LUCREZIAI couldn’t hide my excitement as I we arrived at the party venue. Camera flashes everywhere as the media tries to take pictures to cover todays events. I stared at the car window like a kid who never seen anything like this. The party is huge like I was invited to a modern Cinderella ball.Everyone was dressed luxuriously, and there were also some famous people that I recognize. I am so excited to meet all of them and hopefully make some friendsThis wasn’t anything like a huge business event, it feels like a party where people came to flaunt their money.Although I have been to many luxurious parties before, those were nothing compared to this. I can’t believe that Pietro has access to such events. Pietro went out of the limousine first, people took picture of him as soon as he came out looking dark handsome on his black outfit. He reaches his hand inside the limousine, to help me come out. With a prim smile on my face, I gracefully accepted his hand, my silver glittery d
LUCREZIAI stared at each of them with a shy smile. All of them have friendly smiles on their faces as they look at me. After Karina had introduced themselves one by one, I suddenly felt like the odd one out. All their fathers are billionaires, they must have came from the old money society. Even just by standing alongside with them is already enough to make you feel different.“It’s so nice to meet you!” Heather smiles excitedly at me as she twirled her hair between her fingers. They are all smiling so widely with watchful eyes as if they were angels thinking whether they should welcome me to the gates of heaven. “What’s your name?” Abigail asks.“I’m Lucrezia,” I answered curtly. They stared at me silently, not expecting me to just stop at that. They must be waiting for me to introduce my family background. “What a unique name!” Lorena spoke up like Regina George. “It’s Italian, actually.”“Oooohhh,” Karina whispered in awe. “Half Italian.”
LUCREZIA“What should I do?” I spoke in a trembling voice, as I tried to keep myself strong. I can’t be weak now that Pietro needs me. His life is in danger and I’m the only one that can save him. “I’m on my way there. I’ve also told some men to come over. You just have to find Pietro for me and make sure that he is safe.”I nodded my head hysterically as if he could see me. “I’ve looked everywhere, but he’s gone. I don’t know where else to look for him,” I whispered anxiously. “There’s no way he would leave that place, and there is no way someone could take him out of there and not get caught. Pietro is still inside that building. you need to check all the places where he could be.”I bit my lip as I paced around the lady’s restroom thinking where I could look for Pietro. I really looked for him everywhere, and with the party normally still going on, it means that he is not here.My eyes widened when I finally thought of a place where he could be
LUCREZIA“We are safe, we are finally safe,” I mumbled repeatedly to Pietro’s ear like I was trying to calm myself, not him. Relief slowly washed over me now that Pericles had arrived to rescue us. However, it is still not yet the time to celebrate with all the attackers still here and we are all still stuck in the rooftop. I pursed my quivering lips, my body still not had recovered from the trauma that they had caused us. My arms tightened around Pietro’s unmoving body protectively when I saw the man who injected poison on Pietro glance at us. ‘You won… only for now.” He seems to be trying to deliver that message through his eyes as he stares directly at me. I returned his look with a fiery gaze. Now that Pericles had already arrived, there is nothing they can’t do to harm us. With Pericles blocking the only exit out of the building, they had no chances of escape. Pericles have guns, they don’t have their own weapons.They are already lost
PERICLESLucrezia did not sleep all night after Pietro was rushed to the hospital. She sat awake beside him, never leaving his side. Lucrezia has been out of herself the whole time that no one could go through her and talk to her. She would just suddenly cry until tears would just stop falling, and then she would cry again. She continued like that, waiting for Pietro to wake up. I sighed as I brought the paper bag close to her face. “You should change,” I muttered softly. She’s still wearing the same dress she wore in the party, so I brought some of her clothes from their home when I went there to take some spare clothes for Pietro. Lucrezia slowly lifted up her head to look at me. My heart tightened when I saw her eyes that were swollen from crying. ‘How could a person love someone as much as that?’ I couldn’t help but wonder seeing how much she had cried for Pietro who is still alive. No wonder why Pietro married her in order to protect
PIETRO My eyebrows knotted together as I try to lift even a single finger. My whole body feels so heavy, like someone placed a heavy cement over me. Memories flooded over me as I tried to remember the last thing that happened. How long has I been unconscious?A small guttural sound escaped my throat as I fought control over my body. I had to inform anyone that I am awake. I need to tell someone that I am still alive. I need to talk to Pericles. I need to know what happened while I was gone. I need to know how long I was gone.Worries flooded me instantly, but I couldn’t even move my body. I felt trapped inside myself.“P-Pietro?” I heard a small feminine voice spoke above me. I stilled, knowing that voice too well.‘Lucrezia?’ I could only mutter her names inside my head. My senses are all over the place. All I could feel is the throbbing ache in my head. What did the guy injected in my body?I felt like I received a thousand punches in a single night. Even that is an understatem
PIETROPericles’s eyes were so big like he had found the most important piece of the puzzle. He just found a link to those attackers making us know that those two attacks were connected with each other. Now that we are sure that we only have one enemy, we have one less thing to worry about. Right now, all that is left for us to do was to find out who this enemy us, by forcing him to reveal himself t us. I grazed my teeth with my tongue as I pondered about the connection that the attackers has.I don’t know how to make sense with it all. I find that the similarity between them two, to be so strange and broad. It makes the whole even more harder too understand. The more I get this clues, the more clueless that I get. I feel like I’m getting farther and farther away from knowing who my real enemy was. The links between my attackers are simple… they are psychopaths. That is the only thing I could describe them. The way they attack is
LUCREZIAI sighed as soon as the two best friends joined forces to force me to leave the room. I just told Pietro to rest and don’t stress, but that stubborn man wouldn’t listen to me. I sighed once again upon the realization. Letizia used to be the person on my spot, and I used to be the person who was being stubborn. Now, Pietro’s the one being stubborn, and I’m the one who doesn’t know what to do about it. I finally found my match.Instead of wondering what they were talking about and stressing myself over something that I don’t have any control of, I decided to buy a meal instead, knowing that Pietro would be hungry.I contemplated whether I should cook a quick meal for him instead since he really liked my cooking the last time I cooked for him. However, I know to myself that if it’s me cooking, it will never be a quick meal. Instead, I ordered meal instead at a famous restaurant for takeout. Pietro will be eating his first food in three days so i