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?"
"You'd be my first one ma'am but I am skilled, I'll assure your safety to the best of my abilities ma'am"
"You're so professional I never would've guessed and I don't doubt your abilities even a teensy but Alex but what did you do before you landed this job?" She questioned, truly curious.
"I was in the army ma'am, Seal team lieutenant" he answered.
Usually Alexander was never the person who liked to talk about his life or answer too many questions but for some strange reason he felt completely at ease with answering hers, in fact, he was secretly even pleased that he'd piqued her interest and she was curious about him.
"That is awesome! you might be the coolest person I've met in my entire life" she exaggerated while trying to slow down and stop the swing so she could face the other way to look at him but her feet wouldn't reach and she turned her head looking at him with a silent plea to help her out to which he gladly obliged holding onto the chains of the swing gently making it come to a halt.
"Thank you" she said turning the other way on the swing and facing him before slowly kicking her feet back and forth again.
"Do you have a family in San Francisco? Parents?"She asked
"Yes, my elder sister and younger brother ma'am, parents passed away" he answered his face still void of any emotion.
"I am sorry, I am being too nosy" she looked at him sadly and apologetically.
"That's quite alright ma'am, I don't mind" he reassured
"You're of course gonna say that, you're my bodyguard but I'd very much like it if you were my friend, I have no siblings or friends. It would've been so amazing if I had a sibling, all the fun I could have with him or her" she confessed.
He stayed quiet but he felt for her when he heard the sadness in her voice.
"So you're always gonna stay with me from now on?" she asked with hopeful eyes.
It tugged at his heart, these morbid feelings towards this angelic girl were ones that he couldn't let get to him.
"My orders are to follow you around everywhere excluding your bedroom ma'am or if I am told otherwise" he answered, his tone robotic.
Isla got the point and she gave a slight nod with a frown thinning out her ruby lips.
At that moment Alexander saw a maid approaching towards them from a distance and he stood straighter moving away from the swing a little.
"Miss Isla, lunch is ready and Mr.Rossi you're being summoned to the compounds by Mr.Gambino" the maid informed them.
Weird, it was only an hour or so ago that Mr.Gambino had a chat with him but he couldn't defy the orders.
Isla looked at him with eyes, there was this unexplainable connection she felt with Alexander, she felt like she could easily talk to him and she felt safe with him so hearing that her father had summoned Alexander caused he to be a little disappointed.
Alexander had caught her saddened eyes and although his face was stoic, giving away absolutely nothing, he felt the need to stay just to make her happy.
"Alright, I'll escort Ms. Gambino inside safely and head to the compounds after" he said, this would buy a few more seconds not much but worth the tiny smile tucking at Isla's lips.
They walked the short walk to the entrance of the estate with Isla in front and Alexander close behind.
Upon reaching the entrance they came to halt and Isla turned around looking at him with her big baby blue eyes in contrast with his own obsidian ones.
"See you later Alex" she said with a smile and a little wave of her fingers.
He gave her a curt nod of acknowledgment before taking off.
After asking for a few directions, Alexander had reached the compound in the large estate. The compound basically was the place where all the IT operations and the physical training took place. It was way back from the main house and was crawling with men in black.
"There you are, I have been expecting you" Richard Gambino said spotting Alexander.
"Sir" he courtesied.
"Men, this is Alexander Rossi, he is Isla's personal bodyguard. He is an Ex-Marine Seal, a damn good one and he will lead the operation to the Lightning night club tomorrow, what do you say Rossi?" Richard said with a wicked smile.
"Not really in my job description sir" Alexander answered.
"Well now it is, I'll pay you thrice of what I am paying you now if you do it" Richard negotiated.
Damn, that would be a hefty amount of money.
"Do I keep up my bodyguard duties?" Alexander asked. He was praying inside that he would get to keep his bodyguard duties of protecting Isla.
"Of course, don't get me wrong with this but your first priority is her protection, you'll only very occasionally lead these sorts of operations and when you're not, her protection is your sole duty. When on occasion you're not around my own personal guard here, Dante will be with her, never underestimate the threat on my daughter Alexander she is my life and my weak point the Costello's know where to hit" Richard said his expression going stone cold.
Alexander looked at Richard's left at the guy whose name now he knew as Dante. He was a blonde about as tall as Alexander himself with a lean figure, he looked like a golden boy.
"Yes, of course, sir, you can count on me to keep Miss Gambino safe" Alexander assured.
He would definitely lay down his life for the sweet girl without batting an eye.
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
Isla gasped out in fear and horror as people started panicking and running shoving past one another to get to safety.Isla felt helpless and blind in the pitch blackness, her mind in a frenzy. People had their phone lights on but she had left hers inside her clutch which was on the table they were seated at.Isla felt the tears, wet and cold streaming down her cheeks as she searched for the familiar faces of her dad and Alexander in the pitch dark.More gun shots were fired making her heart hammer so hard against her chest that she could hear her own heartbeat.Alexander who has jumped into action as soon as the lights went out had headed for the direction Isla was in but it was so chaotic that he kept on losing her in the dark, however, with the aid of his flashlight he located Isla, smack dab in the middle of the hall looking scared as hell.Without a second thought he ran towards her direction, with his gun in one hand and the flashlight in the