CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-EIGHT

Raquel has the nerve to look at me like I'm the one who has done something wrong. Screw her father's company and whatever deal Alessandro made with them to buy it.

She has done things to clearly undermine me and get closer to Alessandro, and I'm not having any of it anymore. I'm no longer standing by and watching her touch him or maneuver her way into his space.

I'm pretty sure that she has some kind of eyes on me to alert her to what I'm doing.

She was made to serve only as a pawn in the game Alessandro is playing with her father to completely take over the company.

And I know it's a huge deal for him, and the why, so I should have just shut my trap and stayed on the safe side. But I've never had, and I'm not about to start now.

"Stop pretending that you actually give a damn about Dario." I tell her under my breath. "I know it's Alessandro that you want, so you can quit with the little act you've got going on."

One thing about Raquel is that she's a damn good actress. I don't kn