Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6 by Olivia Thorn

Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 8

I settled into my new life pretty quickly.

I got my own room for the first time ever! As Niccolo had said, it was tiny – a twin bed in the servants’ quarters, with little more than a dresser and a wardrobe – but it was mine.

I told Niccolo about my clothes in Florence, and he arranged for a guy to go pick up my things. I called my roommates to warn them and to say goodbye. They were happy for me, but they all told me to come back as soon as I could so we could all go clubbing.

That was the hardest part: giving up my friends in Florence. I didn’t mind not seeing my family at all… but my friends were another matter entirely.

The first week on the job was easy but tough at the same time.

Easy because it didn’t require me to learn anything new or do anything crazy. I knew how to chop fruits and vegetables, which was 90% of my job.

But it was hard because the other kitchen staff were kind of assholes to me.

all much older than me – most of them in their 40s or 50s – and had a very set way of doing

was the new kid, the intruder, and they treated me brusquely and kept me at arm’s length. They definitely didn’t let

ran things behind the scenes – ordering food, scheduling people, and

to get up at 5AM every morning to do kitchen prep for breakfast and lunch. So it was just me in the

was very lonely. Not just in the mornings, but

And bored. SO bored.

never saw Valentino. I looked for him constantly, but I never saw him anywhere

him again was one of the things I was most looking forward to… and one of the reasons I was so excited about the

that’s crazy. Some hot guy I didn’t have a shot with had flirted with me, and I took a job partly just so I

it was still

wonder if I’d made a

no partying,

I was

I began to wonder if I should quit and just go

happened that completely