Chapter 12

Melina took her tablet and head to bed. Johnny followed her and he snuggled next to her. She wanted to do a quick google search on Marco, so she typed his name on the search bar. She hesitated to press search, scared that she might not like what she will find out, but she decided she wanted to know anyway. She pressed search and thousands of results came through.

She looked first for social media, but she didn't find anything. It kind of makes sense, she thought. He is a crime lord. Surely we won't want to advertise what he is doing for everyone to see. She then went to the photos. She was expecting to find multiple photos with women on his side, but she was surprised to find none. In all of the photos she found he was either alone or surrounded by men. She kept scrolling and she found a photo of him in the gym, shirtless, wearing only a pair of training shorts. She stared at the photo and she felt her mouth salivating. How can someone be so sexy, she thought. She could see the muscles flexing while he was lifting weights. His arms and chest was covered with tattoos, which Melina found incredibly sexy and then there were his abs. The 8 pack abs sent shivers all down to her core and her eyes stared at the V leading to his shorts.

Melina had never been attracted by gym freaks. In her experience these men were so self absorbed and they were always looking for a girl as fit as them. And she wasn't that. She enjoyed her food way too much and she was convinced she was allergic to all types of exercise. Well, not all type of exercise, she said to herself. If Marco wanted to do some bedroom cardio, she was all for it. She shocked herself with the path her thoughts were following, so she shook her head. Marco was insanly sexy, but she was attracted to him before she saw what was hiding underneath his t-shirt.

She decided she had enough of an eye-fest and she head back to the news, so she can read about him. She read quite a few articles to understand that he was involved with guns, drugs and other illicit activities, but not sex trafficing. She found herself being impressed by the fact that even though there were so many articles about his activities, there was no proof connecting him to anything. What surprised her the most though, was that she was fully expecting that she would find information about murders, which she found none. She was not naive though, to believe that he was a gangster with no blood on his hands. She decided she had a few questions to ask him about the things she had read, but she realized she was more curious than anything else. This incredibly handsome and sexy man was not just looks. Clearly he had the brains as well and she found that make him even sexier in her mind.

She grabbed her phone and send him a quick text "Google search done. I have questions"

He replied within seconds "Questions that I can answer in person or questions that you want me to answer now, so you can decide if you want to see me again?"

"In person"

"How about I cook lunch for you at my place tomorrow and you can ask me your questions?"

"Sounds good. But only lunch, not any funny business"

"I will be a gentleman, I promise. I will pick you and Johnny up at 11:00 tomorrow"

"Okay. Goodnight"

"Goodnight bella"

-----------------------------------

Marco had just lied on his bed when his phone chimed again. He smiled seeing that it was Melina again.

"Can you actually cook?"

"You question my culinary skills?"

"I do - I don't want to get food poisoning. I haven't been here long enough to know how the health system works"

Marco laughed and replied.

"I am cooking since I was very young. You will be safe, but if you don't trust me, you can be in the kitchen with me and supervise while I cook"

"I will do that. And since you brought it up, how old are you? Surprisingly, google held a lot of information about you, but your age seem to be a mystery?"

"Does age matter to you that much?"

"For demographic purposes"

Marco had to laugh again before he replied "I am 35"

"Hmm an oldy then, okay"

"Oldy?"

"Yeah, oldy. Oldy but Goody. Clearly you are hiding your age from the public. It was easier to find a shirtless photo of you than your age"

"You searched for shirtless photos of me?"

"No, you perv. I was looking for photos of you with women, so I can see if you have a type, but there were none and while I was scrolling there was a photo of you without a search"

"I told you that I was not dating, so you would never see any photos of me with women. Did you like what you saw?"

"It was not a good photo. I am guessing a girl was oggling at you and decided to take a photo in secret. Who is training shirtless in the gym anyway???"

"Maybe I can cook shirtless tomorrow and you can take a good photo for yourself"

"Don't flatter yourself grandpa. Who said I want to see you shirtless? And also it would be a health and safety violation for you to be shirtless in the kitchen"

"I am happy to prove you that even if I am a "grandpa" as you say, I can still offer you more pleasure than you have ever felt before bella. And after our kiss today, I know you are dying to see me shirtless, as much as I am dying to see you shirtless too. But I will be a gentleman and I will wait until you are ready for that. In the meantime, I will use my imagination and plenty of cold showers"

"What do cold showers have to do with anything?" and then she texted again "Don't answer that. I am going to sleep. Goodnight perv"

Marco laughed and imagined her being all flushed from his last text "Goodnight bella. I will see you tomorrow"

He left his phone on the nightstand and put his arms behind his head. He smiled looking at the ceiling, while he was thinking of Melina.