Chapter one
Christian didn't know who she was, but he planned on finding out. Flynn cleared his throat again and they turned their attention back to him.
" Aurora why don't you start by telling us why you started coming in for therapy. As always this is a safe place. " He said leaning back in his chair with a legal pad in his hands.
Aurora knew that she was going to have to do this, but she was still worried about being judged. " Well... " She said nervously. " I started coming to therapy so I could try and put the horrible things in my past behind me. " She said fast, showing to Christian that she wasn't comfortable.
Flynn gave her look that clearly said " Continue. "
She sighed. " I wasn't born here in Seattle. I was born in Staten Island, New York. My mom and dad were never married but took great care of me. My father is Eugene Gotti, a drug lord for the Gambino family. "
" So you're a mob princess? " Christian asked.
Aurora was surprised he knew that term, not many people used it outside of Staten Island. " Well, back then I guess I was, but I haven't been that girl in a long time. "
" Are you and your father close? " Not a lot of people now this, but he loves old mob movies and had read John Gotti's biography ten times. The whole thing fascinated him.
She sighed. " We used to be. "
" Used to be? " He asked.
She sighed again. " When I was fourteen he was sentenced to fifty years in prison for leading a heroin smuggling ring. I went to see him as much as I could and we always wrote each other and talked on the phone. Distance didn't mean anything to us. "
" But you said you aren't close anymore. " He was really getting into the conversation.
Aurora rolled her eyes. " We're not. " She hated telling this story and Flynn knew.
" It's okay Aurora, you don't have to say everything in one session. How old were you when you mom got hooked on drugs? Tell us, how did you cope with the change in your mother? " He asked in his neutral tone.
Christian wanted to know more but didn't push, he's just look up the daughters of all of the crime family's later.
" I'm sorry our time is up. " He said standing up.
She looked at her watch. Had it really been thirty minutes already? Oh well. She had just enough time to get a coffee before heading to a shareholders meeting for one of her flower shops.
Aurora stood up, and ever the gentleman Christian stood up too. Their eyes met and for a second time stood still. God his eyes were mesmerizing. Snapping out of it Aurora went for the door, ready for her afternoon coffee.
She made it out of the office and into the elevator. The doors were almost closed when a hand shot between them. Christian walked in glaring at her.
" You couldn't have held the elevator for me, Miss Gotti? How very rude. " He said getting up close and too personal for her liking.
She tried to move to the side and get away from him but it was hard to do when you're in a cramped space." Can you give me some space? If I don't get some coffee I'll rip someone's head off. "
He looked like he had been slapped. No one had ever spoken to him like that before. Usually, women loved it when he got that close. She managed to move away from him, only to get pushed into the wall. His electric blue eyes were filled with something she had never seen before. It was the almost rage, but softer. She couldn't put her finger on it.
He backed away when the elevator opened on the first floor and let her walk out first., getting a good look at her ass in the True Religion jeans she was wearing. She was going to walk off without saying anything when he called out to her.
" Miss Gotti? "
She turned around obviously irritated. " What! " She half yelled tired of him and his damned good looks.
He was shocked for the second time in five minutes. Recovering quickly he grinned and walked up to her.
" Where are you going to get your coffee? " He asked still grinning.
Now Aurora was never one to judge, but this man had issues. She was beginning to feel like she wasn't as messed up as she thought.
" A small place called Java Time down the street. " She said really wanting her coffee before she loses her temper and lets her inner gangster out.
He had a cocky smile on his face and said " Will you allow me to join you? "
