Chapter 1: After Ten Years

Hanan opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in her hotel room. Her eyes went to the handsome figure lying close to her and suddenly widened her eyes when memories of last night's event came rushing back. 

She quickly checked underneath her and cursed under her breath when she saw she was naked. She bite her lips slowly and sighed. Getting up from the bed she quickly put on her clothes on the floor, took her bag and her shoes in her hands and tiptoed close to the door.

She tried to open it and saw that it was locked

"And where do you think you are going to” David said, opening his eyes to look at her.

Hanan was shocked and stood rooted on the ground when she heard his voice. She didn't know he was not sleeping and cursed under her breath. " Well I.......I want to.......go back to the the hotel room….. so can you please open the door" 

He yunned, got up from the bed and walked slowly close to her. Hanan couldn't help but to look at his hot body from head to toe, he was wearing just underwear with his upper body exposed, tall with blond hair, dark eyes, and seductive pink lips. He was like a Greek god and she couldn't help but drool. 

"Like what you see?" He said smirking as he stood tall in front of her.

She immediately regained her senses and looked away from him. "No…. I don't like what I see, so can you please open the door so I can get out of here" 

He moved closer to her, closing the gap between them. He was taller than her and had to bend a little to look her in the eyes. "But you were all over this body last night, screaming for me not to stop".

Her cheeks turned red from embarrassment and she averted her eyes before looking at him again and said"Well….hmmm...I was just drunk, I wasn't in my right senses, but looking at you now, nothing about you fascinates me".

"He furrowed his brow and before she could open her mouth to say anything else. He carried her up and walked towards the bed.

"Put me down! put me down!"

He threw her on the bed with a bang and jumped on top of her, preventing her body from moving.

Her heart beat fast against her chest, as she looked at the man on top of her. 

"Repeat that a second time and I will make sure I ride you as hard as last night till you become sour down there all over again" He said with anger.

Hanan's mouth stayed wide open from what he said and she immediately hit his chest, which was as hard as a rock. "Get away from me you pervert!" She screamed as she hit his chest over and over again, which he wasn't even feelings.

"Only if you agree to be a good and obedient girl"

Uh", She said and scoffed. " I have a flight to catch up with, so get off so I can go to my hotel room and pack up my stuff!" She said trying to get off him, but she was pushed back on the bed.

David looked at her in anger and said "Do you really think that I will allow you to run away the way you did 10 years ago, huh?" He said, raising his voice a bit.

Hanan shivered in fear and wasn't able to look at him. She became distressed and lost in her thoughts.

David looked at her distressed face and immediately his anger disappeared and was replaced with something unreadable.

He raised her chin so she could look at him. "Hanan, look at me. I want to know what happened 10 years ago, first your attitude changed towards me and the next thing you disappeared with your family with no trace, and even went as far as changing your names. So I want to know what went wrong with you Hanan?". He said looking straight in her eyes, he noticed her body tensed and there was this kind of fear in her eyes. He couldn't understand it.

Hanan swallowed hard before mustering the courage to speak. " Well my dad wanted us to move to the US and started up a new life".

David raised his brow "Hanan do you think I'm some kind of fool, huh? Who the hell relocates to a different country and changes their names!!

Hanan flinched a little and couldn't say anything. She knew he wouldn't believe her lies, but she wasn't going to tell him the truth, there is no way she was going to tell him what happened ten years ago. "Well, why don't we just forget about that. Since I will be going back to the states anyway, you should move on from it.

"You are never going back to the States, Hanan!! Never!!"

"So you are going to lock me up here against my wish?

"If that is what it takes to make sure you never leave again, then so be it".

Hanan widened her eyes in shock " You are not serious right? Do you realize I have my own life to live, I'm a fashion designer, my life is in the US, my family is there…….I'm no longer Hanan Gomez, I'm Stephanie Quick!! The fashion designer!! Everybody knows me by that name David!!

David wanted to say something but groaned in frustration and roughed his hair. A knock came at the door and he stared at Hanan with a stern look, before getting off her and went to open the door.

Outside the door his assistant Carlos, stood nervous and shifted away from the door when he had it opening from inside. His boss David opened the door and stared at him angrily. He brought his head down so as not to meet eyes with his boss.

"Good morning boss, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but you have 3 important meetings today, and the first one starts in an hour's time," Carlos said, starmering. 

"Go down stairs and wait for me, I will be down in 20 mins"

"Okay boss" He wanted to say something else, but his boss shut the door on his face before he could say it. He sighed and went downstairs to wait. Carlos has been walking for David as his assistant since he took over the company from his father 5 years ago and working for him is the hardest and most difficult thing he has done in his life. 

David was a cold hearted boss and very ruthless, he hated mistakes, always punishing anyone that makes a mistake but rewards his workers when they do a good job. The Salvatore group of companies grew much bigger since he took over 5 years ago.

Back in the room Hanan sat down in the bed lost in her thoughts, she was already out of her shoes and was holding her bag. She sighed and got up, only to see David standing 2 feets away looking at her calmly. 

"I'm going to overlook the fact that you left your family without a trace 10 years ago. But now that I found you, I won't let you leave again.

" You can't keep me here if I don't want to stay David"

" You have two options. First you can agree to stay here in Italy, which includes bringing your business here and rent a place to leave on your own. Secondly, if you refuse to freely do that on your own I will have no other choice but to take you to my house and keep you there, so choose wisely"

At this point, Hanan felt like crying, she didn't have to step her foot again in Italy. For her and her family's safety, she can not be in Italy. Now what should she do?