Isabella 94.I knew that Natalia and I would never get along but I did not intend to hurt her. I wrongly assumed that she was aware of how things ran in her prestigious family. I felt bad for her and it surprised me. I sat on the public bench and table beside the food truck.I had not yet ordered anything because I was waiting for Damien. I had no idea how Natalia was dealing with the news of Damien's past but I genuinely hoped that she was alright.I smiled as soon as I spotted Damien crossing the streets. "Have you ordered anything yet?" He asked as he joined me."I was waiting for you," I told him. We both ordered extra large hot dogs with ketchup and mustard."I like this," He told me as he ate."Yeah, they make good hot dogs here," I said. He chuckled lightly."No, I meant that I like hanging out with you and the scenery is beautiful, with you I feel normal," He said with a smile as he happily looked around.I looked around also and saw what he meant. We looked like casual busine
Damien 95.Isabella went mute and wide eyed when I broke the news to her. I was terrified of what was going on in her mind. Was she blaming herself? Was she happy? I could not tell."Say something, Isabella," I pleaded. But there was no response. She gave me a haunted look as she shook her head in denial."Please do not beat yourself up on this, you had no control over what could have happened," I implored her."Damien, I need to be alone, I need space," She said in a quiet voice that threatened to break.Being alone was the last thing she needed but I had to respect her boundaries. I reluctantly stood up and headed for the door. I was filled with intense concern as I reached the door."Damien?" She called softly. I turned back to her."Thank you...for letting me know," She said. I nodded a little and closed the door after me as I left her office.I wanted to call Jackson but he was already on his way to Isabella's office. He was all smiles when he came but gr
Isabella 96.It took a while for me to get over the death of my ex. It took days actually. That was a lie, it took more than days. There were times I would be busy going through work, and I would realize that he was dead and a heavy bout of depression would hit me.Sometimes, I would have panic attacks and it would take Damien holding me and whispering soothing words before I got myself back together.I was deep in work when someone walked in. Her perfume hit me nose and I knew who it was. I was actually surprised that she was here. She had been avoiding me ever since I unwittingly blurted out that her mother was a cougar.Natalia sat and made herself comfortable, gazing at me with an blank expression. She had on a peach colored couture work dress and crossed her legs."Please, make yourself at home," I said. I had no idea what she wanted today but she was my boss and the rules were different here. Despite the fact that we were enemies, business was business."I h
Damien 97.I knew it was going to be a long day when I met Natalia in my office waiting for me. With so much happening, I had no time for anyone's drama."What do you want?" I asked, gruffly settling down my suitcase. I had no idea what version of her bullshit was going to be my headache today."To apologize," She said."Apology accepted, you may leave now," I told her, getting ready to work."Please, Damien, just hear me out," She implored which maid me pause. She sounded sincere. I sat down and leaned backwards against the chair.I waited, attentive to what she had to say."I had no right to treat you the way I did and I failed to understand that you are the victim hear. I am so sorry, Damien," She said."Thank you, if you really mean that," I said, mildly surprised that this side of Natalia existed. I had no idea what what she was up to but I suspected that it was going to be something different."One more thing," She said, coming closer to my mahogany desk."I will wait. I know th
Isabella 98.I was lying to myself if I said that I understood what was going on in this conference room. I was even more shocked to realize that the beautifully old lady was Damien's mother. Vague memories invaded my mind as I tried to recall where I had seen her.The smell of apple pie came to my nose and I knew that she made those on the weekends. For the first time, I saw Vito for who he was. In this conference, he had no say. He had been rebuffed twice by his estranged wife and I realized that he almost had no say on this meeting.Was that why he resorted to almost killing me? Because he could not control his wife? Or did he hate women in general. Damien, although looking worried did not seem to care about the meeting.He was more concerned for his mother, because he kept looking at her like she was going to spontaneously combust into flames. It felt so cute to see my husband dotting over his mother."Calm down, son, I promise you that I will not do anything
Damien 99.I knew that bitch was going to try something as outrageous as this. I was not surprised that she was here, I was surprised that she came with a firearm. Did she think killing Isabella would even things out.I had no idea what she hoped to accomplish but I knew that that only way for her to get to Isabella was over my dead body."We need to get you somewhere safe, Isabella, she could be anywhere in the building," I told Isabella."Using the elevator is out of the question because she could be on any floor," I told the security men. "We can not take any chances," I added."So what should we do? I am not going to be sitting duck for some bitch," Vito said angrily."The men are armed and capable, Vito, plus as long as you are here, you will never be given any weapon of any kind," I told him."Flank the entrance and use the chairs as barricades," I ordered the men. Who did as I said.We all sat on the remaining chairs and waited."So this is what a typical
Isabella 100"Change of plans, we are going straight to the airport," Damien told me as he looked at the screen of his phone as he drove down the highway.I saw my room being torn apart by men in suits and masks."Why are they doing this?" I asked getting angry at the breach of privacy."They think that I have something," He replied replied. "What exactly it is, I am not sure," He added.One of the men spotted the camera and raised his gun. The screen went blank.I watched him put a call to Jackson. "My home has been raided, meet us at that airport," He said as soon has Jackson answered.At the airport, Jackson was anxiously waiting for us. His face was etched with worries. I had no idea why he was here, because he was just the assistant HR for Damien's company."What is going on?" I asked Damien when we got close to Jackson. "Why is Jackson here?" I asked."He is your bodyguard from now on but you have to keep it a secret, he is undercover as an assistant HR to investigate some compa
Damien 101.It was the closest thing to royalty when we touched down in Japan. Isabella's face was cute and almost made me laugh when she saw the entourage that awaited us.A black sleek looking Mercedes was parked away from the plane so we carefully got down and we were escorted by four men in suits. They all looked like henchmen for the Yakuza because they did not appear to be business men who preferred the pen to the axe.Another thing I did not count on was the cold and how piercing to the skin it was. We got into that back seat and the three of us were driven to an unknown location. The glass was tinted so black we that I could not see the outside no matter how hard I looked.The men who drove us were deadly silent and would not speak to us. The drive took roughly twenty minutes before the door was opened from the outside and we took got down. If I did not know any better, I'd say that out coming here was being kept a secret.Before us was a tall building of over a hundred floors