I roll over onto my stomach and check the time on my phone. 17:45pm it says.

I've been asleep for three hours at least. That Tylenol and tequila really knocked me out.

Someone knocks on my door.

'Come in.' I say, my voice muffled by the pillow stuffed in my face.

I hear the door open and feel the bed sink next to me.

'How you feeling Di?' Christianto asks.

I turn around to him and see that he's holding a McDonalds bag in one hand and an iced coffee in the other.

'Better,' I reply.

I sit up and wince at the sudden movement.

He passed me the bag smiling and placed the iced coffee on my bedside table.

Cora and Pablo are standing behind him.

'Dominico was asking about you.' Pablo says.

'We told him you needed to rest up.' Cora adds.

They come sit in either side of me.

'Is he pissed?' I asked.

'Hell yeah,' Christianto replies, stealing one of my chips.

I sigh and take a bite of my burger.

'He killed two men just out of anger.' Cora says, fiddling with a pillow.

'Does everyone know about what happened?' I ask.

'Nope, just us.' Pablo replies.

'I don't know why he's being so dramatic, I got the fucking job done.' I mutter.

'Maybe because you didn't listen to him.' Cora shrugs.

I finish my food and grab my iced coffee.

'I'm gonna go see him and get this over with.' I say.

'Good luck,' Christianto laughs. 'You'll need it.'

I walk out of my room and make my way to Dominico's office.

I go to knock when a man with ginger hair walks out, looking terrified.

He nods at me before speed walking away.

I take a deep breath and walk in.

'What do you want?' Dominico snaps without looking up.

'It's your granddaughter.' I reply.

I slump down on a leather chair and prop my legs up on his desk.

'I've been meaning to talk to you.' He says, lighting a cigar.

'Yes, yes that's why I've been avoiding you.' I roll my eyes and take a sip of my drink.

I look around. I don't understand why he likes his office to be so dark and gloomy.

'You fucked up today.' He glares at me.

'I still got the job done.' I reply.

'Not the way I wanted you to, you put us in danger.' He raises his voice.

'You told me I had to get the job done, you didn't specify how.' I snap.

'You are being reckless and irresponsible.' He says.

I sit up straight and lean forward. I hardly look intimidating in this hoodie, sweatpants and bunny slippers.

'We both know that I have one rule about missions, no collateral damage.' I say narrowing my eyes.

Dominico scoffs and lets out a big cloud of smoke.

'Yes of course I know how you feel about that.' He shrugs.

'Not only did I finish off the job but I also saved two innocent lives.' I reply.

'Yes yes.' He waves a hand dismissively.

I'm not going to bring up Adriano because I don't need Dominico on my back for not killing him.

Again.

'Anything else?' I ask.

'Yes,' he says. 'There will be a big mafia gathering soon where I will announce you as the heir and hand over the mafia.'

'Excuse me?' I choke on my iced coffee.

'You heard me.' He says.

'And when exactly is this going to happen?' I ask.

'In five months.' He replies. 'You have five months to prove you are truly worthy.'

'And how am I going to do that?' I ask.

'By fulfilling your promise that you made two years ago.' He replies. 'You're going to take down Adriano and everything he's worth.'

Oh I am so grateful that I didn't tell him about our encounter.

'Deal.' I reply.

I stand up and leave his office. Christianto is waiting for me outside.

'How'd it go?' He asks.

'Better than expected.' I reply.

He nods and slings his arm over my shoulder as we walk down the hallway.

'Listen Di I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me right now?' He asks. 'You know like we used to.'

'Do I really have a choice?' I ask, looking up at him.

'I'm hoping that you'll say yes because I really don't have any other plans.' He replies.

'Fine, I guess I'll go.' I smirk.

'Yes!' He exclaims.

************** 'You're really taking me to Dior?' I ask.

'Yes, my treat.' Christianto replies.

'You said the same thing about Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Chanel.' I signal to the shopping bags.

'Ok fine this is the last treat.' He sighs. 'And don't act like you don't like your new Prada belt, Chanel shoes and Louis Vuitton bags.'

'I'm only getting one thing from this store.' I say.

'Yeah sure.' He replies.

We walk into the store and I smile at one of the managers.

Christianto grabs one of the Miss Dior perfume bottles and hands it to me.

'What? I remember you were speaking about this one.' He shrugs.

I grab some lipsticks and a highlight palette before Christianto forces me to let him pay and we head to a dessert parlour.

I sit with my back facing the door and Christianto looks down at the menu.

'This is now my treat to you.' I smile.

'I can't argue can I?' He sighs.

'Nope.' I laugh. 'But don't pretend you don't enjoy me bossing you around.'

He smirks at me and I can see a mischievous glint in his eyes.

'So this is technically a date?' He asks.

'Don't push it Chris.' I laugh.

'It doesn't hurt to try my luck.' He replies smugly.

A waiter comes over to us and I order a kinder bueno sundae while Christianto order a toffee, banana waffle.

I hear the door behind us open and Chris immediately looks behind me.

His eyes widen in shock.

'You'll never guess who just walked in.' He whispers.

'Who?' I ask.

'Alessandro, Lorenzo and Xuan.' He replies.

Shit.

*AUTHORS NOTE* I'm back with my cliffhangers hehe. I hope you're all enjoying the story so far. Have a nice day!