RUSSO EL MASSIMO I walked into the room with a bathrobe I didn't bother tying on me. My hair was wet and I had a towel around my neck as I looked towards the sleeping beauty on my bed. "Sunshine" I called as I got to her but she only gave me a tired grumble. "Who is the one who said she would never get tired?" I asked, my lips curling up in a smirk as I reached for her arm, touching it gently. "I... I am human" she whispered and I laughed. She turned to face me, a cute pout of annoyance on her face. "How can you still be so strong after last night?" She groaned. "Well, thinking about today gives me back the strength I need" "Today? What's going to happen today?" She asked, her eyes lighting up. "Hmm... You will see soon, Sunshine." "Russo..." She called my name, the look on her face getting a bit more serious. "Yes, Cara?" I bent over to her face level as she sat up on the bed. "We won't end this after the trip, right?" She asked. "I already gave you my word. I am a man o
ROSALINE The day had been quite good so far. Russo had had the chef come over and I had had a great meal, though I definitely preferred Russo's cooking to that of the chef. And then after having breakfast, I had taken another walk around the mansion to see it better and fuck, was it huge. I was going to walk around the island itself but I didn't want to get missing and well, my legs weren't particularly in the best state to have me walking around the entire day. I wasn't lying when I said my legs could use the rest. Then I had taken a swim in the pool, taken a few pictures, taken a nap, ate some desserts prepared by the chef and then sat in my bed, wondering about Russo. I had tons of things to wonder about, of course. One of which is my attraction towards him. I had really felt powerless when he wanted us to be over but it had also brought me to the reality that this, whatever we were doing was just for a little period of time. Russo might never want to get married but I did wan
AUTHOR'S POV "So she still hasn't reacted to any of the messages?" Mr. McAllister questioned, tapping his fingers on his desk furiously. "Yes, sir. I don't think any of the messages infuriates her enough to get a meeting with her. She is most probably being cautious" his personal assistant replied and he groaned. He picked a piece of paper on his table and rumpled it before throwing it across the desk. "The little bitch is being cautious... Send her another text message tonight. If there's no result still, send her the video. That would definitely bring her out. I am doing her pretty much a favour anyways.""Yes sir."Mr. McAllister watched as the guy exited his office while he remained fuming with anger. He needed Russo's power in the company reduced and Rosaline was his only to it. He strongly believed that once Rosaline took some of the powers, he could help her become the CEO of the company and once she was in power, he would just have to manipulate her into doing his will. H
The Next DayI sprinted out of the house with a speed I had no idea I had. Although I had been bothered all through the night and even this morning, I still could not hide my excitement when I heard a car driving in. It had to be Russo. He was back already and as I ran out of the main door, I realised that in the presence of Russo, most of my worries vanished but perhaps only temporarily. My worries about a woman being in his life still set a hard lump in my throat and that woman at the charity too... Well, what chances were they that she could be Russo's woman?Russo had called her a distant relative but I knew nothing about her. What if they had a secret wedding already and she was my Aunt? What if that was the way we were related? What if they were just a bit separated at the moment?But as Russo stepped out of the car, all my thoughts swept back, behind me where I could no longer reach them. "Russo" I smiled as he slammed the car door shut. He spread his arms lightly and I gav
ROSALINEI played the video clip again, leaning against the wall for support. My head ached as I heard the words again.Russo swearing to kill my family and to kill me too. Watching the video clip again brought tears close to my eyes.As much as I wanted to vehemently deny that Russo had anything to do with my family's death, I couldn't shake this off. Here was proof that he wanted my family dead! And that was three days to the crash! And I knew Russo's ruthlessness well. He would kill without emotions and kill mercilessly. I felt my heart shattering as my knees weakened and I crashed to the floor, my hand still gripping my phone tightly. "Mum, dad" I sobbed, painful memories finding their way into my head. Russo had wanted me dead along with my parents but now he had me in his grasp and I... Stupid me was sleeping with him!My phone beeped again and I brushed my tears away to look at the screen. "I can help you, Rosaline Massimo. You need to meet me without Russo finding out tha
AUTHOR'S POV "I can't let him kill my son. No, I can't let Russo kill my son" Giovanni shook his head. "I will do anything to save my son! I will do anything at all and I don't mind if I lose my life in the process! Russo should just take my life in exchange for that of my son!" "Boss, we really have no idea what we can do." his right hand man replied and Giovanni stood up from his seat. He walked towards a beautiful portrait hung on the wall and trailer his fingers gently over it. "Rio bought this for me last year on my birthday. He told me he would get me a more expensive one this year but now, it seems like he would not be alive to witness any more of my birthday" Giovanni drew in a shaky breath. "Have you been able to get any leads on where Russo is keeping Rio?" "I am sorry, boss but there has been no leads. Russo has a lot of hideouts and some of them are very well hidden that we can't find them out. Some of them are even hidden in plain sight" he replied and Giovann
That Night RUSSO EL MASSIMO We had arrived back at home and Rosaline had hurried off to her room and shut herself off. She still wasn't willing to tell me what had happened to her. There was no way she could have met anyone in the two minutes that she was away from me but her phone was with her. Someone had sent something to Rosaline and whatever the bastard or bitch sent was something that would put Rosaline off about me. The bastard had made her cry, made her yell, made her cancel a trip we were fucking excited for. But what exactly had Caramia found out? And as much as I fucking wanted to respect Caramia's privacy, I needed to know what message she had gone so I just might have her emails hacked into but there was nothing. Knowing Caramia, she definitely cleared the emails and messages knowing that it would be easy for me to check her messages and emails. "So you are mad that she is ending things?" Diego asked. He had come over after finding out that I was back so soon. "Shu
The Next Day ROSALINE "Melinda"I forced out a casual smile to her, rising up from my chair in the cafe. She walked over to me with a smile on her face and we hugged. "I missed you, girl" she kissed my cheek and I kissed her cheek back. "Trust I missed you too" I said as we disengaged from the hug. I sat back and Melinda sat opposite me with a worried look creasing her forehead. "I was worried after you called me yesterday. You sounded like you were in some sort of trouble.""That is because I am in some sort of trouble but it is nothing for you to be worried about yet.""Yet? What is going on?" Melinda asked and I sighed. "Nothing dangerous, hopefully." I shrugged. "Does Rick know about the situation?""No, and I don't want him to know for now. This entire thing might be just me over reacting so I will be needing your help for now, okay?""Alright. What do you need help with?" She asked. "Just give me your phone. I need to send a text." I replied. "Oh" Melinda reached into