Chapter 50 - 49

The Russo family had returned after a long hiatus. They used to be one of the oldest and strongest Mafia families alongside the Santoris. They used to be friendly with each other, they wouldn't call each other friends, but they were amicable. Until the Russo family decided that they wanted to wage war against the Santoris family. 

There was a ton of bloodsheds, and the Santoris won over the Russo family, then they disappeared to lick their wounds. 

But there were always rumors of them coming back, so Matthew had instructed his sons to always be on alert and never let their guards down. Who knows what they were up to. 

Then, two years ago, the rumors started getting louder, somebody was buying the majority of the Santoris business from under them. They were speculating that it was the Russo family, come back from the grave. Trying to get all their ducks in a row so they could get back at the Santoris family.

They had been hiding out overseas where their activities could not be tracked. They were silently building up to strengthen their foundation until they could come back to their home country and exact their revenge. 

They wanted the Russo family to shine again and take control, so they did the next best thing to defeating the Santoris family, they contacted all their enemies and allied with them.

Dimitri was getting frustrated, he had lost all the deals he was invested in recently. "Call for the round table conference. It's time for people to show me their loyalty," Dimitri stated.

He had support from a lot of businessmen and people from the underworld. They owe their lives and livelihoods to Dimitri, he had invested in their businesses when they were on the brink of failure and had helped them grow and thrive.

And now it's time to call in their favors.

Aurora was very enthusiastic and energetic to work at the hospital. All the equipment functioned and was of high performance, unlike the small hospital she came from, they were old and outdated. It had always been her dream to work in such a large hospital, she had planned to do it when Enzo entered High School so he wouldn't need as much guidance in school, and she wouldn't feel like she neglected him just to get to her dreams. But now, her dreams were being fulfilled thanks to Dimitri. 

Her schedule was great, she had enough time when she got home to play with Enzo and give him his dinner and his bath. 

Dinner had come and gone, but Dimitri was nowhere in sight. He had phoned in earlier to let her know he was going to be late, so she should just go rest, and he will have the maids serve him his dinner. But Aurora insisted that she would wait for him. 

She had given Enzo his bath and told him his bedtime stories, even though they had a nanny that would do all of those things for her, Aurora still chose to do it herself because she still wanted to be part of Enzo's upbringing. Being rich did not mean she could forget about her responsibilities. Not cooking all the meals had cleared up her schedule and had given her the chance to concentrate on all the things she really wanted to do, like spend time with her family.

It was midnight by the time Dimitri came home, he had a lot of phone calls to make and a lot of arrangements just to make the upcoming meeting possible. He was looking forward to cuddling with his wife when he noticed that the Dining Room lights were still on. Somebody was sleeping on the dining table. 

He felt his heart squeeze when he saw Aurora sleeping with her head resting on her arms. She had fallen asleep waiting for him, and he felt awful. She was still beautiful even when she was sleeping, with her long tresses falling down her back and partially covering her face. 

He tucked her hair behind her ear and ran his thumb across her cheek. "Dimitri," she mumbled as she half-opened her eyes to see if it was him. 

"Yes, I'm here," he answered.

She stood up and was enveloped in his hug, her head cradled against his chest. "What time is it? I've been waiting for you," she said sleepily.

"I'm sorry, there was just so much to do at work, why are you still awake?" he asked as he played with her hair.

Most of the time, when Dimitri was working, he would stay overnight at the office until he finished his job, but because of Aurora, no matter how late it got, he went home because he looked forward to coming home to her.

"I wanted to have dinner with you. So I had the maids store my food with yours," she said as she got food from the warming oven and placed it on the table.

"What?" he held both of her shoulders, pulling her towards him angrily.

"Well, I wanted to eat with you, so I waited for you to come home," she had no idea that Dimitri had been slacking off from work the past few weeks since they met, and he had a lot of catching up to do.

"Aurora, are you a child? How can you be so careless, it's already midnight, and you still haven't eaten, do you want to get sick?" he was very upset with her for neglecting her health. 

"I was waiting for you. How would I know you would come home this late you didn't even bother to send me a message. It's your fault, you forgot your wife while you were working. Hmph!" she said, looking away.

He sighed, how was he going to stay mad at her when she had waited because she wanted to eat with him. This was just the thing he was waiting to happen in their relationship. For her to soften her heart and open up to him. 

His temper eased up, "Okay I'm sorry it was my mistake. I will never do it again. I will try to come home earlier or let you know next time so you won't have to stay up late for me," said as he consoled her.

"Hmph! I'm very hungry," She was so cute wearing that pout on her face, and he wanted to gobble her up. "Come, let us eat," he pulled her toward the table and served her food on her plate.

"Wait! I forgot to ask, did you have your dinner?" she asked.

"No," he lied. He already had his dinner, the dietician had been instructed to prepare some of his meals in advance so his PA could just serve them up whenever he needed to stay at the office.

They talked about her work, and she gushed about how nice the employees were, and they laughed about how all the equipment in her old hospital needed to be serviced or rebooted every time they needed to use them.