Chapter 28

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I woke up, half laying on top of Grayson. Since grayson was laying on the side of bed, half of my body hung down from the bed.

"I was waiting for you to wake up and get off." Grayson said breathlessly from beneath me. I quickly rolled over and heard him heave deep breaths.

"Sorry." I muttered, before closing my eyes again.

"Don't sleep again." Grayson tapped my shoulder. I opened one eye and looked at him, then closed it again.

"You go. I'll come after some time." I said, then added. "Five minutes."

"Ok." He said as I felt him get up.

I was sleeping very peacefully when an alarm rang.

Ugh. He set an alarm.

Grayson!! I can't even curse you out.

I got up, wrapped the blanket around me and sleepily walked to my room. I dumped the blanket on my bed and stepped into my bathroom. I just brushed my teeth and freshened up. I was still feeling sleepy. Today was like the day, I wanted to just be in the blanket and watch TV.

I was hugging the blanket to my body. Pushing the door open, I entered the kitchen.

"Rise and shine, princess." Alex sang while my other brothers looked ridiculously at me. They chuckled a little and shook their head as I sat down on my seat cross legged and wrapped the blanket around me properly. Only my face was visible.

"What's for breakfast?" I asked. My head already started lolling as I fought to keep my eyes open.

"Pancakes. But you can have anything you want." Roman offered.

"Brownie." I said immediately, my eyes still closed.

"No." Lorenzo said. "You're not eating that, first thing in the morning."

"Ugh. Fine. I don't wanna eat then." I said. My mind started to wander.

"Can you give me some fruits and a glass of milk, Roman?" Lorenzo asked, politely. "I'll cut them for her."

"What?" I whined. I don't want to stay here that long and eat food. Brownie is much easier to eat.

"Stop whining." He scolded. "Your diet is a serious topic and I can't let you mess with it. Now eat." Lorenzo ordered. I felt a plate being shifted before me. I just sat there, feeling extremely sleepy.

I should start keeping track of time while painting. I didn't sleep much last night.

"Amelia." Lorenzo growled. I opened my eyes. It took a lot of effort.

"What?" I asked tiredly. His expression changed from angry and stern to soft and concerned.

"Did you not sleep last night?" He asked, pointing to the bags under my eyes.

"Nah. I lost track of time, while painting." I said and yawned.

"Guess we need to set bedtimes now." Alex snickered and I heard a muffled laughter. That was surely Jace.

"We need to get trash cans ASAP." I retorted. Someone throw this guy away.

I looked at them and saw Grayson was turning red from holding in his laughter.

"Okay. Stop before it gets worse." Roman said from behind the counter, still cooking.

"Are you hungry, Angel?" Lorenzo asked. I shook my head no. I really wasn't hungry.

"Okay, go to sleep. You can skip school today. But I'm setting a bedtime." He warned. "We'll talk about it later."

I nodded and put my head on the table and took a deep breath. I was already drifting off, with my head on the hard surface.

Deep chuckles rang through the room.
"I'll drop you to your room, little one." I heard Matteo say. Before I knew, I was in the air. Matteo picked me up easily and walked to my room.

"Are you gonna stay?" I mumbled sleepily.

"Yeah." He chuckled a little. "We're gonna stay here for sometime."

I just hummed in response and snuggled into the blanket.

"Have a good nap." I heard Matteo say and felt a kiss on my forehead. It took everything in me, to not flinch. I heard his footsteps retreating and the soft thud of the door closing.

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"Good morning." I mumbled entering the kitchen and rubbing my eyes sleepily. Mason pushed my hand down.

"Stop doing that." He scolded. "It's almost dinner time, by the way."

"Yeah. But I just woke up. I'm just getting the vibe." I said jumping up and sitting on the counter.

"Sleep well, honey?" Roman asked. I nodded and smiled at him. I watched as my other brothers started coming in.

Alex and Jace entered the room just goofing around. Jace sent his usual annoyed look my way while Alex just gave me a mischievous one.

Then entered Grayson after some minutes, his hands stuffed into his pockets. He's cool. But I think Ashton is just a little bit cooler than him. Daniel is not even in the competition. He is way ahead of everyone else.

About five minutes later, Lorenzo walked in discussing something with Matteo. He gave me a look that clearly screamed 'I still remember you didn't sleep last night, just because you were painting and you're in for a long lecture.'

"Good morning, princess." Matteo said sending a big smile my way.

He's just naturally likeable.

"Morning." I said, while swinging my feet. Suddenly my vision was blocked by Roman coming to stand before me.

"Right Missy. Let's eat." He said, before picking me up and setting me on his hip, effortlessly.

He sat me down on a chair and sat beside me. I started eating my food, slowly. I was hungry, but my conscience said I should eat less and shouldn't look like a mad beast while eating.

After just three bites, I felt like throwing up. I started playing with my food.

"You just ate three bites." Lorenzo pointed out.

Woah! He even counts that.

It made me so happy inside, that he paid attention to the smallest things I do.

"I'm not hungry." I mumbled while looking down.

"Are you not hungry or are you just feeling like you'd throw up?" He asked. I looked up at him in shock.

How does he freaking know freaking everything?

"The second one." I said, fiddling with my fingers in my lap.

He's really starting to be like big bro.

"Don't think about it. Just focus on the nutrition, not the fat." He said softly. "You're beautiful, angel. You are the Mafia princess. No one can utter a word against you. You'll see what reputation you hold." He assured me.

"Do you know I saved some brownies for myself, today?" Jace said in an unusually loud voice. My ears perked up. I looked up, Lorenzo was smiling softly and staring at me.

I looked to my right to see Jace taking to Alex.

"If you eat six more bites, I'll give them to you." Roman said trading the brownies.

Surprisingly, Jace didn't protest.

I beamed at him and picked up my spoon again.

"Don't shove it down. Stop when it feels like you cannot take anymore or if you feel sick." Lorenzo said. I nodded and continued eating slowly. From the corner of my eye, I could feel Jace looking at me.

I flashed the finger to him, without even looking. I heard Alex choke on his drink at that.

"Did you see that, Matteo?" He asked.

Little snitch.

"You know," I said before he snitched or Matteo found out what I did. "Once Daniel annoyed me so much, I threw my dagger at his head. Once a newbie in the gang, snitched to my boss and I shot him. Didn't kill him though.." I said as everyone looked at me in shock.

I looked at Alex who gulped. I smirked at him. I quickly ate the food to have brownies. I only ate three bites.

Lorenzo gave me a hug, which I like to call an appreciation hug, where he just says things like, you did so good, I'm proud of you and I appreciate your efforts.

Then he asked me to meet him in his office.

Kinda ruined the mood.

I followed him as we entered his office and took a seat.

"So, I'm just going to tell you this, once. You can't skip meals or sleep. That's not good for your health. So I'm setting a bedtime-" I cut him off with a whine. He looked at me sternly as I shifted in my seat.

"Do not interrupt me while I'm talking." He gritted as I just slumped in my seat, pouting at him. "And don't whine, its just a bedtime."

"So as I was saying, I'm setting a bedtime which is 11." He said. I kept pouting and staring at the bookshelf to my right. "One of us will tuck you in."

My head snapped towards him.
"I'm not a baby." I gritted, glaring at him.

"Pardon?" He raised an eyebrow.

"I said I'm.Not.A.Baby." I gritted out.

"You are." He smirked.

The audacity of this man.

"I'm not." I defended.

"You are our baby." He said softly. I just huffed and leaned back in my chair.

"About your date." My ears perked up, although he spat the word out. "No closed spaces, no touching and inform us where you're going."

"Okay." I said, smiling a little. He cares so much.

"I hate this already." He muttered, looking at the dreamy smile on my face.

I just giggled and smiled at him.

"Is that it?" I asked. He nodded and I got up to leave.

"One more thing." He said. I turned around to face him. "I'll send some guards with you, but I still want you to call me and tell me about your location."

In short, keep in contact, for the whole day.

It feels like I'm going on a secret mission.

"Okay, Lorenzo. Don't worry." I said. His expressions softened and I saw a small smile and a lot of adoration in his eyes.

"I don't want you to have grey hair this early. You don't even have a girlfriend." I said before adding, "or a boyfriend?"

I wiggled my eyebrows. He looked flustered before he put on the 'Father' look on his face and shot me a look, that clearly said, 'You better watch what you're talking about. You are too young to talk about such things.'

Its not my fault, they think of me as a baby.

"I'd be very careful until the date, if I were you, Amelia." He glared at me.

He's right.

I raised my hands up in surrender.
"I'm just saying. I'd love to meet your girlfriend or boyfriend." I smirked at his flustered look.

He got up from his desk, a glare etched on his face.

Okay, I regret everything now. I'm scared.

But I'm stubborn. I stood my ground and stared at him blankly, trying to look as confident as I can.

But I knew, I probably looked like a small puppy before this huge dinosaur.

He grabbed my shoulders gently and turned me around. He pushed me out the door. I turned around to glare at him.

That. Was. So. Rude.

He matched my glare with his own and raised his eyebrow. I did the same.

He probably forgot we share the same blood and genes.

"You are not—" He started but I cut him off with a shriek and started talking in a loud voice.

"WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA." I put my fingers in my ears and screamed so he couldn't complete his sentence.

I know what he was about to say. You are not going on the date.

Lorenzo smirked and was about the shut the door. I stopped screaming and watched him do so. He stopped when the door was almost closed.

"I'm straight, by the way. Don't go pairing me with boys. Don't want to break innocent hearts." He said before shutting the door.

Well, thanks for letting me know.

I just shook my head and headed to my room.

I'm so excited for the date.

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