In Love With The Mafia's Wife

CHAPTER 2 – The woman who changed my life

Gabriel’s POV

“Get him! He steals from my stall every day!” A man with a huge belly pointed towards the direction I was running after I stole a hot dog from his stall.

Turning my head back towards the path in front of me, I ran as fast as I could as sweat drenched my body. I hadn’t eaten anything for two days and only a sip of water was fueling my run. True enough, I started to feel dizzy not long after as my stored energy started draining. My legs began to tackle each other and my pace decreased. The sun suddenly felt unbearably hot and dark spots started appearing in my blurred vision. Within seconds, I collapsed.

My body crashed against the floor and I snapped out of my thoughts. I had collapsed on the gym floor with my sweaty body.

Yes, that was my childhood. The streets were my home, the street vendors my prey. I was nothing more than a stray dog while other children played with their parents, attended school every day, and enjoyed their weekends with their families. At least that was my life until I met my savior who soon became my boss. He was none other than Alejandro Estrado, an Italian don with a good and equal chance at the mafia throne.

After he saved me, my life changed. Now, instead of fainting with hunger, I collapsed on the gym floor at the end of my morning workout sessions as memories of my childhood filled my mind. The motivation and burst of energy that flowed within me because of those memories were more than enough to help me successfully complete my daily workout. Plus, it motivated me to work hard to never find my way back down to that hell. That was what it was. It was not a childhood playground, it was hell!

“Look at his abs and biceps! I wonder how big his hidden parts are down there,” a voice said. Through the corner of my eyes, I noticed a woman licking her lips as she ogled my body. It was not surprising nor was it something new for me. Most of the wh*res planned their schedule and came to the gym when I was there. They would drool at me and not stop at that. Some of them wanted to sleep with me, not just once, but dozens of times because of the pleasure I was giving them.

But, my life principle was only one-night stands! That was why their throbbing pu***es got wet whenever they saw me. I was sure that they mast***ated after my gym session for a pleasure release.

My eye scanned around the gym until it fell on one particular chick. She was smoking hot and my eyes fixated on her sexy squatting a**. The chick looked at me and bit her bottom lip as I smirked and walked to her.

“Oh My God! He is walking to the new blonde. I am sure he is going to bang her tonight. F**k! I am so open to doing a threesome with him,” another wh*re exclaimed.

“Are you here to see me?” the hot wh*re who was doing some squats stopped and bit her lip. I cupped her cheek and brushed my thumb over her fu*king hot lips. She moaned and I used the opportunity to shove my thumb into her warm mouth. As expected, she moaned again and sucked on it as my lips curved into a smirk.

Luckily, before the beast within me could wake up, David peeped into the gym and called out to me, “Gabriel, the boss is calling you.”

“Are you leaving already?” the hor*y wh*re pouted her lips into a sad puppy-like face that made me grin again.

“Don’t worry, baby. We will finish what we started tonight. James, come here.” Turning around, I called over my manager who was looking at me from the corner of the gym.

He approached us with a file in his hand, “Yes, Gabriel?”

“Brief her and prepare her for tonight.” I picked up my face towel and wiped away my sweat as I walked out of the gym.

We got to enjoy wh*res only after a proper recruitment procedure. We conducted a lot of medical tests and examined their strength. The main objective of keeping professional wh*res was to reduce the work stress of the gang members and to discourage gang members from going out to look for wh*res. This was because when they became drunk, there was the possibility that they might spill out the secrets of the gang. So, we recruited wh*res and treated them luxuriously.

I washed my face and wiped it with a clean towel before getting dressed in a pair of shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt. Then, I rushed to see the boss. He was in a serious conversation with the other gang members when I arrived.

“You called for me, boss? What’s up? Don’t tell me that you have bad news already this early in the morning,” I said as soon as I saw their serious faces. Letting out a short sigh, I pulled out a chair and sat down.

“I am sorry to disappoint you, my handsome Gabriel, but there is a dark cloud we have to clear today,” Alejandro explained, leaning back against his respected kingly chair.

Alejandro was the leader while I was his right-hand man, the second-in-command of the Red Snake mafia gang. I didn’t have a family, no one worried about me and I had no loved one to care about. My life consisted only of killing and banging, that was all.

I leaned back against my chair and looked at my boss, “What is it? Tell me.”

“It is the Sharks again!” Alejandro’s eyebrows furrowed with fury.

“Ugh! These guys are a big pain in the a*s! What did they do this time?” I cursed them and gritted my teeth. The projector turned on and my eyes widened at the sight before me.

“A few hours ago, the Sharks blew up one of our treasures that was in the middle of the China sea.” David started to brief me on what happened, but my steam exploded before he could continue.

“Why did no one utter a word about this to me until now? I tracked the ship for days and it was a perfect deal to pump trillions of dollars into our organization!” I clenched my palms into fists and slammed them against the large wooden table. The projector shook in response but my frustration wasn’t quenched. I shoved the papers before me that were on the table away, turning the meeting room into a complete mess.

“I was the one who instructed them not to tell you anything until we found out who the hell is responsible for this.” Alejandro was the only one who could calm me down and handle my temper. I was not a shoe licking dog, but I respected him exceedingly. I bowed my head to him and knew that I would be indebted to him for the rest of my life for giving me a new adventurous life. I knew that it wasn’t the ideal life that a man should live, but compared to the hell I was in, my new life was heaven.

“Calm down, Gabriel. Let David brief the intel we received,” he continued. Exhaling, I roamed my eyes around the meeting room.

“Go ahead, David.” I refused to take a seat and kept my eyes fixed on the screen while David continued his briefing.

“So, according to the intel we received, the Sharks are responsible for this attack. In fact, they even sent a victory video to us but I will play that later. The ship was blown up as soon as it hit the China Sea. This confirms that the Sharks have some hands in China that helped them because otherwise, an attack while within the China Sea is impossible,” David explained. I gritted my teeth and my body blazed with fury. I wanted to burn every single root of the Sharks and hear their painful screams.

“Gabriel, I know that you have personally handled this deal covertly. It was an important deal for you. I am sorry for your loss,” David expressed. But, the entire room was blurry to me, only the video of the burning weapon ship was visible to my eyes.

“That means we have a traitor!” I declared out loud. In fact, for the last few months, I knew someone from the Red Snakes was leaking out our information to the Sharks. Before that, the Sharks were never successful with their attacks on us.

Alejandro tilted his head to the left, “Why do you say that?”

“Because I just know it and I will find that bas**rd soon. But, before that, I want to give a return gift to the Sharks,” I replied, folding my arms in front of my chest.

David smirked, “Don’t worry, Gabriel, we have something planned.”

“Fine. Then, fuc*ing enlighten me,” I said.

“We found the base of their leader, Fedrick Alphonso. It’s where he lives and hides away from the world.” The projector screen changed to a picture of the notorious mafia leader smoking a cigar.

Scoffing to myself, I narrowed my eyes at the screen, “I heard that the bas**rd got married, but I’ve never seen a picture of the lucky lady.”

“Yes, you are right. Wherever he goes, the only pictures we have are the ones of him by himself or with his guards. I am sorry for disappointing you, Gab, but we couldn’t find any picture of her,” David replied with a shoulder shrug.

“No worries. I am sure that she is nothing but a wh*re as well,” I blurted out.

The next slide appeared and the plan details unfolded on the big screen. “So, this is the blueprint ground plan of his base.”

“The security would be high in there.” I walked closer to the screen.

“Yes, but don’t worry, I found a way. The helicopter will drop you at the nearest point, which is here.” David drew a circle on the screen over an area that looked like a valley.

“Then, you have to walk to the base to kick their ass, face to face,” David said.

“Whoa, hold on. Are you suggesting a full-on face-to-face attack without knowing what or who could be underground?” I asked, my forehead furrowed with uncertainty.

“There’s no other way, Gab. There are no tunnels, secret doors, or other ways in,” David replied, shaking his head. Stroking my chin with my fingers, I started to examine the map closely.

“What are these?” I asked, pointing at two large pipes.

“Those are the air conditioner ducts that open to the forest,” David answered.

“See? We got something. Let’s enter from the ducts.” I smiled and raised my eyebrows at David.

“All hail Gabriel!” David started to bow down to me and I chuckled at his actions.

“Boys, let’s go and kick their a**!” I declared with determination.

There were ten of our gang members including me and we began our walk towards the grounds. We had a sole mission, which was to destroy the Sharks. Soon, we were crawling through the air conditioner ducts, knowing well that they would lead us directly to their armory.

“Boys, check your radio coms.” After testing, we were satisfied that the radio signal and coms were working properly.

We divided ourselves into three teams. One team headed to check the basement, another team was to destroy the armory, and the last team which included me planned to search the bedrooms and the rest of the hideout.

“Whoever gets in your way, just blow their fuc*ing heads off,” I instructed through the coms.

“Got it, Gabriel,” the boys responded in acknowledgment.

“I see three guards in the living room. I think it’s time to wake up the neighbors. Execute on my count. Three, two, one, fire!” Sniper shots struck the three guards and they fell on the living room couch.

Then, one of our gang members who was assigned to check the armory called out to me through the comms, “Boss, we caught one guard alive. He says that Fedrick is sleeping in his bedroom with some wh*res. He also swears that Fedrick must be drunk.”

“Good. Let’s go, boys, you heard him.” I started to walk up the staircase with my back against the wall. All of a sudden, a guard appeared from upstairs but I managed to shoot him before he could pull out his gun.

“Light ‘em, boys!” By that time, I was sure that all the guards were running toward us, thus, beginning the bloodshed.

We stormed into each bedroom and finally, I found a locked room that was password protected. Without delay, I shot the lock and the door opened. There in front of us, the fuc*er was sleeping with four naked wh*res.

Where’s his wife? That was the first question that popped up in my mind.

“Gabriel, he is the one. It’s the Sharks leader, Fedrick Alphonso.” Confirmation was all I needed. Rage started to bubble in my blood and I started to burn like the weapon ship which was on fire at that moment in the China Sea. Without delay, I raised my gun and shot the fu*ker’s head with three bullets.

It was the end of the Sharks. They were nothing without their leader and according to my knowledge, he didn’t have a legitimate child to claim the throne.

Soon, I heard the sound of loud shootings outside. Heading out, I saw that the Shark guards were gathering to finish us and so we started to fire back at them.

“Boys, the target is destroyed. Let’s go soon,” I said through the coms as soon as we cleared our targets.

It looked and sounded like a military mission and that was because we were trained by a retired SEAL officer, one of Alejandro’s best friends. That was why the mission was straightforward, clean, and successful.

“Boss, we found a girl in the basement. Actually, it’s not a basement. It looks more like a dungeon,” one of my gang members informed through the radio comms.

Who could it be?

Filled with curiosity, I walked down to the basement. It was nothing less than a torture chamber. The chains on the walls and the ground soaked with blood revealed Fedrick’s psychotic lifestyle as the mafia leader of Sharks.

I walked through the fallen bodies of guards and stopped in front of a corner prison cell. My gang members stood in front of the door, their arms tight around a Shark Gang guard as he shivered with fear.

Squeezing his chin with my fingers, I shook his face, “Answer me! Who is she?”

“S…he i…s……” he stuttered.

“I don’t have all day to play around, buddy! Hurry up and f**king tell me already!” I pointed my gun at his forehead.

“She i…s his wife.” My breath hitched with shock for a second. But, when I snapped out of it, I pushed him away and turned to see the inside of the cell.

The cell was illuminated with only a dim bulb, hanging from the ceiling. It was not bright enough to see her face clearly, but I could see that the dress she was wearing was torn apart all over, drenched with her blood. As if that wasn’t bad enough, she was also chained to the ground. Honestly, I had seen a lot of torture rooms and tortured people, but the sight before me was insane.

My heart stopped for a second and I walked to her before kneeling down beside her. Her face was shielded with her long blackish-brown hair. Reaching my hand out, I slowly pushed her hair away from her face.

It was the first time I saw her! It was the first time my eyes fell upon the woman who would change my life and everything I had ever known! It was the first time in my life that my heart skipped a beat for a woman!