The lost Mafia prince

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Arnold POV

I sat outside the building fuming. I was still in a little bit of pain but i was too excited to see Jace when i woke up. Dad told me he was in England for some business meeting and arranged for our private jet to take me there. It did not take long for me to find the company dad said Jace was at. When i got to the receptionist desk and asked to talk to Jace, she told me he was in a meeting with some higher members of staff.

I sat at the receptionists for so long before Jeremy entered the place with flowers and chocolate. At first, i wanted to assume him and pretend i had not seen him. After all, i did not want to cause a scene when i had just woken up from a comma.

Then i heard him ask the receptionist about Jace's office number and she immediately gave it to him. I couldn't believe she refused to give it to me and gave it to him!! I couldn't help but imagine that those flowers belonged to Jace and my blood boiled in fury. He was cheating on me, and he dare blames me for kissing a girl mistakenly at a bar? I decided to follow Jeremy and found them hugging, the rest was literally history.

As i sat out there, i couldn't help but wonder where the flowers and chocolate were. I hadn't seen them when i entered the office come to think of it. I was still sitted there when a young lean and extremely good looking man walked past me out of the building. He stopped at an expensive looking car and started searching for the car keys before he sighed exhausted. He turned back to get back in the building and stopped when he spotted me.

"Uh..is something wrong?" He asked crouching in front of me. I sighed and shook my head no looking away. I was sure there were stray tears on my face.

"Honey you don't look OK." He said matter of factly and for the first time our eyes met. I took in his featured calmly. He was goodlooking, extremely good looking but not as good looking as my Jace.

"Am having one of those days..." I said sniffling. He stood up and came to sit beside me. Completely forgetting where he was going before he saw me. I welcomed it, i needed this, i needed someone by my side. I needed happiness.

"Periods?" He asked uncertainty clear in his voice. I scrunched up my nose. Did i look like a girl to him?.

"No..am not a girl in case you haven't realized." I said kinda annoyed.

"Nice..i guess...then what do you mean? Was someone mean to you at work?" He asked. I looked at him and just stared at him for a while.
It then dawned on me who he thought i was. He thought i was an employee...he thought i worked here! That's funny, didn't he know his colleagues.

"No..no colleague was mean to me." I sighed as i looked away. He stood up and looked at me.

"Am gonna get my keys." He said but stood still as if waiting for a response from me.

"Okaaayyy?" I asked rather than stated.

"And then...we are getting coffee...together, i know a place." I found myself nodding. Somehow i felt safer telling this guy my problems. After all, we would never meet again after this. He couldnt tell people about me because no one knew me here except for Jeremy and Jace.

In thirty minutes, he was back. He held a piece of chocolate for me to take a bite from. I did. It was delicious. He signalled for me to follow him to his car and i did. I felt like a stupid kid following a stranger.

"So...don't you have anywhere to go?" I asked. He looked at me and chuckled. His eyes turned back to the road as he spoke.

"I was going to be making dinner for my husband and a friend...but i feel this is way more important.." He said.

"You think listening to a stranger is more important than cooking for your husband and his guest?" I asked shocked. He shrugged.

"Am a good cook, i can cook in less than two hours so i still have time. And what better way than to give a friend a listening ear?" He asked casually. This guy was something else.

"We are not friends." I grunted.

"Well Id like to think after i gave you my chocolate we are...but if that's how you're gonna be then fine." He pouted and looked ahead. He looked kinda cute. Just like Jace when he was angry or things did not go the way he planned them to be.

"So...is there a reason you were seated outside the company in such chilly weather crying?" He finally asked. I stared out the window at the passing buildings as the car slowed down to a stop at a parking lot in a cute cafe.
I did not answer for a while so the guy sighed and took off his seatbelt. He opened his door and turned to me.

"Come on...lets get in first. " He said. I followed him into the restaurant and he chose a private booth and i was grateful for that. After placing our orders and them being brought less than twenty minutes later, the guy turned back to me.

"Adrian." He said finally. I looked at him with a questioning look.

"That's my name...you are?" He asked. I looked down and grunted. It was the least i could do after he bought me hot chocolate.

"Arnold...Arnold Miguel." I said softly. He nodded.

"Sorry i don't know most of my husbands employees, I was just visiting him in his office and he brought me some flowers and chocolates... I was just leaving before I spotted you..." He said smiling genuinely. Then it hit me. Flowers...

"Wait..who is your husband?" I asked. He looked at me and shrugged.

"His name is Jeremy."