A CODE TO CRACK

Ariana’s Pov~

I crossed my arms in annoyance as I saw my sister’s lover help her up on the podium, it seemed the universe was determined to stress me out this beautiful evening.

“ everywhere I go, you are there Serena” I mentioned, giving her a nasty stare.

“Hush now sister, someone might think that I'm the stalker and not you” she giggled.

 “Hi I'm Vincent” her lover smiled as he stretched his hand to me, he was a tall older man with broad shoulders, and he was a very attractive man with dark hair, which reminded me of Mateo’s roguish hair.

“Ariana” I replied taking his hand, he smiled again before releasing my hand and helping my sister sit on the chair he had drawn out.

“She’s my sister,” Serena said,

“Half-sister” I corrected as both men stared at each other and back at us.

Serena glared at me as Silvio pulled me aside gently and took my hand in his,

 “I'm so sorry love, I didn't know he would be bringing your sister, I know you are upset,” he said as his face deepened with a sad smile, “I'll make this up to you I promise” he added.

I shook my hand free from his, “I can't stay here tonight, i can't trust my sister to keep a secret in her life, by this time tomorrow Mateo will be well on his way to this island, i want to be far away from him” I replied.

“Why are you always concerned about him, I can assure you he is not thinking about you, besides he can't come here, this is my private island, and he will be shot down before he tries to land” he said looking at me.

“I'm not concerned about that asshole, I tried to run away, but you sold me to him!” I exclaimed, my tone getting unusually high, “Remember!”

“Ariana I had to do that, if my father had gotten involved it would have been an all-out war” he replied pulling me further aside.

“An all-out war? Silvio you sold me for a million dollars!, an all-out war would have been better, maybe just maybe I would have been lucky to catch a bullet and be rid of this nightmare that I'm in” I retorted emphasizing on the maybe.

“I promise you love I didn't spend a dime of that money, I took it out to a small village in Peru and I flung it out of my jet, you must have seen it on the news” he mentioned.

 “I don't care what you did with that money Silvio, but I can't help but think you have been lying to me from the start” I said, crossing my arms and staring back at him.

Although I had heard from Fiona that money rained from the sky in one little village out in Asia, it was hard to trust Silvio.

“Don't say that, I'm not a liar” his tone changed significantly and it made me readjust in my steps, he noticed the guests were starting to look at us and sneer, he leaned over kissed my forehead and whispered in my ear.

 “This is not over, we will discuss this later” I felt my knees weaken as his voice sounded almost sinister, fear overtook me.

Who exactly is Silvio? why do I feel giddy when I'm with him yet he feels too dangerous for me to decipher?

He was like a code I had yet to crack, and I didn't know if it was worth hacking.

He led me back to the table where Serena's wandering eyes stayed looking for trouble.

“I'm sure you are curious, Ariana, about Vincent and I,” Serena started as she picked up a plate to serve from the rice dishes in front of them.

I looked at her, our eyes locked, and then she looked away and smiled, I felt Silvio’s hand on my thigh, gave it a small squeeze and then turned to smile at me, I looked away.

“Vincent and I met last year on the boat cruise Mama planned in Greece, the whole family was there, you would have known about it if Mama wanted you to. but she said you weren’t important, but I pleaded with Mama but you know Mama,” she said, trying to make her bullshit sound believable, vincent smiled and kissed her on her shoulder.

“The past three months have been amazing, not going to lie, I found myself a good one” he smiled, spanking the side of her ass where she sat.

She giggled excitedly, she kept giggling until my ears almost turned bloody from irritation. That’s nice” I replied smiling at him as I picked up my wine glass and poured myself some.

“I didn't know you would fly out tonight for the meeting, I thought we agreed to wait till the morning” Silvio inquired as he picked up his wine glass, raised it to his mouth and looked at his business partner in a low stare.

“Why wait till the morning? I was just a few hours away from you, my angel here convinced me a little adventure wouldn't hurt my ageing back, so I said what the heck, and now I'm here, kill two beds with one stone” he replied looking back at Silvio.

“I see, well then, I'm glad to say this is the best island in all of Thailand, with beautiful beaches and resort, I'm sure you will enjoy your stay if you don't mind let's leave the ladies to catch up while we conclude on pending affairs,” Silvio said looking at me,  he got up and kissed my forehead.

, “Silvio don't leave me with this bitch” I whispered in his ear, “you are a big girl, you can take care of yourself” he smiled tapping my shoulder lightly.

I felt it was a setup, some sort of mindfuck to punish me for calling him a liar.

Both men soon stepped off the podium, each man had a hand in their pocket as they strolled casually down the shoreline.

“Bullshit” I called out loud bringing Serena's attention back to me, “excuse me?” she exclaimed putting her chopsticks down.

 “you heard me i call  bullshit, on the sorry excuse for acting you put on this evening, you think I believe that sob story?” I muttered while picking up my glass of wine again.

“Believe whatever you want Ariana, I don't care, I wasn't expecting to meet you on this island, all this …” she said rolling her chopstick in the air,

“is a clusterfuck, I met Vincent last year and that’s the end of the story,” she said picking up her butterknife to and the slice of french bread.

“Did Papa send you to do this? spy on Silvio?” I asked, her eyes widened in fury, “Vincent and I met last year Ariana end of story! Papa has nothing to do with this” she lied.

 “ so our father is out here sending his daughters out to men, and you wonder why I don't care about your family events, it's just a front for papa to show off the girls he wants to sell, but I never knew his daughters were up too” I saw her freeze up, her face blood red with fury.

 she got up and placed her hands on the table, “what did you just say?” she  asked, clenching the butter knife tightly.

“ Your father pimps you out Serena” I replied and waited for her reaction. She looked at me, her eyes looked murderous, and no sooner had I thought of it that she lunged at me with the butter knife.

“I will rip that bastard out your fucking belly you bitch!” she screamed.

I sprang up immediately…

 Finally, there’s the Serena we know…