I walked out of the bathroom on towel. I sat on the chair close to Matteo's work desk to apply my body cream when something caught my eyes. Two red envelopes.I dropped my body cream and quickly grabbed the envelopes to satisfy my curiosity.I opened one and took out the ticket... Flight ticket. Who's traveling?Matteo walked into the room and I quickly placed back the ticket in the envelope and dropped the envelopes on his desk. Let's give him some time to see if he would open up about these flight tickets."You're back from work? How was work today? Matteo asked flipping through some file."Was okay. ""Any problem? Where you able to get the goods?" How did you know about that?" My bad. I did eavesdrop. My bad"" So bad"" My apologies"" So... Do you want to tell me something else?"Something like what?" Like these red envelopes that have been staring at me for a while now?" Oh those? It's nothing""Nothing?" Yes "" Okay. Suit yourself. Don't tell me""Are you angry?"No. I'm
Once upon a time, I guess that is how they start a nice fairytale or some romance story. My father never missed the chance to tell me about his love story when I was a child. From his story, it was clear that he loved my mum so much and dad pampered me a lot. Twenty-seven years ago, at a nice and lovely coffee shop, the weather was beautiful and bright, two souls from parallel worlds met, my mum and my dad. My dad was the dreaded Mafia boss, commanded respect from everyone, including from rich families and politicians, everyone was scared of him. At his sight, everyone trembles and bows. However, on that faithful day, the dreaded Mafia boss met the prettiest woman on Earth. Dad was enjoying a nice cup of coffee when mum walked in to order some coffee. Mum paid for the coffee she ordered for and left. The guy at the counter noticed a purse lying on the counter and realized it belonged to mum. He tried to go after mum when dad stopped him from doing so. Dad paid for the coffee he h
Dad invited me to his chambers to discuss about an important deal. In the middle of the discussion, dad threw a random question at me. Dad had asked me if I had a boyfriend. Honestly speaking, I was shocked and speechless. For the first time, dad asked me such a question. I forced out a smile and said no. dad tried to know about my romance life but I stopped him and reminded him about the deal. After the discussion, I left his chambers for my room.In the evening, I decided to take a walk , when I noticed one of the gang member flirting with a maid. They became aware of my presence and embarrassed when they noticed me staring at them. The maid quickly ran off while the dude apologised and left.I sighed and drank from my wine glass, I had my seat and watched the love birds in their cage.“Even birds have lovers” I said and sighed again. “I wonder when I’ll have a lover. Will I ever have a lover? What kind of guy do I actually want? Definitely a handsome, really handsome and… I don’t k
SERENA'S POVArmando whow surprised with what had transpired between myself, Rocco and my gentleman approached me immediately."Boss, what do we do to Rocco? Armando asked"Kidnap him. I'm gonna deal with him in my own way. First of all, let's get done with the shopping and then, go teach Rocco a lesson" I said to my men" Yes boss" replied my men.We finished up with shopping and left the store. My eyes searched for Rocco. I turned and made an eye contact with my gentleman who saw me holding a gun. He quickly looked away and walked away. I bet he was disappointed that I didn't take his advice.My men were able to capture Rocco and brought him to me at some place where I usually punish those who double cross me. I dealt with Rocco and had my men abandon him on the streets.I returned home with the gifts I had got for dad dad and asked my men to place them in my room. I left to meet my father who was enjoying a nice cup of tea while he read through some papers. I said my greetings to h
SERENA RICCARDO’S POV“Any news on Paulo? I asked Armando“ I did send some men to get him but he is not within the axis of this house” Armando said“ And his apartment?“Not there”“ I see. Then he’s either hiding away or trying to run away. Either of these two if definitely taking place in his girlfriend’s apartment”“ And why would he hide there?“Cause he’s stupid. Yes, he’s good at coding and decoding passwords but when it comes to stuffs like this, he’s got no brain to think”“ So we’re heading to his girlfriend’s apartment?“Yes but let me drop these inside. Meanwhile get some men and get the car ready to haunt Paulo down”“Yes boss. Right away boss”“You’re so dead Paulo”I finally joined my men in the car and we left for Paulo's hideout, his girlfriend’s house, Emma. We arrived at Emma’s house. I stood aside and asked my men to go search the house. Paulo and Emma were taken unawares. They had packed up their stuffs to leave the next day. Armando dragged Paulo and Emma along
SERENA RICCARDO’S POVI arrived at the casino and took a tour around it. I went up to my usual place and watched people play like their lives depends on it. I signaled Armando to bring Lia to me. Lia was one of those whom I hired to make sure all the money placed to win in a game returns back to me. Lia appeared before me. She hasn’t been carrying out her job effectively. I made Armando remind her of her job. Lia apologized for not being effective and left to meet one of our usual clients.Lia placed her bet and I watched her win all rounds. Lia gathered the money and tried to leave but was stopped by one of the players who called her out for cheating all the time. Lia tried to break free from him but his grip on her was strong. I watched very closely and when I realized what was going on, I picked up my gun and rushed over to Lia.“Let go of her hand” I said to the man“No! He replied.“Just on the count of threw and if your hand is still on her, you won’t be using that hand anymore”
SERENA'S POVI dialed Armando's number who picked up immediately"Keep the old lady safe until she returns the money. Good" I turned and saw my secretary standing behind me, shaking in fear. I smirked. I really love it when my staff fear me.I may be absent from the company but I know what goes in and out of my company. I returned back to my office and started off again with some files.An hour later, a young lady walked into my office a place a bag before me. She unzipped the bag and showed me the money in it. I got up from my seat and walked to her and bent a bit and took a closer look at the money. I sat on the couch, placed my legs on the table and leaned back. "How much is it? I asked her while I pulled my phone out from my pocket." The complete amount ma'am" She replied with fear showing in her voice" Really? I dialed Armando's number. " Armando, let the old hag go. Good"Agatha fell on her knees and thanked me for letting her mum go. She apologized again for taking such amo
MATTEO ALESSANDRO'S POVI was having a nice lunch with a friend of mine when I got a glimpse of someone staring at me. I became uncomfortable upon realizing who it was. I hurriedly finished up with my lunch and packed up immediately and left. I asked a Waiter to distract Serena while I hide away, I can't meet that devil again. I hid away and watched her search for me. Why in the world is she looking for me? Her car arrived and she got in and left. I got out of my hiding and met up with my friend and we left together for the car.I walked into my office and my secretary approached me with some invite for being nominated businessman of the year award. Quite a good news. I took it from her and asked her to go back to work. I went through it and quickly checked my email. I was sent a mail about it. I smiled and opened my laptop and began to work with it.Work hours ended and k returned home really exhausted from the day's event, and pretty famished. I requested mum to prepare something ni