Charlie POV

I have been a mess since the day at the beach when my life ended, well not literally but it may has well have ended. I have been so lost that Marshal and the boss man have taken over trying to find Naomie. I haven't been eating, sleeping or taking care of myself and I know I should but with nothing going our way there have been zero leads on her whereabouts.

I was currently sitting in a meeting with the boss and a few others being briefed on a job that is coming up. I am not fully invested any more, I don't want to go on without Naomie. Suddenly my phone starts to vibrate in my pocket, I pull it out to send the call to voicemail but the name on the screen caught my attention and I just stare at it in disbelief.

"Charlie, do you have something to share with everyone?" the boss's voice breaks me out of my trance, I stand up and rush to him, shoving my phone in his face.

"It's Naomie." he signals everyone to leave and they all do except for me and Marshal. He motions for me to answer, so I do.

"Baby, are you okay? Where are you? Who took you? Please baby tell me where you are." that is the first words out of my mouth, she will know instantly that I am in a panic that she is calling.

"Chuck." a quiet whisper no louder then a squeak was my only response, I felt relief flow through my veins at just the sound of her voice.

"Yes baby its me. We have been searching for you, can you tell me where you are?" I quickly place the call on speaker, I see Marshal trying to find their location on his laptop so I know that I need to keep this call going.

"Naomie is fine Mr Charlie, where she is well now that is none of your concern." the calm collected voice of none other then Viktor Ricco comes over the speaker phone, my heartrate increases ten fold with the realization that Noamie is taken by Catelli's biggest rival over the fake date with his son Vincent.

"Ricco, I should have known Vincent was behind this. You are all going to pay if you harm Naomie in any way shape or form." the fire in my veins over the thought of Naomie being harmed because of my fuck up had me pissed off beyond anything anyone has seen before, I could tell it shocked the boss and Marshal.

"Then it is a good thing that Naomie has become someone I do truly admire, no harm will come to her but you and I need to have a conversation my boy." I felt relief with his promise, "Meet me and Naomie at the charming diner that I own on Market Street tomorrow evening at 7pm. Come alone and without a bug or your life will belong to me and Naomie will have to learn to get over your death." with that he hung up the phone and not long after we lost the signal completely.

"Shit! He either destroyed it after the call or took the battery out. The only thing I can confirm is that its some where outside of the City." Marshal slammed a fist against the desk he was sitting at feeling frustrated that he couldn't get a lock.

"Good try Marshal, you are not to go tomorrow Charlie, we need a plan in place and a meeting tomorrow is not something we can plan for." boss states as he hands me back my cell phone.

"But sir, this is the best lead we have. Why can't we just use a sniper to keep an eye on things from a far so I can at least hear what his terms are?" I am so desperate to get Naomie back that I am grasping at straws and rambling.

"ENOUGH CHARLIE!" Mr. Catelli bellows out over my rambling. "You will do as your told and not go to that meeting. It is going to be the last thing you do if you disobey me boy." with that he got up and left the room, leaving me and Marshal.

"Meet me down in the old dungeons tonight at midnight man. I wanna talk off the record." with a sharp pat on my back we leave the room as well. My heart is beating a mile a minute with the thought of Naomie. I miss her so much, I had just got her back and now she's gone again. I won't do this again, I am going to the meeting and I don't care. So I head back to my room to start planning my escape.

Naomie POV:

I woke up the next morning bright and early, the sun was just starting to come up. I wrap up in my blanket and open the doors and step out onto the balcony to enjoy the beautiful view. If this is my last day here I want to enjoy it.

"Good morning, I am surprised to see your awake already." Vincent is leaning against the door frame looking like sex on legs, dressed up in white button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, the top buttons undone and the shirt fit him like a second skin. His dark jeans a sharp contrast to the white button shirt, and his combat boots just topped off the look while his hair was left shaggy and looked like someone has been running their hands through their hair.

"I have always been an early bird and hot damn, you make me feel very underdressed to be out on this balcony." I quipped giving him a half smile, he just shakes his head as he joins me out by the railing.

"That's what happens when you sleep in until sunrise, I have been up for two hours already." he chuckles as he runs his hands through his hair. I smile and turn back to the sunrise.

"Watching the sun rise and set have become my new favorite thing to do since coming here." I admit, unsure why I felt the need to tell him this. The silence between us wasn't uncomfortable, it was as if we both needed it to be able to get on with our day.

Once the sun is up more, Vincent turns towards me and holds out his hand. Neither of us want to break this peaceful silence we have going. I smile and take his hand as he leads me back into the bedroom, his unspoken suggestion heard loud and clear.

I grab clean clothes and go to the bathroom, brush out and braid my hair quickly before changing and making sure I applied some mascara today only. I nod in approval of my jean shorts and light tee shirt and head back out and slip on the same ballet flats from yesterday we leave for breakfast.

I am a bit confused when we don't go to the kitchen, instead he takes me out the back door to a patio area where two plates are sat with food covered up around the table. We approach and Vincent pulls out a chair for me to sit before seating himself across from me.

"I had thought we should have breakfast outside since its a beautiful morning, who would have thought I would get to enjoy the sunrise with you to." he smiles as he starts uncovering the dishes. I smile and help him uncover everything before we both dish up.

The day is relaxing, nothing much happens except I got stuck with Adriano for a couple hours while everyone else is busy. We had a lot of fun, we played video games in my room and he showed me how to download different games as well.

Currently it is two hours before I am to be ready to go meet Charlie, I have been trying to not think about it all day long but its been hard. Now the closer to the end of the day I get the more nervous I get. 

"You okay? You don't seem very focused on our game." Adriano asks, pausing our race.

"Sorry, I'm just getting worried about how tonight is going to go." I sigh as I pinch the bridge of my nose.

"Tonight? You mean supper with my father and brother?" he seemed genuinely confused which tells me that he doesn't know what the supper is. I just nod my head in response and get up to pace my room a bit.

"Yeah, I am worried that I am going to say something wrong or something that will make them hate me." I give him a partially true explanation. I haven't spoken with Viktor about tonight yet and I am not sure what the plan actually is going to be.

"Ah you will be fine, dad said it was going to be a meal to just give you some more information into our life and the way each boss works." he said it as if it was not a big deal at all, making me feel foolish.

"That makes me feel a bit better, but I am still nervous." he just chuckles as he shuts down the game system and cleans up the mess we made.

"Don't be, dad likes you as you already know. Antonio is a different kind of person to get used to but he likes you in his own way. But I have to run, I just realized what time it is and I have a hot date tonight." he winks at me and takes off, the door closing on me as I laugh at him. Deciding to take the opportunity to get ready early I go and run a hot bubble bath.

I take my time and let myself soak in some extra oils, I run the razor over my legs and arms just to make sure I am not prickly, then I exfoliate, throw on a clay mask on my face and just soak in the added oils. After an hour I get out and rub myself down in my body butter and wash the face mask off before doing a light makeup and curling my hair lightly to give myself soft curls. Happy with my look I go into the bedroom wrapped in a towel and decide to wear the white sundress again. It looked really good on me, and with the curls in my hair I believe it will look even better.

I really hope this meeting with Charlie goes smooth tonight. With any luck he agrees to join Viktor and then I can stop worrying, then maybe things will get easier. I smile at that thought as there is a knock at my door.

"Hang on, I am changing!" I call out as I am trying to pull the dress down over my head. Once I am decent I go and open the door to see Viktor.

"I hope I am not interrupting." he smiles calmly as I smile back and open the door wider inviting him in.

"Not at all, but you are a bit early so I am just finishing up getting ready." I turn and go back to my desk an finish putting on my makeup as Viktor stands by the door.

"Not a problem my dear, I just wanted to go over a few things tonight if you don't mind." I look at him through the mirror and just nod for him to continue.

"First, of course I would like to you let him know you are okay but please refrain from leaving my side tonight please. I need him to believe that you are in a hostage situation, not comfortable in my company. Also please let me do most of the talking, I do not want to be there for a substantially long time just incase he has set a trap." I understand what he wants of me, but I don't know if I will be able to fool Charlie, maybe I can because its been so many years but I am not sure.

So instead of saying anything I give a curt nod, finish getting ready and he takes my arm and leads me out of the bedroom. My heart rate is going a mile a minute, my palms are sweaty and I feel a bit light headed from the panic and adrenaline but my features are neutral on the outside because something tells me that is going to be the one thing to save my life one day.