I was suspicious of her from the moment she was looking outside the window, biting her lips, and shaking her legs as if she was making a plan to escape from me.

But when I heard her whisper "Let's try it."

Everything got clear to me. And a smirk automatically formed on my lips.

The miss is going to be trouble in our Mafia family.

I glanced at the mirror view, signalling Carlo to hand me the chloroform and he instantly did that.

After putting the chloroform on a handkerchief, I called for her, and she immediately turned back to me.

I took the handkerchief to her nose, not forcing too much to hurt her in any way.

The last words she said before falling asleep on my chest were "I hate you."

We all heard it. While Rome and Carlo chuckled loudly, I kept mine hidden. There is nothing new for me to hear the world hating me, but for the first time, it felt like a compliment to me only from her mouth.

"She said she hates you. But it was kinda cute." Carlo chuckled with a beaming face.

"What was cute about it?" I asked, narrowing my eyes on him while breathing out heavily because she was leaning on my chest as I was holding her from falling aside.

"I am sorry. I should have said... she is kinda cute."

"He is right. I also agree that the little miss is cute and innocent." Rome said.

"Are you serious right now? How did you find her innocent? Didn't you see she was about to run away?" I asked by showing what happened to you guys... face.

Instead of giving me a proper response they both started giggling and swinging back and forth on their seat.

"Enzo... I know why are you upset. Because she is sweet to us but not you and it is also your fault that you are being rude to her."

"I am not upset, okay? Don't open your mouth if you only have something irrelevant to say. And Rome will you drive fast?"

"Why so hurry?"

"Because she was just about to escape from us, and she is still half conscious. I can't let that happen."

"Okay! Got it."

I took a glance at her and something came to my mind that it could be possible that she understand Italian. And if so, then I can't just discuss my work in front of her. But before, I have to make it clear whether she understands the language or not.

"Don't speak in Italian until I got clear that she doesn't understand the language."

I quickly told them.

"Yeah... Okay." Rome said understandingly.

Carlo looked up thoughtfully, more like making an assumption.

"What is it, Carlo?" I asked him curiously as I thought it must be about work.

He instantly turned to me with a grin as if he was waiting for that one question to be asked.

"I am having a feeling that she is going to change you." Carlo faced me excitedly and then glanced at her with a beaming face.

Now, why are they beaming so much today?

"It will never happen."

We arrived at my mansion. My empire.

"Who will carry the little miss?" Rome asked with a confused face before getting out of the car.

"I can do that..." Carlo is a big flirt. He won't miss any chance with a girl. So I immediately said-

"No! I will carry her inside." Regretting every word that came out of my stupid mouth.

Both of them looked at me shockingly like I just did something impossible. Well, I did though. They wouldn't have expected me to do something like that only for a girl.

"You? You... Enzo Ferrante... will carry a girl?" Carlo asked gasping dramatically.

I ignored their dramatic expressions and their annoying giggles. I bend to lift her in my arms.

She was still half-conscious when I grabbed her waist and carried her like the bridal style. Perhaps I didn't use that much chloroform to make her sleep completely.

This is not my thing.

In William's mansion, I saw the redness on her cheek and instantly knew that they hurt her. But still, I noticed that she was trying to hide it from me. Unfortunately, she is in the wrong world. This world doesn't deserve her.

I looked down to see if she had fallen asleep again. But she was already trying to see me with her tiny sleepy eyes.

"I told you to take a little nap. Sleep." I said in a calm tone.

Just after that, she wrapped both of her hands more tightly around the back of my neck which made me shiver from head to toe. Then she leaned more deeply against my chest and fell asleep immediately.

"See? I already told you, she is going to change you. Be ready Enzo!" Carlo once again opened his mouth to say nonsense.

She will never be able to change me. And if she did or I get any hints of any changes in me. I would rather be her enemy than her lover.

As when we came inside the palace, all the eyes that were present in the hallway turned in my direction, gazing with their mouths wide open.

I sighed with annoyance while walking towards the stairs to go upstairs.

Suddenly Max came towards me out of nowhere with mouth wide open and when he noticed Alora with eyes closed in my arms he released a gasp dramatically. He must have got the wrong idea.

"Enzo! Did you kill her?" He made a shocked face along with an upset one.

Carlo and Rome were right behind me at that time. They started giggling at each other, I could hear them.

"But why did you do that? We don't use our power on women and children. And she.... she is just a cute girl. How could you do that?" Max sobbed in one breath.

Dramatic fool.

"Max! She is not dead. She is just sleeping because of the chloroform which I used on her." I yelled at him but in a low tone, making sure she don't wake up by my voice.

How childish they are. No one will believe that they are in the mafia because of their childishness.

Then suddenly I noticed that the girl was wrapping her hands on my neck once again. She snuggled a little which caused me startled with a fast rating heart.

"Ohh! Thank God! I thought you just-" Max was talking very loud so I cut him off-

"Okay... now can you please stay quiet otherwise she will be awake by your loud voice."

After I said that, as I was just going upstairs to put her down, I heard them laughing loud "What happened to him?" Max asked them.

"Ahh! It's going to be fun with her." Carlo chuckled.

I will see them later.

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I put that girl in a temporary room for now. I asked my men to prepare a room for her.

As I came downstairs, I saw there were only three of them. Then I realised, when I came back I hadn't seen Galen yet.

"Max, where is Galen?"

"He is out for some work," Max replied.

"How long did he go?" Carlo asked.

"Um... maybe for 2 hours?"

"Oh! Then it's alright." Rome responded this time.

The point is that we all care for each other no matter where we go or what we do and take care that no one gets hurt. This is our family.

"Enzo! Rome and Carlo just told me everything about that cute girl." Max said with a happy face.

"So, what...?" I asked irritatingly and paused to look at him, then I continued "....and can you please stop calling her cute? All of you!"

"But she is really cute," Max said as he made a puppy face.

"The little one is more than just cute," Rome responds to him.

"Yes, I also think so... " Max glanced at me and paused.

"What?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Nothing. I mean why did you decide to take her here?"

"Didn't Rome and Carlo explain the reason why I chose her?"

"Yeah I mean... they did. But my question is what will you do with her? Are you planning on something?" He narrowed his eyes on me.

The only answer I gave him to his stupid question was a warning stare.

"Come on Max! There's nothing between them. Enzo brought her here because she -"

"Let me make this clear to all of you. William gave her in exchange for his death. She is no one but just a hostage. I will let her stay here and join the mafia if she is workable for us. But if she is not then...."

I paused because I also don't know what I would do to her.

They went silent for a minute then I heard them start chuckling.

I am already exhausted by the response my body was giving me because of her. And now they are making me even more furious.

"What's happening boys?" A voice came from behind.

We all turned at the same time to look at the person coming towards us.

"Hello, Galen! What's up?" Rome waved at him.

"Hey, buddy. I just went to finish some work." Galen replied, waving back.

Then I got an idea and decided what to do with the girl. If she is going to stay here, she should be trained properly.

"I have some tasks for you boys."

All four of them looked up at me with a confused faces.

"Yeah, tell us. We will do that."

"Then be ready.”

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