Eliana brought out the wedding photo which was inside the gift box. Augustus looked at her and then at the photo. An awkward silence persisted between the two. "It looks beautiful," Augustus said and took the wedding photo from her. Eliana didn't respond and wondered how Rafaello found the wedding photo when hardly anyone knew about it. Eliana found an envelope inside the box and took it out. Opening it, she found two tickets inside them. "Ahh, he also gifted the tickets of a hotel to us," Eliana said and lifted her head to look at Augustus. Augustus took them from her. "Have you ever been to the night boat?" Augustus asked. Eliana shook her head. "Rafaello book them for tomorrow evening," he stated. "Is it necessary to go?" Eliana queried him. "Of course. We must go on dates to know each other better," Augustus opined with a tiny smile on his lips. "Eliana, I have no intention to leave you after our contract gets over. So, it is better for us to know each other," he suggested to
Augustus didn't feel it right to hide the fact anymore from her that he liked her. He nodded his head. "I do. I have liked you since the first day we met. Since I had this pressure of marriage with Gia, I decided to marry you," Augustus told her the truth. While telling the truth, he also admitted that he liked Eliana, which he was unable to do for a long time. "You could have asked me to date you," Eliana stated."You would not have given me the chance. Also, I had no time to date you. Marriage was the only option," Augustus affirmed. "Forgive me for forcing you into this marriage. I had no other way to convince you," Augustus apologized at the same time. "Why do you like me?" Eliana asked another question from him. "I already mentioned it before. I never saw a woman like you in my life," Augustus answered. "That night you not only saved me, but also won my heart," he added. "I will do my best to become a perfect husband," he assured her. Eliana finally met his gaze and told him
Everyone gathered around the dinner table. Augustus got a little awkward to see Josefina on the dinner table. Eliana glanced at him and whispered near his ear to not feel awkward. Rafaello looked at his mother, expecting her to apologize sincerely to Augustus. Frederico cleared his throat and started to speak. "Josefina will apologize to Augustus for what she did," Frederico said. "The mistake she made, she must repent of it," he added. Josefina turned her head to look at Augustus, who wasn't looking at her. "Augustus, I apologize for my mistake. I should not have done something like this. I should have been a responsible mother and should have stopped Gia from doing such a thing. Please forgive me," Josefina said. Her voice was filled with guilt. She didn't like it when her husband and her son, Rafaello, looked at her with disgust. Augustus chuckled. That apology didn't sound sincere at all to him. However, since they were having dinner, he didn't want to create any scene. "We f
Eliana found Augustus in the balcony of their bedroom. She stepped into the balcony and quietly stood by his side. "Are you good?" Eliana asked him. "No. I want to leave right now with you," Augustus asserted. His hands tightly pressed against the aluminium handrail of the balcony. "A place where my wife's respect cannot be done, I can't stay there. What do you say? Should we leave?" Augustus asked her opinion. Eliana shook her head. "Your father and brother will feel bad. I understood why you hate your step-mother. She's a toxic person. If I would be at your place, then I would have taught her a lesson," Eliana stated. "A lesson? How?" Augustus questioned her with an amusing expression. "Umm," Eliana turned and rested her elbows on the handrail, "I would have put something in her face pack so that she would get these big pimples on her entire face," she gave him the idea.Augustus started to laugh. "Won't that be too much? For a person, the face is everything," he affirmed. "No.
Lorenzo Bianco saw Gia alone in the park. He had some work in the nearby University when decided to take a walk in the nearby park. His eyes fell on Gia, who had been under a tree and was sleeping. Quickly, he walked to her and got on his knees. "Gia!" He softly called her name out as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Gia opened her eyes and found everything was dark around her. Only the street light from the far and illuminated the place a little. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Lorenzo. "What are you doing here?" He asked with bewilderment and grasped her both hands. They both got up from the ground. Lorenzo brushed the hair off her face and found she had worn a thin dress. He removed his leather jacket quickly and put it around him. "Come with me," Lorenzo said and took her back to his car. After seating inside the car, Lorenzo gave her water bottle. She thanked him and drank water from it. She wiped her lips and put the cap on the bottle. "Why were here? What if someone w
Augustus and Eliana left for the office the next day with Rafaello. Eliana asked Augustus about her father upon reaching the office. "I will talk with my friend. Do you want to go and see him?" Augustus asked her. "Yes. I usually used to go daily to see my father," she informed him. Augustus hummed and scrolled his contact list. He found Romeo's number and dialed his number. After a few rings, Romeo answered his call. "Romeo, I want to ask about Eliana's father's state ," Augustus didn't do the formalities of greeting him as they were good friends. "As I told you before, the patient's condition isn't good. I would like you to tell Eliana and Arnaldo to be ready for the worst. The patient's organs aren't well and I ran the tests in which I found out that he got diabetes too. Because his immune system has weakened, so there are chances of spread of other diseases too," Romeo explained everything to Augustus. "If you want to come to the hospital, then you should," he suggested to him.
Eliana and Augustus reached the hospital. Romeo took them to his cabin and started to explain about Eliana's father's condition.Romeo clasped his both hands before resting them on the table in front of him. "I had a conversation regarding your father with Augustus earlier too," Romeo initiated the conversation with Eliana. She gazed at Augustus. "I didn't tell you because I thought there may be the slightest chance of improvement," Augustus replied to her. "Yes. We thought that chances of improvement are present. However, after running tests, I found out that your father has diabetes and because of this, his organs have started to affect. I don't think he will make it, Eliana. So, you and brother should prepare for the worst," Romeo explained to her in a crisp manner. "Also, it is tough for a person to wake up from a coma. A few rare cases exist, but in your father's situation it is not possible, Eliana." Augustus looked at Eliana, who was comprehending everything in her mind. She
Rafaello closed the deal somehow and asked Luca not to let anyone know that Augustus left before the deal. Luca nodded his head and thanked Rafaello for handling the deal with Ryan Petrakis. He left Rafaello's cabinet as he had to check some paperworks. Rafaello leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes. At that moment, his phone rang and he answered it."Yes, Dad!" Rafaello said. "I have sent you the restaurant where you need to go on a date with Miss Dawson. Also, you need to pick her up from the hospital. I have sent you the address of the hospital too," Frederico said from the other side. "Sure, Dad. I'll check," Rafaello said."You need to leave now because as I said she doesn't like to wait," Frederico stated. Rafaello hummed and assured his father that he would leave right away to meet Miss Dawson. He hung up the call and picked the blazer from the hanger. He called his secretary inside and informed her that he would be leaving the office. Picking the car keys, and his ph
Eliana came downstairs after she quickly freshened up to cook breakfast for them, but she did not find him in the house. She wondered where he could have possibly gone and called his name. She searched for Augustus in the living room and the garden, but she did not find him there. Eliana ran to the bedroom and picked up her phone from the table and dialed Augustus’ number. She got stunned when her call got cut from the other side. He did not want to talk to her and he did it again when she gave him the call for the second time. She ran her fingers through her hair and lowered her hand. She took a deep breath and then, exhaled a deep sigh when she heard a ping on the phone. She checked it and saw Augustus’ message on the screen. She read the message and it said, “I have left for the office.” “Without having the breakfast?” Eliana typed the message and sent to him. “Yes. I was not hungry.”“Sorry. I have the faint memory from the last night. The only thing I remember was when I tol
The bright sunrays found their way to fell over Eliana's face through the gap of the curtains. She brought her hand on the top of her face and tightly shut her eyes to prevent those rays to invade her eyes. Her hand moved on the bed and rested on something soft. It felt skin to her. She continued to move her fingers over the skin and then pried open her eyes when she suddenly got a realization. She had lowered her hand and saw Augustus, who was next to her. He was naked and was laid on his back. His face was toward her, his hair was disheveled.She then looked at herself and lifted the blanket. Her eyes grew wide to find that she was naked too. Her mouth widely opened and she brought her hand to cover her mouth. "Did I do it with him?" She murmured and tried to recall about the last night. She remembered very well about their deep conversation and then Augustus asked her if he could kiss her. She had this vague memory of being kissed, but after that there was nothing. Her mind was
The kiss was intense, full of passion and love. Both had forgotten their surroundings. A sweet moan escaped her mouth when he bit her lip and licked it, asking her to give permission to let him invade her mouth. Eliana slightly parted his lips while Augustus shoved his tongue in. Their tongues rolled over each other. Her hands raked through his hair. Her control on herself had lost completely. Her mind was no more controlling her body. Eliana left breathless and she gasped for air when he let go of her lips. She didn't want him to withdraw from the kiss. Her insides burned once again when Augustus' lips touched her neck. He continued to kiss at a particular spot right below her ear and another moan escaped her mouth. "Your sounds make me want to do more," Augustus said and his hand moved under the hem of the t-shirt she had put on. Eliana didn't resist it, instead she was liking it. "Shall we go inside?" Eliana asked him while resting her chin on his shoulder. It seemed he was wai
Eliana kept her eyes fixed on Augustus. She took a deep breath and put the wine glass on the table. She put her hand over his and patted it. "Augustus, it must be tough for you. However, it was all for you. She wanted to protect your future," Eliana said. "No. My future would be more secure if she had been with me today. She never felt the happiness in her marriage. Can you imagine the pain that I had to undergo seeing her in that state? This is the reason I am unable to respect my father. I stayed in that family because my mother made sacrifices. So, I had to acquire the company and become the CEO." Augustus' eyes turned misty upin recalling his mother.Eliana moved her hands up to his shoulder and pulled him into a warm hug. She patted his back with her left hand and said, "You should be happy that your father didn't abandon you even after your mother left you. He still loves you." She started to caress his back and did it for a few minutes. He withdrew and put the wine glass on
Augustus found that Eliana had already set the dinette. He was surprised that she cooked food for them in such a short time. She asked him to sit and served the food to him. After him, she pulled out a chair for her and settled on it. Augustus served the food to Eliana before she could. "I will do," she told Augustus, who shook his head and filled the platter with spaghetti and meatballs which she had cooked. Eliana thanked him and picked the fork. They both started eating while a silence prevailed between the two. "Are you still angry with Rafaello?" Eliana asked Augustus, thus breaking the ice between them. "He called you but you didn't answer his calls," she stated. "I called him earlier but his mother answered the call. She told me not to talk to Rafaello as in her eyes we brainwashed him against hers," Augustus asserted. "She is a sick lady!" Eliana remarked. "Why does she have to talk this way? Did you tell Rafaello about it?" She inquired. "No. I didn't want to trouble us
Rafaello found it weird that Augustus didn't answer his call. However, he didn't think much about it. He almost put the phone down when a message popped up on the screen. He found out that it was from Lilith. He checked it and a smile formed on his lips. 'Did you reach home safely?'"Yes," Rafaello typed the message and sent it to Lilith. He waited for her to send more messages, but she didn't. "She is a doctor, Rafaello. She must be busy," he murmured and recalled the kiss. Was she interested in him? He was unable to understand whether to ask her out or not!? He wanted to ask Augustus about it, but he didn't answer his calls. "Are they both good? Even in the morning, they left without telling Luca." He wondered and thought to call Eliana. He scrolled his phone directory and dialed Eliana's number. After a few rings, Eliana answered her call. "Yes, Rafaello?" Eliana said from the other side. Augustus glanced at her. "Are you two good? In the morning, you two left somewhere. Augus
Eliana didn't tell Arnaldo about their father's condition. She thought once he would be home, then she would discuss it with him. She sat down on the couch and brought her hands under her chin. She could not believe that her father's survival chances were so low. She tapped her right foot on the fluffy mat. She was restless and every kind of weird thought appeared in her mind. Augustus reached their bedroom and found her in deep thoughts. He quietly sat beside her after removing his blazer. "Augustus, I don't want my father to die. Why do good people have to suffer so much? My father never did anyone wrong, yet he had to see all such things," Eliana said and waited for his response. "Truth to be told, even I do not know," Augustus replied and put his hand on her thigh. He caressed it and turned silent again. "I thought my father would wake up one day," Eliana said with a dejected expression. "Don't be pessimistic. Your father is still alive. That means your father has slight cha
Rafaello and Lilith left after visiting the kid she had promised at his house. "Lilith, kids love to be around you. You are in the right profession. I keenly watched your interactions with that kid and it astonished me truly," Rafaello complimented her. "In what way did it astonish you?" She waited for his response. "Umm… I will take my example. I usually get annoyed by kids' questions. I feel it's kind of tough to handle them. However, watching you it felt otherwise. That's what amused me," Rafaello stated. "I am glad that you felt the other way," Lilith said. "You didn't tell me about your family," she suddenly changed the topic. "Did you not ask your father?" Rafaello queried her. "No. I thought to ask you. It's important to know each other on a date," Lilith replied. "I have a brother. Augustus Ferrari is his name. He's the CEO of the company. Also, we are not real brothers but we are step-brothers," Rafaello said. "Okay. It seems you two don't have a healthy relationship,"
Rafaello closed the deal somehow and asked Luca not to let anyone know that Augustus left before the deal. Luca nodded his head and thanked Rafaello for handling the deal with Ryan Petrakis. He left Rafaello's cabinet as he had to check some paperworks. Rafaello leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes. At that moment, his phone rang and he answered it."Yes, Dad!" Rafaello said. "I have sent you the restaurant where you need to go on a date with Miss Dawson. Also, you need to pick her up from the hospital. I have sent you the address of the hospital too," Frederico said from the other side. "Sure, Dad. I'll check," Rafaello said."You need to leave now because as I said she doesn't like to wait," Frederico stated. Rafaello hummed and assured his father that he would leave right away to meet Miss Dawson. He hung up the call and picked the blazer from the hanger. He called his secretary inside and informed her that he would be leaving the office. Picking the car keys, and his ph