An Affair With The Mafia's Fiancée

Chapter One - Have We Met

"Amazing work on this last job Cambel.. We have another one for you..." my contractor said the second I walked in and I furrowed my brows at him, "I haven't even sat down to relax or catch my breath and you're throwing me to a second job? Why is that?.. I mean I know I'm good and all that..."

" Because we can't waste time on this any longer.. Your expertise are needed as soon as possible."

"Okay ... Where are you throwing me this time... Who's the guy and what did they do?"

"Leonardo Riamondo wants you to..."

"Umh .. Wait.. Leonardo .. Thee Leonardo ? The Mafia boss? The drug lord?" I said and my contractor smiled, "Yes him."

"wait... Am I hearing what I think I am.."

"he wants you to work for him.. Full time.."

I smiled, "Does this mean my career has reached its peak? That I'm actually making it? I mean Leonardo wants me... Me..."

He laughed, "Just listen to me before your head becomes bigger than it already is.."

"Okay... Okay sorry.." I said.

"Okay .. So he just killed his fiance's body guard because he was hitting on her. So he specifically asked for a woman this time and there were three of you on his list. He trusted you.. So the job is automatically yours now. He needs you to watch over his girl. Word on the street is that he is actually dealing with a lot and trying to tightened his fiance's security since his enemies can use her to get to him."

I nodded my head, "Fully understood boss... So what's expected of me...?"

"I'll drive you to his palace... Just outside of town and he will tell you everything he wants personally.."

I was in total awe. I knew Leonardo because of his actions and one job that was given to me was said to be from him, I didn't believe it but now I do because he wants me again. The man was the first and the only biggest Italian Mafia to run things in South Africa after escaping Italy since he had many enemies.

Usually you get his kind in America or even in Italy.. Never in SA. But a few months after he arrived here he marked his territory and started business to fit in.

If I was a cop I wouldn't be knowing this because Leonardo was known as a good business man, I mean cops have heard rumors about him being involved with drugs and human trafficking but there has never been real proof. But as an assassin, I know he is involved and I have even killed some of his rivalry because he ordered me to... And also, a little history made me know exactly who he was.

Now this was different, he didn't contact the contractor to hand me another job needing a hitman.. He did it needing a body guard for his fiance.. This was a total different experience for me, but I was looking forward to it, I have been training for it my whole life. I was trained and I was supposed to use my training whether to kill or protect.. In this case I needed to protect someone.

"Alright .. We can get going.. I'm ready...." I said and he smiled, "Good because he is ready for us.."

..

The mansion was out of this world as soon as we drove in. I could see it from a distance and I knew that this man was bigger than they were saying he was. He clearly was comfortable here.

"What happened to his last bodyguard?" I asked and my contractor looked at me, "Having second thoughts?"

I shook my head. This place was fully guarded so why did he need someone still? We saw guards by the gates and there were cameras on the side of the road literally walking you to the mansion. So why did he need more security?

I decided not to think about that and just keep quiet.

We got out of the car when we reached the front of the mansion. I turned around to look at the direction we came from. I couldn't even see the gate. Man I'd need to get a new car, my baby was too old to drive all this distance everyday.

"I'm stuck between saying which one was the longer distance.. Was it from the city to the gate or from the gate to here.."

The contractor laughed a bit.

Two men approached us and one directed us to one of the rooms. We went to the direction he pointed until we got inside a space that looked like an office.

The color theme in there was black.. Just black. This man was dark.

" You can sit. Boss will be here in a minute.." the guy said and left us there.

I looked at my contractor, "What If I die in here. Who will know..?"

"No one.." he said and didn't even smile. I sighed mentally agreeing with him. I wouldn't be known at all.

"Do I get off days?"

"Depends Miss Cambel.." a different voice said and we turned around to look at him.

I was shocked when I saw him. I expected to see an old man with gray hair or just anyone but not him still looking like himself.. Made me feel stupid because he was the one who took her, so why the f**k did I expect him to be way old or someone different? ..

He was still young, very young even, so he definitely took care of himself... His face and his posture screamed a whole lot of power. Way power than he had when I last saw him.. You could tell by just the way he was dressed that you needed to obey him. Even how he walked or talked demanded that you respect him.

"You made it just in time.. Thank you for coming at such short notice... I hear you're a very busy woman." he said standing next to me. His Italian accent was not as strong as it was when we were teenagers. I guess he was feeling at home here so much that he actually learnt a lot to fit in.

"You may sit down.." he said.

I preferred standing so that I can read him in all different angles.. I shook my head a bit, "I'm good standing."

The contractor sat down and then we looked at the man in front of us. The man who owed me everything.

He went to the other side of his table and opened a drawer, pulling out a black envelope.

God.. Was there anything not black in this office?

"Alright .. In here is your contract and I need you to read it and abide by it. I have a few simple rules that you need to follow and not break at all..."

"I'm all ears.." I said and he smiled, "My business stays my business.. Whatever you see happening in here never leaves this place.. And 3rdly, if you cross me, and I mean anyhow, even by stepping on my toes I will not hesitate to blow your head off and put it in my basement."

I didn't flinch even a bit because I knew he was capable of that, I nodded my head looking at him straight in the eye, "Understood sir.."

"Okay .. Now that you got that, let's go to lighter news.. I left Italy 5 years ago..."

5? I thought it was 3 years. That would explain a few things though.. But then it added more questions, why did my contact there tell me that he left 3 years ago? Who was he seeing that kept on playing him?

"I arrived here and built this empire.. But someone is terrorizing me now by looking closer into my home. I need you to help ease my mind coz I can't worry about my queen and then then business. I just asked my girlfriend to marry me and she said yes. So now I want to concentrate on the business side and if I do that, it means she's in the open and she's a target.. I need you to look after her and make sure that nothing ever happens to her.. "

I watched him as he spoke and I wondered how she looked now. He made sure that she was out of the media so the last time I saw a picture of her was when she was in Italy. And by what he just said, her latest pictures weren't hers because she was here by then.

He cleared his throat, "Your job is simple, protect my queen and your career could grow bigger than this. Previously she was guarded by males and she was almost taken in the bathroom.. So I need you to reach places where my men couldn't reach.. I want you to be.."

"Her shield..." I cut him off and he looked at me for a bit before he smiled, "You get it.. You get me.."

The contractor extended his hand, "So we have a deal?"

He nodded his head, "Yes .. Yes we do.. So she'll be in trial this whole month though. I know you trust her and I trust you.. But I can still fire her if I'm not satisfied.."

The contractor nodded his head, "Whatever you say goes.."

They shook hands and Leonardo stood up, "She's flying in tonight.. You'll see her tomorrow.."

My heart skipped a bit. I have waited 9 years to see her again.. I started to wonder if she'd remember me or how she was going to react to seeing me..

"Umh.. Cambel..." Leonardo said and I looked at him, "Yes sir?"

"Have we ever met.. Before?" he asked and a flash back hit me to the first and last day he saw me, the day that changed my life and someone else's.

We have met before but I was not going to tell him that. I was not about to reveal my identity to him.. At least not yet.

So I shook my head a little, "No sir we have not." I lied and he nodded his head.

I got out of the office and followed my contractor out.

"Okay ... It's up to you now. I did everything you asked."

"Thank you."