🔪 BABYSITTING THE LITTLE MOBSTER🔪
🍧From nanny, to mummy… 🍧
📖📖 Chapter Twenty Two. 2️⃣2️⃣
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🍷HE IS THE BOSS🍷
GENRE: Dark romance & Thriller
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Setting: New York City 21st century
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Lord Dom stared blankly into space, being in the island reminded him a lot about his wife and in other to fight the pain and guilt he was feeling, he hurt himself on purpose because no matter the pain he felt, it was never compared to the pain in his heart, the pain his wife must’ve felt when she burned to d£ath in the fire, and protecting their daughter when he wasn’t there to protect them.
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FLASHBACK to 7 years ago***
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Dominic tried to enter a house burning down but rye people around held him back. He successfully freed himself from thier grip when the paramedics came out and with a baby wrapped in a wet shore.
“Anne gave birth…” he stuttered.
“Sir, the baby is perfectly wrapped in a wet shore. She has no scar,”
“And Anne…”
A badly burnt lady was brought out and Dominic ran to it immediately. The body was badly burnt beyond recognition.
“No, no, no. This is not Anne, this isn’t my wife. ANNE! Anne open your eyes, Anne don’t…” he cried
“Sir, this was found in her,” the paramedics said and gave her their wedding ring and a necklace he gave to her.
“She’s not my wife, Anne isn’t d£ad, Anne can’t dle. We’ve to raise our daughter together,” he cried.
He was down in tears all night until Mr. Cason showed up.
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FLASHBACK ENDS***
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He sniffed in gently and pressed down his hurting tight when he felt someone approaching him. He already knew that it was Celia because she is being too nosy.
He cleared his throat and composed himself before she got closer to him.
He turned to look at her wondering what she has to say. He blamed himself for telling her to act naturally because she has been getting on his nerves with her act. Just as she claimed, she’s a good actress.
“I know it’s hard on you, but when things are hard it’s best to cry it all out. Crying for hours will give you headache to nurse rather than inflicting pain on yourself,” she said.
“What are you saying?” were the only words that escaped his mouth, due to some reasons he couldn’t raise his voice at her or scare her away with his glare.
“At times, crying on someone’s shoulder is very effective and comforting. The other person won’t see how ugly you look when you cry. I try it a lot with Emma, and it’s very effective, you should try it to,” she said, leaving him speechless.
He stared at her and wordlessly. She was just like his wife. A simple lady who believed that every situation can be sorted out amicably. She was just like her until he got involved with her and complicated her life.
The thought of everything made his face crumple with emotion, and she embraced him.
He was taken aback and speechless, he didn’t even know what to say as he broke down in tears. It felt like everything he has been holding in wailed him, and her shoulder was just perfect to cry on.
“It was all my fault…” he muttered, amidst tears, and she patted his back gently.
She was right, what he needed was a shoulder to cry on, to cry out the heavy load that weighed him down, and he let it all out.
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***IN THE WESTERN PART OF NEW YORK***
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LADY BIANCA’S MANSION^^^
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Bianca has been preoccupied since she became the Lady of the West. She didn’t even have enough time to mourn her father because she was overwhelmed with the pending problems that he left behind.
She dismissed one of her men when Jay entered her office and she exhaled heavily before leaving her desk to seat on the coach.
“I feel stuffy on that seat,” she grumbled.
“About the assignment… I’ve the full report,”
“Yes. Summarize it. What has Dominic been upto?”
“He is in a break, he took a break with his daughter and her nanny,” he said, and gave him pictures taken in the airport.
“What? Just the nanny? If he has to take just one person, he should’ve taken Jake. But the nanny?”
“It’s an ordinary break to Maldives. They’re currently alone in an island house,” he said, and gave her another picture of them at the island.
“Dom doesn’t have to take the nanny if it was an ordinary vacation, he can chatter for his daughter alone. Or does he plan on getting rid of her and tossing her in the ocean?”
“There seems to be something between them,” Jay said, and Bianca scoffed in disagreement.
“No. Dom can welcome any woman in his bed, but his daughter’s nanny, he knows how to keep work professional. That’s how we could return back home with our heads intact the last time,”
“While running a check on her, I discovered that she was at the same club that he was attacked in Chicago,”
“So?”
“Tbey had a nightstand,”
“Such insolence! Dom can never approve a nanny he had a thing with. Don’t bring up a baseless assumption,”
“It’s not an assumption, it’s a fact,”
“Show me the proof,”
“An insider confirmed t. The same room that the nanny left the following morning, was the room Lord Dom was found. He obviously didn’t remember, because he was attacked,”
“Gosh. So… are you trying to tell me that she reminded him and there is now something between them?”
“I’m not sure,”
“Then don’t say what you aren’t sure of,”
“I’m not certain about the base of thier relationship, but I’m sure that they’re together,” he said, and gave her a picture of Lord Dom and Celia hugging at the beach house.
“How’d you got this?”
“I told you, I’ve an informant from the inside,”
“If there is something between them we’ve to stop it. Keep looking into her connection with Luca, I’ve to prove to Dom that she is an enemy, I’ve to baffle him with many enemies. Dig in more into her connection with Luca,”
“Why?” he asked, and she looked at him.
“Pardon?”
“Why should I?”
“Did you just questioned my order?”
“Lady Bianca, the truce has been lifted, you don’t have to restore your engagement to escape the East anymore so why am I still digging into this? We’ve more than enough to worry about, there are a lot on our plate,” he said, and she laughed sarcastically.
“Are you jealous?” she teased.
“I—“ he was saying, but she cut in.
“Yes, I’m now the Lady of the West, but do you think that’s all I worth? You promised to give me New York, you promised to give me the universe, so if you want to fulfill that promise you’ve to give me Dominic, because New York is in the palm of his hands, and together, we can conquer the world,” she said, and Jay clenched his fists.
“I made the promise ro you, and I’ll do just as I promised, don’t interfere with my methods,”
“Do you have a better plan?”
“ don’t need a plan to make things work, I just make it work. Just as I got rid of all your worries,”
“Then get to it,”
“I’ll give you everything as promised, but I’ve to be sure of where I stand by your side. Will I assit you after it’s over, or we will rule over it together?” he asked, staring directly at her and she chuckled in mockery.
She left her seat and went to stand next to him, creasing his body with her fingers, and pulled him closer to her self.
“That depends. If you give me the world as you promised, then that will make you the most capasble man on earth. By then, no one can compete with you. But just like now, even when I’m standing this close to you, you’re nothing but a mere assistant, who warm up my bed,” she blurted, and returned to her seat.
Jay clenched his teeth staring at her wordlessly.
“I don’t care about your method, all I want is your result. You can do your thing but don’t let it disrupt my order. Get to what I ordered ,” she blurted, and he nodded before leaving.
She returned to her desk and scoffed in disgust wondering what gave him the vigor.
“Such nerves,” she grumbled, and returned to work.
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***IN MALDIVES ***
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LORD DOM’S ISLAND HOUSE^^^
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Celia patted Lord Dom’s back gently to console him, while she tried to fight back her own tears, wondering how deep the pain he was hiding was.
“What do you think you’re doing?” he whispered in her ears and her eyes almost popped out of its socket in shock as she pulled away forcefully and almost fell in the process.
“I’m sorry!” she blurted, and ran off immediately but she missed her step and fell down, “Aish, why is this happening to me?” she whined.
She felt a presence working closer to her and she gathered her strength to get up and continue running.
She ran to her room and slammed the door behind her breathing heavily.
“Yes, what do think you were doing? He is not just an ordinary man who needs to let out his emotions, he is a mafia, not just a mafia, a mafia boss. The BOSS! The scary dragon that you heard a lot about. You’re so gullible, Celia. What do you think you’re doing?!” she screamed, tossing and turning on her bed
She put herself together later, and inhaled deeply, “Come to think of it, you’d nothing wrong. Who could’ve thought that he could cry that way?” she thought, and chuckled by her thoughts, “Yes, he really cried, the mafia boss cried,” she grumbled.
She heard a knock on the door and her heart skipped a beat.
“Could it be Aria?” she thought.
“I know you’re in there, and I’m letting myself in,” Lord Dom said from outside.
“What? Letting himself in. Oh… I didn’t shut the door,” she gasped, “Nooooo…” she screamed, running towards the door
The moment she got to the door, he already opened it. She was too late.
“What… I… I didn’t see you cry!” she shouted, and fell on her knees immediately , bowing to him.
She can only how to God almighty but bowing to him is not all wrong, he is infamous as the god of the underworld, who the powerful men in the US are terrified by.
“You hurt your knee earlier, you shouldn’t knee with a swollen knee,” he said, and she glance at him immediately.
“Really? We’re cool!” she shouted, but he ignored her.
She tried to get up but it was like his awareness reminded her body of the pain, so she felt too weak to get up.
“Can you please help me up? I really hurt my knee,” she whined stretching her hand towards him but he ignored her, “What do I expect?” she grumbled, cursing him inwardly.
She managed to get her balance and limped to sit on the bed. She really hurt her knee, and it hurt right after he mentioned it.
“Is he here because he is worried?” she thought, and her eyes widened in shock and looked at him, “It seems so,” she grumbled, covering her mouth with hands in disbelief.
“You’re Aria’s nanny, you should take better care of your body if you want to serve her properly,” he said, and dropped a first-aid kit. She didn’t even noticed that he was with it.
Seeing the first-aid kit brought tears to her eyes. She might be an independent girl since she was young who was perfect in nurturing herself, but she never succeed in treating herself most especially any time she bumped her knee. The injury stink, the thought of treating it herself stinks more. She felt the absence of a guardian during her life those of period, and even now, she can’t do it herself.
She broke down in tears wishing she has a perfect family like others, wishing nature was kind to her. Wishing she had enough money for her tuition and also find her father and hand him to the loan shark because no miracle can make her afford such money.
She was in tears accumulating all her wishes together when she felt a warm hand touch her leg. She sniffed in gently and wiped off her tears startled to see Lord Dom trying to nurse her wound.
“What’re you doing?” she grumbled, sniffing in quietly.
“You can cry, I won’t look,” he muttered, cleaning the injury and she burst into another round of tears.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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