~Laurel~Claps filled the air the moment, Luciano mounted on stage. "Well thank you all for being here. We all know the lives of thousands of people are at stake and............" Luciano's voice faded the moment I turned and our eyes met.The chemistry. It was so intense that even though he was seated miles away, I could still feel him all over me. All over my skin and body. It was getting out of hand. I needed to stop bumping into Kurt at every turn to avoid getting into trouble.After the meeting and donations, I was about getting into the car when I sighted Kurt talking to someone. I was wrong because Luciano sighted him first."Mr Kenton," he called out and I was forced to look away the moment Kurt looked our way."Luciano." Kurt called out in response, walking towards us."You're here. Didn't know you fancy in events such as this.""Anything for society.""Hm. Oh and have you met my wife..."What?!Wife?!"Rosalié de la Cruz. Say hi to him darling,""We've met before," I didn't w

~Mirabelle~It was almost 11pm and I was on my way home. Dad was freaking out earlier when he heard I was still at work and that I had to gone to work refusing to be accompanied by any of his men. He had refused to accept the fact that we were far from harm and that no one could ever hurt us.I was still miles away from home when my car suddenly came to halt, just on the side of the road. I was exhausted and stress was the last thing I needed right now. The car refused to start and I wondered since it hasn't run out of gasoline. I got down to check it and to utmost dismay, one of the tires had been punctured."Shit," I pulled out my phone and tried calling my assigned bodyguard, Tony but to my shock, the call didn't go through. There was no network connection and I was stuck here in the middle of nowhere. I was beginning to understand the reason why dad never allows leave the house without security. Moving forward, I stood by the road and waited for a car to probably pass but the one

~Kurt~The door to the conference room opened and I stepped in. "Welcome, sir."I took a moment to observe everyone before taking my seat. The head seat. "Shall we start?"The doors slid open. "Wait!" I lifted to head to the owner of the familiar voice and I was shocked when I saw Rose.What on Earth was she doing here?It was as if she could read everyone's mind because the next thing that came out of her mouth the moment she took her opposite me was, "I will be representing Luciano from now henceforth." Flashing me a smile, she rubbed her hands together, "Shall we begin?"~The moment I declared the end of the meeting, Rose stood up and held out her hand for me. My gaze traveled from her hand to her face. "What for?""For letting me take part in the meeting.""It's just temporary. And besides, don't be too excited. Luciano used Alanis to buy his place here. It won't be long before I kick him out completely.""I doubt you will anytime soon. But for now, let's enjoy the alliance."I

~Kurt~"Sir," Phil stacked up files and landed them on my table. "All the information you need." I picked up the first file and went through it. "Who is she?""Rosalie De la Cruz isn't all she seems. It seems Luciano discovered her five years ago and held her hostage, telling everyone she's his wife meanwhile, she isn't. Her secret reports shows that Rosalie isn't even her real name, we'll discover that very soon. Report says she's a Greek but grew up here in America. Her mom runs a restaurant business in New York and she's an only child."I didn't know why but not only was my breathing ragged, my heart was thumping heavily in my chest."And she has a child. A son of about five years old who currently is being held hostage by Luciano Lorenzo.""She has a child?"He nodded. "There's something you should see, Boss. In person."~I got out of my car and slammed the car door shut. "Why are we here?""Just come with me.""Phil, this is a disrespect to my wife. We shouldn't even be here in

~*Laurel*~"Does it still hurt?" Kurt asked me after they had stitched the part of my skin I cut open with knife earlier."The pain is nothing like the one I felt when Luciano was inserting it in.""He shouldn't have done that to you. Touching you was a big mistake. A mistake that he is going to regret for the rest of his life." "I've told you, Kurt. Don't you dare think of making any rasp decision. We wouldn't want to blow up our cover....""Boss," it was Phil. He had been working on the camera to see if he could find out anything. "Phil, what is it?""Boss, the bodycam was a great one. Seems it was revamped to only cause pain in the human body but also to function as a normal bodycam used for recording.""That explains why the color of her eyes were different.""Yeah and we found some records as well. I'd like you to come check it out.""Alright, let's go." The moment, Kurt straightened up from the body of the wall he stood watching me, I knew I had to tell him the truth."Kurt,