My Mafia Madness 2

Chapter 4 - Welcome to my World

There wasn’t enough time to show Alexa every single room inside the oversized family’s home, but in the short time they wandered around, Dante managed to give her a fair idea of just how big and luxurious the castle was.

Everyone else had gone to bed for the night, each to their own individual rooms located on the second and third floors of the castle.

Once Dante had shown Alexa around a bit, they decided to retire for the night to their own room, which the two would be sharing for the duration of their stay at Castello Romano.

And of course, neither of them had any problems with that.

The moment Alexa stepped into the excessively oversized bedroom her jaw practically hit the floor as her warm brown eyes struggled to take it all in at once.

“Whoa…” was all she managed to mutter aloud to herself.

Not only was the room ridiculously massive in size and space, but it had been modernised with all the latest furnishings and electronics, including a gigantic wall-sized 292-inch flat screen television which literally took up one of the walls!

The beautiful bed was an Alaskan King size and easily big enough for five or more people.

The bed frame was made of a dark chocolate oak and had detailed carvings all over its surface.

Someone had clearly put a lot of effort into creating this one particular piece of furniture, and it was like that with every single piece in the room.

Alexa’s eyes fixated on the bed for a moment, noticing the luxurious silk bed linen decorating it and the matching decorative pillows of black and gold piled on top.

Everywhere she looked, it was like she was looking at a picture in a magazine.

“Dante, this is insane.” she spoke while shaking her head and smiling.

“This room… I mean, your house is a frickin castle… and your cars… it’s all so-”

“-Welcome to my world, baby…” he mused proudly with a smile.

“And you’d better get used to it.”

She frowned as she gave her reply.

“I don’t know if I could get used to all this…”

Alexa gestured around the room with a wave of her hand as she looked over towards the sliding door located on the far wall.

Immediately, she wondered where that led and began crossing the room on a mission to find out.

“What’s in there?” she asked as she walked.

“That’s the ensuite. Each room in the castle has its own ensuite which includes a shower, a toilet and a jacuzzi bathtub.” he explained while following her across the room towards the sliding door.

“Wait, you’re telling me that we have our own jacuzzi?” she asked with excitement, flicking on the light and illuminating the ensuite instantaneously.

“Unreal! I am so using that tomorrow.”

“Like I said, every room has one. Actually, the idea was originally Matteo’s. That and several other things which have slowly been added to the castle over the last decade or so…” Dante continued, peering into the ensuite over her right shoulder.

“My brother does enjoy adding his own modern touches here and there, usually whenever he comes to visit from the states. I don’t think my father even notices all the additions to this place anymore.”

Alexa noticed his expression had suddenly fallen and she turned to face him with a concerned expression of her own now.

“Hey, what is it?” she asked softly.

Dante proudly shook his head as he spoke.

“Nothing… it’s nothing…” he lied while displaying a clearly fake smile.

Although she saw right through his obvious lie, Alexa chose to push any concerns she had off to the side… for now.

Interrogating him at such a late hour might not be such a good idea. It may only lead to a fight and both of them were very tired.

Dante turned to the side and pointed with his hand towards an open doorway leading into a darkened corridor.

Inside looked like another room entirely.

“That’s the walk-in-robe. I don’t have any women’s clothing here yet, but you can use one of my shirts tonight and I’ll arrange for a new wardrobe to be delivered here for you first thing tomorrow morning. You’ll get to choose what you want from it of course-”

Alexa interrupted, both shocked and outraged by his crazy level of generosity.

“-Whoa, slow it down there! I don’t need a new wardrobe, Dante.” she insisted sternly.

“I’m sure that I’ll get by with some basic attire-”

Now it was Dante who cut her off.

“-Absolutely not! My woman will wear only the finest clothing that money has to offer. I will see to arranging it first thing tomorrow morning. Don’t fight me on this, bella, please.”

Alexa’s brows furrowed together as she stepped in closer towards him, closing the small gap between them and pressing her chest up against his while wrapping her arms around his neck and gazing deeply into his eyes.

“You know, you don’t have to try and impress me anymore, Dante. You’ve done that already, many times over…” she explained softly and calmly in an effort to get her point across to him.

“You have me, I’m not going anywhere, I promise… and as for all the lavish spending and spoiling, it’s really not necessary.”

“I’m in love with you, Dante Romano… not your wallet. I don’t need the finest of everything.”

The corner of Dante’s mouth curved upwards as he felt his heart warm from her loving words.

They were true, every single last one. Alexa was one of the most genuine people he had ever met, kind, selfless and spirited.

She truly was one in a million.

“Maybe I’m not trying to impress you, bella…” he suddenly challenged, but it confused her.

“You are mine, Alexa Myers... the woman I have fallen in love with. If I could, I would give you the entire world.”

She giggled at the absurd thought.

“Oh Dante… I’m afraid that if you did that, I’d have nowhere to keep it.” she made light of the matter, smiling back at him.

Dante’s deep belly-laugh immediately followed.

The bright smile spread across his face now had eased her concerns as he took her hands in his.

“Come on, let’s get ourselves ready for bed. We have a very busy day ahead of us tomorrow and I’ll need you well-rested.” Dante suggested.

With that, he switched on the ensuite light and led her inside to have a quick warm shower before they got ready for bed.

-

At a secluded airstrip across the other side of Puglia, the Greco’s private jet had already landed, and the father-son duo immediately exited the jet before getting into the waiting SUV parked at the front of the entourage of cars.

Several well-dressed men followed their Don closely as they too got into the four cars parked behind, each car quickly filling up until all fifteen henchmen were seated and ready for the drive they had ahead of them.

The Greco father and son had at long last arrived in Puglia, Italy as they pursued the three Romano brothers all the way from New York City.

And soon arrangements would be put in place. They would see to it that the Romano brothers were wiped out of existence entirely.

Dante’s days were numbered…

It was only a matter of time.

-

The next morning came quickly and after waking up in her lover’s arms, Alexa felt on top of the world.

Her smile could not be wiped from her face as she lay on her side, staring at the powerful Mafia Boss sleeping peacefully beside her.

Dante had always looked so innocent when he slept. The complete opposite of how he looked every other hour of the day.

His face was no longer hardened and his jaw had softened as he gently breathed in and out slowly.

She thought he looked beautiful like this. And he was all hers, which warmed her heart at merely the thought of it.

Deciding not to wake him with all he was going through at the moment, Alexa carefully slipped out from beneath the covers and threw on her robe before pacing across the length of the room towards the large glass door she hadn’t seen last night.

There appeared to be a balcony outside of it.

Reaching out for the handles, she opened the door and stepped outside into the cool, morning air.

Both her arms moved up to try and warm herself as she continued out to stand at the railing and take in the incredible scenery before her.

The castle was surrounded by trees, hundreds of them. It looked like an entire forest and the idea intrigued her as she stood staring out at it.

From this height she could also see much of the grounds below, including several large pools, a pair of tennis courts, some sort of track off behind the castle and several functioning fountains, which sparkled clean water glinting in the morning sunlight.

This place was like a dream to someone like Alexa.

A dream she didn’t want to ever wake up from.

Heading inside to make herself a warm cup of tea to enjoy out on the balcony, Alexa found herself a comfortable seat and after laying her head back she kicked her feet up onto the foot stool and began reading.

Pulling out her phone, Alexa had a sudden idea. One that she had been putting off for far too long now.

She was going to try and learn Italian.

Performing a search on her phone, she found several websites teaching her the basics of learning Italian and began practicing quietly on her own.

Alexa was determined to learn Dante’s native language.

She was sick and tired of always hearing the boys talk amongst themselves and having no idea of what it was that they were saying.

If she was serious about being with Dante, this was one of the many things she would have to do.