All Chapters of The Retired Gang Leader.: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I wake up to somebody harshly speaking over the phone and look around the room. This isn't my room and my head hurts so much!Charlie appears with a scowl on his face but he is shirtless, oh no please don't tell me I slept with..."No, we didn't. Relax." He must've noticed my panic, "How are you feeling?" He asked as he sat on the edge of the bed."Like shit. You look pissed." I said and he sighed running his fingers through his hair."Come on, let's go eat." He got up from the bed and extended his hand towards me."May I please freshen up first?" I asked and he hit his forehead with his hand."Of course I'm sorry, the bathrooms right over there. On the left cupboard, there's extra towels and brushes. And I'm sure you can find your way to the kitchen right?" "Yeah, thank you." I said and headed to his bathroom."And I'll put some extra clothes on the bed for you, I took yours off after you vomited at night." My breath imm

"Good morning." She whispered taking a sip of whatever was in her mug as I walked into the kitchen. I looked at her, then the bruises on her cheek and neck. I did that to her.I grabbed a bottle of water clenching my jaw, I walked away, "Good morning to you too." She mumbled under her breath, "jackass." I broke out into a grin and looked at her."Heard that fiore." "Then why are you ignoring me?" She asked and I sighed."Because I'm angry.""At me? I'm sorry I went out and got punched." she pointed to her left cheek like it was nothing."It's not that but it is also that." I said and she snapped her fingers."Oh! It's because I kissed Charlie!" She said as if she figured something out, well she did. I'm really pissed she kissed Charlie after I told him to stay away from her."It's because I strangled you Lotus! I put my hands on you and every time you'd tell me to stop I would add more pressure and I-..." "An

I get out of the Uber that dropped me off at Charlie's house, I walk numbly to his door and knock twice before he opens and welcomes me with a sad smile."You know you've been sitting on that couch staring at the same wall for over an hour. " Charlie said to me and I looked at him giving him a small smile. He sighed and sat down next to me pulling me to his side, "What did he say to you?" "That I'm nothing to him." I sighed and he growled, "I'm basically a nobody to him and he didn't care, but he gave me a job though. Considerate isn't he?" "He just wants to keep an eye on you. He's trying to control you Lotus." I hummed in response, "It doesn't matter anymore really. I'm going to bed." I got up from the couch and looked at Charlie, "Do you think you can drop me off at work tomorrow?" "Yeah sure, but are you seriously going to sleep without eating?" He asked and I nodded."I'm not hungry. Thank you for letting me cras

-----------------------------------------------------------------From: Antonio RossiDate: Mon, 29 June 2020, 08:50Subject: Re: To DoTo: Lotus Hutton•Time - 07:00.•Coffee - Correct.•Report - Yes.•Notes - Get started.•Clients - Everything.Rossi.----------------------------------------------------------------- Well, that doesn't explain everything, the skirt situation. I will have to ask him about it, I got started on the notes and it was so much fun! I have to say Antonio seems to be a great lawyer, pretty contrasting for a person who used to be a gang leader...pretty interesting.I managed to get through half his cases before my lun

Antonio has been giving me nothing but mixed signals! One day he's all 'You're mine' then the next he's kicking me out of his office telling me to stay away from him or better yet...stay in my place. He must enjoy saying that.Well, fuck him! I'm tired of his games, how the hell can a man be so moody and indecisive yet so devilishly handsome? If it hadn't been for Charlie I would've left and went straight ahead to Wood. Give him my head on a fucking silver platter!"Here you go Wood, Antonio is a dick and just won't let me through. Why don't you just go to him and get whatever it is and stop sending me to do your stupid job? Kill me so I can join my dad in a way better place than this...at least I understood him. Fucking hell!" I flip the files on the desk why is he so complicated? I get that he doesn't trust me and this is going a bit too quickly for the both of us but he doesn't have to be so mean towards me, I-..."Good

"You're ready?" Ant asked me as we walked into the courtroom, I looked at him confused and he chuckled, "To see me work my magic." I rolled my eyes and placed the questions and case files on the desk."Impress me, Mr Rossi." I said going through the questions once more, I had worked on them the whole night with the love birds, as much as they deny it; it's quite obvious they like each other."Oh, I will Ms Hutton." He said huskily and I rolled my eyes, he's been very playful today, since the office, in the car and now, here. "You went through the questions right?" I asked him and he nodded his head, I looked at him again and he sighed."Yes, and they're good enough. Stop stressing." He touched my shoulders and I breathed out.The opposing counsel came in and his whole demeanour changed, from that vibrant Ant he became cold and stern."Ahh, Antonio." The guy whose name I still haven't learned stuck out his hand for Antonio, they shake h

"Why didn't you tell us you were gay?" I asked him as we sat in a recess room recapping on what just happened in the courtroom."It's embarrassing." Jonah said."No it is not. It's the same as being straight, there's nothing wrong with it." I said holding his hand."They could say you killed him because he rejected you." Antonio mumbled as he wrote something on his papers."Or it just proves that he didn't lay a hand on any of them. Marcia and Marlon were his best friend's, did you have any sort of attraction towards Marlon?" I looked at Jonah and he shook his head no, "He had no sort of attraction towards Marlon Ant.""How do you know that?""I just asked him." I rolled my eyes at Antonio and he looked at me smirking."And you believe him just because you asked him?""Unlike some people, he's actually telling the truth." He goes to say something but I turn to Jonah, "Did you have any type of relationship with Marlon besides be

I am proud to say that Jonah didn't go to jail, I'll repeat that again. Jonah was proven innocent and is a free man! When the judge said he found him not guilty I couldn't help the scream that escaped me.I hugged the life out of Jonah, I didn't even know the guy that well but I was happy for him. I was happy he wasn't convicted of a crime he didn't commit and he was a free man.We were both a crying mess and I blame mine on my period. I wiped his tears and we laughed for what reason I don't know but we were happy. He held out his hand for Antonio to shake, finally, Ant cracks a smile. "I can't even begin to explain how grateful I am. You guys saved me." Jonah said and I pulled him in for another hug.Antonio nodded his head and Carter came standing in front of us frowning. "Another win. I'm sure you're beyond ecstatic." Antonio shrugged a shoulder and gave him a boyish grin. "It doesn't matter if you do happen to win a case, you're sti

I stood in front of the mirror holding my phone as I talked to Tiffany, I already got her number last night...she seemed like a pretty awesome person to get to know."You know if you'd actually turn the camera around so that I could see your dress then it would be much easier than me listening to you complain about how ugly you look." I frowned and flipped the camera around to the mirror so that she could see what I was talking about."See what I mean?" I turned to my side and she snorted."I don't see what you mean, girl you look gorgeous! Do a full turn for me still facing the camera to the mirror." I did exactly as she asked and I heard howling."Damn Lo didn't know you knew how to rock tight dresses." It was a green satin slip dress that we had gotten for my graduation...but I ended up not going.

"Where do you get that from?" I laughed at her confused as to what she's talking about."You call me ' fiore ' right?" She asked and I nodded my head, "And this meat is Fiorentina. So basically you're calling me meat." She explained and I threw my head back laughing."You're hilarious Lotus." I cut a piece of meat and brought it to her mouth, she opened her mouth and took the meat in her mouth, chewing it attentively. "Juicy right?" She nodded her head and licked my lips slowly..."Now ask yourself why I call you fiore." I whispered and her eyes widened. But fiore means flower, I won't tell her that."Oh." She cut the bread and took a bite, "Shit this is incredible." She moaned and took another bite. "We should do this more often." I offered when we finished eating and she laughed."You mean taking me to Italian restaurants?" She asked and I shook my head."No, I mean yes but also to other restaurants. I love seeing your reaction to the