Riccardo POV:Cassandra refused to talk to me. We were just silent inside the car, heading to the restaurant. I texted my men to clear the management in Rosette Apartment and changed our people to work there. Cassie kept peeking at me when I was texting, maybe thinking that I might contact other women again. That was the only thing inside her thought whenever she saw me using my phone. Like I would have that much time to waste entertaining other women. I was barely able to entertain her properly, let alone other women. Trust me, I won't have a chance to do such a thing. My schedule was very tight with a lot of important stuff to do.We arrived at a fine dining restaurant and the hostess brought us into a private dining room where Sergio was already waiting for my arrival."The missus looked mad," Sergio remarked while giving me a handshake. He glanced a bit at Cassie who was behind me, wearing a sulky face."She agreed to share the apartment," I deliberately announced the reason why s
Cassandra POV:I came back to the table and suddenly the atmosphere turned a bit stiff. The two men were looking stern for some reason. Honestly, I didn't care. I'm still pretty pissed off about this morning when Ricky tried to steal my house. But then, the things they talked about before I left was catching my attention.Who the heck was Don Luigi? Never heard of that name before. If he was someone who worked inside the company, then maybe I would know about it. Or if he was a client that Ricky was approaching, then I would know too. But I never heard anything about this person. I tried to search for that name on the internet but only a cartoon character came up, Luigi the Super Mario's twin brother. Okay, that was a stupid move.After lunch, Ricky and I finally headed to the company. We worked as usual and our routine was normal like yesterday. Nothing unusual happened, but I felt slightly uneasy today. Am I having an affair with my boss? I didn't know how to explain the type of rel
Cassandra POV:I ran to the door and opened it quickly. After having a heartfelt conversation with Dome inside the car before, I sort of trusted him now. So, I did not felt hesitated at all to open the front door when he called me out."What happened?" I asked while my hand clenched on the cardigan right in front of my chest to cover my revealing collarbone.Well, technically the sleeping gown that I wore before was like a thin singlet. It was not see-through but still too sexy to go out like that. Before Dome could answer me, the PA system of the building made a baffling announcement."Attention! Attention to all residents of Rosette Apartment. Please leave your units immediately within fifteen minutes. I repeat! Leave your units immediately in fifteen minutes! We received a lethal threat that there's a bomb inside the building. It might blow out any moment now. Leave the building immediately and use the stairs!"What? A bomb? My eye widened as I stared at Dome in disbelief. He notic
Riccardo POV:The time on my watch showed almost six. Cassandra had left like an hour ago. I guessed she probably had arrived home by now. I had no intention to stop working yet, probably going to stay in the office until midnight.My phone which was in silent mode kept vibrating since morning, receiving calls from Carina. I avoided answering any of those calls because I didn't have the mood to argue with Carina right now. Surely, all her calls must be because of Cassandra. Don Luigi had announced his birthday party, so Carina must have wanted to know who was my plus one for the party later. She probably wanted to persuade me to make her my partner. Hell, no. Sergio said I should bring Cassie to that party. So, Cassie it was.My eyes suddenly caught something unusual on my phone screen. There were just calls before. But now, I saw Carina sent me a message with some pictures attached. That was a bit uncanny. Did she try to blackmail me with some of our intimate photos now? So, I opened
Cassandra POV:Ricky gave no response to my question. He was just keeping his mouth shut and a moment later, he looked away from me. Slowly, I released his arm and pretended to run back to the apartment building."Wait! Where are you going?!" The man got annoyed. I expected him to chase after me, and he did.My steps were probably too tiny, it only took seconds for him to grab my body again. Without words, he just dragged me and shoved me into the black car that sent me home before. One of his men entered the driver's seat without being told and started the engine. Ricky told him to drive a bit far away from the scene, so the driver drove about two buildings away from Rosette Apartment. Initially, the car was parked right in front of the apartment building."Get out. I need some privacy," Ricky told the driver when the car halted by the roadside, leaving only me and him inside."Who's Carina? Why were your men all around the apartment? What's with the bomb? Was that meant for you? Is
Cassandra POV:Ricky didn't answer me. Instead, he gave me his cold look as if he dislike my question. I didn't have the mood to continue this argument. All I wanted was to go back into my apartment unit and continued watching television so my mind could forget what happened. I could sense that he was still following me. I tried to enter Rosette Apartment again but the two police officers that stood by the entrance stopped me, requiring me to give a few statements to them."Miss, I'm sorry to bother you but we need to ask you if you have any idea who might be the one behind this prank. If you know anything at all, please tell us," the first officer said."Do you know any of the former management employees of this apartment? I asked almost every tenant and they all noticed that the management had changed their entire employees this morning, including the janitor. Have you had any idea why this happen? This might help the case," the second officer added.No, it's not. That won't help th
Riccardo POV:We were now sitting in the backseat of a Maybach car, heading towards my mansion. I instructed Dome to be the driver. Cassie was sitting on my left pushing her body close to the car door, putting a clear distance between us. She didn't want to look at me.After the police officers took my side and advised her to follow me back home, she had no choice but to concur. So, here we were, having a silent argument inside this car.She was no longer covered with Dome's suit. It was silly but I felt jealous over the fact that Dome gave her his suit to cover her revealing clothes, a sleeping gown to be exact. So, I took off Dome's suit and gave it back to the bodyguard and now Cassie was wearing my suit instead. Trust me, I wished I was the suit.I tried to circle my arm around her shoulders. But she pushed me away hatefully as soon as my hand tried to reach her. Clearly, she was still pissed off over what happened tonight. Understandable, of course. She just found out that I had
Cassandra POV:Had you ever felt like you'd been kidnapped? Because that was how I felt right now. I was taken away from my home without my will and now I needed to survive this strange mansion that Ricky claimed was haunted.Okay, that was not even the worst part. Let just went back to the time after the bomb prank incident, right after the police officers took his side and advised me to just live in his house for the safety of the other tenants of Rosette Apartment.During the incident, I ran to safety with only a sleeping gown on my body and house slippers on my feet. Nothing was with me other than that. So, after the commotion subsided, I wanted to go up back to my apartment unit. But Ricky disallowed me, saying it was his house technically because he was the dominant owner according to the house ownership agreement I signed before. I told him I needed my stuff up there, at least my phone and my purse. So, he asked me where I put those. I said they were in my handbag. Then, he jus