All Chapters of Tangled by lies : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

~61~CarmeloLast night was full of bliss, but this morning it was magical.I had bought Queen for about two years, grooming her for Chiara. I might sound crazy, but I was almost sure that I was going to be with her someday. It was a rare thing to see her express so much happiness, and I was so proud of myself for bringing her to the stable this morning. The fact that she was warming up to me, trusting me with her emotions…it was a big victory for me. I was never a traditional man, but I wanted to take it slow with her because I had a better plan for our future together. That is, if she didn’t leave before I was able to convince her.I shut my eyes, my fingers pausing on the keyboard. Just the thought of her leaving does something unimaginably painful inside my heart. I fist-pumped my hands, staring at the feedback charts of our customers for this month on the monitor. I exhaled.I would do everything in my power to convince her without giving up. Even when she had an icy exterior or

~63~CarmeloMy assistant, looking pale, burst into the room. “Boss, a withdrawal of a tremendous sum has been made from your private account. The bank called to confirm. Have you lost your card again, perhaps?” I pushed my reading glasses down the bridge of my nose. I had private accounts that I rarely used, and not long ago, I handed one of them to a certain someone. I smiled, “So my tesoro is finally coping. I see.”“Huh?” Freddy tilted his head, “I don’t understand.”“Ignore it and get back to work, Freddy.” I raised my glasses back and faced the monitor.About a couple of minutes later, I walked into the board room. The meeting was ongoing for an hour already, I’d just wanted to pay them a surprise visit. Instead of contributing anything, I just sat down analyzing all of them and their stiff postures. “The renovation and restoration department has faced a major clash just a week ago but thanks to our HR team, it was able to get settled down before it reached the media.” Said one

~65~ChiaraTwo days have passed since the accident and let me tell you this, the man hasn't left my room unless to get me food or when he needed to visit the bathroom to change. He decided to work from home until I recovered. I returned from the bathroom only to not find him in the room. I went to lock the door and then unlocked my phone. The news of the explosion had spread on almost every news media that existed, with my face printed in it.I knew he would find me but what he didn’t know was that I chose the most secure place on earth for him to openly attack me. Conti security was known for its exceptional skills. It was a mistake on my end to go out thinking I was safe outside the estate.However, one thing was eating me alive. How did he find out that I was in Portofino? In fact I was scared of the answer. The thought that he might’ve tortured my brother or mother to get that information out of them made my blood boil and my heart clench. It was a risky move to ruin his stocks'

~67~ChiaraHowever, nobody prepared us for what happened inside. “What do you mean our seats were mixed? Fix it.” Carmelo uttered, in a dangerously low voice. “I’m so sorry but I cannot do anything now since the show is about to begin soon. Please sir, ma’am, go to your respective seats.” The agent pleaded with his eyes. I held Carmelo’s hand before he said anything inappropriate. Not that I was happy with the arrangement, but the poor man was just doing his work. And he looked like he was about to lose his mind. He glanced at me with a deep frown. “It’s okay,” I said. He held my hand, rubbing it gently. “But I want to sit with you tesoro.” Ugh, how could I ever recover from his facial expression now? So fucking adorable. “At least we’ll be facing each other, go. Viva will eat us alive if we ruin her show.” I urged him.His head hung low. I smiled, pinching the bridge of my nose with my free hand. God, this big baby. Then I tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek. “Now go,” I said, retra

~69~ChiaraNow that things were a bit cleared out between me and Antonio, there was no need for me to be scared of contacting my people. The first ones to call were my Terra and Tela family. We had a serious meeting about the exhibition progress on their part, it was happening either way. I wasn’t going to give up mine and my employee’s hard work because of my misfortunes. For what’s worth, I have had a tough security with me since the last incident.Carmelo walked in with two cups of coffee. He bought me a new laptop and we were sharing his study together. I had my own desk too. He placed the cup, “Black coffee, low sugar, here you go Ma’am,” he said. I winked at him, “Thank you,” and lifted it to my lips, taking a sip while he sat and resumed his work as well.“Um, Carmelo,” I uttered after a while, raising my head from the laptop. “Just call me Melo already, or… you could practice ‘my husband’ if you want.” He wobbled his eyebrows. “Since I’m not married yet, I’ll go with Melo.”