“I am so proud of you, Rose,”Nora told her once she was done explaining, it was past five minutes already, She spared Luca a glance, he wasn’t looking at her. Hopefully, he would let her continue the call even though the time he gave was finished. “Thank you, Nora, I am so happy, this is the best job I have ever had,”Roseline went on excitedly. They were able to continue talking for another ten minutes before Nora told her she had to go after promising to call her again. She didn’t specify a day because she wasn’t so sure when Luca would let her call her again. After the call ended, she stretched out her hand and he stood up and took the phone. She hoped he wouldn’t speak about the things Roseline had said at the beginning of the call and thankfully, he didn’t. “Would you let me call her again?”She asked in a calm tone. “That depends on you,”“How so?”She let out. She didn’t know why his answer made her mad but it did, the peace she felt from speaking to Rose flew away. “If yo
“What? How?”Nora asked. “You got into the car, if you had not waved at my men and gotten into the car, you would probably be working at your research lab right now and would never have ended up like this,”Even though Nora knew there was some truth in what he was saying, she couldn’t get past the fact that he was trying to shift the blame to her, Yes, she had been stupid enough to get into a car with someone she didn’t know without verifying but that didn’t excuse what he did to her, his men could have ignored her or better yet, tell her not to get in the car but they had thought she was their prey and kidnapped her.“I can’t believe you are trying to pass the blame on me, need I remind you that this is my first time in your country and that I was expecting someone I haven’t met before to come pick me up, how was I supposed to know that I was getting in the wrong car when your people acted like they have been waiting for me and even led me to the car?”Nora let out. “You are gettin
Nora gave up trying to put what happened out of her mind and tried to eat as much as she could, she suddenly didn’t have much appetite to eat as much as she used to because each time she took a bite, she was reminded of how close Luca had been to kissing her and how she had almost let him do that. “You can’t even tell who the fuck your enemy is no more?”She berated herself. “Are you talking to me?”Maria, who came in a minute ago, asked. “No, I am talking to myself, Don’t mind me,”Nora replied and dropped her spoon, she didn’t want to force it anymore, maybe later, she would have the appetite to eat. “Wow, you are done? The first time you are not finishing your food,”Maria commented. “Right, I am not feeling myself right now,”She responded. “Did something happen?”“No, I just, I miss my normal life, I don’t like it here, I didn’t come to Italy to be stuck in a wheelchair, I should be in the Laboratory at the research center right now, working, this journey was supposed to he
“Dramatic much,”She let out. at least, she would be able to speak to Rose, that was all that mattered to her, he could go away for weeks. She would even prefer if he didn’t show up at all, that way, she would not have to caution herself around him. Nora was left on her own in the room for about four hours she managed to get an hour of sleep and that was it, the remaining time, she just laid there doing nothing, she got tired and remembered she had wanted Maria to take her out to the flower field that she has been seeing through the balcony, she was sure it would help ease her mind. She pressed the button a couple of times and stayed put, waiting for Maria to show up, the door opened a few minutes later. “Do you need anything? I thought you would still be sleeping,”Maria said as she walked into the room. “I have been awake, I couldn’t sleep for long,”She replied. “Right, what do you need?” “Can you help me out to the flower field? I think it will help with my current mood, I hav
After dinner, Nora waited for Maria to bring her phone for her so that she could speak to Roseline. Unlike Luca who took forever, Maria didn’t make her wait long. “Thanks, Maria,”Nora said when she got her phone. “No problem, just so you know, the doctor will be in tomorrow to examine you, Luca wanted you to see the doctor at the hospital but since he got busy and can’t take you there himself, he told the doctor to come the house,”Maria informed. Nora already expected the doctor’s visit, Her cast needed to be checked and the medications given to her were running out. “Thanks, Maria, I will keep that in mind, when will the doctor arrive tomorrow?”Nora asked. She wanted to know how early she should wake up. “Maybe, by ten am,”Maria informed. “Sure, thank you,”Nora said and turned on her phone, she was excited to speak with Rose again even though they talked this morning. She knew Luca would never have let her call Roseline twice, but thankfully, he wasn’t here “Nora, please l
“Yes, every year, I take a vacation for one month and even though I thought I might have to postpone this year, I spoke to the boss and he said I can still go, don’t worry, you won’t be alone, he would be back today,”She announced. Nora breathed a sigh of relief, at least, she wasn’t leaving because she made her leave but she was taking a vacation.“Wow, you get vacations?”Nora asked. She didn’t know much about being a housekeeper but she was sure she never heard of housekeepers getting vacations, holidays for a couple of days, yes, but a whole month? Never, maybe it was a thing here in Italy. “Yes, and a lot of benefits too, Why do you think I take my job so seriously? It is because I get paid good money and also get lots of benefits, including a full retirement plan benefit,”Maria revealed. Everything she was saying came as a shock to her, especially since her boss was Luca of all people, that man looked and acted nothing like a good man, or maybe she was wrong, Maria had told h
At about nine p.m., the front door opened and Nora looked up as Luca walked into the house. “Good to see you Cara, I know you missed me,”Luca announced as he walked closer to her. She hated how her heartbeat increased and how she couldn’t take her eyes off him, How come he was so good-looking and attractive and the bigger question was why was she attracted to him? It was like falling for the devil, except she wasn’t falling for him, she just found him attractive and it was a problem when she thinks about what he did to her and how he is still keeping her hostage in his house even after she told him to let her go. “You did miss me, Don’t worry, I am back now and you will have me to yourself,”he continued. The man was crazy and delusional in the way he spoke. Did he really think she would be happy to have him around her? “Don’t come any closer,”She warned when he got too close for comfort, the crazy man did not listen to her as he walked even closer, she glared at him, bad idea as
Luca woke up the next morning, he honestly wanted to spend the whole day in bed after the rough week he had. Last week had been one of the hardest weeks of his life, he had to plan and conduct four different funerals, of course, he would have just delegated the duties to his men but he had a rule that no matter how small the person that passes is among his people, he made sure to take care of everything related to the funeral, it was his way of paying respect to the dead and also sending off a loyal teammate, his men were his team and he made sure to come out for them; if he could, he would have made sure none of them dies but that was beyond him, especially with the kind of life they chose. He didn’t hate his ways, he just hated that his people gets taken away. The men who were killed were loyal to him and had been working religiously with him for more than seven years; it broke him to bury them and still have no info about who targeted them. He couldn’t rub off the thought that the