Shaun Crimson's POV

I anticipated Jayson's reaction as he strode towards me. He gripped my hands which almost made me to yell at him, telling him that the keys to my cars were inside. Then he held my arms and took his hands upward to my shoulders. It wasn't like he was trying to request for my keys. It was definitely more than that because, concerns took over his facial expression. It immediately occurred to me that he was checking me out.

"Where were you shot?" Concerns laced his question. 

" Calm down Jayson. I wasn't shot but someone else." I beamed.

What a dick I was, to almost yell at him.

He heaved a sigh of relief but immediately got curious again.

" Who got shot? " He inquired and before I could answer, Grayson came out of the room and walked towards  us.

"Welcome Capo." He greeted Jayson and the curious Jayson responded with a nod.

(Boss)

" I have dressed her injury. The bullet  didn't penetrated her shoulder. It was just a scratch. Her health condition will improve by Dawn." Grayson said to me.

" Thank's, Grayson. Take care." I told Grayson as he was about to leave.

The usual, Jayson gave him a hundred dollar bill. 

"I'm oo exhausted to talk right now. Speaking up tomorrow, bro. " I quickly told Jayson and Harry before they could utter a word.

"Alright. Good night, Shaun" Jayson said.

"Goodnight Jayson. Goodnight Harry" I told the two of them before going to my room.

***

My hungover had never been good but I got up  early. And all glory to my alarm which ruined my sleep. Good thing I smashed it against the wall. I yawned and was about to go back to sleep but few minutes after lying on bed, the memory of someone getting shot came to my mind. And it kept bothering me, preventing me to go back to sleep.

Could it be that I had nightmare?

Hell no! It was a vision and that vision made me to stand up on my feet.

I quickly went to brush my teeth and wash my face. Then, I ran out of my room, heading to the visitor's. When I got there, the angel I saw in my vision was still sleeping under the white duvet.

Now, the Crimsons got a small heaven inside the visitor's room. 

A smile flickered across my face as I folded my arms, leaning against the door to view the angel more. Few minutes after smiling and watching her, she got up, making me to stop drooling over her.

"mi dispiace spaventarti. in realtà sono stato alla porta dalle 6:00. Volevo solo vederti alzarti. " I apologized, dropping my folded arms.

(sorry to scare you. I have actually been standing at the door since 6:00. I just wanted to see you get up.)

Yeah. I actually spoke to her in Italian and that was a custom of the Crimsons. If the person gave a slight response, you knew that he might be from Italy or working for the Italians. But she didn't budge or give any signs of response. That didn't stop me though, I proceeded. 

"Ieri sera è successo qualcosa che ti ha fatto stare qui con me. Ma di questo ne parleremo più avanti. Per ora, andiamo con l'introduzione. Allora come ti chiami?" Moving closer to her, I said.

( Something happened yesterday night that made you to be here with me. But, we will talk about that later. For now, let's go with the introduction. So what's your name? )

She finally muttered some words for the first time. "Please sir, can you speak in English? I  don't understand what you're saying." She sounded scared.

" Oh I'm sorry for speaking a language you don't understand. And please, don't be formal with me. Just call me Shaun." I apologized.

" Alright Shaun " she reluctantly said, stressing my name and I nodded.

"Something happened yesterday's night but, I won't want to stress you with that. We can actually talk about that later. What's your name if you don't mind me asking?" 

" I'm Lily olive. Lily is the name "

" Alright Lily. How's your shoulde..." Before I could finish speaking, Harry barged into the room making Lily to flinch.

"che cazzo fratello! non sai bussare? l'hai appena fatta sussultare" I yelled at Harry in Italian.

(what the fuck bro! Don't you know how to knock? you just made her flinch)

"colpa mia! sono venuto a chiamarti ma non ti ho visto nella tua stanza. Jayson ti vuole in sala da pranzo." Harry said to me in Italian as he took his leave.

(my bad! I came to call you but didn't see you in your room. Jayson wants you at the dinning room.)

"Sorry about that Lily. My elder brother wants me down stairs. I will be back in a jiffy." I said to Lily who shyly replied with a nod.

***

"l'hai interrogata?"  Jayson asked me when I got to the dinning room.

(Have you interrogated her?)

"ancora in lavorazione prima che Harry facesse irruzione" I said to Jayson.

(Still on the process before Harry barged in)

"mi ha detto solo il suo nome e non sembra che capisca l'italiano." I added.

(She has only told me her name and it doesn't seems like she understands Italian.)

"Come si chiama?" Harry inquired.

(What's her name?)

"il suo nome è Lily Olive" I replied.

(Her name is Lily olive)

"Bene. Farò eseguire a Jaime un controllo in background su di lei..." Harry couldn't finish before I yelled.

(I will have Jaime run a background check on her...)

"non c'è modo!"

(No way!)

"perché Shaun?" Jayson's brows arched in bafflement. 

(Why Shaun?)

" l'ho incontrata ieri e dovremmo trattarla come una spia? le chiederò tutto ciò che è necessario." I said.

(I just met her yesterday and we should treat her like a spy? I will ask her everything that's needed)

"va bene fratello. comunque, uscirò con Harry per supervisionare noi stessi la prossima spedizione." Jayson said calmly.

(Alright bro. By the way, I will be going out with Harry to oversee the next shipment ourselves.)

I replied with a nod and then, we all ate together. After shoving the last spoon into my mouth, something occurred to me.

I left a visitor who hasn't eaten. But here  I am, eating like a begger.

I quickly left the dinning room and ran upstairs. When I got to the room, she wasn't in. Probably, she might have gone to take her shower.

I patiently waited for her to come out of the bathroom. After twenty minutes, she came out with a white towel wrapped around her. 

Holy cow! 

My jaw dropped as I scanned her body. My gaze started from her dark brown hair and slowly came down to her sparkling brown eyes and then, to her Greek nose under which a shinning pink lips were. I scanned further downward to her boobs which kinda took me a while, before staring at her fair and lovely thighs. Then I moved my sight back to her boobs.

She was a perfect definition of a heavenly made body. Her figure tallied well her height and that got me. I have promised myself never to fall for any girl, but she might make me to reconsider. I bet she noticed that I was still staring at her boobs as she quickly raised the towel a little further upward which made me to flinch and snapped out of my lust. 

"I'm sorry for entering your room without your permission. I just came to invite you for breakfast fast." I stuttered. 

She stood dazed so I quickly told her that I will wait for her downstairs. 

***

What was that?! Why must I show that I have low resistance to ladies?! Scram! 

I seriously hope that she doesn't see me as a pervert. But who am I kidding? I'm a fucking pervert! No no no no. Not just in her eyes. She's too damn hot to see me as a pervert. And I just said what a pervert would say! Shaun get a hold of yourself!

These thoughts kept messing up my head of which I kept hitting my forehead as a technique of shaking the thoughts off. In the middle of these thoughts she came down and called my name, bringing me back to the present. 

"I'm sorry to have done that" I stuttered again.

"It's okay" she smiled, making her dimples to be clearly seen. 

"Come and sit down, while I quickly go to kitchen and prepare something for you." I invited her to the dinning room while I went to the kitchen to prepare some pancakes. After putting the flour and everything needed. I pulled up my phone from my pocket to check  the message that came in. I guess I was no longer checking the message but playing game. Mortal Kombat to be exact.

I raised my head some minutes later when everywhere started to have a good smell. I just burnt the pancakes.

Is it that my nose isn't working properly, or is it that, I just don't know how to do any of the lady's choirs? Well, what to do than to shyly walk  out of the kitchen.

I smile sheepishly at Lily as I told her that I have burnt the pancakes. Wasn't I being too childish to smile at burning the pancakes? But who cares?

I man up and offer her some fruits. She kinda love apple the most so she picked that.

"Will that be enough?" I asked her after she stopped, at three apples.

"More than enough" 

I could tell that she was lying but I let her be.

" Would you mind if I ordered  a brunch?" I asked her and she shrugged.

"You can tell me what happened the previous night till the brunch arrive" I said and she agreed.