Matteo's POV

"Yeah well you know family business stuff. Anyways what's up with you kiddo you look lost and upset" I say while inhaling another puff of my cigarette. I knew he hated being called kiddo, that's exactly why I constantly did it. It made him feel small and weak. Which is exactly what he was. 

"It's a long story you may wanna sit down" Axel said. 

"Uh oh what did you do now, break another girl's heart? '' I said with a sly grin. By the look of Axel's face I think he really did. I was just kidding around with him. 

"Uh yeah, something like that. You know that girl that I always wanted you to meet" he says with hope. No, I don't, I thought. I decided to lie and play into it.

"Uh yeah I think I just don't remember her name" I say while exhaling another puff. 

 "Well, her name was Sage Griffin. We've been dating for almost two years now. Well not anymore but she was the prettiest girl I've ever seen. She has these forest green eyes, flowy red hair with the creamiest olive skin. I fell first but she fell harder. You know the story. 

I just didn't know what to do. We wanted the opposite thing out of a relationship. I mainly just wanted lots of sex and to party all the time. She wanted all that romance type shit like going on dates, staying in and watching movies. She loves criminal shows and documentaries. She always wanted to be a crime reporter. That's too slow for me, so I was stupid. 

I wanted to go to a party. I invited her but she had to study for exams. She said no. Anyways I ended up going to the party still and got totally wasted off my ass drunk. I fucked another girl but I didn't know. Her friend Violet was there and she saw everything. She called Sage to come to the party immediately. Sage ended up walking in on me and this random chick fucking from behind" as he finished talking he had tears in his eyes. 

I didn't care if he loved her. He was a prick just like our father. My mother raised me better than him. In Italy, where I come from, we respect women. Anyone who doesn't is a bitch and deserves punishment. 

"Well kid I know you don't want to hear this but you are officially an even bigger piece of shit than I thought, " I said with spite in my tone. I don't care if we were related. Our father did not raise me, I only saw the mean business side of him. At this rate Axel was going to be just like him. Sit feet under the ground. 

Once I got home and talked to my family I decided I needed to earn an honest living and learn what real work is. I wanted my own money and not just have it handed to me on a silver spoon. I applied to multiple jobs but did not keep them because I did not have prior work experience in the United States. Thank god for Doordashing. 

I signed up and started right away. Within minutes I got an order for McDonalds. It was for a Big Mac meal with Diet Coke and a milkshake. I decided to take it because I wanted to start right away. I looked and saw a name I thought I'd never see Sage Griffin. Even though she's my brother's ex- girlfriend I still decided to take the order. 

I arrived at Mcdonalds and picked up her order. I started my twenty minute drive to this girl's house. I was kinda excited to see her, especially what she looked like. Even though I heard a lot about her from my friends and family, I had no idea what she was going to act like. From how Axel described her I knew she was going to be nothing short of beautiful. 

The first thing I know is she lives in the middle of nowhere deep in the woods. Which made the drive quite enjoyable and beautiful. I pulled in the driveway. It was a beautiful house. It was one of those old Victorian houses. It was sage green with white shutters and had a white wrap-around porch. I got out of the car and walked over to the door and knocked. No one came to the door after about two minutes. 

I was not sure if I needed to give it to her or just leave it on the porch. In the app she selected the choice to hand it to her. I did not know anything about Doordash considering we did not have it in Italy. I was about to knock again when finally Sage opened the front door. 

Man, Axel was not kidding she was absolutely stunning. She clearly looked like she had been crying she had so much natural beauty. Even at her lowest she was still beautiful. She had her red hair pulled into a loose braid; pieces of her curly hair were framing her face. Her emerald green eyes were running up and down examining me. 

Little did she know I was doing the same thing. Her cheeks heated up as she noticed I was looking at her too. She had light freckles covering her cheeks and one singular freckle by her left eye. She was wearing a cream colored hoodie and black leggings with simple ugg slippers. 

I snapped out of it while realizing I was staring too much, but she didn't. I cleared my throat and she snapped out of it causing her blush to grow a little brighter on her cheeks. "Here's your order Miss. Sage," I say with a sly grin on my face.