I hear a single pair of hands clapping coming up from behind me ripping me out of my thoughts. I stand up with my soar body and sweat dripping down every crevice.
"I'm impressed." Millionaire guy says outside of the ring. "Welcome to the Mafia." He...
After Luca and I compose ourselves, we got up off the ground and started to rummage through the pantry.
"You see anything?" I said to Luca as he was on one side of the pantry and I was on the other.
"Not a thing." Luca says back in a sad tone.
"I'm soooo hungryy." I said with a silent pause as you can hear my stomach growl, which caused Luca, Zito and I to laugh.
"Why don't we go out and get food." Zito says shrugging his shoulders.
Luca and I both snapped our heads to him as if he was talking crazy talk.
"What? We can't just go out and get something to eat." I say simply. Mauro definitely wouldn't let us.
"Sure we can, I think you guys forget that I'm a driver. I have keys." He dangles the keys up in the air like he was flaunting it.
"Wouldn't Mauro get mad?" I question since I've never had the guts to ask him if we could leave the premises.
"I'm sure he'd understand since he leaves to get food almost every night and you're like his girlfriend." Zito says with a wide grin on his face. I blush immediately at his false words.
"What?? Who said that?" I asked hastily.
"We all see how he looks at you Brynn." There it is again, maybe I should focus on how this "Mafia Boss" looks at me.
"Whatever." I quickly said ignoring the subject and suggested a place to eat. "MickeyD's?" I sheepishly look at them since I only had a couple dollars in my pocket from Enzo giving me an allowance.
We all agree on it and quickly exit the kitchen.
We make it all the way outside to get in the car but stop when we see Mia putting her things in the trunk of a white Range Rover.
"I guess you guys broke up again. huh?" Luca bravely asks. I shove Luca to the side giving him the 'You can't just ask that' look. I mean don't get me wrong, I hate the bitch, but break ups suck.
"Yup." She says popping the 'p'. "But I'll be back. I always come back." She smirks directly towards me. Wtf?
We just ignore her further as her things start to pile up quick in her car and we feared she'd ask for help.
As we walked around to the side of the house where all the cars were parked my eyes eyed the Hennessy Venom GT that I so badly wanted to drive. I practically broke my neck as we walked by it, taking in all her glory as probably the fastest car I'll ever have the pleasure of laying eyes on. I turned my head and saw the Jaguar F-pace we were walking to and mentally rolling my eyes. I mean, yeah, it's a nice car but its nothing compared to that beauty over there just begging for me to take joy ride in.
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"Wanna take it for a ride?" I snap my head back and see Mauro standing there looking at us as we were all half way in the car. Our eyes widened and stricken with fear to what he might do, since we were leaving without permission. "I said do you want to take it for a ride?" He asked one more time while leaning on the gorgeous car.
"What?" I choked out as I coughed a little.
"Don't make me ask again." His eyes turned dark as he stood there. "I saw the way you were looking at it. I know a true car lover when I see one." He kicked himself off the car walking a little bit towards us in his dark gray suit, his hands in his pockets. He wasn't wearing that before but it hugged his muscles so well like it was tailored to his exact body type.
"How did you know we were out here?" I asked confused since I thought we left undetected.
He laughs in his throat a little looking at the ground and looks back up to me with those dark caramel eyes. "This is my house. I know everything and anything that happens here."
My eyes widen at all the embarrassing things he's probably seen me do, like the time I accidentally locked myself out of my room only wearing a towel and had to kick the door down.
"Now I'll ask one more time. Do you want to take it for a ride?" His voice deep with authority. I look at the guys staring at me with wide eyes. I ask for permission with my eyes and they just nod fast in my direction.
I close the door I was just about to step into and make my way over to Mauro. My heart was beating out of my chest and my palms started to sweat. I can't believe I was about to take this beast for a ride.
I heard the Jaguar peel out of the driveway behind me as I approach the gorgeous speed demon.
Mauro held open the driver side door for me and I step in immediately being hugged by the buckets seat as I sit, with all black leather interior. This bitch was sexy. I was taken out of my drooling state as Mauro hopped in the passenger side next to me. He gave me the look as 'start her up' as I looked to the side of the wheel and see the 'Push to Start' button. I pushed down on the clutch and pushed that button like my life depended on it. The way that engine started up was a new love that just found its way into my heart. The fact that I'm starting that engine and about to drive it, makes me feel like I'm in a dream, but not my dream...
I sit there staring at the steering wheel with tears starting to form in my eyes. All I could think about in this moment was one person and one person only. My father. It was his dream to drive this car and now I'm living that dream. I sniffle a little trying not to be noticed by Mauro but I couldn't let the snot run down my face.
"Are you crying?" He asks kind of surprised. "I mean I know its a nice car but it's nothing to cry over." He states bluntly.
"No." I almost whisper through my sob. "It was my dads dream to drive this car." I look down at my hands trying to hold back the burning in my throat. I feel a strong hand gently place itself on my forearm.
"Hey. If you want to go back inside we can. You can drive when you're ready." He sweetly says to me with concerning eyes. If I wasn't mistaken it sounded like he cared.
I swallowed back the knot in my throat and sucked up my tears quickly composing myself. I know this is my dads dream to drive this car but if he found out I passed up the opportunity because of him, he'd have me skinned alive.
I give Mauro a menacing smile and sped out of the parking space causing his hand to grasp the 'Oh shit' handle. I laughed at his anxiety but I knew what I was doing. My father trained me for this moment.
Within seconds I was on the main road reaching 100 MPH feeling like I was on top of the world. I saw a sign for a sharp turn as we came up around a corner and smirked to myself.
"Watch this." I grasp the emergency brake and accelerating with the gas pedal. We started to come on the sharp turn quick but I puled the brake just in time for us to drift down the hill. I could smell the rubber burning from the tires scrubbing the road. A huge smile etched itself across my face as I turn to see Mauro clinging for dear life onto the door. I just laugh at the site I see.
"THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" I scream while drifting more.
I see a diner on the side of the road. I could kill for a chocolate milkshake right now. I quickly drifted into the parking lot taking a screeching halt while perfectly parking the car between the white lines painted on the pavement.
I look over at Mauro as his breathing started to calm down and a scared look upon his face. "You're a scary girl." Mauro grunts getting out of the car and dropping to his knees on the pavement.
"What? You said I could drive it and I took full advantage of what I had in my hands." I said walking over to him while he repeatedly kissed the ground. I just rolled my eyes at him.
I started to walk towards the diner once Mauro finally composed himself and stood up without wanting to throw up. He opened the door for me and I walked straight in not believing the sight I saw.
