Cassandra POV:I was lounging in the living room with Ricky, watching television when he suddenly received a phone call from Sergio. We just had lunch about an hour ago."What? Missing? What do you mean missing? Shouldn't our men be following her around?" Ricky said something intriguing on the phone. His expression changed to a stern one as if some trouble had arisen."How about Leo? Was he the one who called you and told you she was missing?" He spoke more.At this point, I had my full focus on Ricky. He mentioned Leo and someone missing which he addressed as female. Now, my investigating skill wasn't that great but I could read easily that the person who was missing right now could be Nicola."Shouldn't our men have their eyes on her? Why would she suddenly be missing? Did they not get the order to give extra protection to Nicola?!" Ricky looked furious and he just confirmed my guess to be true.My heart instantly got a sudden nervousness. Nicola was like a sister to me and hearing

Leonardo POV:Three days since she was gone. I couldn't even give her a proper burial. There was no body, just some fleshes and part of her hand. So I gave Nicola the kind of funeral that suited her, a cremation. Her ashes were put inside an urn and I placed it in my bedroom on the bedside table. Creepy? I didn't care. This was the ashes of my loved ones, my lover and our unborn baby.On the day of the incident, I actually received a call from Nicola. But I missed it because I was in a meeting and my phone was in silent mode. She left me a voicemail that until today was heartbreaking for me to hear again. She was crying throughout the recording and her terrified voice felt like a million blades striking through my heart, shattering my soul into pieces."Hello, Leo. It's me, baby. I think I'm in trouble. My break is not working. I can't stop the car and I'm driving down the hill right now. I tried to do a zig-zag so the car would slow down, but it's not working. The road is too steep.

Riccardo POV:I was expecting Don Renato Rossi's arrival tonight but it was weird that they didn't arrive yet when it was already passed ten at night. They should have been here like an hour ago. What happened to them?This was giving me a bad vibe as if there was something wrong happening. I got a call from Leo this evening threatening me to settle the issue he had with the Rossi family. I didn't understand why he was suddenly hating the Rossi. I found nothing that could connect the Rossi with Nicola's death. So I just didn't get why Leo insisted Carina was the one behind it. It just didn't make any sense to me."Do you maybe want to sit down?" Cassie asked. She was in the living room accompanying me waiting for the Rossi. I was walking back and forth from the front door to the living room, obviously agitated by the lateness of the expected guests."Something's wrong..." I muttered as I sat beside her.After Nicola's death, she had been experiencing depression. She rarely talked much

Riccardo POV: Cassie broke down in tears and I just couldn't do anything about it. This was my final decision. It was not that I intended to marry Carina forever. Just for a few months until the issue with the De Luca was settled. I was sure if Carina be my wife, Leo won't dare to touch her as she would be the Godfather's wife, untouchable. After the mess was settled again, I would divorce Carina and marry Cassie directly. This was the only way for me to help Carina. I knew no other ways that could help her faster. I explained my plan carefully to Cassie but she still refused to accept it. Her heart was just filled with jealousy the moment I told her that I would marry Carina first. "Then why can't you just marry me then?! Since you're going to disregard the mourning period of Don Luigi's death, might as well just continue with our wedding plan. Why can't you just marry me now then?" She demanded an explanation. Of course, I could just marry her right away. But my priority right n

Cassandra POV:The next morning, we were going to the company together like usual. Carina just stayed at the mansion because Ricky thought it was still unsafe for her to go out. I wondered what it would be like coming to the office with all those people there knowing already about Ricky's marriage. It was all over the news because Ricky had told Sergio to make a public announcement about it. Everyone thought I would be the bride. Unfortunately, Ricky chose to humiliate me in order to save Carina.The car arrived in front of the company building and Dome opened the car door for Ricky. He got out and usually, he would wait for me and walk side by side with me into the building. But not anymore. Now, he just walked straight into the company building and left me behind. I got off the car too and tried to catch up with his steps.As soon as I entered the building, I realized how many eyes were staring at me. All these people knew well enough about my relationship with Ricky because he was