Taken By The Mafia Lord

She lifted her head to meet Daniel’s gaze, but the intensity in those gray eyes made her uneasy. There was just something about him that unsettled her and if he aimed to scare her, it was definitely working. But Angelica pushed her fear away and went straight to the point.

“What do you want from me?” Angelica asked him, knowing he had ulterior motives for inviting her over. There was no way a man like him would send his people to get her here if he didn’t want something important from her.

“Patience,” Daniel said nonchalantly as if he had all the time in the world.

“Now tell me.” He said, picking up the menu on the table and going through it, “What do you want for breakfast?” Daniel asked her.

Angelica frowned, her temper slowly beginning to rise to the surface as she said, “I’m not hungry, so perhaps we can start this conversation and get it over with.”

“In that case, you can watch me eat then,” Daniel decided, gesturing to the waiter to come and serve him, taking his eyes off her.

“Fine,” Angelica grumblingly snatched the menu from him with a glower. What kind of annoying man was this? How does he expect her to sit and watch him eat breakfast while she had nothing this morning?

Looking through the menu, she settled for buttermilk oven-fried chicken with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. Angelica handed her order to the waiter, turning her attention back on Daniel who was staring at her with intrigue.

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“What?” She scowled at him. Why was he looking at her that way? Surely, he didn’t fancy her or something – this was not the first time she’s had men falling for her at first sight. The first thing men always noticed about her was her beauty and this man called Daniel couldn’t be one of them too, right?. Or perhaps she was thinking too much.

“I’m just trying to correlate the similarities between you and Adele and aside from the physical attributes, you are nothing like her and she is nothing like you. The both of you share nothing in common.” He scrutinized her.

She narrowed her gaze at him, “Should I take that as a compliment or what? Why do I find your words kind of offensive?”

Daniel shrugged, “I’m merely pointing out the fact that both of you are special in your own ways. Unlike Adele, you are….” His eyes scanned over her in such a way that made heat rise to her cheeks, “Fragile yet ferocious. I can see where Adele got her fire from, at least, it’s not from her useless father.” He was not bothered that he just insulted her daughter’s father right in front of her.

The same couldn’t be said for Angelica who glared at him so deep she could bore a hole in his head. Whatever illusion she had about Daniel was shattered the instant those words left his mouth. He was nothing but a stalker and a bully. Daniel has no respect for her.

“For someone who seems so interested in me, you fail woefully at getting on my good side. You have no right to judge Benjamin that way.” She said between her teeth, “It’s none of your business.”

“You think that I am interested in you? That’s quite a bond claim to make.” Daniel scoffed as if he found the thought utterly hilarious. However, in the next minute, his searching gaze swept down her body and he said smugly,

“Although I would have to admit that you are beautiful and it’s natural for us men to find someone like you attractive. Isn’t that the reason why my dear cousin Benjamin shackled himself to you and wouldn’t let go despite having a wife?” He added immediately, “But you have nothing to worry about, I get my dick satisfied somewhere else,”

Angelica went so red in the face that one would think that she was about to explode. And she did explode.

“What do you take me for?!” She stood up abruptly, slamming her hand down on the table so hard it rattled, “You had them bring me all the way from my place just to reduce me to what?! A whore?! Is that it?” She shouted at the top of her voice, seeing red.

At this point, other customers in the restaurant had their eyes on them, drawn by the drama and Daniel was not a fan of such “negative” publicity. But he bore the embarrassment by not looking at them and said to Angelica through gritted teeth,

“Sit down woman, we are not done here.”

Hearing that, Angelica sneered, “Fuck you,” She gave him the middle finger and didn’t bother reaching for her things since she came with nothing. She didn’t leave her house and come here to be insulted by the asshole. Who does he even think he is?

If only she knew.

“And this is why women should have never been created in the first place.” Daniel muttered to himself as if he was some actor in a show, delivering a monologue.

He clicked his tongue, “So emotional.” amid the disapproval coming from the audience who saw their little drama. But then, he was not affected by such sentiment.

However, in the next minute, Daniel dragged his ass off the chair and went in pursuit of the woman.

“Angelica!” Daniel shouted after her when he got outside but she walked on in strides, purposely ignoring him.

Daniel breathed deeply, he didn’t sign up for this. And yet, he ran after her until he overtook her, blocking her path.

Angelica glanced up at him with a glare, “Get lost.” she hissed.

But Daniel was calm as still water. He said to her, “I told you that I am not done with you.” He added, “And do you know, no one walks out on me, those who attempted such disrespect didn’t see the….”

Daniel was still talking when Angelica saw a man step out of the street only to pull out a gun suddenly and aimed it at Daniel.

“Oh no!” She panicked as bile rose at the back of her throat. Angelica didn’t know what happened next, but she reacted by turning Daniel the other way, putting herself in harm’s way instead as the gun went off.