"What do you think you're doing?" Valentino's voice cut into our small meeting as Valerio took his time to turn his head to look at his brother, still trapping me against the counter with his hand."We are busy, brother. Can you excuse us?" Valerio said in a drawl."Busy?" Valentino repeated, nodding as if he understood fully well."The lady looks uncomfortable. It appears as if you're doing something bad to her," he said, and I flickered my gaze to Valentino. He looked so vexed that his attempt to pretend everything was fine was futile."You usually mind your business." Valerio finally straightened up and put his hands in his pockets as he watched Valentino carefully."You too have changed so much, Valentino," Valerio drawled, while Valentino, who was leaning on the doorway, watched Valerio."Rose... can we talk?" He asked, ignoring his brother to Valerio's distaste."We have nothing to talk about," I said, trying to resist the strong desire to follow him while struggling to keep my

“Tell,” I said quickly, agreeing to whatever condition without hearing them out first, as Valentino stared at me for a while in awe. “You are quite desperate,” he remarked, folding his arms, while I bit my lip in frustration.“Please,” I begged, and Valentino shrugged. “The only way is asking Vicente’s mom to come back to the country. I lied knowing about the particular place he is,” he said with a sheepish grin.“Valentino!” I cried.“What?”“You cheated!” I said angrily.Valentino rolled his eyes. “I didn’t lie.”I stared at him suspiciously. “Explain more.”“That beast loves his mother more than anything in the world. But the selfish woman doesn’t give a damn about him,” Valentino shook his head, feigning pity. “She barely notices his existence,” he added, and I waited for him to continue because I still hadn’t seen how the woman who didn't care about him would help matters.“If we get her to call Vicente to come back from wherever he is, then victory is sure. He has been obsessed

“Can I have the address of the place we are going to meet Bella?” I asked the next day, having dressed up in the morning to meet him in the spacious living room of the suite.I had thought long and hard about how to approach him after what had happened the other night. Pretending was probably the best course of action.“I'll accompany you,” he said, placing a cup of coffee on the table and standing up. He stared at me, looking like an innocent boy who didn't know how to drive a woman crazy, even when fully dressed. He must have gotten up and dressed early, and the simple clothes he had on were more than enough to turn me on. Everything about this man drove me wild.He wore a white long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves and baggy white pants to complement it. I couldn't help but gaze at his physique as memories of last night flooded my mind.“There's no need,” I replied, forcing myself to dismiss any immoral thoughts. I needed to focus on controlling this intense attraction I had fo

“Is she Vicente’s woman?” I heard Bella ask and stopped on my track as I walked back to the cabin in the plane that was now in the air. After the conversation with Bella, an hour later, we got on the plane back to Italy.“Ask him when you do see him. And don’t you dare bother Rose with questions?” He replied sternly as he looked out of the window, not sparing her a glance while I stayed hidden, eavesdropping.“You like her, ugh?” She continued despite Valentino’s warning but he didn’t answer her.“I guess so much happened during my absence.” She chuckled in mischief.“You talk as if you were ever around.” Valentino returned.“Don’t hold it against me boy, I couldn’t be stuck back in Italy as the wife of some chairman of a group. If he hadn’t died, I would have divorced him and gotten lots of cash from your father.” She grinned as I wondered what sort of person that woman was. Yes, I love money but not at the expense of my family…..not my family ever.“I wonder what he was thinking w

I smacked my lips together in frustration when Vicente left me in the room. Did they specialize in driving me crazy? Or did they realize I was mated to all of them?I sighed in frustration and stood up, opened the door to find the hallway empty. As I made my way to my room, I took a mental note to make sure I left the moment the chairmen paid me.I retired to my room as I lay on my bed and tried to base myself to sleep when my phone rang.“Rose is dead. Go away!” I shouted not caring who was at the door.“What the hell is-“ Valentino opened the door the next moment, terror evident on his face as he stared at me lying on the bed.“What do you want? Aren’t you guys tired of making me feel miserable?” I asked not sparing him a glance.“What? What happened to you? Did-“ He made to sit on my bed beside me when I sat up quickly.“Go away,” I said with a drawl and got off the bed. He was dressed and I guess he was ready for work.“I can’t leave when you’re looking like this.” He stated as I