He promised in a firm voice. Okay, she wanted to believe him so bad but it was hard to. “You are still going to let me speak to Rose?”She asked. She thought after the way she spoke to him; he would not let her speak to Rose again. “Yes, you just tell her anything that would keep her mind at peace and also tell her you will keep in touch, as long as you eat well and take your medications without causing any trouble, I will keep letting you talk to her,”He further promised. It was too good to be true, she had her doubts that he would keep to his words but she kept it to herself as he handed her the phone and she took it immediately, she unlocked it and looked at him. “Can I check the texts just to get context f what you both talked about?”She asked for his permission and he nodded. She checked her text and only Rose sent her numerous texts, not a single text or missed calls from Elio or her office, neither did she get a call or text from the research center she was supposed to be
Luca walked out of the room and instead of just going to his room, he decided to go speak with Maria concerning what she had called him for earlier, he would have gone shopping for her by himself but he couldn't. He walked out of the main house towards Maria’s side of the house. When he had built this mansion all those years ago, he had made sure to build a separate one for his staff so that they would feel at ease, since he sent the other women in the mansion away after what happened with Emily, only Maria lives in the female quarters, he had told her a couple of times that she can move into the main house if she feels alone there but the stubborn old woman refused so he just let her have her way. “Maria,”He called when he got to the entrance. Even though he owned the house, his mother taught him to always be respectful and not barge in on anyone, he rang the bell and waited, and the door flew open a few minutes later to reveal Maria who was already in her nightwear. “Oh, Luca, wh
“I wish all mistakes could be fixed. Let me go so that you can get some rest, I brought my card just so you can easily get whatever you think she needs tomorrow,”Luca said as he stood up, brought out his black card, and handed it over to her, he trusted her enough to know that she would do only what was required. “Good night, Luca,”She let out. He saw himself out and walked back to the main house, up into his room, and to the mini-bar in his room where he kept the alcohol that helped him go to sleep every night. He had medications to help him fall asleep but he got so used to them that they no longer walked. The first few months after he woke up from his coma after he finally buried his family, he couldn’t sleep at all. The doctor had to prescribe sleeping pills for him and for a while, they worked but stopped working sooner than he expected and even after increasing the dosage a couple of times, he just couldn’t fall asleep without the nightmares so he had resulted to drinking bef
Nora was woken the next morning when the door to the room she was in flew open, She opened her eyes, expecting to see Luca but it wasn’t him. It was Maria and once again, she was all smiles. “I hope you are well rested. I am sorry but you are stuck with me today again as the boss has things to handle which he cannot delegate to his men,”She announced. Nora didn’t even mind that he wasn’t around right now as long as when he returned back, she would be able to speak to Rose again, that was all she cared about. “Also, the boss mentioned that I should go shopping for clothes for you and he gave me his card, I can get whatever you ask for so you can tell me anything you want me to get for you,”She disclosed. Nora was tempted to tell her to get her plane ticket back home but she knew that was impossible, her passport wasn’t even with her, so she made a mental note to ask Luca about it as soon as he returned. He had no reason to hold on to her passport just like he had no reason to hold
“Let’s end that talk, I am sorry, I shouldn’t take my anger and frustration out on you, you are just doing your job after all,”Nora commented. “I am sorry for how I spoke too; I understand your point of view too but please give Luca time, he will fix things and let you go,”She said and Nora nodded. Maria helped her out of the bed on top of her wheelchair and for once, she didn’t feel numb, maybe because she had argued and all her body was fully awake already. “I don’t feel numb like I have been feeling for the last couple of days each time I wake up, maybe I should argue with you every morning,”Nora commented in a light tune, She wanted a tension-free environment and as she had expected, Maria smiled. “You are one of a kind Nora,”“I know, I have been told that a number of times,”She responded. Maria helped her into the restroom and left her to do her thing after which she helped her back to the room and helped her get dressed. “Once you eat breakfast, I would go and get the c
“I don’t have a living family member that I am close to, my adoptive parents passed away four years ago and their family do not like me enough for us to keep in contact, I only have one person in this world that really gives a fuck about me and that’s my best friend Rose and okay, not so much but her family also care enough to ask about me once in a while,”Nora disclosed. She didn’t like the pitiful look that Maria was giving her. “I am so sorry for your loss Nora,”“Don’t be sorry, it doesn’t hurt anymore and I don’t need pity, can we just not talk about it?”Nora responded. She shouldn’t have even told her about her family in the first place, it was none of her business and she hated being pitied. “Right, let’s check out the things I got for you,”Maria announced in an excited voice. Nora wished she could share in her excitement. “When will Luca be back?”She asked as they went through the stuff Maria had gotten. “I don’t know, maybe he would be back anytime soon or maybe he wo
“Cara? What are you doing out here on your own?”Luca asked when he walked into his living room and saw her. he didn’t expect her to still be awake by this time, it was way past bedtime for her already, long past bedtime, and he was home pretty late. “I was waiting for you,”She replied. He walked closer to her. “Why? Do you need anything?”He asked, he was so tired from everything that happened that he just wanted to take a bath and go to bed. “You promised to let me call my friend today, that’s why I was waiting for you,”He forgot about his promise to her. Why would she stay awake by this time just because of that, he was sure it would be night where her friend was already. How did she even get out of her room in the first place, maybe Maria, helped her but she shouldn’t have left her here on her own, what if he had decided not to come back? He almost didn’t come back to the house. He made a mental note to let Maria know she wasn’t allowed to let her stay up this late on her own
“Stop looking at me like that, Nora, just this once, let’s get you to bed,”“No, it is either you put me on the call with Roseline or fuck off my face,”She responded. “If I leave you here, you will sleep here, Look at me, I look tired, right? If I go to bed right now, I would not wake up until morning, so it is better that you let me take you inside than sitting here all night long,”He told her but she stubbornly shook her head. He gave up trying to persuade her and covered the distance between them. She tried to escape but he caught her chair and held it in place. Before she could fight him, he lifted her into his arms, making sure that he didn’t hurt her in any way. “Let me go, fucking leave me alone, you, crazy man,’She blurted out, hitting him hard on the chest but he ignored her and powered upstairs with her in his arms. She continued hitting him and yelling for him to put her down and he was tempted to do as she sat and just drop her on the stairs but he knew doing that wou