Adriana's pov

Friday night

We kissed, I can't believe it, jerk face and I actually kissed, and he didn't back away on my request, could he possibly like me??

His lips were so addictive, they tasted like mint, I could kiss him all night and never get tired of doing so, he's making it harder for me to push him away, I want more, I need more.

I need to tell him about the past, BUT I'm scared of his reaction, what if he thinks it's stupid? Or if he laughs at me? I'll be heartbroken again I guess, but I'm proud I took this risk, I can't live in fear forever.

Maybe his reaction won't be that bad.

"I hope that we'll see each other soon, have a lovely night" Maribel bids us goodbye and she leaves with her husband.

Jerk face looks at me with concern "Are you alright?" He asks.

"Yeah, let's just go" I answer him.

We take our stuff and leave with Ashton, leaving Isabella on the parking lot alone.

If she actually thought that we were gonna ride back with her she's so wrong.

Jerk face goes to the driver's seat, Ashton claims the passenger one, so that means I'm in the back, alone.

Jerk face starts the car, and drives off "Guys is your mother staying at your house tonight or is she going back to work?" He asks us but his attention was mostly on me, he was staring at me from the rear-view mirror like he was waiting for my response.

"Who knows what goes through that woman's head" I scoff rolling my eyes.

"I'm not sure man, I think she's staying home" Ashton answers.

"Well do you want to spend the night at my house? You're more than welcome" Jerk face suggests.

I look back at him to see him staring at me again, creepy much? My eyes lit-up at his suggestion, and I think he understood that because he had a smile plastered on his face.

"I would love to, thanks" I whisper in his ear, and I can feel him tense at our closeness.

I love this effect I have on him.

"Yeah sure" Ashton answers.

After that, the car ride was comfortably silent, I felt myself drifting off to sleep and soon I was in dreamland.

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Where am I?

I just woke up in the middle of the night, clearly not in my room.

But then it hit me, I'm in jerk face's house.

Wait? Does it mean that he carried me upstairs?

Just the thought of him carrying me bridal style brought heat to my face, meh, I'm pretty sure Ashton carried me, but who knows?

I take my phone out from my pocket and check the time, 2:30 AM

Great just great, what is it with this habit of waking up early?! Or in the middle of the night.

I tiptoed downstairs to go to the kitchen, I need water, but then it hit me again, it has been a long time since I've been here, I don't know where the kitchen is, ugh! I just want some WATER.

"Now where is the kitchen?" I ask myself as I wander around the house.

"Well it's definitely not here" I tell myself as I arrive in front of the living room.

I start walking from rooms to others, when I stop in my tracks, and look at a specific door.

"We are not starting a war Jace! That's too dangerous! And too early!" I hear Ashton's voice echoing in and out the room.

What is Ashton doing here with jerk face?? And what war???

I know what I'm about to do is bad, but my curiousness is taking over me, I stick my ear to the door to listen to their conversation better.

"What do you mean too early?! They have stolen more than 5 shipments Ashton! If we weren't there to stop them, they would've taken everything!" Jerk face yells, and wow, first thing that's hot, and second, this is a complete other side of him, bossy, cold and....ruthless.

"I know that you're my boss but I'm not doing this with you! It's too early! And dangerous!" Ashton protests.

"Whatever, if my right-hand man won't help me, I'll do this on my own" I hear jerk face's voice come closer to the door.

And boom, oh no.

"What are you doing here?" He asks through gritted teeth.

"Well, that's definitely not the kitchen" I mumble to myself.

Jace's pov

Ashton and I are currently in the middle of a very serious discussion, that he clearly doesn't want to take seriously.

"You are not thinking straight Jace, this war is too much, yes I know we're the strongest Mafia on earth but it doesn't mean that we can start wars whenever we want, you could try and be more civilized and talk to the Russian Mafia leader, you can get to an agreement" Ashton says.

"I don't do talking Ashton, if anyone tries to come into my territory and steal what's mine, they're gonna pay!" I yell at him slamming my fists on the table.

"Again, it's too early" He repeats.

"What do you mean too early?! They have stolen more than 5 shipments Ashton! If we weren't there to stop them, they would've taken everything!" I remind him.

"I know that you're my boss but I'm not doing this with you! It's too early! And dangerous!" Ashton protests.

"Whatever, if my right-hand man won't help me, I'll do this on my own" I yell at him before walking towards the door.

When I open it, I see Adriana falling to the floor, she was listening to our conversation.

"What are you doing here?" I ask through gritted teeth.

"Well, that's definitely not the kitchen" She mumbles to herself.

"What.are.you.doing.here" I really like Adriana but right now I'm not in the mood for anything, especially that she could've heard anything.

She stands up quickly and says "Hum, I was looking for the kitchen"

"Well do you see it here?" I'm sure that after this she won't want to talk to me again, but I'm in panic mode right now, with work stress, and Adriana stress, and what she heard.

"I didn't hear anything" She answers as if she read my mind.

"What?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"I only heard you talking about a war, that's it, good night" She says before leaving.

Okay my heart is officially hurting now, I shouldn't have lashed out on her because of Ashton.

"You think?" Ashton asks me in a playful tone.

"Did I say that out loud?" I ask hoping for a 'no'

"Yes you did" He answers crossing his arm on his chest.

"It's not what you think I-i, it's just, hum-" I'm cut off by Ashton laughing his ass off on the floor.

"What's so funny?" I ask annoyed.

"That's the first time I see you this nervous" He says in between laughs.

"You can stop now" I huff rolling my eyes.

After his laughinghisassoffonthefloor moment, he stands up and starts "I know you like her Jace, and weirdly I'm not mad, but if you hurt her one day, your head will be thrown to the stray dogs, do you understand?" He asks in a very serious and protective manner.

"Yeah, thanks Ash" I thank him before going up the stairs to my room, well at least now I know that Ashton won't be mad that I kissed his sister, that kiss, was so good, I've had girls in the past, but none of them can compare to Adriana, she's so addictive.

Adriana's pov

I shouldn't have listened to their conversation, that's invading their privacy.

Jerk face must be pissed now, great.

Every time I feel like we're making a move forward, we take two steps back.

After 30 minutes of debating on whether I should or should not go apologize to him, I have finally found the guts to do so.

I tiptoed outside my room and made my way down the hallway to jerk face's room.

I knocked once, nobody answered.

I knocked twice, and heard him sigh.

Well I guess he doesn't want company.

I start to walk back to the guest room but halfway there I stopped in my tracks when I hear his soft tired voice call my name "Adriana"

I turn around and walk back to his room "Yea?"

"Come in" I nod and enter is room.

I look around his room, it was not how I expected it to be, I thought he was more of a black in white guy, but actually, his room is light gray and white.

"I like your room" I tell him as I wander in his room.

"Oh yeah?" He asks.

I nod and turn to face him "Jerk face!" I scold him before turning around to face the wall.

He's shirtless, and he's sitting on his bed in black sweatpants.

"What?" He asks acting obliviously.

"Go put on a shirt!" I yell and by now I'm sure I'm red like a tomato.

"Fine" He huffs "You can look now" He adds.

Hesitantly I turn around and open one eye before opening the other.

He pats the place next to him on his bed for me to come sit.

I do as he wants and say "I'm sorry for eavesdropping, it was wrong what I did"

"I'm sorry too, for lashing out on you, it was a stupid thing to do" He apologizes.

"It's okay, I forgive you" I smile at him.

"And I forgive you too" He returns the smile.

After that the room falls into a comfortable silence, I stare at him and he stares back, I wonder what he's thinking about right now.

He clears his throat and says "We haven't talk about the, hum, the kiss" He scratches the back of his neck.

What is he gonna say?

Did he regret kissing me?

Did he do it out of pity because I was having a bad night???

"I'm sorry" I blurt out.

"What?" He asks confused.

"I shouldn't have asked you to kiss me, it was a stupid thing to do, I'm sorry" I rush the words out of my mouth, it's better if I said it instead, because I don't know if I could handle being rejected by him again.

"Hum, yeah that's what I was about to say" He tells me.

Oh.

Well I guess I wasn't wrong to talk first, it does hurt a little but the words didn't come out of his mouth.

"Okay, hum, I'm gonna go sleep now, good night" I rush out of his room and go to sleep.

And we're back to step one.