Cassandra POV:Had I gone too far punishing Ricky? Tonight, he suddenly just allowed Verona to stay with me. She slept on the sofa where Ricky used to sleep. Verona was so happy, and so did I because it was really boring to stay here without anyone to talk to. Although I did have a one-hour therapy session with Dr Mala almost every day, those just weren't enough. I was still feeling pretty much lonely. Lydia texted me a lot too and she apologized for making me had a panic attack the other day. She couldn't come to visit me often because this hospital was really far, inside the De Luca region and she lived in the Xavier region.I had been delaying coming back to Ricky's mansion and I think he knew it. He snapped at me this evening, probably accumulated all his irritation and maybe he just accidentally burst them out today. Ricky rarely got mad at me after the factory incident, so when he was this evening, I was just a bit surprised by it. It made me think that maybe I had gone too far
Riccardo POV:My heart was still pounding hard. When I didn't see her on the bed, that just sent an instant surge of panic to my brain. I immediately just thought she had left and gone missing again. With such anxiety, turning my body around certainly won't be my first action. Now that I realized she was just behind me, I couldn't help but felt flustered at the situation. It was kind of embarrassing to act that nervous in front of Cassie.She stared at me with mellow eyes and I could feel that she probably felt sorry for me. Did I really look that pathetic in her eyes? I hadn't combed my hair yet so I may look a bit messy right now. But then again, it was not like Cassie never saw me this way. Why did I feel like the way she looked at me right now was different? It seemed like she was being sympathetic to me."Why don't you just..." she said hesitantly and slowly moved her gaze to see the two-seater sofa against the wall."Sleep here tonight... I mean... If you're going to stay here l
Riccardo POV:At noon, Dr Claus came to Cassie's wardroom while she was having lunch. At this point, I signalled Verona and Lydia to head home. They bid their goodbye to Cassie and just left. I could see Cassie's face fell a bit when her close buddies were leaving but then she tried to act fine when Dr Clause approached her.The doctor handed her the hospital release form and she signed it promptly. Then Dr Claus took it again and headed out with me. We went to the front counter of the hospital so I could settle the medical bill for Cassie's release.A few hundred of thousand dollars gone and it was fine. I rathered see her alive and healthy then kept that money. It was not like I couldn't produce more money later. My business was still thriving at the moment.After everything was settled, I went back to Cassie's wardroom. She had finished her meal and Dome was helping her clean up the dishes. She turned her gaze on me when I opened the door. From her expression, it was clear that her
Riccardo POV:"Cassie... Cassie, wake up..." I shook her shoulders lightly to wake her up when Dome stopped the car right in front of my mansion. It was almost eight o'clock by now. Perfect timing for dinner and I knew everyone must have been inside the ballroom on the first floor, waiting for our arrival.Cassie slowly opened her eyes and scanned the surroundings. She instantly realized where we were right now and started looking at her lap silently to recollect herself. After a while, she finally wanted to come out of the car. I led her inside and she looked so confused to see no one was around."Where is everybody?" She asked.Her step slowly wanted to go towards the staircase, probably having the thought to just crash in the bedroom. But once again, I held her hand and just led her to the ballroom."What are you doing?" She looked somewhat uneasy and her eyes just looked scared."It's fine. Everyone is waiting for you," I said gently and just assured her by rubbing her back a bit.
Cassandra POV: "What's wrong? Did you find Carina already?" I asked Ricky but he was just silent. "Why are you out here? You should be partying with the rest and eating something right now," he avoided answering my questions. "You haven't eaten anything for dinner yet. Maybe you should go in there and join the rest," I replied, a bit considerate about his well-being. I knew he was hiding something from me. Sergio didn't just be going to come here at night for nothing. Usually, when that lawyer came, he would bring serious news with him that needed Ricky's attention. So, I wondered if it was about Carina just now. "Why did Sergio come?" I asked more when he still said nothing. If Sergio came because of the party, he would have joined us just now. But he didn't so I knew he came for another reason. "We'll talk about it later," again Ricky avoided giving me a clear answer. He just escorted me back to the ballroom and this time he joined us too. But he didn't go all out partying and
Cassandra POV: "Ricky, you're... someone else's husband..." I reminded him of the fact that he was still legally married to Carina. "No no no..." He started chuckling a bit and stood up, walked to his desk, pulled out the drawer under it and took out a piece of paper. He brought it to me and let me read the content. Then he just knelt again. It was a divorce certificate between him and Carina that had been approved by the court and was stated to start being effective yesterday. This man in front of me right now was finally a single man again. It was really strange to realize that. I really thought he might have to stay in a marriage with Carina until she is found. This was too soon and I just didn't expect the divorce to be settled that fast. Not that I'm not happy with it, but still, I was just too perplexed to process this new information. Was that mean we're finally able to become a couple officially again? "Sergio just now... he came for this?" I asked passively. "Yes..." he
Cassandra POV:After breakfast, Ricky headed to the company. He was not supposed to work today as it was Sunday. But he hadn't been at the company for so long, so he tried to return as soon as he could. There were just a lot of matters being delayed since he was not around for two months.I pondered over his suggestion in the living room alone after he left. Get a hobby, he said. What hobby? I had been trying hard to manage my life before into a perfect routine of a career-oriented woman who had a nine-to-five job and went home to rest. Everything was in order and it was a perfect life for me before he decided to fire me from my job as his secretary. Now I was just bored. Previously, I was still allowed to go out and went shopping at the malls. Now, I couldn't even do that anymore.Two hours before noon and I noticed the sun outside wasn't shining that bright. I went to the backyard garden as how Ricky suggested with the intention of just enjoying the beautiful scenery. But then I saw
Cassandra POV:Minutes later, Ernesto showed up to help me with the paintings. Verona was there too, holding a tray of drinks in her hands. She placed it on the ballroom floor near me and started pouring a glass of water. She then just offered me the drink.I took it immediately and drank it in one go. I really felt like these people were really considerate of my well-being. Slowly, this mansion that I hated to come back to before gradually felt more like home right now."I have a question to ask your guys," I said as a thought just crossed my mind. Ernesto and Verona immediately gazed up to focus on me."Do you guys think I should marry your boss?"Instantly their eyes lit up and their faces showed intense joy. Verona caught both my hands quickly and started asking when did Ricky propose. Meanwhile, Ernesto just started to have that teary eyes as if he was really glad such an occasion finally happening. That just made me blush unthinkingly. I didn't expect them to be that happy with