Cole cleared his throat and sat in front of Naya.“Well, well I didn’t come to talk about my dad I’m here because of Bre, can you get her to forgive me and also get Sean out of the way?” Cole asked.Naya chuckled “I’ve seen that you’ve disguised yourself so you can be closer to her, I’d say you should keep it up for now when it’s time to reveal yourself we’ll help you do that”“And what about Sean?” Cole inquired.“Don’t worry about him, he’s there to put in a good word for you” Naya responded yet Cole was doubtful. Back at the bar Lora, Brittany, Boris, and Sean cleaned up. While chitchatting around.“That night the hand that grabbed me wouldn’t have had mercy on me if my savior hadn’t appeared, Boris are you sure you’re not the one who saved me? Because I saw the man dash for the garage, I saw it” Brittany recounted mistaking her savior for Boris again.“I’ve said over and over that it wasn’t me” Boris responded.“Then what were you doing in the garage?” Brittany asked.“I was look
Luna got up from her seat and walked up to Cole and tried to hug him but he pushed her away.“What are you doing? Who let you in?” He asked with a trace of impatience in his voice. “Why am I not allowed in? Can’t I come to see my colleague and friend anymore?” Luna asked.“Last time I checked we weren’t friends you’re the reason Brittany isn’t talking to me” Cole yelled.Luna gasped “Have you forgotten so soon? That she threatened me?”“Where’s your evidence?” Cole responded.“Oh, I get it… now that you’ve had your way with me you don’t see the point in being nice to me anymore” Luna responded trying to play the victim.“What? I never had… wait Luna what are you saying?” Cole said as his breathing got heavy he was scared what happened to him many years ago would happen again.“Have you forgotten so soon? That night in your hotel room? Have you forgotten everything? Ah Cole do you have amnesia?” Luna asked.“When we made love I thought it was because I was special to you, boy now I f
Brittany picked up the bouquet and went to arrange them in the vase by her window. Then turned to Cole.“Why did you get me flowers though,” she asked. Cole gestured for her to wait then took out his phone then played audio. “Because beautiful women like you deserve flowers” the automated voice sounded across the room making Brittany blush.She smiled and then remembered that she had planned to surprise him earlier.“Vincci, apart from tomorrow when is your off day? I was thinking maybe we could go out and… catch up”Cole stroked his artificial bushy beard and started thinking of when he thought was appropriate to reveal his identity to her. Maybe by the end of the month would be fine for now he’d have to keep up the act. He picked up his phone and typed then tapped on the audio icon.“The last day of this month” the automated voice announced. Brittany nodded happily the end of the month was enough time to learn his likes and dislikes which would help her throw a befitting thank-you
Rania walked into the family lawyer’s office dressed like a widow. She sat in the visitors' chair with a long face. Lucio the lawyer stared at her wondering what she was trying to do or what had driven her to the office that early.“Good morning Lucio” she greeted him with a long face.“Good morning, Mrs. Bellini how may I help you”“As you know my husband is still battling with heart disease he’s even scheduled for surgery next month and I’m so scared he might not make it, oh poor Fabricio” she mourned.Lucio was disgusted why mourn someone who wasn’t even in the grave this woman was surely up to no good.“If you’re that worried about your husband I believe you should be talking to his doctor or even better go to the chapel and cry to the priest about it” Lucio responded indifferently. He had been the family lawyer ever since Fabricio took over and was strongly against his marriage to Rania when Vincenza Cole’s mother died. Fabricio Cole’s father however dismissed his concerns and
“What about her? How is she going to be of use to us?” Rania fumed.“In case you didn’t know, they’re separated and his wife came over here to take a break someone tried to molest her and we believe it was Vincci, in fact, I told her that it was Vincci and she hates him for that” Pietro responded. His gaze met the disgusted look on his mother’s face.“You did it right?” She said.“Did what?” He asked innocently.“You tried to have your way with that woman, didn’t you? Pietro, didn’t you learn your lesson with Maria?” Rania barked. “We had to give her so much money and give her father a promotion and when she still wanted to press charges we had to make her blame it on Vincci!”“In the end everyone won, we were finally able to get rid of Vincci and now I’m the undisputed heir of the Bellini fortune, see?” Pietro said with a smirk on his face.“You promised to not force yourself on another woman again why did you do that? And it had to be your brother’s wife of all people” Rania was s
The drive back to Brittany’s apartment was a reflective one for Cole, he was beginning to worry about his father wondering if his stepmother was up to something bad. When he got out of the car he drew in a deep breath and tuned his mind to only focus on Brittany. Everything else could wait.He went to the apartment and started to get the place in order. He single-handedly tidied up the living room, brought in new curtains, and got some lamps. Then placed a humidifier on the small bookshelf sitting in the corner of the room. He then went to the kitchen and made some caramel popcorn. When he was done he checked the time there was still enough time to freshen so he went to the bathroom. He had taken off his mustache beard eyebrows and wig when he heard the door in the living room open.His breathing stopped for a second, Brittany was back earlier than he expected. He panicked and wondered what to do next, he tried dropping things on the floor so Brittany would take a hint.Brittany look
The situation seemed very dicy, if he didn’t take extra caution he’d blow his cover. He quickly cooked up a lie and started to tap on his phone after all Brittany also lied about knowing Cole from the grapevine.“I’ve also worked on the Bellini farms before, the winery and the corporation that’s why I knew exactly where to find you the moment your friends asked for help” Brittany nodded and started to analyze his statement but in the end, she just ended up brushing it aside.“Tell me about yourself, Vincci, you seem to have been around a lot,” she asked lightheartedly.Cole was left confused, did she not care that someone had tried to violate her? Why didn’t she even care about it? Maybe that’s she hated Cole now more than ever. He had to clear his name to win the heart of the woman he was beginning to fall in love with.“Vincci? Where are you from?” She inquired.“Winter gates and you?” The voice reader replied.“I’m from Chelsea City I moved to Rose Town after I graduated from hig
Cole met with Lora at the bar and sat behind the counter. While Lora sat at the opposite end writing something down in her notebook. Cole had taken off his disguise and had changed his clothes too.“I’m here to discuss the commercial deal I struck with you” he announced.Lora smiled and stopped writing “You’re a man of your word Mr. Williams, impressive”“I’m only doing this so the bar can increase sales and be able to pay my Bre well,” he said so fondly that even Lora was slightly jealous. “How’s it going with my friend?” She inquired.Cole shifted and his calm aura was replaced with a cold one.”Pietro told Bre that I was responsible for what almost happened to her that night”“You mean the night he almost raped her?” Lora asked in shock.Cole nodded “Yes, he’s doing the same thing he did to me more than 10 years ago, the difference is this time he tried to manipulate Bre to think that I did it, that year he told Maria to blame it on me for an amount of money”Lora gasped “So you k