MANUEL'S POV"You hadn't an idea?""Like I said, this batch of employees were selected strictly based on merit. I made sure that only people who were best qualified for the job got it. If Ricardo Fernando was good enough for the job, then I'm impressed." Alexander smiled. "Rich kids these days, normally have an empty brain.""I would agree to that." I nodded. "But it's clear Honourable Fernando offered us this contract because he felt we were of help to his son.""And.... why are you saying that?" Alex gave me that pointed look of his. "Don't tell me you feel sorry for taking the contract from Ferrari?" He said in disbelief, and I could only hang my head low. "Atimes, I don't just get you. Francesca is supposed to be happy for you! If she really cares about you and sees some sort of future with you, then your success is supposed to be her success as well. Or is there something I'm missing?""There is nothing you're missing Alex." I sighed. "Francesca could be quite difficult to unders
BIANCA'S POV The grin on my face when my boss had told me he was sending me to his cousin's office, was as wide as anything anyone could imagine. It had been two weeks since I last saw Manuel when he paid a visit to my boss. Now, I had the opportunity to be at his office again, and I felt excited."You should get going immediately." My boss said. "I would love for him to send a response today, so the files have to get to him on time.""Okay sir." I nodded, before stepping out of his office. I guess I was lucky because I had worn the new dress my mama had gifted me just yesterday. Quickly applying some more lipstick to my mouth, I picked up my files and the handbag, and made my way out of the office. I decided to follow the stairs, rather than the elevator, so I could breeze in and out of Laura's office. I also wanted to know if she was fine. Just today, the list of names of the just promoted employees had been released and somehow, Ricardo was part of them. I wasn't surprised though.
BIANCA'S POV "Biancaaa..." Laura groaned as she tossed and turned on my bed. "I wish I can remain here for the rest of the week. I don't want to go to work anymore. I don't want to see anyone. I think we should both rebel." She suddenly sat up on the bed, folding her leg into themselves. I felt like a mess, but seeing her hair all spiked up in different angles, with her large doe eyes looking through the equally big and thick frames she wore, made me burst into laughter. "You're weird." She muttered, having no idea what made me laugh so hard."Oh, Laura! You have no idea." My laughter imcreased. "You look like medusa right now." Hearing me say that, she quickly rose to her feet and walked to the mirror on the wall of my room. "Urrgghhh!" She groaned, making me laugh again. "How come I look more pathetic than you do? I thought we were both suffering?""Well, I'm suffering from heartbreak. You on the other hand, are suffering from the fear of the suffering and excessive work that Rica
MANUEL'S POVI looked at my wrist watch again and again, excited about the suprise I had planned out for Francesca today. If only Alexander knew that the suprise I had finally settled on, was a certain statement he had made as a joke. Yeah right! I was going to wed my fiancee today. Or rather, tomorrow. The flight from Italy to Moscow was roughly a 7 hours flight, which means my men and Francesca would get here by dawn. I know anyone who hears this might be wondering and asking themselves why anyone would do something so spontaneous. Well, since Francesca's father wasn't ready to let go of his daughter, I had to do it the hard way. Moreover, I was very sure Francesca wouldn't turn down the request once she realized how serious the situation was. Francisco Ferrari had no idea know what was coming for him. This would be me killing two birds with a stone. I would be finally getting married to the woman I wanted, and also making the Ferraris and Russos allies. If I married Francesca, the
BIANCA'S POV When I opened my eyes to see the 4 men around me, I screamed in horror. So it wasn't a dream? It was real. Indeed, I had been kidnapped last night. I looked all over my body to make sure I was in one piece, and that these rugged looking men had done nothing to me. "Madame, you could make things easier by remaining quiet please." One of the men spoke to me, and I found myself calmly nodding at his requests. For all I knew, I was alone with them on this.... on this.... I suddenly looked around the room to see that it no longer looked like the bus they had thrown me into last night. This looked like a plane. Bit by bit, I started recalling all that happened the previous night. I hadn't stopped yelling and screaming..... suddenly I felt a stronghold on me, I couldn't breathe anymore. It was as if they had been trying to suffocate me. Slowly, it made sense. I finally figured out what had they done to me, because I had passed out. They had made me inhale something that was de
MANUEL'S POV It wasn't like I wasn't remorseful or sorry for the emotional turmoil I had caused her, but I was too shocked to even calculate my thoughts or manage my anger. I had spent the passed hour or so, making series of calls. And it wasn't just about my cousin's personal assistant being here under a mistaken identity, it was also about the raid that had taken place yesterday. I was so furious listening to the feedbacks from Massimo, but was more furious when the call had just disconnected while he was still trying to explain all that had transpired. Now, I didn't know the full story, but a lot of our men were injured. The one that got me so mad was when he said uncle Alexander had been shot on the arm. A whole lot of things were going through my head, making me reluctant to stop her from walking away in anger. I was not in the right frame of mind to make her calm down. I also couldn't explain the situation of things to her, because she had no business knowing what the Russo fa
BIANCA'S POV Travel ban. That was the last thing we had talked about before he disappeared on me, leaving me alone in this big island. For 7 days, I had been here with just a few men and Eleanor. Turns out Eleanor was actually a sweet lady. She was the one who had managed to save me from the boredom that would have consumed me. I had not come on the island with my phone or any gadgets, so I didn't have any idea what was going on outside the island. According to Manuel, the travel ban was supposed to be for just a week, then I'd be able to go home. I had not stopped asking myself why it had to be now of all times. Why so suddenly was a ban implemented, restricting people from coming in and going out of Russia? Manuel had explained that reasons were due to infiltration of some enemy forces into the country. All I knew was that I missed my parents and wanted to be with them. I had never imagined I would miss work so much, but now I did. I missed my boss as well. Atleast, I'm sure Man
MANUEL'S POV True to my words, I stayed back on the island with her. So far, we had spent 5 days together and even if we didn't normally get to see each other during the day, we never missed our walks together at night. It was like an unspoken pact. It wasn't like we talked so much during these walks, but it just felt nice having a partner to accompany you while reveling in the beauty of nature. But tonight was going to be different. It seemed our nightly walks were going to be put on a hold. I had actually been at Alexa's place during the week I was away. Probably realizing I had decided to remain on the island, Alexa came to camp there with us for some days. So far, she had spent days 4 days on the island with us, before declaring her plans to leave tomorrow. According to her, she had pressing work she had to return to. Seeing as it was her last day to stay with us, we decided to do something fun. We planned to light a campfire and play games tonight. It was a really unusual