Riccardo POV: Cassie broke down in tears and I just couldn't do anything about it. This was my final decision. It was not that I intended to marry Carina forever. Just for a few months until the issue with the De Luca was settled. I was sure if Carina be my wife, Leo won't dare to touch her as she would be the Godfather's wife, untouchable. After the mess was settled again, I would divorce Carina and marry Cassie directly. This was the only way for me to help Carina. I knew no other ways that could help her faster. I explained my plan carefully to Cassie but she still refused to accept it. Her heart was just filled with jealousy the moment I told her that I would marry Carina first. "Then why can't you just marry me then?! Since you're going to disregard the mourning period of Don Luigi's death, might as well just continue with our wedding plan. Why can't you just marry me now then?" She demanded an explanation. Of course, I could just marry her right away. But my priority right n
Cassandra POV:I would find a way out, sooner or later. I knew right now it would be impossible, but some days later, I'm sure my chance would come.How could Ricky marry Carina on the day when he had promised to give me a wedding? Was he trying to make me feel awful intentionally? This was just too much, I couldn't believe he really did it.The disappointment was killing me, I rather just stepped away from this relationship than be a mistress to Ricky. It was obvious now that I was the mistress because Carina had become his legal wife. If he really loved me, how could he let me be in this position? It was so embarrassing and humiliating, I didn't think I would be able to face Carina now. My fiance just became her husband. How ridiculous was that? It just felt like a horrible nightmare and I just wished to find a way to wake up from all of this.Ricky threatened me that I had no way out from him, that if I choose to leave him, I would die out there just like Nicola. Didn't he see that
Cassandra POV:The next morning, we were going to the company together like usual. Carina just stayed at the mansion because Ricky thought it was still unsafe for her to go out. I wondered what it would be like coming to the office with all those people there knowing already about Ricky's marriage. It was all over the news because Ricky had told Sergio to make a public announcement about it. Everyone thought I would be the bride. Unfortunately, Ricky chose to humiliate me in order to save Carina.The car arrived in front of the company building and Dome opened the car door for Ricky. He got out and usually, he would wait for me and walk side by side with me into the building. But not anymore. Now, he just walked straight into the company building and left me behind. I got off the car too and tried to catch up with his steps.As soon as I entered the building, I realized how many eyes were staring at me. All these people knew well enough about my relationship with Ricky because he was
Cassandra POV:My lips trembled as I wanted to say something in return, but Ricky told me to get up and packed my stuff quickly. He was so eager to come home that very instant and the unreasonable jealousy just kept hitting my heart again."You seem to really miss your wife so much, you couldn't wait even one second to come home..." I mumbled under my breath, satirizing him slowly.His eyes that kept staring at me before finally looked away and he sighed with sound of exasperation. I could see his hands turning into balls, maybe having an intense desire to hit me but he seemed trying hard to refrain his anger from coming out."Can I go home using another car?" I deliberately asked. It felt so good to keep making him mad."No," he replied firmly."Then can you just go home first and then tell Dome to pick me up later?"Maybe I was just trying to dig my own grave. I knew he would eventually lose his temper any moment now, but I still asked him annoying questions because I wanted to go h
Cassandra POV:"I prepared dinner for you today. Chef Lando taught me how to cook and helped me a bit inside the kitchen," Carina said cheerfully as Ricky and I stepped into the house."Really?" Ricky acted slightly awkward with Carina's sudden friendliness. But he still kept it cool as if their interaction were just that of friends."Yeah. Chef Lando told me all your favourite food so I cook some of them to show my gratitude since you help me settle the issue with the De Luca family," Carina added coquettishly.Didn't she see me there standing beside Ricky? Why was she behaving so flirty with him out of a sudden? Oh, right. I forgot. She was his wife apparently. Now, I felt like I was the one who didn't belong there.There was no way I was going to just stood there hearing them having what sounded like an intimate conversation between a married couple. So, I made my way up the stairs, going to the bedroom. Ricky got flustered when I left and he immediately cut short his conversation
Riccardo POV:I missed Cassie, I really did. I missed how easy it was for me to approach her before without her retaliating at me. Now, whenever I tried to touch her, she just shunned me away. I could understand that I was not the best partner for her right now and how wrong I was that I put her in this situation with Carina involved, but I just wanted to make sure everyone was safe. I wanted her to be safe as much as I wanted Carina to be safe too. It was not that I loved Carina more than her. I had never intended for her to feel that way. Carina was just a responsibility but Cassie was far more than that. She was my life. I didn't know how I could make her understand that or make her believe me. She seemed to only have negative thoughts about me nowadays."Ma'am, your phone kept ringing inside the bedroom. I saw the caller ID. It's the same person every time, Tina Sanfield," Verona whispered to Cassie but I could hear them clearly.Cassie's expression instantly changed as if she was
Cassandra POV:Looked at these two teaming up as a married couple to push me to the corner. Today was indeed the shittiest day of my life. What happened at the company couldn't leave my mind yet, but now at home, it was just the same. Another depressing situation for me to face.It was just a simple request. Ricky just wanted me to take my friends' calls, especially Tina who kept calling me right now. But I didn't want to. Couldn't he see how much I didn't want to do it? Why did he force me and allow Carina to push me as well?This couple made me slowly get insane. I left the dining table without a word and just headed to the stairs. Maybe I should sleep but later, Ricky would surely berate me in private again. This was just an unending frustration, I literally had suicidal thoughts right now. I just want this nightmare to stop."Where are you going? Come back. Eat a little more," Ricky ordered, but I ignored him. "Carina took the time to cook for us tonight. Instead of acting like a
Cassandra POV:"You stupid bitch! Why did you keep calling me?!" I yelled at the phone and put it on flight mode instantly.Then I closed my eyes tightly and I could feel my hands shaking as I gripped the phone hard. How I wished I could just throw the phone on the wall. But if it gets broken, I would waste my money to buy a new one. That was not good because I had this strong feeling that I needed to save money from now on, just in case I needed to run away. If that were the case, I might need to change my name and maybe do plastic surgery on my face so I could live a new life in hiding and unrecognized by Ricky. That kind of plan would require a lot of money to be executed.I took a deep breath several times until my heartbeats slowed down. Only then did my tears stop falling too. After I felt like I could handle my emotion again, I turned off the flight mode of my phone and scrolled through my contact list to find Lydia's number. She was the one that I bought a car using Ricky's cr