[ Alessandro De Niro ]"I am sorry, mio amore. The evening didn't turn out like we planned it for all of us." I held her knuckles and dropped an apology kiss there."I see it differently, my love."She kissed my hands one by one.Her hair locks were waving with the mild cold breeze in the midnight hour of the new year. We were on our most comfortable spot, our rooftop gazing at the firework in the sky.We just bade bye to other friends and tucked a heavily drunk Chase into the bed in our guestroom and now it was only two of us. We partied hard at the club for a couple of hours which helped my best friend to get his mind off from the girl he took seriously for the first time but she turned out to be a gold digger."You always look at the brighter side, Ana and it makes me fall more for you, you know that right?"I pulled her into my arms and laid us down on the cushioned mattress."I wish this new year will bring only happiness for us, Aless. I am tired of this life full of heartache, bet

[ Aitana ]"Is everything fine with you, Ana? You seem off?" Alessandro's soft voice snapped me out of my reverie.I looked around myself and realized, I sat on the same spot when I entered in the diner and encountered with Maximus. My guts cringed from insides.I licked my lips hesitantly and rose on my numb feet."You're are thirty minutes late?"I glanced down at my watch, it showed around seven."Sorry, love I got stuck in the traffic that's why I am late.I texted you but I see you didn't read it, did you?"He ushered us out of the small diner to where he parked his car, I spotted his men in formal clothes standing everywhere."I am sorry, I..was..actually I met Maximus."I sighed and dared to look at him whose jaw clenched upon hearing this from me,"I went to the diner to grab a coffee and wait for you there when he came here, uninvited or may be he stalked me. His behavior wasn't unsual neither did I tell him what we know about him. I thought to discuss it with you first."I added.

[ Aitana ]"Ms. Aitana, you're implying that the will of your grandfather comes in effect on the day you turned twenty one, which means for last two years, you waited for nothing. You could have claimed it back why now when everything is running smoothly." One of the old board member with a dry expression on his wrinkled bony face said in a baritone."Isn't it obvious that sooner or later she must inherit her rights, Sir?" Alessandro dealt with the old hag as I had no trust on my anger."No, we're not saying this. Please don't twist our words. Our concern is mainly focused on her capabilities to run a successful company, which had been abandoned by Graysons since the death of Mr. Leonard Grayson, her grandfather. Unfortunately, her father, Mr. Liam Grayson showed no interest in running the company after his father and transferred all the accountable responsibilities on Mr. Jake Wilson."The old wreck, pointed his finger at Mr. Wilson who pretended his best to act neutral in the tensed

[ Alessandro De Niro ]I felt like a bus crushed me over and over again and still my heart was adamant to beat, my eyes were practically burning due to lack of sleep and ample quantity of alcohol creating hurricane inside my body."Hey, man just stop, it's your third bottle. I don't want my sister to shoot me in the guts if she finds out that I failed to stop her husband killing his levers." Chase tried to take the bottle out of my hand but I pry him off."I am not drunk, Chase so stop fussing like a pussy and join me. I know you need to delete your baby girl out of your stupid memories."I laughed swallowing another large gulp of my whiskey.He shook his head in exasperation," You're not in your senses, Aless. You can not fight with your enemies if you behave like a street drunkard. Nicholai is a whore, he can't even slit your skin let alone hurting your family. Please, stop now."He gently took the bottle out of my hand and placed it on the counter.He was right, my body begun to give

[ Aitana ]The morbid look on Maximus's face told the untold story."What else do you know about me, Aitana?"His tone had an edge that I couldn't decipher.Alessandro rose from his place like a king, he was about to play the role of a predator who circles it's prey before killing it."Nothing much except your general family information, Ellen Maximus Whitford."Alessandro poured more drink in Maximus's glass.I chose to be a mute spectator while Alessandro deal with him in his own way. I had not much to say to him nor I wanted to play the damsel in distress."So...you both found out who I actually am?"He licked his lips nervously like deer caught in headlight. He looked at me for some explanation but all I gave him a blank stare, tonight I wanted this sour chapter to be closed like the other times."Oh yes, we do, Mr. Whitford and now it's your turn to tell us what we're missing here. I won't pay more to my PI to spy on you."Alessandro roamed his fingers on the China vase placed on th