Riccardo POV:I never would have expected that Cassie's relationship with her family was this bad. I got it that they weren't talking anymore but I never had the idea that they were treating her this disrespectfully.She just got out of jail after shooting Carina, had her dream wedding turned into a tragic incident of bloody red event and instead of comforting her, her parents just chose to annoy her even more. Not to mention the extreme entitlement her younger brother had over her, demanding a job from me because I married Cassie without their consent. The audacity."Leave... And stop bothering my wife again. If I see anyone of you try to step foot on my property again, I won't hesitate to sue for invasion of privacy and have the police take you all away. Don't even try to test me. Ernesto, tell Dome and Marco to escort them out. Put them on the blacklist. Don't let them enter my mansion again."Cruel? I bet Cassie would want it to be worse. I'm being kind enough that I let them leav
Riccardo POV:If that was what she wished for then I won't stop her. She deserved to have all the happiness she could get now. No more Carina to shadow her from living her life to the fullest. Cassie can now finally live the life she deserved. I would make sure it stayed that way as long as I lived.The next day, I returned to the company again after a long break. Today was important because all the Mafia Dons along with some of their future successors would be having a meeting with me inside my office room. With the whole Rossi family gone, the Rossi region was left without any leader now.Everyone expected the leadership to fall into my hands. But I just didn't feel right taking power over half of the country's region. I just didn't feel like being in that much power. Carina's effort to overthrow me before had left a trace of sense in me that people would start envying you if you had too much power. But then again, the whole Rossi family members were dead now. Giving their land to o
Cassandra POV:Seven years of heartbreak and hell, and now seven years of heaven later. I gave birth to my son safely and he was six now. We named him Rafael. I knew not really a cute name. But it brought great meaning, which was, healed by God. I hoped his life would be much better than the one that I and Ricky had.Oddly, there was nothing much I should do after taking over the Rossi region. As I requested, Ricky took down the Rossi's mansion to the ground and built my very first art gallery on the land. Because of my anonymous identity in my painting business, I was able to continue it even after the cathedral case. So, I lived by making my own million dollars selling paintings til today. Certainly, a lot more companies began offering me collaborations too.News about my parents and Christopher? Well, nothing much. My father found out that he had stage four lung cancer and Christopher got a woman who was way older than him pregnant, forced to be married to her and now he was doing
Cassandra POV:It took me seven years to finally achieve my last wish, getting my dream job. A few days ago, someone from RX Corp called me to inform me that I got the secretary position for the company CEO. To some people, it might not sound like a grand position, just a mere secretary. But what people did not see was that RX Corp was the largest business corporation in this country and being a secretary to the CEO meant a lot of travelling, which I loved so much and certainly, I could learn business skills directly from the best. So after getting the call from RX Corp, I informed all my friends about it and they suggested that I should buy them a drink to celebrate the milestone. And that led to the occasion tonight at Emerald Nightclub. I booked a private room at that club and at nine I was already there waiting for all my friends to come.There weren't many of us, just five people including me. There was one person that was so close with me whenever we were in public but emotiona
Riccardo POV:I heard someone burst out laughing and I swore to God that laugh belonged to Cassandra."Cassie?" I spoke again. But the other person on the line was silent. I stared at my phone screen and checked it once again. It was clearly Cassandra who called me."Hello?" The call was not dead yet, but why did no one was talking?"Get it closer to her. Let her talk. Cassie, talk to him. How ridiculous. How the heck did he know it wasn't you?" I heard some random people speak indistinctly, so I waited patiently to grasp what kind of situation this was."Hello?" A woman's voice finally talked again. I knew this voice. This was certainly Cassandra."Is this Cassie?" I asked, wanting to confirm it."Yes, this is Cassie. Cassandra Moore! The ex that you dumped seven years ago!" She proclaimed with a drunk voice."I didn't dump you, Cassie. We agreed to go on our separate ways," I responded calmly."Yeah... right... that's just another term you would call it. Go on our separate ways... I
Riccardo POV:"Cassie... Cassie, wake up. Why are you drinking so much? Cassie..." I called her out a few times while tapping her blushing red cheeks. Her face felt hot even though she was just wearing a black mini tube dress. The sight of her bare thighs provoked my manly desire and so I looked away from her instantly, trying to control the stirring emotion in my mind right now.Cassie slowly opened her eyes and grabbed my thigh. She pulled it in a way that made me face her. She casually just looked me directly in the eyes. We hadn't met for seven years, so at this point, the only thing that crossed my mind was the question of whether she remembered me or not."Mister, you look so hot. A bit older but somewhat similar to my ex... Ricky..." she complimented me while cupping my chin with her right palm. Yet, her expression changed to a hateful one when she mentioned my name.Then she suddenly took out her phone from her clutch and scrolled her gallery, clinking on a picture and it got
Cassandra POV:What the hell did I just dream of last night? It was so weird. I opened my eyes and realized that it was already morning. I, Cassandra Moore, had never once made love with any man after breaking up with Riccardo Xavier. But last night, I dreamt about having some steamy intimate activity with someone that looked just like him. That was funny! I must be really craving to have sex that I ended up having such a filthy dream.Smiling like a silly girl, I rose from the bed and the comfy blanket that covered me fell down only to expose my naked body. Shit! Did last night really happen then? I was momentarily stunned and became a stone there for like ten seconds before I had my sanity again and quickly went to find my dress."Gosh... What do I do? What do I do?" I mumbled in panic while putting on my dress again. My eyes scanned the surroundings and realized that it was not even my bedroom. I'm inside a stranger's house right now.Where was this place? I went to take a look out
Riccardo POV:Cassandra gasped in disbelief after I confirmed to her that we did sleep together last night. It didn't seem like she liked it. That was weird because I'm pretty sure she still had feelings for me. So, why with the sudden repulsion now?"I should go," she said firmly and stood up again, heading to the front door. She didn't even touch the food I served her."Cassie, just eat first. Your car was still near the nightclub. I'll send you there later. Just rest a bit and have some food," I persuaded her to stay but she turned around and showed a disgusted expression on me."I don't need to rest. I need to go right now! Don't even try to stop me. I'm leaving!"I couldn't even understand why she was so angry at me. Seven years had passed and the breakup surely won't be a solid reason to hate each other right now. She moved on quite perfect too. I had always watched over her all this time, she looked fine. Why would she hate me?"Why are you so angry?" I asked nicely, having no