"He did what?!" Melissa's voice was loud and sharp. She stared at Claire, who had just run into the room, breathing hard from the news she carried. Claire nodded, almost out of breath from running and the excitement of the gossip."Yes, Melissa. I heard it from Leonor herself, I was just passing by the hall when I heard Leonor chit-chatting with someone. I wanted to know what foolish maid would laugh with the idiot who was disrespectful to our master. It turned out to be Master Armando's friend. According to Leonor, Master Armando had even bought her a dress. A beautiful one. And she's going with him to a party tonight!" Claire spilled the words out quickly, her eyes wide with shock.Melissa's face turned red with anger. She had always been the one at Armando's side whenever there was a party to attend. It was her place to be seen with him, not some new girl. "Why would he do that? Why her?" Melissa's hands balled into fists. She felt betrayed and angered, and she just wanted to punch
Leonor hesitated for a moment, but then nodded and placed her hand on his arm reluctantly. As they walked towards the waiting car, she couldn't shake off the feeling of being both intrigued and wary of Armando's intentions.During the ride to the venue of the party, Armando had explained to Leonor the importance of this occasion to him and that he wouldn't spare her life for even a second if she were to make a mistake at the party. She nodded calmly but tensed up at his sudden change of character again. What was up with this man and excessive mood swings?He knew it was the first time she'd be going to a party like this and also warned her not to wander around aimlessly and remain close to him.Armando drove at bullet speed to the venue. And they stopped in front of the massive mansion of Lord Williams, a hot-headed young man in the business. He wasn't quite at Armando's level yet, but he was rising fast for his age and would soon become a problem. They were in the same line of busine
Leonor looked up at Armando's angry face and frowned. He didn't even look at her. This made her even more mad at him for being so rude.He didn't drive them back home as it was a bit too far ahead, and he might just end up purposely causing an accident in his anger. He pulled over at one of his hotels and got out without glancing back at the woman who was in the car with him.She got out and followed him closely behind in anger and reached out to him. "Why are we here? Let's go back home." She said seriously."Can you drive?" He snapped. She was slightly taken aback by his question, she could drive, but she was still slightly lightheaded and drunk so that would be a bad idea. "No," Came her soft reply, he then said, "If you do not wish to get into an accident tonight, then shut the fuck up." He said and walked in. The receptionist saw him and immediately recognized him, the manager who was by the side also noticed his presence and rushed forth. "Ah... Master Armando. Good evening."
After a while, Armando started to feel weird about how quiet the bathroom was. Something seemed off. He figured he should check in on her, just to be certain she was alright. When Armando opened the bathroom door, he saw Leonor fast asleep in the tub. Her head was resting on the edge, and she was out cold. He couldn't help but let out a quiet laugh as he saw her calm face. It was so different from the tough little, feisty cat she was whenever she was awake."Sleeping in the bath, huh, princess?" Armando said to himself softly, a small smile on his face.He knew he couldn't just leave her there in the water. So, he picked her up gently, trying not to wake her up. Leonor made a little sound in her sleep like she would rather not be moved, but she didn't wake up.Armando wrapped her in a big, soft towel and carried her to the bed. He put her down carefully and took a second to look at her. Asleep, she looked so young and quiet. He didn't get to see this side of her much.He realized she
Leonor tried to stay calm. "Yes, I am. My things, they're not in my room. Do you know where they are?" Melissa moved closer, her smile was big but not nice. "Why? Do you think you're something special here? Think Master Armando cares about you?"Leonor didn't want to fight. "I just want to find my things. Please."Melissa laughed, a sound that didn't match her eyes. "Oh, he's got you all mixed up, huh? You think he's your knight or something just because he saved your slutty ass from being molested there and then?"Leonor felt her cheeks get hot in anger as she knew it had to be one of the ladies at the party who immediately gossiped about her to Melissa. "I don't think that. I just—"Melissa cut her off. "You just what? Do you think you're his number-one girl now? Leonor, you keep saying you're not interested in Master Armando, when in fact all you want to do that most is gain attention to yourself, you self-induced whore.""Look, Melissa-" she called, trying to hold herself back.
Armando watched Luca leave, his mind still on Leonor and Lorenzo. But mostly on Leonor, what had that foolish girl done now? He pushed the whole blame on Leonor as he would rather not feel any atom of spitefulness towards his brother-like friend. He had to see her and ask how and why she got close to Lorenzo, of all people."Master Armando? There's still something I need to inform you about." Williams chimed in, remembering something. Not that he forgot in the first place, he had initially planned to report this later when his master wasn't thinking about Leonor. But this time he decided to just tell him so he doesn't end up confronting and doing things without thinking carefully first."What is it, Williams?" He cursed under his breath and combed his hand through his hair as though that little act could take away all his stress. "The goods at the West side are stuck at the port. Donovan Mitchell's cousin is sniffing around, thinking we're behind his dumb cousin's death. Which, by the
'Who did that jerk think he was?' Leonor thought to herself as she paced up and down the room. She couldn't believe Armando had made her stay in this room while her things were taken away into the room next to his, which didn't even have a bed. She refused to even go into his room, even after he had left. She remained in the bedless room with her things.She was still brooding when she heard the door open and just when she thought things couldn't get worse, Melissa brought her raging bitch ass into the room and began ranting."I don't know what's wrong with Armando, why on earth would he give someone like you this room? It's special to him and therefore should be mine." She said, and Leonor ignored her rantings and tried to go sit by the corner and calm her nerves down when she felt Melissa grab her by the arm.Leonor took her arm forcefully from her grip, only for Leonor to see her raise her arm in an attempt to slap her. Leonor raised her arm and held her hand as she looked her in t
Leonor went around the house greeting and waving at people while smiling. Some greeted back, some snorted and others just snubbed but she didn't care. 'Nothing was going to ruin my day'.Just then, she bumped into Armando's rock-hard chest.'Except him'"What's got you smiling so early in the morning" Armando asked and Leonor's smile turned into a frown. "Must you ruin my day before it even starts?" she retorted and walked out on him nervously. Leonor could feel her heart beating due to fear, she felt as though she had stayed close to him, he would most definitely find out about what happened last night and what her brother intended to do.Leonor made sure to stay away from Armando for the rest of the morning and when she was sure he had gone to work, she continued moving around the house bored until she met with Lorenzo and Luca.As usual, they all sat together in the living room and chatted for a while, Luca did most of the talking though. Leonor brought some of the treats she had