Cassandra POV:The whole ghastly atmosphere in this mansion just suffocated me, I felt like I needed to get some fresh air. I really needed to get away from this place for a while. Maybe I should find someone to talk to about all these things that bothered my mind since last night. But who could I meet? My friends? They won't understand what I was going through right now. Besides, I might put them in danger if they knew what I got myself into.Thinking of that, I suddenly realized that I could no longer meet my close friends as often as I used to. They might be a target of Ricky's enemies if I appeared close to them. They might get kidnapped and be used to threaten me, just like how I could be kidnapped and be used to threaten Ricky. Gosh, my life had really become complicated now. Everything seemed to turn upside down right after last night's incident.Yet there must be someone out there who I could talk to. A friend that I could trust and that friend should already know about the ex

Cassandra POV:I waited until they were done doing whatever kind of inspection and security checkup they needed to do on Nicola. It took about five minutes before Dome finally opened the car door for me. Actually, I didn't even know why the passenger doors of my car suddenly couldn't be opened from the inside. It seemed like Ricky had changed the lock just like he did to my apartment door lock before.I only could open it if Dome unlocked the door from the driver's seat or someone from outside opened it for me. This was very frustrating, they were treating me like I was a kid that needed child protection. I was a fully grown adult for God's sake. I could see now how scrupulous Ricky was to make sure I didn't try running away from him."Finally..." Nicola approached me and gave me a friendly hug."Let's go and have lunch inside. Just leave these two annoying men outside," I said while glaring at Dome and Marco. They just scoffed because they knew I was just kidding. Nicola chuckled at

Cassandra POV:"You know what? I think you should relax. Just stop thinking about it. How about we go and have some fun today? Let's do something fun so you could clear up your mind from this thing," Nicola suggested.She looked very excited about it so I went along with her idea. After all, this was why I went out anyway. I wanted a time out from thinking about Ricky. We went to have a full body spa session, and then Nicola invited me to the boutique she worked. I bought a few clothes and then we went shopping elsewhere too inside a mall. After feeling tired walking around, we went karaoke for two hours. It was the most exciting day of my life. Hanging out with Nicola was indeed different compared to hanging out with my friends."Valentine's Day is in two days. So be ready. I'm sure, Don Xavier would prepare something grand for you," Nicola said as she escorted me to my car. Dome and Marco were behind us looking tired like hell having to follow us around all day."You think so?" I re

Cassandra POV:A week passed and somehow the heaviness I had about the wedding slowly reduced. Maybe it was because I never saw Ricky killing anyone these past few days and he was never missing after midnight too. I knew several people had died at his hands because of Pedro's matter before, but he had a fairly good reason why he did it. Pedro was obviously damnable for killing women and children. My mind had probably been convinced that what Ricky did to Pedro was justice and my heart had slowly accepted it too.This morning, I received an unexpected text message from Nicola. She congratulated me for the engagement I had during Valentine's Day and informed me that Ricky had asked her personally to custom made a pair of heels for my wedding day. I guessed Ricky must be really serious about the wedding. He also had been asking a few fashion designers to come to the mansion to take my measurements so they could make my wedding dress. I didn't even know what it might look like, Ricky was

Riccardo POV:Cassandra looked fuming. I could see her nose flaring and her cheeks reddened. I noticed the movement of her chest getting up and down as if her heart was beating fast right now."Cassie, don't make a scene. Don't disrespect the De Luca family. Now is not the time for you to lose control," I whispered in her ear and she met my eyes, glaring for no reason.I should have known better than anyone else to not let her mingle with Carina. I thought she would handle it well, unlike what happened during Don Luigi's birthday party. Apparently, she was still easily provoked by that Rossi woman. It was a close call, thank goodness Nicola knew how to stop her. If only she was a little late, Cassie might create another trouble for me. Who would want to start a cold war between the Mafia gangs during a funeral? This woman really didn't know how much she had almost given me heart attacks. Her actions were really unpredictable sometimes, it stressed me out if she failed to behave nicely