Badass

Alexis

This wasn't what I was expecting. Debbie was killing this thing; she was more in shape than I thought.

I faced Cole and gave him a "fuck you" sign. What made him think my girl can't do it? Bella was also surprised that she could be this good.

They got to the finish line, and everyone there could see that Debbie beat the guy. The man in charge raised both of their hands, and everyone pointed at her. I was proud of her.

She left the ring and walked towards us, grinning like an idiot when she got to our side.

"Don't feel too good because you won," I said to her. "I think that is jealousy I can smell in the air," she counterattacked.

"She did very well, even if it pained me to admit it," Bella said, and we decided that it was about time we left. We walked to the gate and called our driver as usual, and he came to carry us from the gate to the hotel.

We didn't see the receptionist when we got there. Guess someone intends to spend her Valentine's well. The hotel official there gave us our keys. We got to our door, and the guys were giving us a kind of look that made you suspicious of someone.

**Alessandro**

I don't know how to break this news to them that we are leaving tomorrow morning. I saw the look Alexis was giving me. I faced the guys, and they all looked away in a way that said I was the one breaking the news.

"We are leaving tomorrow," I blurted out.

They all looked surprised, but it went as quickly as it came. Alexis was the first to talk: "It is good, it is not like we won't meet when we leave Italy. I am still resuming next week, so it is not really a goodbye, and we leave tomorrow evening, so it is just a few hours' difference. I don't know about the others, but I got no problem with that."

"What problem could I probably have when I will still be seeing Mikky?" Bella said. "I am also good." We all faced Debbie, but she avoided eye contact and said she was good also, and we decided to leave it at that. We all went into our separate rooms.

**Alexis**

I could not even hold any conversation with Debbie and Bella. I just took off my clothes and jumped on the bed, covering myself. Today was interesting and also tiring. I had butterflies in my stomach just thinking about the event of today. I don't really know what Alessandro is getting at, but I will wait till I start working for him. He hasn't shown his true colors yet, and I think this is why client and worker relationships are always prohibited.

The Costa Nostra mafia in the USA today was first originated from Italy, or that is how much we know. It may even be related to why he was in Italy. They were the most feared. Meeting someone from there or rather meeting the next mafia lord from there is like an unfortunate thing now that he has an interest in me, and I would start working for him. The fact that alarmed me the most is the fact that I also liked him. I don't know why some girls don't just like the right people instead of the wrong set of people. They always ended up falling for the bad boy, the player, the drug addict. I think how genetic makeup or something is messed up right from the beginning. We are just too gullible.

I wouldn't have gotten into any of these if I had just rejected the offer to do a private show for him that day, but he sure knows how to tantalize people with huge amounts of money, which I needed at that time, just the way he did with this home instructor stuff. Debbie also got beside me on the bed. I guess I am not the only one tired, as nobody bothered to take a shower.

**Alessandro**

After all these years, and my father still manages to get under my skin every time. I am very sure that he would have been aware that I was already in the city and may have even sent someone to spy on me. He was a strict person, and maybe he was personally more strict to me. The training, the everything. I don't think I would have gone through all that without Cole and Alessandro. I would have run away a long time ago, and he would have tracked me down anyway, but I would have still attempted it.

I dreaded what he has to tell me for him to ask to see me. It was not like I don't greet him from time to time, but he didn't make it a habit of requesting for me to come all the time. I started packing my bag. It was not like I was not tired or something, but I prefer to sleep in the morning before meeting my dad than to be arranging clothes.

(Birds chirping)

I woke up from the bed to see that Debbie was still sleeping, and since I didn't have anything to do either, maybe I should just go back to sleep. I remember that Alessandro was leaving this morning, and I wonder what important thing that came to do that would have made all of them come to Italy. I put it in my mind that I was going to call my boss and thank him for the vacation days he gave me. I feel like there is something between my boss and Alessandro, and I intend to find out, but not now. I just found it suspicious that my boss would just allow me to go on a vacation with such short notice without even leaving a condition or something. I quieted my thoughts and tried to close my eyes so I can sleep back as it seems I am the only one awake among these two.

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