20. I Like the Boy

ALEXANDRA'S POV

It had been three months since they tried to kill Hugo, and sometimes it would come out there was progress in his case, which I doubt, but I suppose it was to calm people's nerves a bit.

Violence had escalated in the streets, and I hardly let Alison out at all. I didn't want her to see how things were, and even though she sometimes protested about not being able to go for a walk like we did that afternoon, Hugo ended up convincing her and they played ball most of the time.

Speaking of Hugo, I think in this course of time I have discovered what I feel for him, and I think I love him. I'm pretty sure that's it. We had spent this time talking and getting to know each other more. I really felt better, and he didn't lie when he said we would go slow as a snail, we're doing it and I thank him a lot. I must say Alison was delighted with him too. After a week she started calling him daddy, which he gladly accepted, and I was glad my daughter had the father she deserved and has been asking for years. At first everyone looked weird at her and me, they thought we had made it official, but after a few chats and telling them that's Alison's part, they stopped looking at my daughter like she had two heads and they got used to hear her call Hugo daddy.

On the other hand, Megan and I had been thinking about the most effective way to help girls in our situation, at least our situation when we were in there. Since when I told her what we could do with her, she didn't hesitate to accept. I had just sent the email to have that meeting with the partners to find out how things were going when Diego entered the office.

"What do you want Diego?" I asked without looking up from the papers "Sorry to bother you, but there is a girl and a woman looking for you." He said, and that got my attention "Me?" I asked looking at him with a frown. "Yes, and they say they won't leave until they talk to you. In my opinion they seem very determined not to leave until they talk to you."

"Then let them in. I go down in a bit." I said, thinking who it could be and how the hell had they found out where I lived "Shall I take them to the living room?" he asked, and I nodded.

With that, he left and a minute later Megan ends up walking in with a confused face, but I already had my confusion at this point to add hers too. "Did you do something I need to know about?" she asked standing in front of the desk and looking at me "Apart from sending the mail I told you I would send to the partners; I don't know what you mean."

"Why are those women looking for you?" she asked me, but I denied it, because I didn't even know what they wanted "I have no idea." I said, "Then why did you let them in the house?" she asked starting to get alarmed "Because I want to know what they want from me."

"And if they are Russian insiders?" she asked, and even though it didn't cross my mind, Diego would have told me if they gave him a bad feeling, and he didn't say anything, so I knew it wasn't someone who wanted to kill us. "If they are, we do the usual and that's it." I said to reassure her.

"You're right, sorry for exaggerating." She sighed and sat down in the chair next to her "Don't worry, I don't trust what they say either." I said, "Shall we go together?" she asked after a couple of minutes "Come on, but can you make sure before neither Hugo nor Alison show up? I don't want to risk it in case it's the Russians." She nodded and left the office.

I finished writing the email. When I left the office, Fabio was already waiting for me there, so I went downstairs and went to the room where Diego, Megan, and Analissa were talking to the ladies. When the older woman turns in my direction, she looks very familiar, but I don't know what, before long I can see she has tears running down her face, and the girl with her hugs her.

"Ale, dear, come and sit down." Analissa said with confusion present on her face. I did as Analissa told me and sat between her and Megan. The lady was still crying, and I was really confused right now, because I don't understand why.

"Excuse her, she's just excited to see you again." The girl said and now I didn't understand anything at all "Again?" I asked confused "I guess you don't remember us since it was years ago, but yes, it is."

"Why did you want to see me?" I asked to end all this as soon as possible "We wanted to see you because we didn't believe you were still alive." The girl said and Megan tensed next to me. "What are you talking about?" she asked them, but neither of them flinched to look away from me, which got on my nerves. "Let me start from the beginning. My name is Melani, and her name is Amber."

As soon as she said their names, somewhere in my mind I remembered this was the name of my aunt and cousin, which cannot be possible, because the Russians had been in charge of murdering them a long time ago. "That can't be... They're dead." I said in a whisper, "That's what the policemen took it upon themselves to do so they wouldn't come back for us and keep us safe. They even made us change country and our names."

"What the fuck?" I said, because I was understanding less and less "Alexandra, that mouth." Analissa said next to me, "I'm sorry, mom." And it's at that moment I realized why the lady's face sounded familiar to me. It was practically the same face I remembered from my aunt, only bit older. This couldn't be... I had been searching for years until I found out they were dead... This had to be a dream.

"Aunt Amber?" I asked and she nodded. It didn't take me long to get up to go hug her. We hugged each other for a couple of minutes until I ended up sitting where I was a couple of minutes ago. "How did you find me?" I asked them surprised that they found me.

"We were looking for you for a long time, we even thought you were dead, but then we saw you on the news when it was the death of that man and we tried to come, but they wouldn't let us because it was a risk to our lives and I don't know what other stories. In the end we denied protection and came looking for you." Said Melani "Are you without protection?"

"Yes, but that is the least important to us. What matters is we found you and we aren't going to leave if you let us stay with you." My aunt said in a whisper, and I agreed because I wasn't going to let them go around without protection "Of course you can stay. I'll stay calmer if you stay."

"At what point did they release you?" my aunt asked with tears in her eyes. "They never let me go. I ran away from there a little over seven years ago with Megan." I said, looking at her, who looked like she didn't understand anything that was happening. "And where is that girl?" Melani asked and I pointed in her direction. "It's her."

"Were you here all this time?" I nodded. "For our luck, Analissa welcomed us and took care of us as if we were her own daughters." I said giving Analissa a smile, who didn't hesitate to return it. "Then I guess I should thank you for taking care of my niece."

"You don't have to give them, believe it or not, they helped us too. I'm just glad I found them on that day. I'm sorry I didn't try to look for you before, if that was the case, I would have taken her to you." She said embarrassed and I denied, because for nothing in the world would I have left with them, not after feeling safe for many years. "Don't worry, I preferred her a thousand times over here than in the United States with her mother running around."

"Oh, so she's not dead." I said surprised she wasn't "Alexandra María D'angelo!!!!" Analissa claimed me and I rolled my eyes "Don't be mad mom, but it's what she deserves." I said with a shrug, "Don't talk like that about the woman who gave you life."

"And the one took it from me too." I said bitterly and I could see the question in her eyes "Despite all, you can't wish anyone dead." I denied it, because even though I didn't exactly wish it on her, I know she wished it on many other people "And I don't wish it on her, I just asked. Is she alive? I thought the drugs had killed her."

"They haven't killed her. She called me a couple of times to ask about you." She said and it really surprised me, that woman was the last thing mattered to her "For me?"

"Yes, it's hard to believe after all, but it was what she said. And I already tell you if you see her, you don't recognize her, nor do I myself." She said denying and I shrugged my shoulders, because I really didn't care about that woman "I'm not going to see her, but why do you say it?"

"Because she gained fame in the United States." She said and I rolled my eyes, "Well, I'm happy for her, but I don't give a shit about that lady. My mother is Analissa, and no one is going to be able to take that place away from her." I said all proud of the mother I had now "I'm glad to know you found a family. You deserved it since you were little."

"This is all thanks to Analissa. You should give thanks to her." I told them and they turned to look at Analissa "Thank you Mrs. D'angelo for taking care of my baby girl." My aunt said getting up from the sofa and going next to her to hug her, which she didn't hesitate to return "It's nothing, anyone should have done it."

"But as Megan and I told you more than once, we would rather you have stopped us than that any degenerate has stopped us. That's why we love you as if you were our own mother." I said sitting next to her and giving her hand a squeeze once my aunt went to sit on the sofa where her daughter was.

"Ale, Alison wants to play with you ... Mrs. Hamilton? What are you doing here?" At that moment I turned in the direction of Hugo's voice came with Alison on his back, but soon lowers her face into his back, while Hugo was looking at my aunt, who seemed confused at this moment. "Hugo... I thought you were missing."

"I'm not, but what are you doing here? Where are your bodyguards? he asked, moving closer to where we were. "We gave them up so we could come join my niece." My aunt said with a small smile and the confusion on Hugo's face was evident "Your niece?" he asked, and I was surprised too because I had no idea what was happening.

"Do you know each other?" Megan asked when she saw I wasn't understanding what's going on right now "Yes, he is a DEA agent, and he was investigating Alexandra's case and ours." She said and I was even more lost "My case?" I finally asked and my aunt focused her gaze on me again "The one where you got kidnapped."

"Wait, wait... So, is she the Alexandra you were telling me about?" asked Hugo surprised "Yes, she's my niece." She nodded with a big smile on her face, but I wasn't getting anything. There was a case to find me, and Hugo was working on it? What the fuck is going on right now?

I got up from the sofa where the three of us were sitting to go get Alison and have her with me, because even though Hugo doesn't say it, I know his shoulder is bothering him and it's the one where Alison has her arm. "What case are you talking about?" I asked, "When was the attack on Mrs. Hamilton..." he started, but my aunt stopped him "I already told you to call me Amber."

"Yes, I'm sorry... When there was an attack on Amber and her daughter, they sent me to investigate it since they said the Russians were the ones who had attacked them, and they weren't wrong. They had long since stopped investigating the disappearance of her niece due to lack of resources and she asked me to help her find her. All I could come up with is they transferred you every couple of months and when I asked, we join one of the clubs they had you, they denied my request because it wasn't my case." He said thinking "How long ago was that?" Megan asked. "Like five years ago." He said.

"Diego, can you go play with Alison for a while?" I asked him passing my daughter to him, I didn't want her to hear something she shouldn't have "But I want to play with you and daddy." She pouted and I gave her a small smile "We'll be back in a bit, princess." The brilliance her gaze lost, returned to her gaze "Do you promise me?" I nodded "I promise. Now go with Uncle Diego, show him what you learned with the ball." Before putting her down, she gave me a kiss and a hug and ran off with Diego to go play. I kept looking at her until she was out of sight that I focused back on the conversation.

"Do you have a daughter with Hugo?" Melanie asked in surprise. "That's a long story I'll tell you about another time. But five years ago, we weren't in there. What's more, we've already been away for almost two years." I said "I understood you were inside. What's more, Dereck ended up infiltrating those clubs, and he told me you were in that one."

"Are you really going to trust the bastard who tried to kill you? Let me tell you, if that's the case, you're crazy." My sister said snorting on the other side of my mother "Megan don't go too far." Analissa said, giving her a warning look. "No, she's right. Probably all the information he gave me about the Russian mafia is a lie."

"Wait, the guy who worked with you is no good?" asked my surprised aunt and the three of us shook our heads "No, he works for the Russians, why?" I asked "Because he was looking for us to ask if we knew anything about you. He even offered to drive us here."

Fear took over my body and for a moment I was breathless. "Tell me you didn't accept?" I asked "No, we were already in the taxi to go to the hotel." At that moment I went to the windows to see if I saw any strange movement around the house, but I didn't see anything other than the bodyguards. It didn't take long for Hugo to reach my side and Megan followed suit.

"Mom, could you go over to Alison and tell Diego to come down? It's urgent." I said looking from side to side "Sure" Analissa went towards the stairs to go look for Alison and Diego, while I looked out the window. Hugo had put an arm around my shoulders to try to calm me down, but right now it wouldn't help, because we probably had Dereck hanging around, and if he was around, that means Stefan should be around too.

"Ale, what's up?" Diego asked behind me "High alert. I want them to be aware of everything and to tell me immediately." Megan had put her hand on my shoulder doing the same as me "What's wrong?" Diego asked before leaving. "Dereck is probably around here, and if he is, that means Stefan shouldn't be too far away."

"Okay, I'll give the order right now and redouble the surveillance. Don't worry everything will be fine." He said giving me a little squeeze on the shoulder, but at this moment there was nothing to calm me down, I could feel the anxiety rising in my chest "You just do it, and then please come back, we have to talk about more things."

"Don't worry, I won't be long." With that, he left the house to notify the rest of the new situation while my aunt and cousin looked at me without understanding what was happening. "What hotel were you going to stay at?" Megan asked turning in their direction. "In one that's not too far from here."

"Fabio, I need you to go get their things and bring them here. Take more people with you in case they are waiting around." She told him and he nodded "Alexandra, what is happening?" asked my aunt "Nothing, don't worry."

"It doesn't seem like you're not worried." She said, but I denied, I didn't need to worry anyone else "It's nothing, I'd better go show you what your rooms will be." I said, "Are we going to stay here?"

"For security it's the best." I rolled my shoulders to release some tension "Alexandra, I have to talk to you...it's urgent." Dimitri said from the door "I'll take them." Hugo whispered to me, which made me turn around "Are you sure?" He nodded and gave me a kiss on the temple. "Thank you, Hugo."

He kissed me on the cheek and left with my aunt and cousin behind him, while Megan and I turned in Dimitri's direction, which had to be something serious for him to come into the house. He knew he couldn't get into the house at all.

"What happen now?" I asked with my arms crossed and angry with everything "My contacts tell me Stefan arrived in Italy and that he's coming for you and your daughter." I closed my eyes for a moment and Megan gave my hand a squeeze. "Do you know anything else?" she asked "I understand he comes with a woman. My contact knows her as Hamilton, and she seems to look just like you. I have a picture of her if you want to see it."

He handed me his phone with the image on the screen, but I have no idea who she is, but something told me I knew her, so I went upstairs looking for my aunt and as soon as I show it to her, she tells me it's my mother. Hugo stares at me with a concerned face, but I pay him no attention and go back to Dimitri and Megan.

"I need your contact to investigate this woman and give us the information as soon as possible." I said in a monotone, "Okay, I'll meet him in half an hour." He said leaving the house.

I quickly pick up the phone to call Luke, the hacker who had helped us with a couple of things. Right now, we needed him to find out what the hell that woman was doing with him and start our side plan, because now I know I'd have the DEA on my doorstep in no time. Once he agreed to come over to the house and he would be here in half an hour, I hung up and started pacing.

"Ale, who is that woman?" Megan asked next to me. "The woman who brought me into this world." I said like it was nothing "Your mother?" she asked surprised, and I denied, because that woman wasn't my mother "She's not my mother, she's just the lady who traded me for a couple of grams of coke."

"Okay, it's that woman. But what does she do with Stefan? She goes on asking, "I haven't the slightest idea, and that's just what I intend to find out." I said starting to walk from one place to another trying to think of a way to improve the security of the damn house, but especially that of Alison and Analissa "I think we better cancel the meeting tonight." Megan said and I nodded, because I wasn't going to leave Alison alone with Stefan in Italy.

"Everyone is already in place and on high alert. What did you want to talk about?" Diego asked, entering the living room. "Tell me all the windows and doors in this house have been installed." I asked without turning to look at him "Yes. They finished it this morning. Not a single bullet will be able to enter this house."

"And they closed the tunnel to enter the land?" Megan asked to which I could see him nod by the reflection in the window "It's done too, but just in case we have people around to make sure no one is doing it again. Now can you explain to me what exactly is going on?"

"Dereck knows my aunt and she had no idea he's a bad person. He approached them at the airport when they arrived, but they wouldn't agree to go with him, but I don't trust that guy and he's probably hanging around the house and Stefan just got to Italy with that stupid woman and he's looking for me and Alison and... "The tears began to run down my face and neither of them took long to reach me" Hey, hey... don't worry... everything will be fine... they won't be able to reach you or anyone else this house… I promise."

Diego ended up hugging me and running his hand around my back, but it didn't take long for Hugo to take his place and it didn't take me long to calm down at least a little. As soon as he noticed I was a little calmer, he moved me away from his chest a bit and gave me one of his smiles that I must say was relaxing. "Better?" he asked in my ear. I nodded and he hugged me again until I fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took until I woke up, I just know I woke up screaming at the top of my lungs, causing both Hugo and Megan to rush into my room and the former soon hugged me. I was crying for a few minutes until I stopped, and Hugo decided to make me some tea, so he left the room giving me a kiss on the forehead, but Megan didn't take long to replace his place, at least until he arrived.

"Do you want to talk about the nightmare?" My sister asked me, but I denied, I didn't want to think about it "Okay, let's not talk about the nightmare, but then let's talk about your boyfriend." I pulled away from her and frowned, "He's not my boyfriend." I said "Well, I don't know what you're waiting for."

"What do you want to talk about him, Megan?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Just tell you I like him. In the time he been in the house you seem happier, and I know he makes you happy. Also, your daughter calls him daddy. She's excited about having a father, and I think she's already found one." I nodded, because I already knew that "So what are you waiting for to take the plunge?" she asked standing up and crossing her arms.

"Is not easy." I half whispered, "I know, but you don't have to keep him waiting his whole life for an answer either." She said seriously, and I don't think I've ever seen her talk so serious about men and relationships, "What if he doesn't want anything with me anymore?"

"Alexandra D'angelo, don't talk stupid. Do you really think that if he didn't want anything with you, he would be in this house and alive? No ma'am. That man loves you; you could say he loves you more than the first time I saw him in front of him if that's possible. Put your insecurities aside for once, because that guy loves you with everything he's got, and I know you do the same. Or are you going to tell me you don't love him?" I denied, because I wasn't going to lie to her "Then give him the answer he has been looking for a long time."

"Here's your tea. Take it and don't leave a single drop." He said with a big smile on his face "What I told you, I like it." Megan said and confusion was present on Hugo's face "What are you talking about?" he asked "Nothing dear brother-in-law, you're welcome."

I sent a glare at my sister for saying things she shouldn't "What?" he asked even more confused "What you heard, I'm not going to repeat it to you. Now I'm leaving, think about what I told you, Ale, we both know what you want it." I threw a pillow at him, and she went away laughing, leaving Hugo confused, but he ends up passing me the tea.

"What did happen?" he asked once we were alone "Nothing, just a nightmare." I said, "Since I've been here, I don't think you've had any." And I denied, because it was very rare, I didn't have them every night "Trust me, I have had them, but this one was too much."

"Do you want to talk about it?" I denied, because I really didn't want to do it, I just wanted to focus on what I could do so that it wouldn't happen. "No, but I appreciate your concern." He sat next to me on the bed, but leaving a distance between us, he always did, and the truth is something I appreciated, especially at first, now I don't mind too much. "You know I do."

"I know." We were silent while I drank my tea and Hugo passed his hand over my leg, getting me to relax quite a bit. He was having more effect than the tea. "You are finished?" he asked "Yes, thanks for the tea."

"Why do I get the feeling you are very thoughtful?" he asked turning his head to the side "I'm just thinking." I said, "May I know what?"

"If Dimitri knew we were with the Titano, I'm pretty sure Derek knew." I said, not understanding how come we didn't have the DEA at our doorstep before, "It's a possibility, but why is that now?" he asked. "So, if Derek knows, why hasn't the DEA shown up at the house yet?"

"You won't want it to happen." He said, but that wasn't enough, I think there's some reason I can't see behind all this "But Stefan wants to kill me. What better way to do that than to send in the DEA?"

"Do you want the DEA to come to your house?" I denied, because I didn't want that to happen, but it was strange for me "No, of course not, it's just strange. And in case they decide to do it, they will not find anything." I said because between Luke and I we had taken care of that "What did you do with all the papers you had?"

At that moment Megan enters the room with a scared face that makes me quickly upset and get out of bed worried that something might happen to Alison. "Ale, we have problems." She said trying to get oxygen to her lungs, making it clear to me she had come running. "Did something happen to Alison?" I asked, worried,

"No, she's asleep. What happens to us is we have the DEA at home, and they come to arrest you." She said and I calmed down, before I thought it was strange, they didn't come to the house and before they appear "Why her?" Hugo asked getting up from the bed as well. "For your kidnapping and for managing a mafia."

"I'm not going to let them stop you." He said, stepping in front of me, "You're going to let them do it. Now I ask you to leave the house and take Dimitri with you." I said standing in front of him "I'm not going to leave you now Alexandra." He said and I denied, because nothing was going to happen to me "You are going to do it. Nothing is going to happen to me, so I need you to go. Megan will send bodyguards with you."

"Ale are you sure of what you are saying?" asked Megan, who, even though I know full well she wasn't liking the plan at all, was going to go along with it "I'm more than sure. Now please act calm, nothing will happen to us" I said trying to reassure them "Okay, I'll tell them you're getting dressed."

"Thank you, I'll be down in no time." With that, Megan walked out of the room, leaving me and Hugo in the room who started pacing like crazy, which was unnecessary, I had everything under control. "Hugo, you have to go." I told him "I'm not going to leave you alone with those guys. They can do anything to you."

I denied with a small smile on my face, I knew nothing was going to happen to me " Hugo, listen to me. Nothing will happen to me. Really. Everything is under control, all I need is for you to go with Dimitri." I said calmly trying to convince him "Shit Alexandra, I don't want..."

And before he said anything else I kissed him. I think it was the only way at the moment, and I'm not going to lie, I've been wanting to kiss him for a long time. He put his arms around my waist while I put them around his neck and we separated at the moment when the air was a necessity.

"Calm down... I'll be fine..." I said with my hands on his face "Why did you just kiss me?" he asked surprised "Because it's the only way I found for you to relax a bit... Really, I'm going to be fine"

"The kiss means…?" he began to ask with that sparkle I loved to see in his eyes "We'll talk when I get back about what it means. Now I need you to go." I said placing my hand on his chest "Okay, but I'll go look for you when more than two hours pass."

"They have the right to have me for two days. If that time passes, you can do whatever you want... but meanwhile you'll do nothing and hide, okay?" I said with a smile on my face and rolling my eyes "Okay, but not a little more than two days."

"Whatever you want." I said with a pout "I love you, Ale. Take care there please." He put his hands on my face and brought our foreheads together "I will, and please don't do anything stupid. I don't want to be scared or lose you." I said softly, "I won't. I love you."

I gave him a short kiss on the lips and left the room as he climbed out the window. Good thing my room was above the porch, so it wouldn't hurt too much to climb out of my bedroom window.

Once I left the room, both Fabio and Diego were waiting for me at the door and we began to walk to where the agents were, but before reaching the stairs Diego stopped me.

"This isn't looking good for you Alexandra. If they find a single piece of paper…" he started, but I cut him off "They won't find anything. Now I need you to relax and humour me, Diego. Fabio, I'm going to need as soon as those stupid people give me permission, you take my mother, daughter and sister to another place. They will probably follow you, so don't even think about going with them. You're second in charge, so tell everyone not to go with them, okay?" Fabio nodded and I continued walking towards the stairs.

"What's wrong with me?" Diego asked next to me. "You are going to be my dear boyfriend and you will have to be there while they interrogate me." I said with a big smile on my face. After all the anxiety I had when I found out Derek and his father were around, now I was calmer, I knew the role I had to play. "Your what?" he asked surprised to hear that "What you heard. Now go with the flow and nothing more."

I walked a couple of steps forward, until we reached the stairs where I took Diego's hand. At first, he looked at me strangely, but he didn't say anything, and we went downstairs. "Alexandra D'angelo?" Derek asked and I nodded. "That's me. What do you need at this time of night?"

"We have come to arrest you for the kidnapping of DEA agent Hugo Caprio and for running a mafia. We have a search warrant for the house and your office." I nodded and signalled for them to continue "Okay, but first I would like you to let my mother and daughter go. I don't want her bestiality to wake her up."

"No one can leave this house." He said and I was not going to allow that, but keeping as calm as possible and with a smile on my face, I raised an eyebrow "Is everyone going to be arrested?" I asked arrogantly, because I knew the answer "No, only you."

"Well, the others have the right to leave, so let them go or you will have problems." I said quietly, "Are you threatening us, Miss D'angelo?" he asked and I denied, I didn't need to threaten them to get what I wanted "I wouldn't think of such a thing, but I know my rights and the laws, and you can't force others to stay in this house if they have nothing to do with the case."

"Okay, they can go." he said snorting. I turned to Analissa who was looking at me without understanding anything of what was happening and to Megan who was next to her who was obviously worried. "I'm going to ask you to go to a hotel with Alison." I said in a whisper, "What is going on, Alexandra?" Analissa asked and I gave her a smile "Nothing mom, don't worry. Everything will be fine."

"I'm not going to leave you alone with these guys Ale." Megan hissed, "You're going to go with Mom and Alison and make sure nothing happens to either of you. You will take Fabio and a couple of other bodyguards, okay?" I seriously said, "You make it worse for me Ale, as I told you I will not leave you alone with these degenerates."

"I will not stay alone. Diego will be there. Now, go to Alison's room, get clothes for a couple of days and you leave the house. I said authoritatively, it was the only way for Megan to really listen to me in things like this "What about the meeting we would have today?" I shook my head, making it clear we were not going to have anything.

They both headed for the stairs with Fabio following close behind. I gestured for him to bring four more bodyguards and he nodded. At my side, Diego was serious, and I took his hand to at least pretend we're together. Not too long later, Analissa, Megan, Fabio, and Alison show up to leave. Luckily for all of us Alison was a heavy sleeper and was asleep right now, otherwise we would have a problem.

As soon as everyone was out the door, Derek ordered them to start searching the house while Diego looked at the search warrant, lucky for me, while he was a navy, he had studied law, so he would understand what it said better than me and he would realize it whether it was real or not. In that, Derek approaches where I am, making sure there are no colleagues of his near us.

"You're going to end up in jail like the mobster you are, bitch." He said with an arrogant smile which I matched, because I knew very well, he was not going to have proof of what he was saying "Me? Mobster? What makes you think that?" I said playing naive.

"We have enough evidence and someone who works for you who has told us everything." I snorted, because that was impossible, but I know what he was playing and I must say I was very good at that game too "As far as I know, I work in the restaurants that belonged to my father. I don't know what mafia you are talking about."

"Don't play stupid because we both know what I'm talking about. But don't worry princess, we'll find the papers and you won't be able to deny it anymore." He said with a big smile on his face "The only papers you will find are the ones from the restaurant. The accounts, what to buy. Those things." I said.

"Agent, stop bothering my client." For a moment I had forgotten about Diego, but the truth is, even though I didn't need him to intervene, I was grateful, because I had little patience left to avoid breaking his teeth "Are you another mafia boss, sir...?" asked "Diego Walker. I am Miss D'Angelo's lawyer and boyfriend."

"Oh, so you have a boyfriend as a lawyer? That timely." He said denying as if it was something abnormal "I have a boyfriend before a lawyer, agent." I said "And here I thought you would stay single for the rest of your life, princess. But hey, apparently you are the bitch they said."

I bit my tongue so as not to break his face, and Diego, knowing me like he does, grabs my hand and gives me a squeeze "Don't talk to my girlfriend like that or you'll have a problem agent." He said authoritatively, "They'll talk to her worse in jail, believe me."

With that, he left, and we sat in the living room for a couple of hours with two officers watching us while the others searched the house. And when I saw Derek come down the stairs, I could see he was angry, and he got even angrier the moment he hung up.

"We're leaving, Miss D'angelo." He growled, "Can you tell where are you taking my girlfriend?" asked Diego "We took her to interrogate. Don't worry. If you want, you can come since you're her lawyer." He said, "Sure I'll go."

And with that, they made us get up and go wherever this guy was taking us. I could see he was upset he didn't find anything, and it was clear he wasn't going to find anything. I'm not stupid enough to leave it at home, let alone at the office. Then I would have to reward Luke for helping me with this. I just hope things turn out the way I hope, because that would help us a lot, at least, get a stupid out of the way.