Cassandra POV:I didn't know what to say. I wished I could just decide everything now for the sake of the people who care about me. It had been a month for them, but it only felt like it was just yesterday that I experienced the factory incident. The sedation that made me sleep for a month really made it seem like I was only asleep for a day. It was confusing and my brain was still trying to process everything. So, I said nothing in return and just let Verona let out her sadness and waited until she was okay again.After a while, she was back to her normal self and started helping me ate the food. I beckoned her to eat together since I wouldn't be able to eat much anyway. She just agreed right away and that just made me wonder. Did she not eat well while I was gone? Why was she so worried about me anyway? It was not like I'm the one who paid her salary. Yet somehow, her empathy for me just made me feel like I was indeed loved. There were people out there who cared about me. Maybe Fran

Riccardo POV:After about an hour, Sergio finally left the hospital to go to the company. Soon after he left, Dr Claus approached me.He informed me how Cassie had let me be the one to decide when her plastic surgery could be performed. If it was up to me, then I would rather have it done the earliest. So, I told the doctor to do it as soon as the plastic surgeon was available."In two days? Or is it too early?" Dr Claus suggested."No. That would be fine. The sooner the better," I said.So the next two days, Cassie underwent the surgery which took about two hours to be done. Once it was done, she was sent to her wardroom again and Dr Kevin, the plastic surgeon advised her to stay in the hospital for a week or two to see if there are any side effects after the surgery.Fortunately, a week later, her face didn't give out any bruises or signs of infection from the surgery. So Dr Kevin gave Cassie a choice if she wanted to go home or stayed at the hospital until they open the wrap around

Riccardo POV:My heart was still pounding hard. When I didn't see her on the bed, that just sent an instant surge of panic to my brain. I immediately just thought she had left and gone missing again. With such anxiety, turning my body around certainly won't be my first action. Now that I realized she was just behind me, I couldn't help but felt flustered at the situation. It was kind of embarrassing to act that nervous in front of Cassie.She stared at me with mellow eyes and I could feel that she probably felt sorry for me. Did I really look that pathetic in her eyes? I hadn't combed my hair yet so I may look a bit messy right now. But then again, it was not like Cassie never saw me this way. Why did I feel like the way she looked at me right now was different? It seemed like she was being sympathetic to me."Why don't you just..." she said hesitantly and slowly moved her gaze to see the two-seater sofa against the wall."Sleep here tonight... I mean... If you're going to stay here l

Riccardo POV:"Cassie... Cassie, wake up..." I shook her shoulders lightly to wake her up when Dome stopped the car right in front of my mansion. It was almost eight o'clock by now. Perfect timing for dinner and I knew everyone must have been inside the ballroom on the first floor, waiting for our arrival.Cassie slowly opened her eyes and scanned the surroundings. She instantly realized where we were right now and started looking at her lap silently to recollect herself. After a while, she finally wanted to come out of the car. I led her inside and she looked so confused to see no one was around."Where is everybody?" She asked.Her step slowly wanted to go towards the staircase, probably having the thought to just crash in the bedroom. But once again, I held her hand and just led her to the ballroom."What are you doing?" She looked somewhat uneasy and her eyes just looked scared."It's fine. Everyone is waiting for you," I said gently and just assured her by rubbing her back a bit.

Cassandra POV: "Ricky, you're... someone else's husband..." I reminded him of the fact that he was still legally married to Carina. "No no no..." He started chuckling a bit and stood up, walked to his desk, pulled out the drawer under it and took out a piece of paper. He brought it to me and let me read the content. Then he just knelt again. It was a divorce certificate between him and Carina that had been approved by the court and was stated to start being effective yesterday. This man in front of me right now was finally a single man again. It was really strange to realize that. I really thought he might have to stay in a marriage with Carina until she is found. This was too soon and I just didn't expect the divorce to be settled that fast. Not that I'm not happy with it, but still, I was just too perplexed to process this new information. Was that mean we're finally able to become a couple officially again? "Sergio just now... he came for this?" I asked passively. "Yes..." he