SWNOVELS Chapter She Needs Time
Alessandro was pacing in his office back and forth, occasionally stopping and then shaking his head resuming to pace again, his hair was mess due to the umpteenth time he has ruffled them in frustration.
'Hey bro, what have you done?' the door was burst open revealing the face of his younger brother Theodore, whose face expressions were twisted, telling him that he knows what had happened and is not happy for it. At his back, Gabriel was standing which clarifies how Theo knows about it.
He ignored them and walked towards his chair, slumping down on it, he throws his head in his palms. His head was throbbing and it was getting unbearable for him to endure the pain, because his mind was constantly thinking about Autumn and her decision.
'She did not approve of you being a mafia leader?' Gabriel asked leaning against the oak desk. Alessandro sighed lifting up his face to look at both of them. Theo and Gabriel exchanged the quick glance to each other seeing his red eyes. 'She doesn't know I am the mafia leader, I just told her that I am in Mafia' resting his head at the chair he blankly watched outside of the window. It was the season of Autumn, dead leaves for falling off from the trees, he always admired this season and it keeps his moods good while the season is on its peak, but today he was sad, the real Autumn in her life was on the verge of tearing the connection from his heart and he knows if she decided to break the connection, his heart will stop beating.
'Woah! You blasted the bomb on her but not fully, I never expected you to be that dumb? You should have told her that you are actually a mafia leader' Theo wailed at his brother.
'I wanted to' he stood up yelling at him. Theo shut his mouth immediately.
'I was about to tell her every truth even what I do as mafia, but she didn't listen to me. She did not take the news nicely, I was expecting her to react but she did not let me finish and asked me to leave her alone in the room.' He sit back on the chair, his voice was laced with sadness and concern. Theo looked his brother with empathy and turned to leave the room, Alessandro did not give importance to his leaving, he was in his own grief currently.
'I am worried for her Gab. I asked her multiple times to believe me, trust me but she did not trust me' a tear fall out of his eyes.
Gabriel patted him on his shoulder, in this situation he had no words to say to him because they all knew it would be a hard situation to deal and that was the reason, he and Theo were not in favor of telling her truth now, but Alessandro doesn't want to hide anything from her and fear of Samuel was also lurking over him. Anyways truth was to be told, today or later, and she was expected to react harshly.
'Give her time, she trusts you Sandro. Everything happened within few weeks is overwhelming for her and she needs time to absorb and understand the reality she has thrown in to. Her life was totally different before she met you and Russo's.' Alessandro looked at him hopefully, he finds his point valid.
'You are right. I should give her time to accept the bitter facts' he mumbled, Gabriel nodded in response, meanwhile Theo came back in to the room, shoving his phone in the pocket.
'Sorry elder brother, I had an important call to make' Alessandro did not give any reaction to that, instead turned his head towards Gabriel and asked.
'How the day went in office?' he had decided to not have discussion related to business for three days but it was because he was not prepared for him to be kicked out of his room by her and shutting him down badly, now to keep his mind diverted he has to talk about something that can change is attention fully and nothing can be better than his business.
'I saw Clara Peterson peaking in her office' Alessandro's jaw tightened, his eyes turned cold swiftly and face void of any emotions. Theo turned his head in confusion.
'Clara Peterson, as in that woman, dada arranged your date with?' Alessandro's face turned into grimace.
'Old man never listens' he muttered, even in this tensed situation Theo couldn't hold back his chuckle, causing Alessandro to frown.
'What is so funny here?' Theo realized his mistake and immediately apologized, rolling his eyes at him he motioned for Gabriel to continue from where he stopped.
'Well, she is determined to become your wife and I checked the records, actually no one took her interview, instead she had entered in to office with fake offer letter by Mr. Martini' at the news, young Martini's scowled, Gabriel pursed his lips quickly.
'What those fuckers are doing? Is this how you manage the controls of the company?' slamming his hand on the desk Alessandro stood up leaning towards the desk and questioned Gabriel. A shiver ran down in his spine.
'I will warn all of them and will make a complete round of check on controls and internal data' Alessandro shook his head.
'Fire them all. I don't need such an incompetent and irresponsible staff in my company'
'Noted boss' Gabriel submitted his head promptly to cool down his temper.
'But what about that woman bro?' Theo asked from him, before answering him, he shifted his gaze back to his assistant.
'She has support of Samuel and I heard her speaking to him over the call, and they are meeting tonight in his club' Theo whistled.
'Finally Sandro, time has come when we can teach our uncles the lesson they needed at their teenage but our step grandmother was so busy in manipulating grandfather's mind that she forgot to play the significant role in their lives' in the end he sighed sadly, Alessandro glared at his brother.
'Sure, but I think you need the lesson first' rubbing his left hand on his fist he looked at him with raised brows.
'Hey! I am your brother. You can't do this to me' raising his hands in objection he said to him.
'Gab, you will go to the club and see what they are planning' Gabriel shriek in response.
'No way Sandro. I will not go after that woman. You don't have any idea how seducing that woman is' Theo laughed looking at his crying face, whereas Sandro rubbed his fingers on his temples.
'Good for you. Last I remember you had sex five years ago. You need some fun too' Theo pursed his lips, his face was turned in to red. Gabriel moved quickly to punch him as a revenge when a light knock on door was heard. They all stunned and stopped on their track and looked at the door like it was a ghost.
'It could be she?' Alessandro murmured and Theo rushed to open the door, he himself liked Autumn as his sister-in-law who had given him sweet nephews.