Missing Her Badly

Dante stepped out of the mansion, holding the teddy bear and the shirt in his hands.

Ditto who was standing by the car door to open it up for Dante when he was close enough was clearly surprised to see his boss with a cute teddy bear in his hands.

But recalling that his boss was in love with a woman, he knew who the teddy bear had come from immediately.

“Good morning boss” he bowed his head slightly as Dante stopped in front of him.

“You won’t be coming with me” Dante said to him and Ditto’s brows arched.

For deals this important, he had always been with Dante as his right hand man. Why would his boss ever want him to stay back?

“Have I offended you, boss?” Ditto asked.

“You will be getting a new scar if you offended me. So no, you did not. You will be watching over the first priority”

Ditto almost pointed out that he (Dante) was the first priority but he recalled just in time who the first priority now was.

“As per your orders, boss” he replied.

“Let her go to work if she wishes to and let her do whatever she wants to as long as it would not put her in danger. If she gets in the slightest danger, you should shoot yourself dead before I get back cause you know your death is going to be worse when I get here”

“I will protect her with my life.”

“Also, report every single detail about her to me every night. Where she went to, when she left home, things she did. I want to know everything”

“I will be sure to do as you have ordered” Ditto responded and pulled the car door open for Dante.

“Keep her safe” Dante said to Ditto one more time before getting into the car.

“Start the car” he said to the driver and leaned back as the drive started.

He took the teddy bear to his lips and placed a soft kiss on it. Her perfume was on the teddy bear and breathing in the scent of her perfume relieved his aching heart a lot.

“I am sorry, Princess but this is for you. To keep you safe.”

Two days later

Dante had his gaze on the burly man who sat opposite him.

“I don’t have all the time in the world. Sign and let’s get over this” Dante groaned, his deadly gaze still on the man.

A few men in black were behind the man and Dante’s men were behind him. Each of them at alert and set to take actions in case the other side tried to play tricks.

Dante watched the man fix his signature to the document.

“Good” he remarked and lifted his hand towards one of his men. The man handed him a small pocket knife and Dante dropped it on the table.

“What for?” The man asked.

“Dante Romano always and always requires a blood signature” Dante spelt out and the man gulped down, picking the pocket knife.

“I can make use of a needle to prick my thumb, can’t I?” The man asked.

“I have no time to waste. Do what you have to do and let me leave” Dante rasped and the man unsheathed the pocket knife.

He pushed the sharp edge of the knife into his thumb and pressed his bloodied thumb on his signature.

“There. I am done” He stated and Dante took the document. He glanced at it and nodded in satisfaction.

“Thank you for involving us in this deal” the man thanked Dante who gave no response.

He dropped the document and signed it too.

“I do not have to remind you that if you breach a single term, I will not only be terminating this contract but also your life and your entire miserly team” Dante glanced at the men behind him.

“I will not dare to go against you” the man replied and Dante got up on his feet.

He walked out of the empty restaurant that had been reserved by him for the entire day. Dante walked towards the cars, heavily guarded by his men.

The car door was pulled open for him as he got closer and he stepped into the car, meeting James in it.

Dante dropped the document in Jame’s laps.

“Done with that miser you insisted helped you so much that you had to involve in this”

“I should have asked you before promising him anything but I had no choice. I had to do anything and everything”

Dante loosened his tie with a small groan.

“He is just a little disturbance and for your sake, I will act like he doesn’t exist” Dante added.

“Thank you” James added.

“How many more days do we have to spend here?” Dante questioned.

“Three days more. We will be doing the big signing with The Vatarco’s in three days and that will finalize the signing”

“Good” Dante remarked.

“Move the car” he said to the driver and the car was started right away.

“And…” James picked up a little blue teddy bear.

“When did you start keeping teddy bears in your car?” James asked and Dante’s gaze softened at the sight of the teddy bear Mireille had given to him.

“Don’t tell me one of your women actually gave you a teddy bear?” James cackled and without as much as a warning, threw the teddy out of the window.

“Some kid who needs it will pick it up”

“What the fuck did you just do?!” Dante’s softened gaze immediately hardened, his brows pulling closely and his muscles tensing.

James was taken aback.

“I just…”

“Stop the car!” Dante ordered, cutting James off and the car was brought to an immediate halt.

Dante glared hard at James, pushed open the car door and stepped out of the car. His men in the cars behind immediately stepped out of the cars too and followed after him.

Dante continued walking back until he found the teddy bear on the floor. He picked it up, slapping the dust off the teddy bear.

If it had been anyone else who did this, Dante knew that person would be dead already. He held onto the teddy bear and resisted the urge to hug it to himself in front of these men who knew him as a monster with no soft spot.

He turned and headed back towards the car. His men, confused as heck walked after him. One of them walked past him quickly and pulled the car door open for Dante.

Dante stepped back into his car and the door was shut after him.

“Never ever in your life throw my things away when I did not ask that of you” Dante warned sternly, confusing James greatly.

He could not understand when Dante began giving so much value to something like a cute teddy bear.

“Sorry, man. I had no idea a teddy bear could be special to you” James apologized.

Dante said nothing more but looked the other way, out of the window, the teddy bear still held in his hand. James stared at Dante, still not understanding his actions and his anger over what was supposed to be minor.

The car started and the drive continued. A few minutes passed in silence until James phone broke the silence.

James brought his phone out of his pocket and looked at the screen.

“Oh, Mireille is calling”

Dante felt his heart skip a beat at the mention of the name of that one special owner.

For the past two days, he had wanted nothing more than her. To see her face, to feel her touch and hear her voice. He missed every single about her. From the very strand of her hair to her toes.

She had not called him even once and that was totally understandable after he had rejected her feelings for him but Dante could not help but wish that his phone would ring sometime and the contact, ‘Principessa’ would be one calling.

He was strongly resisting the urge to call her himself.

“Hey, Mireille” James picked the call and Dante shut his eyes, listening carefully so he could hear her voice from the other side of the phone.

“Hello James” he heard her say to him and a small groan left Dante’s lips.

He felt the sudden urge to grab the phone from James and speak to her.

“How are you doing?”

“Pretty fine. Just got back from work” She replied.

“You don’t have to stress yourself too much, alright?” James said.

“I know. Uhm… Have you heard from Dante since two days ago?” Mireille asked.

“Not really” James lied.

“Why are you asking though?” James asked and looked at Dante.

“Nothing. Just wanted to know.”

“I am sure he is doing great” James replied.

“Alright. I hope you are doing well too. You are getting back soon, right?”

“Yes, I am. Don’t miss me too much” James replied.

“I will get you a ton of things too” he added.

“I know I can’t stop you so buy whatever you want to buy for me” Mireille replied.

“Alright. Bye” James said and Dante almost told him not to end the call so that he could hear Mireille’s voice a bit more.

“Bye” Mireille said and ended the call.

Dante gulped down. He missed her badly. Real badly and at this rate, he doubted he would be able to stay away from her forever like he planned to.