4. LEONARDO

Three weeks. it's been three weeks. As in 21 days, 14 hours and 29 minutes. That's how long I've been trying to find the girl. Even my bestest men couldn't find her. No trace of her. Neither can I get a background check on her nor any details from my family other than she's Indian.

I thought she might have gone to India to her family but I was proven wrong when her brother called Lucia to ask where is his sister. Nobody knows. And every-fucking-one are blaming me that I've done something. But I actually don't know what wrong did I did to make her leave.

I just said I don't know her. And then she disappeared. And I tried to fuck that thought out of me that it's my fault, but I can't fuck anyone. It's not that I'm incapable, but because whenever I try to get laid with someone, that women is dead infront of my eyes. It's happening since last 3 years. I'm not a virgin, but now I'm celibate. And God it's so fucking frustrating sometimes.

The first time it has happened when I turned 21, it's my first day of being the CEO of Mancini Corporation and I was celebrating with my friends. I got drunk and was about to get laid when out of nowhere a bullet came and straight hit the woman I was with, between eyes. Exactly perfect shot. I was totally sober when the woman gone limp in my arms. And that cause a hell lot of trouble in the club which was mine. And no one fucking dares to mess with me on my own territory, but shooter did, and disappeared in thin air.

After that tragic incident, whenever I try getting laid, someone always killed the woman with me. It happened again, once, twice, thrice, until I lost count. So many women got killed when they were getting laid with me. This continued till a year.

Once a girl kissed me and next day, her lips were burnt. And whoever done that sent that girl to me to deliver their message. 'Don't ever fucking try to get laid with someone. Or I wouldn't mind to kill someone again.'

"That's a girl, who burnt my lips." that girl said to me. And from that day I never got mixed with any woman. Vince and my other friends used to tell me that I've gotten a psychotic stalker. And that I'm lucky for that. But it's fucking infuriating, that I didn't know who that psychotic stalker was. She was never caught in any of the cameras around the places. She beat the tech goddess of our Mafia. I don't know her name, neither did I met her, but she was selected by me for the position. That's what everyone told me, but I don't remember. She does every task given to her perfectly, but she never found out who's that stalker.

I just stopped mingling with women in clubs or parties, cause I was afraid, I would cause a innocent woman's life. And I don't have a Secretary as female, 'cause the one who was once my secretary used to be all clingy and one day she crossed the line, she was buried deep under six feet. Ofcourse not by me. It's my stalker. So I didn't had a female as a secretary from then. No women in my companies throws themselves at me because they know what happened to the secretary.

Next year in the Mafia's yearly Gala, I was to bring a date with me, I was hesitant at first but agreed reluctantly only to regret that decision. Mia, the woman I brought with me was my long lost relative, I didn't knew about. Only girl that has been ready to be my date, because no one dares to come anywhere near me, but she died on the spot. The shooter's aim was perfect, she didn't missed a single shot. And that was the last time I was with a girl other than my sister, until three weeks ago.

I thought after a year of no one getting killed by that stalker and I finally got the freedom from that things. But damn if I was any more wrong. I was walking with the girl upstairs where the rooms were when one shot flied from the window on the end of hallway and next second the girl was dead. My men tried finding the shooter and got nothing but note saying, 'Seems like you've forgotten what I said. No one fucking touches you, and who does will be transferred to their grave soon. It'll all be on you, love.'

My chain of thoughts came to an end when I saw a brand new, matte black Mustang GT, pulled up in driveway from my office window. That's new, no one gets inside without permission of anyone from inside and guards just let the car in without asking anyone.

I watched as driver seat's door opens and came out Hritika Thakur, the girl whose name was ringing in whole mansion from the day she disappeared. From my family to the guards and my men who works here. She's really something.

Few minutes later as she talked something with guard and he cracked a smile and she laughed she went to the door, not before sending a side glance at me. Her cheery smile turned into a tight lipped ones as she watched me. Her expression matched mine, giving nothing. But something inside me choked me from inside as I watched her cheerfulness vanishing away and gloominess marked on her face.

Not few seconds passed when I heard my siblings shouting with my father. I quickly descended downstairs to see what happened and there's my brother and sister were hugging her so tightly her face turned pale.

"You two are going to kill her, stupids." I muttered and watched as they moved from her and then sent glares my way with my father. My mother and Vince were the only people understood it wasn't my intentional mistake. What happened four years ago messed up me and my life badly.

"What happened? I heard someone screaming." Vince came with my mother closely behind him.

"Vince, Hrits is back." Lucia squeals again and squeeze Hritika in her arms.

All the while my eyes were fixed on her and hers on me. Her eyes were the only thing that makes my heartbeat faster, my breath hitches everytime my eyes met hers. Her eyes had different shade of Hazel with green specks in it. The most beautiful thing I ever saw in world. I was so lost in her eyes that I didn't noticed she was standing right infront of me 'til her voice snapped me from my la la land.

"Hello, Mr. Mancini." I was taken aback by her voice, angelic and sweet. I don't know how I didn't paid attention the first time.

"Uh! Huh? Yeah, Hello, Miss. Thakur." I stumbled upon my own words. God, way to embarrass myself.

"Last time I was the one stuttering and now it's you. This kinda made me happy, you know?" she leaned to whisper in my ear and a smile made its way to my face before I washed it away.

"Well, but I'm not happy, you know? Will you tell us why the hell did you ran away like that? And where were you? Even your brother was worried because he couldn't contact you and yeah not to forget my life was on line because of that." I growled, dangerously low at her to be scared but she seemed absolutely furious. Her fist clenched in her sides as she looked back at my family then again at me.

"What do you mean? The last line?" she whispered lowly only for me to hear. God I thought because her brother was worried she's furious but this totally caught me off guard.

"Some precious possession of mine was at stake if you wouldn't come back." I said to her and her hazel eyes almost turned grey.

"Like being the Don of American-Italian Mafia?" Her this question again caused me to stumble upon my own words.

"Wha- well. How? Yeah. How do you know?" The whole interaction between us finally included my family whose trying hard to hear what we're speaking. Hritika's glare to my family totally make them take two steps back when she turned around to face them.

"You guys probably blamed him for my sudden departure that day?" Her question threw them off the cliff and Vince standing beside them visibly tensed with me. They all fumbled as to how they'd say yes to her. Yeah they did continuously blamed me for her departure. Their nervousness gave away their answers and Hritika's half frown half laugh made them even more nervous.

"Yeah he was the practically reason for my outburst and departure that day." she spoke making my jaw lock, then her next words did little to calm my tensed nerves. "He did triggered something inside me that made me cry but I was more furious because of you guys." She pointed her finger at my family. "I thought you two called me your bestfriend, right?." She turned to face Lucia and Luca, who practically squirmed in their places. "Then why in the fucking hell you guys didn't told me that your brother is Leonardo Mancini and you," She turned to my father, "weren't you the former leader of American mafia? Why the hell did you guys didn't told me that you're Mafia family? And yeah it's not his fault," she side glanced at me then turned back to them, "that he and I never met each other. If I would've met him before I should've known that, but he just met me that day. I'm mad at him too, for a different reason though, but you guys said to me that I'm your family, then why didn't you told me basic thing about your family. And I was back here to move out today." her last line made my siblings and mother tear up and my father's face looked like he'd do something like hurt himself, but her next words make them sigh in relief. "Well I'm not leaving now, not until everything is clear to me. And between you and me." She said the last part to me and ran away.

God she just blew up everyone's mind by the look on our face. Vince was the only one who seemed to understand everything that happened in span of few minutes, because he was holding Lucia and Papà and Mamà were sitting on the couch where my Mamà was crying and my Papà tried to console her. Luca ran away from here as fast as he could and me, well I was just thinking about the last thing she said and dwelled upon that.