Lucia didn't expect it when Ricardo went and carried her on his shoulders. No matter how hard she kicked and punched him. He didn't flinch nor let go of her. Instead, he held her firmly till he got to her room and he puts her down gently. Ricardo caught her hands which anticipated another slap towards him. Lucia's face looked sweaty and her hair was ruined after everything. She was too angry to face him and wanted to leave. She assumed he was acting this way because it was his house. She felt disrespected by his utterances.Ricardo kissed her, ignoring if she would become angry at him. All he wanted was to have this woman to himself. Being close to Lucia for so long awakened his beast. To worst it all, she slapped him. He didn't care about anything, he just wants to punish her. Probably for being with another man. Although she pushed and struggled with him, Ricardo was still more powerful than her and he subdued her by carrying her up to the bed.By this time, he was already on top o
When he entered, he noticed the room was empty and there was no Lucia. He rushed towards the wardrobe to confirm if his suspicions were right and indeed it was. Lucia left the house. But where could she possibly go to? He wondered as he was about to rush out to search for her, his eyes caught something on the bed and it was her mobile phone. She didn't take it along with her? how was he going to track her? He noticed there was a note beside it and he went to check it. Lucia wrote boldly on it. "Roberto shouldn't bug into my life anymore."She was referring to her father and Ricardo knew he couldn't possibly pass the such a message to the boss. What mattered to him at that Moment was to find Lucia. It was almost as if Roberto knew when his call suddenly came in."Hello." "Ricardo, bring Lucia home in the next two hours," Roberto said and ended the call. without allowing him to say anything. Lucia just made matters worst and he would have a hard time finding her without the tracker.
"Just as I thought, you won't do that right?." he asked and she didn't respond but just stared at him."Get me, Miss Tisha." He ordered and the secretary left hurriedly.Shortly after she left, miss Tisha came into the office. A beautiful and elegantly dressed woman stood in front of him. Miss Tisha is the oldest staff in his company and also his assistant. She runs all his errands for him, no matter how personal it was. She was in her mind thirties, but she didn't look like it at all. The woman greeted politely when she entered."Change the office dress code, I don't want anyone to wear the particular design Miss Roy wore today." He ordered.Tisha tilted her head respectfully."Yes Mr. Dante, I'll have that sorted out now. Is there anything else I can help you with?." She asked."Yes, get me the files and all information about miss Roberto." He said.Tisha looked confused. "Miss Roberto?" She didn't know who it was."The woman I rejected a month ago." He said.Tisha still didn't get
Ricardo didn't meet Mr. Roberto in the mansion and he had to go to the warehouse to meet him. In the warehouse, Mr. Roberto noticed Ricardo entered and was approaching him. The several bodyguards suddenly appeared behind Ricardo and grabbed his both hands as they walked towards me Roberto who wore a black tuxedo suit and a wide black hat. The old man removed the hat and placed it on his desk. Puffing the smoke out of his tobacco, he didn't pay attention to them as they brought Ricardo down on his knees, facing him. The old man instead filled a glass with whiskey and gulped it down in one drink. The odd thing was that he was the only one drinking, but there were two glasses placed in his front. one was empty.After drinking his whiskey, he finally turned to them.Ricardo was sweating a lot, it wasn't from the heat in the warehouse, but the tension between them. Since he didn't return with Lucia, he was bound to face any punishment.Soon, Mr. Roberto filled the second cup with whiskey a
She didn't expect it, the last person she hoped to see. Doctor Renee. What was he doing here? why did he come here? She was surprised and didn't say anything but stare at him until he called out her name."Lucia?. what are you doing here?." He asked.She was surprised he asked her such. Since she loved her, she should be asking him that question. "Shouldn't I be asking you that question? I live here." She snapped.Renee couldn't help but laugh."Are you the guest my mother spoke about? What a surprise." He exclaimed."Mother?." Lucia mumbled, Almost stammering.what did he mean by mother? she thought and then her mind went back to hers and Graciela's conversation. She had mentioned her son being a doctor. That doctor is Renee. How unexpected. They haven't seen them for more than a month since their date together when she rejected him. She didn't think she could face him anymore not until today, right now when he was standing in front of her.Renee was about to speak when the door ope
After dinner, Renee was about to leave."Why don't you see him off, Lucia?." Graciela quickly added. She noticed all wasn't well between them and whatever it was, she needed to have them resolve it immediately. But they couldn't do it with her around. So she needed to give them a little privacy."But." Lucia tried to protest, she didn't have an excuse to reject him. She just ended up being silent after the "But."She quickly thought of something and spoke quickly."I have to arrange the table and put the dirty dishes away. Aunty, I don't want to take your moment with your son." She quickly said."Don't worry about that Lucia. Renee and I could talk some other day. About the dishes? I'll do them. besides I feel a bit hot, dipping my hands in water could help." She said and quickly rushed off."Bye now, I need to get busy." Graciela left Lucia and Renee in the living room alone while she went to the kitchen.Lucia and Renee were outside the mansion. It was a bit silent, they haven't spo
Saint Lazaro hospital, Mexico City.Ricardo sits in the doctor's office, waiting for him to return with his test results. since he took the blood samples. He was hell-bent on finding a cure to the poisonous substance in his blood. He wants to stay back in Mexico since he failed in his mission by falling for Lucia which didn't do him any good.Soon, the door pushed open slightly and the doctor entered.A middle-aged man wearing a long dazzling lab coat entered the office and walked toward Ricardo."Mr. Rodriguez." he greeted and they shook hands briefly.The man went to seat in the normal place, opposite Ricardo.He adjusted his glasses to rest upon his nose and then read the results in his hands inwardly, although his mouth moved slowly. He quickly cleared his throat and sits upright a bit."Mr. Rodriguez, this is the blood test results for the toxin." He said and handed it over to Ricardo who didn't take it and was rubbing his temples slowly."Just read it out." He said. in an author
Almost an hour later, Lucia had left the design room and was back to hers. What she didn't understand was why Graciela behaved the way she did, when she saw her in the room. The way she panicked and shut her out abruptly. Was very unlike her.The Graciela she knows would never do that.Was there something she didn't know about the design room?She knew she was at fault for intruding into Graciela's privacy in the first place. Had she known, she would have ignored the stupid curiosity of hers. Graciela didn't even give her a chance to explain.She crawled slowly into her bed and covered herself properly. She was so sad, she wanted that night to end quickly. the next morning when she woke up, she saw Graciela sitting on the bed beside her. with sleepy eyes Lucia sprung up quickly."Auntie," she called out and was about to speak until Graciela signaled her not to."No auntie. I have to apologize for my reckless actions last night. I wasn't supposed to go there. I regret it. Please forgi
Lucia was busy packing up her luggages to leave the villa. She feared that her life was in danger and wanted to leave.She wanted to flee from the country with the little money she had. She would be able to go away for months.She was still busy packing up when the door was opened by Roberto, Ricardo was standing behind him.They were stunned by Lucia's current actions. "What are you doing?" Roberto was the first to ask but Ricardo was the most curious.He didn't understand why Lucia was packing up her luggage."I asked you a question," Roberto questioned, moving towards her.Lucia left the luggage and focused on her father. "I'm leaving, Roberto. I can't stay here anymore. My life is in danger and you aren't doing anything about it!" She declared harshly."Lucia, you can't leave" "I can't stay either, father. I do not want to get killed" She retorted sharply."I would sort that out." "Father, you do not understand how it feels to live in fear everyday! It's devastating. I no longer
It was in the middle of the night when Lucia woke up from sleep. At first, she wanted to go downstairs and get a glass of milk to help her sleep again.But this time, Lucia thought of doing something different. She's consumed a lot of milk these days, trying to suppress her constant hunger for the drugs.She was slowly getting over it and she didn't want to get addicted to something else in return. She stood on the balcony, gazing outside and enjoying the cold midnight breeze.Lucia closed her eyes for a second and opened it. She suddenly felt like seeing Ricardo, she missed him and they haven't seen each other since afternoon.Lucia was disturbed about his absence. At first, she assumed that he was busy. Her father sent him on a lot of errands these days, since he was short of men to use.Lucia decided to go outside and search for him. She moved towards her huge wardrobe and searched for some clothes to wear.It was almost winter, she dared not expose her skin because of the cold. Lu
For the first time in Ricardo's life, he felt his body tremble as a result of the kiss Lucia gave him. The kiss lasted for a while before she pulled out. Ricardo held her close and hugged her tight. "I'll be back, I promise" he said and left. Lucia heaved a heavy sigh as she slumped on the bed. She pulled out her phone from the plug and began to surf the internet. At least, that was the only thing that she could do without anyone restraining her. After a while, she felt like everything had become boring to her. The internet was filled with several news about her, despite the fact that Ricardo had dealt with the publication of the news, some platforms still published it. She was called several names, a slut and a drug addict. Lucia was devastated. They didn't disclose her identity but they kept saying "the Don's daughter" and in the city, Mr. Roberto of the most powerful Don. Which would make anyone guess that it was her who is the drug addict. Lucia felt devastated for the very fir
The next morning was hectic for Lucia as reporters found their ways inside the mansion and had dared to question her about her father's health condition. The new headlines that morning were all about the famous Rich man's daughter that caused her father to fall ill on his birthday. While Lucia was struggling to leave the mansion and head to the company, her car was flooded by these reporters. Ricardo hurried towards the scene and shielded her till they got inside the mansion. Lucia's dress was torn in some parts as they were rough with her. A video showcased online and its content was about everything that transpired between her and her father during his birthday the previous evening. "Investigate from which angle the video git recorded" Ricardo spoke with someone over the phone as he stood near the door inside Lucia's room. Lucia was sitting on the bed, panicking.Reporters were still outside her door knocking and more were flooding inside the apartment premises.Noticing how pale a
Lucia was in her room crying, feeling guilty over her father's health condition. She never thought that things would turn out this way. If she did, she wouldn't have done it. Even though Don Roberto hurt her, she never wished for him to fall sick.Lucia badly wanted someone to talk to, she had expected Ricardo to come in after everything but he didn't even come to check up on her. She was somehow angry at him and at the same time she didn't blame him. Everyone was disappointed at her and she was tagged as a bad daughter. Soon, she changed from the dress and left her room. Lucia wanted to go find Ricardo and talk to him. She expected everyone to judge her except for him.As she stepped out of her room, she noticed Marco sneaking around the corridor leading to her father's study and she followed him stealthily.Meanwhile, Ricardo was still inside the study and he was yet to find anything. This time, he opened the automatic metal detector compass and faced it towards different angles of
The following week,Lucia noticed that the mansion was buzzing with activities. However, no one mentioned to her about any celebration.She checked her calendar to be sure that she wasn't missing out on anything. Just then, she realized that it was her father's birthday that day. Lucia had forgotten about it. She suddenly recalled how they always celebrated his birthdays when she was a kid. It was just her mother, Mr. Roberto and her that celebrated it together. Sometimes they go out to the movies or the park. Her father's birthday was always the best days of her life as she always got to spend quality time with her parents. After she had been absent since the past few years, Lucia was sure that they changed the celebration style.She decided not to acknowledge them since she wasn't invited in the first place. Lucia decided to draw some digital designs and upload them to her catalog online. She was busy working on her laptop when a knock on the door interrupted her.She allowed the p
"Miss Roberto?" "Lucia" She heard Ricardo call out and she suddenly regained herself.Lucia was caught up in her own imagination. From where she stood, Ricardo was far away from her. He didn't even attempt to come near her. Everything was just her imagination."What happened to you?" Ricardo asked curiously and he tried to approach her."No, don't come near me. Stay where you are" she instantly rebuked him."Are you alright?""I'll come meet you downstairs, please leave" Lucia said to him.Ricardo stared at her for a moment before he walked out of the room.Lucia instantly went to lock the door."Lucia, what is wrong with you? Why do I keep on having these silly imaginations?" She scolded herself as she rushed to put her clothes on.She realized that Ricardo had dry-cleaned them which meant that he was the one who changed her clothes. Lucia was caught up in her wild fantasies that she didn't realize that it was Ricardo's shirt she wore when she woke up. Everything seemed so strange
This tastes awful. I'm sorry.." Lucia giggled, trying to be considerate so that he doesn't feel bad about his cooking."Yeah, I expected you to be honest with me," Renee laughed."What do we do? There's no food in this house?" Lucia continued to clean her tongue with a tissue, she didn't seem to get over the greasy taste of the meal."Are you alright?" Ricardo asked."Yes," Lucia nodded."Remind me not to let you cook next time," she said and they both broke into laughter."Can I have something to get rid of this taste?" She requested."Yes, I think some tequila will do. Mum brought some." He excused himself to quickly bring the drink from the bar.Shortly, Renee arrived with a bottle of tequila, a rubber of ice, and two tumbler glasses."Here," he quickly poured some for Lucia and she didn't waste any time in gulping it in quickly. "This is better." She said and breathed in relief.Renee also poured a cup and drank it all."Aren't you going to have more?." He asked Lucia who sudden
Lucia arrived with Renee in his home, Rex decided that he would wait in the car till she was done with Renee. Lucia helped Renee arrange the stuff they got in the kitchen and he volunteered to cook for them. Lucia sucked at cooking and he knew. While he cooked, Lucia sat and watched him in the kitchen. Renee didn't allow her to do anything even when she volunteered to help him."I wouldn't want you to cut your fingers or ruin your acrylics." He said,"Oh that doesn't matter, I'll just get another done." Lucia explained."No, I won't let you stress yourself. Just sit here and watch me perform magic. Trust me, I'll do just fine." Renee led her to the chair and made her sit.He adjusted the apron on his waist and continued chopping his vegetables and at the same time stirring the soup. "So, what are we having tonight?.""I don't know, I saw the recipe online but it's trusted and I'm sure that you'll love it. It's definitely not an Italian dish." He revealed."Oh, it's not? Then I guess