*SILIA*I had little to no excitement to clock in for work today unlike yesterday.After that breakdown that I had suffered yesterday for reasons unknown to the others I was sure they were all now completely aware of how much I had hopelessly fallen in love with Draven along with that new assistant of his.It was humiliating. I had never lost my composure like that before and I never wanted a repeat of like that again.To me I had always thought men took a second place in my life. I had always learnt to put myself before everyone else, given that I had been the only one who could look out for myself in this big lonely world. It was therefore surprising to see myself react in this manner for Draven.Something about him felt different to any other relation that I had made till now.“Fuck yes! Let me look at that beautiful face.” I heard someone call out and turning around I saw Alfeo jogging towards me coming out of a room. Behind him a few other men and women stepped out with some file
*SILIA* “As you can see this room is already occupied so why don’t you come here at a later time?” Alfeo stated. Unlike how he usually kept a charming expression on his face for the women this time he had been devoid of that. It was strange to see Alfeo’s face look so grim. I had half a mind that anyone else would have been intimated by now and run away but Julia didn’t.“Oh don’t say that there are still two other booths that are completely empty. Let me kill some time. I was getting bored and I wanted to make friends with the two of you, this seems to be the best opportunity,” she said passing me a smile.“What makes you think you can become ‘friends’ with me? Who do you think you are?” Alfeo asked his voice almost freezing me to my spot and for the slightest second Julia seemed to have lost her composure.It was probably low of me to feel happy but I did.“Fine. This is the only free time that I have all day today, let me shoot some and I’ll be out of here. It won’t take more than
*DRAVEN*The loud bang of my door opening was a clear indication of my beloved sister. Since I already knew she was here with only one purpose in her mind I made sure to ignore her.“Seriously? What is wrong with you?”It was clear that she was pissed off again but it had been such a tradition these days that neither was it surprising anymore nor bothering enough.“Everything,” I said knowing that it would make her bristle up and one glance at her face told me that I had been successful.“Then why aren’t you correcting it? Why are you purposely being such a jerk?” she asked making me look up at her with a raised brow.“I have always been a jerk.”“Yes to me and many others but not to Silia. Why are you acting like this!”“I am not acting any different from how I would have treated any additional baggage that I would have been forced upon by my sister. The only reason I am tolerating her in our gang is because of you and Alfeo.”She must have seen the truth in my eyes because she didn’
*SILIA* “Hi Silia!” Delilah one of the women that I work with and Alfeo’s staff greeted me as soon as I stepped into Alfeo’s floor. It was one that was just below Draven’s and looked like a typical office space of luxurious and busy companies. There were cubicles here for all the assistant workers in one corner while the main secretaries had their cubicles situated just outside of Alfeo’s office. A mini cafeteria was also installed in this floor for the busy workers for a quick snack if they needed one along with a nap room that was often used by my colleagues who had been working to their bone. If I be honest they got enough money for the work they did but it would be hard living a life such as theirs. They had me believed on the first day here that they had been robots disguised as humans. Taking my seat in the assistant cubicle’s area where my table was set I looked at the few papers that I had to segregate and then fill the numbers into an excel sheet. It was probably the easie
*SILIA* Looking around once I made sure that all the cubicles around me were empty. It was lunch time and except for a few workers almost everybody had left for the cafeteria below. It was a colleague’s birthday giving me the solace that I needed. Satisfied with my luck I took out my phone and typed the name ‘Cirillo Romani.’ Something told me that I shouldn’t be discovered by Draven or anyone else with this name. It almost felt like a taboo to be brought up in front of them. The internet results came up at once and I realized that this name was bigger than I had realized. “Oil Tycoon. Billionaire. Philanthropist.” He seemed like a sensational and big personality who had almost all of the oil and petrol industry of North America under his belt. His business was bigger than Draven’s but unlike the Mafia he had been an angel sent to this earth. He not only doing charities for various organization for poor and sick but he even helped with projects in favor for endangered animals and p
*SILIA*“Hey, where are you lost?”A tapping motion on my forehead snapped me out of my vision. I was acutely aware of a shiver run through my body leaving goosebumps in its wake. The pain that I had felt in my vision throbbed all over my head that was thankfully but slowly dulling with every passing second.“Yeah, I am sorry what did you say?” I asked trying to gain focus again. It was hard for me to grasp my sense of reality this soon but so as not to elicit any suspicion I tried to snap myself into present again.I couldn’t afford Alfeo to learn about my visions.Pushing against his chest lightly to create some distance I forced my chair to roll away from him and finally I felt some jitters relieved from my body. The near death experience that I envisioned in my head was so real that I had to forcefully clamp both of my palms together to stop them from visibly shaking.Was I going to die?When? Why?“No but what happened to you jus-”Realizing that he was going to ask me about my v
*SILIA*“Hey Garrett!”I greeted one of the regulars of this Mafia training base. He would always be around in the shooting range with his other buddies and would often help me out with my practice when Alfeo wasn’t around.“Aren’t you going to shoot some bullets today?” he asked stopping in front of the door. His muscular back hid almost whole of the entrance and from the gaps in between I could see the others hollering him over to hurry.“No, I am going to burn these muscles out a little, can’t keep relying on a gun only,” I said bumping my fists together.“Well if you get bored then you know where to find me. I haven’t seen such fresh talent in some time now,” he complimented me with the same words that he had been dishing out since the first time he had caught me shooting on my own.I didn’t mean to brag but since I had been somewhat used to the feeling of the device in my hand I was finding it easier to aim in the center and at targets further away.“Will do but now I need to go,
*SILIA*“No, not at all!” Alfeo said coming next to me. I could see that Diana wasn’t happy but I still felt a dilemma surround me. On one hand I didn’t want to see Draven and on the other I couldn’t get the hug we shared out of my mind.I wanted to know more. I wanted to know if he actually cared like Alfeo had said he did. That is the only explanation of why he was scared, right? He wouldn’t have bothered if I died or not otherwise.Stop being hopeful Silia!“See, I told you they wouldn’t mind us,” Julia cheered from beside Draven. Her puffy lips pulled into a broad smile and leaning into Draven she asked, “Will you just watch me or are you going to practice with me?”“I’ll just watch for today, alright?” he said bending down to kiss her forehead and I had to look away to control my emotions.I change my mind. Why did Alfeo invite them? He didn’t seem very inviting of Julia the last time when she had intervened our training.“You are doing this purposely! Why did you agree to come h