Chapter - 12

They were having breakfast like usual when Nicolas cleared his throat. Elio looked up from his plate. After the whole thing with going to Nicolas's office, Elio rarely talked. Well he rarely talked to Nicolas. He behaved normal towards the three.

"I'm not going to office today. I have a meeting here."

Elio looked confused.

"Related to my gang."

Nicolas said cautiously. Elio put the fork down and and folded his arms looking at Nicolas.

"So you want me to stay inside my room? Scared i would ruin something? Don't worry, i may not know about the whole mafia business but i won't ruin anything."

Nicolas didn't like the bratty tone of Elio. He leaned back and folded his hand.

"No. Just telling beforehand. Remember no more hiding things."

Nicolas said with a smile. A small smile crept on to Elio's face but he quickly turned it into a cold expression. Nicolas saw that and felt good knowing he was the reason Elio almost smiled.

"I'll get up first. I need to take a shower."

Elio said and ran up to his room. Elio was in his room with the three of them lounging here and there. They were hellbent on finding a hobby for Elio. He was laying on the bed yawning with bore.

"So who's coming for the meeting?"

Elio asked bored.

"Mr Oliver."

Elio looked at the three for more explanation.

"Well he's a mafia just like your husband."

Jay said making Elio blush at the word husband.

"But not a big mafia. I meant mafia lord. He mainly does deals that are...."

Simon tried to find a word fit for good or clean. But in mafia world good or nice isn't there.

"He doesn't do shit that harms others."

Tyler said making Simon nod at him.

"He must have bought his daughter this time too."

Elio looked shocked hearing that. His daughter must be so brave and efficient to accompany him to deals.

"How old is this Oliver and his daughter?"

"He's same age as Boss. 29 i guess? His daughter is 6."

Elio sat up hearing that.

"What!?!?"

Elio shouted at them making them flinch.

"He brought a little kid to such things?"

Jay nodded scared seeing Elio's face. Elio stood up from the bed and glared at them.

"Where is the meeting going on?"

"The office room at the end of the hallway."

Tyler said and Elio rushed outside followed by those three. He reached the room and saw two bulky bodyguards standing out. Must be that Oliver guy's men. He stood in front of them with his hands on his hips.

"Eli don't!"

Simon shouted distracting the guards. Elio took this as a chance and pushed the door effectively letting himself inside. Everyone froze and the guards of both Nicolas and Oliver's aimed their guns at him thinking he's a threat. Nicolas and Oliver were sitting opposite to each other with both their consigliere on their sides. Nicolas's guards let their guns down when they saw it was their Donna.

"He's my husband."

Nicolas said to Oliver, who ordered his men to put their guns down. Elio scanned the whole room, his eyes stopping at the couch where a 6 year old girl was playing with her dolls. He strode towards her and Oliver's men again aimed their guns at him while Nicolas's men aimed their gun at Oliver. After all their Donna's life is precious to their boss. Everyone watched Elio kneel down and whisper something to the girl. She giggled then nodded to him. Elio smiled back and lifted the girl in his arms.

"We'll be playing in my room while you gentlemen do your thing. And before you say no let me remind you this is no place for a little girl to stay."

Elio glared at Oliver, which to Oliver he felt like a puppy was glaring at him, and then walked off. Oliver was still looking at the door where Elio left with an amusing smile. Nicolas was getting irked by seeing Oliver ogling his husband. Nicolas clears his throat which catches Oliver's attention.

"As i was saying.."

Nicolas continued but was interrupted by Oliver.

"How old is he?"

"23. So if we.."

"Does he do any job or is managing the mafia his main thing?"

Nicolas was again cut off by Oliver's question.

"No. He stays away from the gang. He's too innocent and it's dangerous for him too."

At this point Nicolas was getting frustrated. But he don't know the reason for it. Was it because Oliver was asking about Elio and ogling at him like he's interested in him or because he's forgetting that they're trying to close a deal.

"Mr Oliver i would appreciate if you could stop talking about my husband and focus on the main thing here."

Nicolas said with a glare which made Oliver to sit straight. Back to business it is.

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Elio is starting to think it was a bad idea to bring the little girl to his room. Because now he is stuck with an energetic 6 year old who is determined to do a pigtail on 4 them. The little girl's name was Mia and she is obsessed with doing other people's hair. Her first victim was Elio. She tried doing pigtails but since his hair was short she couldn't properly do it, and ended up with Elio looking like a mess. He had pink heart shaped hair ties tied on his hair, of which the right side tie was about to fall off. Mia also put some stickers on his face. Tyler, Simon and Jay was laughing at him and he decided to give them the same fate.

"Hey Mia i don't think you can do pigtails on those uncles hair. Because it is short to do it."

Mia took it as a challenge. She did Jay's hair and Tyler's too and was doing Simon's hair. Elio think Mia has caught a liking to Simon. She was behind him the moment she saw him. She tried her best to do a pigtail but failed to do so. She looked sullen and sad. Simon who was grumpy the whole time sighed and spoke.

"It looks cute."

"You think so?"

Mia asked with happy eyes. Simon nodded sighing.

"Yayy!! Since you liked it i will give you my favourite stickers."

Mia said and ran to the couch where her small bag was placed. She opened it and and brought some stickers to him.

"Which one do you want?"

Simon looked at her sticker collections and when he was about to say which one he wanted she cut him off.

"Let's use the kitty one!!"

Mia jumped in excitement and put the stickers on both his cheeks. Simon looked at the others when he saw cameras clicking. Tyler, Jay and Elio had their phones out taking Simon's pics.

"I swear to fu-God if you take my pics..."

Simon wanted to swear at those three but he should be mindful of the kid.

"Sweetie do you have matching stickers? I wanna match with that kitty."

Tyler asked pouting. Mia nodded happily and put the same stickers on Tyler's cheeks too. Just then someone knocked on Elio's door and opened it. Nicolas and Oliver got inside and froze on their steps. Nicolas was shocked by seeing his top 3 perfectly trained killers in hello kitty stickers and pigtails. But what caught his eyes was Elio whose cheeks had a faint red to it and was trying to hide behind Jay. Oliver clears his throat and walks towards his daughter.

"It's time to go sweetie."

Mia's eyes filled with tears hearing the words.

"No!!"

Mia screamed like a banshee making everyone flinch. Oh boy this is going to be hard.