CHAPTER 5 - MAYBE A ONE NIGHTSTAND

Riccardo's POV:

I was going to give my mobile to her knowing that she wanted that but then I remembered that I still didn't know if she was real or not. What if she is any kind of trap?

"I want to call someone. Can you please give me your phone?" She asked me still panicking and I wondered what had suddenly got into her.

"I can't give my mobile to you. If it is important and doesn't have anything secret, tell me the number. I'll make the call and you can speak but I'll put the call on speaker" I said to her thinking that she wouldn't accept and without even wasting a second, she nodded her head proving me wrong.

"The number is 39*********" She told me the number as I typed it on my mobile but was shocked when I saw that the number was already in my contact list.

What shocked me more was the name. It's Noah Mathews. I got confused and thought that she must have told me the wrong number or I must have possibly made a typo.

"Repeat the number," I told and she again told me the number with the same panic state but with a little irritation.

As I retyped the number, I again got the same result. I looked at her and looked at Noah's name in my phone and tried to connect the things but seeing my look she panicked more.

"Is he not attending the call?" She asked in fear and I only got the option of calling him in my personal number which only two people have. One is my private investigator and another one is the head servant in my mansion.

I called Noah at that number because I didn't want him to know that I was the one who was calling him because I knew that he had my business number. As it was dialing, I started to think about the possible way that she got his number and why she was having that memorized. Maybe, she can be his one-night stand but then how she get his number? I don't think Noah will give his personal number to women like her. Or am I thinking wrong?

I got out of thought when the call connected and I put it on the speaker and placed it on the armrest of the couch that is in the center of us.

"Hello, who is this?... Tell me, dammit. Who is this?" I heard Noah's voice blaring from the other side and it's clear that he is angry and tensed. But, why?

I looked at her but I froze when I saw her smiling widely and relaxed.

"Monkey…" She screamed in happiness but I got confused hearing her calling him monkey.

"Thank god, Monkey, nothing happened to you. You're safe right?" She asked him without taking a breath.

"Rabbit…what…where the hell are you? Why you didn't board my friend's jet?" He questioned her in response without replying to her question.

"First, you tell me, are you safe? You guys are not going to Rome, right? The pilot here is saying that the climate is worse on the normal route. You guys didn't get in the problem right?" She asked him again and again that Noah didn't reply to her.

"You tell me first, are you safe? Where the hell are you? And Pilot. Where and how are you heading when you didn't board my friend's jet? Did you board the wrong flight? Or worse someone kidnapped you? Why are you silent Rabbit, tell me" I heard Noah's panicking voice and all I could think was what the hell is happening here.

Monkey and Rabbit…Kidnap…

But, before she spoke, I heard some other's voice and I immediately identified that person as Andres Carlo. I became confused not knowing what he was doing with Noah when they both are rivals. Yes, they both even look at each other in meetings and then how they both are near.

"Guys, stop. And, Ishita, we are fine. We didn't even board the jet because before that we got the news that you didn't board Prinston's jet. We are panicking here about you. Just tell us whether you are safe or not" I heard him trying to take the conversation like adults rather than screaming and I smiled internally whispering her name ‘Ishita'.

"Thank god, Andres. You guys are fine. And, I'm also fine. I board the jet as Noah told me. He told me to board the G85 of Boeing and I did that but after that only I knew that this flight did not belong to Noah's friend but some other one" She spoke confusedly and I too got confused more.

"What the hell…" My confusion only increased when I heard another voice from the other side of the call and I identified that it was Herman Mathews.

"Why are you shouting, Herman?" I heard Noah asking his twin and I saw that this girl Ishita was also scrunching her face in confusion.

"Princess, did you just say that you boarded G85 of Boeing?" It's Herman who questioned her and I got more interested in them. But, why the hell he is calling her ‘princess'?

"Yes, Herman, what's wrong with that?" She asked in reply and after that, all we heard was the commotion from the other side.

"You bloody idiots, why are you all hitting me now?" I heard Noah's cry and saw Ishita looking at my mobile confusedly.

"Guys, what are you doing?" She asked him in confusion but I heard another new voice.

"Leave that Princess. I think it's better to kill Noah" It was the girl from the other side and I couldn't able to recognize her voice.

"Adele, why are saying this? Stop Herman and Andres" Ishita told that other girl and I got confused thinking about whether Adele Maiden was the one who was talking to her as she is also a well-known businesswoman.

"Princess, trust me. Your monkey needs to get some brain other than sleeping over with random girls" That girl Adele spoke in a serious tone and I guessed that she was talking about Noah.

"Adele Maiden, I'm asking you to freaking stop your boyfriend and Andres from killing Noah," Ishita said and my eyes widened when I decode her sentence.

Does that mean that Herman is Adele's boyfriend? But, to hell, they both are freaking rivals and I even saw them quarreling often in the business meetings. Are they even for real?

"Girl, stop supporting your monkey always. Do you even know why they both are punching him? The jet you're in now belongs to Mr. Riccardo Salvatore Armani, the devil himself. And he hates the girl's species more. Prinston's jet is a G55 of Boeing, not a G85. Noah must have told you the wrong number in his drunken state. We would have let you know the correct number if he told us that he told you the number of the jet. He just told us that you're going to come to Rome in Prinston's jet" That girl Adele said and now half of my confusion got cleared.

"It is okay, Adele, I'm fine here and Mr. Armani is too not here in the jet. I think one of his friends is here" She said and looked at me for a split second.

What the hell? She didn't know me. She just thought I was one of my friends.

"Thank god, Ishita. Otherwise, I would have punched Noah on my own" Adele said and stopped both Herman and Andres from stopping hitting Noah.

"Get lost from my room" I heard Noah grumbling in pain and saw Ishita pouting her lips.

"We are only leaving you because she is safe" I heard Andres warning Noah and then I heard the loud noise of banging the door then the silence filled the other side.

I wonder whether Noah died.

"I'm sorry, Rabbit" Thankfully I heard Noah whispering and I saw Ishita smiling I'm having a hard time decoding the relationship both Noah and this woman here have because I know that Noah Mathew is also one of the hot-headed businessmen and a casinova.

"Is it paining, Monkey?" She asked him and laughed out loudly like this was normal between them.

"I regret introducing you to them" Noah grumbled from the other side and I saw Ishita relaxing visibly.

She just hummed as the response and rested on the headrest and didn't say anything for a while.

"Rabbit, how are you going to come to Rome? You said that the climate is worst right?" He asked in a worried tone and she smiled.

"The pilot here said we are taking another route and it'll take 24 hours to reach Rome. What are you guys planning to do?" She told him and waited for his response.

"Don't worry, we will take the jet tomorrow morning when the climate is clear and we will possibly reach Rome before you and I'll come to pick you up. And, Rabbit, please be careful. I've already warned you about Mr. Armani. Though, he is not in his jet, be careful with whoever there are. You're my brave little rabbit right?" He asked and I understood that the relationship was something I couldn't decide soon and they were also talking while putting the mobile on speaker.

She didn't reply anything to him but I became more confused when I saw the tears drop rolling down her cheeks.

"Noah…" She called him in a crying voice and something inside me told me to wipe her tears and remove whatever pain she had. I understood that she was tensed before thinking about her friends but then she is crying for some other thing now and more than that she is calling him Noah.

"Ishita…why are you crying? Did you do something again? Do you want me to come over to you? Did someone do anything wrong?" He asked in a panic-stricken voice and I became more confused.

"Nothing, Noah. Can you please come to me as soon as I land in Rome?" She asked trying to control her tears but I could sense her shaking.

"My dear, Rabbit. I'll be waiting for you in Rome's private airport where you'll land, okay? Just go and sleep. Don't ever think anything stupid" He said and I could feel that he was trying to bring her out of her state.

"Okay, Monkey" She finally said smiling a little.

"Rabbit, I think this mobile belongs to that other person with you, right? Can you give it to him? I want to talk to him" He said and she hummed but I panicked a little not knowing what he was going to talk to me.

She looked at me and I understood her. I took the mobile and released it from the speaker mode and just hummed not wanting to let him identify me by my voice.

"Mr., I don't know who you are. And I'm sorry for the inconvenience. She boarded the wrong flight because of me. I don't know what possibly happened there but I know that something happened there and that's why she is crying now. Please, I'll talk to Mr. Armani about this, and please don't take her wrong and take care of her for these 24 hours. And, please share the exact time when you'll reach Rome. Please" He requested and I just hummed and hung off the call watching her trying to relax.

Now, I know that she is not a fake person and also she is not a one-nightstand of Noah but someone close to him in a way that I can't explain. I feel that their closeness is not of the boyfriend and girlfriend but some other.

He asked me to take care of her thinking that I'm the friend of Mr. Armani, but I myself want to take care of her seeing her like this. I smiled thinking about the ways to take her out of this and bring her back to that fierce kitten who dominated ME a few minutes ago.