Born a ROMANO

06

Gabriella's POV:

Today's Friday! WOO! I love Fridays so much.

Walking downstairs after putting on my outfit, I find Sandro, Seb and Matteo in the kitchen

"Morning" I mumble tiredly, rubbing my eyes with the backs of my hands. "Good morning, Bri" Sandro says as he types away on his laptop. I sit beside him at the kitchen table and groan "I'm so tired"

Seb is standing beside the toaster waiting for his bread to pop up whilst Matteo is pouring milk into his cup of tea.

"A little birdy told me you fell asleep whilst Jay was with you last night" Matteo sings, I glare at him "What?"

I hadn't thought about how I fell asleep or work up until now. Did I really fall asleep whilst we were working? I feel so bad! 

"Are you sure all that happened last night was sleeping?" Seb questioned me, "what's that meant to mean?" I fire back. Is he proposing that we did something more than work?

"Seb don't mess with her, you know she's telling the truth" Sandro sighs, still typing away. His multitasking is really good...

"Sorry Gabs, obviously I do trust YOU but I don't trust HIM.." Seb says apologetically. I remain silent and watch as the toaster pings and Sandro takes his toast out.

"Do you want some tea, Ells?" Matt asks me, "Sure". He turns and pours some of the tea he made into another teacup. He adds some milk and stirs it

Placing it in front of me, "Thanks" I murmur.  Suddenly I remember something and look up to Sandro for answers

Before I say anything, he looks my way and raises an eyebrow - woah, how could he tell I wanted to ask him something? Ignoring those thoughts, "You said Seb knew I was telling the truth, technically how would he?" I question

Sandro stops typing and answers "Because our work is very competitive, we learnt how to read emotions. That meant Seb knew if you were lying or not based on your answer and face etc. He chose to question you which shows he was only messing with you"

I look up to Seb who's sheepishly standing there. "Ok" I murmur. I get up, walk to the pantry aware of the eyes following me, and grab a cereal bar. I know they aren't the most-filling of foods in the world but I'm too lazy to make food

I sit back at the table and munch on the bar, taking the occasional sip of tea every other bite. Once I'm done, I put the wrapper in the bar and turn to exit the kitchen but a hand grabs mine

"You good?" Matteo whispers. For some reason, I'm feeling moody but I don't know why. I nod but despite him not being persuaded, he lets me go

I take a few steps out of the kitchen and stare up at an elegant light in the hallway. I realize another question I had: this place is big with the occasional security or bodyguards walking around, does that mean we have cameras?

"Sandro" I call as I walk back into the kitchen

Everyone's head is already looking at the door before I came in. "Is there CCTV?" I ask

He raises his eyebrows at me expecting an explanation to my question but I don't give one. "Why?" He makes it clearer for me but I shrug

"Yeah there's CCTV" He answers. "Where?" I ask

"Why so interested?" He stares at me, trying to analyse my face but it won't work.

"I just am" I shrug again. "There's cameras outside but a few inside"