to ensure she wouldn't fall.
A look at her face and for a while, he couldn't stop staring, she was exquisite. Pin straight long black hair flowing down over his arm, pale complexion with ruby red lips that looked so plush and kissable and the ocean blue pools of eyes decorated with thick long black lashes which made her look so delicate as they brushed her rosy cheeks. Moreover, her white dress' shoulder step had come loose falling to the side, exposing her milky silk skin, absolutely flawless from there his eyes traveled to her well-defined collar bones almost calling out to him to leave hickeys and down ways to her provocative cleavage.
Beautiful, was all he could think.
"Thank you!" She chimed jumping out of his arms to stand on her own feet. He was disappointed at the loss but nonetheless he came back to earth from his trance.
"My duty ma'am. My name is Alexander Rossi, I am the new personal bodyguard assigned to you, I'll be staying with you 24/7 as per orders" he said with a stone face.
"Oh cool! I'll call you Alex is that alright ?" She asked with a hopeful smile.
"Whatever you prefer ma'am" he answered.
"You don't have to call me ma'am, my name is Isla Moon so you could call me by my first or middle name if you want, I really don't mind" she offered.
She had to crane her neck up to talk to him, he was at least six feet tall while she stopped at five four so that didn't help her case.
"It's standard protocol ma'am, it wouldn't be professional" he explained.
"Well umm... okay then, my offer will always stay open though" she said with a dimply smile.
He was still in awe of her beauty and from the looks of it she was well mannered too.
Maybe if she was a spoilt brat it would've been more easier to concentrate on his job.
Isla didn't have much to do that morning so currently, she sat on the swing that was a little too high for her feet to touch the ground after a few kicks.Alexander stood at a little distance behind her, chin up, posture firm, and hands one on the other in front of him just like a proper bodyguard keeping an alert eye to the surroundings."Alex umm is it okay if I call you Alex? Could you give me a little push please,I wanna go higher but it seems I am a few inches short" she requested sweetly."Yes ma'am you can call me as you wish" he told her stepping forward to give her swing a little push making her go higher than before.She tilted her head backwards as the cool winter wind swept through her lustrous long black hair and a smoked graced her lips. She always kept herself busy like that, alone."Tell me about you Alex, where are you from?" She asked."San Francisco ma'am" he answered."Cool. How long have you had this bodyguard job
Alexander jolted awake, his heart rate skyrocketing and cold sweat beaded at his forehead. He took in a deep breath, coming to his senses and registering his surroundings, reassuring himself that he wasn't in Iraq leading a raid but back in his home country.This wasn't the first time he had woken up to a nightmare but it didn't mean he was used to it, each time it was just as startling and difficult as the last.He looked at the digital clock placed at the bedside table, it read 6 30 AM so he threw off the covers and swung his legs off the bed, standing and heading to the bathroom for a shower. It wasn't like he would've gotten much sleep anyways.Alexander was given the pool house in the Gambino estate because it was fairly close to the main house, in fact, Isla's bedroom window was could be seen from the pool house so in case of emergency he wouldn't have to peruse around the whole estate in order to get to the main house.After a good shower he got dr
It was dark outside and it was night time as the clock read 9:00 PM. A yawn escaped Isla's mouth as she stretched on the couch, Alexander standing right behind her.Doesn't he get tired standing? She thought. She felt bad for him, his legs must ache at night."Alex?" She said getting his attention."Yes ma'am?" He asked."Don't you get tired? Don't your legs hurt?" She asked peering up at him with concerned eyes.His heart warmed at her concern. Her question was so innocent, it was hard to imagine that this angel was the daughter of a notorious mafia boss."No ma'am, I am used to it, we train for it" he explains in a few words.She nodded her head, still not satisfied but it was his job so she couldn't say anything about it.Another yawn escaped her lips and she rubbed her eyes. She was very tired."Alright Alex, I am gonna go sleep now, I liked your company today, now you go sleep too and I'll see you tomorrow" she said
Isla sat at the pool side dipping her dainty feet in the cold water after hiking her white, silk nightie up to her knees.A chill traveled up her legs to her neck making her shiver a little bit the cold sensation felt relaxing on her feet.It was late at night and she could hear the chipper of the crickets. She had snuck out of the main house to the pool house, it was a hobby of hers when sleep wouldn't come to her easy or she'd wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go to sleep. It was the latter this time.She was lost in thought when she heard footsteps approaching near the pool and she turned her head around to see who it was. She could see the silhouette of a familiar tall bulky man nearing her.She was surprised to see the silhouette belonged to Alexander who had just returned from his raid mission and was quite astonished himself to find her sitting there by the pool.She looked like an angel in white silk to him, a fae.
Alexander groggily blinked his eyes open as he heard the chirping of birds outside. Opening his eyes wide and rubbing the sleep away from them his brows furrowed as he felt a strange weight on his lap and an ache in his neck.Rotating his neck side to side in order to get the stiffness out he looked down to find Isla halfway curled up on his lap as her hands fisted his trousers and her hair sprawled over his shirt, she looked like an angel and the sight of her warmed his heart.He had stiffly sat on the bed and fallen asleep beside her while sitting and somehow in her sleep, she ended up halfway with her head on his lap.He took a glance at the time seeing it was 6 45 AM and it would be wise to get her back to the main house before anyone noticed her absence.How badly he didn't wanna wake her up and just keep her with him forever but that would go against all rules and principles.So taking a deep breath he lightly shook her form."Mi
There was this invisible line at the Luxe bridge as the three escalades stood in a row with seemingly absolute precision just as same as their SUVs were lined in front of the escalades, on the opposite side.Alexander along with eight of his armed men got out of the SUV just as the Campbell men did.Yet again Alexander and his men were outnumbered by Campbell men, it was 9 against 12 but it hadn't come to that yet and he sincerely hoped it didn't cause he didn't feel like going back with a bloody wound again, it was a nuisance to clean and bandage the only one.Sometimes he thought if he just did this for the kicks which he probably did because he didn't feel that sense of loyalty towards Richard Gambino but his daughter Isla moon Gambino was a whole different story, he knew if it came down to it he would give up his life without a second thought for her.He shook his head rid of thoughts of the girl bringing his focus back to the situation at hand.
Isla had recovered from her cold in less than a week with the help of Alexander's supervision who kept on reminding her to take her meds and gave her that look that kept her away from ice pops. She found it so endearing.Dare she say that the slight crush she had on him had developed into full-on having feelings for him, which was so wrong and she knew so but she couldn't deny her feelings neither could she admit them out loud."Well... this sucks" she huffed plopping on the couch like a sack of potatoes with her cheeks red and puffed out.They were in the main house, Alexander standing guard by a wall watching her huff and puff about not being able to go outside since it was raining. It was quite an amusing sight but as always, he kept his face straight."What am I suppose to do now?" she questioned no one in particular.Just then one of the men came in instantly putting Alexander on alert as he stepped forward, standing right beside where I
Alexander held open the door of the Limousine for the beautiful miss who got in with a faint blush on her cheeks, her dad getting in from the other side as the chauffeur held open the door for him.Alexander was instructed to be seated with Isla and her father for protection and so he got in after Isla taking a seat in front of her another guard, Mr. Gambino's personal guard got in the car sitting right in front of Richard.Isla bit her lower lip as she felt her bare knee brush against Alexander's pant clad thigh and her already red face flushed even more.This little action didn't go unnoticed by Alexander either. It was getting harder by the second for him to control himself and keep his facial expressions neutral with her creamy leg brushing up against his in the packed limo and her teeth tugging at her luscious lips.God did he wanna nite that lip for her instead.Isla looked up from toying with her fingers for a moment and her gaze met Alexand