Cassandra POV:The party reached its peak during the cake-cutting ceremony. Everyone clapped their hands as Don Luigi made the cutting. He made a short speech later, thanking everyone for coming to his birthday celebration. But the thing that caught my intention was how he made a special thanks to Ricky.Don Luigi said something about uniting the family, how he was a bit disappointed that it couldn't happen. But then he said that Ricky's choice was not bad either and it was understandable. Instantly, everyone glanced at Ricky and me after Don Luigi ended his speech and raised their wine glasses high as if honouring something that Ricky did.I didn't understand. When such a thing happened with all those people having their eyes on me, that made me feel like I was some kind of offering to be sacrificed later. You knew when you watched a horror movie and some evil guy kidnapped a virgin to be sacrificed to the devil? Well, right now this situation kind of giving me that vibe.Thankfully,
Cassandra POV:"No, no, no..." Nicola was still laughing, covering her mouth as if about to crack up loudly."I'm Leo's distance relative. Five times cousin actually. My parents were somewhat related to Don Luigi. They died in a car crash when I was just five. Don Luigi took me in and raised me like his own daughter. I knew I was one of the candidates for Don Xavier's future wife. But honestly, I don't really want it. We never connect in any way. Plus, I'm always in love with Leo. He is such a reliable man, the one that had been protecting me all this time. Leo and Don Xavier are close. So, Leo stepped away from having a relationship with me until Don Xavier made his choice. After Carina announced that she would be engaged with Don Xavier, Leo finally pursued me seriously. That's why he got panicked when the engagement was cancelled."How should I do this? My inside was too overwhelmed to have a conversation with Nicola. She was nice, but the type of topic we were discussing right now
Cassandra POV:"You're a woman too, so you got to understand my sister a little. It's not easy being in her position, wasted two years of her youth with Don Xavier only to be replaced that easily by some unworthy bitc..." Cristian deliberately didn't finish his words, but I knew well enough what he meant to say."They almost got engaged, you know... Funny how no one knows why Don Xavier cancelled the engagement back then. But tonight, he simply publicized the reason to everyone. Now... everyone knew it was because of you. Don't you feel scared, Miss Moore? Do you even know who Don Xavier was?" Again, another provocation from Cristian.This time, I felt like my heart almost burst in anger. My head slowly turned to face him, giving him my fearless expression. The way he addressed Ricky as Don Xavier spoke volumes. It was obvious that Cristian was scared of Ricky."My sister said that you're such a rotten bitch who tried to steal her man," Cristian didn't stop taunting me yet. He really
Riccardo POV: I didn't hit women or children unless they really deserved it. But most of the time, they didn't. I was different from my father. When I took over his secret organization, I made sure to put an end to any illegal activities that involved women and children. I even hindered drugs from being sold in my region. I didn't care about the other regions, I'm just going to make sure that my region was clean from any of those shit. Prostitution and organ selling, these two were the main activities that terrorized women and children as their sources. These were not my cup of tea, so none of Xavier's men was allowed to do these. For those who dared to do it behind my back, I won't hesitate to kill them without mercy. That was why despite Carina trying hard to seduce me in this room, I still remained calm. Honestly, it was disgusting. I felt like kicking her. If only she was a man, I would have done it without a second thought. "Cassandra is just a temporary thing. You'll get bore
Cassandra POV: "It's not what you think it is." He said it fast, probably because he already had that thing in mind, that he was about to do something wrong in there. My eyes rolled down to see his pants, checking if Carina managed to unbuckle them. And he followed my gaze. Five seconds later and we locked eyes again. He must have sensed my disappointment, his hand tried to reach my shoulder but I dodged my body quickly. I didn't want that filthy hand to touch me. My heart was racing and I glanced at Carina who was standing about three meters behind him. She gave me the look of a slut, licking her lips in such an abhorrent way. This was so disgusting. My face began to feel hot and my eyes were blurring with tears that weren't falling yet. I looked at Ricky again and he shook his head lightly as if telling me to calm down. "No... nothing happens. Don't make a scene, Cassie," he said with a low voice, yet sounded intimidating enough like an order. Don't make a scene? Really? Was th
Riccardo POV: I was a ruthless man for years, I didn't feel any sympathy anymore when I saw people crying in front of me. But when it was Cassandra, the rue suddenly hit me hard inside. I really wished she didn't have to see what happened inside that room. She might not believe me but I didn't intend to cheat on her. I simply wanted to see how far Carina would go to degrade herself in return for my love. I just wanted to mock that bitch later. But Cassie came at the wrong timing, seeing only the surface of the event without knowing what I intend inside. She probably didn't understand that the type of seductive provocation Carina showed to me was something normal in my underworld. It would be such a lie if I said I never encountered something like that during my reign in the underworld. I visited nightclubs and casinos quite a lot in the past for business purposes and each time, there were always women throwing themselves on me. It was normal, at least for me. It was not like I'm sl
Cassandra POV:Dome finally entered the driver's seat again after Ricky took almost half an hour venting his frustration outside like a moron."Sorry for the long wait, ma'am. Mr Xavier is going to ride the car at the back. You must be tired with all the yelling. Do you want to drink some water?" He said after starting the car engine. His hand handed me a water bottle that looked new. I just grabbed it without much thought because I did honestly feel thirsty right now.Unfortunately, I should have known better, that everyone who was associated with Ricky couldn't be trusted, not even Dome. The car started moving and I drank the water slowly until the bottle was almost empty. My head started to feel dizzy but I didn't think it was because of the water at first. I closed my eyes a few times and all I could sense was that my head getting heavier each time."Dome... what's in the water?" I asked faintly as I felt like passing out now. I began to suspect that the water must be the cause of
Riccardo POV:I didn't really mean to harm Cassie. But somehow, she was just so annoying tonight, I couldn't help it. She should have known how little my patience was, considering she was my secretary who lived with me. Sometimes, I felt like this was a test from the Almighty to see if I was really serious about making this woman my wife.Just looked at her, struggling like an animal to escape when I pushed her to the bed. She made it seem like I'm the bad person here. If she was not so irritating during the party and on the journey back before, I wouldn't have drugged her and put that handcuff around her wrists. She tried to run away. It was not that hard to sense her intention.We were inside the region of a potential enemy right now. It would be a big problem if she went missing here. Although all those people who attended Don Luigi's birthday party seemed to show respect for me, that didn't mean they were my friends. They all were still potential enemies that I needed to beware of