Chapter 14

He whipped his keys out his pants pocket and got in the driver's side. "Ready?" he asked me starting the car "Y-yeah." I answered raising and eyebrow as to why he was asking me that. Well I soon found out. I remembered Aria told me Xavier was a drag racer and that is why he had extremely fast cars. He stepped down on the pedal and we speed through the streets of Italy. He was driving with one hand and was pretty controlled and I let the wind blow threw my hair as I gazed about at Italy as we drove through. "Wow." I gasped "Is this really Italy?" "Yes it is mia cara." Xavier smiled at me "Like what you see?" "I love it." I replied looking at the huge mall and the big pizza restaurant in awe We drove for five minutes through the streets which hardly had anyone that night and we parked at a very expensive restaurant. "We're going in there?" I asked looking at him in excitement "Why are you so excited?" he asked me laughing I blushed. "It's my first time actually riding in car and actually wearing something so pretty and going somewhere so fancy." I replied blushing a little and looking down at my hands "All this is sort of new to me." I felt his warm finger turn my head to face him so I was looking into his sexy half blue half gold eyes. "I want you o completely forget about you past life in Miami." he said to me softly "You're here now in Italy with me and the others who will protect you at any cost. Lighten up a bit and enjoy being a teenage girl who's living with a mafia boss. Stop bringing up your past. If you do it again I'll make you regret it." I nodded. He was threatening me for a good cause. He was right. I had to move on from there now. They're in Miami and I'm half way across the world. I should be happy. "Let's go." Xavier said smiling at me 'I'm hungry." I giggled. He got out and opened the door for me and I gracefully took his hand. He put his keys in his pocket then led me up the stairs of the building. I then entered a fancy restaurant. Xavier led me through the crowd of happy diners then up the back stairs. "Why aren't we eating with them?" I asked as he pulled me up the stairs gently "For one thing it's a risk for you to be discovered and for another thing I love dinning privately away from everyone." he explained opening a door and leading me to the roof top There was chairs and table set for two. It was pretty expensive and luxurious. Well he's a freaking billionaire so why not! He pulled out my chair and I sat down before he sat down in front of me. Xavier's.....a real gentle man. Note to self: You've just met another side of Xavier. The waiters then came up bringing us our food. It was the first time I've eaten Italian food but it tasted good. "What do you love doing?" I asked casually "You know....when you're not being a boss." "I go drag racing or boxing." he answered "You?" "I read and I go surfing, water skiing or any other water sports." I replied "We've got a cool beach at the back of the mansion." Xavier stated twirling his spaghetti around his fork "I'll take you there one day." "I'd be honored." I smiled "What exactly do you do you know where?" "Everything a normal mafia does." Xavier said to me softly and I looked around to make sure no one was listening "We're the biggest and most deadly mafia in Italy. We don't deal with drugs though. We leave that out the mix but we do everything else." "You kill people then?" I asked shyly "No." he answered "Our bullets are advanced technology made in our secret lab. They electrify the body when made in contact but those don't kill. There are ones made to paralyze and there are ones used in war to temporarily shut down the body and one that instantly erases memory. The mafias now are not into bloodshed but there are a few who do use real bullets." I was relieved that they weren't into bloodshed. Their weapons must be really advanced for them to be so deadly without bloodshed. I guess it's a good thing. I think they capture the men from the opponent's team and take them. They must be really successful in doing so that's why they're so big now. I guess I'm warming up to this mafia. It's not so bad. I took a mouthful as he looked at me. "You zoned out on me." he stated "What were you thinking?" "Nothing much." I blushed "I don't mind belonging to your mafia. There's no bloodshed so I guess it's still deadly but at the same time safe." He smiled at me. "When my father came into leadership he changed the rules and when I came in I help strengthened the rules he made." Xavier said "I won't want to kill an innocent soul or I'll be guilty for the rest of my life. I'm glad father changed the rules. It's fair to everyone here." I nodded. "You're really different from the scary mafia boss I was thinking about." I admitted softly He looked at me. "You thought I would have hurt you, right?" he questioned me "I hate to admit it but yes." I replied looking down at the food on my plate "But I guess I judged the book by its cover. I'm sorry." "Its fine." he smiled at me "I'll admit that I was thinking you'd me one difficult girl but when I saw you I changed my mind." I looked at him. "I'm glad you're not." he smiled "You make my job a little easier." I nodded. Don't give trouble Royalty. Running a mafia is hard enough. He's probably stressed out with work so be a good girl as much as you can. "Zoning out on me again?" his sexy voice interrupted my thoughts "I'm sorry. I have a habit of doing that." I blushed "I'll work on it a little." "We'll see." he smiled