Riccardo's POV. "You missed dinner," Emilia said the moment I stepped into my room. I have been with Ella the entire time. We grew up together, I, Enzo, Ella, and ...I dare not think the name. I haven't seen Ella since the incident that happened or rather before that. Her father had stowed her away just in time for the crisis to happen. I appreciated the way her father stowed her away from the entire thing, it was one less person to worry about and she was safe. I haven't set eyes on her since then until today. Ella has always been extremely chatty. She can spend hours talking about everything and nothing. "What are you doing here?" I asked Emilia and turned on the light. "And why were you sitting in the dark?" She was sitting on the edge of the bed with her legs and arms crossed. She released her hands and dropped her legs. "I wanted to know the moment that you were going to come home." She said. "I am home now." "And you are late. You missed dinner." She said.I started pulli
Riccardo’s POV.“You wouldn’t believe who I met yesterday,” I said. I was talking to Enzo.“Who was it?” He asked. “Ella,” I answered.“Ella, you mean Gabriella?” He asked and I nodded. “What the hell? Where did you meet her?” He asked. “Emilia hired her as a stylist in the store so I ran into her in Emilia’s shop,” I said as I continued flipping the pages of the documents I was looking at. “Did they get along?” Enzo asked. “What?” “Emilia and Gaby, did they get along?” He asked. “I imagined they did pretty well, I am honestly not sure how to answer that question but I think they do get along, I mean Emilia hired her,” I said. “I don’t think they will get along much,” Enzo said. “And why do you say that?” He looked at me in disbelief. “Are you kidding me?”“No, I am not.” He sighed and slammed his document shut. “Gaby has always liked you, Ric.” “That is not true,” I said. “How is it that you are the only one who doesn’t see it? Gabriella has always been in love with you,
Emilia's POV. "Watch your language, Aria" I scolded. We were having a great time together. That was the point of the weekly picnic in the first place, for us to be about to connect and just get to know each other better. It is supposed to be a family thing, just the three of us so I understand Aria's anger, especially when I consider yesterday's drama. "Now the picnic is ruined," Aria said. Gaby came into view, all smiles and flawless blonde hair. "Hey, Ric." She greeted him and kissed his cheeks. He was sitting too still."Hi, Emilia." She waved at me with a smile. "Hi, Gaby," I responded. It was almost impossible to hate the girl. She was always smiling and it looks like she is not even aware of the situation."Hello there Princess" She greeted Aria. "Don't call me that. My name is Aria." She said. "Oops, someone is in a bad mood," Gaby said. "What are you doing here, Ella?" Ric asked. She turned to him then. Her smile was still there, perfect and unwavering. "What do you
Aria's POV. My name is Aria De Luca. My parents say I am five but I will be six in two months so yeah, I am six years old. My mum has always told me that I am too smart for my age and I agree. I grew up without a daddy, it has always been just me and my mummy and I love my mummy a lot but I have always wanted a daddy like everyone in my class. The days I hated the most in school have to be the father-daughter dance party, you don't have to worry I always end up not showing up because I know just how to get my way. Few waterworks and wide puppy eyes and nobody can say no to me. I was very happy when I finally met my daddy. It felt good to finally have a daddy and I wanted to show him off to the world. I was the happiest when both of my parents decided to get married because marriage means that we are going to live together as a family forever so yeah, I was happy. My happiness was short lived though. I soon realized that my parents may be married but they never do things together. I
Riccardo's POV. "Do you have any news about those guys yet?" I asked Enzo. He shook his head. "Nothing yet. They are doing a great job of keeping a low profile." It has been more than two weeks now since we have been trying to track them down but we keep getting misled. It is crazy because I used to think that we had the best technology that money could buy out there and Enzo is literally a genius, it doesn't take him this long to get things done. He has been able to track every single person down no matter the place they hide. "What do you think we can do to lure them out?" I asked Enzo. I have been thinking about it too. If tracking them down is not working then we lure them out. I don't know how they have been able to do it, how they have been able to hide and cover up their tracks so perfectly but one thing is for sure; they have someone helping them. Someone who is really influential and it might just be someone who is close to me and Enzo. I don't know who the person could
Emilia's POV."What do you think about getting a cat? Or a dog?" Aria asked. It was Saturday morning and we were on our way to my store. I agreed to her coming with me after a lot of persuasion and I also made her clean her room and finish her assignments. "We don't need a dog or a cat. Besides, there is one in the dog's crib outside." I said. She shook her head. "I meant those pretty dogs with white furs, something I can snuggle with when going to bed." She said. I pulled her closer to me and wrapped her up in my arms. "If you need to snuggle up just call me and I will be right there." "You know what I mean mummy." She said. Her voice was all muffled up. "Oh, I do but like I said, no cats or dogs," I said. "Mummy..." I glared at her. "You can barely take care of yourself properly, what are you going to do with a pet?" She shrugged. "I think they are really cute and all of my friends in school have one." "Livia and Lorenzo don't have any dogs," I said. "That will soon change
Emilia's POV."What was that about, Riccardo?" I asked him. We reached home about thirty minutes ago and Aria immediately went to Roberto after she innocently told Riccardo all about her day; from playing games with Jack all day to lunch. She didn't help the matter cause the more she kept mentioning Jack's name, the madder Riccardo got."I should be asking you that, Emilia. What was that all about?" He asked. "It is not what it looked like..." He started pacing his room. He was standing and roaming the room while I was seated on the bed with my hands folded like I was some type of criminal. It is just...I want to explain things to him as calmly as I can without getting him even more upset. I don't want that. "Just stop... you should know better than to start with that line if you are trying to explain yourself, baby girl." He said. The endearment wasn't as sweet as it would sound on a normal day, this one was laced with malice and anger."If you would just stop being so mad about
Riccardo’s POV. I woke up to someone snuggling up to me. It was weird cause I hadn't slept in the same bed as anyone since the night I almost got my wife killed. In fact, I haven't had any good sleep since then. It took me a while to remember last night's events and a little longer to realize that it was my wife who was being all snuggly and clinging on to me. I pulled back a little so I would be able to stare at her face. She was fast asleep and her lips were pursed in a pout that looked very similar to Aria's face when she was trying to get her way. Her long lashes were fanning her cheeks and she looked ethereal and so beautiful. I don't know how I made the mistake of falling asleep beside her last night. I was exhausted and I knew I needed to sleep but I have not been able to sleep for a while now so I had already given up on sleep. I stretched my hand and slowly pushed back the few strands of hair that were on her face. She opened her eyes almost immediately and locked eyes with