Alpha Seduced By His Assassin

The past

Arianna’s POV

As you can have guessed, I got the job. It was the new manager. Thankfully, he gave me the job. Unfortunately, I had bad luck because I encountered the owner and most probably his girlfriend. I don’t know what I did to her when she came upon me. I could not take her s**t and gave it back to her. The owner was present and, of course, he sided with his girlfriend. Once the shift was over, I walked out, only to meet the boss. He was trying to intimidate me but I did something which I should not have.

The next evening, once again, I went to work. I was praying that the boss wouldn’t show up today. When three hours passed by and I was working continuously, I was smiling and skipping towards the table. Looks like the boss is not going to come today.

“What are you so happy about?” came a voice from behind me. I jumped in surprise. Slowly, I turned around and came face to face with none other than the boss. He had a slight smirk on his face. Looks like I spoke too soon.

His gaze spoke of the trouble which I had caused yesterday. He was wearing a suit. His hair was neatly set. His eyes are what got me captivated once again. Those silver orbs. They attract my attention whenever he is in the room. Our eyes met once again.

“You are happy about something?” he inquired. I straightened and took an involuntarily step back. It did not go unnoticed by him.

“Good evening, Boss. Can I help you with something?” I asked with professionalism oozing out of my voice.

He stared at me hard and fast, looking as if I would crack or apologise. I did neither. He should not have come upon me like that yesterday. Someone clears their throat. I looked up to find a man around the same age as the boss was staring at me with an amused look on his face.

“You can start off with a glass of our best Campari” he says.

“Getting it right away sir” I said, and turned around to walk towards the bar where the bartender was making drinks.

“Ben, A Campari for the boss friend”, I placed the order.

Ben looked past my shoulder and said “But he usually drinks our screaming eagle. And the boss drinks the Campari” he informs me.

“Well, pass the order. I am in it for a long night”, I muttered, with a resigned sigh.

“Did you upset the boss unknowingly?” he asks with a frown.

“You could say that” I murmured.

He looked shocked. “He was not someone to be messed with” says Ben.

“Don’t you think I know that already?” I snapped at him.

He ignored me as he bought me a bottle of Campari. I let out a sigh. On my second day, and I have created enough problems as it is for myself. I cannot afford to repeat the same mistakes. I need to have control over my anger.

“I am sorry Ben”. I was quick to apologise.

“Its okay. Everyone has a bad day”, he assured me.

“Now go quick with the drinks. The boss does not like to wait”, he lets me know.

“Thanks, I will keep that in mind”. I gave him a grateful look. He nods at me. Picking the tray, I went towards the VIP lounge. There she was the same girl again sitting with him. Thankfully, she was sitting beside him today. She is not the girlfriend, at least I am sure about that. The one who fought with me seemed to be acting like his girl.

“Here is your order Sir”, I placed it on the table in front of them.

“Will that be all Sir?” I asked. My eyes strayed towards the boss and the girl who were staring at me.

“Get me a Classic Vodka Martini” says the boss.

“Right away sir” I turned to go and get a drink when he called out to me.

“Learn to know if the order is finished” he says to me.

“Sorry Boss”, I apologized. Ignoring me, he turned to the girl, “What would you like, Alice?”

So, her name is Alice. I waited patiently. This is the job I got and I have to do it no matter what. I don’t know why. I hardly know the boss, but I am feeling jealous. A jealousy which should be quashed. It is not healthy.

“I would like to have the same” she replies to me instead.

“Will get it right away, Boss” I said to him and walked away. Once I was out of their sight, I breathed deeply and ordered the other drink.

“You will have to be on your toes for the rest of the evening as the boss is upset with you” says Ben to me.

“My bad,” I muttered.

“Don’t worry, it will pass” he assures me.

“By the way”, I spoke in a low tone. Seeing that, Ben leaned closer as well. “Who is the boss's actual girlfriend?” I asked.

“Don’t ask such questions here. He has his men around” he chided me softly.

“I was merely curious about his girlfriend” I replied with a shrug of my shoulders.

“Why?”

“Are you interested in being one?” I heard his voice. My voice widened before I schooled my expression and found the boss stepping in line beside me. He had an inscrutable expression on his face. I was not able to decipher whether he was angry or not.

“Of course, not” I replied quickly.

His eyebrows quirked up at my instant reply “Someone out there for you?” he asked.

“No, I don’t have one” I said to him.

“You can add yourself to the list of my girlfriends if you are that interested,” he added with a smirk. I gasped. I turned to find Ben and he was nowhere to be seen. I found him serving drinks on the other side of the bar. ‘Definitely avoiding the boss’ I muttered to myself.

I turned to the boss, “I don’t even know your name, for heaven’s sake”. I threw my hands up in the air out of frustration or what I have no idea.

His gaze penetrated through me, as if he was devouring my very soul. I shook myself out of my thoughts. “No thanks. I am not interested”, I said, and walked past him. I stopped short when I felt him getting hold of my wrist.

“Listen, even though you are my boss, I won’t let you treat me this way” I stated angrily.

“Which way?” he asked as he gave me an amused look.

“You are trying to invade my privacy. On top of that, I don’t want to be the girl who dates her boss” I muttered.

“That means you will date me if you don’t work for me?” he asks with a dark look.

“Are you going to fire me?” I gave him an incredulous look.

“That is for you to guess,” he added.

“Fine, I will leave. But get one thing clear, I am not going to date you”, I stated, pointing my finger at him.

“Who said anything about leaving?” he raised his eyebrows at me.

“Then I am not dating you” I muttered. The relief was evident on my face.

“I don’t have a problem if you date me even when you are working for me. No one would say anything” he assured me.

“I barely know you”, I started making excuses.

“My name is Giovani Russell. I am the owner of this club” he says. I gave him an amused look.

“That’s not enough” I pointed out.

“There is time to get to know me while we date. I guess this much is enough” he stated. His silver orbs were gazing at me.

“I am on duty right now; I need to work”, I said, and took my hand back. I did not even realise that he had been holding my hand all this while. He let go of it and that gave me the chance to walk away. I did not encounter him for the next few hours. After that, I saw him going to his office. My shift was going to end at two in the morning. Today Sergio had dropped me as I had left my car near Ryder’s Apartment. As you might have guessed, it was trashed because of hurting Ryder. We did not retrieve it. I changed into my clothes and walked out of the club. It was quite cold at this time of night. A car appeared in front of me. It was Sergio’s car.

“Hey, thanks for picking me up” I said and turned to him, only to narrow my eyes as I saw it was Ric.

“What the hell are you doing here?” I snapped. My mind was already messed up as it is. On top of that, Sergio was testing my patience by doing these kinds of tricks.

“Sergio had said that you would get off from work early in the morning. I volunteered to pick you up as they have an early morning flight tomorrow for their vacation. I rubbed my forehead. It had totally skipped my mind.

Without replying to him, I turned to open the door when he suddenly locked it.

“Open the door Ric”, I spoke too calmly for my liking.

“Promise that you won’t get down” he says. I glared at him.

“I am doing no such thing”, I snapped, as I tried the door handle.

“What are you doing?” he sounded amused. Great, now I am acting like a lunatic.

“I am in no mood to deal with you Ric”, I said in a low tone.

“Bad shift at work?” he guessed. I let out a sigh.

“Thanks for coming to pick me up. But I would appreciate if you unlocked it”, I stated.

He shook his head at me. I was about to snap at him once again when there was a knock on my window. I looked on and found out it was none other than my boss.

“Great, another thing to deal with” I muttered.

“He is my boss”, I informed Ric. He immediately pressed the button for me to open the window. Once it went down, I turned to my boss.

“Yes?” I inquired. He came to my level and looked past me at Ric with his smouldering silver orbs.

“I don’t need to ask if you know him, because you did get in the car” he started as he turned to face me. I looked at him with confusion as to where he was going on with this.

“Are you having a problem with the guy?” he asked, pointing towards Ric.

“I am not troubling her”, Ric replied before I could. I turned and glared at Ric. He looked in the front.

I took a deep breath and finally turned to face my boss. “No, he is not troubling me. He is here to pick me up instead”, I informed him.

“That was not what it looked like. I could see that he was not letting you out. So, I thought to interfere” he said to me as his eyes flickered towards Ric.

“He is just here for a favour, nothing much” I assured my boss. Giovanni, my boss, leans closer and takes a look at me, trying to find out whether I was telling the truth.

“Are you sure?” he murmured softly.

“He is safe” I murmured, in an equally soft tone.

He moved back. “Off you go” he said. Ric does not need to be told twice. He started the car right away and we were on our way.

From the side-view mirror, I watched him as he stood staring at the car until we turned the corner. The car ride was silent for a few minutes before Ric spoke.

“Looks like you are very close to your boss” he commented.

“He thinks I am trouble” I muttered.

“Why?” I was about to tell him about our encounters but stopped myself from doing so.

“Nothing interesting to know” was all I said in a closed-off tone. He got the hint and did not ask anymore questions. I was the one to break the silence after a few minutes or so.

“Are you doing this so that I can agree to train you?” I inquired.

“Yeah” was all he replied.

“I will think about it” I said after sometime.

“Really?” he sounded excited. I kept a neutral face.

“Don’t get too excited” I intoned.

He schooled his expression immediately. My lips twitched as I stared at him from my peripheral vision. We reached my home.

“Thanks for dropping me” I said and got out.

“Anytime”, I heard him reply.

“Bye good night” he called out. I turned around to find him waving at me. I waved back and went inside. It was time for some rest.

The next morning, I got up from my usual routine and went out for a run. Like every day else, Ric followed me throughout the run.

“So, I have decided to take you on under my training”, I started as I slowed down.

He was silent and I turned my face to him “No reaction?” I quirked my eyebrows at him.

“Well, you don’t want me to get excited” he shot back.

“Use that tone again, I will make sure you keep running behind me for the next few days”, I warned him.

“Sorry ma’am” he tried to bow in front of me. I chuckled and ran past him. He was quick to catch up to me.

“From when am I starting?” he inquires as we sat on one of the benches in the park.

“From tomorrow itself. We will work out on your strength and physical training. Then we will head on to your core strength”, I informed him.

“We will make a schedule for how many hours you need to train” I said. Opening the water bottle, I drank some water.

“Want some?” I asked. He gave a nod and took the water bottle from me.

“As you know” he started once he had filled his thirst. I could hear the nervousness in his voice.

“Go on”, I encouraged him. My tone gave him the motivation to speak.

“You know that I don’t know anything about fighting or anything related to the matches. I am basically a novice when it comes to all this stuff. I hope that you will be patient with me” he said.

“There is a long way to go before I let you set foot in the boxing ring. You have to train in the next coming days under my supervision. Don’t stress too much about it.” I pat him on the shoulder in assurance.

“I have to do it. I want to make them pay” he muttered angrily. His fist clenched tightly.

“I have heard your story from Sergio. I know what happened with your parents and the trauma you went through” I said to him. He was silent for some time.

“Perhaps you did not like me knowing” I said, uncertainty in my voice.

“There is nothing to hide anyway. My past is a part of me. Nothing I do is going to change it. You are going to be my trainer, so I don’t mind”, he assures me.

“Revenge is sweet” I said.

“That is why I want to take revenge on those men” he glared into space.

“I have been there and done that. I did not sit still until my enemies were six feet underground”, I said to him. A part of my life which I hardly share with anyone.

“You…” he hesitated to ask.

I nodded at him “I was kidnapped and abused while returning from college. To say I was traumatised could be an understatement. To this day, I still get nightmares even though those guys are no longer alive” My voice came out hard and angry.

I could hear a low gasp as I continued “Valentino, to whom the club belonged, saved me”. I will start with my story.

“He literally taught me everything that there is in the fighting ring. He made me the best female fighter. Now most of the matches are for men. I was the best and I still am. He also helped me to extract those bastards. I don’t regret the fact that I murdered them and put their bodies away”, I say. It felt good to speak out. Sergio, Diego, Lisa and my mom are the very few people from my inner circle who know about my past.

“I am glad you took your revenge. If they had been alive now, then no one would have stopped me from murdering them” he muttered, looking angry.

“It would not have come to that as Valentino would have ended their life. But he gave me the opportunity so that I could get closure from my past”, I informed him.

“If not for him, then perhaps Sergio or Diego. Either way, you would not have got the chance”, I pointed out.

He shrugged his shoulders, “That does not matter as long as you got your revenge” he says.

“Now, it is time for you to train up and avenge your family” I said to him.

“I am sure with your help, I can do that” he said confidently.

“There is no doubt about it” I said to him. A smile broke on to his lips. A gasp escaped past my lips when he suddenly hugged me. I awkwardly patted his back. He realised what he had done and moved away.

Scratching the back of his neck, he gave me a shy smile. “Sorry I got too excited” he says.

“It’s okay”, I waved my hand at him.

“Can you recognise those people who hurt your parents?” I asked him as I got up and headed towards my home.

“I can never forget their faces” he murmured darkly.

“Good. We will prepare a sketch of those people. It will come in handy. Also, we have to find out who they were”, I stated.

“They are dangerous. I don’t want you to get involved”, he says. I stopped and turned to him.

“How dangerous could they be?” my tone came out casually.

“They are the mafia” he says as he looks at my expression. My eyes widened. Never expected it to be this dangerous.

“Well, I have never messed with the likes of the Mafia. We will see what we can do. I will speak to Sergio about it”. I let him know.

He shook his head at me. “I don’t want you guys involved. It is my battle. I will fight them. They are good with guns. I want a good target for them. I have to train to their level” he says.

“Don’t worry. I am good at guns as well. Valentino had taught me. When I extracted my revenge, it was by a silencer gun. No one found out when I shot them”, I explained to him.

“That’s great. Will you teach me?” he looked excited.

“No kidding” I murmured.

“I am glad that I did not give up upon being persistent about this” he says.

“So, shall we go now?” I asked, pointing towards my way.

“Sure” he nods. Both of us started walking once again.

“So, you have a sister and your mom?” he inquires.

“Yeah. Whatever I do is for their sake” I murmured.

“If you don’t mind me asking, where is your dad?” he asks.

“My dad is a closed topic. We don’t speak much about it. My mom and I hate him. He is not worth it” I said to him.

“I am sorry if I crossed the line” he apologised.

“Its okay. You are not first. But now that you know, never bring it up”, I warned him. He made the action of sealing his lips. Finally, we reached my home. As we turned around the corner where my one-storey building is, I came to a sudden halt. Ric also stopped beside me.

There standing in front of my building were two black cars. I recognised one person immediately. As we walked closer, my boss came out of the car. My eyes narrowed when they met his silver orbs. He looked beside me and stared hard at Ric. I turned to Ric.

“I will meet you at the club” was my low whisper to him. He looked like he wanted to say something but thought otherwise. Smart move, I muttered as he turned around and walked away. Once he was out of ear shot, I turned to my boss.

“Good morning, Boss. Business around here?” I inquired.

“You both seemed very close” he stated. His glittering silver orbs staring at the way where Ric had walked away.

“No, we are not. Like I had said yesterday night, he is here for some favour” was all I explained.

“We were passing from here when Marco saw you and stopped the car” he said. The said person, Marco, looked surprised at his boss and then looked at me. He gave a nod of affirmation.

“Yeah, of course, it was me” he said. I gave them an amused look.

“Should I be worried about a stalker?” I asked their boss.

“However, you take it” was all he replied. I opened my mouth to counter his reply, but nothing came out, as I was gasping. I checked my arm which was burning. There was shattering of glasses and my arm was bleeding.

I did not even get time to react as I was gasping.

“Oh my god” I mumbled as I was pulled inside the car with such force that my vision started to get blurred. I was shocked at the sudden change of events.