Chapter Five

Isabella POV

It is 7 pm by the time I’m finally done with work for the day, I remove my glasses, massaging the nape of my neck from bending over files for hours, I look around me and the entire office is empty and dark, the only illuminated room is my office, my phone ringing brings me out of my reverie.

 

“Hey girl” Bianca’s happy voice fills my ears

 

“Where are you? I came over to your house, and the only one here is Matteo, say hi to your sister Matteo” she says happily which comically is followed by a frustrated Hi from Matteo

 

“You stress that boy a lot” I laugh into the phone

 

“Oh he loves it, so where are you?” “did you immerse yourself in work and forget our plans for tonight madam CFO?” she giggles into the phone

 

“Of course not,” I yawn, “I’ll be there in 30 minutes I’m on my way right about now,” I say while I’m packing up my bag, grabbing my lunch plate and water bottle and haphazardly throwing it into my bag.

 

“Yeah I believe you” she laughs slightly, she probably knows I’m not even at the car yet

 

“I'll see you” I reply dropping the call quickly.

 

I immediately head downstairs meeting up with Rupert, we reach the house in no time and I find Bianca dressed to the nine in a gold skimpy dress and heels, sitting on the floor with Matteo and helping him out with some essay on his laptop.

 

Bianca is like the middle sister we never got, playful, annoying, and can get you to do about anything, she even convinced me to go bungee jumping with her last year.

 

“Madam CFO” she stands greeting me at the door

 

“You need to stop calling me that” I laugh, “did you pull out a dress for me to wear from my closet?” I ask her as we walk up the stairs to my room.

 

“Did I pull out a dress?” She says in shock, “Girl I went out and I bought you a whole new outfit,” she pulls out a shopping bag from behind my door

“Of course you did, none of that skimpy stuff I hope?” I raise a brow at her

 

“girl shut up, you will wear what I buy, it eats all the time” She wiggles her brows at me

 

I shake my head at her, moving to the bathroom and taking a quick bath.

 

Soon we dress up quickly, me in a short red dinner dress and Bianca in her skimpy red dress and we head to the restaurant

 

The theme of the restaurant is dim and luxurious and we find a seat near the balcony doors, taking our seats the waitress approaches us immediately

 

“Good evening Mam, I am Vivian and I’ll be your server for the day, here’s your menu, will you like some water or starters please?”

 

“A bottle of white wine please,” Bianca says immediately turning to me and giggling to herself like we are 18

 

She nods and leaves immediately but comes back in a few minutes with a bottle of wine and a bouquet filled with red roses

 

I frown at her “We didn’t ask for this”

 

“Yes mam, it was from the gentleman outside” She points to the other part of the restaurant, a balcony with three more tables outside but only one man is sitting there, his back turned to us.

 

“He said they are for a Mrs. De-Luca,” she says placing the roses on the table and scurrying away

 

I frown my mind immediately telling me who that is

 

“Mrs De-Luca?” Bianca frowns looking at the flowers, at me, and then her eyes settling on the man behind me on the balcony

 

He turns around for a moment, his dark hair being blown by the cool air and his piercing blue eyes turn to look at me, followed by a single wink, which shocks me to my bones.