LOGINAlessio Giordano Her curves in the skirt she wore did more than strike a chord.She looked unsure as she replied me and I enjoyed how uncomfortable she was looking at my bare chest.After watching her walk away, I went to my room and sent a text that read : Did you find anything yet? To the spy I hired.Matteo thought putting extra eyes on her was creepy but I needed to be sure she wasn't making the wrong decisions and falling into the hands of the wrong people. "Nothing yet boss." I got a reply. My door creaked open and Matteo strolled in, shaking his head."Nana is asking of you. You practically ignore her now." He stated as a matter of fact. Nana was the one who raised me after my mother's demise and she must think I was actively avoiding her."What did you tell her?" I asked, hoping that my Beta would've said something to cover up for me."Nothing Alessio. You have been acting carelessly these days and refusing to take your shorts. I cannot continue to protect you." He replied
Gianna Marino "I think we should leave now." I muttered with urgency, making him arch his brows."What? We just got here." "Uhm, I'm pressed. I'll be right back." I excused myself and walked towards the restroom, throwing my face in the opposite direction.I covered the side of my face with my palm, hoping that it wouldn't be too obvious for Alessio or Ivy to notice.When I got to the restroom, I placed my hands on the hand wash basin and stared at myself in the mirror.A thought sprang up in my mind as I looked at my reflection catching her breath."Why are you hiding from them?" I muttered suddenly, as though I'd snapped back to my senses. "It's not like you were doing something wrong, besides, you are old enough to meet up with men if you want to." I said to myself again, straightening my frame and squaring my shoulders."You've got this." I smoothed my dress and walked out of the restroom. Alessio and Ivy took the table before ours, my colleague was sitting cluelessly, glancin
Gianna Marino "Hello stranger." He greeted me with a surprised expression on his face."What are you doing here?" I askedHe scoffed at my question. "I won't be wrong to ask the same question. This is where I work." He replied My mouth formed an "O" The previous day, while we were talking, I had no idea where he was working.We only talked about how strenuous working for an organisation could be, we didn't tell which organisation it was.Now, standing before him, I should've asked."You work here?" I asked, even though I'd heard him correctly the first time."Yup, I do. But I had no idea the pretty lady I met at the other company was working here." He replied, smiling."Oh, umm..." I searched for words to reply to him with. It would be weird to begin to explain the situation to him.Telling him I was the daughter of the late CEO and I was there to take over my father's company was too much information and unnecessary. So I forced a smile and said, "My company sent me here as thei
Gianna Marino I barely slept through the night so I was up before morning the next day.I already had my bag packed for work, all I needed to do was freshen up and head to work. And that was what I did.Before 7am, I was fully prepared for work. I hung around my room waiting for 7am on the dot before leaving the house so it wouldn't seem too early.I hauled a cab and slid into the back seat after communicating my location. I had a plan and it was; using work to keep myself so busy so that I won't be able to think about Alessio or his sassy fiance The moment the cab stopped me in front of my father's company, I forgot about Alessio and all I could think of was Beatrice and Cassie. They were not the best people to think about but it was better to have them in mind than to have the poker-faced Alessio Giordano in mind.I strutted into the company around 7:30am and it was just like I expected, the place was empty. Not a single staff was seen around the premises. What if a client neede
Gianna MarinoI turned around and saw that Alessio was following me."Gianna!" He called, running after me.My legs halted even though I wanted them to keep on moving."What do you want? Why can't you be with your fiance and leave me be?" I asked out of frustration.Why couldn't they just leave me be? I wasn't stopping them from being together so why would Ivy make me her problem?Alessio halted when he got to where I stood but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at my face like he was looking for something.Bruises maybe, hand marks, maybe. I couldn't wait for him to check how much damage his fiance had caused to my face, I lashed at him."All I want is to find justice for my father. I don't care about your relationship with whoever. We can never be together so why should I care? Why don't you tell her to let me be? I have a lot on my plate already! I just want to find the culprit!!" I yelled out of anger.Not minding if I leaked any secret I'd been guarding like it was my ess
Gianna Marino The next day, I resumed work as usual. Cleaned my desk and settled down waiting for tasks for the day when one of the security personnel walked up to me."Excuse me ma, there are two women outside. They said they are here to see the boss." "Did they say their names?" I asked as per procedure. On a normal note, no one was allowed to see Alessio unless they had an appointment with him. But it didn't look like that since he didn't inform me about it that day."They are from the Marino company." He replied.My eyes widened.Had they finally come to beg for Alessio's mercy and intervention?It was quicker than I thought."Okay, let them in. I will inform him about it now." I walked into Alessio's office while he walked away."What do you want?" Alessio asked before I could shut the door behind me."I.. the security officer told me that two women from my father's company are here." "Let them in." He replied curtly and shifted his gaze back to the tablet before him.As I op
Gianna MarinoI didn’t even get the damn chance to cry my eyes out.Beatrice walked in on me sobbing in my room and she snapped.“So this is where you are, lazing around while I wait in the hall?!” She didn’t wait for a reply before dealing me a slap across the face.I pressed my palm against the s
Gianna Marino"Stop dragging your feet, Gianna! The guests will be arriving soon and nothing looks ready," Beatrice snapped, with a scowl as I hurried back to the hall to double-check the arrangements.That day was my twenty-first birthday but Beatrice thought it best to make a special announcement
Gianna Marino I woke up on a strange bed with a head splitting headache. I groaned and rubbed my forehead. 'How did I end up here?' I wondered.'Did I get drunk and disrupt the party?' I cringed at the thought of it. It would be so humiliating. I wanted to turn but I felt something beside me. I s
Alessio Giordano "I'm sorry Alessio, we missed him again." Dante, my Beta informed walking into my office after another futile search for the spy."How did you miss it again?!" I groaned with anger.Dante paused and gestured with his hands."Calm down. You don't have to let the beast take over. We







