A Death Wish

Lorenzo was in his office going through one of the tasks that he had given Elena to do. She was done with them and had sent them back to him. She was good, he thought to himself as he went through the work that she did. The door to his office opened and his cousin Lucas walked in.

"I see you already got yourself a new assistant," Lucas had a lazy smile on his face as he strolled over to Lorenzo's desk.

"News travels fast," Lorenzo murmured. He was going to tell Lucas about Elena but he hadn't gotten the time to do it.

"She is hot," Lucas said as he pulled out a chair and sat across Lorenzo's desk. His comment earned him a deadly glare from Lorenzo.

"Hey, easy Tiger, I never said anything about doing something with her," Lucas said raising his hands in the air.

"And you had better not," Lorenzo warned him. Because of Luca's handsomeness and his charms, he always got women swooning without him having to try to get their attention. They just get attracted to him the way ants get attracted to sugar, and he has never failed to leverage it by bedding the women who were willing to do anything he asked.

"You know how I feel about sleeping with any of our employees," Lorenzo reminded his cousin, just in case he had forgotten about their rules.

"I never said anything about bedding her," Lucas leaned back lazily in his chair as he observed Lorenzo.

"What?" Lorenzo asked, wondering why Lucas was looking at him that way.

"Hmmm," Lucas rubbed his fingers against his chin as he continued to study Lorenzo.

Lorenzo hated it when Lucas did that, he knew he had something to say, but he would rather play around before he said whatever was on his mind.

"Are you going to say what's on your mind, or....."

"Why do I feel you aren't asking me to stay away from her because she is our employee?" Lucas asked before Lorenzo could finish his statement.

"And why else would ask you to stay away from her?" Lorenzo asked his obnoxious cousin.

"I don't know, probably you like her," Lucas replied lazily.

Lorenzo looked shocked, "where did that come from? What are you talking about?"

"Are you sure you don't know what I'm talking about?" Lucas asked as he narrowed his eyes looking at Lorenzo.

"I have no idea what you are fucking talking about. Look man I have work to do and I would like to get back to it if you don't mind," Lorenzo said, politely asking his cousin to leave his office.

"You like the girl don't you?" Lucas asked, his eyes not leaving Lorenzo's.

Lorenzo scoffed at what he believed to be absurd, why would his cousin think he has something for a girl he just employed? He barely even knew her.

"Not everyone is like you Lucas. I don't know where you got that silly idea from, I have nothing for that girl. She is here for one thing, and that's work!"

Lucas didn't look convinced. "Jorge told me how you two got to meet. That's an interesting way to meet someone, don't you think?"

Lorenzo put down the pen he was holding and closed his laptop, giving his cousin his full attention.

"What are you driving at Lucas?" He was beginning to get pissed at the little games his cousin was playing.

"Could it be that the heartless underboss feels something for someone?" Lucas teased.

Lorenzo threw his head back in laughter, he laughed so hard tears came out of his eyes.

"You and I know that's impossible," Lorenzo said in-between laughs.

"I was just checking," Lucas said.

"Don't worry about me brother, I think you should be more concerned about your own black heart," Lorenzo said.

"At least I have a heart," Lucas replied.

"I rather not have a heart at all, rather than having a black one," Lorenzo replied.

"Whatever you say, bro," Lucas got up from his chair to leave but paused when the door of Lorenzo's office opened and Elena walked in. Talk of the devil.

"Hello there, we meet again," Lucas said flashing Elena his signature smile.

Elena smiled back, "hi, I wasn't expecting to see you here," she said.

Was she blushing? Why are the two of them smiling at each other like that? Lorenzo thought as he watched Elena and Lucas smiling at each other.

"I came to discuss a few things with my cousin," Lucas said still smiling.

"Oh, he is your cousin?" Elena asked in a surprised tone.

Lorenzo noisily cleared his throat to remind them that he was clearly sitting in the office. Why was she smiling at him like that? And why was Lucas trying so hard to flirt with her? didn't they just have this conversation?

"Elena meet my cousin Lucas, he is in charge of the tech aspect of the casino, Lucas meet Elena, my assistant," Lorenzo knew there was no need for the introduction as they've both already met each other before.

"So you are a tech guy huh?" Elena asked, her smile widening even more, she looked impressed.

Tech guy? What was that? And could she stop smiling like she just saw Santa? And what was Lucas still doing in his office anyway?

"Lucas, weren't you just leaving?"

"Uhh, not really I can stay..." Lucas didn't get to finish his statement when he saw the deadly look that Lorenzo gave him.

"I will see you around Elena," Lucas said before he left the office.

"Bye Lucas."

"Wipe that stupid smile off your face and come sit down!" Lorenzo barked in annoyance when Elena wouldn't stop smiling even after Lucas had left the office.

What was wrong with women? All it took was for you to smile at them and they are falling for his charms. He couldn't tell why he was pissed but seeing Lucas flirt with Elena and her clearly liking it did something to his insides.

"Your cousin is cute," Elena said as she came over to sit down on the chair that Lucas had just vacated.

Did she just call his cousin cute? What was it with this girl? Does she have a death wish or something? Lorenzo took a few steady breaths before he spoke.

"I'm sure you must have read the contractual agreement that was given to you to sign, and it clearly states that you can't have anything to do with your superior or employee," Lorenzo said to her.

She chuckled, "relax, I never said anything about dating him, I just said he was cute," she looked at Lorenzo like he was insane for suggesting that she liked his cousin. When she saw the expression on his face she chuckled even harder, "I'm sorry, but did you think...."

"I didn't think anything, I'm just warning you for your own good, Elena!"

"Woah, okay, I get it. So what was it you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked, still smiling.

It's clear that this girl has a death wish.