"Emilia?" Gio said surprised once they pulled away. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I got tired of home and I figured, what the hell I'd just come here and since you're here..." She started saying excitedly.

She was obviously Italian by the accent in her voice. Now that I was looking at her, I could see just how beautiful she was. Her hair was a somewhat light brown colour with few blonde streaks and her eyes were bluish green. I was now beyond curious as to who exactly she was because it was like Gio had totally forgotten about me standing there as he and the girl chatted in Italian. I was already fed up being in the dark about who she is and why she just three herself at him, even more I was like completely forgotten? No, I wasn't just going to stand there being ignored like that, it was just so damn rude. So folding my hands across my chest I decided to cleared my throat to get their attention, I at least deserved and explanation before I leave.

"Ahem" I said looking between the two finally earning their attention.

"Baby, I'm sorry. I just got caught up" Gio said to be aware of this mistake.

"Clearly" I said to him.

"Baby?" The girl spit out in surprise.

"Lex, this is Emilia. She's my..." Gio started but did was cut off.

"Girlfriend" Emilia said smugly smirking at me. "I'm his girlfriend and you are?"

I turned to Gio with my brows raised questioningly. This was getting interesting.

"That's not true" Gio said shaking his head. "Em cut the crap"

"OK" Emilia said smiling.

"Lex, this is my little sister" Gio said to me.

"What?" I asked shocked.

"Yeah, that's right" Emilia said. "Or would you prefer if I was indeed an old girlfriend?"

"You never mentioned you had a sister" I said to him.

"Yeah, he doesn't mention a lot of things" Emilia said looking at me. "Like the fact that he had a girlfriend. Anyway are you? You're not exactly what I think is type would be? And what's with the sequins, you look like a disco ball"

I gasp in disbelief at the nerve of this girl. Did she just insult me and my blouse. Does she even know how much that blouse cost.



I turned to Gio instead of answering. Because it was clear that if I should answer to this girl right now, shit was gonna go down. And the last thing I wanted right now was to be starting any beef or bad blood with my boyfriend's sister, who now that I really look closely at her I could see that she was most likely younger than I am. I'm sure Gio, wouldn't really appreciate that now.

"Can I kill her?" I asked instead.

"No, you can't" Gio chuckled before pulling me to him and giving my lips a quick peck. "The last thing I'd want now is for the two most important girls in my life at each other's throat. And Em is gonna be behaving more respect aren't you?"

"Why do I have..." Emilia starting protesting before Gio shut her up.

"Aren't you?" He asked more seriously. "No more snide comments or remarks, you just got here".

"Fine" Emilia sighed before frowning at us. "God, can't you guys get a room".

"Babe I have to go" I chuckled before turning around to kiss him.

Knowing that it bothered Emilia so much seeing me and her brother displaying affection, I decided to give a little show just to annoy her more. Most people find it gross watching PDA especially if it involves a family member. So I throw my arms around Gio's neck pulling his head down more to me before initiating a full on making out session, involving tongue and everything. I only pull away laughing when I heard Emilia groaned and gagged in disgust.

"I have to go now but we'll talk later okay?" I said to Gio.

"Wait, I was going to walk you to your car" Gio replied.

"No, that's okay. I'll get their fine. You have a guest. Later" I said placing a short kiss on his lips again before turning to Emilia smirking. "I guess I'll see you around....sis".

And with that I left them as I headed to my car and drove off to the shooting range.

~|~ "So you hold your arms out straight like this" I said fixing Leon's hands how they should be while holding the gun. "Alright, that's good... No don't tense, just keep a firm grip... OK now place your thumb right here and your index finger through here... Alright now there's the target, keep an eye on it, aim and then you fire. You got that?"

"Yeah I think so" Leon nodded chuckling. "This is weird".

"It shouldn't be. Now come on let's see it" I said to him.

"It?" Leon asked raising a brow teasingly causing Kathleen to laugh.

"Oh shut up. You know what I mean. By see it, I mean let's see what skill you got. And here, don't forget these" I said placing the earplugs over his ears and stepping back.

I watched Leon tried firing at the target but missing it three times. Kathleen on the other hand had got the target twice, in one of the arms and the abdomen. She's been practicing longer anyway. After trying the fourth time and missing again, Leon lower his arm with the gun and turning to me.

"I think I should stick to guidance counselling. Shooting is not my forte" Leon chuckled.

"Its okay, I missed the first couple of times I tried shooting as well but I got better at it. Just watch me and then try again okay?" I said picking up a gun and taking his position.

I looked forward at my target, aimed and then started firing. I hit the target in the head twice, in the neck and once in the chest, all in a straight vertical line. I turned back to a shocked Leon.

"How?" He asked looking at the target ahead then back to me,

"Like I said, better with practice" I smiled at him.

"She's got perfect aim" Kathleen said to him.

"I wouldn't say perfect, but I'm pretty good aren't I?" I said a but cocky.

"That would have been an instance kill if that target was a person" Leon said to me.

"Exactly, and that would be my aim if I'm shooting someone" I said shaking my head. "Anyway, you try again"

We spent about three or more hours at the shooting range. Leon had managed to hit the target more than once after our multiple practice. Dominic had even showed up and Leon was even more impressed with his perfect aim also. I was worried though that if he continued shooting the target in those instant kill positions over and over again, Leon would become a bit suspicious about us but he didn't seem to be. It had even turned into a little competition between me and Dominic, I had challenge him to a shooting competition to see who could get the target more destroyed but of course Dominic won. He had a better aim than me, but it didn't matter he had longer years of practice than I had, he was a mafia boss so that's expected but I still put up a good fight. ~|~

"I need your help" Gio said to me as we were having lunch at one of his restaurants

"With what?" I asked.

"Emilia" he replied.

"You mean your little repugnant sister?" I asked. "How old is she by the way?"

"She just catch 18 last Thursday" Gio said to me. "And come on she's not that bad".

"Oh yeah? First impressions last don't they?" I said to him. "Anyway shouldn't she be in school or college or something?"

"That's where I need your help" Gio replied. "She graduated high school a few months early. She was supposed to be choosing universities but she's planning to take a year off and stay here. She's thinking about attending college here".

"So what's wrong with that?" I asked.

"I don't want her here" Gio said to me.

"Okay?" I said confused. "So where do I come in?"

"I can't exactly be around to keep on eye on her. And I don't trust her enough to leave her on her own for long. Besides, not even some of my guys didn't know I had a sister. I have enemies and if they found out they'd probably used her to get to me" Gio said to me. "For example Rostov targeted you because of me. They knew you would be a link to my weakness".

"And look where that got him. He ended up dead with a broken neck" I smirked.

"Well Emilia can't really defend herself like you can. I don't want her staying at the hotel longer" Gio said.

"So what are you saying then?" I asked looking at him suspiciously.

"I was wondering you could maybe watch her for a few days until I send her back to Italy" Gio replied.

"No, no" I said shaking my head. "I am not gonna babysit your bratty teenage sister Gio. Definitely not, I just came out of my teenage years a few years ago. I can barely babysit my self more over a moody feisty teenager. Just send her back".

"Lexi, we haven't seen each other in years. I haven't been around much for her and the fact that she came all the way here to see me I just can't pack her up and send her back" Gio said reaching across the table and holding my hand. "It would look like I don't have time for her or want her around".

"But you don't" I replied.

"I can't tell her that. She's not gonna understand that its because I want to keep her safe" Gio said to me.

"Are you telling me that she isn't aware of the type of 'business' you're in? That your dad was in?" I asked surprised.

"Well she knows to some extent but as for the details of it all. We like to keep her out of that. But she knows that's one of the reasons she's here as well" Gio said to me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Even though my father is no longer the leader of the group he's still a bit intense and strict. He still has a couple men he used and they're somewhat like body guards to Em. She thinks she doesn't have any freedom there and that now that she's eighteen she deserves some independence" Gio said to me. "But the thing is here it won't be any different with me".

"Gio she's right. She isn't a kid anymore, she's a woman now" I said to him.

"No she isn't. She's my little sister and I need to keep her safe and the best way to do that is to keep her a secret" Gio said to me.

"Is that why you've never mentioned her before?"

"When my mom died she was only 6 and from then she's been kinda kept in under 24\7 supervision. Not many people knows she exist but here it'd be different" Gio said to me.

"So you want me to let her stay with me then?"

"Yeah" Gio nodded. "I need someone who I trust enough to keep an eye on her. You could probably give her a job at the restaurant or something"

"She's gonna love that" I said sarcastically.

"She's not gonna have a choice. Either she agree for you to watch her or I'll send her back home" Gio replied.

"And my family is just gonna love this as well" I chuckled. "Giovanni's sister- a Cavelli in their home. Great".

"They don't have to know that much as to her relationship with me. You could say she's a friend" Gio replied.

"You're really making a liar out of me" I groaned. "Alright so when do I get custody of the teen?"

"I'll drop her back at LEXI'S this evening".

So it turns out that Emilia is Gio's little sister. 😁 Most of you guessed right while some thought she was an annoying Ex. Anyway keep reading to find out more. Don't forget to vote and comment.