I want you

Lucia realized she didn't know the room arranged for her. She leans against the wall in the hallway and starts sobbing.

"That woman took my mother's place, her daughter too mine." she cried out more loudly.

"Here miss," Ricardo said, extending to her a clean white handkerchief.

She raised her head to look at him.

"Are you also here to mock me?" She asked and continued crying.

She felt his cold hands on her shoulder, patting it slowly. She seized the opportunity and threw herself on him. Hugging him tightly.

She waited for him to hug her back and he didn't, instead, he carried her up, heading to her room.

He kicked the door open and brings her inside.

Dropping her onto the bed slowly but she didn't let go of him. she pulled him to the bed and he was on top of her.

They were in that position and stared at each other for a while. Then Ricardo tries to get up. Lucia wrapped her hands tightly around his waist.

"Miss Roberto, you're crossing the line," he said.

She kissed his neck and whispered to his ear.

"I want you and I know you want me too."

He swallows in his dry throat. Then continue staring at her. He moved his hands slowly on her body and cupped her face in his palm.

She didn't expect it, but he knocked her out and she became relaxed and fainted.

He took the duvet and covered her body then left the room.

In the study room, which was almost dark. Mr. Roberto could be seen going through some documents. He puts his finger under his glasses and cleaned his eyes.

He heard knocks on the door.

"Come in Ricardo." Mr. Roberto said, he had been expecting Ricardo's report since he arrived with Lucia. 

"Mr. Roberto." He said immediately he entered the room.

"How are you?" 

"I'm fine."

"Thank you for doing a good job protecting my daughter." He said.

"Thank you, I was only doing my job." 

"Are you sure you're only doing your job and nothing else?" This time, his voice sounded angry and he stood up.

"Come closer." He said and Ricardo did.

"How dare the likes of you try to be with my daughter?" He yelled, sending Ricardo to the floor with a blow.

Ricardo didn't say anything and Mr. Roberto pointed a gun at him.

"Tell me, huh? Who gave you that idea?" He stepped on Ricardo's knees, pressing them Hardly. It made crackling sounds like his bones were breaking.

"Arrgh." Ricardo cried out in pain.

At the midnight, Ricardo stood in the garden. Holding a cigarette then he brings out a lighter from his pockets and begins smoking.

Another bodyguard approached him.

"Borrow me your lighter." He said, bringing out his cigarette.

"Marco, you told the boss didn't you?" Ricardo asked, he was referring to the incident in the elevator. With Lucia.

Ricardo smiled and puffed out smoke from his mouth.

Marco walked close to him and whispered.

"Be very careful with the boss, he's not a simple person. I have my eyes on you." He puffed out smoke on Ricardo's face and left.

In the morning, Lucia woke up. She rubbed her neck slowly, it was still sour from the hit. She looked towards the window and find out it was morning already "Ricardo." She yelled out loudly. She just remembered he knocked her out last night and she was furious about it.

She checked her phone and sees it was almost nine a.m. She changed from her clothes into a robe and strolled to the bathroom.

Almost an hour later she was done dressing and she goes downstairs. Seeing Claudia and her daughter in the living room, laughing and discussing. she remembered what happened last night. 

"Lucia," Claudia called out on noticing her presence.

"Claudia, we're not enemies and rather are we friends. Don't try to be nice to me you know I won't but it." She blurted out.

"Lucia, I'm just trying to explain things to you, I'm sorry for making you argue with your dad last night. You had just arrived and we bothered you with irrelevant things, making you angry."

Lucia ignored her and turn to leave.

"Lucia you know what? I've had it with you." Maria yelled and approached her with a slap and they ended up fighting. Pulling out each other's hair and pinching their skin.

"Girls, stop it. Stop fighting." Claudia tries to stop them.

They were on the floor, rolling on each other.

Ricardo runs inside and stopped them He was strong enough to pull them away from each other.

"What is happening here." Mr. Roberto said. He give his suitcase to his bodyguard to hold for him, then he moved forward using his walking stick.

The man was all dressed up in a black suit and red tie. Going out and then he finds his two daughters, fighting.

"What happened here?" he asked.

"Daddy, she attacked me. Mum and I were just trying to get along with her and then she pushed and attacked me." Maria lied. Claudia had a pitiful face and started sobbing.

"What is it, my dear?" Roberto approached and hug her.

"I want to make her see me as her mother yet she criticizes me and calls me a slut." Maria immediately goes and holds her mother. "Mum calm down, if she doesn't accept us, we shouldn't force her."

"Claudia, you know that's a lie and if I did I'm not wrong at all."

-Slap.

Lucia falls to the floor, rubbing her face slowly.

Mr. Roberto slapped her hard. She looked at her father with her red teary eyes.

Ricardo clenched his fist tightly, watching Lucia cry.

"Guards," Roberto called out and two bodyguards answered immediately.

"Lock her in the dark room." He ordered.

Ricardo confused. Why did he give the job to someone else and not him?.

He was about to talk when Mr. Roberto spoke.

"Ricardo, you're her bodyguard. You should try to prevent these situations from happening." He said.

"I'm sorry boss." He bowed his head slightly.

"You're to guard her while she's locked up, don't mess up this time."