Taken By The Mafia Lord

778 Angelica And Daniel

It has barely been an hour since that cold daughter of hers left without waking her up and all she left behind was a note. Angelica planned to wake up on time to see Adele off, it was quite sad that she overslept instead.

However, that was the least of her problems as she stared at the man that rang her doorbell.

“How may I help you?” Angelica strictly asked the stranger standing in front of her. He was dressed nicely in a suit and although he attempted to exude a warm impression, the wires attached to the back of his ear like some sort of comms gave him away. Angelica has been with Benjamin long enough to recognize one of them.

“My boss wants to see you,” He gestured to the car parked at the corner of the street and Angelica stared hard at it. The windows were tinted so she could not make out the figure, but for strange reasons, she felt whoever was in that car had his eyes on her and it made her uncomfortable.

“Who is your boss?” Angelica wanted to know who she was getting involved with. She did not fear anyone hurting her, after all, she minded her business. Even Benjamin’s wife doesn’t bother her anymore after fulfilling her promise of sending her daughter, Adele to be raised by her. The woman was pleased knowing that her husband would never leave her for a nobody like her.

“Daniel Luciano,” The man said and her brows drew together as she thought about that name. Angelica excepted herself from the affairs of the Luciano family considering she was merely a mistress, but for some reason, that name sounded oddly familiar.

Perhaps, Benjamin talked about him during one of his visits. He tended to rant about a lot of things that didn’t go well in his life. Perhaps, Adele was right, her father was a coward, always looking for a shortcut to achieve his success.

But she loved him and nothing could change that – although her daughter Adele has become her priority at this point in her life. Angelica knew this was her second and who knows, last chance to make it up to her and she couldn’t waste it.

“What does he want from me?” She asked with a hint of fear in her tone. She was not ignorant of what the Luciano family does for a living and who knows what this Daniel wants from her? What if he means her harm?

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“I have no idea, Madam, but you can find out yourself by speaking to him,” The man told her, “And you have nothing to worry about, you are in safe hands,” He must have sensed her fears.

“Fine, let me get my things then.”

“No!”

Her brows arched in response, “Excuse me?”

“You don’t need to dress up or anything, it would only be a short conversation.” He tried to assure her.

Angelica swallowed numbly. To be honest, she was no longer comfortable with this arrangement, and her hand slowly reached inside her pocket for her cell phone, but there was nothing in there. Angelica winced inwardly, recalling that she left it on her nightstand – she had not anticipated this visit.

She looked at the man who was waiting for her to make a move and Angelica had a feeling that she didn’t exactly have a choice in this matter. Perhaps, she should run off, but Angelica gave up on the thought knowing he would outrun her in no time – she was too old for this. It was not a good idea.

“Let’s go then,” Angelica closed her door and followed after him.

He opened the door for her to go in and Angelica climbed in excepting to see Daniel Luciano seated there but there was no one and her heart raced at once. Thinking that this was a trap, Angelica was about to panic but the man climbed in after her, saying,

“Daniel awaits us.”

“Alright,” Angelica laughed nervously and turned her face the other way, her mind in thinking mode. How does she escape from this unfortunate predicament?

Angelica remained calm throughout the ride, waiting to see what they were up to and it wasn’t until they arrived at a restaurant, that she was able to breathe in relief. Thankfully, it was an open space.

The man from earlier guided her into the restaurant and led her to a table where she finally set her eyes on the man called Daniel. To be honest, he was not what she expected. Angelica imagined Daniel as an old man with protruding belly and bad breath. She never thought that she would find him oddly handsome and enigmatic, but then looks were deceiving and she had no clue what he wanted from her yet.

Like a gentleman, Daniel stood up to his feet and thrust out his hand, saying, “Daniel Luciano,”

“Angelica.” She enveloped her smaller palm with his calloused ones, evidence of the fact he worked a lot with his hands. Angelica couldn’t help but admire the strength in his hand and those sinewy arms. Does he work out every day or what?

Alright, that’s enough, Angelica censored her dirty mind at once. This man oozed danger and she shouldn’t get involved with the likes of him.

“It’s nice to meet you, Angelica with no surname,” He joked, showing off surprisingly clean white teeth. Daniel caressed the top of her palm while she stared at him and it made her stomach flutter.

Angelica withdrew her hand at once, clearing her throat, “You shouldn’t worry about my surname, I don’t think we are close enough for that last name basis.”

“Fair enough,” Daniel was not offended. He pulled out a seat for her, saying, “You should have a seat, my lady.”

“Thank you,” Angelica didn’t complain and sat down on it and Daniel took his seat as well.

“Why am I here?” Angelica went straight to business immediately. She can’t waste any more seconds with this man.

“Don’t be in such a hurry, darling. I don’t think we have the chance to know each other considering your birthed your extraordinary daughter called Adele.” Daniel said with a gleam in his eye and all color lost from her face.