Nate let out a deep breath as he rubbed his temple trying to ease the impounding headache he could already feel coming fast, he looked at the table and the stacks of paper only seemed to increase the more, making him almost groan out in frustration.

He looked at his time and it wasn't even lunch break yet, but it felt like he'd been here the whole day, when he'd only been here a few hours and he still had a few more hours before the day would be over.

And yet he couldn't even concentrate and do one thing right, his mind was already a mess, thinking about a lot of things, some those things being his encounter with Spade the previous. All the things he said during his little outburst, it had been a while since he let his feelings show that much but yesterday just had to happen. Even though deep down he knew he had doomed his sister to this stupid union between her and Spade, something he was suddenly regretting now.

He was lucky he had left Spade's car last night in one piece, he went too far, even calling the very person he'd seen murder someone names, what was he even thinking? Whatever gave him the balls last night, must be laughing at him right now.

He picked up the piece of paper again as he tried to focus and at least get one thing done before the day ended, he still had the contract he got yesterday, courtesy of Spade to worry about, and that was another truckload of work added on his shoulders again.

He heard a knock on his door and he looked up, the door slowly creaked open and his secretary slowly walked in, he sighed out and faced her, watching as she swayed her hips, she was putting on yet another extremely tight fitting clothes, that looked like if she moved too much they'd rip, he almost rolled his eyes at her.

He always wondered if she was that dumb that she didn't get the memo that he was in fact not interested in her or she knew and just didn't care. He had never seen her more than a secretary, no matter how exposing she dressed, the only reaction it could get out of him is disgust and irritation.

She stopped in front of his desk and flashed him one of those smiles that he assumed was supposed to melt his heart or whatever, but instead he just gave her a bored look, the smile faded slightly but she still tried to keep it up.

"Sir, the people from the hotel called, they're trying to set up a meeting, so I came to check with you when you'll be available for them" she said still smiling

Nate shut his eyes thinking before he finally opened them, at least if he couldn't do anything at the office, he might as well leave the office and get something done outside. "Arrange a meeting with them for after lunch time" he told her, she nodded but still stood there looking at him, he didn't look away either.

"Are you okay"? She asked in a whisper and he just nodded with a bored expression, he was not going to buy into the sudden care she was showing "You look stressed" she muttered walking towards his side of the table, he pinched the bridge of his nose, already knowing what she was trying to do, it was getting old and tiring, the same stupid trick.

She stopped in front of him and turned his chair to face her, as she pushed her already almost exposed breast to his face, he could already feel the bile rising from his stomach to his throat, everything he'd managed to eat this morning was threatening to spill, he swallowed hard and looked away.

Her hand rested on his shoulder as she gave it a light squeeze, still trying hard to press her breasts on his face "You know, I know a very good way to help you relax" she whispered still rubbing his shoulders with her hands, he sighed out and peeled her hand off his shoulder before turning and facing the table back.

"Go back to work Jade" he muttered without as much a hint of emotion in his voice as he picked up another piece of paper, ignoring her entire existence.

She was not one to give up easily tho, she sighed out and gently put her hand on his shoulder again "Look, I know how hard it can be, taking care of business like this and barely having time for yourself or a little fun" she mutttered letting her hand slide down his chest while she rubbed it, he felt his skin crawling with disgust, his whole body became restless, the more she touched him the more he felt like peeling his skin off, everything was hot, not good hot like the kind of hot Spade made him feel, the bad one like he was drowning and suffocating at the same time.

Her hand grazed his nipple from his shirt and he sucked in a harsh breath, that was way too far for him, she mistook his discomfort for pleasure and tried to put her hand inside his shirt "You know we can improvise and work this little mess out" she whispered trying to put her hand inside his shirt.

His hand flung up as he caught hers in a tight grip, he pushed her hands off him harshly, he didn't even wanna look at her "Get out of my office, I'm not gonna ask you again" he muttered dangerously low, he felt her eyes on him before she let out a low scoff and walked out, her heels clicking against the marbled floor.

The minute the door closed with a loud bang, he exhaled deeply and rubbed his face, his whole body felt like someone was pricking it with needles, it wasn't painful but disgusting. He felt violated as he tried to calm his racing heart. This was why he was never close to anyone, people's touch always get to him, it always makes him feel this way, everyone's touch except one.

He sighed out as he tried to get his thoughts off his head, Spade is not someone he should be thinking about, especially not now. But why doesn't his skin crawl or his throat get stiff whenever Spade touches him, instead he gets the entire opposite feeling, instead whenever Spade touches him, even just slightly, he wants more, he wants to explore that tingling feeling he always gets in his fingers and all over his body. It's something he's never felt before and he wants to know why he was suddenly feeling it, and for Spade for that matter.

He sighed out, his phone starts ringing bringing him out of his reverie. He picked up the phone and looked at the screen, he felt his whole body go from hot to extremely cold and uncomfortable. He swallowed looking at the caller ID, he contemplated not picking up and just ignoring the call, but he would just keep calling until Nate picked up.

He finally picked it up and gingerly brought it to his ears, he could hear the static and shuffling on the other side of the phone. "Nate" he heard his father's gruff voice, he shut his eyes

"Dad" he muttered trying to steady his voice from shaking

"Where are you"? He asked making Nate rub his temple, of course he's at work, what did his father think, without waiting for him to answer, he just starts talking again "forget about that, I want you in the house tomorrow by 4pm, Spade's coming to finalize the deal and he'll be taking your sister with him as his wife" he rushed out, the only thing Nate heard was the fact that Spade would be getting married to his sister tomorrow, officially.

He went completely silent and thought about what his father just told him. Spade wasn't joking about his threat, he meant it when he said he'd come for Su in two weeks time, Nate began wondering if he had agreed to work for him, would it have extended Su's time? Or did Spade suddenly realize he hated Nate to the point that he can't have anything to do with him.

"Are you listening to me boy"? His father's voice broke his thought, he quickly cleared his throat

"Yes Dad" he muttered before he heard the line go dead, he slowly dropped the phone from his ears, looking at the black screen, he clenched his jaw, he thought he was finally free for a while from Spade's problems but he was wrong, he let out a deep sigh, looking at the stacks of papers still waiting for him to go through them, he didn't think he could even understand anything if he tried.

He ran his hands down his face before pushing the papers away from his sight, he relaxed his back on the headrest of his chair, swinging from side to side he dived into a whirlwind of thoughts, all circling around the hazel, brooding and always angry eyes, the man he'd been with last night.

He wasn't gonna deny it to himself, even if he did to everyone else, being with Spade last night, at the casino, he felt free than he'd ever been in years, the almost two hours they spent at the casino, gave him a little lift in his heart, like something had been taken away from all the burden in his heart, like he could finally breathe. The thrill that came with betting that kind of huge amount of money not knowing if he would win or not, he wanted to feel that again, even if it's just for a second.

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"Sir they're gonna need more than your signature on the file, they need you to be present" his PA muttered, he clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes at her, watching as she squirmed under his intense gaze.

Another stressful day dealing with paperwork and slobby people, this was draining him, more than it should. And now his PA was here yapping about how new investors were asking him to show up for a stupid meeting to sign a stupid contract, obviously they didn't know him too well, they'd never done business with him, if they had, they'd know that he doesn't attend such meetings unless it's necessary and from where he was sitting, this one didn't require his presence, they were just making a fuss out of it.

"Cancel the contract and the meeting, tell them we're no longer interested" he muttered, her mouth opened in surprise as she stumbled on her words, her eyes darting from his to the paper in front of them both on the table

"But.. but sir, this is the final meeting for the contract signing and losing this contract would cost us a lot" she stuttered, without batting an eyes lash or even showing he cared about that, he leaned closer to the table and placed his elbows on it, resting his chin on his hands, he narrowed his eyes at her again, watching as she talked with fear and uncertainty, it reminded him of someone, he quickly shook his head to rid him of such thoughts.

"Do you work for me or you work for them"? He asked obviously not expecting any answer from her, she just lowered her head not saying anything "Cancel the fucking meeting and tell them we're not interested" he gritted out and she just nodded before pulling the document from the table and timidly walking out of the office, she shut the door and he sighed out relaxing on the chair again.

He was having another unproductive day at work again, this routine was kind of getting boring for him, he needed something exciting, something to get him out of this damn desk and out on the field, something to give him the thrill, something to get him excited and eager again, but nothing was coming, asides from the constant talks about the person that was gunning for his life, which led to a dead end, he was stuck in this godforsaken office all day.

His mind drifted to his encounter with Nate the previous night, he clenched his jaw thinking about the decision he had come to. He thought getting married to her would at least fill this void inside of him, or at least make him a little excited but instead he felt more shitty than he did even before moving the date up.

He was so eager to change routine that he decided it was time to get married to her but it didn't even help him, instead it only made it worse because somehow he was expecting Nate to have showed up at his club or maybe spoke to Matteo about it, at least something to know he got his attention but it was radio silence and it was frustrating.

Why was this kid getting to him this much? He meant nothing to him, nothing at all but he had successfully created a vacuum in his thoughts and his mind that nothing else could fill up, not even mafia business. Was this some kind of punishment his mind was trying to give to him? It felt like his own body was against him, because the harder he tried to erase thoughts of Nate from his mind, the stronger this stupid attraction was getting.

His ears perked up and his mind again swayed from Nate's thoughts as he heard commotion from outside his office, he stood up and adjusted his jacket, in case it was something serious, he stepped away from his table, walking around it, he stood in front of his table, with his back resting on it as if waiting for whoever was coming.

His door opened up and a very frantic and shabby looking Su walked in with his PA hot on her trail. "Miss, you can't go in like that" his PA almost yelled trying to stop Su, immediately she saw Spade, her face morphed into fear, as she knew he was a ruthless man and hated tardiness and disrespect, his eyes moved from his PA and landed on the lady in front of him, she was out of breath as she shrugged his PA's hands off her, facing Spade with a hard glare

"I'm sorry sir, I tried to stop her" his PA starts and he just raised his hands up stopping her

"It's okay, you can go" he muttered putting his hands in front of him, the right on top the left as he watched Su with keen interest, his face stoic and bored, his PA left, shutting the door, leaving just the both of them in the office.

Su finally looked at him, her eyes filled with rage and anger, he didn't even seem bothered by her little death glare as he just raised his brows up in question looking at her

"I knew you were a jerk but I never knew you were such an inconsiderate jerk" she spat at him, he just watched her with his signature bored expression, seemingly unaffected by her outburst, guessing she'd been told he was getting married to her the very next day. "We had a deal" she almost yelled out and he just narrowed his eyes at her

"I broke it off, two weeks ago, and I'm pretty sure I told you already" he muttered making her scoff out in disbelief

"Are you even listening to yourself"? She whisper glaring at him "it's like you don't even care.." he cut her off

"I don't, you should know that by now" he muttered before pulling himself off the table, he shoved his hands into his pocket and taking two steps closer to her "Are you here to confirm if it's true"? He asked lowly "if that's why you are here, I'm sorry to disappoint you princess, but it is true, by tomorrow you'd be my wife and I your husband, so you better be prepared" he muttered, his eyes never leaving hers. "Now run along to daddy, spend all the time you can with him, because it might be your last, and don't forget to drop by your wimpy brother's office too" he taunted making her eyes water with tears, he didn't even feel guilty or bad that he was the reason for her tears, it didn't even bother him, not as much as Nate's outburst last night bothered, was it weird that his wife to be was almost literally in tears and he enjoyed watching her like this, but his to be brother in law was just slightly pissed off and it tugged at his heart, it left a sour taste and bad feeling deep inside his stomach.

He leaned away from her face and turned around about to walk away when her voice stopped him, shaky, throaty and almost teary "I was wrong, you're not only a jerk" she whispered making him clench his jaw "You're a selfish, annoying, self centered and self absorbed murderer" she finished, out of all the things she just called him, nothing got into his head, nothing messed with his mind like the word 'self absorbed' He could almost hear a certain voice call him that and it angered him to no end.

Not that he wasn't self absorbed or selfish, but he hated it when Nate said it and now his sister was saying it again.

He turned around in a flash and his hands flew up and grabbed her neck in a tight grip, her eyes widened as her hands flew up and tried to pry his off. But it only got tighter as he squeezed the life out of her

Her eyes were shimmering with unshed tears as she struggled and choked, he was staring deep into those green eyes, watching the life drain out of her.

"I'm not your father and I'm definitely not your stupid brother, so I suggest you mind the way you talk to me, for your own sake" he gritted word for word as he watched her eyes fill up with tears.

He didn't let go, he only squeezed tighter, the more she struggled, the more he relished on her vulnerability.

The door to his office opened up and someone walked in "What the hell"? He heard his voice before he saw him come into view.

His eyes left his victim for a split second before he was back to looking at her again

Matteo recognized her immediately he saw her, and his eyes widened and he looked at Spade again, he had that killer, very angry lose look in his eyes. "Spade, what the hell are you doing"? He asked but Spade just ignored him like he wasn't even there "Spade let her go, you're gonna kill her" he almost yelled out, his eyes darting between the almost passed out girl in Spade's grip and dead, soulless look in Spade's eyes

This was going too far, he had to stop it now, else Spade would kill her "Gio, stop"! He yelled and slowly Spade's grip on her neck loosened as she started to cough and gasp for air, she moved back away from the devil as he stood and watched her, his eyes still dark and angry, like he didn't even regret what just happened.

Matteo's eyes moved from Spade and landed on the almost helpless young woman, trying to breath, his eyes zeroed in on her neck and he could see the bruise mark already forming there. He made to go help her up, but she just looked at him with tears streaming down her face, stumbling up she rushed out of the office, not even sparing Spade another glance.

Matteo turned around and faced an unbothered Spade "What the fuck did I just walk into"?

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He just tried to kill her? Okay, I give up Spade is ruthless 😩😩