Undercover Maid

Micah stretched her body on the bed looking worn out from the two jobs she took care of during the night.

She covered her ears to stop her from hearing the noise from downstairs.

She could hear the excitement in their voices which only means that there's a good news or a new well paying job for either of them which is something she has gotten used to for the past twelve years.

Soon, there was a loud knock on her door. She lazily stood up from the bed ambling towards the door to find one of her colleagues standing there with a fake smile on her face.

Most of the ladies in the house detest her because she happens to be the best amongst them, she is capable of killing everyone of them in seconds and she is also their boss' favourite.

To them, she is self-centered.

"What's up Rosie?" Micah asked friendly, even when she knows they all do not like her, she chose to be her normal self as long as they do not physically mess with her.

"Boss wants you down immediately" Rosie replied, she didn't wait for Micah to say anything else as she dashed back down.

After about two minutes, Micah came down to see everyone at the table.

"Thank God you are here Micah, quickly hack into this account. A huge deal just entered, transfer everything into our secret account immediately" Mateo their boss said.

He is the leader of third Italian Mafia group.

"Yes boss"

Micah nodded her head, she sat down on one of the empty chairs and drew the laptop closer to herself.

Without being told, she knows the 'deal' means a huge amount of money.

It didn't take her plenty of time to locate the money.

As everyone stared admiringly at how fast she works and how fast her hands kept moving on the keyboard, she focused on transferring the money into their account.

It was a total of $540,000b. It's that huge. She imputed the amount and pressed transfer.

After five minutes, the transfer was successful.

The quiet place a few minutes ago became noisy again with everyone screaming at their success.

"Thank you Micah, you've done a good job" Mateo praised.

Micah stood up with a smile on her face, she bowed her head to Matteo who nodded at her.

"How did you do that just now masked girl?" Burno asked.

Micah is widely known as masked girl since she usually covers her face during any operation.

"I admire you a lot Micah, you are so smart and intelligent" Finn added.

She smiled and shrugged her shoulders yawning loudly from hunger and tiredness.

Just like always, they've taken their breakfast without her.

"You should go take your breakfast, we need to celebrate this win before your assignment in the evening" Mateo reminded.

Micah sighed, there's no single day she's gotten a rest from doing an assignment.

She loves her job but she needed to rest more. Maybe sleeping her day away and skipping their celebration will be a great plan to regain her lost strength.

"Yes boss" she said and began walking into the kitchen.

There was already a food in the microwave, she fetched a little from the cheesecake, pasta and took a smoothie.

Micah sat at the table munching her food when Finn entered.

"Hey superwoman" he beamed.

Micah rolled her eyes at him while shaking her head.

"Do you have any idea what my assignment is?" She asked.

"Not really, I heard the boss talking over with someone on the phone and he mentioned a politician's name" he stated.

Micah nodded her head, if it happens to be a politician, it will be a little tough getting pass through those thousands of guards they usually have with them.

Unless she will just decide to kill all of them. She sipped from her cup of smoothie, pushed the plates away and stood up.

"You aren't done are you?" Finn asked looking into her plates.

"I am done as you can see" she replied with an eye roll.

"That's not fair, I came to discuss something with you" he pouted.

Finn is the only one she gets along with so well in the house.

"Stop acting childish, I need to sleep. We will talk later" she replied hastily leaving the kitchen before he can form another sentence.

Micah quietly went to her room, she sighed plumping herself down on the bed.

For the past twelve years of her life, she has been living as an assassin and a hacker who commits cyber crime every now and then.

She kills and loot money from people. She was trained to be that kind of person since she left the orphanage where she was brought up as a child.

But they abandoned her when they found out who her mother is. She relied on mother Emily to tell her but no one spoke to her about who her mother is and why they had to send her out because of her.

They threw a ten year old girl into the street to fend for herself.

They turned her into who she is today, if only she was not thrown out, she imagined what kind of life she'd be living by now aside spilling blood.

It was a few weeks after the incident that she came across Mateo who took her in and trained her as an assassin.

In the process of that, she learnt how to rely on oneself. In this type of their world, no one will help you when you get caught by the higher ups.

If it leads to death, you die alone taking whatever you know to the grave.

Even if they have people who supports them from among the cops, the judges, the anti-crime syndicate and lots more, there are still some people inside them that wouldn't take bribe and makes sure of getting their jobs done.

That made Micah stronger, she became determined to be as good as she can in order to save herself from dying early.

Sighing for the umpteenth time, she braced herself up knowing this isn't time to be thinking about what doesn't matter.

Micah stood up from the bed dragging herself to the bathroom. She needs a hot shower before she can think of sleeping.

**********

The evening breeze kept blowing up in the air, there was a thick tension as Xavier stepped out of the car with a few of his men.

His face was hard as rock without any trace of a smile and a scowl which was plastered on his face.

He has a well built body, tall, handsome and muscular even without him smiling.

As he stepped out of the car, his gaze was fixated on the small shabby building in front of him.

With his hand in his pocket, he stride towards it. Each step he took entailed danger and it imprinted deep fears in his men.

They knew quite well that he wouldn't harm them, his family but his scary appearance dreads them all the time.

And right now, he is enraged.

Xavier is not the Mafia King for nothing, he deserves the title even without his identity revealed.

He has the quality of a leader, he kills without emotions and doesn't spare anyone who go against him or try to hurt any of his family members.

He stopped at the trifled door in a profound enragement.

"Break down the door this minute" he instructed furiously tapping his legs on the floor. A habit of him when he is angered.

"Yes Don" two out of his men replied, they stepped forward and with a single hit, the door was on the floor.

A loud gasp was heard from a woman the moment she saw the hefty looking men break inside their home.

The glass in her hand fell down and broke into pieces.

"Who...are you?" She stuttered cowering back in fear.

Xavier was quick enough to catch her arm. His eyes were red from anger, his grip on the frightened woman tightened as he step closer to her.

"Where is your husband?" He asked with a low growl.

The woman was too scared to speak up, she couldn't find her own voice and even if she did, she wouldn't reveal her husband's whereabouts.

She wouldn't tell them that he is the house with her right now. With the look on their faces, she knows this men doesn't mean good.

"I asked you a question, where the hell is your husband?" Xavier thundered, he twisted her arm leaving her groaning in pain.

"He..."

"Honey what's happening he..." James cuts in, he trailed off on seeing the men standing right in front of him.

He held his two years old daughter close to himself in fright with trembling hands.

"Don" he called apprehensively, a fearful smile appearing on his face.

Xavier pushed the woman away, a cold smile finds it way on his face as he turn to the direction of James voice.

"Look who we finally have here" he paused giving a short unpleasant laugh.

"Do you think you can hide from me James?" He queried walking up to him.

James eyes were wide in shock, fear and surprise.

Xavier collected the lily-livered child and threw her in the direction of her mother without looking back.

He grabbed James collar with his left hand punching him to the floor with the other.

"Where is my money?" Xavier asked the bloodied man.

His face were swollen from a punch with blood gushing out of his mouth.

Xavier owns a loan shark, he lends people money and give them a specific period of time to pay back with interest. Their lives and that of their families are used as collateral.

Mostly, Xavier chose to kill them if they don't pay back.

"I am sorry Don, please give me more time, I promise to pay back. Spare my family and I" he pleaded.

His pleads seems to infuriate Xavier the more, he hates when people doesn't keep their promises to him.

Xavier removed a gun from his lower abdomen shooting James in the leg twice.

"Daddy" the little girl screamed with a visible fright showing on her face which brought Xavier's attention to them.

Her mother covered her mouth with tears streaming down her face.

With one hand, he grabbed the little girl up.

"How about killing her as a warning?" He taunted with a derisive laughter.

"Please Sir, do not kill my daughter I beg of you" the woman beg. She knelt down while holding Xavier's leg pleadingly.

They could have thought about running away but not with all the guns pointed at them, they wouldn't even go far before being caught.

He kicked her away from him hitting her head on the hard floor. She winced in pain, her eyes never leaving her daughter.

"Please, do not hurt my daughter" she pleaded.

Xavier let the baby fall on the floor slightly hitting her head.

He shot James both arms adding to pain in his leg. He bent down to his level turning the gun in his hand.

"Do not make me come back looking for you again James, I won't be as nice as I am right now"

that said, he stood up, kept his gun and redressed his shirt taking himself out of the house but paused when he reached the door.

"Right, you do not know me. Do not forget that" he hinted.

"Yes, I do not know you"

6:45PM.......

Everyone chatted among themselves as they waited for Mateo's arrival.

He called for a meeting earlier.

Micah sat down scrolling through her phone instead of participating in the group discussion they were having.

They were talking about what they are to do with their share of the money she transfered from someone's account earlier.

Micah on the other hand doesn't know what to use hers for, she doesn't have anything to use money for aside shopping with it.

At that moment, Mateo arrived.

"I am sorry for keeping you all waiting now, I am going to be very brief" he said.

Once again, the sitting room became dead silent as they listen with kin interest.

"I have a good news for us" he announced. Everyone's excited gaze fell on Mateo who had a smirk on his face.

"I found out who the Mafia King is and it's none other than Xavier Costello Lucas"

There was an uproar among them for a few seconds before it died down. Everyone was surprised at the new revelation.

"Damn, that brat lied to us for five years, he deceived everyone into believing that he has nothing to do with the Mafia anymore"

Mateo said, he fisted his hand in a ball and hit the table loudly in annoyance and frustration.

"You all know how stronger we will become if we get to kill him, we will become more powerful than any other Mafia family in the world" he said.

"And that is where you come in Micah, we should forget about your assignment and focus on this"

Micah's eyes snapped up at him in confusion wondering what this had to do with her.

"You are the perfect person for this job and I trust you to do well since I have everything planned out"

"Okay boss" she answered not knowing where the conversation was heading to.

"Starting tomorrow, you will move into his house as his new maid"

All eyes traveled to Micah who looked as confused as them.

What does that even mean?

"I do not understand boss, why do I have to become his maid?" Micah asked warily.

The thought of meeting Xavier ignite some unfathomable feelings in her.

"It's simple, I want you to get him to trust you, get all the useful informations about his leadership and business as a whole then you will kill him" Mateo explained.

being in power is always advantageous, with his connections, Mateo found out about an agency that sends maids to different homes either as a live-in maid or someone that will just clean everyday.

He found out Xavier was in need of a maid and then he asked them to register Micah as one immediately.

Micah shifted uncomfortably on her seat, she have heard about how dangerous the Mafia King is and how far he can go to get the people who gets on his way out.

She might be able to kill him but it won't be easy. He is not an easy personality.

This will be the hardest job she has ever been assigned to.

"Do not be pressured, you will have enough time to carry out your assignment" Mateo shipped in as if he was reading her thoughts a while ago.

Killing has been what Micah knows how to do best but being a maid? She isn't all that nice.

How's she going to blend in and all? But then, at least, it has been her dream to meet the Mafia King.

She isn't supposed to be shaken up since she is very good what she does.

Micah was brought out of her trance when Mateo spoke up.

"Three months, you should be able to get it done within three months. You must do whatever you can Micah, this is the only chance we have"

***The Next Day At Lucas Group***

Xavier came out of his car elegantly, his face revealed nothing. The workers ran to their place of work the moment he arrived.

"Good morning Sir" his secretary greeted while collecting his brief case.

Xavier nodded his head in response as he takes majestic steps into the elevator.

"Good morning Sir" the employees kept greeting him till he reached the elevator.

All he did was wave his hand at them dismissively or rather rudely.

With his icy face, a lot of ladies swim around him. They dream of being his girlfriend or even having a night stand with him.

No matter how cold he looks, Xavier never seize to remain handsome.

His sharp razor nose fixed to a beard on his sparsely stoic and emotionless face made him more hot.

His grilled gaze is enough to scare even a rat, that same gaze can make all the ladies fall their feet for him. As much as he looks cold, people who do not know him won't tend him as someone that kills.

No one will take him as a killer. He is just a successful business man, the CEO of the richest company in Mexico as a whole.

Most Mafia families stays together but to cover up his own identity as the Mafia King, Xavier chose to stay alone and visits his family when need be.

He doesn't have to look like that before he can get people cowering at his feet.

Soon, Xavier arrived at his office door. That very moment, secretary Ahn was already by the door holding it slightly opened for his boss to enter.

Xavier removed his suit hanging them on the hand of his chair before sitting down.

"I will get your coffee right away Sir" Mr Ahn said, he bowed and left the office.

Xavier looked around his office, the place that was tattered and in a mess yesterday was neatly trimmed with no trace of anyone being hurt here yesterday, no one will be aware of the activity that took place here yesterday.

He switched on his laptop to continue the work he left last week uncompleted. It is a file from 2013, he needs to review them for a purpose and to also keep abreast of the income Lucas Group has made since then.

He scrolled down as he read the important parts and skipped the irrelevant ones.

At that time, Mr Ahn came back with a hot black coffee in his hand. He placed it on the table then took a few steps back while opening his notepad.

"What's my schedule for today?" Xavier asked.

"You have a meeting with the shareholders by 10am regarding the launching of our new product and a lunch meeting with a representative from Chuck Enterprise" Mr Ahn said.

Xavier raised his head from his laptop, he took his coffee and relaxed his back on his chair.

"Reschedule my lunch meeting with the Chuck Enterprise, I do not want to meet them today" he instructed.

Living two lives at the same time is something easy for Xavier.

His two personalities will never clash. When he is at the office, he is a total different person and when it comes to the underworld, he is different too.

"Yes Sir"

"Anything else?" Xavier asked. Mr Ahn shook his head in response.

"Then you can leave, prepare for my meeting with the shareholders" he ordered sipping from his coffee.

"Noted Sir" Mr Ahn bowed and left afterwards leaving Xavier to concentrate on his work once again.

From 2013 till date, the company have made great profits that can buy the whole of Washington.

His late father did a good job taking care of everything. His company and his underworld business.

His father's ruthlessness was passed down to him, no doubt.

When he was done, he picked up the files that needed his signature before they could be given out and began signing them.

Xavier continued working tirelessly and effortlessly until it was time for his meeting.

Mr Ahn was in his office again to lead him there.

"It's time for your meeting Sir, the shareholders are all waiting for you in the conference room" he announced.

Xavier stood up, he wore his suit and handed the files he will be needing to Mr Ahn then stepped out of his office.

He entered his private elevator and pressed the fifth floor where the conference room is located while Mr Ahn took the general elevator.

Soon, the both arrived at the same time. Everyone stood up as a sign of respect the moment Xavier came in.

"I am sorry I kept you all waiting" he apologized and sat down, the rest followed suit.

"Without wasting much of our time, I will go straight to what brought us here. As you all are aware, a new drink was made by the beverage department of which I am sure each and everyone of you have had a taste of it,

The drink will be launched this week Friday and I want to have your honest opinions on it to know if it should be improved before being launched to the public" Xavier revealed searching their faces for answers.

"From my own point of view, I think the drink is good enough for distribution. The beverage department did a good job and so there is no error, I am giving it a five star rating" one of them commented.

The rest agreed with him with a smile of satisfaction on their faces.

Xavier nodded his head in response.

"Since the drink is good, we can go ahead and launch it, is there anything else anyone wants us to talk about?" He questioned.

"Then we have come to the end of today's meeting, thank you for your time." that said, he stood up and left the conference room with his secretary following closely behind him.

"To my office right away" he ordered then entered into his elevator without waiting for a reply.

Soon, he was in his office, he has so much work that needs to be done today before leaving.

"You called for me Sir" Mr Ahn reminded.

"Yes, I am done signing this files, you can take them with you. No one should enter my office unless I request for them, I am busy"

"Yes Sir"

★ Hours Later★

Xavier came out of his elevator, he look a bit worn out from working all day.

He stayed back for sometimes even when it was closing hour.

His driver opened the back door for him, he entered and sat down while checking through his phone.

His house is just a few minutes drive from the company which made it easier for them to arrive after ten minutes.

The huge iron gate automatically opened itself, the driver park up at the garage.

Xavier didn't wait for him to get the door opened for him, all he needed at that time was a good sleep.

Him and his boys has a work to take care of in the night or rather, he needs to give them instructions.

When he stepped into the living room, Xavier saw a figure comfortably seated on his sofa.

He shot her a confused look the moment she noticed him entering into the house.

No one enters into his mansion but it seems like she has been here for hours. Xavier couldn't point to the exact reason why an unknown girl is in his house.

With a frown on his face, he stared blankly at her expecting her to explain the reason of her being here.

She jumped up on cue with a respectful bow, her hands folded in front of her timidly without staring at his face, she spoke up.

"Good evening Sir, I am Micah Davon, your new maid"

Xavier's mouth formed an 'O' after Micah's introduction, he almost forgot he requested for a maid service.

He took in her appearance quite longer than he thought he would.

She has a sculpted figure which was plash thin, a pair of eyebrows stared down at her sweeping lashes, her coral black hair were flung over her shoulders.

She has a narrow waist and fair complexioned, her dainty ears framed a button nose.

The moment she raised her head, he felt drown in her enticing amber eyes.

Xavier looked away and composed himself wearing back his emotionless expression.

He nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"I am certain you have been briefed about your work here" he emphasized.

"Yes Sir" Micah replied trying to sound as polite as she can. The very moment she set her eyes on him, she admitted that Xavier is a beautiful creature but too bad, he is going to be dead in a few months.

Micah is determined to get her assignment done without any mistake like she have always done.

"Good, make sure you stick to the rules of being a maid. Do not over step your boundaries unless you want to be out of this mansion, you can take any of the rooms on the left" Xavier crooned hoarsely without sparing her a glance as he walk towards the stairs.

"Your dinner is ready Sir, I will prepare the table while you freshen up" she said after him which he only nodded his head in response.

Micah let out a loud hiss after he disappeared into one of the rooms upstairs.

He speak with so much arrogance which annoys the hell out of her. Why is he so rude?

He couldn't even spare her a glance or at least respond in a polite way.

She cussed under her breath while murmuring incoherent words and dragging her legs to the kitchen noisily.

This is her first day and she is already tired of staying here. Now, she will have to endure everything in order to keep her cover safe or else, it will be blown.

Since she moved in quite earlier, she decided to take a tour of the mansion. That was how she located the kitchen.

She dished out a little bit of the three meals she prepared. Pie, mash and beef jerky then she placed everything on the table with a juice, water and a glass cup.

She decided to go with the juice since she doesn't know the kind of drink he will like.

When she is done, she left to her room. The initial room she chose for herself when she arrived. It's a good thing it's on the left like he wanted.

Xavier's mansion is ten times bigger than theirs, this place is one of the most beautiful place Micah has ever seen.

She jumped on her bed with a sigh, there is no much work to do here aside cleaning, washing and cooking.

Micah wondered, if he is the Mafia King, then why is he staying alone? Is it to deceive everyone that he's not? What kind of game is he playing?

This are things she will find out in her cost of staying here.

She thought about the excuse she will give her new 'boss' for her to leave the mansion on her first day which might be suspicious. It's almost eight in the evening.

Mateo had told her yesterday that she won't be assigned to any work until she is done with this but he gave her one to do tonight.

According to him, it is the last one until the end of her stay here.

She stayed on the bed for about thirty minutes before going downstairs. Xavier should be done with his dinner by now.

While she was on her way, she bumped into him.

"I am sorry Sir" she apologized.

Xavier growled giving her a hard glare.

"You should be watchful and stop bumping into people, I hate clumsy people" he remarked with irritation.

Micah sneered, she wish she can stick a knife into his stomach and rip out his intestine right now. How can he just insult her to her face?

Instead of speaking, she kept quiet.

"I am going out now, you shouldn't wait up for me, I have a spare key with me and do not mess with my things" he instructed.

"Yes Sir" she replied. What does he think of her? A baby who goes about scattering and destroying things?

He is a big joker but then, she is happy he is leaving the mansion, that will give her the opportunity to complete the task at hand.

All she have to do is to be back before he returns and there will be no problem.

She can't risk being caught and she can't ignore her task too, according to Mateo, the task is important.

Xavier peeked at her, he turned around and left.

When she is sure he is gone, she quickly cleared his plates, entered her room and wore her usual dress ready for tonight's operation then hid her gun in it. She also has a pocket knife with her.

She made sure that the securities were not watching her while leaving the mansion.

When she successfully got out, she wore her mask and took off.

*******

"Believe me when I say I already ate before coming Mum" Xavier whined as his mother stuff his plate with pasta.

"When did you start cooking Son? I know you can stay for a day without eating a thing so do not lie to me" she scolded.

"I got a maid Mum, she came in today" he defended.

"That's a relief to know you will be eating well from now on but is she trustworthy?" She asked.

Xavier wasn't sure of the answer to give her but he is sure that he doesn't trust her. He isn't supposed to trust anyone other than his family.

That's one of the rules of being a mafia. There are many people out there who hates him even for without knowing who he is.

Xavier has a lot of enemies.

"I can't say I do Mum but she was sent from an agency, that's enough reason to give her a bit of our trust" he explained.

Xavier's mother is living with the rest of the mafia family. She also makes major decisions when Xavier is away.

She dragged him to the table after his meeting with a few of them who has gone for tonight's hunt.

It's really important they get the work done perfectly well and get the briefcase from that old hag, that's why he coached them himself before they left.

The briefcase contains hard drugs that worth a whole lot. One is sold for a billion dollar.

"That's okay but still, you should be careful around her for now. I will come around to see if she is okay to stay in the house with you" she said while Xavier chuckled.

"Yes Mum, you are always welcome anytime. When is Tania coming back?" He asked changing the topic.

Tania is Xavier's younger sister, she is attending her college in the capital and she is also the only one amongst them who is not very much involved in the mafia.

"She should be here by next week, have you been calling her?" She asked.

"Of course Mum I..." Xavier was cut off by the beeping of his phone.

The caller ID was one of his gang members whom he sent to take care of the job.

Xavier pressed the green button then placed the phone on his ear.

"There is a problem Don" the person said in a panic voice from the other side of the phone.

"Speak up" he commanded.

"A lady made away with the briefcase and killed him before we got here, I am sorry Don, we couldn't get the job done"

Xavier's jaw went slack, his lips drew back in a snarl with his hand clenched in a fist and his eyes morphing into dark red. Who the hell is the lady? Does she have a death wish?

"I do not care how you are going to do it, get the girl and the briefcase, kill her if need be and bring her dead body to me. You must get her, do you understand?"