Hi All! This is an Alternate History Liason story. I wrote it for a good friend of mine who is really sick. She really liked it so I thought I would post it here and maybe some of you would like it as well. This is a self-edited story so sorry in advance for any mistakes I made. I think the story is pretty easy to follow so I'm not going to give you any character histories. Feel free to PM with questions. I will NOT answer questions that give away plot points. I absolutely LOVE to get reviews so if you are feeling kind please leave one. I do ask that you are respectful of the time it took to write the story and everyone else on the site when you leave a review. Also this story is complete at the time of posting so I cannot honor requests to have characters say or do certain things. Sorry!

This story is Rated M for language, violence and sex.

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Chapter 1

"Welcome home." Sonny took a long look at his partner. It had been almost a year since the two men had seen one another. Jason had left to handle the Rivera family in South America. Sonny's former father in law Carlos Rivera had tried to kill him last year with a car bomb. Instead Sonny's wife Lily and their unborn child had died. Carlos insane with grief at having killed his own daughter and grandchild had taken out yet another contract. This had sparked a war between the organizations that had only recently ended.

"It's good to be back. How is everything here in Port Charles?" Jason was tired. It had been a long flight, and an even longer assignment. After taking out the Rivera organization he'd had to oversee the transition of the territory into Corinthos Morgan hands. When that had been accomplished he'd then had to make sure the men Sonny picked to run things were all set. Right now all Jason wanted was a cold beer and to shoot some pool with the guys.

"Quiet, your actions spoke volumes throughout the other organizations. No one is in any rush to take us on." Sonny was also glad that things would be quiet for a while. The last year had been rough on a personal level. The mob war had been his fault there was no disputing that. Carlos had come after him because Sonny had slept with another woman behind Lily's back. That other woman happened to be Jason's girlfriend Carly Benson.

Not only had Sonny lost his wife and unborn child he had almost lost his best friend as well. The mob boss was a selfish man who wasn't used to being denied something he wanted. He also had a weakness for beautiful women. When Carly offered herself to him Sonny accepted even though he knew it would hurt his friend. It had and the two men almost ended up dissolving their partnership.

After Lily's death Sonny was forced to take a long look at his life and make some changes. The first was to end things with Carly. The blonde had not taken the rejection well. Especially since she didn't have Jason to fall back on. The enforcer had made it clear before leaving that they were done. Eventually Sonny had just written her a check so that she would leave town. With her gone, he went to work on setting things straight with his partner. Things were better, but they still had a long way to go before things were what they had been. With Jason back home hopefully they could move past the last of their tension.

"I hired a new assistant." Sonny's former assistant had taken the opportunity move to South America. "Her name is Elizabeth. I think you'll like her."

"You hired a woman?" They rarely hired women to work for them. Especially not at the warehouse.

"Yeah, she was the best one for the job. So far it's been mostly smooth." Having a female among that many guys was an adjustment, but Sonny made it clear that he expected her to be treated with respect. He made sure to lead by example. It helped that he already thought of her as a surrogate daughter.

"It's your assistant." Jason didn't much care who Sonny hired to answer the phones.

"You own half the business Jason, so she works for both of us." Sonny wanted Jason to take a more executive role in the business. He was an outstanding enforcer but he was too smart to do that for the rest of his life. He really should be delegating more to the men they had working for them. As their organization expanded there were more decisions to be made. Sonny wanted Jason handling some of them. "So be nice when you meet her."

"What do you mean be nice?" Jason glared at his partner.

"You just proved my point. Try smiling for a change." Sonny shook his head as the limo headed to the bar where Jason stayed.

"I don't need to be nice to her. I work out of the garage she'll hardly ever see me." Jason countered. Sonny telling him to be nice stung. Jason never went out of his way to scare women. If she couldn't handle him as he was maybe she shouldn't be working for them.

"I don't want her to quit. She's the best assistant I've had so far. It's been eight months and now I can't function without her. I just feel protective because she's young and the only family she has here is a sick grandmother." She needed money to pay for her grandmother's care otherwise Elizabeth would have never applied to work for them. One conversation with her let Sonny know she was too innocent for their world. Still she'd been upfront with why she wanted the job and he had to respect that.

She was over qualified the girl had graduated from college at twenty. She should be fast tracking in some international company. Instead she was working for mobsters as a secretary. The salary Sonny started her at was much higher than getting a job that was worthy of her degree. She assured him that since she did need this job so badly he would never regret hiring her. So far he hadn't.

"How young?" Jason asked all he needed was to have to deal with an overenthusiastic kid.

"She's twenty one, but doesn't act like it." Sonny assured him she was professional. "She's very mature for her age. You'll like her."

Taking a swallow of his beer Jason lined up his next shot. He'd missed Jake's while he was away. Satisfied he leaned over and sank the six ball clearing the table. With a smirk he looked over at his friends. He hadn't played pool in almost a year but he still kicked their asses. "You guys suck." Jason said grabbing his beer. It was good to be home.

"We don't suck you're just some sort of savant." Johnny said paying for the next round of drinks. "Besides why would you be focused on the pool table when there are so many lovely ladies to look at? Like the red head at the bar."

"Look at those curves." Cody said eyeing up the woman Johnny had pointed out. "You think she's a natural redhead?"

"Do you really care?" Johnny asked making the guys laugh. "I think she's checking you out Jason."

"I'll pass." He wasn't in the mood for company tonight. Tonight he just wanted to kick back and blow off some steam before hitting the sack.

"You feeling okay?" Johnny O'Brien his best friend and frequent wing man asked.

"I'm fine." Jason said racking the balls.

Johnny just looked at his friend. Jason had no problem pulling the ladies. More often than not all he had to do was walk in a room and pick. It was kind of disgusting and if Johnny wasn't so lucky himself he'd probably hate Jason.

After Carly's betrayal his friend had changed. He'd pretty much fucked anything that wore a skirt for the first couple of months and then he'd backed off completely. "You gotta get pass this." Jason hadn't loved Carly but her sleeping with the man Jason trusted above all others had left a dent.

"Let it go Johnny." Jason didn't want to get into this.

Johnny just stepped closer to his friend. "You need to get laid."

"I have it under control, but thanks for the concern." Jason had been getting laid. He had women he hooked up with while he was in South America. They all wanted the same thing he did, uncomplicated sex. It had been exactly what he needed. Now that he was back home he was ready for something else. While he hadn't loved Carly he learned that he liked being in a relationship. He just needed to find the right woman, he was almost certain he wasn't going to find her at Jake's. "Where is Francis?"

"With his girlfriend." Cody told their boss. They'd done their best to bring him up to speed on what had gone on in his absence but they'd missed a few things.

"Francis has a girlfriend. Francis 'I plan to die a bachelor' Corelli has a girlfriend? Who is she?" Jason was surprised by that.

"Diane." Johnny said waiting for Jason's reaction.

"My lawyer. Francis is dating my lawyer?" Jason didn't know what to think about that. "She's going to eat him alive." Diane scared him sometimes.

"Well he's gonna go with a smile on his face, I've never seen Francis so happy in my life. Between Diane and Elizabeth he's being spoiled rotten." Cody said as he took a shot.

"Elizabeth, Sonny's new assistant?" Jason asked wondering what she had to do with making Francis happy.

"Yeah." Johnny said to the guys. "Sonny's hot new assistant."

"You and Elizabeth?" Jason asked his friend. Johnny didn't do relationships and sleeping with someone you worked with was tricky anyway. Sleeping with them and breaking up could be a disaster.

"Not even close. She's beautiful Jason, just wait until you see her. But she is not interested in me or any of the other guys who have taken a shot." Johnny told the blonde as he stepped up to the table.

"Some of the guys think she's gay, but I don't think she is." Cody spoke up again as he exchanged a look with Johnny.

"Because she's with Francis?" Jason was still trying to figure that part out.

Johnny almost spit out his beer he was laughing so hard. "No, Francis has pretty much adopted Elizabeth. She's an honorary Corelli. They hit it right off. She's really nice. It didn't even dent my ego when she turned me down."

"Sonny try?" Jason found himself intrigued by this woman. Not many ladies turned down Johnny.

"No. When she isn't being a Corelli she's a Corinthos. Sonny will probably give her away at her wedding." Cody joked and Johnny nodded. "And then there's the time she spends as a Giambetti because Milo has adopted her too."

"She's got a lot on her plate. She's taking care of her grandmother, paying off medical bills and her student loans Elizabeth doesn't have time to date. She's focused on other things. But when she's ready you can bet I'm gonna try again. In the meantime, I think I'll go talk to the redhead at the bar." Johnny put down his pool cue and walked away.

The next morning Jason pulled up outside the warehouse and parked his Harley next to Johnny and Cody's bikes. Since he was home that meant it was time to catch up. They would be spending all day in meetings while Jason got up to speed and he brought everyone else up to speed on South America.

He hated meetings, his time would be better spent taking an engine apart or taking out an enemy. He wasn't an office kind of guy. No matter how much Sonny wanted him to be. He wondered why Sonny was pushing so hard for him to step up and be a boss. True the territory they controlled had doubled in size but Sonny was handling it fine.

Heading up he stuck his head in the reception area outside Sonny's office to offer a quick hello to the new girl only to find the space empty. "She's setting up the conference room." Offered a voice from behind him, Jason had a half-smile on his face when he turned around.

"Francis. How are you?" Jason really liked and respected Francis. The older man had trained him when he first came into the business.

"I'm good, come over to my office." Francis was the head of security for Corinthos Morgan. He spent more time in all the territories than anyone else. They had also spent time together recently in South America, although Francis didn't mention Elizabeth at all. "Want some coffee." He pointed to the machine. Once Jason was seated he started. "Sonny told you about Elizabeth?"

"He said she was very good at her job." Jason hesitated before speaking again. "Johnny said she was hot."

Francis rolled his eyes. He was going to kill O'Brien one of these days. "She's a good girl. You'll like her. But there are a couple of things you should know before you meet her." They had learned the hard way and Francis didn't want to put her through that again.

"Like what?" Jason had spent entirely too much time wondering about this woman last night. He'd never even seen her and he was already having trouble getting her out of his mind.

"You can't touch her without her permission. Not even casually." Francis started with the big one. They tended to be a touchy feely group always pushing and hugging each other, not so much Jason, but he should be warned.

"You giving me the sexual harassment talk." Jason knew what the word no meant.

"Not even close. She doesn't like to be touched unless she knows you well or she knows it's about to happen. You also need to prepare yourself for the fact that until she gets to know you she's going to be afraid of you." Francis watched Jason's reaction closely.

"What happened to her?" Jason felt this odd surge of protectiveness. Like he wanted to go out and beat the hell out of someone. It's was strange to feel that in connection to someone he'd never even met.

"We don't know. She holds her own here, and no one makes a big deal out of it when she gets nervous but most of us scare the hell out of her regularly." It was clear that Francis didn't like that. "Whatever it was didn't come up in her background check." They both knew from personal experience that lots of crimes went unreported.

Jason was frowning. For Francis to feel the need to warn him showed how protective he felt toward their newest employee. "I'll be careful."

"Not too careful. It's important to her that she stands tall. She's a survivor Jason respect that." Francis told his friend knowing he would get it.

"How did she handle getting hit on by Johnny." Jason was curious if she slapped him.

"She laughed. I don't think she thought that he or Max were serious when they asked her out. She doesn't get her own appeal." But Francis was already thinking that Jason might. This would be interesting because Jason was the prototype bad boy while Elizabeth all but screamed good girl. Sonny was already thinking the same thing. "We should get to board room."

Everything was set up including a plate of the best brownies Jason had ever eaten in his life. Sonny, who had two in front of him knowing they would go fast, informed his partner that Elizabeth made them. She often made treats for the meetings.

They got started passing out papers, looking at pie charts and reading graphs. At eleven there was a soft knock on the door and Sonny shouted come in. The guys all stood already knowing who was on the other side, Jason followed suit. He figured it was Elizabeth, but he still wasn't ready for his reaction to her. She stepped in the room and Jason's only thought was 'Oh shit, I'm in trouble.'