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
ROSALINE I was beyond shocked, seeing who the anonymous person was. "Mr. McAllister, what do you think you are doing?" I felt a certain anger rise in me. Had he done this to turn me against Russo after I refused him the other time? What the hell was this man thinking of?!"I know you are thinking about a lot of things right now, Rosaline but you should listen to me. Hear me out" he demanded. "And why do you think I will hear you out? Do you know I could get you right now and tell Russo about this entire thing?" I asked him. "And lose the chance to finding out the entire truth? I am not sure you'd like that, Rosaline" he readjusted in his seat. I was glaring at him and breathing heavily. I wanted the whole truth so I had to still listen to him. "Now, can I listen to the whole truth? What was that video about? Did Russo really... Did he really plan the plane crash?""That is quite easy to figure out, Rosaline but I know why you are in denial. It must be hard for you to accept the
RUSSO EL MASSIMO "Is she back home?" I questioned. "Not yet, boss. She is still in that house." Matteo replied. "Make sure she does not get out of their sight. If she sneaks off somewhere without them knowing, they might as well commit suicide rather than bring that news to me." "Yes, boss" I picked the glass of beer which was now empty. Seeing the empty glass fueled the anger I was keeping in check. "Fuck" I cursed and threw the glass across the room, causing a loud shriek of fear to come from the man tied to the wall. Rio. I got up from my seat and paced the room twice. I could not get those words out of my head no matter how hard I tried. Rosaline believed that I could kill her. I knew that was because of the manipulation from the bastard she was going to meet but whatever the fuck could he have said to her that would make Caramia actually believe that I would harm her to the point of death?! Fuck! I couldn't even stand her tears and she thought I would be able to s