The Mafia & The Billionaire

Third Person’s POV

Alex went home even before the working hours ended. He found the cleaning helpers still cleaning, and when he asked them about Serene, they told him that she had not come back yet. He nodded at them, went to their room to change his clothes, and then returned to the living room, where he decided to wait for her there.

He was checking some emails on his cell phone when Serene arrived, but she ignored him as she was busy thinking about what she would do to the man who killed her mother. Alex followed her with his gaze and noticed she wasn’t into herself. He stood up from the couch and followed her to their bedroom.

He walked in and found Serene absent-mindedly undressing herself. He was shocked but decided to stop her, letting her know he was there. “What are you doing here?” she asked.

“This is our bedroom if I am not mistaken,” Alex replied. “You were lucky I didn’t see anything just now,” he added.

“I am not in the mood to joke around,” Serene replied as she turned around and faced him after she buttoned up her blouse.

“How’s Enzo?” he asked, but Serene just ignored him and passed him by, but he stopped her. “I asked you, so you better answer,” he said.

“I thought I made it clear not to mind my business?” she asked.

“I thought I told you not when you were in our house.” Serene was stunned at his reply. She thought he was including her in his life now, and she didn’t want it.

“I think we need to talk.”

“Let’s talk then,” Alex said. He sat on the bed and looked at Serene, who was still looking at him, waiting for her to start talking.

“Alex, we are married but shouldn’t care about each other,” Serene told him. Alex was staring at her and waiting for her to continue. “I had no plan on staying here for a long time. I may want my mom’s company back, but I did not intend to live here. I have a life I am living, and our marriage will never be a reason to stay. Please keep your distance and do not interfere with my business.”

“Are you done?” he asked, and Serene nodded.

“I have no intention of letting you go, not because I love you, but because I never dreamed of having a broken family. I believe in the sanctity of marriage, as I already told you beforehand, so there’s no way I will let you leave without a valid reason. We never agreed on separation after,” Alex told her.

“We both know the reason for this marriage, so it was not necessary to tell you that we will end up breaking up after we get what we need.”

“That’s where you’re wrong. You know that I am searching, so it means that I am looking for someone that I could live with. Divorce was never on my mind when I agreed to your offer. It would be best if you had made that clear to me. Otherwise, I’m afraid I have to disagree.” Alex informed her. Serene was looking at him. She had never encountered someone like Alex, who was stubborn, and she didn’t know how to handle him.

Everyone around her followed whatever she told them all her life, but Alex was different. He may have been obliged to do some things, but he always protested and objected when it was about her reasons. “Can you answer me now?” he asked, and she stared at him blankly. “How’s Enzo?.” Then he looked at Serene intently. He wanted to find out the truth because he was intrigued by his wife.

“Why are you asking me that?” Serene replied after a while. “Are you worried that I will do something to him? That’s not going to happen. Reprimanding him only means scolding him and nothing more,” she added.

“I was just worried about him because of how you looked before leaving. Anyway, if everything’s fine, I want to tell you that I went home early because I wanted to talk to you about our house transfer,” Alex said, which puzzled Serene. “I decided to move out of the penthouse and into my mansion in The Grand Villas. It is near here, so I won’t have any problems when I go to work, so you don’t need to worry about that.”

“I don’t care about your work. What made you think I would stop you from doing what you wanted?”

“Yeah, right. But I want to tell you that Enzo and Patt will need help coming in and out of The Grand Villas. The security was tight, and you had to register their names if you wanted them to have no trouble coming to you.”

“Are you warning me about my staff? Are you thinking they cannot provide an identity for them to register?” she asked.

“Can they?”

“Of course, what do you think of them? An alien?” Serene exclaimed.

“For a brief moment, I believed they were. Did you know that I never saw them smile ever since?”

“Now you want them to appear crazy by smiling at something when there is nothing to smile about?”

“I know you know what I mean.”

“No. I don’t know what you mean.” Serene looked at him, seemingly challenging him. “Tell me what you mean, now,” she added without leaving their eye contact.

“Who is Enzo to you?” he asked.

“My right-hand man.”

“By right-hand man, you mean…”

“It means he knows everything about me and understands me perfectly without saying a word.”

“Are you in love with him?” Alex asked again, and Serene was shocked. She thought he was being unreasonable now, thinking she was in love with her staff.

“Look, men surrounded me before I met you, and they continue to do so now. Why would I need to marry you if I am in love with Enzo? Can you give me a logical explanation?”

“I was only asking because you are too close to him.”

“If you were thinking I might cheat on you with him, you had better stop that. I respect the people working for me, especially Enzo. We have been together for a long time and have been through our near-death experiences several times. Yes, he is important to me as well as Patt.” Serene told him this, and Alex was speechless. He was thinking about the near-death experience they suffered together, and he felt a sudden fang of jealousy. “Is there anything else that you want to know?”

Alex stood there, not leaving Serene’s gaze. He didn’t know why, but he didn’t want the idea of her being with Enzo at her most challenging time. “Nothing. But I want to do something,” he said, pulling Serene. “This,” he added, and he kissed her. Serene was in shock. She had just come home after killing a man, and Alex claimed her mouth. On the other hand, he wanted her to respond, and it didn’t take too long for Serene to do that; after her shock, she kissed him the way he did to him as she closed her eyes. “You learned fast,” Alex said when they stopped kissing to catch their breath.