Ariana got up from her chair and went out of the office. The place he mentioned was about fifteen minutes walk down there. Couldn't he just wait till after she closed from work?Sighing, she came out of the building and saw one of the bodyguards walking up to her.She frowned on seeing his red face as if he was scratched by several cats at the same time. Why would a fit man like him let a cat scratch him? And shouldn't Vincenzo give him a day off to treat himself?"Miss. Scott, the president has asked me to take you to the restaurant. He is waiting there," the bodyguard said, a little distance away from her.Ariana could not understand why she was having the feeling that the man was trying to stay far from her. Was this also an instruction from Vincenzo?"Are you okay? Your face looks scratched," she asked, looking concerned. She blamed Vincenzo for being a bad boss.Couldn't he have at least gotten the poor guy treated? He really looks terrible.Meanwhile the bodyguard was stunned at
Vincenzo stared at her while she had her hands folded and her eyes fixed like she could kill him with a stare. He wasn’t wrong, he could feel how she had her head spinning in circles from what she had just said. But there was something he still couldn't understand, why was she reluctant at first? The silence was just what he needed, he already had her around his fingers and he found out how affected she was already. He just hopes she doesn't change her mind. He hates to admit it but he truly wants to cure himself. He stared at her dazzling eyes that stared back at him and he could see her soul and what she was thinking. He crossed his legs and relaxed his back while he tapped the table with his pen."This is worth watching"The sight of her having thoughts run through her mind.He wanted to know what her next action would be, he guessed a few things that she might say but all in all, the wait was thrilling. He stared at her and watched her body language. He was an expert at that
‘What am I thinking? Is this right?’ She closed her eyes and exhaled, she accepted that it was done and she had to do what she had to do. ‘At least, I got to have my revenge.’ she muttered angrily. Ariana was ready to leave the hotel, she had no worries, she just didn’t want to see him or bump into him. Just the thought of him alone gave her goosebumps. She shook herself off and smiled. ‘Maybe if I pretend to be happy, I might be’ She closed her eyes, inhaling the fresh breeze blowing all over. Just then she caught a man walking towards her. He wasn't a stalker because he was dressed like a businessman."Hi, beautiful. Can I have a minute with you?" He asked, smiling."Fuck off!" She replied in disgust, turning away from the man. She was getting frustrated."Lady, that's not the way…""Get away from my woman!" A voice said from behind her. She didn't need to turn before she knew it was Vincenzo. Why the hell was he calling her his woman? The man who wanted to show off to the lady
Ariana didn’t want to listen to the presenter or the topic, she was sure he might justify the fact that cheating is now a normal thing when it shouldn’t be. She stretched her hands to turn it off but he didn’t allow her, he blocked the buttons and she looked at him. She adjusted and folded her arms, it wasn’t her car anyway. She rolled her eyes and muttered, they had left the red light anyway, she wished the car could just move faster and then she gets to her destination as due. Ariana tried not to pay attention to the radio presenter but that was hard and it was also impossible.“So, we are back and here we are, we will take some calls. This is the question for the day; “What would you do if your partner cheated on you?” What would you do? Personally I would rain hell and I will ask questions but in the end I would accept it anyway. But that can’t happen to me.” The presenter laughed as he spoke. Ariana was irritated with the thought of what she had just heard, she rolled her ears
Ariana opened her eyes, feeling dazed. But she felt a sharp pain piercing through her head. "Ouch! My head hurts like hell! And my body too" She cursed. She felt like someone was locked up around her body so she looked down.Her face creased in a frown at the sight before her. She was intertwined with her friend, Shirley. Obviously, they had slept off last night watching a movie. The awkward position that they had slept in made her body sore and her back arched too. She managed to stand up without waking her friend up. She woke up to a buzzing sound from her phone. She stood up with her hair all messed and scattered. She grabbed the phone and yawned. There was a frown on her beautiful face as memories of her discussion with Vincenzo cropped up. She took a deep breath before dropping the phone again. She didn’t care who the caller was. She wasn’t the morning type and neither did she like being disturbed. Especially on weekends when she doesn't need to go to work. The phone started
With a heavy heart and probably a deep frown on her face, Ariana's beautiful face scrunched up as soon as she got out of the cab. It wasn't because she was unhappy or afraid but she was rather amazed by the artifact before her. She walked out of the cab and was amazed with how huge his house was. It was a magnificent Mansion with nature all around it.That wasn't too much of a surprise but what really got her baffled was the vividness of the Mansion. She least expected someone with his personality to be… bright? She just doesn't know the right words to describe what she felt. She passed through the gate and there was a garden before she eventually found the main house. It took her about ten minutes after entering the gate. She saw the huge section that had flowers in it. “Wow.” She said, getting to the entrance of the mansion. She pressed the bell and a servant opened it.He bowed to her before escorting her inside.When Ariana got inside, she was stupefied by the extravagance and
"Backing out from what?" Vincenzo's deep voice cut through her thoughts and his face stirred confusing emotions deep Ariana's face turned cold all of a sudden. One thing she had tried hard to erase was the damn face of the cheater. Why can't she get his face off her conscious mind?"Nevermind," she responded, dryly.Ariana's mind was filled with the contract and how fast she could start executing her revenge plans. In order to distract herself from those thoughts and of course the ticking time bomb in front of her, she decided to look around the house. “Jeff!” Vincenzo called out twice when he realized that Ariana had her entire face glued to the house. Somehow he felt he had to act responsible to her too. She must not have eaten before coming. Before signing the contract, they should at least have breakfast.“Prepare a batch of breakfast for her and ask her what she needs, make sure that she is good.” He ordered his chef who bowed to show that he had heard, then left the place quic
He knew he shouldn't have gotten angry over what just happened but he just lost it. Maybe it was due to the earlier emotions she was having seeing her sad over her ex-fiancee. Vincenzo had just finished calming himself down. He didn’t want to believe that she could aggravate him that easily. He raked his hair and went back outside to check up on her, he wasn’t going to apologize.Heck! he didn’t plan to. All he wanted to do was check up on her arrogant self."Ariana? What did-""Help… me… " Voice cut off by gulps managed to say as Ariana managed to keep herself afloat for but a second or so. His heart skipped a thousand times before his brain accessed what was going on before him. Without waiting another second, he rushed toward the pool in a flash. As soon as he got close to the pool, he jumped inside without a thought to how soaked his clothes would be.His attention was on the drowning Ariana. He grabbed her waist and lifted her out of the water. It was obvious she had gulped a
"What are you talking about?" Vincenzo asked after a long silent contest between him and Ariana."The men who attacked are behind bars," She sighed heavily then leaned against the chair. Her hands went to her belly, rubbing it with a soft smile on her face."My heart sank when I heard the news about you being in the hospital, my love."Ariana muttered, her hands were still rubbing her tummy but one could see the sadness in her eyes."Come here," Vincenzo said with a worried look on his face. He won't forgive himself if anything happened to her.And the last thing he wanted at this moment was for her to be sad.Ariana glanced at him then stood up from the chair she sat on. She slowly walked towards him and sat on the bed."Look here, Ariana. There's nothing for you to be sad about. I love you and that's the one thing you should know." He cupped his hands around her cheeks.Ariana stared into his eyes for a while then nodded."I'll stay strong," She smiled. She held his hands for a while
The man from before stepped out from the prison with a calm look on his face. He took out his phone and dialed a number."Hello boss," the speaker said from the other side of the call. There were noises from the background but the man knew exactly what was going on. He looked around and whispered a few words to the phone."Get the car ready and make sure you monitor them very well. The man has already asked us to unleash the plan so we must clear this case tonight and leave no trace behind, you get that?" He asked slowly, still looking around. The responder replied with an affirmation and the man nodded and ended the call."Let's see how you're going to escape from this. You're going to die tonight and I will make sure I leave no traces behind. This job caused me a lot and it's a risk to my life," He muttered then left the place.The man stepped inside his car and drove out of the place towards the bustling city. A few minutes later he packed his car in front of Vincenzo's mansion."
Hours passed by in a flash and the sound of people whispering drifted into Rex's ears. He tried to open his eyes but it seems like his muscles weren't ready to answer him.He struggled for a while but when he saw that it was pointless he laid on the bed and listened to what they were saying."Just take a look at how broken his fingers are, not even surgery can repair them. It is so unfortunate that he has to end up with those people. It seems they haven't stopped their endless and stupid traditions. Oh! I feel for him," A male sighed heavily and from the look of it. It seems he was in the prison hospital.'Was I taken here by them?' Rex thought."Come on, stop it already, look at the way you are speaking?! It's not like the one sleeping on the bed is innocent too! They are all criminals!" The white haired man yelled angrily."They committed a crime! They went against the rules and regulations of the country and so they must be punished by the law! So it is better you keep your mout
Rex sat in the far corner of the cell monitoring the other mates who were shooting glares at him. His mind was filled with thoughts. "It has been a day or two since I got trapped in this cell, while Ariana is out there with that fool," Rex clenched his hands tightly as waves of emotions overwhelmed him. "As long as my plans work out, I will never regret being in this place" He thought while still watching them. One of the burly men in the cell pointed at him and the duos behind him nodded.'I can sense trouble,' His eyes narrowed slightly as the huge man in the middle stood up and walked towards him with a cold and sinister look on his face."Newbie, isn't it about time you pay your respect to the elders in this place? I gave you two good days to come to your senses. Haven't I been generous enough?" He smirked. Rex calmly stared at him for a while then at the men behind him. He kept quiet and focused on the plan he had in mind."Hey you!" The man yelled angrily."You punk! Aren't
Vincenzo looked around his office, he didn't want to be here today, he knew that well, he would rather be at home with his beautiful wife and unborn child.But he also needed to work and sort things out and leave the house because he despised the idea of lying to Ariana.She didn't approve of him getting to the root of the matter, she was chill 'It's out there already' she said, justifying her nonchalant attitude toward the whole issue.He is like that she was not worried he would hate that, with her condition she need not worry. He had read that somewhere.As much as he wanted to let go of the issue, he also wanted to find out where the press had gotten the information, it couldn't have just been out there. He knew how much he had guarded this secret.Finding the truth was not going to be easy. He knew this, these journalists and media people can be very uptight, and getting answers from them would be extremely hard.But he was a determined man and was set to do anything within his po
In between all the chaos of trying to clear the air about the news that came out, Vincenzo also started to get calls from investors in his company saying they wanted to pull out.Everything was crumbling right in front of him.He could afford the investors pulling out at this moment. He had just invested all the company's money, including the ones the investors wanted to pull out. So whatever happened would have to come from him.He'd go bankrupt if that happened.He called the investigator he hired to find out the root of everything. He prayed to God that if it was Rex, he'd make him suffer for a long time.Ariana was the only one doing everything for him at that moment because everyone he had given tasks had turned up with bad news.She requested that she go in to head the meeting with the investors in hopes that she'd stop them from pulling out of the company. After all when they have their child, it would be his property, and she couldn't afford that slipping from him.After the
Rex felt bad that Ariana's feelings were hurt in the process, his plan had only been to hurt Vincenzo.But it was inevitable actually, Ariana had made him admit instead of taking things the way they were she had sought closure and hurt herself in the process.He knew Vincenzo would come for him once he knew the truth, he loved Ariana too much to not have any Justice for what he did, and he was well-prepared for anything.Being well aware of the influence Vincenzo had, Rex knew he couldn't do it alone, he required help, some sort of backup, someone to be there for him if things went South.He found a perfect partner in Marcus, their hate for Vincenzo had brought them together, and they intended to take him out of the way, certainly.When Rex heard the sirens just outside his house, he wasn't scared, he had backup, and he knew he wouldn't stay there for long.***“Trending on many social media platforms now is the contract paper that seems to belong to Mr. Vincenzo and his wife.”“The c
Ariana got up without a word and walked out of the house without looking back, she got what she wanted and her mission was done.She took off her heels immediately, she slammed the door behind her. Holding the tears back until she got into the waiting cab.“Go,” she said as she stepped in, slamming the door and making the driver jolt in his seat before turning to look at her.“I'm sorry” she apologized as she caught a glimpse of the look on his face.Without another word, he drove out of the premises.She let the tears flow, Rex had abused her. He probably didn't realize it, but he did, taking off her clothes and taking those illicit photos of her.Safe to say, he was and still is sickly obsessed with her. If he truly loved her, why did he chose Vera over her? Why did he hurt her or was she meant to be hurt by all the men she loves?Was it her fate? She looked out the window, watching as the street went by as they drove with her mind reeling with different thoughts. Wondering what V
Vincenzo woke up a happy man. Every day was good for him as long as he had her with him. Everything in the world seemed okay.The sky was sunny, the birds were chirping, and all was right.He got up from bed, but not without kissing her on her forehead and her protruding stomach.He was careful not to wake her up.Furthermore, he felt she needed more rest. Likewise, he wanted to avoid anything that would cause any complications to arise.He got up, showered, got dressed in a particular suit he had chosen for that day, and dashed on her perfume. He wanted to be reminded of her all day long.He went to check on her before he left, in case she had already woken up.Panic coarse through him as he didn't find her on the bed. He felt his heart starting to race.He calmed down when he called out her name, and he heard her voice from the bathroom. “Is everything alright?” She asked as she stepped out of the bathroom, confused as to why he looked so worried.“Everything's wonderful, darling"