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MIRELLA
I look at him confused as he grabs my makeup remover wipes and takes one.
"Close your eyes." He orders, which I do immediately. He's not seriously removing my make-up?
"I never take my makeup off at night. So you don't have to do that." I mumble as he begins.
"If you never take your makeup off at night, your skin will change and you'll have beautiful skin, so make sure you take your makeup off every night too. You want to keep your beauty, don't you?"
My beauty ?
"I'm not pretty." I reply. He pauses for a moment, then continues. Feels good when someone else does it. I never feel like removing my make-up in the evening, so I don't usually do it.. "Now I have someone. He's welcome to do that every night. I really wouldn't have a problem with that."
A few minutes later he's done and throws the dirty make-up remover tissues into the small trash can.
"Come on, I'll put you to bed." He gently grabs my waist and lifts me up to take me to the bedroom.
I swallow my nervousness and prefer to look around the room rather than look at it.
"Do your parents know you're here?" he asks as he gently tucks me into bed.
If my parents knew, they would kill me. "No, they don't know. They think I'm still living in my little apartment and waiting tables for a living."
Yes, I'm a waitress and earn next to nothing.
"You were a waitress?" he asks, turning off the light before laying down on the other side of the bed with me.
"Yep..."
"And why can a waitress afford such big brands?"
If he knew.
“I often steal some wallets. Mostly by people who are very wealthy. If I see a guy driving a Porsche or a Lambo, the few hundred bucks less won't hurt him."
He chuckles softly and turns to face me. He looks at me with a smile. "Are you robbing me too? After all, I have a lot of money. Probably so much that I won't spend it in my whole life."
"You will inherit it. I'm sure one of your children will later take over your mafia and then you can leave all the money to your child."
His smile disappears.
What ?
"Mirella... I don't think I'll ever have children with a woman. I can't trust anyone, even if I ever loved someone... I would never show it. I have to protect myself and love is the worst thing there is." He whispers softly and pulls the covers against us.
Immediately after saying that, he closes his eyes.
I sigh and imitate him and close my eyes as well. Someday he will fall in love. It hits everyone at some point.
"Are you afraid of falling in love?" I ask with a smile.
Is someone like Noah Lee really afraid of falling in love? They say he's not afraid of anything.
"Don't worry... it's more respect. Love is probably... the worst and at the same time the most beautiful thing you can feel. Sure, having someone you love is nice, but... eventually it will break you."
How can it be so sure?
"So you've been in love before!" I state and open my eyes again. I look at his face while he keeps his eyes shut.
"She was the woman I wished I had in my life, but she just didn't feel the same way about me. She was already dating a man at the time, but they had problems. They even broke up for a short time, but knowing that they love each other, I ran away and just gave up on her. They are people that mean a lot to me and I didn't want them to remember me as the bad boy who is ruining their relationship. So I came over here to Florida, started my own mafia and dumped both of them. The Rodriguez Mafia is the only Mafia I'm not inviting to the ball. Just because I don't want them to think I'm playing it up."
Does that mean he was in love with a woman who belonged to a man in the Rodriguez Mafia?
"Did you used to be in a mafia too?"
“Yes, in the Rodriguez Mafia. I got in there as the second youngest after Fernando. Fernando and I got along very well, but... love changes us all. If I had stayed there, it would have only been stressful. After all, I was in love with his intended and now go to sleep."
His life contains more drama than the Kardashians and Jenners combined. It must suck to have such a life, but he doesn't seem to have any problems with it....
