Bastian Ricci

"This is bullshit... What a waste." He whispered while massaging his forehead with one hand. Two men stood before Bastian, delivering the unfortunate news that they had caught two traitors attempting to sabotage a drug delivery for a criminal gang and some important contacts. "They were very efficient men... I should have guessed... They were too efficient! I should have suspected it!" He exclaimed furiously, standing up from his seat and pulling an expensive cigarette from his suit, lighting it with a lighter on his desk. As he lit it, he kept his frown, inhaling the first notes of tobacco and exhaling them in small clouds of smoke before sighing. "We can't afford to trust so blindly... ugh... okay, get rid of them and their families. Erase every trace of the shit they left behind. And investigate every member again..." He then walked around his desk with slow, calculated steps. Standing before them, he took another puff of smoke and blew it into the face of one, who coughed but tried to hold his ground. "Of course… Do everything in secret... and from those two men, extract all information before you kill them. I don't want anything to go to waste." Bastian said coldly, turning his back on his men and walking toward the desk. "Get out." He rudely ordered. The two men bid farewell with a cordial nod and left. Once they were gone, Bastian returned to his seat and sighed, exhaling a long stream of smoke. He rested the elbow of his cigarette-holding arm on the desk and groaned. "I was about to lose millions... how stupid..." At that moment, the sound of a bell made him jump, snapping him out of his trance. When he looked up, he saw you... He had forgotten you were there the entire time. You were playing on the floor on the carpet, right next to the huge bookcase. You were often there because that's where your toys and stuffed animals were, and sometimes you napped there. You were so accustomed to Bastian's arguments with his men that they no longer affected you. In fact, you were playing with one of your large mouse stuffed animals. Bastian smiled as he admired you from his seat. That smile, full of adoration and love, was rare for a man like him. Some might think he could never smile like a fool in love... but that's exactly how it was.