Riccardo POV:I didn't know how long she had been here or if she have seen everything. But her face looked extremely pale and her body was visibly shaking as if she just saw a ghost. Her tears were pouring yet her sobbing was not even heard as if her voice got stuck in her throat."Cassie," I carefully squatted in front of her and tried to grab her shoulder.She flinched hard and shook her head drastically. I didn't even get the chance to touch her yet as she was already on her footing again and ran away leaving everyone. It was even a bit humiliating now because she suddenly screamed at the top of her lung and that sound echoed all across the tunnel."Damn... I don't think she would be able to recover from that," Sergio remarked. He was standing behind me with the rest of my men.I stood again while sighing, crooked my finger and Dome came forward to stand beside me."Get her," I said and Dome nodded obediently. He with a few of my men immediately ran to chase after Cassie who was ob
Cassandra POV:Ricky gave no answer to my question, the one that I was so eager to know. I guessed what happened tonight was proof that he wasn't just a normal regular wealthy businessman. Silly how I didn't see the signs. There were clearly many of them. He had a gun and his ex-girlfriend was heinous. The birthday party he attended before too was unusual, with all the guests respecting him in such a weird way even the elders. Certainly, that would show how he was not a normal guy living a normal life. Maybe I was the one who put a blind eye to all those signs. I had been disregarding them all.My whole body was shaking terribly and my lips began to feel cold. It was almost three in the morning and only a thin satin sleeping gown was covering my body. My whole self just stopped functioning at this moment, I didn't know what to do next. With Ricky standing right in front of me and all his men staring at me, my mind just went blank. I was still in shock from what I saw at the undergroun
Riccardo POV:"I'm part of the Mafia. At least that's what normal people called us. But I'm not just a normal member," I cut her off before her insanity kicked in. She was losing her right mind again.I put down the small towel that I used to dry my hair on the office desk in front of me. Then I went to approach Cassie. Her body slowly moved backwards and eventually lay flat on the bed because she was trying hard to avoid me. I just sat beside her and grabbed her up again, making her sit properly facing me."Listen to me. You don't have to stress me over with your words. I'm going to explain it to you even without you asking. So, don't snap again. Just calm down. I don't want to hear you yelling. It's hurting my ears and giving me headaches," I coerced her hard and she quiet down almost instantly.I told Cassie everything about the history of my family and also the underworld I lived in.Basically, the country where we lived right now was divided into five regions. Each region was led
Cassandra POV: Ricky left the bedroom after he gave me a long berating speech. He slammed the door behind him and that made me gasp with my body jolted in shock. My crying stopped immediately and I just sat on the bed motionlessly. My eyes stared at the floor as my mind just thought about what I should do next. Should I just go to sleep right now? But Ricky was in a bad mood and if I just let us continue being in this situation, tomorrow would be a long day for me. I didn't want to walk on eggshells inside this house. That would be such an agonizing thing for me to bear especially now that I didn't have any other place to stay apart from here. Ricky was right. I did love him. Yet, knowing who he really was tonight just felt like a pang in my heart. I couldn't accept that he was part of the crime world. Even worse, he was the king of the underworld. How could I end up having a boyfriend with such a dangerous identity? This was just not making any sense to me. My mind was still think
Cassandra POV:Ricky puffed some smoke out of his mouth and looked down again, staring at his cigar in between his fingers. He just let the ashes from the cigar fall to the floor. No lights were on in that ballroom, yet I still could see him clearly because the gleam from outside shone through the uncurtained windows.I went to sit beside him carefully. He looked a bit confused by my action but he commented nothing and didn't even avoid me. Slowly, my arms circled his waist and gave him a loose hug. Still, he remained reserved and so I deliberately tilted my head to his left shoulder. Maybe his heart would melt a bit if I did this."Did you come down here because you're afraid to sleep alone?" He joshed.It was uncanny how he could be so mad at me a moment ago and now he was able to make a joke instead. Sometimes, I felt like Ricky had very unstable kind of emotions. One second he could be so calm and another second he might lose his temper. I couldn't read him most of the time, so th
Cassandra POV:"Take it," he slightly raised his voice and gave me a little glare. I knew right away that he meant it as an order and not a request.My hand trembled a bit as I took the gun from his palm and I pouted while holding the gun grip with two hands. Ricky pointed his hand to the front, telling me silently to look forward. I did and I stretched out my hands getting ready to fire to where he pointed. I guessed he noticed my hands were shaking uncontrollably and he suddenly just chuckled at me."Why are you laughing? Get this done fast. I don't want to touch this thing any longer," I grumbled at him."Okay... okay..." he said while helping me be in position."One... two... three. Shoot!" His voice got louder towards the end."Wait. Shoot on three or when you say shoot?" I was confused by his instruction.The man sighed and took the gun from my hand. He then just shot towards his aim randomly three times."I'm here! I'm here! Please don't shoot! I'm here!" Someone came out from
Cassandra POV:The whole ghastly atmosphere in this mansion just suffocated me, I felt like I needed to get some fresh air. I really needed to get away from this place for a while. Maybe I should find someone to talk to about all these things that bothered my mind since last night. But who could I meet? My friends? They won't understand what I was going through right now. Besides, I might put them in danger if they knew what I got myself into.Thinking of that, I suddenly realized that I could no longer meet my close friends as often as I used to. They might be a target of Ricky's enemies if I appeared close to them. They might get kidnapped and be used to threaten me, just like how I could be kidnapped and be used to threaten Ricky. Gosh, my life had really become complicated now. Everything seemed to turn upside down right after last night's incident.Yet there must be someone out there who I could talk to. A friend that I could trust and that friend should already know about the ex
Cassandra POV:Dome chuckled at my question and I guessed I knew what he was about to say. It seemed like that incident was something humorous to him. I was sure it must be something unpleasant to my ears, but I wanted to listen to it anyway."Answer me! Who told you to laugh?" I intimidated him a bit.Dome certainly won't dare to defy me. Even Ricky had to suck it up with my annoying behaviours sometimes, so this one bodyguard surely had no choice but to just endure me."Because you couldn't shut up. I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be rude... That's just what the reason was..." Dome replied while snorting, trying to hinder his laughter from coming out again. I instantly shot him a glare through the rearview mirror. He coughed discreetly before he continued his words."Mr Xavier had a very low tolerance to disobedience, ma'am. But you... you're so stubborn sometimes, you kept messing up with his head. You're shouting at him and being so noisy, he wouldn't be able to think straight that