This is a three-novel set of the Moretti Famiglia. 1. Fire Me! 2. Blackwood Inc 3.The Black Sheep
Chapter 1 1
She knocked his door nervously she'd never been this close to him or his office before today. He and asked for her personality to go to his office. She hoped he wasn't going to fire her she was still paying her graduation fees. She'd never been up to this level of the building before and had never seen him either. He had a private elevator to his office. It was a cold ora around the top level of the building. She could feel the presence of power up here every inch of it, the building reeked richness, most of it was painted with plain colours with a hint of gold leaf. She knocked the door.
"Enter."
She swallowed opening the door stepping in.
"Close the door."
She shut it behind her. "You wanted to speak to me sir."
"I do." He paused. "Where do you see yourself in five years Miss. Hampshire?"
She'd been asked at the interview why was he asking her he surely knew.
"Answer me!!"
She jumped her heart racing faster. "In five years sir, I'd like to think I have more experience in this company and join others working my way up the ladder to a higher position in the company. And to gain more experience."
He nodded. "And after you have gained that experience what will you do with it?"
She swallowed hard again. Should she answer and tell him she wanted to have her own company one day.
"Answer me!! I don't like being ignored."
"I ..I." Her words got stuck.
"I am not a monster Miss. Hampshire so answer the god damn fucking question. I won't get mad at your answer."
"I'd like my own company sir."
She hadn't even seen him get up. "It's all I've ever wanted. This a good experience for me to understand the business world and how it works sir."
His breath hit her neck she shuddered. "I have a proposition for you." He leaned on closer. "Layla."
She looked at him. Oh shit, this was not happening not a fucking gain. "Aubrey." She said, short of breaths.
He smiled slimy like he has always done. "I don't do this very often, but I'd like you to come and work for me up here. With me so you can say learn the ropes as we call it. You'll get to know every thing about the business, so you'll have a true insight on how things are done in the business world."
"I'm sorry I can't."
"There's no such word as can't."
She knew that all too well with what happened in high school.
"I..I.."
"Settled. You come here at eight on the morning. I'll teach you everything I know. You'll be coming to meetings with me, recording minutes, taking notes and interjecting in the meetings once you get used to it."
"So I'm your P.A?"
"Of some sorts."
She gulped.
"Sounds good?"
"I guess.'"
"Perrrfect." He purred. Leaning further in. "Welcome to my world Miss. Hampshire." He said kissing her cheek.
What the hell did this guy want? She hadn't seen him in eight years since they all left high school and she hoped she never would after everything he had done to her.
"I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. I'll get someone to get your stuff off your desk so you feel more at home. How does that sound?"
"G...good." She stuttered.
"There is no need to be nervous Miss. Hampshire, if it wasn't for you I'd never be where I am today." His breath tickling her face.
Why did he have to be so close?
"I'll have the contract drawn up and I'll go through it with you, okay."
"Okay." She said, short of breath.
He smiled kissing my cheek. "You may go. You have a lot of work to finish before you start your new job tomorrow."
I nodded and opened the door. I began to walk away. "Oh I forgot to mention from tomorrow we share lunch together, so no getting making plans because all of them will be with me from now on are we clear."
"Yes sir."
He smiled closing the door. She walked nervously back to the elevator getting in and pressing the number 4 to my now old office. I walked in everyone watching me. They all knew I had been to see the big boss man what they did not expect was me to continue working. They all had thought he fired me. She just wished that was the case then I wouldn't have to see his arrogant face again.
Five years previous.
Layla sat on the field at Highlands Grammar School. Aubrey had begun there the previous year but he had never approached her until today. He was a jerk and a self cantered absurd prick who thought he owned the school. He wasn't a bad boy as such, but he had that pasonah about him. He walked around the school like he owned it, as well as his friends who everyone around the school hated they were the biggest bullies going.
Layla had tried her best to steer clear of them, but it was hard to with them sharing classes and they had leeched on to her for her help seeing as they were failing miserably. She had agreed just to keep them off her back, but had got more than she had bargained for when they started groping her. She'd cried wolf, yet no one had believed her, those assholes had a way with getting away with everything. Now she was forever in their debt for even thinking she could rat on them with out them knowing that it was her.
Aubrey was their new addition seeing as he wasn't scared of them and they respected him for that after they had all got into a fight the first day he had stared at the school as an outsider which he no longer was. They'd welcomed him into their gang with open arms and a hell of a lot of respect for the guy for taking them on all at once and not backing down. All four of them had been penalised for their fight and had been suspended for a whole week. That didn't stop them though, once Aubrey had joined them things have become worse over the last year.
They were now in year ten and were about to begin studying for their exams next year. She hated the thought that she had to help his so called friends. He walked up to her his shadow overcast her. She looked up and swallowed hard he looked like an Angel under the afternoon sun, but she knew differently. "Good afternoon Torino."
Yes he was half Italian he'd lived their until a year ago when he and his family up and moved to the U.K. to extend their business venture and it had become common knowledge between a lot of the pupils there and they had tired to worm their way in.
He had ignored them all except Alexander Collins and his friends, whom had confronted him and called him a rich bastard and had offered him out. And to their suprise he'd took all four of them on what they weren't aware of was his family background. No one there knew and he'd preferred it that way. He'd been taught how to defend himself at an early age, he knew self defence and mixed martial arts, and he also knew how to sneak up on people if he had to. He had some training in weaponry but he was not old enough to know everything at the tender age of fifteen. Yes his family was mafia and they had a lot of resources in the U.K. and Italy.
He had chosen to keep this information away from every one no one need know about him or his family background. Like his father and once told him. "Trust no one cause in the end they'll end up stabbing you in the back or shooting you dead."
"Aubrey what can I do for you ?" She stuttered.
"I heard you were a good tutor Torino."
"I wouldn't say that."
"My friends recommended me to you."
"Oh."
"I need your help, Torino."
"My name's Layla, and how do you think I can help you're in none of my classes."
"That's where you are wrong Torino, they are swapping my classes around to fit with yours."
"And why would they do that?"
He sat beside her. "Cause I asked them to Torino."
"Why would you even do that?"
"Like I said, I need your help."
"You can have my help without investing your self in my classes which are clearly not at your level."
He glared at her angrily. How dare she think that little of him.
"It's only a few of your lessons Torino not all of them." He said, calmly.
"Which ones?"
"Business, I.T. Maths and English the rest of them I will need you to home tutor me after school with homework and stuff."
"And if I say no?"
He leaned forward talking into her ear. "I will make your life a living hell. You don't know who you are dealing with."
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