7. It's Getting Interesting 

Orella tried to stay awake, but the drowsiness was getting to her. And finally, she fell asleep next to Dante. Finally, someone's shout woke her up.

"Get ready!" Dante said after he saw Orella wake up. Then he walked towards the bathroom.

Meanwhile, Orella was still sitting on the bed. Not so long ago, she heard the shout of the person who had woken her up. She also saw Dante, who had just come out of the bathroom.

"What are you waiting for? Get ready!" Dante ordered Orella.

Orella didn't respond to Dante's words even though she was annoyed by the man's tone. However, in the back of her mind, she was grumbling and still curious about the person who had been yelling until this moment.

She had finished preparing and saw Dante sitting on the sofa. She felt that he was waiting for her.

"Come with me!" Dante said in a flat tone as he got up and walked out of the room.

Orella followed him and didn't ask many questions until she arrived at the gazebo in the back garden. She saw two men and a woman already sitting in the pavilion.

"Orella, sit down!" said the old man, who was none other than her father-in-law.

Orella nodded and sat right next to Dante. She also noticed a young man who was about her age. She kept looking at him intently because she felt she had met him before.

"Why do you keep staring, Mario? Is your husband unable to satisfy you tonight?" asked the woman sitting directly across from Orella in an annoyed tone.

Orella was a little surprised by what the woman said. She smiled because she knew who the person was who was shouting to disturb her sleep.

"You're too confident. Is it obvious that I'm dissatisfied with my husband?" Orella replied calmly.

She showed that she was not at all afraid or provoked by the woman across from her. Instead, she showed her emotional composure as she picked up the glass of juice on the table and drank it.

"You! You'd better watch your eyes and mouth! I could do worse than die!" the woman screeched in a threatening tone.

The woman continued to threaten Orella and didn't care that the head of the Ludovic family was there. So were Dante and the man Orella had been staring at. They were all silent and listened to the woman's rage.

"I didn't think that the Ludovic family, which is notorious for being cruel to its enemies, would be silent to a woman like you," said Orella, who stopped the woman from speaking in a high tone.

There was an instant silence. The woman did not open her mouth. Seeing all that, Orella just smiled. She also felt a very pressing aura from her father-in-law. It wasn't long before her father-in-law got up and walked out of the pavilion.

"I remind you! Don't ever interfere with my beloved! If I see you flirting with her again, then I will destroy the Maldini family!" the woman threatened in an arrogant tone.

Orella immediately stood up and approached the woman. She looked at her sharply. She didn't speak at all, but the look in her eyes was so pressing on the woman who had dared to threaten her.

"Don't you dare threaten me with my family name? Just so you know, I can do worse than you ever thought possible," Orella said in a flat but pressing tone.

Orella continued to stare at the woman in front of her. It was obvious that she was surprised by what she had said. She grinned and left the pavilion.

She didn't care about the two men and the woman in the gazebo anymore. Orella continued walking until she was in her room. She picked up her cell phone and saw a text message from Silvia. After reading it, she immediately called her best friend.

"Where are you?" asked Orella after her best friend picked up the phone.

She turned her body and saw Dante, who had just entered the room. Orella continued to listen to Silvia as she stared at the man in front of her.

"I'll be right there! You wait for me there. Okay!" Orella said in a slightly commanding tone to her friend. After hearing Silvia's agreement, she disconnected the phone.

"You'd better be careful," Dante said as he looked at Orella.

"Careful about who?"

"You just threatened Gia Maria Nardo."

Orella was silent for a moment after hearing the name of the woman Dante had just mentioned. She was sure that it was the woman who had just argued with her in the pavilion.

"I'm not afraid of her, and I'm not even afraid of you," Orella said.

She was surprised when Dante grabbed her wrist. She tried to let go of her hand as she stared at him. However, the harder she tried, the tighter Dante gripped her wrist.

Orella finally stopped resisting. She took a step forward and brought her face closer to Dante's, and she kept getting closer and closer.

"I still remember that night clearly," Orella said as she continued to stare intently into Dante's eyes.

"I already knew you remembered it. So I was waiting for you to come into my grasp," Dante said as he roughly released Orella's hand.

Orella was again shocked by what Dante said. She saw the man smirk and leave. She continued to stare at the man until he disappeared from her sight.

"No way... how would he know if I didn't forget everything that happened that night?" muttered Orella as she couldn't believe what Dante had just said.

Just as she was thinking about that, her cell phone rang again. She immediately picked it up because it was Silvia.

"You stay there! I'll be right there!" Orella said as she hung up the phone and walked out of her room.

She descended the stairs and walked outside the house. She saw a bodyguard who had opened the car door in front of her.

"This car is prepared for you," said the bodyguard.

Without thinking, Orella got into the car. She started the car and increased its speed once it was outside the house area.

"Wait for me, Silvia," Orella murmured as she drove the car at high speed.