Pictures of Cedric Grover are spread on a desk in front of Matteo. His new assistant Nova is holding a file that has the details of the man whom Matteo wanted to be gone."Boss, he works for us. His bar is used as one of our hubs to finalize our weapons deals. He is loyal to us but is a known womanizer. He is known for his skills to seduce a woman, no matter if she is interested in him or not. Now his eyes are set on Hera Wilson, his neighbor and a waitress in his bar" Noah read the details of Cedric.Matteo is looking at Cedric's picture with a thoughtful expression. It has been three months since the day Sussane stabbed him and Hera unintentionally gave him a new life. He was discharged from the hospital a week ago. Reed and Mia insisted that he needs rest, as his surgery is major. Mia has a way with her words, which compelled him to stay in NY for longer than he wanted to. Even though he would never speak it out loud, he is feeling much better now than he felt a month ago. At least

Hera is meddling with her books near her locker. The thousand dollars her new Guardian gave her weighed heavily in her pocket. She never carried so much money in school in her life. This is the first time. After the way, he explained his intention, and the way he made her feel is making her feel strange. Her reaction toward him is strange. For some weird and unexplainable reason, she is feeling safe with him. Which is ridiculous."Earth to Hera. What are you doing here? Don't tell me you are daydreaming now" her best friend from childhood, Olivia said from behind her. Hera looked at Olivia with a sign. "Daydreaming? Are you serious?" Hera asked with a smile and closed her locker door.Both the girls began to walk in the direction of their first class."I don't know. You were blankly looking inside your locker. I thought you are daydreaming about your crush " she teased Hera.Hera laughed and shook her head.Justin Eastwood is their school's star quarterback. He comes from a rich fam

That evening, unable to decide what she should do, Hera decided to go to work again. She is serving customers in Cedric's bar like she usually does. A tight black corset that leaves her midriff and shoulders bare, along with a short black leather skirt is the standard waitress uniform in Cedric's bar. A lot of them try to get handsy with the waitresses. But with Hera, Cedric made sure that no one touches her. It is not because of his kind heart, it's because he doesn't want anyone to touch her when he cannot. "Hera, the boss is looking for you" one of the other waitresses informed Hera after she delivered some vodka shots to a group of rowdy teenagers. As Justin is one of them, she felt relieved to escape from his lust-filled gaze for a few minutes. On the other hand, Matteo arranged a bodyguard to safeguard Hera in his absence. When Matteo went back to Hera's home that night, he found it empty. 'I heard that she is not the typical teenager who loves shopping and partying. But w

That night, just like Matteo, Sussane couldn't forget about everything that happened in the restaurant that afternoon. Everything kept playing in her mind on a loop. She realized how much Matteo has changed. For some reason, she liked this new him. The hard cold glare he has cast her way made her core clench with want. She remembered their long nights together in the past. "Matteo Gonsalves, I want you to be mine again. I had you once, but foolishly I choose the safe option and betrayed you. But I can see that I still affect you as I used to in the past. Nothing changed. We can still be together. I just have to make sure to cast my spell again and make him forget about what I did in the past" she thought to herself with a smirk. In the lavish three-story villa of Fredrick, Sussane is lying on his bed alone. He went to tend to his nephew, who seems to have gotten into a fight with someone and is injured now. From the moment she saw Matteo again, the need to be his possessed her to th

Matteo is so busy with the new designs of their project, he forgot the time. By the time he noticed, it was already well past nine o clock in the evening. He wanted to finalize these designs and hand them down to the engineering department. But he is not impressed by any design which his design department submitted. He packed the blueprints and the project details with him so that he can work with them at home. On his way home, his mind went back to Hera. 'I wonder what she ate for dinner ' he thought to himself. On the other hand, Hera is waiting for Matteo. "I have to go now. Looks like I have to wait a little longer to meet your Guardian" Oliva said with a hint of disappointment. Hera gave her a mischievous grin. Olivia was so excited to see Matteo, that Hera was amused. In fact, she came today with the sole purpose to see him. "Looks like you are not meant to meet him at all" she teased her best friend. Olivia giggled at that comment. "The way you speak about him, it spi