Chapter 3 Lorenzo's POV

"Boss, the shipment could not arrive this morning," Enzo said to me.

"Why?" I asked, pissed that I had been waiting for over three hours at our office for the shipment that should have arrived the previous day to do so.

"What's holding it?" I asked.

"I'm not sure boss" He said, as he bowed his head to show he was also disappointed that the goods had not arrived.

The delay in the arrival of the goods was messing with my mood and I wasn't enjoying it. It was worth a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of Euros.

"This is not funny," I said, rising to my feet as I began to pace up and down the room. I wondered what was delaying the arrival of the goods, one thing was certain, I had settled all the customs officers and they had vowed to protect my goods once they crossed the border, which it did two days again, so this delay wasn't even making any sense to me.

"Boss, it will arrive soon. Don't overwork yourself over it" Another of my men said to me.

He was right, but I still couldn't take my mind off the possibility that Matteo Angelo had something to do with it. If he did, he should consider himself dead because I'm in no mood to lose money to his stupid game of revenge.

I resumed my seat and considered what to do next. At that time, I received a phone call from Alessandro, my most trusted man and friend.

"Yes? This better be good, 'cause I'm in a bad mood" I said to him.

"Boss, you have to come home and get ready for your meeting," He said over the phone.

"Okay," I responded and ended the call.

"Guys, let's go" I announced and we all moved to where our cars were parked and headed home.

I walked into the house and observed that it was quieter than usual. Perhaps someone had informed the maids and the men I left at home that I was in a bad mood, and so they had all kept their distance.

"They will be here in ten minutes" Alessandro said as I walked to my room.

"Come get me when they arrive" I responded and waved him away.

I proceeded to my room and was shocked to see that my door wasn't closed. I walked inside furious and ready to unleash my anger on whoever it was that was inside my room and was stupid enough to have left my door ajar.

I walked in to see one of the maids arranging my books on the shelf. I was surprised she had not noticed my presence and was too engrossed in what she was doing.

I looked at her closely and noticed she looked really beautiful.

I felt less angry than I was when I had entered the room, as I watched her concentrate on what she was doing. Maybe exploring her would help silence the roaring lion inside me, her presence alone had done some magic, and I had cause to believe her body would do more. With this, I walked closer to where she was and squeezed her butt.

She was so shocked that she jumped and in the process threw the books with her on the ground. If she was some other maid and I had no interest in her, I was certain I would have chopped off her head for messing with my books.

She turned around and came face to face with me. Her hazel eyes looked as enticing as her body and I would have gotten lost in them had I not remembered who I was.

"That is one soft butt, mio caro (my darling)" I said to her with a broad smile, wanting it to sound like a compliment, but I was shocked she did not react or say a word but just kept staring at me.

"Come closer, let me feel it again," I said, really wanting her to say something.

Instead, she bent down to pick up the books that had fallen on the floor, this made me pissed. I am her boss and the Mafia King and rather than speak to me or tremble at my presence, she is ignoring me. NO ONE IGNORES ME. I'm Lorenzo Carlo, the most powerful Mafia King.

"I asked you to come over and you are paying more attention to the books on the floor. Stai bene? (Are you okay?)" I asked her.

Again, she did not respond but instead, she stood up with the books in her hand and turned around to put them on the shelf.

I was so pissed that I spank her butt.

"Lasciami essere (let me be)." She said in Italian.

"Let you be? Are you being serious?" I asked her, shocked that she dared to speak to me in a manner that was both disrespectful and unbefitting of my status. Who the fuck does she think she is? I wondered.

"Yes," She said with a bold tune that took me by surprise, but quickly added "please" in a pleading tone.

I laughed sarcastically as I knew I had gotten her, I focused my gaze on her face and observed how beautifully carved her face was.

I began to walk closer to her, and as I moved closer she moved back, we continued this motion until her back was against the shelf. I almost at this moment asked where she would run to now, but refrained from doing so.

Instead, I walked even closer to her until her head was a few inches from my throat which made every breath she took, tinkle me as she breathed out. I placed my left palm on the shelf right above her left shoulder and looked down at her face.

"You are mine and I decide what to do with you mio caro (my darling)" I said to her, wanting her to know that She wasn't the boss here but that I was.

With my right palm, I lifted her chin, "And I have decided to have you in my bed for lunch" I said, with a smirk. As I breathed in the fresh aroma from her hair, it scented like fresh flowers.

She said nothing in response. I can't tell if my anger quickened and my urge to have her grew stronger because she was acting tough or because she was ignoring me.

"Will you have it calmly or with force?" I asked, really wanting her to speak up.

"Hell no," She finally said, pushing me aside. I had not expected the push and so I was shocked that she dared to. I observed to see what she would do next but was shocked that she fell to the ground.

So, this is it? I wondered, now pissed that she had dared to break free from my hold on her.

I rushed at her, "come osi? (how dare you?)" I asked and would have given her a slap, had Alessandro not batched into my room.

"Boss" Alessandro called me. Hurray! just another thing to get mad at this afternoon, I thought.

"I'm sorry, but your attention is needed," He said, looking at me.

"Hmm" I breathe out a sigh trying hard to stay calm.

"Wait outside," I said to him.

I turned back to her when Alessandro had exited the room, "What were you saying?" I asked.

"That I wasn't sent here to have sex with you" She mumbled.

Now, she was tearing me up, how dare she talk back at me and tell me what she is and what she is not. "Well, in case you don't know. I own you, your body, your will and even your spirit if I wish to have that too. You have no right to refuse me access to your body because I own that, capisci? (do you understand)" I asked in anger.

She did not respond but her tears flowed freely. She wasn't about to fool me with her tears, she must face punishment for daring to talk back at me.

I walked out of the room, to meet with Alessandro.

"Send the boys to take her to a separate cell, make sure she has neither water nor food sent to her cell, until I ask that she be released, capisci? (do you understand?)" I asked him.

"Yes sir" He responded, as I walked to the conference room.