The last ever chapter 😢 I'm so sad, I love this book so much but I'm also glad it's finished!

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(Also, this is one year on from the last bonus chapter)

1 Year Later

"Why do I have to go with you?"

"Because you're 10 years old and you can't stay home alone over Christmas and because I said so. Now stop acting like a little brat and get your butt out of my car."

When I turned to give Tyler a sweet smile while he sat in the passenger seat, all he did was glare at me.

I wish he knew how much he looked like his father when he did that. Even at 10 years old he was identical to Carson.

"Tyler, mama said go." When I heard Poppy whisper from the back seat, I glanced in her direction while Tyler rolled his eyes at his 5 year old sister.

He really had more attitude than the rest of my children put together.

Without another word he picked up his school bag while I got out of the car so that I could take Poppy and Nessa into pre-school while Dalton and Tyler went to elementary school.

Tyler was in the 5th grade since he was 10 years old, and Dalton was in the 3rd grade since he was 8 years old. Poppy was still only 5 years old and Nessa was the youngest at 4 years old. She was also the most well behaved of my children and at times definitely my favourite.

Once I got Poppy and Nessa out of their car seats, I held their hands as Dalton and Tyler walked ahead of us.

"Mama?" Glancing down at Poppy as we walked, I gave her a smile encouraging her to speak. "Can I come to Los Ambelees?"

I couldn't help but laugh at her mispronunciation, nodding my head as we reached the doors to the elementary school.

Since it was Christmas next week, we decided to take the children to Los Angeles for Christmas and then to Miami for New Years since that's where Fox, Avi and Grey were going.

This time of year was always hard since Carson's mother and sister passed away on the December 23rd, 13 years ago. He much preferred for us to be alone for those few days and then we would spend New Years with his friends and my sister.

"Baby it's Los Angeles and of course you can. You didn't think I would leave you at home, did you?" At this she only shrugged as she let go of my hands so I could give Tyler and Dalton a goodbye hug.

"Be good, make sure you listen in class and pay attention." At this Dalton only gave me a mischievous grin as he stepped out of my hug, holding his school bag in his hand. Shaking my head at him, I turned to look at Tyler who was still annoyed that I was making him come to LA with us.

I don't understand what he expected, he was only 10 years old. But I guess he was just in a bad mood that day because he usually loved Christmas when we spent it at home.

"Give me a hug." When I reached out for him, he shook his head taking a step away from me. "Don't be sad with me Ty, you're my little baby."

"I'm not a baby mom." Raising an eyebrow at him, I let out a laugh before I forced him into a hug causing him to stiffen under my touch. "You'll always be my baby."

"Mom stop." The entire time I squeezed him in my arms, the other children giggled next to me while he tried to get out of the embrace. Finally once I let him go, I pressed a kiss to his cheek causing his lips to twitch up into a smile.

"Be a good boy, listen in class and do your work. Oh, and be nice to Mary Lou, I don't need her mother calling me again while I'm trying to...-"

Get it on with your father on my desk?

"You know what never mind."

Yes even after four years, Mary Lou is still in our lives and a regular topic at the dinner table.

"We broke up yesterday mama."

"You break up every week, just be nice to her. Your father and I didn't raise you to be mean to girls." Giving him a pointed look, I took a step away from him turning to look at both of my sons. "I'll see you right here at 1pm, okay?"

When I reminded them that they finished school early today for the winter vacation, they both smiled before they headed inside.

Once the two of them left, I took Poppy and Nessa to the preschool, where I ended up having to speak to their teachers for a few minutes about their end of semester progress, before I headed back to my car. It didn't take long for me to drive from the school to the mafia mansion, of course I stopped to pick up a coffee on the way - just like old times.

Once I finally parked my car on the drive way next to one of my husband's precious cars that would always be at the top of the list, I grabbed my purse and got out of the car.

Now that I had my own car which was a Range Rover Sport, I guess I did understand why he was so protective over his cars. I was very strict on my 'no eating in the car' rule, only because I had the four messiest children on Earth. I would die if they ever made a mess on the cream leather seats.

"Mrs Boss." When I opened the front door, I couldn't help but roll my eyes when Dallas flashed me a smirk as he came down the hallway.

"How many times have I told you to stop calling me that? It makes me feel old." When I pouted my lips he let out a laugh while I took a sip of my coffee. "You're only 34 years old Dani, you're not old."

"No, but I feel it. Do you know how tired I am, right now? At least one of my children wakes up every night, but recently all of them do."

Hence the large coffee in my hand.

"Even Tyler? Isn't he 10 years old now?" Nodding my head in response to Dallas's question, I started walking over to the stairs with him following behind me. "Nessa tends to wake up during the night, sometimes Poppy does too. If one of them cries then the other one cries and then Dalton and Tyler wake up in their room. In the end they all end up in our bed and then I have a grumpy husband too."

"Is he ever not grumpy? I took some paper work up to him earlier and he bit my head off for opening the door too loudly. Then I tried to explain that I opened it like a normal freaking human and he threatened to shoot me for giving him back chat. Now I have to go and give him this."

Just when I let out a laugh at Dallas's story while he held a folder up to show me, someone spoke from behind us catching our attention.

"I don't pay you to stand around and gossip."

At the sound of Carson's voice, the two of us turned to see him half way down the stairs giving us both a deadly glare. While I just smiled up at him taking another sip of my coffee, Dallas rolled his eyes instead, heading up the steps towards Carson.

That's how you know they're close, because if anyone else did that they would be dead three seconds later.

"Boss." As he spoke, Dallas held the folder out to Carson which he just snatched from him. "Get back to work."

"Bitch I've been working all damn morning."

My eyes widened when Dallas snapped at Carson, somehow having the balls to say that to his boss who just glared back at him, without a word.

"You're not even going to respond? You're no fun." Letting out a huff, Dallas turned around to leave meaning he missed the fleeting smile that appeared on Carson's lips. Once Dallas went off to do his work, I made my way up the stairs until I was in front of Carson.

"Hey babe." Flashing him a smile, I leaned in to press a kiss to his cheek while he just narrowed his eyes at me. "You're late."

"I know, sorry. I had to speak to Nessa and Poppy's teachers about their progress and then I stopped to get a coffee." Giving him another smile, I held the coffee cup up for emphasis catching his attention. For a second he raised an eyebrow at the cup before nodding, taking a step closer to me on the step we were on so that he could whisper into my ear.

"Next time get your pretty little ass here on time, we have a meeting to attend." As he spoke I felt his hand grip that specified area causing a gasp to escape my lips, just as he took the coffee cup from my hand with ease.

"Let's go mama." I could hear the amusement in his voice as he continued down the stairs, taking a sip of my coffee while I just stood there in shock.

Did this bitch just...

Letting out a huff, I followed behind him as he walked towards the main meeting room on the ground floor, opening the door for me. As I walked towards him, I narrowed my eyes at him while he smirked, taking another sip of my coffee.

"Bitch." When I muttered the word, he rose an eyebrow at me as I snatched the cup back bringing it to my lips as I walked into the room, passing by him.

I heard him chuckle as he closed the door while my eyes scanned the room where Grey was sitting at the table across from three men I didn't recognise.

Following Carson's lead, I sat down next to him, next to Grey, taking the chance to take out some of my things.

"Why are you unpacking your entire freaking bag?" When I heard Grey's words, I turned to look at him as I took out my pencil case. "I might need to write something down so I need a pen and some paper but I might also need my laptop so I got that out too and if I get thirsty then-"

"Yeah alright, stop talking." When he quickly cut me off, Carson laughed next to us while I just chose to finish unpacking my things quietly. Usually I would have come back with some kind of bitchy retort, but technically they were my bosses and we were in a meeting so I couldn't do that unless I wanted to get an hour long lecture from Carson later.

I'm speaking from experience by the way.

Once I was done unpacking, I turned my attention to the men across from us just as Carson threw an arm around my shoulders, relaxing back in his chair. Even though he did that, he was still in complete mafia business mode, speaking in a deadly tone to the unfamiliar men.

"Tell me what you want then, I don't have all day."

Once he said that reaching out to take a sip of my coffee much to my dismay, they suddenly launched into a very elaborate business proposal to work with Carson selling weapons in areas of Asia and in Australia. The entire time I sat there taking notes in the usual way that I did - by making a pros and cons list.

In this case the cons outweighed the pros by a hell of a lot. Actually the only pro was that Carson would get one over on an enemy of his, even though it would cost him a lot of money, time and product. So that was the reason he wanted to take the deal, but as his accountant I was hell bent on convincing him that this was a very bad idea.

Or I guess I was trying to convince him.

"Carson you're not listening to me. This is going to cost you millions!"

"And I'm the freaking boss, what I say goes."

As we walked up the stairs to the first floor where the offices were, I was aware of Grey following behind us after he showed our guests out the front door.

"You always say that! Why the hell did you hire me then? Carson this little rivalry you have going on with this crime family in London isn't worth losing so much money over."

Of course he didn't listen to me, once he was set on a decision he never did listen to me.

"Daniela if I wanted your opinion I would have asked for it. I gave you an order, sign that deal and send them the damn money." As we reached my office door he glanced back at me, sending me a glare which I very easily returned.

I had absolutely no intention of going into my office, unlike Grey who slipped inside his while Carson and I stood there glaring at one another in the hallway.

The only reason Grey left was because he stupidly agreed with Carson but didn't want to get involved in our fight that had been going on for quite a while now after the meeting ended.

"Why did you ask me to come to that meeting then if you're just going to ignore my advice?"

"I didn't know what they were going to say. Now, don't make me repeat myself again - go in there and do your goddamn job before I really lose my temper."

It's funny really because anyone else would have obediently done what they were told to, but I was absolutely sick of this. It wasn't the first time that they'd completely ignored my advice, and I'm sure it wouldn't be the last.

"I'm not giving away 36 million dollars when I know we're just going to lose it over some petty rivalry. If you want to lose that much money, do it your damn self."

When I openly defied him, he held my stare for a moment his eyes blazing with anger, like I should have expected. But what I didn't expect was for him to shake his head and turn away from me, heading down the hallway to his office.

Of course I just followed behind him, choosing to continue our little discussion now rather than later.

"You're being stupid Carson. You're supposed to make decisions for the good of the mafia, not for your own personal-"

"It is for the good of the mafia - my mafia. Don't ever question my intentions Daniela." He barely glanced in my direction as he entered his office, heading over to the desk while I shut the door behind myself. "Okay there's no need to get all possessive, I'm not trying to take the mafia from you, idiot. I'm just saying you're making a huge mistake, you shouldn't do this and you should listen to me for once."

He still didn't respond to me, instead choosing to face away from me as he took off his suit jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves to his elbows revealing his tattooed hands and arms. Letting out a breath, I clutched the leather handles of my purse in my hand as I closed the gap between us slightly, stepping further into the room.

"Revenge isn't worth losing money over, and definitely not this much money. The only ones who benefit financially are those three idiots who came up with this plan. You never freaking listen to me Carson. I'm your accountant, it's my job to give you my best advice and to tell you what to do when it comes to these kinds of deals."

Finally he seemed to snap when he suddenly spun around to face me, stepping closer to me with a furious glare on his face.

"Yeah? Well when the mafia belongs to your son then you can tell him what to do since he'll probably listen to you. Until then, you do what your boss tells you to do like you learned at your initiation - you don't question those above you in rank. Now take your dress off."

For the next few moments a silence fell around us while we still continued to glare at each other, both of us refusing to be the first one to back down. That was until I finally put my purse down on the floor and took a few steps towards him. The entire time I held his stare until I stopped directly in front of him, I was still glaring at him.

Turning around I allowed him to unzip my dress before I turned back to face him, letting it fall to the floor in front of him.

"Lock the door."

I could feel his eyes on me the entire time as I went over to lock the door as per his request, before he let me to his desk where he moved a few things to the side.

"Don't ever defy an order again, do you understand me? If I tell you to do something, you freaking do it and you do it with a smile on your face. I'm your damn boss, you do as you're told."

Of course we both knew it wouldn't be the last time I defied him or argued with him, but in that moment I just nodded my head so that he would get on with what was about to happen.

"Words Daniela."

"Yes boss."

As soon as I gave him the answer he was looking for, he pulled me up against him crashing his lips to mine.

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Somehow when we finished he still looked as perfect as he did when he first walked into the room.

Not even a hair on his head was out of place.

"Get out."

Barely glancing in my direction, he went around to his desk, taking a seat while I continued to sit there on his couch like a hot mess. Letting out an exaggerated groan just to annoy him, I used his desk to stand up thanks to the heels on my feet that made the task much harder. Once I was up, I put my clothes on while he continued working on his laptop.

The entire time I fixed myself up again, straightening my clothes, fluffing my hair and touching up my make up he didn't say a word, until I stepped towards his desk.

"I'm picking the kids up at 1pm, what time are we going to the airport?"

"5pm." When he still didn't glance in my direction, I let out a sigh going around to his side of the desk. "You don't need to be mad at me anymore Carson. I'm sorry."

When I pouted my lips, he lifted his gaze away from the papers he was reading to look at me. For a moment he held my stare until his lips finally twitched into a small smile.

"Come here." Turning his chair to face me, he reached out placing his hands on my waist as he pulled me closer to him an onto his lap.

"You up for another round?" When he mumbled the question against my lips, I begrudgingly pulled away from him as I shook my head. "I can't, I have work to do and I have to pick the kids up early today. That is, unless you want to pick them up for me? Then we have all the time in the world."

As I spoke my question in a sultry tone, I trailed my hand down his chest stopping just above his belt as I pressed a seductive kiss to his jaw.

"Hell no."

It was worth a try.

Letting out a huff, I carefully stood up from his lap, sending him a glare while he smirked at me while I straightened out my dress. "You're such a jerk."

"Oh don't be mad at me, mama." I could hear the amusement in his tone when I turned to face him noticing how his eyes were firmly focussed on my behind as he sat in his chair. "Have I ever told you that you have the best ass baby?"

I could hear the lust in his voice as he reached out to run his hand over my ass, making me instantly wish I had more time to go another round with him. But unfortunately after that meeting this morning and our little escapade in his office, I was running out of time to get my work done.

So I had to move his hand away from my ass I stepped away, heading around his desk and over to the door with my purse in my hand. The entire time I walked away he leaned back in his chair watching me with a smirk.

Or more accurately watching my ass.

"I'll see you later babe." When I muttered the words, he only nodded in response as I unlocked the door stepping out before I closed it.

"Next time you do it in the office, can you at least make sure I have my documents first." At the sound of someone's voice, I suddenly jumped, spinning around to see Fox watching me in amusement.

Of course it would be him. Of all the freaking people in the history of time, it had to be him.

"I came to get them from Carson earlier, but I could hear some uncomfortable and yet mildly juicy sounds so I left."

Ignoring the sly grin playing on his lips and his uncomfortably accurate description, I shook my head at him as I walked down the hallway to my office while he opened the door to Carson's office again.

"Oh and Dani?" At the sound of his voice, I turned around to face him although in hindsight I really wish I hadn't. "It sounded like you had a