Chapter 20“Where am I?” Aurora opened her eyes, staring at the room she was in, the penthouse as white as this. She had customised the interiors to her taste.Realisation hit like a moving wave. She wasn’t in her suite. Her body went cold as she noticed she was in a VVIP suite.That is enough to cause a scandal and her father would strip her of her position in the hotel and give it to her reckless older brother, who knew nothing about business.She held her head, trying to remember how she got to the suite. Memories of how she was drinking recklessly swarm into her head.Being a light drinker was her only weakness. That's why she avoids alcohol. Seeing Micheal had shaken her up. Her first love and the man that almost ruined her life.Mr. Rossi was the biggest defence she had against him, but seeing him with another woman still pricked her like a thorn.She got down from the bed and she saw a lean body lying uncomfortably on the couch.“Mr Rossi.” she thought to herself. “He must hav
Chapter 21He looked up from the tab, and his eyes met his father’s. Sweat trickled from his forehead as he feared his father’s reaction.Things turned out that way because he left the hotel room rashly, but he had thought that Aurora needed some time to herself.“I shouldn’t have taken her to my room.” He lamented in his head.Leonardo signaled to the driver to move.“Father,” He started but didn’t know how to continue. He had not just only exposed himself to some enemies but to the whole city despite the agreement he had with his father and sister.Leonardo looked at his son with keen interest in what he wanted to say. His eyes met his dad’s eyes again and he finally summoned courage to talk.“I.. Err.. I didn’t mean to get exposed to the press.” He said with huge disappointment in himself, wiping his sweaty palm on his pants.“It’s normal for that to happen among the rich and famous. This is your first scandal, and it’s not bad. It has no effect on us because they don’t know you.
Chapter 22 The penthouse was soon filled with the best team of doctors in Delaware. Lorenzo had panicked when he saw his father pass out.He moved him into the bedroom then called on Daphne after trying his sister's line severally and she didn’t pick upDaphne came in with a troop of doctors and nurses in less than five minutes after he called her. He paced round the sitting room while waiting for the doctors to give him some report about this father.“You have a call, sir.” Daphne stretched the phone to him. “Ms Rossi would like to speak with you.”He took the phone, “Nora, I tried reaching out to you when father passed out but your number ”“I am sorry that I didn’t tell you I was out of the country. I didn’t even know I was going to sleep in. I heard about Papa from Daphne.”“We were just watching some ad, and he passed out.” He explained he was still very much in shock.“That wasn’t just some ad, Brother.” Leonora said bitterly. She knew the exact ad that could make her father g
Chapter 23“How did the meeting go?” Leonora inquired curiously from her brother as soon as his assistant put him on the phone.“It started well but it didn’t end well.” He sounded dejected.“What happened? You sound like you got disappointed.” “It is more like my past came to attack me.” He let out a sigh.“Fill me in, don’t keep me in suspense.”“Someone that knew me from the factory said I am not on the company’s side because of how I was treated at the factory. He said they couldn’t trust me and the others agreed with him.”“Really? They decided to not work with you for that reason? Did you tell them who you were?”“Yes, I said I was Lorenzo.”“Did you tell them that you were the chairman’s son?”“No. I didn’t want them to accept my opinion without considering the pros and cons.”“They wouldn’t do that. Brother, you need to get your act together and be assertive. You should have stopped them from leaving even if you had to use their incentives to threaten them.”“I don’t think t
Chapter 24The driver dropped Lorenzo in front of Aurora’s building, staring at the massive building. Lorenzo knew he had to get used to seeing exquisite buildings.Aurora’s house made his jaw drop and pondered in his heart if she lived alone in such a massive building or with her family.He read their hotel magazine during his stay there. It stated that the 29 years old Aurora wasn’t married.Before he pressed the doorbell, the door opened and Aurora was standing in some flimsy thing gown. He could see her glory beneath her gown. “Can I come in?” He stuttered as he looked away from her body.“Of course.” She ushered him in. Passing through the huge mirror that was hung on the wall, she realized she had gone out half naked to get the door.She hurried into her room to get some real clothes on while Lorenzo sat down on the chair.“I am sorry for my little moment. I wasn’t in my right senses when I came to open the door.” She sniffed and wiped the tears that wanted to fall from her ey
Chapter 25It has been two days since the meeting. Lorenzo hoped that their project would come out successfully, just like he wanted his father to wake up from his mild coma.Seeing his father in that state really hurt him, and he was determined to ruin Micheal. Micheal coveted his ex-wife, Hazel, and stole their multi-billion dollar project. He planned to take his revenge on him.He dressed up for work while he was thinking of how to make sure no one went to A&D’s launch. Daphne was already waiting by the car for him. She greeted him as usual and they made their way to the office.She kept looking at him from the mirror as she noticed he seemed to be in deep thoughts.“Is anything bothering you, sir?” She asked concernedly. “No, it’s nothing.” He played with his wristwatch.“The chairman will wake up soon. Please don’t let that weigh you down.” She advised him.Your expression is dull. We don’t want the employees to suspect that anything is wrong with him from your face.” She adde
Chapter 26. Leonora and Lorenzo checked up on their father before they left the house in the morning. They had called an emergency meeting so that Leonora could check through their plan.Lorenzo was nervous throughout their car ride. He hoped that he had done things the right way.Daphne opened his side of the car for him while Leonora’s assistant did the same. He took a deep breath as his sister walked to his side. He looked at her face. She was wearing a professional look. She was a true business woman, no one was capable of knowing her emotions.“Brother,” She touched his arm. “Do I have something on my face? You have been looking at me for a long time now.”“No,” he replied as they began to walk inside. “I love the way you pull things off.”She smiled, “I learnt all this from our father.”“I have a quick question.” They entered the elevator that was going to take them to the top floor.“Go on, brother.”“How come news about me hasn't leaked?”“The staff here have signed contra
Chapter 27Lorenzo was nervous while the cast and crew were setting the lighting and camera up in his office.He didn’t know where the fear came from. His thoughts didn’t help the matter.He thought people would not care if he was a Quadbillonaire anyway. Nobody has ever cared about who he was.If nobody cared about his identity, it meant that their whole plan was in Jeopardy.Canceling the whole thing was no longer an option, his sister wasn’t even there to comfort him.Daphne came close to him and whispered in his ears. “Ms Gates will be here in 10 mins sir.”“How are things at the launch venue?” He rubbed his cold palms against each other for warmth.“Lady Leonora, I mean, Ms Rossi and the project team are handling it.” “Reports on the proceedings?”“The A&D has begun the livestream for their launch and celebrities are starting to arrive at their venue.”“What is going on in ours? The livestream has begun but we have less than one hundred viewers due to lack of publicity.” Lo