Cassandra POV:Why did my heart feel so hard to bear this? Indeed, was I still in love with Ricky? I just felt so heavy inside, I didn't even have the courage to take back my phone from the floor. How I wished I could just get drunk and forget about this suffocating feeling for a moment. It felt like my heart was stabbed and like I was screaming in pain internally.I took a long coat and wore it, then took my purse before heading to the door. When I came out, Dome and Marco were standing outside guarding my door.'Where do you want to go this late?" Marco asked. I scanned his expression and he seemed like he was not mad at me anymore. Maybe Dome had told him that I apologized before."I... need to get some fresh air..." I said slowly. Honestly, I didn't even know where I wanted to go."There's an air conditioner inside the room. You could have a lot of fresh air there. You can't go out right now," Marco advised strongly. I knew he was probably afraid that Ricky finds out about it.The
Riccardo POV:I was focusing reading on some business reports on the bed when a text message from Dome popped up on the screen of my phone. Carina had long gone to sleep after taking hundreds of selfies in her sleeping gown. I couldn't care less because my mind was just frustrated due to Cassie. That was why I tried distracting myself by doing some work from the company.But when I opened the text from Dome, my mind just exploded entirely. It was almost midnight but Cassie dared to go out of her room. Dome then sent me a picture of her sitting at a bar counter with Franco Fontana. That was it. That was my final straw. I got to teach her a lesson tonight for kept disappointing me over and over again."Get her to her room right now," I said to Dome through a phone call. I didn't even wait for any reply and just cut it, went to the living area to put on my shirt and my coat before heading out to Cassie's hotel room.Minutes later, I arrived and just entered Cassie's room using the spare
Riccardo POV: So one day, my mind just had the thought of inviting her for lunch. We went to work as usual that morning. I knew Cassie would come into my office to give me my morning coffee and some company files she had reviewed for me. I took that opportunity to invite her for lunch. "Let's go have lunch together today," I said to her casually as she handed me some company files. Her brows knitted in confusion. It was an expected reaction since we never went out for lunch together ever since I married Carina. "We can go something far..." I added and she slowly nodded in understanding, yet said nothing. We couldn't eat at the restaurants near the company because I needed to avoid the employees from seeing me with her. "I'll make a reservation. What kind of food do you wish to eat?" I asked kindly. "Anything will do..." Cassie only replied uninterestedly. She then just left my office. My heart was a bit disheartened by her reaction, but I didn't want to think about it that much. I
Cassandra POV: I didn't know what Ricky was expecting from me when he kept apologizing that our lunch plan together was ruined by Carina. Obviously, I knew he would choose her over me. He loved me? He lied. I didn't want to think otherwise anymore. I just assumed he lied about his love. Saved me a lot of headaches. When the clock struck five, I decided to go down to the lobby first. I didn't wait for Ricky. I reached the lobby and a lady just bumped into me causing all the files I held in hand to fall on the floor. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to bump into you..." That lady said, strangely with a cheerful voice. We both bent down to pick up the files on the floor and as I straightened my body again, I faced her. She had a wide smile on her face and I didn't think I ever saw her inside this company before. She looked new. "Who are you?" I asked unconsciously but she replied with a weird answer. "May Nicola rests in peace," she whispered to me and handed me a tiny piece
Riccardo POV:"You dared to turn your back on me?! You fucking dared to turn your back on me?!" I yelled at Cassie in anger as I marched to her, pointing my finger towards her body as if I wanted to stab her hard. That was probably the peak of my anger for this one whole year. I was mad at her before, but never this mad.The sight of her betraying me and just jumping into Leo's car right in front of my eyes was really the most agonizing image I could see. Didn't she realize how Leo had killed the entire family of the Rossi except for Carina? In fact, I didn't even know if Cristian was still alive right now. He had been missing for so long that I didn't think that guy was still alive. And today Cassie just followed Leo without hesitation? She must be hell crazy.My men slowly came out from the cars too and just stood static in place, watching me having another larger argument with Cassie in public. Fortunately, the corner where she was dropped off by Leo was a bit secluded and only a f
Riccardo POV: "Who else could it be?! Of course, their own men! Did you forget how much they don't like that Leo replaced his father? The changing of power? It's normal if he got attacked. Someone probably didn't like him and didn't want him to become the next Mafia Don. He was a weak leader! And it's not anyone's fault if he got attacked by his own men!" Cassie probably didn't know how the underworld worked. When internal issues arose inside a certain region, the other Mafia Dons won't get involved. The newly appointed Mafia Don such as Leo should claim his throne with confidence by showing how much he got support from the other Mafia Dons. I had helped him, but things went south and Nicola died. As much as he blamed me for it, he was to be blamed too. Her death was a sign of weak leadership in himself. "Wrong! They had long united again after Nicola died. Why would Leo risk his brothers coming back to this country if he couldn't control his own men yet?" Cassie argued. Looked at t
Cassandra POV:Ricky was extremely mad. I knew I ruined his plan after following Leo today, but then, that too was crucial for me to know better the situation. My eyes felt hot and teary as this helpless feeling slowly lurked in my heart. I glanced at Carina for a few seconds and saw her rolling her eyes away from me, daringly glaring as if I had made a huge mistake.She was probably mad because her plan might get exposed after I met Leo today. But then, Ricky refused to believe me and thus this witch still could act confidently in front of everyone. Suddenly, I was the one who became the black sheep. How could I win this battle if I was all alone? No one dared to back me up or supported me since Ricky, the head of everyone chose to side with Carina.I remembered Leo mentioning Coral Island before. How that island was important and Carina tried to get access to it to smuggle weapons and overthrow Ricky later. But she couldn't do it now since that land was inside the De Luca's region.
Cassandra POV:I didn't dare to speak again after. I just went into the bathroom, washed my face and sat on the closed toilet bowl to take a moment of thinking. Ever since we came home, I had been memorizing Leo's phone numbers in my head, repeating them one by one until it had become a habit. The paper he gave me that contained his phone number had been destroyed. I burned it as soon as I had the chance. Ricky shouldn't find out about it because I bet he had that number too in his phone. He would freak out again if he knows I had Leo's number in saving.Not long after, I suddenly heard some people coming into the bedroom, so I came out from the bathroom and saw two men beside Ricky. One was Sergio and the other one looked like a computer technician. The technician was looking at Ricky's laptop, probably fixing something. The three of them all gazed at me as they heard me close the bathroom door behind me."What's wrong?" I asked and had my eyes on Sergio. I knew Ricky wouldn't want t