Leonardo POV: After getting caught up in a traffic jam for more than thirty minutes, I finally arrived at the location I was supposed to meet with Cassie. It was weird that there was a traffic jam today. The road I had taken wasn't usually packed with cars unless it was a holiday session. It was not right now so I couldn't understand why there were so many cars on the road today. That had totally ruined my original schedule. My new driver, Adriano parked the car in front of the Lombardi Company building. So did the other four cars that were filled with my bodyguards. They all parked behind my car. After Logan died due to the bombing incident at the airport, I made Adriano replace him since this one guy was also among those that I trusted dearly. I didn't usually use a driver but going here was an hour's journey and I didn't like getting tired due to driving. Cassandra should be inside this building waiting for me. I tried calling her but the call didn't get through. I wondered if sh
Lydia POV: Cassie didn't come back. It had been two days that I waited for her to return and take her stuff from the apartment but she never showed up. Did she abandon her luggage deliberately or did something wrong happen? I didn't know how to judge this situation because I never assumed that this would happen. I kept thinking that Cassie was probably going to come home again and take her luggage someday or maybe she just abandon it and buy new stuff later for herself. Regardless, I couldn't deny the uneasiness inside my heart. She said that she didn't want to lose contact with me. I tried calling her phone so many times but my calls never got through. Something must go wrong then and I knew I shouldn't just stay quiet about it. She might be in danger now and if that is the case, I should act fast to save her, right? Cassie had reminded me before that if I suddenly couldn't contact her, I should call Leonardo De Luca for help. But then, she went missing after meeting that man. What
Riccardo POV:Cassie had been missing for five days now. I had told my men to watch over all her close friends' houses, just in case she came to see any of them. Yet until this point, the search didn't give me any positive results. It felt like she just vanished into thin air. She couldn't be tracked at all.Two days after she left, the police found an abandoned car in the city without a plate number. It matched the car that belonged to Cassie. So, I went to check it and confirmed that it was indeed her car. We then checked the CCTV footage of the nearby stores' buildings. In the video, she was seen walking two blocks away before vanishing again without a trace. The police assumed she was taking a taxi in a hidden area and just moved to another place. That was the last trace of her.Now, I had nothing. No new information about her at all. She didn't even use her credit card nor did she withdraw any money from her bank account. It really felt like she was trying hard to avoid getting c
Lydia POV: That scary bodyguard was called Dome and somehow it seemed like he was the head of all the other bodyguards. Ricky made him drive the car we were on and we headed to a location I didn't even know. Slowly those images I saw in movies before where a woman was kidnapped and brought to a secluded location, getting tortured and killed just flashed like a cinema screen inside my head. I instantly shook my head to brush away the thoughts. "What's wrong?" Ricky asked and slowly turned his stern face on me. He finally broke the eerie atmosphere inside the car, being the first one to talk ever since the car started moving. "Are your bodyguards always this scary looking?" I pointed at Dome. I saw him glance at me through the rearview mirror without a smile. Oh, gosh! It was so scary and I looked away instantly to avoid the short stare. "Dome here is my most trustworthy man. He used to be Cassie's personal bodyguard," Ricky explained still with his firm tone. He didn't seem like he
Riccardo POV: That was it! I couldn't stand this woman. I signalled the waiter to bring me the bill. I paid for it and just left her hanging. I didn't have the desire to bicker with her right now. Besides, I already got the information I wanted. I told Luffy to drive Lydia back to the company. I didn't want to sit in the same car with her because she was just too irritating. Who the hell she thought she was, dared to criticize me regarding my relationship with Cassie? She knew nothing about it, what my intention was and the problem that I needed to solve between the Rossi and the De Luca. I got into the car and told Dome to drive slowly. I just needed some time to think right now. Leo must have had her right now. If she couldn't be contacted any more, there were only two possibilities, either Leo disallowed her to use her phone or she already left the country. Regardless of it, the only way I could find her again was if I meet Leo personally. He held the information of her whereabou
Riccardo POV:"Give Cassie back to me," I went directly to the point. Leo instantly laughed at my demand as if he was mocking me."She's not with me," he said firmly later."Stop lying. I knew you asked her to meet you two days ago," I replied."I was. But the Rossi took her away before I was able to meet her," Leo seemed calm answering my question, it just annoyed me."Stop blaming this on the Rossi! Why would the Rossi want to take her away?! I knew she was with you right now! Give her back to me," I snapped.I didn't know why there were too many people who irritated me today. First, it was Lydia, then Carina and now Leo."How should I know that?! Why don't you ask your wife why she took Cassie?! Your wife was probably mad that you wanted to divorce her so maybe she wanted Cassie dead!" Leo snapped back. It seemed like he was irritated at me too."Stop making a fake excuse to me! I knew you had her! Her friend came to see me today and told me Cassie went missing after meeting you!"
Leonardo POV: It was after dusk when Luther came to my study at the mansion. "Sir, we found the spy. It was Adriano," he said. I nodded in understanding and just looked dejected for a bit. It felt like my heart got a pang at the information. All this time, I had treated Adriano like my own flesh and blood, just like Logan. He had been by my side, knowing all my plans and I never once would have thought he would betray me. "Take him to the torturing chamber," I ordered and Luther concurred immediately and went out to carry out my demand. I took a moment to process this and sat on my swivel chair behind the office desk. I opened the drawer under the desk and took out a red file containing all the evidence that linked Carina to Nicola's death. I didn't know when Adriano started getting close to Carina and how it happened. But to be betrayed this way and got my beloved Nicola killed was unforgivable. Slowly my hands trembled. I could feel an immense amount of rage filling my heart. T
Riccardo POV:It felt like my eyes just got opened. The evidence that Leo had was totally different from what I had. It was so detailed that I didn't think he was lying about all the accusations he had made towards the Rossi before. Did that mean that I had been deceived by Carina all this time?"That bastard over there was a spy for the Rossi. He was the sole reason why Carina was able to capture Cassie. Please, Ricky... Don't let this go on for too long... Wake up! You got to trust me! We can't just let Cassie die as Nicola did..." Leo sounded so desperate. He looked at Adriano referring to that man as the spy.I took the knife again and started approaching Adriano. I squatted down in front of him and had our eyes on the same level, glaring at him with murderous intention slowly lurking in me."Where is Cassie?!" I asked him harshly and he shook his head, refusing to speak."That walkie-talkie over there, it belonged to him. It wasn't one of our stuff," Luther spoke.My eyes began s