Mafia King Mistress

CHAPTER 7

Luciano POV

Eleanor. What a beautiful name.

I never thought that I would cross paths with her again under these circumstances. I was about to look for her, but it turns out she came to me by herself.

This is strange. What is she doing in my house?

What’s even more strange is seeing how my dad treated her so gently. I’d never seen him this fond of a woman before other than mom, and that’s why I could feel mom’s jealousy, even when her chair was far away from us.

It seems like his affection made Eleanor a bit uncomfortable as well. She immediately excused herself while we were just started having breakfast.

There’s no way she was full after eating a small piece of strawberry.

“Where do you think you’re going, Alexandra?” dad asked after seeing mom get up from her chair.

“I prefer for us to not eat at the same table again in the future.” Mom said coldly. Amusement danced in dad’s eyes.

“What’s the matter? You don’t like Eleanor?” Dad asked, challenging her back.

Mom scoffed at him to hide her feelings. I hated it every time I saw them fighting, and that’s why I rarely stayed at home.

“Listen, here… I don’t care if you want to bring your little w***e into this house, but I refused to eat at the same table as her.” Mom said, and I saw dad raising one of his hands, about to hit her. “Watch your mouth, Alexandra! You don’t have a right to judge her like that!?” dad raised his voice. I quickly blocked him by standing in front of mom.

“Dad, please don’t,” I pleaded to him, but then mom shoved me to the side.

“Just let him be, Luciano!” she grabbed dad’s hand. “Come and hit me like you want to do earlier.” She said.

Dad chose not to get provoked this time. “You’re hopeless, Alexandra!” he said before he left both of us in the dining room.

Mom fell to the floor, crying. I know that she had been crying a lot. Mom only refused to let other people see her as weak. I used to peek in her room at night and find her crying in her bed.

“Mom—” I was about to console her, but she pushed me and walked away.

I sighed while eyeing her from behind. When will they end this insanity? They loved each other, but they couldn’t stop hurting each other as well.

What is dad’s intention in bringing her into this house? I have to find out the truth.

I tried to make myself busy with work. Dad assigned me to manage the drug and weapon delivery this month, and the goods were supposed to be here tonight.

After I ended the call, I suddenly saw Curtis come in with Eleanor in his arms.

I directly went towards them. She looked like she was in pain.

“What happened?” I asked him.

“Ms. Wright just fell from horse riding,” Curtis then told me. My eyes met with her, and at that moment, I thought that this woman would bring many problems into this house.

“I’m sorry, Luciano. But I had to take her back to her room and call for a doctor. I think she broke her arm.” Curtis said he was about to walk away, but I stopped him.

“Let me take her back. You call for the doctor.” I said, then I took the stairs up to her room.

I put her down on the bed and then asked. “How come you be so reckless and fell from the horse?” she looked up, and our eyes met. “I…This is my first time riding a horse. I was so confident that I could handle it alone.” She told me.

She was hiding something. If not, why would she avoid my eyes?

Not long after, the doctor came in, and then he checked on her condition. “Curtis, I need to speak with you privately.” I said, then we both went out of the room.

Eleanor was still looking at me nervously. For whatever that is she was hiding from me, I could easily find out the truth by myself.

“Yes, boss?” Curtis cleared his throat nervously after we were all alone in the study room.

I poured some whiskey into the empty glass and took a seat in front of him. “I want you to tell me what happened to Ms. Wright this morning.”

His face went pale, like he was weighing on whether he should tell me the truth or not.

I waited impatiently for him to talk while tapping my finger on the table.

“Ummm…. It was an accident. Don’t overthink about it.” he said. He was wrong if he think that I would just let this slip away just like that.

“Curtis—” I warned him.

“Okay, okay… She fell because Mrs. Castro suddenly showed up while she was riding a horse. It startled the horse,then causing Ms. Wright to lose her balance.”

I gripped my glass tightly. So mom is the one behind this. Mom is not an evil person. Maybe this is just some misunderstanding. I hope so.

“Okay, you may leave.” I then excused him.

I went back to her room, and to my surprise, dad was there. It seems like news spreads like fire in this house.

“How could you be so clumsy? No more horse riding from now.” Dad said to her. It was obvious that he cared about Eleanor, but I don’t think it was in a romantic way.

She looked disappointed, but she could only accept the order from dad. One thing I know is that she was a kind woman. She chose not to tell anyone about mom.

“I’ll ask the maid to bring your lunch here. Just get some rest, and don’t move too much. I had things to do tonight. Just call me if anything happens, okay?”

I let out a small chuckle. If anyone sees dad right now, everyone must think that he was getting possessed by something. He’d never behaved like this before. It’s so unlike him.

I quickly went to my room to hide as I saw him leaving her room.

I waited for a moment before I went to the kitchen. I saw Miranda was preparing lunch for Eleanor.

“Is that for Ms. Wright?” I asked her, and she nodded. “Yes, sir…Mr. Castro asked me to bring the food to her room.” I get the tray before her.

“Let me get this food to her room. You stay here and enjoy your lunch.” I said to her and she looked confused.

“Are you sure, sir? I don’t want to get fired. It’s already hard enough for me and my three kids.” She looked worried, and I quickly stopped her.

“It’s fine… Your secret is safe with me.” I said, then gave her a wink.

I whistled to my favorite song as I took the food into her room. I don’t know why I act like this, but I felt some indescribable excitement that was building up inside of my chest as I got closer to her room.

I knocked twice, and there was no answer from inside.

“Eleanor, I’m going to come in,” I warned her before I twisted the doorknob.

As I came in, I saw her struggling to reach the crutches on the side of her bed.

“Hey, let me help you… What are you doing?” I said in horror, quickly putting the tray aside.

She almost fell if it wasn’t for me supporting her small frame.

“Thank you… Can you help me to get that?” she then said, a bit blushing. Why did she have to feel so burdened asking for my help?

“Of course,” I said, smiling at her, then grabbed the crutches for her.

“Where are you going?” I asked her. She rolled back her eyes at me.

“Do I have to report everything to you? I need to use the bathroom.” She replied irritably at me.

“Let me help you,” I said, and she suddenly hit my chest.

“Are you crazy? I want to pee. Are you going to help me remove my underwear as well?” I knew she was being rhetorical, but I simply found it enjoyable to tease her.

“I don’t mind doing that if you allow me.” I said with a smirk.

She let out an annoyed breath, and she almost fell once again on her way to the bathroom.

I quickly gripped her by her waist. “Are you still going to be stubborn about this?” I asked her, and when she looked back at me, I noticed that her eyes had a little hint of blue in them other than grey.

I lifted her again in my arms and walked towards the bathroom.

“Can you turn around?” she said after I put her down. I followed her order and waited there.

“Well, this is awkward…” she said from behind me, and I couldn’t help but laugh. I could understand her feeling.

“Don’t mind me. Just pretend that I am not here.”

“Do you mind turning the music on for me?” she requested, and I took out my phone from my pocket and connected it with the Bluetooth speaker inside the bathroom.

“That’s better. This is actually the first time a man is helping me to pee.” She said, giggling after the music played.

“It was my pleasure.” I replied while bowing to the front, even though she was behind me.

After a while, I heard the flush sound, meaning that she was done.

“Can I turn around now?” I asked her. “Yes…” she spoke softly.

When I was about to lift her up again in my arms, she suddenly said. “Wait—” she said.

“Is there anything else I could help you with?” I asked politely.

She looked away, then blushed again. “Do you mind helping me to wash my hair? I was sweating so much earlier, it gets a bit uncomfortable.”

“Sure… Just don’t be too dependent on me, okay?” I joked with her, and she laughed.

This is the first time for me to see her laugh. I felt like I’d just won the lottery.

I carefully put her on the floor on the side of the bathtub. I took the towel and shampoo bottle.

“Leaned back,” I told her, and she did as I said.

I carefully washed her hair with the shower after checking the water was warm enough.

Her hair felt even more like silk when it was wet with water. I slowly leathered her hair with some shampoo and started washing her hair.

Her eyes went closed. “This is nice.” She said, smiling.

I watched her face, and then the memory of that night came back into my mind.

Her bare face made her look younger than when I first met her. She was naturally beautiful.

With the soft music playing in the background, I got carried away.

I was this close to kissing her again like that night, but then I stopped myself. I want her to make the first move next time.

“It’s finished,” I said to her. I turned off the water and got up. I took her back to the bed and placed the food in front of her.

“I had to leave. You should eat lunch. You barely ate anything in the morning.” I said to her before I left.

I only had this much self-control. If I stayed a minute longer with her, only God knows what would happen.