Riccardo POV: I didn't hit women or children unless they really deserved it. But most of the time, they didn't. I was different from my father. When I took over his secret organization, I made sure to put an end to any illegal activities that involved women and children. I even hindered drugs from being sold in my region. I didn't care about the other regions, I'm just going to make sure that my region was clean from any of those shit. Prostitution and organ selling, these two were the main activities that terrorized women and children as their sources. These were not my cup of tea, so none of Xavier's men was allowed to do these. For those who dared to do it behind my back, I won't hesitate to kill them without mercy. That was why despite Carina trying hard to seduce me in this room, I still remained calm. Honestly, it was disgusting. I felt like kicking her. If only she was a man, I would have done it without a second thought. "Cassandra is just a temporary thing. You'll get bore

Riccardo POV: I was a ruthless man for years, I didn't feel any sympathy anymore when I saw people crying in front of me. But when it was Cassandra, the rue suddenly hit me hard inside. I really wished she didn't have to see what happened inside that room. She might not believe me but I didn't intend to cheat on her. I simply wanted to see how far Carina would go to degrade herself in return for my love. I just wanted to mock that bitch later. But Cassie came at the wrong timing, seeing only the surface of the event without knowing what I intend inside. She probably didn't understand that the type of seductive provocation Carina showed to me was something normal in my underworld. It would be such a lie if I said I never encountered something like that during my reign in the underworld. I visited nightclubs and casinos quite a lot in the past for business purposes and each time, there were always women throwing themselves on me. It was normal, at least for me. It was not like I'm sl

Riccardo POV:I didn't really mean to harm Cassie. But somehow, she was just so annoying tonight, I couldn't help it. She should have known how little my patience was, considering she was my secretary who lived with me. Sometimes, I felt like this was a test from the Almighty to see if I was really serious about making this woman my wife.Just looked at her, struggling like an animal to escape when I pushed her to the bed. She made it seem like I'm the bad person here. If she was not so irritating during the party and on the journey back before, I wouldn't have drugged her and put that handcuff around her wrists. She tried to run away. It was not that hard to sense her intention.We were inside the region of a potential enemy right now. It would be a big problem if she went missing here. Although all those people who attended Don Luigi's birthday party seemed to show respect for me, that didn't mean they were my friends. They all were still potential enemies that I needed to beware of

Cassandra POV:I shook my head, trying to brush away the confusion in my head. What the hell did I want actually?"Come and sleep on the bed again," Ricky's domineering voice instructed me. But my head was just too numb to even process his words.I slowly lay down on the sofa, ignoring his demand. Thank goodness he wasn't trying to force me or anything. He just went into the bedroom again and seconds later came out with a blanket in his hand.Ricky approached me and my body flinched a little when he sat beside me. His hands meticulously spread the blanket over my body covering me until my shoulders."It's cool tonight. If you decided to sleep here, then I'll join you," he said as if he was considerate to keep me company.Ricky moved to sit on a one-seater sofa and he laid his body and his head backwards, sleeping in that position. Was he trying to guard me from leaving? Why did he need to sleep so close to me?An hour passed and I just couldn't seem to sleep at all. My mind was in a m

Cassandra POV:"Hello," my mother's voice was heard on the other end of the line.I was a bit glad that she didn't change her number yet. But she didn't sound like she knew the call was from me. That was weird because I never changed mine too. So, did that mean my mother deleted my phone number?"Hmm... is this Mrs Moore?" I asked in the hope that she would recognize her daughter's voice. But her reply was heartbreaking to me."Yes, this is Julia Moore. Who is this?"For a moment, I didn't know what to say. I took a deep breath as my ear heard my mother saying hello a few times, probably wondering if the call was cut."Mom... it's me. Cassie...""Who's that?" I heard my father's voice talking in the background."Is it a scam call?" And Christopher's voice came along after that too. He was my younger brother.I guessed my mother covered the phone and I heard some whispering between them. My mother probably told the men of the house that it was a call from me."So, you finally called us