Chapter Twenty five

" Sir here are the information about the business " Maria , my secretary hands me a blue file of the business company I want to Invest in " Thank you " I say briefly . From my peripheral vision I see her slightly leaning towards me . " do you need anything else , sir ?" She says with a seductive tone " No " I reply with a bored tone not sparing her a glance as I move my chair away from her .

Why doesn't she understands personal space ?

" Your work awaits Maria , instead you are here trying to shamelessly seduce your Boss " I give her reprememded look . Her eyes goes wide .

" I-I wasn't trying to flirt , sir " She says nervously . " It's against Cargo trade policies " I remind her as I go through the file she gave me not sparing her a glance . " So if you want to keep your Job here respect it . " I finish my sentence by looking up from the file and looking straight at her " Y-yes sir " She quickly turns around and practically sprints for the door before she can reach it I stop her .

" I hope you didn't give Miss Reed too much work" Maria slowly turns to face me ." She asked for it " she mumbles to herself but it is loud enough for me to hear it . " You said something Maria ? " I ask taunting her trying to see if she will continue to say more crap about Angel " No sir "

" And to answer your question sir, I didn't give her too much work just files that needed to be arranged " I nod " Good. She was kind enough to volunteer to help us out but that doesn't mean you should bombarded her with lots of work " I give her a pointed look knowing well she isn't fond of Angel

" of course sir ." I nod " you're dismissed " I tell her and she hastly walks out of my office . I sigh .

I need to get a new PA .

I see Marcus calling me on my phone I accept the call " What is it ?" I answer after the first ring . " Good morning to you too , Lucas " Marcus says dryly , I chuckle " Sorry man , but seriously what is it ?" I ask as a sign the file .

" New packages of cocaine has been trade in exchange of guns . I told Diego to send you an email , have you received it ?"

" I think it arrived I just haven't checked those emails yet . " Talking about emails , I recall Angel being in my office and she might be checking my emails by now . An uneasy feeling settles in me but then I remember that there is a password and it has been updated . " Don't forget to check it out " Marcus reminds me " I won't "

" By the way , what are you doing tonight ? I was thinking we could go to the new club that opened a month ago down town , and I need a break , work has been keeping me busy , and you need it else well " Marcus says trying to persuade me and hinting something else .

I turn my chair towards the view through my floor to ceiling windows . " I'm not interested " I say to him

. " Why ? If you're worried about the girls , there is no need to . Your parents are back in town remember ? They can watch over Halo and Heav " I sigh

" It's not that man you know I'm kind of seeing someone . I don't want to ruin the chance of being with her." I say thinking about the woman down the hallway that has been consuming my mind since the very first day I met her .

" Still that Angel girl ,huh ?" I smile at the mention of her name " yeah " Marcus chuckles " you sound whipped as hell "

" You have no idea "

" Then ask her out already " He says sounding a bit annoyed , I roll my eyes at him " soon "

Marcus lets out a freaking long ass snort in a mocking way . Goodness .

" Soon my ass . She might be loosing interested in you right now because you aren't serious about her to ask her to be your girl . " I quickly sit up at his words " No she wouldn't shut up " I growl .

" Whoa , man no need to get mad " Marcus Laughs again

He calls me to annoy me . " Alright , I gotta go . Make sure you do that so I can finally meet the woman that swept the Mafia Don , Veleno off his feet ." I roll my eyes " Good bye " I hung up the phone and quickly wrap up with my work eager to see my Angel .

I go out of the meeting room not before telling Maria to keep the documents on the table . I arrive to my office to see Angel on my Computer , I smile at her ," Ready for lunch ? " I ask her , she smiles back at me " yes ," " I'm ready "

The next morning , when I told Angel that we will in the shooting room for today's training sessions , she squealed jumping on her feet like a little girl , I chuckled .

" Someone's exited " she smiles up at me " Very . I always wanted to do that it sounds so ... satisfying ." I raised an eyebrow at her last word .

" You sound like serial killer one that enjoys shooting for fun " She rolled her eyes " If I was , you will know "

She started to rant about how we had to dress up all black to match the shooting dark theme, so here we are , dressed in all black in the shooting room . I'm dressed casual with a black T-shirt , jeans , shoes and black leather gloves in the meantime Angel went all out dressed all classy in a black corset , leather pants and knee length heels sporting her red stain lipstick --which I now realise is her signature look . Her hair is pulled into a slick back looking like a freaking hot Boss Lady .

I sigh dreamily looking down at her .

She will fit so well as my Donna .

You haven't even asked her to be your girlfriend .

My subconscious reminds me . Tell me about it .

" Ready ? " Angel asks me bringing me out of my trance . " Yes " I gently place the headphone on her head not wanting to mess up her hair and she does the same with mine , then I start to show her how to shoot for the next few minutes .

" You are going to start with the small , simple one " I hand her a pistol " But yet deadly " she says looking down at the gun on her hand " you're low-key scaring me , Angel " I tell her honestly . She has ever since she got excited to shoot . " Relax ," she looks up at me giving me an innocent look that weakens my knees " It's not like I will miss my aim and shoot you " she innocently bats her long lashes at me then turns around with the gun position in her hands .

I gently place my hands on her shoulders to fix her posture " Stand straight " I then place my hands on her waist " Be steady " I whisper next to her ear she shivers at my action , I smirk at that . " Because once you start shooting , the force of the bullet will pull you back " just to add more effect I bite her hear , she hiss " Not helping Lucas " Angel says breathless " I know baby "

I show her how to use the gun .

" Try to shoot the dummy as much as you can, but mostly aim his heart or skull because once it hits there , " I place my left hand to the middle of her chest to indicate where the heart is " it's gone " Angel shivers again and my ego grows a hundred times more . " Now shoot ."

I pull back and step aside to let her have space she rolls her shoulders rearranging her posture and start to shoot . I watch her as she starts to shoot . The first bullet goes to the top of the dummy's head slightly grazing its head , then she shoots the shoulder then the abdomen . She shoots it multiple times her aim shifts slightly but is it firm , then she finally aims the dummy's chest and shoots in the middle of it , I watch her in suprise .

Angel lowers the gun slowly and turns to look back at me " How did I do ?" She ask and I stare at her for a moment .

This woman surprises me every day .

" Way too good for someone who is shooting for the first time " I give her a skeptical look she shrugs nonchalantly

" I guess I have a really good aim " I raise my eyebrow at her " Or you done it before " I stare at her and she holds my stare with just as much confidence" I could ask you the same thing Signor Armani " she raise her eyebrow at me in question .

" and I'm not just talking about the first time you shot infront of me " she tilts her head " it's like you have done it before , several times "

" I practice " I tell her with no expression on my face .

" Practice ,huh ?" Angel turns around and starts walking along the tables where bigger weapons are placed tracing it . " I saw the documents the other day." She suddenly changes the subject and I observe her trying to see where she's trying to go with her sudden change of mood . " Of me . All the informations there is to know about me ."

Shit . I must have forgotten that is was still in my office and Maria might have accidentally placed it in the shelves thinking it was one of the folders of records.

I don't show the realisation on my face keeping my expression and voice calm . " You are teaching my daughters . I had to know who was with my daughters all those times I wasn't ." I tell her honestly leaning back against the wall behind me crossing my arms .

" And that meant also checking on my father and my deceased mother ? So you knew everything about me before we got to know each ? " she says crossing her arms . " I had to-" I am cut off by her " you have no right snooping in my personal informations , that is invading of privacy ! " She exclaims angrily

" you were chased by gangster , Angel . Do you really think I wouldn't go find out more about you ? You are part of something illegal and I had to keep my daughters safe ." She scoff walking towards me " Don't act like you're innocent , Lucas . I saw the email . Elicriso told you the whites were delivered . I didn't know Cargo trade was dealing with drugs , Signor Armani " She spat out her last words I slowly remove myself off the wall I was leaning on and walk to her until there is no space between us .

" I told you not to open those emails Angel . Your nosy ass couldn't hold it ? " I tell her in a low deep tone . She straightens her posture standing tall and brings her face up to mine " Just like your nosy ass couldn't help but snoop in my personal life ? Who are you Lucas ? And what exactly do you do ? " I lower my head until I'm at her eye level with her " you wouldn't want to know ." I tell her I expected her to cower in fear but she suprise me by her next words " Enlighten me Lucas"

Angel knows too much my identity , my doings and it's only right I put an end to it .

" I think you already have an idea ." I take my favourite gun that I use on especial occasions from on the table "

You know , in my world , they say love will save you in situations like this ," I drawn the gun " But I think this is an exception . "

Then I shoot her .

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Lucas is back !

It feels good writing his POV it's been a while .

So how did you find this chapter ? How do you feel ?

I feel that this was the right time for them to find out about the secrets and they both took it very differently especially Lucas .

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