06| Disciplinary actions

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Early morning was no exception for the Romanos to dwell in drugs, alcohol, smoke and whores.

Apart from all these, their meeting was mainly to discuss the business with Daniel - the business operations, law enforcement policies and especially their confidential security measures. Daniel had no actual will to follow their ways still he could not afford to miss the insights provided. Also, Lorenzo presented Daniel with the clause and agreements of binding as the new head of the organisation, the businesses that would be directly under Daniel's observation and the manpower Daniel would be commanding.

Exactly after seven days, there would be an official declaration of the new Don of the Sicilian mafia at Romano's estate. Though it would be hectic to operate, Daniel had no plan to merge his existing businesses with the newly acquired territories.

"Convey my personal congrats to your brother, got an heir and also a daughter. Lucky bastard," Antonio's scratchy voice induced by the raw whiskey he was having, made Daniel lowly chuckle to himself. News from the Knight's mansion travelled to the Romanos faster than he anticipated. Even though Tristian was dead, their little informants remained active. At any given minor inconvenience, Daniel would finish off the whole ecosystem of the Romanos one day, he needed not to be bothered by those little birds.

When Daniel looked up from the stack of papers containing the agreements of business, he found Lorenzo motioning a busty blonde who had just appeared near the entrance. She jiggled her way to Lorenzo with her thottish walk and then, put her one foot on the front table opposite where Daniel was sitting. Lorenzo lifted the cloth of her short skirt and gave a kiss on her inner thigh, releasing a plume of smoke from his thick cigar.

"Prenditi cura di quell'uomo. È un lupo affamato." He ordered, smacking her butt lightly with a mischievous smirk lingering through the wrinkles of his aged face. (Take good care of the man. He is one hungry wolf.)

"Sí, capo," the girl purred. The curve of her lower ass was provocatively visible, her heavily busted front was cinched tightly with a bow of ribbon. Lorenzo rose from his sofa, turned the girl to face Daniel and tugged the ribbon of her blouse to display her large breasts. His eyes gleamed with the knowledge that he knew precisely how to distract boys of Daniel's age.

Daniel could not help but again chuckle at their audacity. He was not a fool to sacrifice even a single per cent of his privacy and safety for some huge titties and a probable good fuck. He knew he needed to stay vigilant, on his best alert until the official handing over of power was complete.

"Let's call it quits for today. I'll review these at my place," Daniel said, standing up and gesturing to the endless stack of agreement papers as he was determined to scrutinise every detail without missing a single word.

Understanding his no interest in accepting the present, that girl with her upper body naked ran towards Daniel and clung to his biceps, her breasts pressed against him, her face screaming with fuck me expression. But she had to quickly let go of him as he shot her a cold, menacing glare. Not giving a shit about sounding rude to the capo by denying a gift, Daniel stepped out of the room.

He returned to the same room to receive Miliani and finally headed to the mansion where they would be staying.

Like usual, Miliani trailed silently behind Daniel who was engrossed in making some important calls as they walked. After what felt like endless walking through the sprawling ways, Daniel finally halted at the grand hall of the mansion. This mansion was similar to Lorenzo's but not identical. The decors and furnishings had been renovated according to Daniel's instructions, just in a day. Mili was lost in observing her surroundings standing beside Daniel when her attention was drawn to a middle aged lady along with a maid approaching them.

The maid left after guiding the lady to Daniel.

"Good morning, sir. Is she the lady I'll be tutoring?" She asked in her professional tone.

Daniel nodded and he was about to say something to Miliani when his mobile rang. He took the call and excused himself from there without informing Miliani anything who stood at her place quite confusedly.

"Hello, Miliani. I'm Claudia. I'll be teaching you etiquette for the next seven days," she introduced herself. Miliani was dumbfounded, realising that Daniel got her an etiquette coach, which meant he wanted to groom her, refine her manners.

Miliani had no idea what she was lacking until Claudia led her to the dining table, which was set with an array of dishes and an astonishing number of spoons. Claudia, highly professional and meticulously prepared, already had everything planned in detail for the week she was appointed. The very first day contained the easiest yet crucial lesson which was basic table manners.

Claudia instructed Miliani on everything from where to place what, how to hold what and when to take what. Not only these but also how to eat certain dishes, how to fold and unfold the different types of napkins and all. The lesson did not even end there; there were more than fifty types of spoons which Miliani needed to memorise the uses of. Mili could then clearly understand why everyone at the dinner table shot her disapproving glances, the previous night.

Miliani tried to cope with the speed of Claudia's teaching. Even though she considered herself good at memorising, she found it extremely difficult to grasp.

"You are old enough to figure this out on your own," Claudia chided Mili as she again made one mistake to recognise the spoon Claudia showed her. Claudia was an extremely strict teacher which went disastrous to Miliani's nature.

Miliani was starving, having gone without food the whole day. Sitting in front of the array of dishes and not being able to eat any of them made her brain even more foggy. She felt like crying at Claudia's relentless treatments as she did not even allow the sleep deprived hungry girl any break. Miliani could not understand why she had to learn about some weird demitasse spoon as if learning about those peculiar dessert spoons was not enough. It was past evening, Claudia still had no sign to take her leave. This is not some Victorian era. Mili felt angry with her teacher, irritation was palpable all over her face.

"You know what I can't with you .. anymore," Claudia announced, clearly exhausted making Mili smile inwardly at the comment. Miliani, like a happy child, thought that Claudia should have given up on her much earlier. Miliani decided to finally take a refreshing shower, feed herself something good to forget about these crappy classes.

But to her horror, that Claudia resolved to remain professional till the end and report Daniel about her failed classes due to Mili's negligence, inattentiveness and lack of focus. She summoned a maid to guide her to where Daniel was and took Miliani with her disregarding the poor girl's will.

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Their connection is a storm where control meets vulnerability and desire blurs the lines of power.

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