When Elena Bennett's ordinary life is turned upside down by an encounter with Dominic Moretti, a young, rich, and handsome man whom she later found out to be the powerful mafia boss who rules the city's underworld, she's thrust into a world she never imagined. An innocent woman caught between love and danger, Elena's once quiet life is consumed by a man whose words and touch ignite both fear and passion. Dominic is cold, calculating, and bound by a past that haunts him. He has everything- wealth, power, and control, but one thing eludes him: Elena. Drawn to her quiet strength and potential, he makes her his obsession, determined to pull her into his world. On the other hand, Elena finds herself falling for the same man who took her captive and brought her into this mess she's in. As the love grows stronger, Elena realizes that the cost of loving a man like Dominic is far greater and more demanding than she could ever have imagined. Soon, Elena and Dominic came to realize something, that they both have a common enemy. As the enemy closes in and betrayal lurks in the dark, Elena must decide; go back to her old life which isn't safe for her anymore, or embrace the life Dominic is offering her and grow in it– if she survives the storm and dangers that lurks around Dominic. But one thing is certain, whatever her decision is, she will never remain the same. The Mafia's Obsession is a thrilling tale of love, power, trust, and darkness that binds them. Will Elena's strength be enough to survive Dominic's world, or will it consume her:?
Chapter 1 Ordinary life
Elena pov
"Elena!!!" This was the umpteenth time I heard my name being called out by my boss. Just today, I had done the work of five more workers, and now that I had decided to rest, I was being called to do another task. I was fed up with my job, but I couldn't quit. If I did, I'd be stranded all my life and I had no hope of getting another job elsewhere. Before I started working under my boss here, I had gone to several places to try to apply, but all were to no avail. But then, she decided to let me work here for her although, under some crazy circumstances.
"I've been calling you for about a minute now, why didn't you answer?" My boss came to me fuming.
Most of the time, I wondered why my boss always wanted to frustrate me, maybe she just wanted me to get tired of her and quit the job myself, but I wasn't gonna do that. I had bills I had to pay and besides, wasn't I the one doing all the work? Why does she just like complaining?
My boss was a woman in her late fifties, maybe that was why she had so many anger issues, a few of my close colleagues would always tease me that the reason she always despised me was because I was prettier than her daughter. I usually laugh it off at times but I knew that wasn't the reason.
"I'm sorry, ma'am,"
"You should be sorry for your lazy ass," she blurted out to my face.
I couldn't even defend myself, I just got up and went back to work even though I was still very tired. She murmured something I couldn't hear very well, but I just let it slide, it was pointless arguing with this old hag.
A few hours later, it was time to close for the day, I packed my things and prepared to leave, I had waited for an extra 30 minutes since my boss had delayed me.
"Stupid old hag," I said to myself as I angrily packed my belongings for the day.
I walked down the busy street a few minutes from where I stayed, rumors had it that, this peaceful city had a dark story of how some rich men ruled it from the darkness and underground. Many people believed it, most of them even took it so seriously that they wouldn't come out at night once it was past a particular time. Well, for me, I never gave it a deep thought at all, I never thought any mob or robbers would even notice my existence, the only place where my existence was noticed was at work when my boss wanted to use me to her satisfaction.
Since my dad was imprisoned, and my mom left him for another man, my life had been very boring and ordinary. My mom, who didn't want anyone from her past to interfere with her newly found love, had warned me never to come near her. Since then, I have been staying alone at my little apartment, struggling to find enough money to get an able lawyer who could help me get my dad out of prison.
A few times, I would go and check on my dad, making sure he was doing well. I got home after walking for about 15 minutes. I was exhausted already, so immediately I got home, I didn't know when I dozed off.
I was woken up by the sound of my alarm ringing loudly in my ears. I got up from bed and immediately went to check the calendar to confirm if it was really that day. I smiled as I hurriedly went to shower, Wednesdays are one of the days I'm always excited about. I got to see my dad, so I was always waiting patiently for it to come. I locked my apartment and rushed down, stopping the first cab I saw. After being on the road for about 20 minutes, I finally got to my destination. I got down and walked to the entrance, but I noticed a guy standing across from the prison entrance. He was looking straight into the entrance. He had a very straight face, I shrugged my shoulders and walked in.
"What a weird guy,"
I sat at one end of the glass that separated visitors and the prisoners. I saw my dad but this time, he wasn't smiling as usual.
"What's wrong, Dad, you're not looking too happy today." I placed my palm on the glass as if I would really be able to touch his face.
"Sweetie, there's not much time, so listen to me attentively,"
I was worried and couldn't keep calm, for the past years I've been visiting my dad, I don't think I've seen him this worried before.
"What's going on, Dad?" I searched his eyes not taking my hands off the glass, he placed his hand on where my palm was resting against the glass.
"Just listen to me, from now on, I can't guarantee your safety, but things are about to get really ugly." He stopped and gave me time to let the word sink in, I gulped in very hard.
"Dad..." I was interrupted even before I could continue my word
"You must be very careful from now on, don't walk too late at night, always check if you're being followed."
"Ok, Dad." I sniffed in and wiped my eyes, I need to be more careful.
"Your time's up!," The guard shouted at me signaling my time was up.
I tried to beg him to extend my time a bit, but he strongly refused. I got up and took my bag with tears dropping from my eyes, I was about to step outside the room when I heard my dad speak.
"Barone, that's him, Barone."
I had no idea what he was talking about but I took out a pen and wrote down the name immediately I stepped outside.
I wondered who this Barone was or what the Barone was, whatever the situation that was going on, the only information I had was "Barone"
After a week of living in absolute fear, and nothing out of the ordinary happening, I decided to rest and go back to my boring lifestyle, maybe dad was just tensed and worried about something that wouldn't happen.
The next few days were nothing but me going to work, getting yelled at, and walking back home. I didn't want anything to spoil my life anymore, I was okay with my ordinary life. It was just me against the world and I didn't mind losing, I was fed up with living, so whatever danger lurks, it should just come out and do whatever it wants to do. Things were going smoothly until my encounter with someone that changed my life completely.
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