Alpha Seduced By His Assassin

Job and Ric's determination

Arianna's POV

The very next day I got up and started reading articles, posters and epaper to find job. I did ask many of my friend's.

Sergio informed that there is an opening at the Rebels club.

"I cannot try there" I muttered through the phone.

"Because of what happened on your last visit there" he guessed.

"Yeah. And I don't think the owner wild hire me after I hurt his men" I inform Sergio.

"That was indeed stupid of you" he stated.

My mouth dropped open. I closed it immediately realising he can see me.

"I was not stupid. I am an independent woman and I can take care of myself" I snapped at him.

"Okay okay, you don't need to get your panties in twist" he muttered.

I let out a sigh and rubbed my forehead and held the cellphone in other hand.

"He won't even remember you Ari. Just go for it. At least your mind will be occupied" he suggested.

"Fine, I will check it out today. As it is quite early, are you coming?" I inquired.

"Where?" he asks. I could hear Lisa calling him from the background.

"At Ryder's place" I said in a duh tone.

"Will be there within half an hour" he informs me.

"A minute late than half an hour, I will be leaving on my own" I warned him before hand.

"Got it" he said and ended the call. I took and quick shower. Once done, I wore my formal pants and shirt with blazer. Wearing my shoes, I went downstairs.

Mom and Liana were already at the breakfast table.

"Good morning mom, Li baby" I greet them both with a quick buss on their cheeks.

"Good morning. All set for job hunting?" mom inquires as she placed the bread toast along with cofee, scrambled eggs and some pancakes on the table.

"I have one interview lined up. Will see how it goes" I say to her.

"All the best Sisso" says Liana smiling broadly at me.

"Thanks" I smile at her.

I had spoken with mom about what happened yesterday at the fighting club. She is just happy that I will be having a change for sometime.

"Does that mean you won't take me to the park today?" Liana pouts at me.

"Who said I won't?" I raised my eyebrows at her. She gave me a sheepish look.

"Don't work that little head of yours" I tapped her head.

"I will be there to an pick you. We will straight away go to the park" I said to her.

"Yeah" she jumped in her chair excitedly. I chuckled. Mom was smiling as she watched both of us.

"Let's go. I will be dropping you off before going to my interview" I say to her.

Twenty minutes later, I had dropped Liana off at her school. Sergio met me outside Ryder's apartment.

We walked inside and climbed the steps. His apartment is at the second floor. I knocked on his door and waited for him to open it.

"What brings you here?" he asks casually once he opens the door. Sergio pushed him with his strength. I walked further inside and locked the door behind me.

"What is the meaning of this?" he shouts.

I stalked towards him. Sergio moved aside.

"I believe you should know that already" I state. My voice low and dark.

"I don't know what you are talking about" he feigned innocence.

Without wasting much time, I had him buckling on his knees and gasping as he glared at me

"You bloody dare to cross me and tip me off. Do you think I would wait by and watch you trying to spoil whatever I have earned and developed" I growled at him

"Something which was supposed to be mine" he muttered glaring at me, still sitting on his knees. I looked down upon me.

"Maybe that is why Valentino never trusted you enough" I pointed out.

His eyes turned angry as they never stopped glaring at me.

"Stop with that look" Sergio punched him hard. Blood was oozing out of his mouth.

I got down to his level so that I was face to face with him.

"This is my last warning. Next time there will be dire consequences" with that said, i got up and turned around. It was not even few seconds when I felt a movement behind me.

There was noise of shattering glasses. I was confused as I felt myself going numb before I realised that he broke the glass on my head.

Furious Sergio stalks towards him "You piece of s**t'" Sergio picks Ryder by his collor and starts hitting him one after other. He won't stop until Ryder did not have any strength.

"You won't be coming to any of our next matches until you publicly apologies" was all Sergio said before he took my hand and pulled me out of Ryder's apartment. He did not leave my hand until we reached downstairs and were into my car. He turned to look at me. Blood was oozing out from back side of my neck.

"We need to tend to it immediately" he mutters angrily. My headache was increasing as the minutes pass by. We reached the clinic and the physician cleaned my wound and did the dressing. It was minor cut. Due to my thick hairs, I did not get much hurt.

He wrote me some antibiotics and painkillers for the headache and healing. Once done we walked out and got in our cars.

"I suggest you rest for today. You can go for the interview tomorrow" Sergio said to me.

"Yeah. Anyways, I am not in the condition to go there and attend an interview" I muttered.

"That bastard" Sergio was angry alright. He does not like it when one of us are hurt. Both the brothers are protective of me and I towards them. Same goes with Lisa and immediate family members.

"I will drop you off and don't worry about the club or anything. I and Sergio will manage" he assures me.

"I no I can count on you when in need" I say with a small smile. After sometime or so we reached my home.

"Will you send Lisa by the evening?" I asked him. He did not ask question. With a nod, he drives away.

I entered inside and mom waked out from her bedroom.

"I heard the front door opening" she says.

The moment she sees me, her eyes widened "What the hell happened to you?" she asks in concern tone.

"I am alright mom" I assure her. I walked towards my room. She followed suit.

"When will you stop playing with your life?" she snapped. I let out a sigh. Mom always had an issue with the way my life is.

"Why are owning that club. There is nothing but dangers every walking minute" she did not look happy

"Mom. it has been my solace for so long time. Don't you think I am stronger and fighting my own battles because of that very club?" I snapped at her.

"If I able to take care of you and little Liana, then it is because of that very club which you don't like" I pointed out. Her mouth set into thin line.

"I know that Aru baby. But that does not mean I like it when you come home looking like this" she pointed at the white bandaged cloth around my head.

"I can very well take care of myself mom. Please stop worrying" I try to pacify her.

"No this Arianna. I don't like it" with that said, she staked out of the room. I let out a sigh. Mom was not happy. She always fears for my safety. I understand her concern. But this is inevitable part of me. Something which I cannot change.

I laid down on the bed and looked outside. I woke up few hours later. I checked the time and it was already lunch time.

I got fresh and went outside. I was just starting to have my lunch when the intercom buzzed.

"It's me" it was Lisa. I bid her entry and set my plate.

"Would you like to have lunch?" I asked her as I sat down.

"No, I have already had mine" she said and sat opposite me.

"I had asked Sergio to send you tomorrow " I stated as I start with my lunch.

"Yeah. He did inform me. I wanted to come earlier but Sergio asked me to let you rest for sometime" she says.

"How are you feeling by the way?" she asks in concerned tone as her eyes stray towards my wound.

"It's nothing" I say with a wave of my hand.

"That bastard" she fumed silently.

"Should have known he would do something like this" she muttered, her fist clenched tightly.

"Sergio taught him a good lesson" I said with a smirk.

"That's my hubby" she says with proud tilt of her chin.

I teased her with a wiggle of my eyebrows. She blushed and then turned serious.

"Why did you ask me to come?" she inquired.

"Now that there is not much work to do for the next month. I thought of giving you an official leave. How does that sound?" I asked her.

"Really?" she asks excitedly.

"What about Sergio?" she asks.

"I don't think there will be much for him to do as well. He can take a week off then manage the club. Till then I am sure Diego will be able to manage the club on his own. And of course I will be checking on the club time to time" I inform her.

"That sounds better" says Lisa.

"Now off you go and discuss with Sergio" I exclaimed.

"I will do that later".

"How is the job hunt going on?"

"As you can see I could not attend the interview. But I will get it done this week" I let her know.

"That's good" she nods at me.

The front door opens and mom walks in with Liana.

"Lisa aunty" Liana runs towards Lisa and hugs her.

"Hello my baby choo. How was your day?" Lisa asks as she picks up Liana and places her in her lap.

"It was good aunty" Liana says and then for the next ten minutes we hear Liana reporting how her day went at school.

"Would you like some coffee Lisa?" mom offers.

"No aunty. I will be leaving now" Lisa places Liana on her feet and bid us bye.

"Mom, I will be resting for sometime" I went to my room before Liana would bombard me with questions about my head.

Mom was smart enough to understand and made Liana busy in other works. Mom will be taking her to the park today. So I did not have to worry about it for the moment.

Now about the interview. I hope that the owner won't be taking my interview. I am sure he won't hire me. He will definitely not want me around. It is dangerous place. That's for sure. I don't know why but I feel the dark vibes coming off him. I don't even know his name. I shook my head from the thoughts and started reading an online article to keep myself occupied. I heard mom and Liana walking out the front door and then there was complete silence in the house. I breathed deeply. Time for some rest. I am sure the next week.will be hectic if I get the job. Given that, the club is busy in the evenings when I had visited it. Nevertheless it will be adventurous and fun job only If I don't encounter troublesome customers to deal with.

It has been two days since the fiasco with Ryder. I have taken down bandage around my head. Now I am feeling much better. I was getting ready to go for my morning run. It has been a week. I could not take time to go for the run as I had been busy. Mom also did not want me to go for the run early morning.

I went downstairs. I always go for jogging around the park near my home.

It was not even ten minutes when I felt someone following me. I turned around and my mouth dropped open in disbelief.

I stopped for him to come near me. Once he was closer, I raised my eyebrows at him "Why are you following me?" my hands on my hips.

He scratched the back of his neck "I have been waiting for you to come out from past two days" he says to me.

I narrowed my eyes at him "Why?"

"I am determined. I want to train under you and take revenge" he says.

"Sorry, but there is nothing I could help you with" I said to him and turned around to continue with my morning run.

"I will do whatever it takes to convince you" he says falling in step beside me.

I did not bother replying and increased my speed. He could not even catch up to me. It was not long when I left him back and returned to my home.

Gio's POV

My men had been keeping an eye on the girl who had saved me. I was sure that whoever sent the men to trap me will definitely follow her and try to hurt her. One week passed but nothing of that sort happened. Then I asked my men to not bother her when I saw that she was not in immediate danger.

Much to my surprise, she got job in my own club. And that too serving us when we were having an important meeting. Somehow I made sure Beatrice won't hurt her or target her. For the next two days I avoided visiting the club so as to not create any more problems.

The third day Marco asked me to come. I was evading it.

"Are you scared that you won't be able to stop yourself from approaching the girl?" he had teased me through the phone.

When I had not replied and had decided to ignore him, Marco had challenged me

"What are you scared about?"

"Come on. Be a sport" he had said.

Now here I am once again at my own club at the VIP lounge.

Alice was serving us today. Marco specifically requested for Arianna. Alice did not look happy about it but what choice did she have, I smirked to myself.

"Good evening sir, what would be your order?" Arianna asks in her professional tone.

"How about some fries and burger along with whiskey on the rocks" says Marco.

"Is that all sir?" she asks once she had noted down it.

"We would like it if you serve us whenever we visit here" he added. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"That will be all" I say. My voice came out hard. That is when her eyes connected with mine.

"Okay" was all she said before she walked away.

The music was on. Alice came and settled on my lap. She was trying to nibble on my ear as I was talking to Marco.

Arianna walked in on us. She did not even spare me a glance before she walked away once again.

"Seems like your eyes has caught interest in that girl" murmured Alice as she stared at me.

"She intrigues me" was all I said before I pushed her away and walked downstairs as I got a call. It was quiet late. Marco was still inside.

Ten minutes later, I hear footsteps behind me. I turn around and found Arianna walking out ending her shift.

"Leaving?" I asked casually. She jumped in fright as I was standing behind a pillar.

"You scared me Boss" she says placing her hand on her rising and falling chest.

"That was not my intention" I apologised.

"It's okay" she said and walked past me.

"I will drop you off" I offered.

"Thank you very much. But I have a car of my own" she says. I followed her

"If you have a car, why do you need this job?" I said from behind her.

"That's none of your business" she muttered and unlocks the car.

I stop her from opening the door and trapping her between me and car.

"What are you doing?" she sputtered.

"It is my business as you are working under me. I need to know you won't bring problems to us like you always do" I hissed. My voice dark.

She glared at me. I was surprised. She was the first girl who was not scared of me.

"For your kind information, I was the customer here when someone attacked your club. If I must say, it is you who creates problems around me and not the other way around" she pointed out.

"Oh really?" It tasked.

"I did not ask you to jump in my business" I said. My voice hard.

"How ungrateful" she gave me a disbelieving look.

"If not for me, you would not have been alive" she stated with a smirk.

"Oh really" it was hard for her miss the sarcasm in my voice.

"Don't judge me" she warned.

"Otherwise what?" I asked her. My silver orbs staring at her.

"Move away otherwise?" she repeated.

"Action baby" I say in a low murmur.

"Action huh" she muttered as she smirked at me.

I did not see it coming as she raised her leg and hit me where the sun does not shine. I moaned and fell down on my knees while glaring at her.

"You were saying something" she was smirking at me.

"You" I slowly get up. By the time I recovered from the pain, she got into her car and drives away.

"I will make sure you pay for it" I muttered and limped towards my own car. Getting inside, I went to own home.

Half an hour later, I was turning up a drive way. My mansion was located on a hill top with many sensors around the property, overlooking a beach. I entered through the gates and drived through the long drive away with tress lined on either side.

Reaching the front, I climbed the front steps and walked inside. The empty house greeted me. My men have a different way to enter the property. My housekeeper also stays on the property but not in the main house. Only Marco and Seth stay here along with some guards. Sean my driver stays in the staff quarters as well. Marco is like a brother to me. He knows what goes around in my head and everything that happens in my life. He knows everything. He always looks out for me. With him around, I don't feel much lonely. I have long forgotten about my family and the life I have left behind. I stopped receiving their calls and cut them off totally. Mom does try to call me but I have hardly recieve them. Somehow they always get my contact, which I am not happy about.

Stefano, Beatrice and Marco are the only ones who knows about my different life. And I like to keep it like that. It is a past I have left behind. That is where it should stay.

Climbing the grand staircase, which was in the middle of the big living room, I entered the first floor and walked down the hallway. My room was at the end of the corridor. Entering inside, I head straight for a shower.

Finally lying down on the bed, my mind strayed towards those fierce eyes. Arianna. Her name rolled smoothly on my tongue. She was fiesty and quite smart, I give her that. She knew how to get out of tricky situation. She does not take s**t from anyone. Not even from me. I could feel myself getting attracted towards her. Something which I should stop myself before it leads to attachments.

I was surprised when she did not even feel scared before hitting me. Will see what she will do tomorrow. Will she gave the guts to turn up at the work place?

Will she be ready to face me?

It is going to be fun to make her squirm under me. My thoughts suddenly turned a one eighty degree. Somewhere I should not be going.

She is dangerous to me and my mind. It is better to stay away from her and keep my sanity. She is trouble. That much is true. Even though she saved me, I feel she is too strong minded and knows her ways around dangerous people. She was not scared the day I was attacked. Infact she was full on fighting and dodging the bullets coming out way.

She was strong enough to call out to me without thinking of her life.

Let's see how things works out between us. We are meeting again and again coincidentally. I am sure there is something about her which makes me attracted towards her. My eyes follow her wherever she is. I don't know where this attraction will lead me too. I decided to sleep it off. One thing at a time. With her last on my mind, I slept.