The Mafia & The Billionaire

Third Person’s POV

The dinner that started off ended up in a good atmosphere after the Mills left Alex’s parent’s mansion. Serene felt a little relieved when Alex’s parents showed her how much they liked her. It wasn’t entirely true that she was not worried about what Alex’s parents would think of her. Just like any other daughter-in-law, she wanted her parents-in-law to accept her as well.

As for Serene’s grandparents, who were expecting her visit, she called them head on and let them know why she had to cancel her visit. Her grandma was furious that she chose to meet her parents-in-law before them, so she made Serene promise to go back the following week, which she agreed so she didn’t need to deal with her grandma’s tantrums.

“What’s your schedule for this week?” Alex asked while they were having their breakfast. He just drank and put down the glass of juice before he looked at Serene who was busy with her food.

“Company and then go to grandma’s on the weekend.” she casually replied,Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I can come if you want.”

“No need, I didn’t want grandma to meet you just yet.” she replied and drank her water and wiped her lips. She looked at Alex, thinking he would never like it. “Don’t think too much, you don’t know how my grandma was. I need to prepare for her before I introduce you to him.” she added.

Alex nodded his head in understanding. Even if he was feeling a little disappointed, he believed in what Serene had said and decided to wait until she was ready. “Enzo is going to pick you up?” he asked after.

“Yeah, Patt wanted me to go every day because of the things I need to learn to run the business.” she replied.

“If you are out on the weekend, I am going to accept the invitation to the business sector award ceremony in Deniro City.”

“You will be receiving an award?” she asked curiously. She even wondered whether he would say her name when he did the speech when he received the award.

“I don’t know, I was just invited,” he replied, shrugging his shoulders. “The main reason for my attendance was to talk to Philip Einspein. I know that you knew him but I wanted to try persuading him to join me in a clothing brand that I wanted to put up.” he added. Serene thought for a while she was Philip Einspein and she knew that Philip would be receiving an award too.

“I can try persuading him, you know.” she said as she wanted to know if he is going to take her offer.

“No need. My offer is good and the only reason that he will not accept it is that he really didn’t want to do business with me,” he replied.

“Well, he had his own clothing store. Why would he think of accepting your offer?”

“That too,” he replied, “But I noticed that he is not really expanding his business, and I think that it was because he couldn’t handle it himself when it grew even bigger.” he added.

“I had a feeling that he was trying to do everything for himself, as if he didn’t want anyone to know about his secret or whatever he didn’t want others to know. His store could be bigger than it already is and I can help him with that,” he continued.

“Then good luck, I hope that you two can talk.” Serene replied. She has no plan on rejecting Alex’s offer and wants Philip to decide. She believes that what Alex said was true and the organization is the main reason. If Alex could guarantee security, she couldn’t say anything. But she was worried that he would find out that the organization behind it was hers.

They left the house by getting in different cars. Alex drives his own, while Serene had Enzo to drive for her. He started to get comfortable with him because he could see that what he and Patt had for Serene was pure loyalty and respect. The affection was the cause of both and he knew that it was natural to feel that way without feeling intimate, so they could freely get in and out of their mansion in “The Grand Villas”.

Their offices were on the opposite sides. While Alex turned left as he went out of The Grand Villas, Serene and Enzo turned right. “Boss, grandma called and she wanted me to remind you about this weekend.” Enzo said as he drove. Serene sighed heavily, she had just had a talk with her grandma as well and reminded her about her visit too.

“Boss?” Enzo called her.

“Yeah, I heard you. She just called me and I wouldn’t be surprised if Patt would tell me about it as well when we reached the company.” she said. Enzo laughed as he knew how his grandma was.

They were almost at the company and they only needed to make a right turn on the second block when a truck came from the next block which was supposed to stop because there was a red light in their lane.

Enzo noticed it and accelerated so they would be able to pass before it hit them. It would be too late to stop because of the momentum he had already gained, as he already saw the green light as well as the speed of the car behind them.

Because the truck was fast as well, it still hit them, but not as much as the one on their backs. It was crushed while theirs swiveled around and Enzo tried to control the wheel but still hit the post on the sidewalk. Serene felt relieved when she looked around and found that besides the concrete, they didn’t hit anyone.

She looked at Enzo to check if he was fine because he hit his side when he maneuvered the wheel to make sure that Serene would not get hurt. “Enzo, are you alright?” she asked as she gently tapped him on his shoulder and arm.

He started to move and looked up, “Thank God,” she said after she sighed in relief.

“Are you alright, boss?” he asked, then she nodded but he roamed his eyes around her and found blood dripping from her head to his face. “Boss, you’re bleeding!” he exclaimed and tried to reach for her but he suddenly felt dizzy and his sight blurry. Serene noticed that something was wrong with him,

“Enzo, don’t sleep OK?” she said and tried to make him stay awake. People started to approach their car for rescue and helped them to get out of the car.

“Are you alright miss?” a man asked Serene,

“Enzo, get him out.” she replied instead. The man looked at the driver’s side and after pulling out Serene, he pulled Enzo from the driver’s seat through the passenger seat door as his side was the one that hit the concrete post. “Enzo,” Serene keeps calling him but just like him, she starts to feel dizzy and her sight gets blurry until she squeezes her eyes shut.

“Enzo!” Serene said as she woke up. Alex was beside her and Patt rushed to her. “Where’s Enzo?” she asked Patt, worriedly. He looked and motioned the bed next to hers. She looked at her right side and found Enzo lying on the hospital bed next to her.

“How is he?”

“He wakes up earlier but loses his consciousness again after a few minutes. The doctor said that it was natural because, just like you, he hit his head on the window.” Patt replied, Serene nodded as Alex held her hand. It was the only time that she noticed him.

“Why are you here? Aren’t you at work?” she asked,

“Are you expecting me to continue working when you are lying here in the hospital?” he asked. Serene wanted to rebut but she had no strength for that. She looked at Patt and asked, “Did you look into the accident?”

“The driver said that he was drowsing during that time and it was too late for him to stop the truck when he realized that he was going to beat the red light.”

“Did you tell Nadine to look into it?”

“Yes, and she’s trucking where the truck came from as well.” he informed her.

“Rest before you think about it. Even if you don’t do anything, I am going to make sure to get to the bottom of this.” Alex said, which made Serene look at him. He felt helpless when he heard his wife asking about the details and Patt had already done what needed to be done. He realized that they had not been into that kind of accident for the first time, but it happened a lot of times probably.

“You didn’t inform grandma and grandpa about this, right?” Serene asked while giving Patt a warning look. But he just lowered his head and didn’t want to meet her eyes. “Did you really tell them everything? You know that they are not allowed to worry!” Serene shouted at him. She didn’t want anything to happen to her grandparents because of her negligence. That’s why she always sees to it that all her missions were hidden from them. She didn’t want them to worry.

“The accident is all over the news.” Alex said, “You cannot blame him. I was there when he was talking to your grandma and I was ready to talk to her but he didn’t allow me because you would just get mad at him even more.” he added. Serene looked at Patt and then at Enzo, who was still unconscious.

“What did they say and how are they?”

“They are fine and they have already sent Princess,” he replied. Serene scratched her head because of that.

“Did she already find someone that will replace her?”

“Yes, she actually found her replacement about more than a month ago. She just didn’t tell us. She wanted to train her even more and she looked at her thoroughly. You know how important grandma and grandpa to her.” Patt replied,

“Enough of that already,” Alex interrupted them, “Call the doctor, it was supposed to be the first thing to do the moment she wakes up.” he added,

“Okay, Sir.” he replied and went out of the hospital room.

“Who is Princess?”

“The maid that I told you to bring to the mansion,” she replied, and Alex nodded.

“Don’t think about anything else, yet. You can do whatever you need to do when you and Enzo are better.” he said, “You know that I am always here to help you out too, right?” he added as Serene just looked at him, she thought that it felt good to have someone who was not working for her and besides her grandparents, Enzo, Patt, Princess and Philip to look after her well being.