Gia’s eyes grew bigger after hearing Augustus confession. Frederico and Josefina were also shocked to hear that. Eliana, on the other hand, was baffled to hear that. She turned and saw Augustus was coming towards her. She drew her brows together when Augustus stopped in front of her.
“What did you mean by that?” Gia questioned Augustus who stood beside Eliana and put his hand around Eliana’s shoulder.
“I like her and will marry her,” Augustus pronounced as he gazed into the eyes of Eliana who was glaring at him. Before she could speak, Augustus said, “Forgive me for confessing this late.”
Gia snickered and was going to shout at Augustus when Frederico spoke, “Your fiancée is here. Do not make a fool of ourselves. Come inside as I have something important to discuss with you.” Frederico had an exasperated expression on his face. He glared at Eliana who let go of Augustus’s hand which was around her shoulder.
“Don’t go,” Augustus whispered but Eliana did not listen to him and walked away from there. Augustus was now furious and told his father that he had some urgent work to complete.
“Do your urgent works later and don’t take road side woman to the company,” Frederico pronounced. Augustus looked at his in bafflement. What could he expect from his father?!
“Do you want to show the employees of the company how stubborn is their CEO and how much shameless he can turn in front of his parents?!” Frederico bitterly stated.
Augustus did not speak anything and walked towards his cabinet while his parents and fiancée followed him up. Inside the cabinet, they all took seats on the sofa. Augustus asked his father about the important matter he wanted to discuss with him.
“Next week you are getting married. 30% shares of this company will go to Miss Toscano as soon as she will get married to you,” Frederico announced.
“What?” Augustus exclaimed. “I am not getting married to her. I do not love her and if you try to force me I will expose your mistress affair thing in front of the world,” Augustus threatened his father.
“Augustus!” Frederico bellowed at him.
“Do not shout at me. You are not the owner of this company. Better get out of here else I will call the security to throw you all out from here,” Augustus proclaimed. His nostrils flared in anger and he clenched his fists tightly.
“Darling, can you see how shameless is your son is! I told you not to blindly trust at him and see how he is treating you. I can bear my insult but I can’t bear the insult of my husband,” Josefina shed the fake tears and started crying.
Augustus chuckled and said, “Stop shedding these crocodile tears. I will not keep quiet anymore. I will tell the world how you killed my mother and tortured me. You should be that I am still bearing your sight in front of me. You despicable woman!”
Frederico lost his temper and shouted at Augustus. “Stop now! Do not bring the dead person in this conversation. And apologize to your mother, right now,” Frederico was boiling with anger.
“Apologize to her?! Not possible in this birth. I wonder how could she sit in front of me even after hearing such sweet words from my mouth,” Augustus pronounced, looking at Josefina. “You two did adultery still, portraying yourself as the perfect definition of couple in front of the world,” Augustus remarked.
Josefina could not take that any longer. She stood up from the sofa, came towards Augustus and was almost going to slap him when he caught her hand. He stood up and pushed her away.
“Don’t even try that. I am not a teenage child anymore who will bear your beatings. If you don’t want to get embarrassed in front of the world then, tell your husband not to intervene in my life and not to tell me what shall I do and what shall I not do. I am breaking this engagement here and if you two tried forcing me, I swear, I will expose your true face in front of the world.” Augustus went to his desk and rang the bell several times.
Luca came there and greeted Frederico and the others. “Throw them out from here,” Augustus pronounced. Luca gulped seeing the anger of Augustus. Frederico stood up from the sofa and walked out from there.
Gia did not go from there as she wanted to converse with Augustus. He could not break the engagement like that. “Miss Toscano, please this way,” Luca humbly said when Gia told him that she would not leave.
“Gia, leave! I told you earlier too that I do not love you. I engaged to you because I wanted this company,” Augustus asserted. Gia’s eyes turned misty.
“I love you a-and…”
Augustus cut her words in the middle. “But I never loved you nor will I. I don’t see you as a woman so, please leave,” Augustus repeated his words. Tears rolled down Gia’s cheeks and ran out from there. Luca looked at Augustus who had turned to his desk and turned it around.
Everything fell on the floor with a loud voice. Luca saw Augustus was losing his temper so, he went to him and tried calming him down. But Augustus pushed him away and went to the left side of his office. He picked the flower vase in his hand and smashed it at the marble floor. “I want to kill them so badly. They murdered my mother,” Augustus cried out. His right hand was bleeding as it got a cut while he was throwing the things in the office. The blood was dripping from it which tensed Luca.
Luckily, the office was sound proof so whatever was happening, was only inside those walls.
Luca went towards Augustus and brought him towards the sofa. Making his boss sit on the sofa, Luca went towards the end table and brought out a first aid kit.
He sat beside Augustus who had rested his head on the sofa. Luca quickly took out a cotton bud dipped in disinfectant and cleaned the wound on Augustus’s hand. “Sir, you shall not get angry like this,” Luca said. He put the bandage around Augustus’s hand and then closed the first aid kit. Pouring the water in a glass, he forwarded it to Augustus and told him to drink that.
Augustus opened his eyes and took the glass of water from him. Drinking the water, he told Luca to get his office clean and postpone his day’s schedule. Luca nodded his head in agreement.
“I want you to do one more thing for me. Extract every single information about Eliana Russo. I don’t want to listen to any excuse because it is about my life,” Augustus pronounced.Augustus phone kept ringing but he did not answer the call. Luca came to the office and told Augustus to answer the call. “Throw it away,” Augustus said when the landline started ringing. Luca noticed that Augustus’s mood was badly ruined in the morning. Still he tried to calm him down.“Sir, your father might get angry at you later. So, please answer the call,” Luca humbly said. “Did you find everything about Eliana?” Augustus asked as he opened his eyes and straightened his back on the swivel chair.“Yes, sir. Please answer the phone first and then you can go through this,” Luca suggested to Augustus. Luca was like an elder brother to Augustus whom he listened to even if he was in terrible mood. He picked up the mobile from the desk and answered the call.“Come home right away. If you won’t then you will lose the rights over the company in next one hour,” Frederic
Augustus in his car read the mail sent by Luca to him. This time a detailed information about Eliana. “Thank you for coming in my life, Eli. Now, only you can save me,” Augustus muttered. He put the phone aside and started the engine. “She must be at the restaurant for her day job” he turned the steer wheel and drove to the restaurant which was mentioned in the details by putting the address in car’s GPS.Eliana was hitting on her back as today there was more rush than actual. Her feet were hurting, standing and walking in those high heels. “This is the order for table 14” she heard and checked the food trolley. “Eliana, there is someone looking for you at the counter. He even called the manager,” a waiter informed Eliana and told her to go out. Eliana nodded and walked out of the kitchen. She went towards the counter and saw Augustus there.The manager of the restaurant saw Eliana and told
Eliana still wanted to negotiate with Augustus so she said, “You want me to be your bodyguard, right? Fine, I will do that. I will protect you. You can find some other woman to get into a contract marriage with you because I cannot do that.” Eliana expected for a positive answer from Augustus who refused that idea.“You are the one and only woman with whom I can get into this contract marriage. Others might rip me out of money later when the contract marriage period will get over,” asserted Augustus.“Why are you taking so much time in thinking? It’s a win-win for both of us. We will not expose it front of the world so that our lives can’t be hindered. You just need to act as my fake wife in front of my family for sometime. In the office, you will work as an assistant for me. I will take care of every other thing myself,” stated Augustus.Eliana was still hesitant but then Augustus was not ready to let
“It’s done, right? I need to leave,” Eliana pronounced when Augustus tightened his grip around her waist. “You cannot go. We just started. We need to first go to my home and then show my father that we are married,” Augustus pronounced.Eliana knitted her brows. “What would I say to my brother then? Do you want me to tell him that I married a strange man today,” asserted Eliana.“Indeed. If it is difficult for you then I can. Moreover, we two are husband and wife for a year so you need to live with me in my house. If we live separately, I am afraid that my father would suspect us. If you want your brother to stay in the same home then you can do that as well,” Augustus stated and then looked at Luca.“Get the car ready. We are leaving for Ferrari Mansion,” Augustus ordered Luca who nodded and left from there.“I cannot live with you. I will corporate with you in every stance but livin
Eliana and Augustus were inside the car, going to the Penthouse. “Umm… are you okay?” Eliana asked Augustus who was looking outside the window. Augustus turned his head towards Eliana and asked, “What if I am not okay?” Eliana had no answer regarding that. She stayed quiet for a few minutes when she opened her mouth to speak. “How will you tell my brother? Did you come with anything?” Eliana asked Augustus. “I need to tell him that you and I were in a secret relationship for over six months and then we decided to get married,” Augustus pronounced. Eliana with bewilderment looked at Augustus. “Do you think he will believe this? He knows his sister never dated anyone,” Eliana affirmed. “Eli, I would talk to him in my own way. Your brother will be delighted to see that his sister is married to the of the richest men of Italy,” Augustus stated. “But it is not something to be proud of! We both know that we don’t know each other,” Eliana asserted.
“Why are you staring at me? I know I look handsome but if you will keep staring at me like this then you might fall for me,” Augustus pronounced.Eliana averted his gaze from him and asked him about her belongings. “Luca might have put your satchel in the living room. Your clothes will be here in a while. You can use the washroom which is there,” Augustus pointed towards his left and continued, “I have an urgent call to do. Take you time.” Eliana nodded as she saw Augustus had walked out of the room.She went towards the door, gripping the bridal dress from near her thighs. Closing the door, she checked it of locked or not. “Ahh, what happened to this? Why is it not opening?” Eliana murmured and checked the handle. “I think it works like this,” Eliana thought and went to the direction of the washroom which Augustus had told her.She slid the door of the washroom and walked in. She was astonished to see
Augustus opened the door of the bathroom and took Eliana inside. “I will do myself,” Eliana whispered. Augustus smiled. “I am afraid but I think you might break more taps,” he taunted and twisted his lips. Eliana clutched the towel tightly. It never happened with her and it was the first time that the things got broken by her hands.“I think those taps have not enough tensile strength,” Eliana proclaimed. Chuckling Augustus looked at the woman. “Indeed, your hands are stronger than high speed steel,” Augustus commented and walked ahead. He opened the faucet and water started pouring in the bath tub.“Shower room is there, in case you need that and towels are there in that cabinet,” Augustus stated pointing his index finger towards the left. Eliana thanked him for the help. “I will wait for you outside.” He stepped out of the washroom, closing the door behind him.Eliana put the towel aside a
Eliana stared at Augustus for a few seconds and then said, “We need to talk.”“What do you want to talk about?” Augustus asked her as he saw her going towards the couch. He too followed her and stood in front of her.“I agreed to this marriage because you were going to end the career of my brother. You and I both know what a contract means. Since you know little about me, I would like to tell you that if you think I might fall for you just because you are providing me with these expensive clothes, which are hard for me to get, then you are wrong.If you try to touch me without my permission, then I will use strength, and trust me it is going to hurt you only.Another important thing is that