Luke's pov

I was waiting for the kids by my car as I am going to drop them to school today. They came and sat in. I got into the driver's seat. I was about to start the car when I heard my phone ring and guess who it was!!

The third one of the three musketeers, the three idiots! Miles!!

I picked up and he said, " Luca!! " With that sugar tone 

Yeah of course I knew that this was coming.

" I will be there to pick you up shortly." I said, getting straight to the point.

If Lev drops him today, then of course he is gonna suffer.

" Ohh how did you know? Anyway, be here very quick before I spit out and Lev kills me." He said

" Yeah coming," I said as I drove to his place and called him, "I am here."

He came running to the car as he yelled," Bye."

He got in," Good morning and speed away!"

I started the car and drove out of the premises swiftly

" Man, he was investigating me." He let out

I laughed along with Pete

" We came on time then." Pete said

" Right , ehm Luca ?" He turned to me as he said in that overly sweet and innocent voice.

" You know out of all of the older ones, I have always liked you the most? And I am your brother too, right?"

I smirked , just too much butter in these 24 hours

" So you won't want me dead and will save my -" And he carried on the fishy deal

I halted, " Fine Milo. Just this time, okay?"

" Yeah, of course, I will try to not get another F."

" I know you will. Prepare it later and hit me up for any help if needed."

" You won't tell Levio, right?"

" I will see." I smirked

" What's there to see Luca?"

" Yes right," I affirmed, " I will let him know right now, can you call him for me?" I said innocently

" No, I won't, please Luke don't. He is not as nice a person as he seems."

" What are you saying Milo? He is the nicest." I said in the same tone, having my fun with him.

" He can make me clean the whole house alone, beat me up. Confiscate all my electronics."

I laughed, " The max he will do is to confiscate the electronics and ground you , don't exaggerate."

" No really, he has a thick belt... He can beat me black and blue."

Pete caught his laugh as Dest looked at him shocked

" Is it that bad Milo?" I asked with sympathy and innocence

I am very well aware of this drama. I don't know who is the bad influence on the other between him and Pete

" Yeah, you don't want me to get hurt."

" Of course not, I will let my brothers know, they will stop him from beating you like this, don't worry." Pete and I caught our laughter

" Your brothers? You mean Marco? No man, Thank you!! Tell Levio." He said

We laughed at him." There you go drama king "

" Hehe! Funny!" He scoffed

We reached the school as I parked the car , they got out.

" Let's go." I said as we made our way inside the building and went to meet the teacher.

" This is his office." Miles said as he knocked on the door.

We got inside as they stood in a line greeting their teacher

" Good morning, sir."

" Good morning Miles, Peter and Destiny, Good morning Mister?" He extended his hand to me

" Lucas Carnell." I said and shared a crisp hand shake with him.

" Nice to meet you! You are here for the three of them?"

" Yes."

" Sit please. Let me tell you all the troubles they made."

I took a seat. " Please go ahead."

" This 2 got an F and Destiny got a D in my test, it's okay because it won't affect their marks. I called you to talk about their behavior, Destiny is not attentive in class, always on phone, talks with friends during class, asks stupid questions not cause she has a doubt but to make her friends laugh and make me seem stupid."

I shot her a look, not turning sideways just shifting my eyes slightly as I motioned him to go ahead, if it's for Destiny then I wonder what's there in store for these two

" Peter and Miles are always creating chaos in the class, getting frogs, yelling at each other which is strange and odd, playing X/O, they fight with other boys. Apart from that, they are always in the bathroom. I wonder what they are doing there, playing with their phones, smoking, doing drugs?"

" This asshole!" Miles seethed in a low tone and Pete elbowed him to shut up.

I shot him a sharp glare, he better shut these curses for now. I won't say a thing for the grades as promised but they are just a level ahead. If the oldies heard about it they would be in serious trouble for the chaos specially skipping and fighting.

" I can assure you it's not the latter, right boys ?"I know they just do it all out of boredom, drugs and smoking is too far for this.

" Yeah, we don't do drugs." Pete replied

" Nor smoking." Miles added

" Good then! But you need to make sure of it, Mister Carnell, anyway, I hope this attitude will change before I report them." He said

I suddenly got mad at him on the kids' side, but then my mind made me drop it.

" Yes, their attitude will be taken care of accordingly and they will show improvement."

" Yeah, thanks, Mister Carnell... I have a class right now."

" Sure, good day." I said as we shook our hands for the final time and I got out of the office with the three of them

" We have to run now." Peter whispered to them

" Not so soon." I put my hand on those two's shoulders.

" You promised that you won't lecture, Luca."

" Yeah, no lectures Pete. Just a little reminder to straighten up and behave better. Occasional troubles are understandable but not to this extent. If I get to hear any complaints, of you three being troublesome to this extent, you really won't like to be near me. Are we clear?" I asked in a stern yet calm tone, not wanting them to get all worked up about it.

They nodded vigorously

" Good, now go to your classes." I said with a smile as I opened my embrace offering them a hug.

They hugged me and said 'Goodbye'

" Bye and behave." I said as I waved them off and went to pick up Heaven.

I picked her up, went to the college and had an amazing day. It was pretty buzzed because exams were near but we still made some time to study together. I dropped her home then picked the kids back and finally made it to the warehouse .

As usual, I was early here , so I headed to my room to find Da-Dom here, not exactly in the try room but in our hostile room accompanied by Chris.

" Good evening, sirs."

" Good evening, Luke. Chris, I'm upgrading Luke to be my assistant, he will not be present in some trainings session." Dom informed him

" Yeah, sure! No problem for the training." Chris smiled at me.

I smiled back at him, now I am pretty unsure as to what I am supposed to be doing at the moment, the training or something else.

" Sir, what am I supposed to do for today ?"

" You will stay with me, for now go put your stuff and come back." He told me

" Yes sir." I said as I went to my room and kept my bag there. I brought my stuff so I could study in this spare time.

I came out of the room and headed back to him.

" Chris, see you later."

We went to the cafeteria and he pulled a chair.

" Sit, babe." I sat down with him, without any questions.

" You know why you are here?" He asked, smiling.

" Because you are here?"

He laughed," Oh my God! It will be fun working with you."

I looked at him confused .

" We are here to have lunch."

I nodded my head in realization. He wanna have his lunch , of course. The woman came and placed two plates from each meal on the table which consisted of hearty Stuffed Peppers, Guacamole Salad.

" May you remove it please? There's an extra serving." I told her

" That's what my boss told me to do!" She smirked at me and walked to the kitchen

While Dom just laughed and said l, " Luke, you will eat the extra plates."

I looked at him, of course the serving was for me but I am not even hungry.

" Sir, I don't need to have it now. I am not hungry." I told him.

" What did you eat from the morning?" He asked me as he shot me a glare then turned to his plate and started eating.

I shuddered at the glare slightly, for the first time his looks were stern and not sweet towards me since the day we met and living in same house, " Muffins, coffee and a cake."

" That was your breakfast." He chuckled

" But I am all full, not hungry at all, I will really eat later."

" Lucas, eat or I'll feed you." He said with a dead serious tone.

I shook my head as no. I don't need to be fed that too here but I don't wanna eat too, not at all. I looked at him with big pleading eyes, of course being an absolute kid but anything that gets me out of it then I tested my luck and said, " Please?"

" Lucas!" He said sternly and pointed at my plate.

I shrunk in my seat and I took the serving and started gulping it down quietly as I looked nowhere but the plate. I was really not hungry and don't want to eat it at all, after mere 2 or 3 bites, I felt full. I looked up at him with a pleading innocent face with big eyes and asked, " I have had enough, may I please leave it?"

Just say yes, please! You are too nice to deny me and say No!

" Okay, fine!" He said without sparing a glance at me.

He didn't even look at me? I looked at him and the plate back and forth, he won't talk to me because of the meal? Look at me Da-Sir please! I thought.

" Sir?" I asked slowly

" Yep, I told you, you can leave the table." He said still eating his meal.

" Are you upset with me?" I couldn't help but ask, I don't like the way his tone is with me right now, " I promise I will finish it, please look at me at least."

" You have to calm down, I'm not upset." He smiled at me in his usual sweet tone.

I nodded and started eating the food instantly with no arguments ahead, I'd rather finish the meal with no mood than have him ignore me completely. I somehow hated how he didn't even look up at me, I don't wanna bear his ignorance at all, just like I can't bear my brothers too and there was something wrong but he just masked it.

I finished it then said, " I really finished my lunch, look, I am sorry."

" Oh! Nice, no need to apologize honey, I'm proud of you." He caressed my cheek, smiling.

I smiled back shyly, I won't lie if I say I don't like the affection but it's also kind of made me shy but happy and content too hearing him being proud of me, even on such a small thing that I believed doesn't even matter at all, made me feel so good as if I achieved something big while in reality I just took my lunch timely.

" I'll take them to the counter." He said as he stood up and ruffled my hair.

" No, please, I will take them." I said as I got up, picking up the plates.

" Okay, fine! As you like, I don't mind chilling."

I smiled at him and put the plates back to the counter

" Let's go to my office, we have to work now, right?"

" Yes sir, let's go."

We walked to his office. This is the first time I am stepping in here, I have always seen it from the outside and it was a forbidden area to roam around for any reason. It was huge to say the least, a big polished black center table with a Leatherette Black office chair, reflecting due to the fine polish on it, the table had a glass cover over it and on left side were a set of desk with a computer system along with a big shelf with many arranged files, on the lower left side was a closet.

The right side was pretty cozy to look at, with a sofa set and a center table followed by a refrigerator on the side, the lights were dim golden on the ceiling, it wasn't dark, it was fancy. The paintings on the sides were awesome. Even the mat on the floor, which feels so comfortable while standing on the shoes, looks like it costs more than what I earn monthly. The room was of course completely air conditioned and a fancy door on the upper right side, might be the washroom.

The table was arranged so perfectly and systematically, the Laptop right in front of his chair, the papers placed neatly under the paper weight, a fancy pen stand, I mean he just sign stuffs with those expensive pens! The back of the wall had a very nice wooden finished clock, with numbers imprinted in roman values and the table had the most influencing thing, a wooden stand with his name incarnated in italics' Dominique Carnell'

The aesthetic of his office oozes nothing but power and authority, someone whom you will just have to respect by heart, no other option to that. The whole aura screams sincerity and warmth. If I thought my brothers had astonishing offices, then this is just perfect. It was maintained so well even in his long absence.

" So son! Have a seat." He offered

I came out of my thoughts, sat down as he mentioned to me and waited patiently for the tasks.

" First, we need to set some points!" He said as he was standing in front of me

" Okay, what points sir?" I asked

" Some little rules to be comfortable with each other." He explained.

I nodded and waited for him to enlist them. He grabbed my chin gently, " Listen to me carefully, I don't want to repeat what I have said: Obedience! Listen and obey from the first time. Anything happens here stays here, got it?"

" Yes sir." The rules were so simple and he wasn't even scolding me or harsh with the tone but the way he said that , it made me feel a nervous pit in my stomach, it was scary !

" Babe! Do you have any rules for me?" He asked," Of course, 'not forcing you to eat' isn't counted as a rule."

" Then I don't have any." I said sheepishly

It is pretty humble of him to ask and consider my points too but of course I wouldn't sit here and make rules for him, the big boss himself, the least I would have done is to request to not make me eat and I wouldn't have denied him if he asked me to, even after we agree on this, which we are not.

" You really don't? Like maybe you want me to be easy on you or something?"

" No sir, no such requests."

Yes of course! Requests! I won't go around and tell him to be easy on me or anything in that matter, not nice!

" What a sweet boy." He said then kissed my forehead, " I'm still your father too so don't be scared of me. I will never hurt you."

I smiled at the affection, 'my father too', I don't know how easily we connected and how quickly he accepted me, I feel nothing but grateful.

" Okay, can you get me the boys files, please? There are many new boys here! That Landon, this is my first time seeing him. I have to check them." He told me

" Yes sure." I said as I got up and went out of the office to get him the files.

I went to the record room and picked the files of all the new entries, even my file is there. Of course I came the latest. I wonder what and all he will check on them and Lan? He is also new in front of him, it's gonna be pretty interesting!

I got all the files of the new ones since his absence and took them back to his office. I managed to knock on the door. I got inside and placed them on the corner table.

" Thank you, here take this. You are allowed to enter the second warehouse from now on." He gave me a card

" Yes sir." I took the card from him and kept it safely in my pocket.

" I validated your card, and son, I want you to go there and get me all the files about the mafia N°25P. When you come back I want you to start checking them with the information on that PC."

" Yes Sir." I said

I exited the office, got out of the warehouse and drove straight to the second warehouse. The security wasn't a bother because of course I got the card with me. I headed straight to the record room in this one and searched for the files about those Mafias. I checked the digital record section and get the PDs related to them. I finished my task here in an hour and drove back to the main warehouse carrying the files with me straight to my father's office.

I knocked in again as he let me in. I sat down on the desk and started checking the information from the files and everything. I had a lot to do with them; check the manuals individually then check the digital one then update them with the current status and get the manual version done. I sat there finishing the digital work first, it's easier.

I worked on the files a bit more and set the print outs to be ready, while I was checking the manuals. It was already past two hours and I was yet to be done with them. I spent other couple of hours working on the same file, it's about a whole mafia, a lot of stuff and information it has. I checked the details from the spies and updated them as well.

" Son, sorry for disturbing but how is Landon as a leader?" He asked me out of the blue

" He is amazing! Absolutely fair and commanding. He is pretty strict but still on the warmer side. Sir, on a personal note, he is also my best friend but nothing I say about him is biased in any way." I told him honestly and about Lan and mine's friendship, he will know sooner or later , then I don't want him to believe that I was biased with the opinion because he is my friend

" Ooh that's nice! He is nice as a friend?" He asked

" Yes , absolutely amazing!"

And I looked at the clock. It was about the time that I had to go for dinner with him! I literally forgot it in the heat of the work. But I am not yet finished and it will take more time, I am sure about that.

My phone buzzed in my pocket

" Excuse me, sir." I said as he nodded

I checked my phone and it was Pete.

P: Lucas Stark Carnell !!

L: Yeah ?

P: I hope you didn't go to your friends without me.

L: No , I am still working.

P: Ohh okay! Can I take your blue shirt?

L: Yeah ..

P: And that black hat with ' Fuck off' on the top?

L: Fine take that too

P: Take one of your kit-kats?

L: Are you messing with my closet ?

P: kinda?

L: How many are there?

L: Okay, so is it like you tried many of them on and took the ones you like?

P: Three

L: Fine , take one

P: No, bubba, not to that extent just a few of them and take the one I liked.

L: And you are gonna put them back, right love ?

P: Hmm, so much mess here! Maybe I can't.

L: Fine, take whatever you want and try to put the mess away.

L: Except my whites, they are my love!

P: Yeah sure.

P: And bubba that Thor peed in your room

L: Get it cleaned, love.

P: No, no won't touch it.

L: Fine, ask any helper to help with it .

P: All got disgusted and ran away haha.

L: Fine, I will do something later when I come, for now I am gonna carry on here, I will pick you up soon

P: Thanks! Bye bye!

L: Bye

I sighed and put the phone back, let's try to finish the maximum I can

" What's up, Luke?" He asked me, " Who annoyed you?"

" I am not sure if it's Pete or that Thor." I said as I told him what all happened.

He laughed," What did the poor dog do?"

" Peed in my room."

" That's gross! Your room will be scented with this." He held his laughter

" Yeah, so pleasant."

" And what did Pete do?"

" Kind of a mess in the room but that's not as much of a problem as the other one is."

" Why did he make a mess in your room?"

" He was trying out my clothes and taking the ones he liked."

" I have just a sister and she takes my hoodies too." He told me

I chuckled lightly and said, " There are things that can't be helped."

" Yeah!"

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