“Please, Mrs. Bianchi, make yourself comfortable. Mr. Schulz is just preparing the papers and will be here in a minute.” the secretary said, with a friendly smile as she handed Alice a cup of coffee.
“Thank you. We will be here.” She tried hard to be kind, even though that morning's cold seemed to have settled inside her bones, after her grandfather's funeral.
“That was ridiculously fast.” Massimo grumbled, after the secretary left the room they were in “Will readings shouldn't happen on the same day as the funeral. Even someone like Emma was able to respect the memory of a dead person and wait a few weeks before talking about inheritance after my father died.”
“I'd like to wait too, but apparently, as my grandfather's primary heir and only living daughter, Kendr
“What…?” Alice started to ask, in shock, but Kendra was faster.“This is unacceptable!” she shouted “This division is unfair and ridiculous! I have been the CEO of the family companies since my father was permanently hospitalized! And now you're telling me that old man wants to give everything that belongs to me to this brat, who has never even managed a single store in his life?!” Her finger rose in Alice's direction “I don't know what kind of scam you're trying to pull off with her, but I'm going to demand a review of this will right now...!”“Lucas and I imagined what your reaction would be like, Mrs. Dawsey.” Mr. Schulz sighed, crossing his arms “Just know this will wasn't even recently drawn up. Your father came to me to dictate these exact same words more than 7 years ago, when Alice
“What the fuck are you talking about?!” Kendra snarled "If you think you can just meddle in our business and put everything in this idiot's hands, without her making any effort, know that..." she was in the middle of her tantrum, when something seemed to click in her mind and all her body became limp, as if the realization had hit her too hard “What… What do you mean by…”“Do you really think I wouldn't have the means to deal with you and Lucas, just because I was out of the country?” Micah smiled a wicked smile “I grew up hiding in the corners of that house, Kendra. I always knew that, while Lucas clung to those factories as if they were a part of him, you did the same with money. I’m glad these two things will be in my daughter’s hands, now. It's the least what you two deserve, even if fate is still being too kind to Lucas by leaving his
“Come on, dear. You must be the first to take the first step into your new property.” Micah offered, with a huge smile of pure pride on his face, leaving Alice touched that he seemed so happy for her in that situation, even though that house certainly brought back so many bad memories for him.“Thanks, Dad.” Alice smiled, still holding his hand as she walked past the Dawsey mansion, the same place she had once promised herself to never return, but which now belonged to her “Well, that moving company certainly did a good job. I can barely recognize this place when it’s so… Empty.” She looked around, managing to see not only the entrance hall, but also the beginning of the living room, all looking even larger than usual, now there was so little furniture left “And I guess the shock wasn't just mine. Ruby mentioned that some High Society ladies even prete
“This party is… Quite bigger than I expected.”“Don’t be so petty, Harry. It’s the best party we’ve been to in… God, I don’t even know how many years.”“Have you seen the wine they are serving? I think my son-in-law would have to sell one of his entire resorts to buy such a large amount. I told Sarah to wait for a better suitor before deciding to get married…!”“But, why do you think Mr. Griffin would throw such a big party and still invite the Bianchis? Do you think the rumor about him being Alice’s father is true?”“Of course not! And don't repeat that! It's disrespectful to Lucas' memory. Griffin probably just called the Bianchis here to show them yet another of hi
“Mom! This apartment is shit! It looks like it was designed by someone with no brains! There's a window in the closet and, as I could never imagine that someone would be stupid enough to put that there, I didn't close the damn thing and half my silk dresses are soaked now! Didn’t those idiots who made the move stop to think about it, when they organized everything…?!” “Amber…” Kendra grunted, the vodka hitting her mind so hard that she didn't even have the strength to straighten up in her seat “If you don't want me to throw you out of the window you're complaining about, then you better shut up.” “How can I shut up or stay calm, knowing we are going to live in this rat hole from now on?!” her idiot daughter squeaked “What must my friends be thinking of me? Do you know what we used to think about girls who called themselves High Society, but lived in a tiny apartment like this? We called them prostitutes in disguise, trying to impress us with a single property in a posh neighborhood
“Daddy! Daddy! I drew a picture for you!” Millie whimpered, jumping from side to side on the sofa with the paper in her hands, seeming to think she should get Massimo's attention, even though he was still on his cell phone screen, right in front of them "That way you won't forget me..."“Honey, we already talked about this.” Alice tried not to laugh, kissing her baby's cheek “Daddy only will be gone for less than two days and then he's going to come home. It's not that long. He has important work things to do in Italy…”“But he promised we would travel together…” Millie cried, heartbroken “He said he would show me what Italy is like and we would eat ice cream…”“And we will, piccola.” Massimo sighed, looking sincerely guilty, which only made it much funnier for Alice “I’m sorry for not being able to keep my promise. But when I get back, I'll prepa
Hello, everyone! It's so bittersweet to give these thanks at the end of August, because tomorrow we'll officially enter the last month of Massimo and Alice's story. You've been so amazing that it's going to be a little sad for me to finish this project, but I hope you all like what I have in store for the future ;)Thank you so much to Lhyn, Irene Kibanya, Shanna-deen Knight, fizztae45, Arabella, Moonlit tales, Lin Que, Kathrin Köhler, Shelyn, tina, Sabrina Philemon, Gabrielle, Blue_Hisbiscus, KayJay, Rachel, essstj, Guille C and ah!, who left ratings to help the book, so soon after my request ^^ Thanks to you, now we only need TWO MORE RATINGS from TWO USERS WHO HAVEN'T RATED YET to get an official star rating! It's going to be really special for me, because this might be my first book to achieve that!For September, I'm going to try to have TWO CHAPTERS PER DAY, so I can fulfill my promise of finishing the story by the end of the month (I'm expecting that to happen on the 25th or 26t
“Are you pregnant?” Ruby's question reverberated through Alice's mind again and again, causing the air to freeze in her throat.“That…” she panted, feeling that she would certainly have fainted right then and there, if she hadn’t already been sitting down “This is impossible…”“Are you having cravings for foods you don't like, excessive tiredness and haven't used pads in a while?” Ruby snorted, slightly amused “Are you sure your nursing skills aren't a little rusty? Even I know what that means.”“Wait, this… This could be something else, right?” Lucy took her hands, nervously, seeming to want to comfort Alice a little and get her out of that catatonic state “I mean, have you and Massimo been using any kind of protection lately?”“We… We talked about it once or twice, but…” Alice stammered “We came to the conclusion there was no need. We knew very well he and I would not have any diseases and… God, more than one doctor told him the shrapnel from the accident had come… Too close.” she sw