Revenge Of The Temptress

The phone rang for the third time in ten minutes and Aurora Santini wanted to throw it against the wall. Instead she took a deep breath and answered with her most professional voice."Santini Imports, this is Aurora speaking.""Where the hell is my shipment?" The voice was loud enough that she had to pull the phone away from her ear. "I was promised delivery three days ago and I've got nothing!"Aurora pulled up the client file, fingers flying across the keyboard. Behind her she could hear Victoria's heels clicking across the marble floor of what used to be her father's office. What should have been her office."Mr. Chen, your container was held up at customs. We've been working with our broker to resolve the documentation issue and..." Aurora paused as Victoria's voice cut through the air like a blade."Aurora, when you're finished playing secretary perhaps you could remember that some of us have real work to do."Heat rose in Aurora's cheeks but she kept her voice steady. "Mr. Chen,

Aurora spent the rest of the day at Maria's apartment trying to make sense of everything. Maria had printed out newspaper articles about the Romano family. Headlines about suspected racketeering, money laundering, bodies that turned up in the river. And at the center of it all was Luciano Romano, described as brilliant, ruthless, and completely untouchable."Look at this," Maria pointed to a photo from some charity gala. Luciano in a tuxedo with a blonde socialite on his arm. "This is from last month. The article says he's never been married, never been in a serious relationship. Just a string of beautiful women who never last more than a few weeks."Aurora stared at the photo. He looked exactly the same as he had last night, except colder somehow. More remote."Maybe it's better that you only had one night," Maria said softly. "Men like that, they don't do happily ever after."By seven thirty Aurora was getting dressed for her meeting with Marcus. She'd hidden copies of evidence at M

Lucino entered the building with Aurora and she started to look around immediately. She noticed everyone was dressed in black and there was something different about this party. It felt too boring for a party. The music was slow and sounded a little bit sad, the lights in the room were a little bit dimmed, and the guests seemed to be having conversations. It was a weird party. “Mr. Romano.” A voice called and Lucino turned to see a middle-aged man walking towards him. He got to Lucino and bowed a little which made Aurora wonder if he works for him. They started to have a conversation that Aurora wasn't interested in. She kept looking around without trying to see if she could finally understand something going on. “Hey,” Lucino called and she turned to him. “Come on,” he muttered and pulled her to a table. They took their seats and she noticed everyone was taking their seats too.She noticed there was a stage that everyone was paying attention to. Aurora wondered what was going

HOURS LATER“Ma’am.” A maid called repeatedly as she stared at Aurora who was just lying on the bed and staring. She was just thinking about a lot of things. How did her life take an insane turn?“Ma’am, we have to get you ready. Mr. Romano would be ready in minutes.” Another maid said and Aurora finally paid attention to them. She looked at them then her eyes drifted to the couch to see a new dress too. She wondered where they would be heading this time. Is she about to witness another murder?She got up and the maids rushed to her to do their thing. They were finally done getting her ready after minutes. They were rounding up with her hair when the door to her room opened and Lucino walked in. Aurora’s heart skipped a beat as she stared at him through the mirror. The maids bowed to him before walking out of the room. Aurora looked away from him and exhaled heavily. He stood behind her and Aurora bowed her head a little.“Get up,” he ordered and she looked at him through the mir

“How the hell do you think slaves get fucked?” he asked and Aurora whimpered a little as his grip on her tightened.“Besides, who said anything about fucking you?” he added and pulled away from her. Aurora turned to him and caressed her wrist. Without saying anything, he walked out of the bathroom. Aurora exhaled heavily as tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. What the hell is she doing? For revenge, she is letting a man treat her like trash? Are all these really still worth it? For Marcus who is the most pathetic person she has ever met? Or her stepmother and sister who are probably having their best lives right now? But she needs to do this, she needs to get her inheritance back and show them they can't just get away with messing with her. Aurora took her time in the bathroom till she was feeling better. After that, she walked out and headed out of the house instead. She was done with the dinner. She wasn't ready to see Marcus or his crazy brother, Lucino, whom she ended up wi